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"True Friends" will be on exhibit at The Art Garage through Saturday, April 8. Photo by Sydney Waller.
True Friends

Nancy Waller Art Exhibit To Benefit Ellen St. John Peacemaker Award

COOPERSTOWN

"True Friends,” an exhibition of works by Nancy Waller (1918-2017) dedicated to her close friend, Ellen St. John (1925-2023), opened on Friday, March 10 at The Art Garage. The show is intended to help build awareness of, and raise funds for, the new Ellen St. John Peacemaker Award. This award will be given annually to a graduating Cooperstown Central School student who is recognized as a peacemaker by the school community. Funds will be managed by the Friends Fiduciary, a Quaker investment firm. Donations will also be accepted.

St. John’s many friends include Deborah Dickinson, one of the driving forces behind establishing the award.
“The hope is to keep her loving, creative spirit alive by investing in young people who show their own capacity for creating possibilities for peaceful solutions to conflict in school and the wider community—and who plan to continue with peacemaking efforts in the future.”

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