Artist, author to speak at Lakeside

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LAKESIDE - Book author and artist Robert Kroeger is returning to Ottawa County at 10:30 a.m. June 5 at the Lakeside Chautauqua’s Train Station.  In collaboration with Lakeside, the Historical Society invited Kroeger as a speaker and will do a painting demonstration as well as share barn stories from his two books, "Historic Barns of Ohio" and "Round Barns in America."

A barn paintings owned by Robert and Barb Libben was featured in a Rober Kroeger named ‘Henrich’s Heritage'.
A barn paintings owned by Robert and Barb Libben was featured in a Rober Kroeger named ‘Henrich’s Heritage'.

In 2023, the Ottawa County Historical Society featured Kroeger for a scholarship fundraising event at Port Clinton’s The Arts Garage.  On that visit, Kroeger toured the county’s historic barns and completed 14 paintings. These 14 paintings will be on exhibit at the Lakeside Train Station June 5 event.

Images of the collection were compiled into a 2025 calendar, "Barns of Ottawa County".  The calendar is available for sale for $10 at the Wolcott Keeper’s House, The Arts Garage and the Ottawa County Soil and Water District Office.  You can also order the calendar online from the OCHS website ‘Shop’ page.

Ottawa County barns featured in 2025 calendar

During the month of June, these Ottawa County paintings along with three paintings and one print from his book, Round Barns of America, will be part of an online auction via Bidding Owl.  Details on the online auction may be found at https://new.biddingowl.com/ScholarshipOCHS.  The auction begins at 12:01 a.m. June 1 and ends June 30 at 11:59 p.m.  Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Society’s Scholarship Fund.

For the June 5 Kroeger event, a free Lakeside gate pass is available to Ottawa County Historical Society members with reservation to Linda Huber at abhawkins57@me.com.

The News-Messenger/News Herald

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