‘Hetzel Pretzel Finissage’ to bring close to exhibit and art grant at Pioneers’ Museum

IMPERIAL — Pioneers’ Museum will be holding an event this weekend to both wrap up their newest exhibit (Life, Land, Leisure: Selections from the Hetzel Collection) and also help wrap up their piece of the Far South/Border North grants, which promoted the arts in the past year within Imperial County. The closing event, titled “Hetzel Pretzel Finissage,” will be held this Saturday, September 21, from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. at Pioneers’ Museum in Imperial.



Here are 3 Reasons to attend, as given by Pioneers’ Museum Executive Director Caitlin Chávez: 1 — Last Chance Check Out: Check it out before it’s gone! “(This will be the) last weekend to check out our Far South/Border North grant project artworks at the museum, including our Hetzel Pretzel exhibition inspired by our historic Leo Hetzel collections, our new coloring book honoring eight Unsung Heroes of Imperial County, our community quilt of a map of Imperial County, and our community Barn Quilt project.” “From his arrival in 1913 in El Centro, Leo Hetzel became the Imperial Valley’s most prolific photographer from the 1910s ‘til his death in 1949,” a Pioneers’ Museum press release reads. “With the the motto of ‘Anything in Photography,’ Hetzel set out to capture everyone and everything in the Imperial Valley that charmed him.

” The exhibit touts over 100 pieces of art from the work of 30-plus artists from both sides of the US/Mexico border, as well as the collection of “beloved local photographer” Leo Hetzel, as inspiration for the various art pieces, per the event flyer. In addition, attendees can “meet the artists and check out their merch tables.” 2 — Hands on activities, ‘Claymation’ and more “We will have hands on activity stations inspired by art created during our (Far South/Border North) grant period, including painting and collage stations, a Claymation activity and artist merchant tables selling their work.

” 3 — Free, and more free for the first 150. “FREE entrance and free snow cones for the first 150 guests who arrive between 11 a.m.

and 1 p.m,” Chávez said. Pioneers’ Museum is located at 373 E.

Aten Road, across from Imperial Valley College, in Imperial..