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Renown art melded with music showcased in rural Bath County, Virginia

Barbara Buhr in her Warm Springs VA gallery
Thomas Wilmer

Barbara Buhr, owner of the Warm Springs Gallery and cafe talks about experiencing the charms of the little town of Warm Springs, and Bath County with a combined population of less then 5,000 citizens.

Buhr’s gallery has been catering to regional clientele for more than two decades, and her artists hail from across America.

Example of art on display at Warm Springs Gallery in Warm Springs, Virginia
Credit Thomas Wilmer
Example of art on display at Warm Springs Gallery in Warm Springs, Virginia

Buhr shares details of the 2017 Bath County Plein Air Festival that will be held at Garth Newel Music Center

Warm Springs Gallery logo
Credit Warm Springs Gallery
Warm Springs Gallery logo

A unique aspect of this year’s Festival is that it will meld music with art. During the festival artists will join the Garth Newel Quartet on stage—as the musicians perform, the artists will paint on stage. 

Alluring architecture in Warm Springs, Virginia
Credit Thomas Wilmer
Alluring architecture in Warm Springs, Virginia

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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