Green Girl Weaving by Mary Jo Amani and Sara Elizabeth Bell
Throughout July At The Mason House Gallery
Greenville Arts Council is pleased to present the artwork of Sara Bell for the month of July, 2026 at the Mason House Gallery in the General Morgan Inn. The show will feature her watercolor paintings from several collections, and focus on her latest works, Green Girl Weaving.
Green Girl Weaving is a joyful collaboration between poet Mary Jo Amani and artist Sara
Elizabeth Bell, begun after Mary Jo chanced upon Sara’s work exhibited at a local coffee shop, Filo’s, in Asheville, North Carolina in 2025. The collaboration has been celebratory with Sara’s beautiful and whimsical illustrations inspired by the poems Mary Jo wrote following the death of her son, and with some poems written in response to Sara’s previous work which embodied green girl aesthetics as well—both the art and the poems hinting at the immanence, solace, and eternal essence of nature and our connection with it.
Sara Bell has always drawn. As a child, her mother would say, “Go to your room and DRAW
something!” when Sara needed a break. She later earned her BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art and moved to Northern California. She has two children. Sara lives in Western North Carolina and embodies the John Muir quote, “And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul.” She ventures off into the mountains and off the beaten path to find beautiful, peaceful places to sit and draw. Most recently Sara has been working in a variety of water based mediums to create images combining the beauty of Western North Carolina with her illustrative roots often using the vehicle of trees to express concepts about connection. Sara hopes you find peace and beauty when viewing her work. For more information and to view these and more images, visit: http://www.sbsartistrees.com or email: saraelizabethbell@gmail.com
The public is invited to meet-the-artist on Saturday, July 18th from 1:00 – 3:00 in the Gallery.
For further information about this or other exhibits in the Mason House Gallery, please contact Til Green, director of exhibitions, at 423-329 5366 or visit our website: thegreenevilleartscouncil.org.
The Mason House, at the corner of Depot and Main Streets, was constructed in 1889 by David P. Mason, Sr. Between the Mason House and businesses along Depot street was an alley that provided access from Depot Street to the rear of the Grand Central Hotel (currently the General Morgan Inn). In the early 1980s, renovation began that incorporated the two hotels and the alley. Since the renovation, the “alley” has been adapted for use as an art gallery, becoming the Mason House Gallery. Monthly art exhibits are sponsored by the Greeneville Arts Council and the General Morgan Inn. For information, please contact Til Green, director of exhibitions, 423-329-5366.
General Morgan Inn | 111 N Main Street, Greeneville, TN 37743 | (423) 787-1000
