Don Prechtel, artist working in historical genre and collector of antique western and military accoutrement, returned from his Creswell studio for a solo show of original oil paintings co-sponsored by the Museum and the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, June 5-28 at the Newport Visual Art Center.

In conjunction with the exhibit at the Visual Art Center, his print and reproduction work was on display each weekend in June at the Yaquina River Museum of Art in Toledo. The museum invited the public to coffee with the Artist on June 6 at the School House Museum. Prechtel was a Museum Artist in Residence recipient in March, 2009, while he painted in the area. He generously donated a number of prints to the museum which will remain on display and for sale benefitting art education programs.