St. Matthews Spoleto Tea Room

Information on the 2008 Festival Tea Room is as follows:
Where: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
403 King Street, Chas, SC
When: May 23 - June 1, 2008
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
What: Serving tea and other beverages
finger sandwich plates
Homemade delicacies

My painting today is a scene from the tea room courtyard at St. Matthews. It's still on the easel waiting to be photographed for the blog . Until I get it posted, I wanted to tell a bit about the wonderful people and outreach programs at St Matthews.
The ladies of the church make great desserts to serve tea rooms guests. They transform the church's court yard into a lovely outside dining area complete with wrought iron cafe seating and live music. The inside dining area opens to the courtyard through French doors and displays original artwork by members of the Charleston Artist Guild. A unique gift boutique offers handmade and specialty items for sale.

The money raised from the tea room supports the church's many outreach programs, including an Alzheimer day program, teaching English as a second language, an after school care program, and computer classes, to name a few.

I was pleased to volunteer to help in the tea room as a member of the Charleston Artist Guild. The church has allowed our non-profit guild to use their building for workshops.

The tea room will be open through Sunday, June 3.