Moorestown’s past, present, and future are colliding in the innovative art fundraiser Windows on Main Street Moorestown. Real window sashes, rescued from old Moorestown homes, have been given to 20 area artists, who are our lens through which we see the present. The artists have transformed these windows, which are on display in Moorestown Mall and area businesses. The exhibition will culminate May 8, 2010, with a silent auction event that will raise money to support the future of Moorestown’s community center, the independent, non-profit Moorestown Community House.
The Windows on Main Street Moorestown project is the brain child of local resident and business owner David Schill. As a housing contractor, Schill has spent many years replacing windows around town. “Being the historic preservation nut that I am, I couldn’t just throw these great windows out. I thought there must be something I could do with them. As time went on, I just kept adding windows,” he said. “Some of the buildings no longer exist. I guess, in my mind they still do as long as I have the windows.” After a few decades, Schill amassed a collection of roughly 50 windows and realized it was time to do something with them. “I’m not an artist, but I thought maybe someone who is could do something really neat with these windows,” he said.
Schill has served as the membership chairman of the Moorestown Improvement Association for 20 years. Since the MIA has historic preservation and heritage appreciation in its mission statement, Schill brought his window up-cycling idea to them. At the same time, the Moorestown Community House saw itself in need of financial assistance, so MIA agreed to launch Windows on Main Street Moorestown to support the Moorestown Community House.
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