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By Richard Lykes
Special to the Rappahannock News
Art that dazzled the eye and camaraderie that provided food for the soul was on the menu of Ki Theatre’s first “Soup and Soul” event of the year.
Bill Dietel, former educator, philanthropist, art collector, and now sheep farmer near Flint Hill, gave an audience of nearly 40 persons a tour de force of his and his wife Linda’s art collection last Saturday evening at their home.
Speaking from a lifetime of experience, Dietel shared with Soup and Soul’s listeners his stories on how he came to acquire his important collection of varied works of art.
“It is important for you to know, however,” Dietel pointed out, “that this is not a ‘collection’ as such. It is art of various mediums and subjects that we have purchased or inherited that represent works of art that we like, either for its intrinsic value or because it is associated with people that we admired in one way or the other.” A number of his works of art are those by well-known Rappahannock County artists and artisans.
The evening was another in a series of Ki Theatre’s events presented by gifted and well-known county residents who share through
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