Phillips’ Mill To Honor The Fernbergers At Preservation Fundraiser

NEW HOPE, PA — The Phillips’ Mill Community Association will recognize longtime members Kathy and Ted Fernberger at its Summer Fete fundraiser for the Preservation of the 18th century Phillips’ Mill. The brilliantly British evening along the Primrose Creek will be held Saturday, August 19.

Kathy and Ted Fernberger are an integral part of the Phillips’ Mill community. They have

generously shared their support and leadership in many ways over many years. Both have
served on the board — Kathy as president for three years. They have been longstanding
patrons of many Mill events, and have continuously funded an award presented at the annual
juried art show.

Kathy is also a co-founder of the Preservation Fund along with Mary K. Darrah, Bruce Long, and Gale Sparrow, chairing the committee for several years. Says Kathy, "The importance of the Preservation Fund is that it ensures our care of the historic building and the legacy of the Pennsylvania Impressionists who founded the Phillips’ Mill Community Association within its walls.”

The Summer Fete marks the return of the Mill’s annual fundraising event since Covid and
promises to be a spectacular evening with specialty cocktails and assorted canapes, a superb
sit-down dinner by Catering by Design, fine wines, and beer. The event will also feature a
Rubber Ducky Regatta and jolly singing by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Bucks County.

Anyone interested in honoring the Fernbergers with a donation to the Phillips’ Mill Preservation Fund or supporting the Summer Fete event at the Patron level can do so by visiting the Mill website at www.phillipsmill.org/support/preservation-fund. Contributions of any amount are welcome and gratefully accepted.

For more information about the Summer Fete event, visit www.phillipsmill.org or contact Jane Ford-Hutchinson, Chair at fund@phillipsmill.org.

Phillips’ Mill Community Association, the birthplace of Pennsylvania Impressionism, was founded in 1929 by William Lathrop and other artist including Daniel Garber, John Folinsbee, Fern Coppedge, and Edward Redfield. The mill itself has served as a meeting, exhibition and performance space for artists ever since, and today houses art, fine art photography, and youth exhibitions, drama productions, literary salons, workshops, and online ArtTalk discussions. It is located at 2619 River Road just north of the center of New Hope.