MONTICELLO — The Monticello Area Historical Society (MAHS) will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 24, at the Monticello Area Historical Museum on Main Street.

After a brief business meeting, Jeanne Waelchli Traut will give a presentation on the Swiss Folk Art of Bauernmalerei. She will discuss the similarity of designs in folk painting and other traditional arts. Jeanne will talk about local Bauernmalerei painters and how she got into painting. She will demonstrate some traditional folk art painting steps. There will be examples of Bauernmalerei that the Waelchli family has collected and opportunities to browse through Bauernmalerei books and magazines.

This is a free presentation and the public is welcome.