BETHEL – Mix together a Bethel selectman, Kokopelli, Edward Hopper, a brook trout, a Celtic druid, a Belgian painter, twigs and mica flakes. Then throw in 13 Adirondack chairs and several local artists, and you’ve got the makings of a uniquely symbolic composition of differing perspectives.

That conglomeration of creativity – dubbed “ART irondacks Chairs” – is what Vicki Rackliffe hopes will be a good fund-raiser at this weekend’s Mollyockett Day festival.

“It’s the first time that we’ve ever done this, so we have no idea what the chairs will go for,” said Rackliffe, the executive director of the Mahoosuc Arts Council of Bethel.

Area artists and school students donated their time creating 13 hand-painted, one-of-a-kind Adirondack chairs that are to be auctioned off from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at the gazebo on the the town common.

“I thought the chairs would be more practical than doing bears, pigs, cows, loons or lighthouses,” she said Wednesday afternoon.

Rackliffe, who came up with the idea, said that Selectman Reggie Brown built the chairs, then sold them for $70 each to local businesses, who then sponsored the artists.

“This project celebrates the talents of local artisans while raising funds that further our continuing efforts to support the advancement of the arts and humanities in the adult communities and school systems of the greater Bethel area,” she said.

The chairs are to be displayed at area businesses until Friday, July 16. After that, Rackliffe said, they would be taken to the town common to await the live auction.

David Murphy, SAD 44 superintendent, is to conduct the auction.

The chairs and artists include:

• “Maine Brook Trout,” a trout-themed chair by Lauren Head, displayed at Mahoosuc Realty.

• “Pretty in Pink,” a vivid pink chair by Telstar eighth-graders and Carey Boelsma, Britney Merrill and Jessie Yasko, at Viewer’s Choice Video.

• “Kokopelli,” with a theme of a prehistoric deity depicted as a flute player by Amy Chapman at Hanley and Associates.

• “Barks a Lot,” which sports a birch-log look, by Jewel Clark, at the Post Office.

• “It’s Been a Very Good Day,” with a golf course theme, by Deb Lewis, at The Sudbury Inn.

• “Nighthawks at the Diner,” after the famous 1942 Edward Hopper painting inspired by a restaurant in New York’s Greenwich Village, by Gould Academy students and Ryoko Arai and Martina Vojtelova, at Pooh Corner Farm.

• “L’empire des Lumieres,” inspired by Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte’s famous painting, by Gould Academy students and Arai and Vojtelova, at Pooh Corner Farm .

• “Neptune,” with an oceanic theme, by Sarah Shepley, at Cafe Di Cocoa’s Market and Bakery.

• “Alder Chair,” decorated with little pieces of alder twigs around the edges, by Scott Smith, at Stone Mountain Mortgage.

• “A Charming Inn,” with decoupaged pictures of the Bethel Inn, by Marne Connors, at Brooks Bros.

• “Cathbad’s Seat,” depicting a mythological Celtic druid’s chair, by Cailin Kavanagh, at Linda Clifford Scottish and Irish Merchant.

• “Mica Flowers,” with pieces of mica arranged to look like flower petals and a couple of agates, by Megan, Joni and Jim Mann, at the Post Office.

• “Mystery Chair,” by Janet Black, at Designs. True to its name, no one knows what this chair looks like.

Rackliffe said payments of cash or checks will be accepted after bidding at the auction.

Those unable to attend the event may submit a “left bid” by calling the council at 824-3575 and providing one’s name, contact information and a dollar amount of the desired bid to place on a specific chair, Rackliffe said. Such bids are to be included in the auction.

More information may be obtained by calling the Mahoosuc Arts Council at 824-3575.