Randee Tengi, co-president of the Hopewell Valley Arts Council, visits the “prized herd” of 11 oxen, on display for the next few weeks on the front lawn of The Pennington School on West Delaware Avenue. The oxen will be sold at a gala and live auction on Jan. 24 at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton. The gala’s art-themed silent auction will open online on Jan. 15. Tickets for the Ox’tion Gala and more information on the silent auction are avail´able from the Arts Council’s website: http://hvartscouncil.org/gala. Stop by to visit these special works of art while you still can.