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Haunted History Tours at GO ART!
Beautiful artistic pieces line the walls of Seymour Place but it is the haunting happenings that raise visitors’ eyebrows.
The building, named Seymour Place in 2010 in memory of a local couple and longtime benefactors of the center, was built by Hezekiah Eldredge in 1831 as the Bank of Genesee. In 1886, the bank sold the building to the Batavia Club, a fraternal men’s club, who occupied the space until 2000. During that time, the club added a dining room, bar, and commercial kitchen, suffered a fire to the kitchen wing which required a re-build, and was listed on the National Registry of Historic Buildings.
The Batavia Club donated the building to the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council in 2002. During renovations, the basement’s original dirt floors were exposed as well as a safe from the Bank of Genesee that remains unopened. Today, Seymour Place is used by GO ART! for art exhibits, workshops, lectures, art camps, as well as for meetings and social events.
With spooky sights, smells, and sounds, the building is home to a few different spirits.
Join us as we walk you through the building and talk about many paranormal experiences people have documented over the years. Tickets are $25 per person and that includes a drink from the bar.
Pre-registration is required.
Psychic 101: Have you always wanted to communicate with Spirits? Have you had random paranormal experiences that you do not understand or know how to control in your past? Learn how to start using your various psychic abilities before embarking upon the Downtown Ghost Walks of Batavia or GO ART!s Haunted History Tours with Andarta, a professional psychic! This will be an hour class which discusses all of the different types of psychic abilities that people are born with, as well as how to start using them.
Classes are Friday October 4th or 18th from 8-9pm at GO ART! or Thursday October 10th from 6-7pm. If you would like to just take the class the price is $15 per person. If you would like to take the class and the GO ART! one hour Haunted History Tour the price is $35 (which includes a drink at the bar)
Andarta is a professional psychic who performs tarot and oracle card readings, past life regressions, shamanic journey work, and Reiki healing. Andarta is an Empath who can sense people’s feelings, as well as a Clairvoyant and Clairaudient, to hear and see any messages that people need to know. She is a Reiki Master who heals people with Reiki energy, as well as teaches Reiki classes. She also is a high priestess who performs legal handfastings and weddings, and is a Priestess of Avalon, who helps the land and the people to heal. She is a Druid, and a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD). Andarta is also a certified Death Doula through INELDA (International End of Life Doula Association). She also performs various rituals and spells, such as house cleansings and protection spells. She performs Reiki healing to humans and animals. And Andarta is also an English professor who holds a Masters in Composition and Rhetoric, and a Doctorate in Medieval Literature, utilizing her knowledge of ancient languages and the Arthurian legends in her Magickal Writing class. Andarta moved from Denver, Colorado to Batavia, New York in October 2023. For more information on Andarta and her abilities please visit www.psychichealersofavalon.com