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Schenk Elementary Art Show
Students from Schenk Elementary School have their original artwork on display at Pinney Branch Library.   Led by Art Teacher Jennifer James, students have created a wide variety of colorful works including watercolors of animals, African fabric patterns, woven pieces, sculptures, and more. The student artwork will be on display at the Pinney Branch through June 4, 2012.  Stop in anytime to view this exhibit and check out what else is In the Galleries. ...read more
Posted by Jaime on May 15, 2012
Painting by Marcia Schenkel

Marcia Schenkel: Paintings and Prints
Paintings and Prints by Marcia Schenkel are on display at Sequoya Library May 3 - July 2. Please join us at a reception to meet the artist on Saturday, June 30th, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Refreshments will be served. You can see a few of Schenkel's paintings on our flyer about the show. Or, see what else is In the Galleries. ...read more
Posted by Jon - Central Library on May 8, 2012
Ferris Wheel at Night

Lightning Poetry Reading
Please join us this Friday night, April 27, at 7 pm at Hawthorne Library to hear eleven poets read their work over the course of an hour. See who they are and learn more by reading our flyer or by visiting facebook. After the reading, the discussion continues nearby at The Malt House, which is sponsoring the event. Five minutes of eleven different poets not enough for you? There's more. The event will also feature five new mixed media sculptures by renowned Madison artist Michael Velliquette ...read more
Posted by Jon - Central Library on April 23, 2012
Four Square 1 by Pam Bell

Quilts: Once Upon a Shirt
Recycling is in. Thrift Stores are plentiful. Fiber Artist Pam Bell spent $15 on men's shirts at a Dig & Save, and these quilts are the result. The quilts will be on display at the Alicia Ashman Library May 1 - June 27, 2012. Please join us for an artist reception Saturday, May 5, from 10 until noon. Bell writes, "History told me that, throughout time, wool suiting, worn work clothes, old dresses, khaki military uniforms, flour, sugar and feed sacks, table cloths, and leftover dressmaker ...read more
Posted by Jon - Central Library on April 23, 2012
picture of student 3-D art

Lowellapalooza Art at Pinney
Pinney Branch Library is hosting a 3-D art collection created by 2nd and 3rd grade students at Lowell Elementary School.  The collection is titled "Green Bulidings."  This architectural artwork was originally created for Terrace Town 2012 held at the Monona Terrace.  It will be on display at the Pinney Branch Library for the months of April and May, 2012.  The creative, eco-themed artwork can be found filling the display case and also on the shelves above the new children's ...read more
Posted by Jaime on April 11, 2012
Art's Field by Susan Hunt

Nature's Rewards
Nature's Rewards, an art exhibition by local art group Parallel Lives, Divergent Views, will be on display at the Alicia Ashman Branch March 2 through April 27. The group formed in 2003 after taking a class together, and they make reference to nature through common parallels in their jobs and life responsibilities. Works produced are documented individual responses as time passes and points of view change. Members hail from through the area and include Bonnie Chambers, Jean Duff, Susan Hunt, ...read more
Posted by Jon - Central Library on February 21, 2012

Bookless a Hit
Bookless by the numbers: 1 day 3 floors 12 QR codes 100 artists 241 tweets (and counting) 749 pictures taken at the Photo Booth 5112 attendees $28,700 raised Did you take pictures at Bookless? Add them to our Bookless MPL Flickr pool. Special thanks to: ...organizers Trent Miller and Courtney Davis for bringing this amazing event to life...library staff and volunteers who helped them...the artists who transformed our library and graciously worked with event attendees to create memorable ...read more
Posted by Tana on February 3, 2012

Student Artwork @ Pinney
Pinney Branch Library is hosting a display of student artwork from the Elementary Art Program at Abundant Life Christian School for the month of February 2012. Most of the works of art on display are still lifes.  The pieces feature a wide variety of art mediums including weaving, fingerprint painting, watercolor, line drawing and shading, stamping, and more. The student artwork will be on display at the Pinney Branch Library from Feb. 1 - 28, 2012.  Stop in anytime throughout the ...read more
Posted by Jaime on January 31, 2012
Bookless. Photo by Eric Baillies.

Bookless Sneak Peek
Photographer Eric Baillies has been documenting the installation of some of the art at Bookless, a community celebration in the empty building at 201 West Mifflin Street, the home of the once and future Central Library. To see more shots like the one with this post, visit the flickr page for the set. Jeremy Wineberg's preview video is set to the music of Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps, who will be performing at the event.Bookless is a one-day only art show by by 100 local artists on ...read more
Posted by Jon - Central Library on January 27, 2012
Artwork from Memory Sticks

Memory Sticks at Alicia Ashman Next Year
Memory Sticks, by local artist Merikay Payne, will be on display January 6, 2012 - March 2, 2012 at the Alicia Ashman Branch. The artist writes: "Sometimes no matter how hard we try to forget, memory sticks. Our brains aren't made of Teflon—at least not all of our brains all of the time. We have good memories, bad memories, funny memories and just plain weird memories. The images in this show are memories from my life in all its emotional glory, plus vacation respite. I make monoprints of ...read more
Posted by Jon - Central Library on December 12, 2011

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