ART WALL

The Hunt Library Artwall features up to nine exhibits annually including solo and group shows.  It exists to showcase local professional and emerging artists living in the Northwest Connecticut community and further afield.  A portion of all art sales benefit the library.  For information, please inquire with the library staff.

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley

In February, The David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village (CT) will present the group exhibition Winter’s Garden, featuring eighteen local artists’ impressions of the season’s natural beauty from freezing to thaw in painting and photography.  An opening reception with refreshments will take place on Friday, February 14, 5-7PM.  The exhibit will remain on display through Friday, March 6.  The artists include Marsha Altemus, John Atchley, Kane Clawson, Robert Cronin, Sergei Fedorjaczenko, Lazlo Gyorsok, Michelle Iglesias, Sallie Ketcham, Garth Kobal, Pieter Lefferts, Jack Limpert, Danielle Mailer, Terri Moore, Ken Musselman, Robert Andrew Parker, E.J.S. Tuttle, Kathy Wismar, and Judith Wyer.  This event is free and open to the public.  For more information call the Library at 860-824-7424 or visit huntlibrary.org.  Hours: Tues & Thurs 10-5, Fri 3-7, Sat 10-1, Sun 11-2.  David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main Street, Falls Village, CT, 06031.

Most of the artworks in Winter’s Garden are priced under $500 and a portion of each sale benefits the David M. Hunt Library.

In March, the David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village (CT) will present the group exhibition, Slate of the Art 2020: Knowledge Transfer, featuring artworks created on roof slates from the Library’s original 1891 construction.  Participants include art instructor Chris Hanley’s 5^th to 8^th grade art students from the Lee H. Kellogg School, whose works will hang alongside those by dozens of the most prominent local artists including Danielle Mailer, Ken Musselman, Lori Barker, Robert Cronin, Amelia de Neergaard, Sarah Martinez, Robert Andrew Parker, and Kathy Wismar.  An opening reception with refreshments will take place on Saturday, March 14, 4-6PM.  The exhibit will remain on display through Friday, April 3.  A portion of each sale benefits the Library; student work is not for sale.  This event is free and open to the public.  For more information call the Library at 860-824-7424. Hours: Tues & Thurs 10-5, Fri 3-7, Sat 10-1, Sun 11-2.  David M. Hunt Library, 63 Main Street, Falls Village, CT, 06031.