Exhibits
How to Exhibit in the LibraryMain Library Exhibit Areas
First floor:
- Foundation Case — located in the west entrance foyer near School St.
- Lobby Case — in the main lobby across from the Circulation Desk.
- Emery Case — in the main lobby across from the new fiction books.
- Brookline 300th Display Case — in the Reference Room
Children's Room:
- at the entrance
- across from the Circulation Desk
- all around the room.
The Gallery in Hunneman Hall — located on the second floor
The Gallery in Hunneman Hall is open up to 30 minutes before closing as long as the hall is not is use. For scheduled programs and events, click on Calendar in the upper right-hand corner of our web page at brooklinelibrary.org. If the track lights are off when you arrive, the (labelled) switches are just inside the door to your right.
Gateway Visions
Jan 19, 2012-Feb 26, 2012
Main Library
Gateway Visions; Curator: Stephen Defonzo
Main Library, First Floor: Lobby and Foundation Cases Jan. 19-Feb. 26, 2012
Main Library, First Floor: Emery Case Feb. 1-26, 2012
Gateway Arts in Brookline, a service of Vinfen, is having an exhibition at the Brookline's Main Library from January 19th - February 26, 2012. Gateway serves over 100 talented adults with disabilities, who come to the studios daily to create fine art and crafts. More than 20 artists are featured in the exhibition with work in a variety of mediums, including: painting, drawing, and ceramic sculpture. You may also visit our on-site crafts store and art gallery: Gateway Arts, 60-62 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02445. Phone: 617-734-1577. Online: http://www.gatewayarts.org .
Image: Carmella Salvucci, Untitled, Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 12 in.
The participating artists are: Yasmin Arshad, Barbara Brown, Francesca Brown, Amy Caliri, John Colby, Mary Decesar, Maria Field, John Finn, Andrew Grainger, Janet Inman, Donna Johnson, Kayla Johnson, Anita Lombardi, Gilberto Palacios, Carl Phillips, Carmella Salvucci, Roger Swike, Christine Taylor, Matthew Treggiari, Kathleen Wells, and Darlene Whittier.
Venice in Winter & The Bristlecone Pines of California
Jan 21, 2012-Feb 26, 2012
Main Library
Main Library, Second Floor: The Gallery in Hunneman Hall
Jan. 21-Feb. 26, 2012
That Disneyland phantasm which is Venice, with its romantic associations, glorious art and magnificent architecture, draws travelers like few other destinations. Most visit in the warmer months, perhaps to indulge their fantasies of living within a gold-tinted, life-sized Canaletto painting.
Yet Venice in winter offers its own delights. It is a time when Venetians reclaim their city from the tourist hordes. It is foggy, rainy, and enchanting—a more contemplative place. On my last trip there, I spent most of my time in back alleyways, exploring the intersection between the ancient and the modern. Even on the popular islands of Murano and Burano, there are places to explore where people live their lives in relative normalcy. Then again, can people live "normal" lives in such surroundings?
While Venice is old, it pales in comparison to the bristlecone pines, which are considered to be the oldest living organisms on earth. Located in the mountains of eastern California, many of them are in excess of four thousand years old. The harsh, windswept environment in which they grow—extremely slowly!—has sculpted them into marvelously contorted shapes, a photographer’s delight! A tree may have only a few living branches; the rest having died thousands of years ago. Yet the dead hulk remains intact, a testament to resiliency.
For more information, go to: http://www.merrillsheaphotography.com
Please feel free to contact Merrill by phone (617) 277-7351, cell phone (617) 470-8648, or by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
