- On Tuesday, May 7, our Coolidge Corner and Putterham Libraries will be closed for Library-related business. Meeting Rooms will be open for voting.
- On Tuesday, May 7, our Brookline Village location's operating hours will be 3pm to 9pm.
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our wall case, Mackenzie is displaying her horse collection.
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
My name is Meena . I’m a UX/UI and art manager at XC Art Center, specializing in art tutoring, digital marketing, interaction design, and graphic design. Outside of work, I’m passionate about art. For me, art is my sanctuary; it brings me so much peace, joy, and relaxation. My favorite medium is ink pen, but I also love working with watercolor, colored pencil, and creating pop-up cards and digital paintings. Thank you for dropping by and checking out my creations at Patterham Library. I also have my Instagram page, “meena_art.design,” where I update my most recent artwork. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
There are many different ways to know the world. People read and write books, they calculate and analyze data, and they have debates and conversations. The artists in this exhibit learn by doing – they make things. Artists tinker, experiment, and play with ideas – they think with their hands to learn about the materials and processes that allow them to bring new ideas into the world. The work in this exhibit was created by students in Ceramics, Metals, Engineering, and Creative Woodworking classes in Brookline High School’s Unified Arts Building. We are lucky to have well-equipped studios and expert instructors to mentor students as they develop their capacity for creative problem-solving. Some of this work is purely artistic, inviting the viewer to wonder and think about larger ideas. Other works were created with both form and function in mind.
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our flat case, Mika is displaying her LEGO collection.
In our wall case, Bam Bam is displaying his LEGO collection.
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
Tom Kurokawa’s exhibition is a collection of multiple media and tells a story of his lived experiences in Japan as well as his daydreams and of nostalgia. His ink and watercolor pieces display dreamy landscapes and structures of Japan long ago, and of his childhood memories of people and places. His images composed of cut paper and ink are an animated display of nature, animals, and characters, using his non-dominant writing hand to compose playful prose in non- traditional, free form calligraphy. Brush and Knife – I as a Duelist – is a showcase of wielding his tools of choice to tell the story of his life experiences and dreams. He is in a constant dialogue between his hands and his tools. Just as he has done as a Chef, taking people on a sensory journey of his culinary crafts on plates, Tom draws the audience into folklore and craft on paper at this special exhibit.
Born June 28, 1940, in Chiba Prefecture in Japan, Tom was surrounded by art at an early age. He helped his mother in their neighborhood eatery learning the art and craft of making food. He later attended an arts college studying calligraphy and graphic design. He became a trained chef and restaurateur of Japanese cuisine and worked in and developed dining establishments in many locations including New Jersey, New York City, Italy, Russia and London. His love and passion for art has been the basis of his culinary creations for over 60 years and is oftentimes evident in the art he creates on paper. He is a husband and father of three, and a proud grandparent to a Brookline High School senior. Currently a Shrewsbury resident, Tom has lived in the US for the last 45 years, and he enjoys spending his time creating artwork and cooking for his family.
Clay figurines and toys can be found in many culturea and traditions. They go back thousands of years and often had ceremonial or mystical functions. Some of these figurines represented fertility and harvest symbols, or they depicted scenes from daily life and work. Many are in the shape of a whistle to keep away evil spirits. Still others are simply bright and playful and were used to decorate homes and entertain children.
Irene and Alex Belozersky first discovered this folk art in their travels in Russia at the end of 1970s. They were enchanted by the beauty and expressiveness of these figurines. They were fortunate to collect traditional works of true folk artisans from different corners of the former Soviet Union. This art form has been fast disappearing, and the present collection is quite unique.
Apart from their rarity, these objects are colorful, playful and beautiful. We hope they will bring you joy.
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our flat case, Morgan is displaying her rock and gem collection, which even has a piece of petrified wood!
In our wall case, Harper is displaying his collection of dinosaurs.
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
Mark Wunderlich is the author of four books of poems, the most recent of which is God of Nothingness. His other books include The Earth Avails, which received the Rilke Prize, Voluntary Servitude, and The Anchorage, which received the Lambda Literary Award. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, Civitella Ranieri Foundation and the Amy Lowell Trust, among others, and he has published recent poems in the New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Poetry, The Paris Review, The New Republic, and in the Best American Poetry. He serves as Executive Director of the Bennington Writing Seminars and lives in Catskill, New York. For more information, go to http://www.markwunderlich.com/.
APRIL OPENER
On April 8, 2024, the United States will experience a Total Solar Eclipse! While Brookline won’t be in the the path of totality, we will experience approximately 92% obscuration. The eclipse will begin at approximately 2:20 PM with maximum obscuration of 92% occurring at 3:30 PM and then the partial eclipse will conclude around 4:30 PM.
The Public Library of Brookline wants to help you safely experience the upcoming eclipse because there won’t be another total solar eclipse in the lower-48 states until 2044. We hope you’ll join us for a slate of eclipse themed programming at our Library locations.
Limited quantities of eclipse glasses will be available at programs for program attendees only. For more information on suppliers of eclipse glasses, visit the American Astronomical Society.
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