11th Annual Juried Art Show Opening Reception

“East Granby Public Library's 11th Annual Juried Art Show”

The East Granby
Public Library,  24 Center Street, will
proudly host its 11th Annual Juried Art Show beginning Saturday,
January 25th. This popular event attracts visitors from all over New
England.

 The juried
art show, with categories for oil or acrylic paintings, pastel or graphic arts,
watercolors, and sculpture or mulitmedia, will be accepting hand-delivered
entries Thursday, Jan. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 18 from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. at the library. Entry Fees: $20 for first entry, $10 for second entry,
$10 for child entry. Checks should be made out to: East Granby Public Library.

 An Opening Awards
Reception will be held on Saturday, January 25th from 7:00pm to
9:00pm. Live music by Judy Handler & Mark Levesque as well as refreshments
will greet visitors.

 Our juror, NC
Whitcher,  is a Connecticut artist who
works as a printmaker, painter and multimedia artist. Her artwork is about
energy, color and excitement.  She utilizes a variety of media and
composition to convey emotions and a sense of time or place. She keeps an
active exhibiting schedule in national and regional shows, juried competitions
and commercial galleries in both solo and group exhibits.  She has
received awards for monotypes, oil and acrylic paintings, and stoneware
vessels. Her grants, honors, and awards include artist-in-residence at the
Vermont Studio Center, and a National Endowment for the Arts participant grant
for drawing and painting at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is
the current President of the Connecticut Women Artists.  ncwhitcher.net.

 Artwork will be on
display during library hours from January 27th – March 1st
2014.

See more at:

http://www.egpl.org/2/category/juried%20art%20show/1.html