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May 09, 2007
This Week at the Library 5/10/07 to 5/17/07
Art Exhibit:
Darien artist Lori Glavin will exhibit new work at Darien Library from May 1 through June 10. A reception with the artist will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 11.
Ms. Glavin will exhibit oil paintings, collograph prints, and collages, all made using recycled polystyrene. In this exhibit, entitled “Minute by Minute,” the artist’s work explores time – how our days and hours and minutes are divided into equal segments that give structure to our lives. In some work, each minute is represented and in other pieces, the focus is on the emotions of a specific hour or period of day.
About her choice of materials, Ms. Glavin says, “I reuse polystyrene packaging from the supermarket in my collages because it relates to my domestic life and also symbolizes waste in our lives. The daily cycle of shopping, preparing, and cleaning up is an integral part of my day. I like finding a second use for ordinary materials that most people view as garbage.”
Ms. Glavin’s use of polystyrene began as an experiment in which she got 1,440 equal-sized pieces, each representing one minute, and created a collage about a day in her life. Soon, the three-dimensional collages became printing plates, used on both paper and canvas.
Ms. Glavin has been involved in the visual arts for over 25 years. After earning her BFI from Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts, she worked in New York as a graphic designer and art director. She was the owner of her own design firm and held creative positions at Conde Nast’s HG and The New York Times’ McCall’s magazine.
Ms. Glavin is an artist member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists in New Canaan and ART/PLACE, a cooperative gallery in Southport, CT. She exhibits regularly in galleries in Connecticut and Maine.
Monday Matinee at Darien Library:
Darien Library presents Monday Matinees at 11:30 a.m. Movies will be shown in the Library’s Program Room at 11:30 a.m. Doors open at 11 and refreshments will be served. Admission is free.
May 14 – The Painted Veil
May 21 – Music and Lyrics
Display Case:
Find out breaking Library news, the latest book recommendations, and our staff’s Word of the Day just by stepping in the front door. Our display case blackboard is refreshed daily (sometimes even more often) with notes and new words. We’ll also place alerts so that you don’t miss out on book sales, movies, or other events taking place here.
Children’s Room:
Creative Movement with Miss Mary:
The Darien Library will offer “Creative Movement with Miss Mary” programs for walkers up to 35 months, and three and four-year-olds.
Join Mary Squicciarino for songs, sing-alongs, and interactive movement with instruments and props on Thursday May 24, and Tuesdays June 5 and 12. The program for walkers up to 35 months will be from 9:45 to 10:15 a.m., and the three and four-year-olds’ program will be from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. Sign-up is required for each individual date and begins Thursday, May 10.
Children, teens, and adult programs are funded by contributions to the Annual Campaign for the Darien Library. Please contact the Children’s Room at 655-1234 x117, or visit the Library’s website at www.darienlibrary.org/children for more information. Summer storytime for infants to age 6 begins June 26.
COMING NEXT WEEK:
Books (release-date: May 15 ):
Invisible Prey by John Sandford
Bad Luck & Trouble by Lee Child
Falling Man by Don DeLillo
The Witch of Portabello by Paulo Coelho
Crashing Through: a Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See by Robert Kurson
DVDs (release-date: May 15):
Arthur and the Invisibles
The Fountain
Pan’s Labyrinth
Stomp the Yard
HOURS:
Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
World Wide Web: darienlibrary.org
Posted by Cathy at May 9, 2007 04:17 PM