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From the Executive Director's Desk |
Rising Costs of Print Newsletters |
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From the Executive Director's Desk Ongoing Events July 2: Readings in the Gallery - Poet Judith Jones reads from her work at 7:30 PM. July 15: Photography Exhibit by Robert Jenks - Images of flowers photographed with a special lens to create soft images that might have been achieved by painting. In the Upstairs Gallery until August 12th. July 16: Readings in the Gallery - Poet Maxine Kumin reads from her work at 7:30 PM. July 30: Readings in the Gallery - Poets Jane Shore and Julie Agoos read from their works at 7:30 PM. August 15: Canvas and Stone, Art of a Friendship - A joint exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Salee Lawrence & Nancy Diefenbach. In the Upstairs Gallery until October 11th. October 15: Paintings by Edward Kadunc - An exhibit of Kingdom landscapes and interiors. In the Upstairs Gallery until December 31st. Summer Reading Program in the Youth Library The theme of this year’s Summer Reading Program is Bugs. Every year the Athenaeum’s Youth Library sponsors this program with the goals of motivating children to read; developing positive attitudes about books; and enabling children to maintain their reading skills during the summer. We also hope to encourage regular use of the library, attract new patrons and generally have a good time. Registration begins June 9th and the program continues until the beginning of August. During the summer we’ll be having a series of special programs. We hope to see many of our young patrons there. Glo Molinaroli | |
Summer Reading Program Special Events |
July 21 11:00 Caterpillar Storytime |
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Collection/Reflection at the Athenaeum This year’s Gala featured an auction of artwork from our Collection/Reflection project. Well-known regional artists were asked to create new artwork inspired by the permanent collection in our Art Gallery. We were overwhelmed with the extraordinary pieces that were donated. Visit our Web catalog of all the Collection/Reflection artwork. We’d like to thank the following artists for their donation of art work auctioned at this year’s Gala. |
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Pamela Bedson-Williams |
Edward Kadunc |
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The Rising Costs of Print Newsletters Costs for mailing and printing newsletters are increasing. We’d rather use our limited resources to fund books and other library materials. You can help by receiving our quarterly newsletter via email. Please let us know by sending an email to bdandersen@stjathenaeum.org with a request to add your name to our E-newsletter list. For those of you who have dial-up service, we promise to keep the document as concise as possible and will refrain fromt sending large photographic materials. Thanks for your help! High School Poetry Contest Winner Sydney Lea, poet and judge for this year’s contest contributed the following review of the winning poem by Burr and Burton Academy student Elizabeth Ayre. “Our winner’s poem, Fresh Water, combines romance, sadness and profound lyric inventiveness in a mere 22 lines, a repleteness of which few well-recognized poets would be capable in such short compass – or at all. The understatement of the poem – its willingness to let literal fact and restrained metaphor carry its emotions – is perhaps the secret to its success. That and, of course, a relish for and a mastery of the musical possibilities in language, make this both a sophisticated and moving piece of work.” |
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| Fresh Water Mouths open like oceans, It is moments like these |
You hold me tight |
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The next time you are in the Athenaeum, make sure to buy your raffle tickets for our Summer/Fall raffle. Stephen Huneck has donated a delightful print titled Snowboard Vermont. The print will be displayed at the Athenaeum. Young Visitors to the Gallery Recently a group of Good Shepherd School School kindergarteners visited the Art Gallery on a rainy June afternoon. Their project was to draw their version of works in the Gallerydrawing their versions of works in the gallery. One small visitor asked Gallery Manager Elaine Garrison who painted The Domes of the Yosemite. When Elaine replied, the youngster said “Didn’t he do a good job!” SecondHand Prose Now open at 1222 Main Street, selling used books year-round; operated by the Friends of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Hours are Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 10 AM-2 PM and Wednesday 2:30 -6:30 PM. Mon. & Wed: 10AM to 8PM If you are still receiving the print version of the Athenaeum's newsletter, please email us and we will remove your name from our print newsletter list. at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum is published quarterly via email.Send your comments & feedback via email to newsletter@stjathenaeum.org. Our mailing address is: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 |
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