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Last Saturday, the "Mini Art Meet-up" at the galle Last Saturday, the "Mini Art Meet-up" at the gallery provided an incredible opportunity for artists! Participants involved in the Library Arts Center's February Mini Art Challenge, which focused on creating 28 Tiny Pieces in 28 Days, gathered to showcase their creations and participated in a book-making workshop led by artist Carol Sullivan.⁠ ⁠ The variety of artworks produced during the month-long challenge was impressive, and it was great to witness the support and encouragement among the artists in the community. We will surely host another challenge in the future!
SELECTIONS Artist Spotlight: PETER ANDERSON⁠ ⁠ Sel SELECTIONS Artist Spotlight: PETER ANDERSON⁠ ⁠ Selections 2026: Selected Winners from the Juried Regional is on exhibit through MARCH 20th, and we are thrilled to highlight each of the Selections Winners!⁠ ⁠ ARTIST STATEMENT - Peter Anderson⁠ ⁠ Over the past two years I have been working on a new body of mixed-media work I refer to as Combines. I use the term deliberately—borrowed from Rauschenberg—because collage doesn’t fully describe what is happening. These works are built through a layered, physical process that draws from monoprinting, drawing, and painting.⁠ ⁠ I call this process Rock / Paper / Scissors. The name refers both to the childhood game of chance and to the materials and actions involved. Unpredictability and interruption are essential; each step alters the conditions for the next, producing outcomes that cannot be planned in advance.⁠ ⁠ -Rock refers to graphite in multiple forms—batons, tailor’s chalks, and kneadable graphite putty. All of the color in these works comes from these materials.⁠ ⁠ -Paper refers to the surfaces: traditional printmaking papers and large mulberry or calligraphic sheets used to produce monoprints.⁠ ⁠ -Scissors describes the act of cutting, ripping, and tearing those prints into hundreds of fragments, which are then reassembled. No layer remains intact, and no single decision is allowed to dominate.⁠ ⁠ Several of Peter's pieces have a QR code near them in the gallery that allow you to listen to the musical pieces that inspired these art pieces.⁠ ⁠ We will be highlighting all of our Selections Artists in the coming weeks--stay tuned!⁠ ⁠ Selections Artists (Listed Alphabetically)⁠ PETER ANDERSON⁠ CHRISTINE ANDREWS⁠ JEAN CHASE FARNUM⁠ SHAWNE MORRILL RANDLETT⁠ ELIZABETH PIERONI SCHULTE⁠ CHERYL SHANAHAN⁠ ROBIN WILLIAMS⁠ ⁠ Show Jurors: SHARI BORAZ + MEG McLEAN⁠ Gallery Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11am-4pm | Sat. 10am-2pm⁠ Admission to Library Arts Center Exhibits is always free and open to the public.⁠ ⁠ This show is generously sponsored by Sugar River Bank
If you build them, spring will come. 🌷🐤 It’s tim If you build them, spring will come. 🌷🐤 It’s time to start constructing your Peeps® Diorama! ⏰ The Library Arts Center’s 15th Annual Peeps® Diorama Contest is coming soon, and people of all ages, businesses, school classrooms, groups and organizations are all encouraged to enter! The only rule? - that the main characters in your dioramas are Peeps®. 🐤⁠ ⁠ 🌷 Contest Deadline: March 26 at 4:00pm⁠ 🌷 Peeps Party + Award Presentation: Fri. Mar. 27 - 5:00-6:00pm 🌷 Dioramas on Display: Mar. 28-Apr. 9 ⁠ Find out more about the contest, inspiration, contest rules, and more at libraryartscenter.org/peeps.
Have you been in to see this phenomenal exhibit ye Have you been in to see this phenomenal exhibit yet? SELECTIONS EXHIBIT 2026⁠: Winners of the Juried Regional On Exhibit through MARCH 20 Gallery Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11:00-4:00 | Sat. 10:00-2:00 ⁠ Selections Artists (Listed Alphabetically)⁠ PETER ANDERSON CHRISTINE ANDREWS JEAN CHASE FARNUM SHAWNE MORRILL RANDLETT ELIZABETH PIERONI SCHULTE CHERYL SHANAHAN ROBIN WILLIAMS⁠ ⁠ Show Jurors: SHARI BORAZ + MEG McLEAN⁠ ⁠ This show is generously sponsored by Sugar River Bank

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Newport, NH 03773

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