The Plainsboro Public Library will celebrate its 50th year with a gala reception in the art gallery on Sunday, June 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. The gala accompanies an exhibit, on view from May 31 to June 25 displaying works created by community members in past library workshops and additional works by members of the library staff. Works by staff members include watercolors by Donna Senopoulos and photographs by Karen Boral, Sharon Mitchell, and Adam Pober.
Works created at past library art workshops will include an altered book that workshop participants created by erasing words by painting or drawing over them at workshop led by Plainsboro artist Maria Pisano, collaborative booklets created at a 2009 workshop led by Princeton-area artist and teacher Madelaine Shellaby, and the large paper mache puppets from the library’s first floor, which were created by community members in 1994, under the guidance of Carol Hendrickson and Marco Giammeti of Puppet Master Spirit Tree.
Other works on display include the “Traveling Journal,” a handmade, accordion-style book with art contributed by 18 members of the Plainsboro Library’s Artists’ Group, an origami sculpture constructed by artists Allison and Grace Kwok, and a large cloth theater scrim by artist Rachel Camporeale, depicting a farm and its inhabitants. There will also be paper and cloth puppets created by Camporeale that were used by local children in improvisation theater productions.
Pianist Bill Bauer, who co-hosts the weekly Musical Stories at the library, will perform an original composition at the reception. The musical score is inspired by the “artwork in progress” of Liz Adams, who will be on hand during Bauer’s 3 p.m. performance, putting finishing touches on her “Four Sisters” weaving.
Art Exhibit, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro. Sunday, June 8, 2 to 4 p.m. On view to June 25. 609-275-2897. www.lmxac.org/plainsboro.
