RENEWABLES: ALTERED BOOKS

What happens when a book outlives its purpose on the shelf?

If it falls into the right hands, it is transformed into an art object that may or may not resemble its original form as a book. An “altered book” is any book, old or new that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art.

Coming this fall...Renewables: Altered Books - a community wide art project co-sponsored by Waterfall Arts, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) and the Belfast Free Library.

If you want to find out more and learn about this project please come to the Fear No Art: Altered Books presentation at the Belfast Free Library on Wednesday June 25th at 6:30 pm. Cathy Melio, Education Director at CMCA in Rockport will present this slide show, which is the kick off event for this exciting community-wide altered books project coming this September to the midcoast area. There are several free altered book workshops, a panel discussion and an artist lecture scheduled for the fall. We hope to engage people of all ages and levels of art experience (or inexperience) in transforming books into works of art- an altered book- and then exhibit them in November at the Belfast Free Library, Waterfall Arts and CMCA.

Just Imagine What You Could Do With A Discarded Book....

An Eye on Dance, photographs by Daniel O'Connell

Noted Mid-Coast press photographer Daniel O'Connell's first solo exhibit, “An Eye on Dance” will run April 1- 30 at the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library. The show, which features his photographs of the Lasansky Dance Theater Ensemble, celebrates National Dance Week.

The opening reception on Friday, April 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. will feature three solos by Lasansky dancers Erin Vasil of Belfast, Harper Gordon of Rockport and Emily Pote of Camden, who will perform at 6 p.m. Clare Olson of Belfast will give a poetry reading complementary to one of the dances

Besides National Dance Week, the show and concert will honor World Dance Day and Poetry Month. All are invited to attend this free celebration of dance and poetry in the Kramer Gallery and Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library.




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New Art Display in Children's Area

Have you seen the new art work in the Children's Room? Great pieces have been contributed by the students from MSAD #34, the Toddy Pond School, and Cornerspring Children's house. Jessica Porter and Samantha Hunter are the elementary teachers for MSAD #34. Lesia Sochor guides youngsters at Toddy Pond and Eva Wagner implements the art program at Cornerspring.
Here is a brief sample of the childern's work. Visit the entire exhibit on the 2nd floor.

Love Letters to the World: Hot Art/Hot Poems

Friday March 28th, 6pm. Reception and Celebration for this exhibit that has brought so much interest and positive feedback from the community.

Reception starts at 6pm, Poetry Readings with the contest winners and special appearances from Barbara Maria and Candace Stover starts at 7pm.

February in the Kramer Gallery

“The Season’s of Belfast” by Debbie Flood in the Kramer Gallery for February.

“The Season’s of Belfast” Belfast artist Debbie Flood is a collection of watercolor paintings that all have a common theme: Belfast in its different seasons. Seasons from long ago are depicted through the Belfast’s past series, seasons from now and the past in Debbie’s life are depicted through images of her children at play on the shore at the Belfast City park, sliding in the snow at their grandmother’s Belfast home, steamers from a summer day, picnicking with family, and star fish caught in tidal pools. Fall scenes that reflect something that has been lost, but found again in the full circle of life. All the paintings in this exhibit encircle the theme of nature and the seasons of our lives in Belfast. The exhibit will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library February 4th through March 3rd 2008.
To find out more about Debbie Flood go to her website at
www.debfloodart.com

Watercolor: "Brooding on the Shore"