May Gallery Exhibition, ‘Exposure: GRHS Photography Showcase & Honors Spotlight’
For the month of May, The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library Gallery will feature the photography of Glen Rock High School students, led by teacher Mara Siegel.
The show includes an Honors Photography Portfolio Showcase featuring Artists: Maya Bickel, Callie Roberts, Rose McGoey, Isadora Goncalves Messuti, Olivia Rodriguez, Lindsay Schassberger and Eli Bashan. In the words of Photography teacher Mara Siegel, “Each Honors Photography student has developed a personal portfolio, curating images that reflect their unique interests, artistic voices, and evolving technical skills. From conceptual storytelling to refined visual studies, these photographs are the result of sustained inquiry and creative risk-taking. Students were challenged to think deeply about what they wanted to say, and how best to say it through the lens. The resulting portfolios offer a diverse and compelling range of perspectives, united by a shared commitment to craft and expression.”
The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library and the Arts Council of Glen Rock, in honor of National Poetry month, are proud to present ‘Verse and Visuals: The Art of the Poem’ a collection of poetry and artwork. The Gallery at the Glen Rock Public Library will show the exhibition April 4- April 30. Please also join us for a reception with poetry readings to honor the poets and visual artists featured in our special Poetry Month Exhibition, Sunday April 6th, 2-4pm. Light refreshments will be served thanks to Glen Rock Arts Council sponsors Catalano Coffee, Giannella’s and The Curious Reader.
Poets participating in the exhibition include Naomi Gamorra, Suzanne Kaselow, Skye Tarshis as well as Byrd School fifth grade students Faye Brennan, Connor Gomez, Miles Greenberg, Lara Lee Kocaga, Jack Libenson, Amelia Montone, Sabrina Strauss, Michelle Ward and Academy of Our Lady students Matthew Haddad, Nora Sweeney and Rocco DiPerna. Local artists were then invited to choose from the above Poet's submissions to create artwork. We welcome the talents of local artists: Jen Collins, Heather Corey, Lisa Hahn and Pat Smythe. Sculptor Howard Engle and Ceramicist Michelle Keller submitted three-dimensional art. Also introducing student artwork from Glen Rock Middle School Artist Violet Murphy and Glen Rock High School photographers Jacob Dworkin, Cooper Gill, Alana Marks and Teresa Sapienza.
The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library Gallery welcome the paintings of Lori Weisbart-Polson for the month of March.
Lori Weisbart-Polson began painting and studying art at a young age. In her twenties she
attended classes at the Art Students League in New York City and has traveled through Southern France on painting workshops. Weisbart-Polson has a BA in Communications from The American University and a second Associates Degree in Advertising Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology.
Her true love is painting and drawing. Polson, in addition to enjoying fine art, has been representing preeminent portrait painters for over twenty years. The link to the art consulting site is: LORIPOLSON.COM
Before that, Lori was an art director for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide in New York City.
For more information about the artist or to purchase additional artwork, please visit LORIWEISBARTART.COM
For the month of February, The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library welcome the artwork of Kay Fialkoff to The Gallery.
In her exhibition titled Meditations on Glen Rock Park, her works on paper include watercolor, ink, cutouts, thread - a series of 16 works. Created in states of flow and altered states of consciousness she reflects, “Glen Rock Park Duck Pond became my muse. My visits were a matter of limited time and opportunity. When drawn to a particular part of the landscape, I entered a deep state of concentration, freeze-framing images. I often arrived at a state of awareness that can only be described as a state of oneness. This process has served me well in all of my creative endeavors.”
Meditations on Glen Rock Park works on paper reflect her responses to those on-site visits through stream of consciousness processes.
For the month of January, The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library welcome the artwork of Isabella Disler to The Gallery. Isabella is a Glen Rock resident of over 15 years and has long been part of the Glen Rock Public Library life through various events and volunteering activities with her kids. Art has been Isabella’s passion her entire life but hasn’t taken the center stage until a few years ago when she started to create paintings and display them in offices in New York City where customers have commented that her artwork makes a dull and uninspiring atmosphere inspirational. Isabella creates art that is colorful, vibrant and uplifting, and makes every room filled with cheer and warmth. Isabella believes that art has special powers to change a person’s mood and state of mind, which can have far-reaching effects such as uplifting someone’s difficult day. Isabella sells her paintings (acrylic on canvas) and their reproductions (fine art giclee print on canvas) on her website artworksbyisabella.com In tandem with the January exhibit at the Glen Rock Public Library, 20% of all online sales in the month of January will be donated to the Glen Rock Public Library. Isabella appreciates your support of her woman-owned local small business. You can contact her through her website.
Peter Grad, a Ridgewood, NJ photographer, has been capturing images for more than a dozen years, often returning to the same spots time and time again. Inspired by parks and gardens throughout Bergen County and New York City, Grad states: “The park is a tapestry, a chromatic continuum providing an infinite palette of both brilliant and subtle hues that, waiting to be captured, can never be duplicated.”
Eugene Lagana, an innovative and imaginative photographer creates artistic stories with surrealism in mind. Taking inspiration from Salvador Dali and the experimental and satirical compositions of Frank Zappa, the New Jersey artist loves to observe people's reactions when they see his work for the first time.
Joanne DiStasi's approach to nature photography is to look at the subject from all angles and showcase the textures and details that typically get passed over or ignored. She loves delighting clients with photographs of their special events including weddings, mitzvahs and sweet sixteen parties and can be found by her brand "Stolen Moments, Inc.".
