For the month of April the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library are happy to welcome the artwork and poetry of the Arts Council of Glen Rock.
‘Verse & Visuals, The Art of the Poem’ will be on display in The Gallery through April 30th, in celebration of National Poetry Month. Featuring the poetry of Alice Gomstyn, Peter Marcalus, Kay Fialkoff, and Marcia Kaiser. As well as poetry by Glen Rock students Amaani Dharia, Kai Elrom, Olivia Choy, Jake Dreyer and Anjali Gandhi. Local artists were then asked by the Arts Council to submit artwork inspired by the poetry- artwork by Peter Marcalus, Sarah Neydon, Kay Fialkoff, Peter Liman, Kristin Marchesiello, Arlyne Berzak, Vinny Cartiglia, Sydney Mangaroo, Mary Lynch, Soo Kim and Pat Smythe was selected to exhibit.
The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library and the participating artists will donate 20% of all sales to the Glen Rock Arts Council. Please join the Glen Rock Public Library in celebrating the poets and artists participating in the exhibition at a reception Sunday April 28, 2-4pm. Light, Kosher for Passover refreshments will be served.
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.
Her fine art sites are LORIWEISBARTART.COM and LWEISBART.COM
The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library Gallery welcomes the collage artwork of Jennifer Merz for the month of February. Jennifer is also presenting her books to the children of Glen Rock on Feb 7th, World Read Aloud Day, (prior registration required). Please visit jennifermerz.com to learn more about her work and inspiration. An artist’s reception will take place at the library on Sunday, Feb 11th, 2-4p.m. and all are welcomed.
Jennifer Merz is a picture-book writer and illustrator from Allendale, NJ. Her whimsical and colorful collage art, handmade from special papers, fabric, and mixed media, create narratives that celebrate imagination. Influenced by master artists Henri Matisse, Romare Bearden, and Ed Young, Jennifer’s books have been recognized with the Children’s Choice Award, Best Book Finalist Award, and shortlisted for the self-published Selfie Award. Her picture book on Frances Perkins is designated by the Frances Perkins Center as a prime resource for teachers and parents.
Kay Faye Fialkoff, long-time Fair Lawn resident and artist, will exhibit a series of embroidery masterworks, Prayers for the Earth, 1990-2018, at the Gallery in the Glen Rock Public Library. The exhibition will run from January 5 – January 31, 2024.
Ms. Fialkoff took inspiration from New Jersey’s wetland, meadowland, and woodland habitats including the Ramapo Valley County Reservation in Mahwah, the Celery Farm Nature Preserve in Allendale, the Glen Rock Duck Pond, the Saddle River County Park Glen Rock and Paramus (Dunkerhook), and Cape May. The embroidery masterworks celebrate Earth from the time granite formed over a half a billion years ago through our current era, the Cenozoic Era, a time of great diversification of flowering plants and birds. Her practice invokes the art of Zen, portraying nature over time and space.
For the month of December, The Gallery at the Glen Rock Public Library will be showcasing the giftable artworks of several Glen Rock Arts Council artists including Soo Kim of Soo Soo Studios, Wendy Villa of Munay Art Studio, Pat Smythe, Lisa Hahn, Karol Rubio, Shantala Kaikini, Christopher Weyant, and Daniel Perry of DJP Wildlife Photography. All artworks in The Gallery are for sale, and 20% of every sale benefits The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library, who underwrites many of the library’s activities.
Thank you for shopping small and shopping local! Karol Rubio and Christoper Weyant are generously donating 100% of the proceeds from their sales back to The Library. Also shop online Daniel Perry Wildlife Photography https://djpwildlifephotography.net where 10% of every sale gets donated to an organization working with the subject of the photo.
Shop more artwork from these local Glen Rock artists and others on December 5 - "Holiday Hoopla" - 6 pm-10pm • Glen Rock Inn, 222 Rock Rd., Glen Rock
“Springboard” - the collective name of a diverse group of local artists - exhibits their latest artwork at the Glen Rock Library including botanical drawings, abstracts, plein air landscapes, and expressionist paintings that cover a wide range of subjects. The members of Springboard meet monthly to encourage, critique, and support each other in their artistic pursuits.
This month’s featured artist is Dr. Joy Yoo. Painting outdoors enables Dr. Yoo to express the spontaneity and emotion of the moment by capturing wind, clouds, air, light, and shadow. Most of the oil paintings on exhibition at the library were created during her trip last month to the Canadian Rockies. One exception is “The Village Christmas Tree” which was selected by Ridgewood, NJ’s art council to be included in their latest fundraising note cards. In addition to painting, Dr. Yoo practices dentistry at her Ridgewood, NJ Office.
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.".
