Artists:

Gunther Winkler, Ruth Lieberherr, Madeleine Lord, Carol Keller, Jurors' Sampler, Walker Home & School, Wayside's Framingham Saturday Club, Outside the Lines Studio, Winchester Public School Students, Caroline Krantz Hirschfeld.

January 2004. Gunther Winkler, Uprooted: Photographs of Uprooted Plants and Distant Places

NYC, the city emerges from 9/11 -- Chrysler Building

The artist explains why he has chosen this title as follows: "Uprooted has several meanings. One is the literal meaning of uprooted plants. The first section of the exhibit is devoted exactly to this theme. We enjoy looking at flowers and other plants but we are rarely aware that what we see is just a part of the entirety ... I want to make the viewer aware that more often than not we see and experience only part of the whole. We need to go deeper in our quest for the truth to understand this complex world ... A second section of the show is devoted to photographs of far away places ... Uprooted can also mean 'displaced from a country or habitat' and this is exactly what I frequently feel ... [The final section of the show is called NYC, the city emerges from 9/11.] These photographs portray the subdued atmosphere that overcame the otherwise bustling city after the disaster. At the same time these pictures also show the hope of a re-emergence of New York as the city of light and life."

Dr. Winkler is a biotechnology executive and 15 year resident of Winchester. He regularly exhibits his photographs.

February 2004. Ruth Lieberherr, Dreamscapes.

Ruth Lierberherr has illustrated a new picture book written by Linda Kroll and published in 2003 by Bell Pond Books. The title is Winter, Awake! The book may be borrowed through the Library.

Winchester artist Ruth Lieberherr's paintings show whimsical figures, faces, and real and fantasy creatures inhabiting dreamscapes. Remembered places, people, and feelings are transformed into unique, archetypal expressions of vibrant color and form. From her youth in Switzerland to sacred dance with her liturgical dance group, from her love of fairy tales to her recent walks among elephants in Ghana, from the mundane to the exotic and spiritual, Lieberherr's experiences find new expressions in her unique paintings.

In her series Dreamscapes the artist usually begins her acrylic and watercolor paintings without a premediated concept. From the fluid feeling of paint on canvas or on paper, she goes where the inspiration of the colors leads her.

Lieberherr grew up in Switzerland, where she earned a Ph.D. in German Language and Literature with a Minor in Art History at the University of Zurich. She also studied art at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich. Since moving to the U.S. in 1977, she has exhibited her art works in New England, New Jersey, Switzerland and France.

March 2004. Madeleine Lord, Sketches and Sculptures.

Madeleine Lord's playful sculptures are made from cut and painted steel. The steel was scrap found at Winchester's s Transfer Station. The works are displayed on the grounds of the Library as well as inside. Lord, a Winchester resident since 1987, has created images including flowers, bowties, gloves, hats and dresses. Also on exhibit are larger than life sketches.

Three of Lord's Umbrella series, included in the 2003 Contemporary Sculpture Exhibit at the Chesterwood Estate and Museum, are on the library grounds, along with other work for garden spaces.

Drawings in the exhibit include some of the pen-and-ink studies Lord made in the early eighties. A full set of sketches for the Umbrella series is on display for the first time, along with life size drawings done in preparation for eight figures cut from 3/4" steel and recently installed in Dallas, Texas.

Although Madeleine works fulltime in technology, currently with the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, she has completed a number of major commissions and exhibited extensively in the past few years. Notable among recent work is a 9/11 Memorial for the town of Whitinsvillle MA, installed September 11, 2003. It depicts a fireman and a policeman folding a flag. She also has permanent work at Fort Washington Park in Cambridge and work done with Bedford artist Ruth Bragg at the Forest Hills Cemetery. She has new work going up in Grant Park in Chicago this summer, and will have her signature cherub shovels on sale at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Arts in Bloom event this April 23-25.

Madeleine is represented by the Patricia Carega Gallery in Center Sandwich, New Hampshire and she also shows at L'Attitude on Newbury Street, Boston. In the Gallery section of the Winchester Artists Network website you can see more sculpture by Lord. Contact information is: Madeleine Lord, 45 Lincoln St., Winchester, MA 01890, telephone: 781-729-6676, e-mail: madilord@yahoo.com.

April 2004. The Winchester Artists Network

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May 2004. Carol Keller, The Moods of New England, Watercolors and Drawings

The artist in describing her work says: "New England conveys many moods to me—that is what I strive to capture in these paintings and drawings. I try to hold the mood in my mind and to preserve in my art the quietness, the beauty of some of my favorite locations. The naturalist in me needs to capture the world as it was meant to be, unspoiled and beautiful, in sun or fog. Whether it is a house in the fog in Maine or the beauty of the autumn leaves at Sugarloaf, I still always find surprises and new moods to paint. The wonderful luminosity possible in watercolor along with my love of color are ideal for capturing these moods."

Ms. Keller has exhibited in the DeCordova Museum School shows, the Wilmington Annual Art Exhibition, and the Winchester Artists' Network exhibits. She has studied art at The DeCordova Museum School and The Concord Art Association. She recently has studied watercolor with Carolyn Latanision of Winchester, MA. To reach Carol Keller: telephone: 781-721-4643 and e-mail: kellerck@aol.com and for additional information, see her website at Carol Keller Associates.

June 2004. Jurors' Sampler.

This is a selection of work by artist members of the Library's art selection jury. These community artists were responsible for choosing the artwork displayed in the Library during the past year. Each year, work is chosen by a jury which views slides provided by artists interested in exhibiting at the Library. In addition, a few months are reserved each year for group shows such as the Winchester Artist Network and Winchester Middle and High School students.

Shown here left to right are Alexandra Richardson, Carolyn Latanision, Beatriz Grayson, and Mary Hart.

The artist members of the jury for the exhibits of 2003-2004 were Carolyn Latanision, Chair, Beatriz Grayson, Mary Hart, Robert Hesse, and Alexandra Richardson. David Ardito, Winchester Schools; Jon French, Trustee and architect; Joan P. O'Neil, Friend of the Library; and Lynda Wills, Library Director.

July 2004. Wayside Youth and Family Support Network presents work by students at the Walker Home & School and Wayside's Framingham Saturday Club, Cameras in Our Hands.

This exhibition of photographs and writing was put together in celebration of Children’s Mental Health Month in May of 2004.Students who participated in this project used disposable cameras to photograph the people, places, and objects in their environment. They then selected their favorite photographs and in writing about them revealed their attachments, feelings and sense of humor.

August 2004. Artists from the Outside the Lines Studio.

Outside the Lines Studio provides individuals labeled "mentally retarded" with the tools, materials and support needed to create art. The studio and athe artists themselves elude such labels and categorizations.

For more information: www.outsidethelinesstudio.com

September & October 2004

Organized by Winchester Friends of Art, this select group of art work by Winchester Public School Students represents a wide range of talent and styles. From paint to photography, from collage to craypas, there's something for everyone. Talented students led by Winchester's very talented art teachers have produced some incredible art and make this a wonderful show for the entire community.

Art Class / Student Artwork K-12 from the Winchester Public Schools

Thanks to the following businesses:
The Artist's Studio (Reading)
Frame Haven & Gallery (Winchester)
The Great Frame Up (Woburn)
Winchester Art & Frame (Winchester)

November 2004. Susan P. Vrotsos, Venice & Tuscany, Paintings.

Susan P. Vrotsos is exhibiting abstract oils and watercolor paintings drawn from her most recent trip to Italy. Several large oils express the color, shape and light of Venice and Tuscany. The watercolor paintings also contain the light and geometry of Tuscany as well as landscapes glimpsed from an airplane. In addition, a series of abstract silk screens are overpainted with watercolor to differentiate moods and weather of vineyards in Chianti country.

For more information, check www.SusanVrotsos-artist.com

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December 2004.Caroline Krantz Hirschfeld. Diversity Near and Far

An exhibit of photographs of people from many different cultures, taken locally and in foreign settings. The exhibit celebrates diversity and reminds us that many cultures enrich Winchester's community life; it is a tribute to the Winchester Multi Cultural Network. There will be an opening day reception at the Winchester Public Library, 80 Washington Street Winchester on Thursday Dec. 2, 2004 from 7-8:30.