Even if you’re not a regular Webster Public Library patron, I recommend you go back as often as you can, because you’ll almost ALWAYS come across some new decoration or display or special event that will pique your interest.
Case in point: the library’s month-long “tiny art” exhibit set up in the lobby, next door to the Community Room. The exhibit is the work of Colleen Hernandez, Teen and Family Experiences Librarian, who organized it earlier this summer to give kids a chance to get creative and be part of their very own art exhibit.
So actually, the exhibit is not really Colleen’s work; it’s the work of 60 young people of all ages, who read about the “tiny art” project and decided to strut their artistic stuff.
Colleen told me she started advertising the fun event earlier this summer, when participants were encouraged to pick up blank canvases at the library and, well, decorate them. Artists had all of July to perfect their work, and then bring them back to the library in August for display.
About 100 mini canvases went home, Colleen said, and 60 were returned, all of which are now on display. It’s pretty amazing the different ways the artists chose to decorate their canvases, using so many different materials and colors.
But this is where we all come in: all this month, library patrons are encouraged to stop by and vote for their favorite pieces. The display will be taken down the first week of September, so make sure to get there soon. The winning prize? “Fame and glory,” Colleen said with a smile.
Beware: it’s a difficult choice, and the photos below really do NOT do these tiny works of art justice.
The Webster Library is located at 980 Ridge Rd., at the back of Webster Plaza.
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(posted 8/19/2024)
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Thanks for covering this, Missy. Well done! My congratulations to the artists. I found it very difficult to pick one favorite. The level of effort and creativity were very impressive. I particularly enjoyed “Happy Math” (complete with equations!!), the peeking Panda, and a work that resembles either a sunflower or a total eclipse of the sun. The beauty of the last piece is that it could be either; I’d never realised how similar both appear. That’s the wonder of art in all of its forms; it helps us see things in new and different ways, sometimes revealing unexpected connections. Again, thank you for covering this, thanks to Ms. Hernandez for coordinating, and thanks to all of the artists for sharing their time and talents.