Think Spring - It's Time for the Student Art Show!

Coming this May the Friends of the Amherst Town Library
will be hosting its 20th Annual Student Art Show! An
artist reception will be held on Mother's Day, Sunday May 12,
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

New this year, in additions to students receiving participation
ribbons, 15 art awards will be given to selected artworks juried
by five local artists. This year Mont Vernon Village School students
will be participating for the first time.

Awards will take the form of framing two-dimensional artworks or a
plaque for three-dimensional artworks. Announcements of award
recipients will take place at the Student Art Show receptions on
Mother's Day at 2:30 p.m.

A special thank you goes to the following local businesses and an
anonymous sponsor that made these awards possible:

Allen Remodeling
Amherst Country Club
BMA Architectural Group
Boyd & Boufford Insurance Agency
Children's Dental Center of New Hampshire
First Colebrook Bank
Garden Gate Quilting
Casual Cat
Mike's Auto
Moulton's
Triangle Credit Union

In appreciation of our sponsors, artworks that receive awards
will be hung at the local businesses that sponsor the awards in
the month of June followed by a group showing at the SAU-39
administrative offices for the month of July.

The Friends of the Amherst Town Library would also like to thank
the following businesses that made contributions to the Student
Art Show reception:

Stop and Shop of Milford
Target of Nashua

The Friends of the Library would like to welcome back Cheryl Z. Miller to the Amherst Town Library from June 3rd to July 14th. Cheryl will be exhibiting her still lifes and scenic views fabric collages. A wonderful media using cotton hand dyed and vintage fabrics while incorporating traditional and modern quilting techniques to create a “painting” entirely out of fabric. Cheryl has a BA in Art History from Hope College, where she also took many studio art classes and has graduate certificate in business from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She continues to take painting and fabric workshops to learn new techniques. Cheryl grew up in Columbus, Ohio which was a city surrounded by farms and has lived in New Hampshire since 1996.

"I have recently rekindled my love of textiles and have been making fabric collages and mini art quilts as a side to my painting. My art aspires to convey a sense of calm or reflection of the landscape around me as well as patterns and history found in everyday objects. I'm inspired by the colors in nature, locally grown food, old textiles and the outdoors. I think that viewers respond to my work because it depicts familiar things in an unusual medium."

Cheryl has a great interest in land preservation, organic farming and supports local farms and artisans, themes that are often reflected in her work. She is inspired by the natural beauty of New England, local farms, and farmers markets. Cheryl also paints in oil because she loves the richness of its color and is in awe of the French painters Corot and Monet for the way they handled light and color and Vincent Van Gogh for his perseverance and commitment to his art. Come meet Cheryl on Sunday June 9th from 2 to 4pm at on the main floor of the Amherst Town Library during a reception surrounded by her collages.