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.

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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.

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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

For the month of November, The Gallery at the Glen Rock Public Library welcomes the artwork of Kristin Marchesiello.  Ms. Marchesiello is an award-winning artist from Glen Rock- previously winning recognition at the Centennial Art Show in 2022 at the Glen Rock Public Library. Ms. Marchesiello grew up on Long Island and lived in Manhattan for several years. She and her family settled in Glen Rock in 2019. Ms. Marchesiello has pursued the arts since childhood, first with drawing but then focusing on painting and printmaking. Throughout the years, her subject matter evolved often reproducing works she viewed in museums. She now largely focuses on floral still-life with vibrant colors and shadows. Although her most recent work has been in acrylic paints, she also works in oils, which she learned to use through the adult education program at Midland Park High School, in partnership with the Glen Rock Community School.

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For the month of October, The Gallery at the Glen Rock Public Library welcomes the artwork of Mary Walker-Baptiste and the poetry of Lou Baptiste.  This husband-wife team’s “Painted Poetry” exhibition pairs Mary’s visual arts with poetry written by her husband Lou.

Their collaboration of paintings and poems began with their annual Christmas card, starting in 2004. One year Mary would create a painting, and Lou would write a complimentary poem. The next year, Lou would write a poem, and Mary would interpret it in a painting.  They hope the viewer enjoys exploring how their pieces actually do have connections.

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For the month of September, The Gallery at the Glen Rock Public Library welcomes the artwork of Christopher Weyant.  Chris is a native of New Jersey who now lives in Glen Rock with his wife and their two daughters.

A cartoonist for The New Yorker, Chris’ work has been published worldwide in newspapers, magazines, books and online, and he has worked on numerous national advertising campaigns.  His cartoons are in permanent collection at The Whitney Museum of American Art and The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. In 2016, the Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard selected Weyant to be a Nieman Fellow, the second cartoonist to receive that honor in Nieman Foundation's seventy-five year history.

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