MIDDLETOWN
‘New Growth’ sculpture workshop at Trailside Park with artist Sherry Harris
Middletown Art Center (MAC) invites the public to join their current art and community project, LOCUS. As part of LOCUS, artist/nature fiber sculptor, Sherry Harris, will lead a workshop assembling and installing a large sculpture from mulberry branches this Sunday May 26 from 10 am to 2 pm. The workshop will take place at Trailside Park in Middletown at 21435 Dry Creek Cutoff (off Hwy. 175).
Please preregister at www.MiddletownArtCenter.org/Locus. The workshop is open to adults of all ages and teens 12 up. The cost is $5. Please bring water, lunch, a hat, sunscreen, work gloves if you have them, and good walking shoes.
During the month of May, the MAC has been focused on revitalizing the EcoArts Sculpture Walk. The Walk has been closed since the Trailside Park, and sculptures on view at the time, burned in the Valley Fire in 2015. The 2019 Walk called ‘LOCUS: a Sense of Place’, will open with a festive reception on Saturday June 1 from 4-6:30 pm. The public is welcome to join this free celebration.
Community members who enjoy working outdoors, and have an interest in revitalizing the park, in preparation, installation, or maintenance of outdoor exhibits are encouraged to contact the MAC via email at middletownartcenter@gmail.com or to call 707-809-8118.
Middletown Art Center is located at 21456 State Hwy 175 at the junction of Hwy 29. The MAC Gallery currently features Community Works an exhibit of work from Woodland Community College Lake County Campus Art students, from RESTORE project participants, and from ArtVentures Homeschool students. The exhibit is on view through June 9. The gallery is open Thursday 11-5, Friday 11-6, Saturday 10-6 and Sundays 11-5. For more information and to stay up to date on all classes, calls for work, and events, or to become a member and support this valuable Lake County arts and culture resource visit www.middletownartcenter.org
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Friends of the Lake County Library thank the community
The Friends of the Lake County Library would like to thank the community for their wonderful support of our recent basket raffle. We were able to raise $1,610 and all of that money has gone directly to support our libraries.
Summer Reading begins at all of the library branches this Saturday, May 18. . Summer Reading not only encourages children and teens to read over the summer, but also provides fun activities for adults. When the community supports the Friends of the Lake County Library by purchasing raffle tickets; purchasing a membership; buying books from the ongoing Friends book sale in the lobby of the Lakeport Library, they help to ensure that the library can continue to effectively serve the community. For more information about library programs, call your local branch or check out their website. For more information about the Friends of the Library, check out the website at http://www.friendsofthelakecountylibrary.org
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