NOTES PAINTED IN FLOWERS, Flower Themes by Jan Aiello on exhibit June 1 through June 29.

Jan Aiello is an artist working in Croton-on-Hudson, and a member of the Briarcliff Manor Garden Club. Her work uses color balance and light to invoke a sense of space and movement. Flowers and spring orchards have been a favorite subject throughout her career. Some of her garden pieces are not paintings or block prints—but stained glass windows! She is a graduate of The Cooper Union, NYC., and Manhattanville College. Ms. Aiello taught art at Hendrick Hudson High School for 18 years and still teaches from her Croton studio. She is a puppeteer, specializing in community building projects that celebrate diversity and culture. Two large parade puppets will be featured in the Croton Summerfest parade June 5th.

TIME SHAPES LINES, photography and drawings by Allison Midgley.

Allison Midgley is an Ossining resident and an artist, teacher and trainer. She is the Interim President of the Ossining Arts Council and currently develops and supports library staff professional development in digital literacy, existing and emerging technologies, and innovation and maker programs in her role at the Westchester Library System. Allison received her Bachelor of Arts in Art and Education from the University of Dallas in Irving, TX. In addition to participating in a variety of print editioning projects, in 2010 she was privileged to participate in the installation of Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing # 1268: Scribbles: Staircase (AKAG) at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Most recent exhibitions include A Round Now In a Square Time collaborative show with Sheila Kalkbrenner at the David A. Howe Public Library in Wellsville, NY (2013) and Moments: Before/During/After at the Briarcliff Manor Public Library (2016). Through mixed media, photos, and combinations of traditional and emerging technologies, she investigates ordinariness and time; light, surfaces, and textures; shifts in literal and figurative perspective and focus; and themes of isolation and belonging.

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