The Board of Trustees of the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Kristine Palacios as the new library director.
Palacios served most recently as the director of the Willington Public Library in Willington, Connecticut. She has worked at Willington for the past four years. Palacios holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Wayne State University.
“We are truly delighted to welcome Ms. Palacios to our library family,” said Judith Epstein, president of the Piermont Public Library Board of Trustees. “She brings with her valued experience from her previous role as library director in Connecticut as well as an enthusiasm to further the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library’s role in the entire community.”
Prior to serving as director of the Willington Library, Palacios was assistant director at the library. Previously she was library assistant at Richmond Memorial Library in Marlborough, Connecticut.
Palacios holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Connecticut. She also has professional librarian certificates from the states of New York and New Jersey.
Kristine is currently a resident of Vernon, Connecticut, but plans to relocate to the Piermont area. She will begin as library director on March 25th, 2019. 
“I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the Piermont Library!” said Palacios. “I look forward to meeting all of the library’s patron’s and community members; although I have only just begun, I can already see that there is something special about this town, its people, and its library and I am so excited to be a part of that.” 
The library is delighted to roll out the welcome mat for Kristine at a “Meet-and-Greet” reception at the library on Sunday, April 28th at 2PM. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Join us on Thursday, March 21st, from 8:00 – 10:00 PM for Despicable Me. A supervillain schemes to steal the moon from the sky, but his evil machinations are undermined by three orphaned girls who see him as a father figure, despite his diabolical intentions. Popcorn will be served! Please register through our website.

Join us on Thursday, April 25th, from 6:00 – 7:00 PM for an Earth Day Celebration! Create masterpieces from recycled materials and eat some yummy desserts! All ages welcome with a parent or caregiver. Please register for this event through our events calendar.

For the month of April, the Library presents, “Diana Chelaru: Reimagining Femininity.” There will be an opening reception for the artist on Sunday, April 7th, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Ms. Chelaru desribes her work as follows,

“The works of art in “Reimagining Femininity” are the result of a unique blend of Abstract Expressionism and Jugendstil Ornamentation at the center of which I placed the female figure. The ornament becomes a direct mode of representation, conveying meaning through material form and color, transforming extreme stylization and artifice into a meaningful and deeply symbolic mode of visual expression. The heightened sensuality of the decorative ornamentation is almost obliterating the human figure.

In creating these paintings I used two techniques: the traditional acrylic painting techniques with brushes on the vertical canvas and the dripping of enamel paints on the horizontal canvas. By using the two techniques it was possible to create a simulation of depth on the flat canvases emphasize once again the decorative ornamentation.”

March 2019 Opening Reception: Sunday, March 3rd, 2 – 4 PM
For the month of March, the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library presents Keith Rousseau: Spectrum. Spectrum is a limited engagement photography exhibition by local photographer Keith Rousseau.  Based just outside New York City in the historic Hudson Valley, Keith brings a unique look at the world around us. Born and raised in New Hampshire, then traveling throughout the country and serving in the US Air Force, Keith developed a passion for seeing beauty in the ordinary. He is always looking for a moment to capture and a new way of telling an old story. 
Spectrum is an artistic showing that is intended to embody a small sampling of the broad array of creativity found in Keith’s art that is developed through the lens of his camera while embracing the full spectrum of the colorful world in which we live.  It is through his photography that Keith is able to capture and create an array of various elements and settings so as to not prejudice or disregard any of life’s moments, beauty or uniqueness. 
Through Spectrum, one can envision how Keith views the world and is able to capture the bold array of life’s beauty while keeping true to the art and the contents therein.  Each image Keith captures is intended to evoke a feeling of being in the moment and experiencing life along with him through his journeys in the Hudson Valley and beyond and of experiencing beauty in the mundane. 
Keith possess a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Business Management as well as several financial licenses. He founded the Erimac Group, a creative consulting company that helps small business entrepreneurs tell their story. He is also actively engaged in the performing arts as an actor, writer, model and independent filmmaker.  He regularly volunteers for Veteran’s organizations when able.  To learn more about Keith and all of his artwork, please visit www.erimacgroup.com