25 Flywheel Park West, Piermont, NY 10968-1040
25 Flywheel Park West | Piermont, New York 10968
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Photographs from around the Village of Piermont by Daniel Spitzer
On Display February 2019
Daniel has lived in, observed and recorded Piermont for nearly three decades. This collection of photographs, all ’sourced locally’, includes many which have been published in newspapers, magazines and online.
For the month of January, the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library presents Rose Pizzi: Collection of Mixed Media on Wood. Pizzi’s artist statement describes her artistic process as well as the challenges so many artists encounter in pursuing their art.
“I majored in Art in high school and always had a natural artistic ability since my teen age years. When I lived in New York City, I enrolled at NYU for art classes. My professor inspired me to continue to express myself with techniques and subject matter drawn from nature. I had my first show in New York in 1979 at the Lynn Kottler Galleries. Soon after, I started my family. Although I did not have much time to devote to art, I would periodically paint when I could, whether on children’s clothing or decorative wall art in homes.
When I had a little more time for art, I became a member of the Ridgewood Art Institute and showed my work at their holiday show and at the The Valley Hospital Art Gallery, where I sold several pieces. However, my art was soon put on hold again when I went back to school for my Masters in Nursing to become a nurse practitioner.
More recently, after moving to Sparkill, NY, I enrolled in the Union Arts Center for their Winter/Holiday Show where I sold one of my paintings. I have also exhibited at the Outside In gallery in Piermont NY.
My paintings are distinctive with an air of bold uniqueness. Many of my pieces are on a wooden canvas covered in colors of mixed media- acrylics, watercolors, pastels- and then infused with silver, bronze or golds. Very rarely do I use oils. The natural wood grain is utilized for emphasis, depth and increased detail.
I enjoy the building of a variety of mediums on top of one another to achieve a muted pastel look, then connecting the piece with a luminous flavor employing a gold or silver speckled finish.”
On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, Piermont voters elected three trustees for the Dennis P. McHugh Public Library. Len Hunt and Cara Stepanian each received 30 votes. Mitchell Eiss received 31 votes. They were all elected for three-year terms on the 9-member board. They were running unopposed.
Eiss and Hunt will serve their first term on the board beginning next month, while Stepanian will serve second term.
February 10 at 2 pm, Daniel Spitzer presents: To the North Pole!!! (#*)
# = Geomagnetic
* = Almost…
A Photo and Video Adventure to Greenland and the High Arctic
This event is free and open to the public. Please join us.
Soprano Anna Veleva will present a holiday concert at the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library on Sunday, December 16 at 2 pm.
Mrs. Veleva has received international acclaim as one of today’s most gifted and versatile opera stars. She has performed at major venues such as Carnegie Hall – Stern Auditorium, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Sofia National Opera House, and the Plovdiv Opera in Bulgaria.
This event is free and open to all. No registration or tickets required. Please join us.
Program includes:
“O mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini
“Signore Ascolta” from Turandott by Puccini
“Musetta’s Waltz” from La Boheme by Puccini
“Habanera” by Bizet from Carmen
“Memory” by A. L. Webber from Cats
“Mi chiamano Mimi” from La Boheme by Puccini
”Juliet’s Waltz” from Romeo and Juliet by Gounod
“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from The Land of Smiles by Lehar
“The toast song” from La Traviata by Verdi
“O Holly Night”
“Winter Wonderland”
“Ave Maria” by Schubert
“Silent night”
“Christmas tree”
“We wish you a merry Christmas”