The Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library will offer a series of Distance Art Classes for students in grades 1 – 9 taught by Alexis Starke.  Although these classes are technically geared toward children, adults are more than welcome to join in too! 

At the moment, we are emailing lesson plans and posting the finished pieces on our social media so that the kids- and community- can see what each other are doing.  Students are welcome to ask for help or feedback via email, text, phone, etc.  We may add a video element at some point as well.  

Classes will cover a variety of materials and techniques in drawing, painting, design, sculpture, mixed media, collage, and printmaking. Inspiration will be taken from the greats of art history, contemporary artists, and our beautiful surroundings in Piermont on the Hudson River. Creativity will be developed in a supportive environment. And of course we always have fun!

To register, please email Alexis Starke at astarke@piermontlibrary.org

What does Lyme Disease have to do with the environment?

Columbia professor Maria Diuk-Wasser has devoted her career to understanding the connection between human changes to the environment and the emergence if diseases like Lyme disease, dengue, and West Nile Virus. 

Join us for a virtual talk about how changes in the climate and landscape usage affect the transmission of tick-borne diseases in urban and suburban areas.

Sign-up to receive the link.

Join us for our Yoga in Quarantine series! To be held every-other-week, we will have yoga instructors sharing beginners yoga that you can do right from your living room. Relax and refresh!  Each Event Begins at 2pm.  Click Here for the August 12th session link! Click Here for the July 29th session link! Click Here for the July 15th session link! Click Here for the July 1st session link! Click Here for the June 3rd session link! Click Here for the May 20th session link! Click Here for the May 6th session link!

Join us for our Cooking Under Quarantine series! To be held every-other-week, we will have a variety of presenters sharing a tasty recipe that’s sure to please you taste buds.  Each Event Begins at 2pm Sign up on our website to receive ingredients and the video or live stream link.

To watch a video or access a recipe, click on the links below! The videos are sorted by the date they were aired.

07/08/2020 — For Video — For Recipe

06/24/2020 — For Video #1 — For Video #2 — For Recipe

06/10/2020 — For Video — For Recipe

05/27/2020 — For Video — For Recipe

05/13/2020 — For Video — For Recipe

04/29/2020 — For Video — For Recipe

PLEASE NOTE: the opening reception for this exhibition has been postponed at this time due to the current public health concerns.

As the Library is closed indefinitely, please take a moment to check out our March artist, Piermont favorite, Dan Lukens via his website http://danlukensart.com/

For the month of March, the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Library presents The Light in Ordinary Days: New Paintings by Dan Lukens. 

From the artist…..As Emerson wrote, “ Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
The best in our lives, I believe, resides in familiar things and often overlooked places. In a path well traveled, foliage changing with the season, or a face we know, there is a refuge in the sublime light in ordinary days.
Shared in these new paintings is an ode to local life and a homage to the ties we carry with us.