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Art in the Meeting Room
July/August 2010
Drawings by Steve Wilda
Steve Wilda is essentially a self-taught artist who worked in graphic arts for over 20 years and progressively changed to the area of fine arts. He works in a studio setting using as a basis for his imagination photographs that he takes of the surrounding landscape of South Hadley, Mass.
Many may have seen his series “The Poets of New England” created for the University of Massachusetts. The single-colored portraits, measuring 32” X 48” were used as a background for a video presentation about the poets. The series included Emily Dickenson, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, Adrienne Rich, Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath. Several of these portraits are included in the current exhibit.
The exhibition of Wilda’s work will continue through the months of July and August.
In the Turret Room
May/June/July 2010
Stained glass by Carolyn Stock
 Carolyn Stock is a local stained glass artist with over thirty years experience. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, she has created stained glass windows for the movie director, Spike Lee, the Children's Discovery Museum in Acton, and numerous stained glass windows for architects and individuals. She has enjoyed many years of teaching stained glass at art centers, including Acton Community Education for twelve years, and college level stained glass classes at Middlesex Community College. An avid gardener, Stock translates her love of nature into flowing and beautiful natural stained glass designs. Her work also combines an intuitive sense of color and design with an eye for natural beauty. Her commissioned work with architects and clients also reflects a strong emphasis on integrating the environment with personal ideas, moods, and preferences.
Several years ago Stock began to experiment with three-dimensional designs. Her love of translucent colors, shapes, and their juxtapositions evolved into compositions with complex and multifaceted arrangements. Each one presents a new structural and creative challenge. She has enjoyed a freedom of designing which has led to the playful and innovative creations on view in the upper-level library Turret Room.
Carolyn Stock's web site can be found at: web.maynard.ma.us/arts/maa/stock/
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