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The Book Sale Under the Tent returns Memorial Day weekend! Saturday, May 25th from 10 until 2, Sunday, May 26th from 11 until 2, and Monday, May 27th from 10 until 2.  Fill a bag for $5 on Monday.

Genevieve ‘Jenny’ Simont Ireland, formerly of Cornwall and Salisbury, has left a treasure trove of work created over her long life.  Her son, Sumner Ireland, is compiling a show of her work for the Cornwall Library.  The opening reception will be May 25th at 5pm.  Her work will remain on show until July 6th.  Registration is requested for the reception.

The Book Sale Under the Tent returns Memorial Day weekend! Saturday, May 25th from 10 until 2, Sunday, May 26th from 11 until 2, and Monday, May 27th from 10 until 2.  Fill a bag for $5 on Monday.

The Book Sale Under the Tent returns Memorial Day weekend! Saturday, May 25th from 10 until 2, Sunday, May 26th from 11 until 2, and Monday, May 27th from 10 until 2.  Fill a bag for $5 on Monday.

Beginner techniques in creating pastel landscape paintings including presentation of materials and different types of pastels, scene composition, atmospheric perspective, use of color, shading, and textures to achieve a variety of vibrant pastel effects. A supply list will be available at the first class after demonstration of recommended supplies.  Fee is $75 for all three classes, payable to the instructor at the first class.

Beginner techniques in creating pastel landscape paintings including presentation of materials and different types of pastels, scene composition, atmospheric perspective, use of color, shading, and textures to achieve a variety of vibrant pastel effects. A supply list will be available at the first class after demonstration of recommended supplies.  Fee is $75 for all three classes, payable to the instructor at the first class.

The Annual Meeting of the Cornwall Library Board of Trustees will be held June 21 at 4pm.  You can attend live or via Zoom.

This is an opportunity for members of the community to ask questions and make recommendations regarding The Library.  Please be prompt, this meeting typically lasts only a few minutes unless we have public input.

Click here to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86047911814?pwd=SDQ2YlVzeEE5QzNoU01LemIyQ2ttUT09

On Friday at 6pm, Ann Temkin, the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, will speak about how Monet’s gardens on his extensive property at Giverny formed the basis for his much-loved water lilies paintings, created during the last two decades of his life.

Monet was a serious gardener, and there was a strongly reciprocal relationship between his landscape design and his paintings. While the water lilies paintings are now recognized as pioneering landmarks of 20th-century art, they were harshly disparaged for the first half of the century. The talk will discuss why they were so unpopular, and what brought about the public’s eventual embrace of these boldly experimental canvases.

Ms. Temkin, who was born in Torrington and weekends in Cornwall, is the first woman to hold the premier curatorial position at MoMA. Before coming to MoMA, she was the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum. It is a huge honor for the Cornwall Library to have Ms. Temkin as this year’s guest speaker and her presentation is sure to appeal to art lovers as well as garden aficionados. It will be held at the United Church of Christ, 8 Bolton Hill Road in Cornwall Village, and will be followed by a cocktail reception in a nearby private garden.

Tickets are $40 for the talk, $30 for the garden tours or $65 for both. Please register and purchase via the link.

Beginner techniques in creating pastel landscape paintings including presentation of materials and different types of pastels, scene composition, atmospheric perspective, use of color, shading, and textures to achieve a variety of vibrant pastel effects. A supply list will be available at the first class after demonstration of recommended supplies.  Fee is $75 for all three classes, payable to the instructor at the first class.

Enjoy self-guided tours of four gardens—an unfussy, low-maintenance perennial garden with specimen trees—a waterfall and millpond resulting in a garden full of surprises—a dramatic garden on a rocky hillside with a plunging ravine—and a cottage garden extensively planted and full of charm.

Tickets are $40 for the talk, $30 for the garden tours or $65 for both. Please register and purchase via the link.

Tickets and maps for the garden tour may be picked up at the Library on Friday, June 21 between noon and 6pm or on Saturday, June 22, from 10am, where there will also be the opportunity to purchase cut flower arrangements, donated by members of the Cornwall Garden Club, and a sale of new and out-of-print garden books.

James Traub is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where he has worked since 1998. From 1994 to 1997, he was a staff writer for The New Yorker. He has also written for The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic Monthly, National Review, and Foreign Affairs.  Books will be available for purchase and signing.