August at the Art Center

After a little reprieve from the excessive heat, the high temperatures and matching humitity seem to be coming back.  If you're  sweltering again, remember that the air conditioning at the Fosston Community Library Art Center has been working well, so it’s a good place to come in the month of August.

While you’re there, you’ll want to view the paintings currently on display in the Sorenson Gallery. The artist is Therese Masters Jacobson of Alvarado. Originally from Chicago, Jacobson says, "I have been an artist my entire life." She has studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and has degrees from Bemidji State University in art education. She is currently director of the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council. Her paintings depict a number of familiar scenes - harvesting, clothes drying on a line, a cat looking out the window.

The summer reading program continues through the month of August so it’s not too late for your child or teenager to qualify for the end- of-the-summer prize drawings. They need to get going on that soon, however.

There are still four Wednesday afternoon programs to be held in August. On Wednesday, August 1, there is the opportunity for kids to help create a crazy quilt work of art. Join Tammi at the library at 2 p.m.

On Wednesday, August 8, also at 2, giant bubbles are on the agenda. All children are welcome, and if some of you older folk have a hankering to create big soap bubbles, you're welcome too.

On Wednesday, August 15 (once again at 2 p.m.) staff from Itasca State Park will be at the library to present a program about animals after dark. No word as to whether they will have any actual animals with them, but I’m sure it will be interesting.

And finally, on Wednesday August 22, the grand finale - the dream big & splash big pool party. Check at the library for information on this; I think perhaps permission slips are required.

One final note - the theater renovation project was postponed from July until sometime in August. Watch for more information.