27th Annual Art Show and Sale at the Louis Bay 2nd Library and Community Center

This free-to-the-public event showcases the work of fine artists and crafts people from communities across North Jersey, and features children’s programming, the Friends of the Library’s annual bake sale, face painting and live jazz and classical music by Christopher Bizzarro of MixxTape. In the event of rain, the show will be held indoors.

The show includes professional, non-professional and youth exhibits in a broad range of media including acrylic, charcoal, hand-crafted jewelry, mixed media, oil, pastel, pen and ink, pencil, photography and watercolor. Ribbons are awarded in 14 categories at the conclusion of the show.

The Art Show is funded in part by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic Community College, through a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts /Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Library is wheelchair accessible and is located at 345 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, New Jersey, one block from the downtown business district with eat-in and take-out restaurants and a movie theatre. Ample free parking is available along Grand Avenue behind the Library. Directions to the Library can be found via GoogleMaps.

For more information on the Art Show, contact Co-Chair Karen Siletti at 973-617-0269.

For more information on the show sponsor, the Friends of the Louis Bay 2nd Library, or to download a membership application, visit the library website at http://hawthorne.bccls.org/louis-bay-library-support/friends-of-library.html.