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County Public Library will celebrate the opening of two new art exhibits during
Downtown Ithaca’s Gallery Night January 3.
Created by sixth grade students from Boynton and seventh and eighth grade students from DeWitt Middle School, these fascinating exhibits feature repurposed books and redesigned book covers.
Art teachers Aubrey Hetznecker from Dewitt and Caitlin Chan from Boynton encouraged their students to create pieces based on literature. Chan’s students designed multi-media covers based on their interpretations of the symbols, themes and characters represented in their favorite books.
Hetznecker’s students created sculptures and works of poetry from discarded books. By ripping, cutting, gluing, folding and reshaping, the young artists created works as varied and fascinating as the books themselves.
The completed projects represent hours spent reading, researching illustrators, gathering ideas and connecting with literature.
The pieces will serve as a complement to the Library’s current exhibit, “Banned,” by Susan Onondera, which features artists as young as 10-years-old and is designed to draw attention to the current and growing issue of censorship, challenging and banning of books, and the free and open access to information.
Gallery Night is held the first Friday of each month from 5 to 8 p.m., with after-hours access to the Library through the BorgWarner Community Room entrance located behind TCAT’s Green Street bus shelter.
The middle school exhibits will be on display through February. “BANNED!” will be on display until January 4.
Created by sixth grade students from Boynton and seventh and eighth grade students from DeWitt Middle School, these fascinating exhibits feature repurposed books and redesigned book covers.
Art teachers Aubrey Hetznecker from Dewitt and Caitlin Chan from Boynton encouraged their students to create pieces based on literature. Chan’s students designed multi-media covers based on their interpretations of the symbols, themes and characters represented in their favorite books.
Hetznecker’s students created sculptures and works of poetry from discarded books. By ripping, cutting, gluing, folding and reshaping, the young artists created works as varied and fascinating as the books themselves.
The completed projects represent hours spent reading, researching illustrators, gathering ideas and connecting with literature.
The pieces will serve as a complement to the Library’s current exhibit, “Banned,” by Susan Onondera, which features artists as young as 10-years-old and is designed to draw attention to the current and growing issue of censorship, challenging and banning of books, and the free and open access to information.
Gallery Night is held the first Friday of each month from 5 to 8 p.m., with after-hours access to the Library through the BorgWarner Community Room entrance located behind TCAT’s Green Street bus shelter.
The middle school exhibits will be on display through February. “BANNED!” will be on display until January 4.
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