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Starry Night Saturday Painting by Steven Kutcher
Princess Beetle, Mosaic Beetle by Joan Danziger, all are part of the art exhibit for children at the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery
ummerFest 2013 is going below the surface to give you events and experiences you can really dig into. Summer is a great time for everyone to enjoy reading and to earn rewards for your efforts. The challenge encourages reading at least 12 hours and offers kids a prize for every two hours read. Read and win a book of your choice, provided by the Friends of the Library. Keep reading and win even more by impressing your teacher with your reading skills.
track your reading, register at summerfest. tscpl.org or pick up a paper tracker at the library. Unearthed, the 12th annual art exhibit for children in the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, has creepy-crawly creatures you will really dig. Creations in glass, art made from real bugs, and super-sized mechanical creatures will infest your imagination.
Adults need to read eight books to be part of weekly drawings. Every reader completing the reading challenge is eligible for grand prize drawings. To
See the works by Hollywood’s go-to guy for insect training and direction Steven Kutcher who uses bugs as moving paintbrushes to create masterpieces. And
if bug carcasses sound gross, just wait ‘til you see ‘em used in simplistic-but-quirky art that humanizes the insect more than you ever thought possible.
Learn more about SummerFest throughout this issue. For more information on the art exhibit for children, see page 12.