Syosset Library Artist of the Month on display

Julianna Kirk creates plates, pendants, sculptures, and other works using contemporary fused glass techniques. “The Feminine Mystique,” an exhibit of 13 of her glass mosaics, will be on view in the SPL Gallery through March in honor of Women’s History Month. There will be an Artist’s Reception on Saturday, March 18, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. All are welcome.

The exhibit depicts 13 goddesses based on history or mythology that Kirk researched for a year during the COVD-19 epidemic. “I focused on historical events, mythological stories, or completely imagined situations,” she says.

Each piece contains a goddess and a border relating to the goddess depicted. To create the pieces, Kirk layered relief tiles on each background glass pane, first drawing the images, then cutting in glass and painting with vitreous paints. She also used gold leaf, stencils, narrow glass rods or bits of specialty glasses that are extremely shiny or that refract light for color changes. All of the works were kiln-fired to temperatures of up to 1450 degrees to melt the glasses together.

Kirk is an award-winning artist whose primary love is glass, although she is proficient in other media. She is the glass media chair at the

Long Island Craft Guild; has studied with many leading fused glass artists, including Boyce Lundstrom, Paulo DiFore, Dan Clayman, and Johnathan Schmuck; and has exhibited at the Hillwood Art Museum at CW Post College, Silvermine Art Center in New Canaan, Urban Glass Showcase of Handmade Jewelry in Brooklyn, and many other venues. Syosset Library is located at 225 South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset. For more information about programs, services, and hours, call 516921-7161, or visit the library or the website at www.syossetlibrary.org.