Lots of art at the Library this month! Mezzanine Wall & Main Floor: Student Art Month. The Arts Council of Windham County is inviting the community to join them in recognizing and honoring the many young people in Windham County who are involved in a wide range of the arts.
So, for the 34th consecutive year, they have set aside March as Student Art Month, a time to spotlight, through shows and events, the terrific kinds of work coming from our young people and the teachers and school programs which help these young artists to blossom.
Children’s Illustrator Susan Banta. 2nd Floor. 
Susan Banta has illustrated more than 25 children’s books, including “Peeper Has a Fever” by Charlotte Cowan, MD.
Fine Arts Collection, 2nd Floor Exhibit Case
Italian Landscape by William Morris Hunt, a small pastel by Brattleboro native William Morris Hunt (1824-79), was donated by Willene Clark, formerly of Marlboro, who died last week.
Mezzanine Floor, Local History Room Exhibit Case: Artifacts from the Loud Collection The Library has an extensive 19th and 20th Century art and artifact collection consisting of paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, furniture, and natural history samples.
The Library also offers changing exhibits throughout the year, featuring work by local artists on the main floor and work by children’s illustrators in the exhibit cases outside the Children’s Room. For more information about exhibiting work, please contact Christine deVallet, the Library’s public art coordinator. Exhibitors are required to complete a Public Exhibit Application. For more information about fine art and exhibits at the Library, go to this web page. http://brookslibraryvt.org/about/fine-art-and-exhibits.The Brooks Memorial Library houses an extensive permanent art collection, including works by Daniel Chester French, Larkin Mead, and William Morris Hunt, among others. There are also artifacts from history and pre-history: come see the mammoth tusk! Visitors are invited to take the self-guided fine arts walking tour. Tour pamphlets are available on both floors. A full list of the holdings, with images, may be consulted through our online catalog.
