around town Local artists take center stage at Plainsboro Library Arts Festival You can learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about fabric painting, Chinese knotting, sketchbook journaling, face painting, henna, Chinese and Marathi calligraphy, clay jewelry and much more when local artists take center stage at the Plainsboro Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 15, for the library’s annual Arts Festival. Funded by the Friends of the Plainsboro Public Library, the festival will take place rain or shine from noon to 4 p.m. and will feature Plainsboro artists as well as members of the Plainsboro Library Artists’ Group. In addition to showing their work, they will demonstrate their techniques and will help visitors develop their own artwork. Are you fascinated by Chinese knots? Let Allison Kwok show you how to tie one. Sheela Raj will demonstrate fabric painting, and Nelly Kouzmina and Ting Yao will explain the mysteries of feltmaking and help you create your own swatch to take home. Interested in making clay jewelry? Aleksandra Seletskaya will lead you through the process of designing and creating it. Tatiana Sougakova will conduct a collaborative chalk art project on the street in front of the library. Evie Sutkowski will demonstrate the use of vivid alcohol-based inks on tile Participants
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Shekhar Bagawde and Leena Thakar-Bagawde in the courtyard at Plainsboro Village Center at a previous Plainsboro Library Arts Festival. may create their own colorful examples. Other artists who will be on hand for the occasion include the husband-andwife team of Leena Thakar-Bagawde amd Shekhar Bagawde, who will display their mastery of both English and Marathi calligraphy. A show of the Bagawdes’ calli-
graphic work is scheduled for the library Art Gallery in November. A disc jockey will be on hand throughout the festival, and members of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North a capella group Out of the Blue will perform, as will the high school’s
The West Windsor Arts Council is accepting artwork for two upcoming events, the Off the Wall Art Show and a children’s Food Art Competition. The WWAC is seeking artisans to sell their innovative handcrafted items at the two-day Artisan Market and Opening Reception for the Off the Wall Art Show. Show dates will be Nov. 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Nov. 18, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Submitted work must be original and handcrafted by artist. A $15 fee is required at time of submission for artist to be considered. For more information, visit westwindsorarts.org or call (609) 716-1931. In addition, the WWAC and Woo-Ri Mart are seeking artwork by children for their collaborative Food Art Competition. Prizes and gift certificates to WooRi Mart will be rewarded. Children can submit 8.5 x 11 art in the following age-related categories: Age 4 to 7: favorite fruit; Age 8 to 11: favorite dessert; Age 12 to 15: favorite holiday food; and age 16 to 18: favorite dinner. Submit work by 5 p.m. on Aug. 17. For more information and specifications of the challenge, visit westwindsorarts.org or call (609) 716-1931.
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