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APRIL 14, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 12
Creating Art “En Plein Air” or the next few weeks, don’t be surprised to see artists painting at spots all throughout Marietta, Columbia and Wrightsville. They are part of the first River Towns Plein Air event. The event will feature artists painting “en plein air,” or outdoors, through Wednesday, April 21. The public is invited to watch the painting, and the final products will be displayed at an art show and competition at Marietta Community House, 264 W. Market St., on Friday, April 23, through Sunday, April 25. The show will run on Friday from 5 to 9 p.m.; on Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. River Towns Plein Air is a project of Marietta Art Alive! (MAA), a group that promotes the enjoyment, creation and awareness of visual arts and has partnered with Rivertownes PA USA for this event. “Plein air is becoming a really big
Covering Veterans With Kindness BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“You are not forgotten.” That’s the message behind Blankets of Honor, an organization that works to recognize veterans and their supporters. Blankets of Honor began as a subcommittee of the Marietta Legion Riders Post 466 about a year ago, said David Chobanoff, chief marketing officer. “We give a blanket to a veteran, a Gold Star parent or a vet supporter, and we do a presentation,” he explained. “We hand them a blanket depicting the branch they (or their loved one) served in.” See Veterans pg 9
drawing session from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on April 24 outside across the street from the exhibit space. The rain date for the class will be April 25. Hines said painting en plein air provides artists with a unique way to create their works. “It’s a challenging way to paint,” she explained. “Factors like the weather and wind can make it challenging. The shadows change, too, so what you’re painting may look one way and then an hour later, it looks very different.” For more information on River Towns Plein Air, visit the aforementioned website or www.facebook.com/ MariettaArtAlive, where updates on artist locations will be posted daily during the event.
Marietta Art Alive! member Marianne Calenda creates art en plein air, or outdoors. Marietta Art Alive! will hold an en plein air event throughout the month of April, culminating in an exhibit at Marietta Community House.
New Director Takes The Reins At Milanof-Schock Library
Joseph McIlhenney became executive director of the Milanof-Schock Library on March 15.
Joseph McIlhenney, the new executive director of the MilanofSchock Library, feels right at home in the library. He practically grew up in one. “My mom worked at a hometown library, and I didn’t go home after school,” he recalled. “Instead, I went to the library. I spent a lot of time in the stacks and at the tables.” He spent most of his career in academic libraries but was eager to get back to the hometown atmosphere of a public library, so when the opportunity arose in Mount Joy, he took it.
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“When I was thinking about librarianship as a career, that was my ideal - being a librarian in a hometown library,” he explained. “The winds of my career took me other places, but this was an opportunity to get back to a library that was very much like the one I grew up in.” McIlhenney, who is originally from New Jersey, most recently worked as the library director for the Lancaster campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College. He said he’s excited about his new position, but he knows there will be challenges.
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thing with artists across the coun- with dates when artists will be at try,” said Marita Hines, a member featured locations. of MAA. “I’ve participated in plein “We invite the community to air art competitions regionally, and come out and see the art being many of the other artists participat- made and then get excited to see ing in this event have also.” what the result is when they come When the members to the show at the of MAA came up with “We invite the com- end of the month,” the idea for the event, munity to come out Hines said. they weren’t sure how Each artist can and see the art display up to three it would be received by the art communi- being made and works for the art ty. They were pleas- then get excited to show and can enter antly surprised. “We see what the result two into the compehave 60 artists partic- is when they come tition, which will ipating, and we had to to the show at the offer several awards cut it off at 60,” Hines end of the month,” including a People’s stated. “We actually Hines said. Choice award. The have a wait list. We Juror of Awards for have artists coming from five states the show will be artist Julie Riker. - Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, New Proceeds from sales of artwork York and Pennsylvania.” will benefit Marietta Community The public is invited to watch the House. The location is the original artists in action at locations home of the Pennsylvania College throughout the area. A full map of of Art and Design, and the school sites can be found at www.marietta will partner with MAA to offer a artalive.com/pleinairevent, along free intergenerational plein air
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