Library News

Last Free Ride to Creativity

11/23/2016

Catch your last free ride to creativity on Saturday, December 10, 2016 for Playa Presents for studio tours, readings, and refreshments. A Senior Center bus will begin loading at the Main Library in Lakeview at 12:45 pm for a 1:00 pm departure. Anticipated return to Lakeview by 5:00 pm. Seating on the bus is limited. Call the Main Library in Lakeview at 541-947-6019 to reserve your seat today.

Playa Presents will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 pm on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Playa’s facility on Summer Lake located at 47531 Hwy 31, between mileposts 81 and 82. The

public is welcome to this free event. Featured residents include Sarah Brook; Susan Lenz; Marcy Chevali; Kristina Darling; Bridget Henry; Jill McCabe Johnson; Jen Cole; and Jenny and David Hietler-Klevins. Information about the residents is available online at http://www.playasummerlake.org/current-residents.html and will be updated as residents arrive.

Funding for the bus is provided by the Libraries of Eastern Oregon (LEO) through an ArtPlace America grant. LEO is a nonprofit organization that serves libraries in its 15-county service area with programs, online services, and advocacy.

For more information about riding the bus, please contact Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org. For more information about Playa Presents, please contact Playa staff at 541-943-3983 or info@playasummerlake.org.

Monoprints at the Main Library

11/23/2016

November 23, 2016—Lake County’s Main Library in Lakeview is currently hosting a beautiful set of nine artworks by local artist Bill Witherspoon. These monoprints record something of the life of organisms that live between the bark and the wood of trees - in some cases while the tree is alive and in others after the tree has fallen.

To make the prints, Witherspoon collects and cleans suitable wood and then applies water and/or oil soluble, wax-based pigments to the wood. Next, water soaked paper is applied and the paper is burnished into the wood by agate tools. After removal of the paper, gold leaf and/or watercolor is applied to complete the print. Several different prints are typically made from each piece of wood.

“Anyone who handles wood from our forests will recognize the patterns in Bill’s prints,” says Amy Hutchinson, Library Director. “It’s exciting to see how he takes those patterns and calls our attention to them with color and gold leaf.”

Since working as a Forest Service fire lookout throughout Lake County in the 1960s, Bill Witherspoon has been a regular visitor to southeast Oregon's high desert. He studied art in Portland and in Amsterdam, Holland. Over the years he has frequently returned to paint skies, earth shadow, and engage in large-scale earth works and sculpture. These prints reflect his interest in exploring biological systems and their underlying patterns.

The library staff plan to have artwork in the new building rotated regularly. If you are an artist, crafter, or other maker and would like to display your work, please contact Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org.

Handmade Holiday at the Main Library

11/15/2016

It's a Ball! Thurs. 11/17/16 from 3 - 5 PM

Have some holiday fun and give a gift to your community! The Friends of the Lake County Library are hosting three drop-in events to make holiday ornaments in November. People of all ages are encouraged to attend, but children under 10 should bring someone 15 or older with them.

Each person can make one ornament to take home and as many ornaments as they would like to be included in the Friends' Book Tree for the Festival of Trees fundraiser for Lakeview Community Partnership.

Old books, decorative papers, glitter glue, sequins and more will be turned into great ornaments with vintage charm! Join us!

Use old book pages, decorative papers, and embellishments to make ball ornaments with vintage, bookish charm!

Know When to Fold'em. Tues. 11/22/16 from 3 - 5 PM

3-d shaped ornaments are easy and delightful with book pages, punches, and embellishments!

Folding Fool!

Advanced folding turns out beautiful fans and blank books!

Christmas Valley Music & Munchies

11/1/2016

Join the Friends of the Christmas Valley Library's annual tradition of Music & Munchies on Saturday, November 12 from 5:30 - 10:30 pm. The $5 entry fee includes a potato bar and soup as well as fun activities for the whole family!

Proceeds from the event help the Friends provided funding for bestelling titles at the Christmas Valley branch, technology support, and adding to the building

fund. For more information, contact the Christmas Valley Library at 541-576-2336.