Current Exhibition: November 16, 2024 - January 4, 2025

In the Still of the Night

opening with a benefit concert featuring the B2’s

The Olive Free Library Association is pleased to present its 7th Annual Small Works Show featuring 66 regional Hudson Valley artists displaying 69 works. The exhibition, titled “In the Still of the Night”, will be displayed in the Library's Community Gallery, and will run from Saturday, November 16, 2024 through Saturday, January 4, 2025 with an opening reception and concert fundraiser featuring The B2's on Saturday, November 16, from 3 to 5 pm (benefit concert from 3:30 – 4:30 pm). The concert will take place in the main library room. Drinks and snacks will be provided. A $10 donation is suggested.

Nathalie Andrews and Susan Shaftan Perrin, curators of “In the Still of the Night” have, together with other members of the Olive Free Library's Exhibition Committee, put together a lively and varied (but related to the theme) exhibition of local and regional artworks, all limited to 12'' x 12'', in many different media. The call for art resulted in 203 submissions of which 69 were chosen offering the community a great way to purchase works by local artists (within a 50-mile radius) at affordable prices, just in time for the holidays!

There will be two fundraising events as part of “In the Still of the Night”: The Exhibition Committee members will be donating one or more of their own works. These artworks will be installed together on one wall in the Community Gallery and will be sold at only $100 each with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the Olive Free Library, a perfect holiday gift! Furthermore, female vocal group The B2's has again agreed to perform during the Small Works Show's opening reception, raising funds for the Library's exhibitions program. The November 16 combined art opening and concert event will be one of the highlights of the Olive Free Library's holiday season.

The B2's are a Voice Ensemble founded and directed by musician, songleader, arranger, and choral director Debbie Lan. With original arrangements by Debbie, The B2's eclectic and uplifting repertoire includes songs by Tom Waits, 4 Non Blondes, Agnes Obel, Ma Muse, Rising Appalachia, Sting, and the Indigo girls amongst others. Other B2's members are Betty Boomer, Ruth Molloy, Suzanne Stokes, Carol Bialy, Noelle Damon, Kathy Flannery, Rita Prusinski, Vicki Koenig, and Donna Greenfield Cullen. A $10 donation is suggested with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the Olive Free Library!

Participating “In the Still of the Night” artists: Lucy Aponte, Judith Boggess, Linda Champanier, Marie Cole, Mary Delaney Connelly, Jerry Curtis, Maxine Davidowitz, Carol Davis, KP Devlin, Ted Dixon, Robyn Ellenbogen, Ena Firinn, Gail Freund, Lynne Friedman, Denise Giardullo, Melanie S. Gonzalez, Melissa Harris, Martha Hill, Sue Horowitz, Pat Hough, Janette Kahil, Ava Kaloz, Martha Klein, Lisa Kole, Robin Kornstein, Nick Lacy, Carol LaMonda, Maureen Lohan-Bremer, Kate Masters, Mary McFerran, Ashley Middleton, Wilma Miller, Laura Wynn Montgomery, Meredith Morabito, Ann Morris, Grey Morris, Sylvia Mueller, Raymond Negron, Sean Nixon, Jacqueline O'Malley-Satz, Jacqueline Oster, Gina Palmer, Carol Pepper-Cooper, Bryan Perrin, Susan Shaftan Perrin, Tracy Phillips, Regina B Quinn, Elaine Ralston, Joe Reilly, Lubi Ruiz, Aleksandra Scepanovich, Roberta Sickler, Gopika Sidhu, Janet Siskind, Jan Sosnowitz, Michelle Spark, Judy Stanger, Kevin Sterne, Melissa Styles, Kathleen Suess, Cindy Sumerano, Alyssa C. Toohey, K. Velis Turan, Steven Walkenshaw, Joyce Washor, and Nancy Winternight.

Exhibition Dates: November 16, 2024 – January 4, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 3 – 5 pm
Concert Fundraiser with The B2's: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 3:30 – 4:30 pm