Manchester City Library

Visit the library this summer to check out the beautiful art made by our talented staff! Art will be on display throughout the library from August through the end of September to coincide with the Manchester Citywide Art Festival. From watercolors to embroidery, cross stitch to colored pencils, we have a range of styles and mediums to peruse.

See if you can find them all using our Art Show Bingo Card: https://bingobaker.com#66b1351d8aeb6978

Stop by the Information Desk to pick up a unique bookmark featuring our staff artists!

Artist: Bonnie
Title: Macramé lamp and plant holder
Medium: Macrame
Story: Learned to do this while living in California

Artist: Tess
Title: Sunset
Medium: Embroidery
Story: My first time trying embroidery – I thought I would hate it, but it’s turned out better than I thought!

Artist: Susanna
Title: For Everything There is a Season
Medium: Photographs
Story: I was inspired by the bible verses in Ecclesiastes 3: “For everything there is a season.” Also, I was inspired by classical music by Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. All photos were taken in New Hampshire during the different seasons.

Artist: Alice
Title: Anurans Amours
Medium: Gouache
Story: Frogs go ribbit

Artist: Andrew
Title: Super Mario RPG
Medium: Watercolor / Pen & Ink
Story: It’s ah me, Mario~!!!

Artist: Joni
Title: Tranquility
Medium: Photograph
Story: Photo of Turkey Pond taken outside Ohrstrom Library, St. Paul’s School in Concord NH

Artist: Delia
Title: A Writer’s World
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper
Story: One of my closest friends is an aspiring writer, I made this for her

Artist: Deb
Title: Shaman’s Spirit Guide
Medium: Acrylic
Story: I am part MikMaq and wanted to share some of my culture

Artist: Max
Title: Stippled Succulents
Medium: Bristol paper and fine/ultrafine sharpie
Story: This piece was created for my intro to drawing class at NHTI. The project was focused on creating shadows and highlights while only using black Sharpies to create tiny dots. This piece took close to 20 hours to complete over the course of two weeks with sketching and stippling.

Artist: Deb
Title: Michael the Archangel
Medium: Acrylic
Story: I love angels

Artist: Andrew
Title: The Orange Knight
Medium: Watercolor / Pen & Ink
Story: This fellow is ready for battle!

Artist: Joanne
Title: Divine Mercy
Medium: Colored pencils and magic marker
Story: The Divine Mercy is when Jesus appeared to Saint Faustina in Poland in the 1930’s

Artist: Joanne
Title: Peruvian Zinnia
Medium: Photograph
Story: I planted this in my garden basket that I won at Church on my front porch

Artist: Yvonne F.
Title: A Father’s Love
Medium: Print of Colored Pencil on Paper

Artist: Yvonne F.
Title: Under a Burnt Orange Sky
Medium: Print of Watercolor Pencil on Watercolor Paper
Story: Inspired by the Tenth Doctor’s remembrance of Gallifrey in Doctor Who: Series 3 Episode 3 “Gridlock”

Artist: Caitlin
Title: 2023 Temperature Chart
Medium: Cross stitch
Story: A cross stitch project showing the color representation of the high temperature for each day

Artist: Deb
Title: Family of Wolves
Medium: Acrylic
Story: I made this for my little granddaughter, Lillian Scarlett