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Art guild hosts annual Christmas Fair

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With the holiday season fast approaching, shoppers are getting ready for the holiday rush to stores for gifts and special bargains. The North Haven Art Guild is hosting their annual Christmas Fair, where attendants can browse and purchase handmade items created by local art guild members.

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Artwork for sale at the guild's annual Christmas Fair.

Contest participants transform used books into art

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 The Friends of the North Haven Library recently hosted an “Altered Book Contest” at the North Haven Memorial Library. The contest was opened to all teens and adults who had the creative opportunity to convert used and unwanted books into works of art.

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Citizen photo courtesy of Nancy Haag
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Pictured is an entrant in North Haven Memorial Library’s recent “Altered Book Contest,” which challenged participants to turn used books into works of art.

Local art guild has plenty of history to draw on

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It has been said that art is in the eye of the beholder and every artist has a unique way of expressing beauty and design. For the members of the North Haven Art Guild, their purpose has been to promote art and culture in the town since 1966.

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Inside the North Haven Art Guild. Photograph from www.studio27gallery.com

Library employee utilizes reading and art skills

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Art is in the eye of the beholder and reading is knowledge for the mind. When combining both art and reading, one can explore limitless imagination and creativity. For town employee Meredith Modena, a degree in art and a passion for reading has enabled her to use both professionally and personally.

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Memorial Library employee Meredith Modena

Local student artists recognized

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Citizen photo by David Marchesseault
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North Haven High School seniors Nick Melillo and Patricia Currie present their award-winning artwork, for which they collected prizes from the national Scholastic Art and Writing award program. For the full story, see this week's North Haven Citizen.

An artist's homecoming: Tim O'Brien returns to North Haven

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Today, Tim O’Brien is a renowned, successful artist who paints portraits of some of the most famous and infamous people in our history. Those portraits have graced the covers of magazines like Time, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Newsweek, and more.

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Citizen photo by Pamela Morello
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Citizen photo by Pamela Morello
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Tim O'Brien showed many pieces of his work, including this portrait of former President George W. Bush, to students last week.

A lesson in realism

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Tim O'Brien, a North Haven native and NHHS graduate, returned last week to visit students in Diana Blythe's art classes. O'Brien, a successful career artist, is best known for his portrait work which has often been featured on the covers of magazines like Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone and more.
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