The Bozeman Public Library offers more than just a vast selection of books, periodicals, and movies to its many pass-holders. The staff is excited to host a number of live music and other events throughout the month. So when you’re not getting lost in the stacks, come check out one of these fun events at your community sponsored Library. A new exhibit of paintings by Livingston, Montana, artist Sheila Hrasky will be on display in the Atrium Gallery at the Bozeman Public Library January 2nd through February 29th, kicking off the Library’s 2016 Artist’s Series. The exhibit is sponsored by the Bozeman Public Library Foundation which will be hosting an Artist Reception, with refreshments, on Friday, January 8th from 6-7:30pm.
This reception is free and open to the public. A plein air and studio painter, Hrasky has been focused on taking a subject, whether a landscape or a life figure, and then deconstructing, reshaping and re-contextualizing it through classic shapes of musical instruments, expressing light, energy and motion. Inspired by Kandinsky and Picasso’s cubist style, music has become a very important part of Hrasky’s recent work. “The biggest reward is watching the work unfold,” she says, “Day after day I push myself as a painter to create new images. Developing my own way of painting has taken many years to refine.” The exhibition will be on display during Library hours. A percentage of sales will go to the Foundation to ensure continuation of cultural programs at the Library for public benefit. For more information about the exhibit or opening reception, please call Sarah DeOpsomer at 582-2425 or e-mail programs@-bozemanlibraryfoundation. Join in on Tuesday, January 12th from 6:45-8:30pm for Yoga for Healthy Aging with Nancy Ruby from YogaMotion. There’s no way around it–if you are living, you are aging. Rather than striving for anti-aging remedies that tend to deny the natural course of life, learn how yoga will help you embrace the art of aging with grace and wisdom through building muscle and bone strength, improving flexibility and range of motion, bolstering balance and agility, diminishing stress and insomnia, enhancing brain and heart health, and much more. It is not about stopping or reversing the process of aging, but about enjoying a longer health span of independence and equanimity. This one-time class will set you up for our weekly free yoga classes offered by the Library Foundation. Appropriate for all ages and abilities. Wear comfy street clothes. For more info, please call Paula at 582-2426.
In addition to yoga, the Foundation invites the community to a sound and vibrational group healing experience with Sonic Bliss on Saturday, January 16th from 7-9:30pm. Sound healing experts Will and Cache Hartzell will lead the group, along with Jake Fleming, in the experience through Sound Gates to a harmonious re-connection with our cosmic roots and essential self. This is free and open to the public, but a non-perishable donation to benefit the Gallatin Valley Food Bank would be appreciated. Please also bring a yoga mat or something sit or lie on. Contact Cache for further info 406-581-4163. Yoga for All continues Tuesdays in January with upcoming dates the 5th, 12th & 19th. The classes are held from 11-1:45am and 12-12:45pm in the Large Community Room. The morning class is taught by accomplished yoga instructor Karen Averitt and the noon class by local mom and yoga instructor Jen DuCharme. The weekly classes are for moms, dads, or caregivers who like to bring their baby or babies or for anyone in the community who wishes to attend. The morning class tends to have more kids, following Books & Babies, but all are welcome to either class. Please bring your own mat.
The Wonderlust Friday Forum beings the 2016 series on January 8th from 12-1:30pm in the Bozeman Public Library’s large community room with Carina Beck, Ed.D, Director of Career, Internship, & Student Employment Services at MSU. Friday Forum is a monthly speaker series sponsored by Wonderlust, a non-profit organization dedicated to life-long learning, and hosted by the Bozeman Library Foundation. Call for Artists announced. The Bozeman Public Library Foundation is seeking submissions for its 2017 Atrium Gallery Exhibition Series. The Atrium Gallery located in the Library lobby will showcase both traditional and innovative contemporary art forms, as well as the work of both established and emerging artists of our region. The Library’s primary objective is to feature exhibitions that will expand public appreciation of art and reflect the diversity of the community. Selections will be made by the Library Art Committee, which is made up of local artists, community members, Library Foundation, and Library staff. Each exhibit will run for one to three months, determined by the committee. The Bozeman Public Library is committed to promoting the visual and aesthetic enhancement of the Bozeman community through this ongoing presentation of rotating exhibits of public art in the Library. Proposals must be received by April 30th. Incomplete or late proposals will not be considered. For complete description of the program and guidelines, visit bozemanlibrary.-org/about/art.php.
For additional information, please contact Paula Beswick at 406-582-2426 or director@bozemanlibraryfoundation.org. The Bozeman Public Library is located at 626 E. Main Street. For more information on these and other events, please call Paula at 582-2426 or visit bozemanlibrary.org. •
