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O'Brien began painting at age five when he found he could draw pictures with his finger in the condensation on his home windows. After graduating from Drexel University he designed automation machinery and obtained seven U.S. patents, but his love of art never diminished. Since 1999 he has passionately pursed painting full time. O'Brien studied with over fourteen artists in their studios, and through art instruction books learning different styles and techniques such as glazing for color saturation and luminosity, using color harmonies, utilizing stippled dots of complementary colors to produce color vibration in nature, using rich, strong darks to emphasize the light, and engaging Impressionistic effects with increased detail at the center of interest.
O'Brien is connected with many Galleries and Art Club Associations and has been a Landscape Painting Instructor at the Hill Institute in Florence since 2000.
Open to writers of any level of accomplishment.
Roland Murullo is the author of The Talk Funny Girl, A Little Love Story, Breakfast with Buddha, Fidel's Last Days, American Savior, A Little Love Story, Revere Beach Trilogy, Russian Requiem, Golfing with God, and others.
Suggested donation: $50.00. A benefit for the Meekins Library; all proceedes will go to the Meekins Library Annual Fund.
Play games, get homework help; snacks will be provided.
Grown-ups can socialize while the kids have fun!
Hosted by Meekins Library and funded by Hampshire Regional School District's Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Grant.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Reagan, 413-230-8552, jreagan@hr-k12.org.
Tuition for the 10 week session includes two copies of professionally-recorded CD and a Songbook (Flutes collection this fall), plus the DVD Music Together at Home: Helping Your Child Grow Musically. First child $160, sibling $100, babies under 8 months free with older sibling. Registration fee $10 for new families only. Financial aid is available, so please ask if needed.
Call Lui at (413) 628-0197 or email lui@luicollins.com for more information or see the Hillowns Music Together website.
Kids' Jam engages and challenges the early elementary child and builds on early music experiences to prepare for formal instrument lessons later on. Children attend with parent or caregiver, to create a community of families and support a continuity of music-making and learning at home. Emphasis is on singing, both traditional songs and original songs by Kids' Jam creator Lui Collins - many nature-based celebrations of the season - and drumming, as well as developmentally appropriate solfege and rhythm play, and lots of fun and active singing games to take advantage of the lovely boisterous energy of this age group!
Tuition for the 10 week session includes two copies of a professionally-recorded CD, and a Songbook with all lyrics and melodies, plus guitar chords and a reference guide for the Curwen Hand Signs we learn with the solfege. First child $160, sibling $100. Registration fee $10 for new families only. Note that while Kids' Jam is designed primarily for the 5-7 year-old child, younger sibs may be included on an individual basis, so please ask if interested. Financial aid is available, so please ask if that would be helpful to allow you to attend.
Call Lui at (413) 628-0197 or email lui@luicollins.com for more information or register online at see the Kid's Jam website.
It is recommended to call the library to confirm the status of the weekly class.
No es una clase de español, pero sí, es una ocasián para intercambiar ideas, recetas de comida, música, comentarios sobre viajes, arte, y otras actividades culturales del mundo hispano.
Si quieres participar, por favor traiga a la reunión algo para comentar o compartir.
Spanish Offered at Williamsburg Meekins Library for intermediate and advanced Spanish or for Spanish speakers. It is not a Spanish Class but an opportunity to practice Spanish.
Join others learning or improving Spanish. A casual cultural get-together, Bring Hispanic Food, Art, Music, Photos, for Show-and-tell.
Last updated: February 2, 2012