July Staff Picks 2023

July 23 Staff Picks by Sandy Public Library

New artwork at the Hoodland Library

Art at the Hoodland Public Library! Visit the library to see the beautiful quilt made by a member of the local group, The Piecemakers! The Clackamas County Arts Alliance exhibits the work of a local (County) artist. Both exhibits change quarterly.

Exhibit Title: Sitting With Trees (acrylic)

Katherine Doerge 
July 12-October 11
HOODLAND LIBRARY GALLERY

"Art and creativity have been a passion of mine throughout my life. As a teacher, I loved incorporating art and creative expression into my teaching and found it to be a vital learning tool. Starting in midlife, art became more of a personal pursuit toward growth and healing. Now in retirement, nature is my biggest inspiration. I love simple line drawing, watercolors, acrylics, and mixed media." 

Quilter Jean Ludeman's "Welches One Year Weather Chart" is shown in the photo to the left.

School Supply Drive - August 1 - September 10

Interested in supporting local students?

Sandy Public Library, Hoodland Public Library, and Todos Juntos are collecting new school supplies for kids K-12. Drop them in the bin at either library between August 1st and September 10th.

Below is a list of things on the school supply list for Oregon Trail Schools.

Thank you 

• Backpacks
• Calculators (Casio FX-300ES preferred)
• Clorox wipes
• Composition notebooks 
• Crayola Colored pencils (8 pack or larger)
• Crayola Crayons (24 pack)
• Crayola Markers, broad line (10 pack)
• Crayola Markers, fine tip (10 pack)
• Crayola Watercolor washable paint
• Elmer’s Glue sticks 
• Expo Dry erase markers, black, chisel tip
• Expo Dry erase markers, black, fine tip
• Headphones/earbuds
• Kleenex
• Paper pocket folders
• Pencil box/pouch
• Pink Pearl erasers
• Scissors
• Spiral notebooks, college ruled
• Spiral notebooks, wide ruled
• Sticky Note pads (3x3 inch)
• Ticonderoga pencils #2
• Yellow highlighters

Saving Seeds - August 14

Presented by Cindy Manselle, OSU Extension Service Master Gardener™ volunteer.

Saving seeds is an easy and fun skill to learn. Late summer is the perfect time of year to make a plan for saving seeds, whether you hope to save seeds from favorite vegetable varieties or flowers. In this class you will learn what types of seeds are best for saving; when and how to harvest, process and successfully store seeds.

OSU Extension Master Gardeners are volunteer educators, neighbors, and on-the-ground researchers who serve their community with solid training in science-based, sustainable gardening and a love of lifelong learning.

Cindy Manselle has been serving as an OSU Extension Service Master Gardener™ since 2002. She is passionate about teaching others how to have success as a gardener. As an OSU Master Gardener Cindy has served by answering gardening questions at farmers’ market events, coordinating Master Gardener training classes, and teaching a wide array of garden-focused classes to community groups. Cindy’s favorite seeds to save are tomatoes as she likes to grow a wide variety every summer.

MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023 AT 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

 

August 2023 Book Club Titles

August Book Clubs by Sandy Public Library

Lake Oswego Reads 2023

July 6 September 7, 2023, SANDY PUBLIC LIBRARY GALLERY

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

Director of the Lake Oswego Public Library, Melissa Kelly, shares, "The Seed Keeper is a novel of strength, perseverance, wisdom and hope. was swept away by the story of Rosalie, a Dakhóta woman navigating a personal and family history of loss and hardship who finds solace and strength in her relationship with nature and the life-giving seeds that the women of her family have nurtured across generations. There is so much to unearth in this multi-generational story of Rosalie and her family."

"Through the voices of women from past and present, Wilson deepens our understanding of what loss of language and culture has done to Indigenous people. This multi-generational story is about legacies and the inescapable call of one's roots with characters facing harsh realities But it is also a compelling tale of people who are heartfelt and hopeful, carrying a steadfast belief in the strength of family will, and growth," adds Andrew Edwards, Executive Director of Lakewood Center for the Arts, a longtime committee member and supporter of Lake Oswego Reads.

Participating artists are:

Stuart Adams - acrylic, seed pods 
Bill Baily - watercolor
Debby Neely - mixed media 
Leslie Peterson-Sapp - acrylic paint media
Mary Burgess - watercolor on cradled board 
Leslie Cheney-Parr - acrylic
Susan Cowan - acrylic collage
Bonnie Garlington - tapestry
Dave Haslett - scratchboard
Kara Pilcher - mixed media collage 
Jan Rimerman - mixed media
Leanne Streit - fiber arts
Beth Verheyden - watercolor & charcoal
Lisa Wiser - acrylic
Jani Hoberg - etching with watercolor
Sue Jensen - acrylic collage
Dyanne Locati - fluid acrylic
Terri Neal - colored pencil
Natalie Wood - photography on birch
Jim Wylder - black on black raku
Beth Yazhari - mixed media

ALL ARTWORK TO REMAIN ON DISPLAY FOR FULL EXHIBIT PERIOD
for further information on artists, or to purchase artwork (available December) CONTACT THE GROUP COORDINATOR DIRECTLY:
Show Coordinator: Kara Pilcher www.ci.oswego.or.us/loreads 

Phone: 503-307-0583 

Email: karapilcher@msn.com

CREATION STATION *Special Guest*

CREATION STATION Art Lab - Painting Class

Monday, August 14, 10:00 am

Sandy Public Library Community Room

*Special Event* - Painting Class with Becky Hawley.

A program for adults with developmental disabilities

Please sign up ahead of time by contacting Katie at 503-668-5537 or kmurphy@ci.sandy.or.us .

 

Votes for Women exhibit

Now until September 6, we have an exhibit from the Smithsonian highlighting the fight for women's right to vote hanging at the Sandy Public Library. 

----  After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and National Archives collaborated to share this history on social media. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence featured more than 120 portraits and objects spanning 1832 to 1965. View selections from the exhibition on the Google Arts and Culture website. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture shared "Five African American Suffragists You Should Know" to tell a more complete history of the struggle for women’s suffrage.

Although the 19th Amendment declared that the right to vote cannot be denied on the basis of sex, it did not guarantee voting access to all women. Citizenship laws, poll taxes, threats, and violence barred African American, Latina, Native American, Asian American, immigrant, and poor women. Many African American women could not vote unimpeded until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965—long after the 19th Amendment went into effect. Work continues to protect access to the vote. In the words of Coretta Scott King, "Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation." - From The Smithsonian

If you'd like to explore the posters more from home click HERE to go to the Smithsonian's Gallery 

 

Find more books about voting rights in our catalog HERE