Jayne Guertin Schlott was the 2018 Winter’s Eve at the Library Juried Art Exhibit Jurors’ Award Winner. The award, Jayne’s solo exhibition is coming to fruition November 2019, with an opening reception Thursday, November 7, 5-7pm, Howard Silverman Gallery, East Greenwich Free Library, 82 Peirce Street, East Greenwich, RI. The reception is free and open to the public. Guests will have an opportunity to see the art and meet with the artist. Jayne’s art is sometimes abstract and at other times representational. She works in a variety of media from photography to watercolor to collage. Often her background as a writer beautifully emerges within the frame. When creating her art, Jayne “is drawn to the abstract and ordinary in all things. She pursues an expression of the tangible, intangible, and things ‘not of this world.’ Everything is an experiment, and that is what keeps her looking.”

An image of Jayne Guertin’s award winning artwork, Songs of Desperation, is shown here.

Winter’s Eve is a community highlight that rings in the season. Both art exhibit and library gala fundraiser, it is now approaching its 9th anniversary! At the Winter’s Eve 2019 Opening Reception, on December 5, 6-8pm, there will be music by Judith Mitchell, harpist, a Savory Grape Wine Basket Free Raffle, and artist awards will be announced:  (Jurors’ Award – a solo 2019 exhibit), 2nd place, and an Honorable Mention Award. B&H Framing/Greenwich Gallery, Crestar Framing, and YJ Contemporary Gallery (all East Greenwich businesses) will be announcing individual Honorable Mention awards. Community Partners help us make this event spectacular by donating awards and tasty hors d’oeuvres for the reception table. Guests will share food, drink, conversation and have an opportunity to see the art and meet and mingle with the artists.The exhibit is open from December 2 to January 3, 2020. For more information or an artist prospectus, visit: https://www.eastgreenwichlibrary.org/winters-eve