Jan Rippey is holding a birthday cake to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Wilsonville. There are currently about 700 Wilsonville kids signed up to receive books once a month until they turn 5 years old. Over the last 4 years nearly 500 kids have graduated from the program. The program was brought to the City by the Kiwanis Club of Wilsonville. It receives significant funding from Joe Restic of Wilsonville Orthodontics, the…
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Our January Artist of the Month is local artist Rinse de Koning. Rinse’s work can be seen on the Art Wall next to the New Books shelves. About the artist: Rinse Jan de Koning was born in The Hague, The Netherlands (also known as Holland) in 1941. He was educated through the Montessori system and then attended the College of Hotel-Restaurant Management there. He emigrated to the United States in 1965 and first made his home in…
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OrePac Building Product’s recent donation of $5,000 for technology improvements and Xerox’s donation of $5,000 for the endowment fund will help the library thrive. The continued support from these local businesses of the Wilsonville Public Library Foundation makes a heartfelt and positive impact on our community.
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This novel by Anthony Doerr was the selection for the 2015 Lake Oswego Reads program. Local artists created works themed on the book. You can see their interpretations on the Wilsonville Public Library’s art wall during the month of November.
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Our June Artist of the Month is local photographer Michael Strubel. Michael’s work can be seen on the Art Wall next to the New Books shelves. Here he is in his own words: I began taking pictures in the 60’s in Vietnam. I was drawn to the people, how their faces reflected their hearts. Though it was too painful for me to keep those photos I did keep a fascination with seeing and saving the beauty of…
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Our May Artist of the Month is the Word and Hand Project. It is a collaborative process between Wilsonville High School students and Catlin Gabel High School students. Eight artists are paired with eight writers. They send their work back and forth, communicating only via the creative process. Each person keeps a journal, recording their thoughts, ideas, and questions. The pairs only meet at the end of the process. The Word and Hand Project is a very…