Art At APL

UPCOMING EXHIBIT | “REPEAT PLAY”

Opening Reception | Dec. 6, 2024 | 6-8 pm | Pine Hills Branch | View the new exhibit, and enjoy live music by RK Jazz and Blues, plus light refreshments. The reception is free and open to the public.

Regular Viewing | Dec. 6, 2024-May 10, 2025 | During open hours at Pine Hills Branch | Free and open to the public.

About the Exhibition | Curated by Opalka Gallery, this exhibition brings together nine artists who use repetitive shapes, marks, and colors to create systems and interrelationships that dazzle the eyes. What you might not see at first glance are the various reasons and ways these artists create patterns. Some of these designs are the visual translation of regular and repeated actions, obsessive observations of the everyday world. Other works refer to historical designs, exhumed for a contemporary perspective. Whether created digitally, leveraging letterforms into webs of patterned curves, or through carefully collaging found fabric, printmaking, oil, or watercolor materials, these artists bring to mind all the patterns we see in our daily lives, reminding us that the inventive mind of an artist is behind many of them.

Featured Artists | Ali Herrmann, Tara Fracalossi, Richard Garrison, Willie Marlowe, Jean-Marc Superville Sovak, Sara Tack, Stephen Tyson, Michael Van Winkle, Deborah Zlotsky.

THE ART AT APL PROGRAM

Art at APL, which is curated by Opalka Gallery, is a fine arts exhibition program at the Pine Hills Branch showcasing the work of contemporary artists connected to the Capital Region. The program, which began in 2013, integrates professional artwork into public spaces within the library, enriches the library experience, and gives visitors something interesting and educational to look at while they browse the collections.  Art at APL is funded in part by the Friends & Foundation of Albany Public Library. 

OTHER EXHIBITED ART

In addition to the Art at APL exhibitions, the library occasionally displays art, photographs, and other pieces created by students and other members of the community. If anyone objects to art on display in the branches, the Exhibited Art Reconsideration Request should be filled out and submitted.