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Robin Timko is Artist of the Month in the Redfield Proctor Room

Artist of the month at the Redfield Proctor Room in March 2010
Robin DeCormier Timko

Robin is a long time activist and resident of Proctorsville who studied art at the New School for Social Research under Benny Andrews, took classes with her uncle John Dobbs and spent one year at the Portland Museum Art School in Oregon.   She has been painting and drawing all of her life.
This particular collection of Robin’s work has been termed “Collateral Damage”.  Collateral Damage is a saying used by the armed forces to describe incidental damage or injury to persons or objects not considered enemy targets.
“In my perception,” Robin says, “wars are primarily fought for control of natural resources.  This collection of pastel paintings is an expression on this theme… I broaden the meaning of the word to include animals such as the northeastern elk which once inhabited our forests here in New England and was over-hunted for their meat by early settlers from Europe.  Our natural habitat, our waters and the earth are all suffering “Collateral Damage” from our addicted consumption of energy and its resultant pollution, so I have included examples of victims such as the polar bear and the beluga, both threatened with extinction as well…(and) the painting of the earth itself, an image seen in my dreams.”
 Robin’s work may be seen in the Redfield Proctor Room of the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library during normal operating hours in March.

Spring Adult Education Computer Class is Coming!

Are you interested in learning how to use a computer for word processing, using e-books, setting up e-mail and surfing the web? The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library will be presenting an adult education class targeted at seniors beginning in April. More information is coming!