NORWAY — Visitors to Norway Memorial Library may view a memorial art exhibit on the reference room walls. “Landscapes-Far and Near” features eighteen watercolor, oil, and pastel paintings by Carolyn B. Reedy. Carolyn, who passed away in 2021, was the mother of Cynthia Reedy, Norway Memorial Library Trustees President.

Born in Boston on December 11, 1931, and raised in Massachusetts, Maine, and New York, Carolyn graduated from Melrose High School in 1949. She earned an Associate in Applied Arts degree from Boston University. She grew up surrounded and influenced by many family artists. Her great-uncle, Franklin Peleg Brownell, was a well-respected Canadian artist whose works are in the National Gallery in Ottawa. Carolyn married Richard Reedy in 1952, and they raised their family in Melrose. After moving to Gloucester in 1977, she became immersed in the Cape Ann artist community, taking classes and workshops to improve her pastels, watercolors, and oil painting skills.

Carolyn was an artist member of the Rockport Art Association, Newburyport Art Association, North Shore Art Association, Hudson Valley Art Association, and Academic Artist Association. Awards include the Medal of Honor (Academic Artists), the Guild of Boston Artists Award (North Shore Art Association), and the Claude Parsons Memorial Award at the American Artists Professional League Grand National Exhibition in New York City.

The exhibit may be seen whenever the library is open from January 13-March 13, 2023. Norway Memorial Library is located at 258 Main Street in Norway, Maine. For more information visit www.norwaymemoriallibrary.org or call 207-743-5309.

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