Artists' murals are beginning to fill the windows of the future library.
It’s a good time to take a walk by the Young Street building that is slated to become the new South Berwick Public Library to see the first signs of the new life the building will soon enjoy.
John Klossner is coordinating the project.
Creative townspeople have stepped forward to spiff up the building, formerly St. Michael’s Catholic Church, as it awaits the transformation from a building in need of tender loving care to an energy efficient, modern library. South Berwick resident John Klossner, with support from the Friends of the Library, has organized a project to cover up the boarded up windows with murals, collages and sculptures created by local artists.
The first three murals have gone up. One, by South Berwick’s Gordon Carlisle, is a tribute to Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal system. Two others were painted by Katie Robb, a Berwick Academy student. Fifteen artists have come forward to create windows that will be installed over the next year. Mr. Klossner sought and received a grant from NH Charitable Foundation to support the project and got donations of left over paint from townspeople at the annual Friends of the South Berwick Library book sale in May.
This outdoor art exhibit will last throughout the renovation project, and artists have been invited to donate their work to the library for future exhibitions.
These murals are wonderful! Thank you, artists!