Clinton Township Newsletter

1 0 m a r c h 2 0 2 6 W W W . C L I N T O N T W P N E W S L E T T E R . C O M A r t N o u v e a u a t i t s r o m a n t i c b e s t i n y o u r t a l e n t e d h a n d s , M i s s Julie!! How lovely, your a r t i s t i c m u s i n g s o n T h e Peacock Skirt. All the hearts, some with faces happy and sad, the blank faces on the protagonists(?). Is that a mandolin player? Such richness, and the colors, pink and red with sharp black and white, very effective. I went right to my Art Nouveau books and I wonder – why this beautiful art form is not more popular? Did it play out with the Gilded Age, do you think? Anyway, always fun to decipher the inspiration with each of your covers, thank you for that! I've attached our March information. We are really enjoying the historic videos and have a yearful of programs and trips celebrating our country ahead. As always, thank you so very much for promoting Women's Forum in the Clinton Township Newsletter! Warmest regards, Evelyn Breheney Glynn, Founder/Director Women's Forum Thank you so much, Evelyn!! The artwork for this collage was by an illustrator from the late 1800s/early 1900s, named Audrey Beardsley. His work is in the public domain, so I used a lot of it for this design in a collage, as well as added my own touches and some fun lettering. Beardsley actually pushed the envelope quite a bit with his artwork. I've toned it down quite a bit here! (Google him and you'll see what I mean). As for the actual characters in this design, your guess is as good as mine, but I did tone down the expressions of the two central characters here, who come across as quite sinister in the original artwork. He was a part of the Aesthetic movement (along with Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler), and was influenced by Japanese woodcuts. My original idea was to have the cover as all black and white with just one speck of red, for Valentine's Day, but as usual I couldn't help myself and I added lots of pink and red. I love the art nouveau period, and I also have aways had a passion for the psychedelic artwork and design of the 1960's, which was heavily influenced by the artists of the late 1800's/early 1900's: Art Nouveau. Everything comes back around again! I find inspiration in so many places, and I just hope that my readers will be amused by these various designs as well. As always, thank you (and our readers) for your encouragement and support! Stay warm! Julie Dear Julie, Belated birthday greetings! I look forward to the monthly CTNL Newsletter and your editorials. Loved your editorial in the February issue! It gave me ideas for celebrating the 70th birthday for my cousin. Could you share details of the local pottery studio and any others you might have explored, so can I explore a similar option? And thanks for sharing the information about museum passes from the library - you confirmed it's true. Thank you, Anita Jacob, Resident of Clinton Township Dear Anita, Thank you so much for the birthday greetings and your kind words! My kids thought up the idea of doing pottery, knowing that I'm not one for a big to- do. "Analog Activities", as they call them, (like pottery, needlepoint, crochet, jigsaw puzzles, baking, and reading physical books) are really popular right now! People are eager to get away from all of the tech things that have taken over a good part of our lives. They found "Burnt Mill Potters" in Branchburg, but I would also recommend to you and our readers, AR Workshop, right here in downtown Clinton (and seen in this publication), as well as the several knitting, sewing and gardening clubs we always list. And the library's museum passes are such a great offer that I hesitated to even mention them! Enjoy your analog activities, and stay warm! – Julie Hello Julie, First, I was sorry to read of you being ill earlier in the year and hope you are feeling better. Commendable for composing and editing the newsletter while ill. The articles about the the FOHCL book sale are assisting with early donations at the North County Branch of the library. Shortly after the January edition was distributed and mentioned clearing books, the library received overwhelming donations which we scooped up to store. Thank you for your assistance always, and hope you stay well. – Kathy, Friends of the Hunterdon County Library Hi Kathy, Thank you! It was just a bad sinus infection, and then a terrible stomach flu — but I'm hoping that the rest of the year is much better. I'm so glad to hear that the articles in CTNL are helping the FOCHL book sale. It's a fantastic event, for a great cause! Take care, Julie (Readers–find our more about the sale on page 22!) letters to the editor

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