Reedy artwork to be on exhibit at Norway library through March 13

PHOTO: “Late fall, Corning, N.Y.” by Carolyn Reedy. Her art will be on display at Norway Public Library through March 13.

NORWAY – Norway Memorial Library is featuring a memorial art exhibit, “Landscapes Far and Near,” with works by artist Carolyn B. Reedy, who died in 2021.
The exhibit of 18 paintings will be displayed on the walls of he reference room until March 13.
Reedy was the mother of Cynthia Reedy, Norway Memorial Library trustees president. She was born in Boston on Dec. 11, 1931, and raised in Massachusetts, Maine and New York, graduating from Melrose (Mass.) High School in 1949 and earning an associate in applied arts from Boston University. She married Richard Reedy and 1952, and they raised a family in Melrose.
Reedy grew up surrounded and influenced by family artists. Her great-uncle, Franklin Peleg Brownell, was a Canadian artist whose works are in the National Gallery in Ottawa. After moving to Gloucester, Mass., in 1977, she became immersed in the Cape Ann artist community, taking classes and workshops to improve her pastels, watercolors, and oil painting skills.
She a 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 is on view during the library’s regular hours, at 258 Main St. Visit norwaymemoriallibrary.org or call 207-743-5309 for information.