Admission is free, but preregistration is encouraged. Works in the Lewes exhibit will alternate between the library and Biblion, and are available for viewing during normal business hours.Īll of the works will be available for purchase, with a percentage of the purchase price donated to organizations in the Lewes Loves Books partnership.Īckerman will discuss “Birds by the Shore,” take audience questions and sign copies of her book at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 21, at Cape Henlopen High School.

Works displayed in Lewes include “More to the Story,” a 4.5-by-6.5-foot three-dimensional creation with actual books worked into it, and “Flight on the Coastline,” a 3-by-4-foot collage representing the Cape Region’s connection with books.

Several of these collaborative paintings were exhibited earlier this year in galleries in New York and Maryland. “Kenzie and I feel so fortunate to have found such an ideal partnership where we can create art about issues we both feel strongly about.” “We found that working collaboratively is both synergistic and great fun,” said Lozner. Working simultaneously on the same canvases, Lozner and Raulin exemplify the concept of collaboration. Lozner, who has a home in Lewes, said she and Raulin were motivated by the Lewes Loves Books movement and insights from “Birds by the Shore,” a revised and reissued edition of Ackerman’s first book, “Notes from the Shore,” written when the author lived in Lewes in the early 1990s. They wanted to combine their love of books with their appreciation and concern for the environment. Since October, a variety of local organizations have joined to present lectures, discussions, walks and other activities tied to “Birds by the Shore.”īoth artists have a deep attachment to the Delaware coastline, having come to the beaches most of their lives. Paintings by artists Ruth Lozner and Kenzie Raulin are on display through the end of March at the Lewes Public Library and Biblion bookstore, which spearheaded Lewes’ participation in the American Library Association’s One Book One Community program.

The Lewes Loves Books initiative has taken on a new dimension as two artists collaborated to create paintings inspired by the program’s featured book, Jennifer Ackerman’s “Birds by the Shore.

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