HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—The Harrington Park Public Library will host an exhibit of watercolor prints by resident artist and teacher, Holly Ciccoricco, from Feb. 1–29.
The exhibit features prints from prize-winning watercolor paintings of Times Square, Peggy’s Cove, a Central Park Carriage Horse, Alpine Boat Basin and local Harrington Park scenes, such as the library, downtown, firehouse and parks.
All proceeds from sales will be donated to a non-profit foundation, The Edward and Holly Award for Inspiration in the Arts and Special Education, to help support early career teachers in northern New Jersey to become inspired educators. For more information, see the website ciccoriccofamily.org.
Ciccoricco has been an art educator for sixty years and has taught art to special needs children for many of those years. She was an instructor at the Art School at Old Church in Demarest and has taught art in the Alpine and Madison public schools in New Jersey and public schools in upstate New York. For many years, she has conducted craft workshops for children at the Harrington Park Public Library.
Ciccoricco is a member of the Park Painters of Bergen County. Her work has received awards at numerous art shows and is included in private collections in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Colorado, California and New Zealand. She has a Master of Arts in Art Education degree from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Art Education degree from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
The Harrington Park Public Library, located at 10 Herring Street, is open Monday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday and Friday from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is closed on Sunday.
For more information, call 201-768-5675.