BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Photographs by local artist\, Connie Pinkowski \; will be on exhibit at the Scotch Plains Library from Saturday\, May \; 19\, 2012 until \; Tuesday\, June 12\, 2012. \; The exhibit depicts Connie&rsquo\;s love of water comes from living by the water all her lif e. \; &ldquo\;Water has continued to have an emotional and artist in fluence on me. \; My most creative ideas have always emerged while s wimming or walking on the beach. \; \; A creative challenge has been to produce interesting\, vivid and colorful photographs from the cl ear liquid. \; Water is colorless\, but it is our environment and na tural surroundings that are reflected on the water which create my abstr act images. \; Water is always moving\, changing and reflecting the world around us. \; Through my photographs I&rsquo\;m trying to conv ey the connection between water and our manmade surroundings. \; Eve n though our coasts are threatened by continued flooding as the sea leve ls rise each year\, people are still drawn to water\, a perfect example are all the visitors to LBI each year\,&rdquo\; says Ms. Pinkowski.\nHav ing spent her summers on LBI for the past 40 years has shown the artist what water can do to our environment\, by the changes that have affected the Island over the past decade. \; It is by creating images of wat er patterns that she portrays how connected we are to this natural resou rce. \; In one sense the photographs can be seen as colorful abstrac tion or as a way to build a connection to our tangible resource that we need to help preserve. \; She wants people to appreciate our natural resource and find joy and the unexpected in viewing her photographs.&nb sp\; &ldquo\;I also want the viewer to think about ways they can help pr otect and preserve our most important natural resource\, water. Our live s will depend on it. \; Water is life and we have an obligation to p rotect it\, now and in the future.&rdquo\; \; The Library invites th e community to visit and reflect on these digital reflections. \; \n The artist has a BFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technolo gy. \; She has taught photography and art workshops to teens and adu lts at the Scotch Plains Library and at the LBI Foundation of Arts and S ciences on Long Beach Island. \; Ms. Pinkowski shows her photography throughout the tri-state area and her work is in many private collectio ns.\nThere will be a reception at the library\, Thursday\, May 31 from 7 &ndash\; 8:30 pm. \; The Scotch Plains Public Library is located at 1927 Bartle Avenue\, one block from Park Avenue\, in the center of the township. \; Library hours are Monday and Thursday\, 9 am to 9 pm\; Tuesday and Friday\, 9 am to 5 pm\; Wednesday 9 am to 8 pm\; Saturday 9 am to 5pm and Sunday 12 noon to 4 pm. URL:http://clark.patch.com/events/water-a-living-being-photography-exhibi t-at-the-gallery-scotch-plains-library SUMMARY:Water a Living Being – Photography Exhibit at The Gallery\, Sco tch Plains Library LOCATION:Scotch Plains Public Library: 1927 Bartle Ave\, Scotch Plains\, NJ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR