Cook Memorial Library

Tamworth, NH

Art is Eternal

Oil painting by Paul Gauguin

This link shows a spectacular evolution of female portraiture in art, and what better way to introduce CML’s art book collection.
There are many artists living in Tamworth and frequenting the library, so we invest in high quality art books for our patrons, of all ages. We try to buy two [...]

2011 Calendar – Historic Artists of Tamworth

Oil painting by Marjoree Deo
The Friends of Cook Memorial Library are underwriting another calendar for 2011. In full color, on sturdy coated stock, and designed by Peggy Johnson, it will feature the work in paint, collage, ink, and pencil, of twelve historic artists who lived or summered in Tamworth including: MARJOREE DEO • ELLEN [...]

Artist of the Month for July: Sam’l Newsom

Sam’l Newsom is the featured artist this July. He was a landscape designer and a painter. He designed, among other things, the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and the Remick Park in Tamworth. He was a nurseryman; he grew dahlias. He grew bonsai trees – hemlocks. He designed a [...]

Barbara “Willey” Fromm will be missed

Photo of Barbara taken by Jay at a library tea in her honor in May 2007.
Barbara Fromm, well known Tamworth artist died on Friday, June 11. Graveside services were held at Ordination Rock Cemetery in Tamworth on Sunday, June 27th at 3:00 p.m. After the service, Barbara’s friends gathered at the library to share [...]

Marge Kendrick is Artist of the Month for May and June 2010

Our own Marge Kendrick, Tamworth artist extraordinaire, is May and June’s Artist of the Month. Marge Kendrick won her first scholarship to Boston Museum of Fine Arts School when she was only 12 years old. She is an artist who believes the challenge of painting is to portray her delight and intuitions. As the painting [...]

Silk Painting Workshop

The Tamworth Recreation Department will be sponsoring a Silk Painting Workshop, taught by Jay Rancourt, on Sunday, November 8th, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Tamworth Townhouse on the Main Street of Tamworth. The all-day workshop is open to adults and children over 10 years old.
The cost for this workshop is $7.00 per scarf [...]

Jean Hurley is July Artist of the Month

Some of Jean’s many friends drew from their collections of her artwork to make this exhibition for a birthday surprise. We are pleased and proud to celebrate Jean with a small selection of her extraordinary oeuvre.
There are paintings, prints, handmade books, calendars, baskets, cards, all beautifully conceived and realized by Jean’s nimble hands. The earliest [...]

Silk Painting Workshop

The Tamworth Recreation Department and Cook Memorial Library will again be co-sponsoring a Silk Painting Workshop, taught by Jay Rancourt, on Saturday, April 18th, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Tamworth Townhouse on the Main Street of Tamworth. The all-day workshop is open to adults and children over 10 years old.
The cost [...]

ACT Program: Painting on Silk for Kids

Painting on silk is fluid and fun, and each piece has its own life and personality—come try it yourself! On Saturday, March 7th, 2009, Arts Council of Tamworth is offering a Painting on Silk workshop for kids ages eight and up. The workshop runs from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Cook Memorial Library [...]

Book talk by Jasmine and Rosy Lamb

JASMINE LAMB IS A POET, ROSY LAMB A PAINTER will launch their book, Outside the Garden: Poems and Paintings on Sunday, August 24, 2008, 3:00 p.m. at the library. The sisters grew up in rural New Hampshire, moved away, and have come back together for this book, drawing on each other and their childhood for [...]

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