Columbia County Job Resource Center

Columbia County Job Resource Center: Online access to help with finding a job & developing your career. Includes resumé & interviewing tips, job & career resources for veterans, practical answers to common questions about finding a job & more.

The Art of K. Velis Turan

The Philmont Library Cultural Center hosts Mixed Media Fiber Art by K.Velis Turan.  Turan’s works will be on view beginning January 23 through March 2, 2012. A reception with the artist will be held Sunday February 5 from 2 – 4:00 PM, admission is free. 

K. Velis Turan depicts traditional subjects – the local landscape, still life and portraits, but in a non-traditional way. In a blend of materials and techniques, she merges fabric, paint, printmaking, quilting and more to make these unique pieces.

 K. Velis Turan has worked and studied with well known art quilters and mixed media artists including Ruth McDowell, Kerr Grawboski and Hollie Heller. 

Her use of surface design techniques adds layers of color, depth and textures to her work not possible in a single medium.  She employs surface design and mixed media techniques such as screen printing, painting, discharging, photo transfer, stitching and embellishing.

 The “thread stokes” or quilting stitches (stitching into three or more layers of fabric) that she works into the pieces further complete the transformation of the cloth into a unified work of art. 

 K.  Velis Turan (b.Washington,D.C.) is a mixed media fiber artist living and working in theHudsonValleyregion ofNew York.  Her artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

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Book Club Comes to the Philmont Library

A couple of friends from neighboring libraries have offered to help start a book club for Philmont.  After a very successful first meeting, Carol Corrigan will be leading a discussion on Unbroken, A World War II story of survival, resilience and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand at the second meeting of the club on November 30 at 6:30 p.m.

The book is available in regular or large print, as an audio book on CD or can be downloaded to your Kindle or Nook through Overdrive. 

Please join us on Wednesday, November 30 at 6:30 p.m. (NEW TIME). at the Karen A. Garafalo Cultural Center.  After the discussion, we will be selecting the book for the next meeting.

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Who’s in your family tree?

The Heritage Quest database through our website gives you anytime, anywhere access with your library card to a collection of genealogical and historical sources (with coverage dating back to the 1700s) that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.

Need to repair your car?

Wondering if your car has a recall? Get the full Chilton Manual for any car through our website! With your library card you get anytime, anywhere access for every domestic and foreign automobile and light truck.

Traveling Abroad or Staying Local?

The library can help! Whether you plan to travel 3,000 miles away from home or 30 the library has something for you to help you plan, prepare and enjoy traveling. Information on kid-friendly vacation spots, local historic sites, hiking and rail trails in the area, how to get a passport, booking vacations online, how to get through the airport security line faster and more!

Learn a foreign language fast!

Looking for fun, interactive language lessons? Lessons available in 22 languages!