THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, October 1, 2021 Page 7 Internationally acclaimed artist John Day’s work comes home to Malden Public Library F ollowing a successful solo show in Geneva, Switzerland, the work of Malden-born artist John Day comes to the Malden Public Library’s Converse Galleries for a monthlong exhibition: John Day: A Glimpse of Color. Day was born in Malden on May 27, 1932, and sold his first painting at the age of 15. His father was an anesthesiologist, and his mother was a classical pianist and music teacher. After graduating from Malden High School (class of 1949), where he had already exhibited his talent for, and commitment to, painting, he spent a year at Syracuse University’s School of Art before transferring to Yale University’s School of Art & Architecture. During his years at Yale, he studied with legendary teacher Artist John Day (Photo Courtesy of Patrick Theimer) and color theorist Josef Albers. In 1970 he became a Professor of Art at William Paterson College in New Jersey. Over the next three decades, Day tested and explored several different artistic styles, ranging from impressionistic landscapes to collages to precisely blended color meditations. Many of his early collages were torn-paper landscapes that reference the work of the nouveau réalistes, such as Raymond Hains from the 1960s. His surrealist “Erebos” series illustrates his interest in the art and life of Ancient Greece. The abstract paintings from the last phase of his life evoke the spiritual intensity of Mark Rothko’s work. Day won recognition with numerous awards, prizes and grants, including stays at Yaddo and the McDowell Colony, an Ingram Merrill Foundation grant and numerous first prizes at judged exhibitions. From 1961 through 1984, he had annual one-man exhibitions at galleries in New York, Connecticut, New T Malden Library wins NASA@ My Library grant As a NASA@ My Library Parthe Malden Public Library (MPL) has been selected through a competitive application process to be part of the NASA@ My Library STEAM initiative, which was created to increase and enhance Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) learning opportunities for library patrons throughout the nation. The MPL is one of just 60 libraries nationwide and the only library in Massachusetts to be chosen for the project. “We are thrilled to have been selected,” said MPL Director Dora St. Martin. “This grant is designed to share the excitement of NASA exploration and discovery with our community. We look forward to introducing STEAM concepts to our younger patrons and to exploring the universe together with people of all ages during our public programs in 2021 and 2022.” ner, MPL will receive training and funds to hold public programs that explore NASA science and technology, specifically around NASA’s newest next-generation telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, which will be launched in late 2021. The James Webb is an incredible engineering wonder allowing scientists to do things that humankind has only dreamed of, such as peering through the clouds of interstellar gas and dust that obscures stars in nebulae and seeing back to the very beginning of time in the universe. NASA@ My Library is offered by the National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute in partnership with the American Library Association Public Programs Office, the Lunar and Planetary InstiJersey and Paris. He was also included in numerous group exhibitions, including those at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, the American Embassy in London, the Musée Pompidou in Paris, the Fondation Maeght in southeast France and Marseilles’ Musée Cantini in France, the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, N.Y., the Montclair Museum in New Jersey and the Harmon Gallery in Naples, Fla. He continued his devotion to serious art until his death in New York City on April 15, 1982, one of the early victims of the AIDS epidemic. His paintings are found in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and in corporate collections around the world. John Day: A Glimpse of Color will be shown at the Malden Public Library’s Converse Galleries from October 2 through November 15. Gallery hours are Wednesday and Saturdays 2-4 p.m. and by appointment. Due to COVID limits, please contact the Library at info@maldenpubliclibrary.org or by phone at 781324-0218 to schedule an individual or group visit. tute and the Education Development Center. More information about coming programs will be on the MPL website at maldenpubliclibrary.org. MPR ENGINEERING CO. AFFORDABLE & COST EFFECTIVE Civil Engineering * Certified Plot Plans Surveying * Boundaries * Flood Zones Call for FREE Estimate: (781) 629-2891 ~ LICENSED & INSURED~ 100 years of cigar experience Buy Cigars by the Box & Save! Our store is still open to serve you! * SPECIAL EDITION * 6 Year Old Tobacco * 100% Long Leaf Individually Wrapped * Bundle of 20 * ONLY $89.95 ~ SMOKER’S DELIGHT ~ RYO Tubes 15 Churchill Size Cigars including a Cohiba, 4 Year Old Tobacco Individually Wrapped ONLY $43.95 A.B.C. CIGAR 170 REVERE ST., REVERE (781) 289-4959 GREAT SELECTION! GREAT PRICES! 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