Mercer County Library Hosts Art Contest, Show

Mercer County Library System announces its Spring 2012 art show, “The Art of Reading.” 

Children in Grades 4 through 8 will be able to submit one painting or drawing, no bigger than 9-inches by 12-inches to their local Mercer County Branch Library by Friday, March 23, 2012. 

The art work will be judged on adherence to the theme, “The Art of Reading,” content, form and texture and will be displayed in each branch library for the first two weeks of April.

A panel of local judges from each community will award local prizes of first, second and third place. The first, second and third place winners from each branch will then go to the Lawrence Township Headquarters Branch for a final system-wide judging.

There will be a distribution of prizes and an art reception on Sunday, April 29 from 1-2 p.m. Refreshments will be served.  For more information log on to the Library System’s website, www.mcl.org, or contact your local branch library.