Art in the Library
The Friends have sponsored numerous shows over the past 12 years including group and solo shows showcasing painting, photography, and sculpture. A recent favorite featured art created by library staff and volunteers. Most shows include opportunities to meet the artist, with receptions and snacks provided by Friend’s volunteers. Since its inception, this program has showcased the work of more than 250 local artists.
New Art Show:
A Collection Lost to Fire
By Duane and Annie Armstrong
Boulder Creek artists Duane and Annie Armstrong are both highly experienced and celebrated oil painters. Duane’s paintings explore atmosphere and mood through abstraction and landscape. Annie creates glowing larger than life close-ups of flowers, shells and butterflies. Many of Duane and Annie Armstrong ’s fabulous oil paintings were destroyed in the CZU fire, five years ago. The Friends of the Scotts Valley Library are thrilled to have a collection of high quality giclée prints of their original oil paintings on view October 4, 2025 through January 2, 2026.
Previous Art Shows
Watercolors by Heidi Michelle
Into the Woods by Aaron Johnson.
Abstraction and the Figure by Anna Haulenbeek Huskey
Jake Higgins
Book Lover's Mural
The Friends commissioned a new mural to adorn the library’s back patio. The muralist, Bruce Harman, designed a magical scene showcasing the love of reading. It features a squirrel reading, flying books, a bookworm, and the perfect oak tree for shady reading.
