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Come join us for Sketching just for teens!

Woodbury Public Library

Saturday Oct. 4th 11-1pm

The Bethlehem Land Trust’s 3rd Annual Hunter Pace!

Sunday November 9th 2025

Event is from 8:30 am - afternoon.

ShawnaLee will be setting up around noon. Please stop by her tent!

A tradition that has its roots in foxhunting, A Hunter pace is a timed trail ride for equestrians. Hunter paces provide horseback riders the opportunity to come together and explore new trails and paths that are maintained and prepared. Riders follow signs through woods, meadows and sometimes shallow streams. The BLT includes Bethlehem’s historic March Farms as part of their trails for this pace. This scenic pleasure pace includes March Farms and the Bethlehem Land trust in Memory of Farrier Neal John Miller. email eileenflynn789@gmail.com for more details or to register as a rider. When you come, please stop by my art booth! I’ll be taking some photos (not official photographer) and painting. Special offers and a chance to win will be at my tent. Thank you!

Portraits by ShawnaLee will be there with portfolios and examples of Horse Portraiture.

For more information about the pace: eileenflynn789@gmail.com For information about Horse Portraits: artist@shawnalee.com

Faculty art show at Brookfield Craft Center in the Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery.

September 6th through October 12th.

Reception September 13th 5-7pm

Gallery Shop Hours:

Monday: closed

Tuesday-Friday 12-5pm

Saturday 11am-5pm

Sunday 12-4pm

286 Whisconier Rd. Brookfield CT

"Embracing Change"  at the Oxford Public Library until December 13, 2025

Reception: November 29, 2025 at 1pm

Woodbury Public Library

September 2026

Watch for details as our vision unfolds!

The dust has settled from the Nutcracker Performance at the NVCC 2024.

Mr. Rock Sculptor was full of mischief while Mrs. Artist, aka ShawnaLee, sketched the dancers ON STAGE WHILE THEY were DANCING!

There are a few sketches remaining. To find out more about these sketches and how to purchase them, please visit: “BCB Dancers” page located on the menu bar.

Purchase direct from the artist.

-ORDER: other levels of art that capture the sweet wonderful memories of the Nutcracker for your dancer and family! (pay artist).

"Gleanings Re-imagined: An Artist's Journey into a Forgotten Journal"

A short and sweet introduction as we Discover the remarkable story of Gleanings by the Way—a travel journal penned in 1849—and how it found an unexpected new home in a contemporary artist’s studio.

What began as a simple curiosity turned into a deep creative exploration when this handwritten relic, full of reflections and observations from a 19th-century traveler landed in the hands of an artist drawn to forgotten voices. Time weathered pages, softly faded ink, and poetic passages sparked a vision: what if this journal could be seen, not just read?

Now, step inside the artist's process as they prepare to interpret and illustrate Gleanings by the Way. From ideas and initial sketches to decisions about presentation and what it means to honor a historical voice through a modern artist's lens—this is more than an illustration project. It’s a dialogue across time.

Come along for the journey—where history meets imagination, and the quiet musings of the past are transformed into a vivid, visual story for the present.