ORANGE - Barbara Mazur and Margaret Ulecka-Wilson, both artists from Orange and Joan Lakin, an artist from Hamden, will exhibit their work at the upcoming show in May at the Case Memorial Library, Tyler City Road, Orange, organizers said.

The show, sponsored by the Art in the Library Committee, runs from May 1 to 28. The opening Artists’ reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. May 6.
Mazur had a successful career in advertising before she began studying watercolors and acrylics about seven years ago with various area instructors, organizers said in a statement. Mazur has exhibited at Case Memorial Library, Whitney Center, the Hospital of Saint Raphael, the Woodbridge Library, Coldwell Banker in Darien and Stevens Ford in Milford, the statement said. Her "photography of natural settings around her home inspires her painting," the statement said. Mazur also is a member of the Art in the Library Committee.
Ulecka-Wilson was for many years a chemist at Bayer, the statement said. She is a potter who manipulates and displays products of the earth. This "has been her inspiration and revelation since she first felt the unformed clay and then held up her finished creation," the statement said. She follows the artistic traditions of her father, for many years a successful artist in Warsaw, Poland. She developed her insights as a potter at creative Arts Workshop in New Haven. Ulecka-Wilson works in Orange and also is a member of the Art in the Library Committee, the statement said.
Lakin managed water treatment plant operation for the Regional Water Authority before her retirement, the statement said. She is very active in civic affairs in Hamden, serving on the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Inland Wetlands Commission and several other town commissions, the statement said. Lakin also was president of the League of Women Voters. She has studied water color with Audrey Galer, design with John Massimo and drawing with Dorothy Marchese, the statement said. She has exhibited at Case Memorial Library, Whitney Center, the Hospital of Saint Raphael, Woodbridge Library, and The Cardiology Group in New Haven. Her work is also part of private collections. She is "unfailingly inspired by the beauty of nature," the statement said

The show includes varied themes, outstanding techniques and varied media, the statement said. The Art in the Library Committee presents the monthly shows as a service both to the artists and to the general public and welcomes submission of works from local and statewide artists to the annual jurying session.

Editor's note: The information in this post was wholly provided by organizers of this exhibit.