{"id":104106,"date":"2019-07-12T09:05:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T13:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104106"},"modified":"2019-07-12T09:05:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T13:05:38","slug":"new-woodstock-free-library-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104106","title":{"rendered":"New Woodstock Free Library news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nancy Skeele Edwards show opened July 6 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Woodstock Free Library is presenting\nan exhibit of works by local artist, historian, teacher, volunteer, community\npower-house Nancy Skeele Edwards through July 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the exhibit, which spans works\nfrom Nancy\u2019s prolific and creative life, the library will be hosting a\nreception in Edwards\u2019 honor from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 19, 2019. Edwards\u2019 family\nwill be on hand to greet friends, co-workers and art enthusiasts, as well as\nshare in the space that contains some of her finest works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up during World War II as an \u201cArmy Air\nCorps Brat,\u201d Edwards moved from one military base to another with her family,\nattending 12 different school systems prior to seventh grade. At one location,\nEdwards\u2019 neighbor was a portrait artist. She was 7 years old and modeled for\nhis drawing classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwards\u2019 interest in drawing and painting\ncontinued to grow. By the time she was in eighth grade, artist Gordon Muck\nstarted his teaching career at her school in DeRuyter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of his encouragement and guidance,\nEdwards received a full-tuition art scholarship to Syracuse University. At\ndifferent times, Muck and Edwards were art instructors in the\nFayetteville-Manlius School District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwards enjoyed working with people \u2013 especially\nchildren. She tirelessly worked as a teacher, community activist, historical\nadvocate, arts organizer and exhibitor, library volunteer, religious educator\nand for countless other causes near and dear to her heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She shared a long and loving marriage with\nlocal TV personality and past chair of the broadcast journalism department at\nSyracuse University\u2019s Newhouse School Don Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple raised two children, Lee Edwards\nand Susan Edwards Gregory, who reside in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1990, Edwards retired from the\nFabius-Pompey School District after 30 years of teaching art in several\nsurrounding public school districts. In retirement, she stayed involved with\nthe Pompey Historical Society, Delphi Falls community and restoration projects,\nFriends of Lorenzo, the Fabius-Pompey Community, New Woodstock Free Library,\nCazenovia Watercolor Society and the Cazenovia Shakespeare Club.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last two paragraphs of her autobiography,\nwritten in 1953 as a high school senior, encapsulate Edwards\u2019 attitude toward\nlife and personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her own words she wrote, \u201cNancy is very\nproud of her family and she hopes someday to repay her marvelous parents for\nall of their love, kindness, understanding and help through all the years \u2026\nmost of all, Nancy wants to make her place in this world, helping in some way\nto establish a better and peaceful universe by unity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about this and other programs and events at the library, call 315.662.3134, visit midyorklib.org\/newwoodstock\/<\/a> or find us on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The library is open Mondays from 1 to 9 p.m., Tuesdays from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesdays from 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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