The Gallery at the Library was created to provide a venue for local residents to share their artistic talents within our town. The library is committed to expand the cultural and educational experiences in all forms to our community. Therefore, The Gallery exhibits provide Southington residents the opportunity for a better understanding and appreciation of visual art forms.
Visual art is defined as the arrangement of colors, forms, or other elements “in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium”. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000)
Each month a new artist is honored as Artist of the Month (http://jdcsouth13.wordpress.com/artist-of-the-month/) and annually the library has a reception to “Celebrate the ARTs”.
The Gallery is open to the public the normal library business hours, Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm and Friday and Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The library is closed Saturday during July and August.
Please contact Library Publicist/Community Outreach at (860) 628-0947 x 113 or email chmielewskij@southington.org for information concerning the current artist exhibit. Local artist are encouraged to contact me for information on how to display their work in The Gallery at the Library.
Celebrate ART receptions are held annually to honor The Gallery at the Library Artists of the Month in the Café Area. Entertainment and light refreshments are enjoyed by members of the community, including Southington community leaders, honored artists and their families and members of the local arts organizations
In the past Celebrate the Arts at the Southington Library was supported by an Arts and Culture grant from Target and co-sponsor support from the Southington Arts Council and Southington Arts and Crafts Association.
Past performers include local young violinist, Jacob Dziubek
presented by co-sponsors the Southington Arts Council. 
and Jeff Conlon of Bristol CT performed with his acoustic guitar.
In 2008 the sounds of The Isaac Young Trio, entertained the community as they viewed the over sixty works by artists who have exhibited in The Gallery.
