Celebrate the Season with MILL Artists!

These Celebrate the Season paintings were created by Montclair Institute for Lifelong Learning (MILL) student artists. They will be sold in boxed sets of 10 blank notecards to support future MILL programming. Learn more at http://partnersfdn.org/MILLcards.
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The MILL is a collaborative effort of the Adult School Department of the Montclair Public Library, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair History Center and Montclair State University. Since March 2015, more than 130 classes have been taught in program areas that include the Arts, Health & Wellness, and History & Current Events.

Paintings by five local artists have been reproduced on notecards and are being sold through the Montclair Art Museum (MAM) to raise money for future programming of the Montclair Institute for Lifelong Learning (MILL).

The paintings were created in a watercolor and gouache class that was offered by the MILL through MAM’s Creative Aging Initiative. The paintings were selected from among 50 that were submitted by 20 students in the class, which was taught by Karen DeLuca and Kristine Lombardi in May 2017. All of the students’ paintings will be exhibited in the Upper Lobby of the Vance Wall Art Education Center at MAM from November 2 through January 7, 2018.

Boxed sets of 10 blank Celebrate the Season notecards will be sold at Free First Thursday Nights at MAM on November 2 and December 7. Notecards will also be sold at Seniorama which will be held at The Salvation Army in Montclair on Thursday, November 9; and online at https://www.montclairartmuseum.org/mam-retail/products/mill-holiday-cards.

The MILL is part of Lifelong Montclair, the Township’s initiative that supports Montclair as an age-friendly community. Classes foster opportunities for lifelong learning and socialization for adults aged 55+. It is funded in part by Partners for Health Foundation and donations from the community.

The MILL is a collaborative effort of the Adult School Department of the Montclair Public Library, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair History Center and Montclair State University. Since March 2015, more than 130 classes have been taught in program areas that include the Arts, Health & Wellness, and History & Current Events.

MILL partners and Partners for Health Foundation launched a Matching Grants campaign in 2016. Katie York, Director of Senior Services/Lifelong Montclair, Township of Montclair, explained the need to raise money for the MILL by noting, “Classes are very popular and demand quickly outpaces the supply. We often have long waiting lists and need to turn away interested students. Our goal is to keep MILL classes FREE and accessible to all.”

Community members may designate donations to a specific MILL program area, or wherever it’s needed most. All donations are matched $1 for $1 by Partners for Health, doubling their impact.

To learn more or to make a donation, visit http://partnersfdn.org/MILLcards, email info@partnersfdn.org, or call (973) 746-6130.