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Mill Art Center and Gallery
 

DECEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER

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Dear Members of the Mill Art Center and Gallery, 

I am delighted to introduce you to Eleanor 'Ella' Senglaub, our new extern! What does it mean? As an extern, Ella will help in hands-on learning experiences focusing on the actual running of our not-for-profit organization. She will shadow and assist in areas that will help her to gain applicable knowledge for her in the future. My goal for Ella is to have an enriching experience getting involved in our community. Already, we are working on our enhanced newsletters, more accessible website, and outreach to the area schools. I look forward to you meeting Ella in person soon. 

Please read her bio below. 

I would also like to take this moment to express warm wishes to all for a wonderful holiday season. 

My best to you always,
Kathryn Bevier 

 

What’s New This Month

Ella Senglaub is a current PhD candidate interested in helping communities connect with art, culture, and the stories that shape our shared spaces and collective memory. She holds a B.A. from New York University in both Social & Cultural Analysis and Art History, where she also minored in Medieval and Renaissance studies. In May, Ella completed her M.A. in Art Law and Arts Management at the International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki, Greece. Ella’s research explores how museums, landscapes, and visual as well as material culture influence what we remember, bridging the past and present in meaningful ways through different artistic lenses.

Growing up with a deep appreciation for art and lots of time spent in nature, Ella became fascinated by how people make sense of their identity through art, local traditions, and the natural world around them. She has presented her work at international conferences, including at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, and has held positions in galleries, cultural institutions, and community organizations in both the United States and Greece.

At the Mill Art Center & Gallery, Ella looks forward to working closely with staff, artists, and community members to support exhibitions, educational programs, and public events. She loves translating complex historical ideas into engaging activities and believes that art becomes most powerful when it is shared and experienced together. This passion guided her academic journey and her commitment to accessible arts education.

When she’s not working on her research or studies, Ella enjoys exploring new art exhibitions, practicing her Italian and Greek, and going for walks with her four-legged friend, Gracie.

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Join me for a Collage Day - Free Day
Monday, January 5th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Begin the New Year right by creating your own Vision Board during this special event hosted by yours truly, Kathryn Bevier. Bring your old magazines and anything else you would like to bring to include in your Vision Board - I will have the rest.

What is a Vision Board? - A vision board is a collage of words and images intended to articulate your aspirations, dreams, and intentions of goal-setting for the next and beyond. 

Please RSVP to millartcenter@gmail.com, so I know you are coming. 

 

ART CLASSES

I hope you will take a look at all the New Classes that have been scheduled for all ages. In addition to our veteran teachers, I am thrilled to introduce four new instructors and the classes they are offering:

Stefan Lucas Allen:
Foundational Drawing for Teens and Adults
RSVP

Wednesday Night Open Studio Figure Drawing
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Dejan Pejovic:
Observational Drawing for Teens and Adults
RSVP

 

Jill Spagnolo:
Spiderwick Chronicles, Creatures in Clay for Teens and Tweens
RSVP

 

Zazie Welden:
Comics for Teens
RSVP

Introduction to Watercolor Just for Kids
RSVP

Take a look and find a class for you! - Classes at the Mill

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

MILL MOMENT

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language

And next year’s words await another voice.

What we call the beginning is often the end

And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

  • T.S. Eliot in Little Gidding

As the world around us withers into winter repose, cultures and societies across the globe start looking toward new beginnings. This tradition became an artistic theme in the medieval and early Renaissance periods, especially in illuminated manuscripts, where calendars depicted rural activities in twelve scenes known as the ‘Labours of the Months.’ While the month of January was associated with images of feasting and exchanging gifts, the calendar page also commonly included the sign of Aquarius, alluding to beginnings and endings of years. Objectively, one of the more well-known cycles was the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry) painted by the Limbourg brothers in the fifteenth century. January in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (see below) is likely set at the Duke of Berry’s New Years or Twelfth Night celebrations. Aside from displaying the Duke’s wealth and status, through golden tableware vessels, richly dressed court figures, and banners featuring his heraldic devices, the illustration celebrates the light’s return after the winter solstice by showing the sun god Apollo atop his horse-drawn chariot. The zodiac figures of Aquarius and Capricorn above symbolize the celestial influences governing the feasting and gift-giving rituals happening below. Presenting the New Year as a moment shaped by ritual celebration and cyclical beginnings, the January scene invites viewers to consider how they, too, mark time in their own lives, using the moment to look back on what has ended and forward to what might begin.

January, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, attributed to Jean Limbourg, c. 1412-16

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