JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library Board of Trustees will wait until at least the fall before it determines whether or not it will change its bylaws to determine how future trustees are selected and whether or not to establish a residency … [Read more...]
Library Board to Host Community Conversation on Future of Prendergast
JAMESTOWN - The first of two community conversations involving the future of the James Prendergast Library will be taking place Wednesday afternoon. Earlier this month the library board of trustees wrote an article in the Jamestown Post-Journal … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library will Ask Property Owners to Support a New Tax Line to Help Keep Doors Open
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library is once again proposing a new tax in order to help it solve its financial challenges. The Jamestown Post-Journal reported Friday that the Prendergast Library Board of Trustees met on Thursday afternoon and … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Tina Scott and Joni Blackman from the James Prendergast Library
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD Originally airing Thursday, May 2, 2019 WRFA's Jason Sample talks with James Prendergast Library Executive Director Tina Scott and Board President Joni Blackman about the library has been able to cope in … [Read more...]
Seven Paintings Previously Owned by Prendergast Library to be on Display at Fenton History Center
JAMESTOWN - Seven pieces of artwork that were recently sold at auction by the James Prendergast Library have found a temporary home at the Fenton History Center. According to Noah Goodling, Fenton executive director, developer Arnold Duke – who … [Read more...]
Fourteen More Prendergast Paintings Sell at Auction, Library to Net $111,500
NEW YORK – Fourteen more paintings from the James Prendegast Library Art Collection sold at auction on Thursday. According to the Sotheby’s website, the 14 paintings that sold as part of the “Fine Old Master & 19th Century European Art,” had a … [Read more...]
15 More Prendergast Paintings Go to Auction Block on Thursday
JAMESTOWN - The Post-Journal is reporting that more Prendergast Library oil paintings are available for purchase Thursday during an auction hosted by Sotheby’s. The auction, titled “Fine Old Master & 19th Century European Art,” will include 15 … [Read more...]
James Prendergast Library Board Holds Meeting to Discuss Fate of Unsold Artwork
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library board of trustees held a special meeting Thursday determine how to proceed with six classic oil paintings by European artists that were not sold during a recent auction at Sotheby’s. On Nov. 21 a total of … [Read more...]
Prendergast Board to Meet Thursday Afternoon to Discuss Unsold Paintings
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library board of trustees will hold an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon, Nov. 30, to determine how to proceed with six paintings in its classic art collection that failed to sell at auction earlier this … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library to Appoint New President for 2018
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library Association's Board of Trustees will have a new president in 2018. According to the Jamestown Post-Journal, the library board recently met and discussed officers for 2018, with current board vice president … [Read more...]
