GRAFTON — The Grafton Historical Society will honor noted local artist and author Florence Karpin on Sunday, Nov. 20, with the dedication of the Florence Baker Karpin Memorial Library at its museum in Grafton.
The dedication will take place at 4 p.m. at the museum on Main Street, according to a news release. Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend.
Karpin was a longtime resident of Grafton, where she moved with her husband and children in 1958. During these years, she authored and illustrated children's stories and books, short stories, and poetry. As an artist, she painted both portraits and landscapes that crossed all media from oils to pen and ink.
She was accepted into the Southern Vermont branch of the National League of American Pen Women as both an author and a visual artist, and she served as branch president for many years.
As her eyesight diminished in her 80s, her creative spirit did not. She managed to write and publish three well-received poetry collections.
These published works, along with her other books and short stories, will be part of the Karpin Memorial Library in the museum along with other authors' books that were published during their residencies in Grafton.