The Friends of the Northumberland Public Library monthly Arts Alive! reception this month features the watercolors of artist Joan Hattersley. The reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, November 8, at the NPL, 7204 Northumberland Highway, Heathsville.
While a middle school pupil in Philadelphia, Hattersley convinced her mother to allow her to take drawing classes at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and that ignited a love of art that led to…