Andrew Molinaro, artisan of the anvil

As part of Susquehanna County Reads My Àntonia, photographer Sally Wiener Grotta's exhibit "Pennsylvania Hands" was on display in the main room of the Susquehanna County Library in Montrose during October 2009. "Pennsylvania Hands" is a visual celebration of those individuals who keep alive the traditional crafts that built our country's dynamically diverse culture and established the underpinnings of our present-day society. In this ongoing project, Sally creates narrative portraits of people who use their hands in traditional ways, making functional objects that are, today, typically done by machines. Ten large giclee prints on canvas of artisans at work were prominently displayed in the main room of the library. They can be seen now by visiting Sally's website for the project, www.amhands.com.

To learn more about Sally and the project, visit www.amhands.com. "Pennsylvania Hands" is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Workstations, Olympus, xrite, Lexar Media, HP Designjet Printers, smugmug, and Verbatim. This exhibit and lecture are supported by a Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Bradford County Regional Arts Council.