The first floor exhibit features pieces created by two Andover residents, Ruth T. Naylor and Cornelia van den Broeke. The Level 2 display cases feature photographs of past Academy Award winning actors and actresses.
Ruth Tiffany Naylor studied at The Slade Summer School in London, England in 1992 and 1998, locally at The Museum of Fine Arts, the DeCordova Museum School and the Cambridge Center, and at Montgomery College in Maryland, where she earned an Honours Associates in Studio Arts degree in 1993. Currently, Ruth is working with the Board of Trustees of West Parish Garden Cemetery, Andover MA to put on a juried 2-D and 3-D exhibition to show at the Andover Historical Society and the cemetery grounds in October 2015. Local colleges, high schools and artists are participating in this project which is partially funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Cornelia van den Broeke moved to Andover in 1978. After completing high school she moved to Boston and studied at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, graduating in 1990. She lived in New York City for 4 years, returning to Andover in 2000. She is most inspired by Dadaist artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, as well as contemporary artists Julian Schnabel and Anselm Kiefer. She has worked in various media over the years, and has exhibited in cafes and in group shows in Boston and NYC.