Fielding Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Donation

The Fielding Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution visited Smyrna Library to donate books to the genealogy collection. The chapter members are pictured here in the Isanhour Genealogy reading room. To learn more about the amazing resources available to researchers, visit Smyrna Library's Adult Services department. Thank you, DAR!

Pop-Up Veterans Day Exhibit

Smyrna Public Library has a pop-up exhibit in honor of Veterans Day in the meeting room today (11/9/2022) from 3-5pm. The exhibits feature soldier uniforms from the Vietnam War, WWII, and WWI. The exhibit is appropriate for ages 7 and up. (Some exhibit items are fragile.) This exhibit was made possible by a grant from the Smyrna Veterans Memorial Association.

Photographic Art by Dominique Chaponot Opens at the Smyrna Public Library Art Gallery

The November/December 2022 Art Gallery exhibit has opened – Photographic Art by Dominique Chaponot.  Ms. Chaponot’s exhibit is on display through December 31. The Art Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Smyrna Public Library.

Art Gallery exhibits are organized by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

Artist Statement

Dominique Chaponot is a artist photographer who resides in Douglasville, GA., she comes from a family that loves Art, any Art. Her father was a saxophonist, her Grands Parents won a Award in dance contest in Spain, her cousin is a jazz singer in Paris and her aunt is a painter in Cannes (France).

Her interest in the Arts was further cultivated when she entered a drawing contest and won a free Art lesson at the “Arts et Metiers” school in Paris. As a student, she went to the “Louvre’’ every month. She was especially interest in the painting she saw there.

She began taking photos for fun at the age of 15, and became more serious about photography in her thirties when her husband gave her a computer and introduced her to professional software, she fell in love with that.

Her photographic art often takes weeks to be able to create a final photo composite. But she is motivated to create a "Photographic Art Piece" that is unique; a work of art that is different than any other photographer and artist. This is not just a collage of photos, it's a Visual Language. Each composition is a story, another world. Her eyes and mind see the world as it exists and she create a new version of that world with her heart. A New World is born and she explore it with all her skills.

Today she still enjoys working with digital equipment, Her background has given her a new vision in photography, her imagination has not limit.

Dominique has won numerous Awards for her photographs.