By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
A big blue kaleidoscope, “Blue Note,” currently is visiting the Geneseo Public Library and the public, especially children, are welcome to visit the library to see the kaleidoscope. The library staff asks that all visitors “be careful, we don’t want to see it get broken.”
Library hours are from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Artist Tom Chouteau, owner of Kaleidoscope Art Gallery and Gifts in Davenport, created the big blue kaleidoscope. He has been making kaleidoscopes for over 30 years.
According to information from library staff, the holes in the plow-wheel of the kaleidoscope enable one to view both passersby and the surrounding environment as well as the colorful stained glass. It uses a 4-inch crystal ball, which provides a magnificent kaleidoscopic image viewed through the three-mirror system.
“As a child, I played with mirrors and experimented with how they work,” Chouteau said.
Additional information from the library stated that Chouteau comes by his artistic endeavors naturally as his father was an artist and taught at St. Ambrose in Davenport. He has seven sisters and four members of his family have degrees in art.
