The featured artist at the Dorset Public Library during October will be Jill Burke. The public is invited to meet her at an opening reception on Saturday, October 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served. All works are for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit the library. Burke, a teacher at Long Trail School, works in  acrylic, oil and pastel and likes to paint the valleys and mountains of Vermont and the wilderness of New York State. For details, call 802-867-5774.