Traveling art exhibit stops at Oxford Vets’ Home
OXFORD – More than 70 works of art created by residents and staff from long-term and day care facilities across the state are currently on display at the New York State Veterans’ Home in Oxford.
The pieces, part of the 19th Annual New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (NYAHSA) Art Exhibit, will remain at the Vets’ Home through Thursday.
According to Administrator in Training Noah Davis, the facility is one of only a handful in the Southern Tier to sponsor the show.
“It’s a fantastic exhibit,” Davis said.
The work includes a variety of artistic media, including everything from photography, painting and drawing to fiber art, ceramics and more. Merit award winning Where are the Bees, a submission by Diane Furman, 66, of The Village at Park Ridge in Rochester, was created from beeswax using an ancient “encaustic” technique.
Some of those who submitted work to the show were artists throughout their lives, and others like Furman, who taught herself how to paint after her retirement, turned to the creative arts later in life. The works on display also include pieces created during art therapy sessions, Davis said. Artists whose work are included in the show range in age from mid-thirties to late 90’s.
Best in Show was awarded to Gardenia Wensek, 68, of the Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Staten Island for her painting, Poppies in the Field.
Vet’s Home Resident Betty Foley said that, while she enjoyed the painting, it is hard for her to say it was the best work in the show.
“They are all so wonderful,” she explained.
One of her favorite pieces is a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe rendered in punched tin, created by Julius Horowitz, 96, a resident of Kittay House Jewish Home Lifecare in the Bronx. The work received honorable mention in the show.
According to NYASHA President Carl S. Young, the exhibit is a “gift” to those viewing the show representing the contributions residents of care facilities continue to make throughout their lives,
“Sharing their talents ... reaffirms their place in society as productive, creative people not matter what physical, emotional or age-related barriers they may face,” he stated in the program’s literature.
The show opened at the Vets’ Home with a reception and dinner for residents and their family on June 16. Members of the public who would like to view the pieces on display may do so between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. through Thursday, July 2.
From Oxford, the show will travel to Watertown where it will be displayed at the Ives Hill Retirement Community.
The pieces, part of the 19th Annual New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (NYAHSA) Art Exhibit, will remain at the Vets’ Home through Thursday.
According to Administrator in Training Noah Davis, the facility is one of only a handful in the Southern Tier to sponsor the show.
“It’s a fantastic exhibit,” Davis said.
The work includes a variety of artistic media, including everything from photography, painting and drawing to fiber art, ceramics and more. Merit award winning Where are the Bees, a submission by Diane Furman, 66, of The Village at Park Ridge in Rochester, was created from beeswax using an ancient “encaustic” technique.
Some of those who submitted work to the show were artists throughout their lives, and others like Furman, who taught herself how to paint after her retirement, turned to the creative arts later in life. The works on display also include pieces created during art therapy sessions, Davis said. Artists whose work are included in the show range in age from mid-thirties to late 90’s.
Best in Show was awarded to Gardenia Wensek, 68, of the Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Staten Island for her painting, Poppies in the Field.
Vet’s Home Resident Betty Foley said that, while she enjoyed the painting, it is hard for her to say it was the best work in the show.
“They are all so wonderful,” she explained.
One of her favorite pieces is a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe rendered in punched tin, created by Julius Horowitz, 96, a resident of Kittay House Jewish Home Lifecare in the Bronx. The work received honorable mention in the show.
According to NYASHA President Carl S. Young, the exhibit is a “gift” to those viewing the show representing the contributions residents of care facilities continue to make throughout their lives,
“Sharing their talents ... reaffirms their place in society as productive, creative people not matter what physical, emotional or age-related barriers they may face,” he stated in the program’s literature.
The show opened at the Vets’ Home with a reception and dinner for residents and their family on June 16. Members of the public who would like to view the pieces on display may do so between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. through Thursday, July 2.
From Oxford, the show will travel to Watertown where it will be displayed at the Ives Hill Retirement Community.
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