Chenango artists highlighted at Arts Council’s member show tonight
NORWICH – The Chenango County Council of the Arts opens its annual Members Exhibit tonight with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Mariea Brown and Raymond Loft Galleries, 27 West Main St.
All members of the Council of the Arts are invited each year to display artwork during this exhibit. This year, over 60 pieces in various media are on display, representing 23 artists. Drawing, painting, photography, stained glass, fiber art and tole painting are all available for viewing. In addition, the Council’s Holiday Gift Store (also opening on the 20th) has affordable gifts by Chenango County artists for your holiday shopping.
The Members Exhibit was juried by Henry Drexler and Leigh Yardley.
Drexler is a landscape painter and native of Chenango County. He works in acrylic and paints the landscape of central New York. He is a graduate of Cornell, Syracuse and NYU and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tchad. His studio, known as Matai House, was designed and built by the artist. It is located at 300 Aldrich Rd., in Guilford. His work is in museum, corporate and private collections throughout the United States. Some of his paintings can be viewed at www.drexlerart.com.
Yardley is a native Central New Yorker and has exhibited her work since 1994. She earned a degree in Fine Arts from Skidmore College in Saratoga and a degree in Education/Early Childhood Development from Oswego State University. Since 1997 she has worked as a Teaching Artist with Utica Aesthetic Education Institute. In Aesthetic Education artists and teachers work in collaboration exploring works of art on all levels. With students Leigh has created collaborative large-scale public works; immersing the students in active engaging work with learning focused through artistic process and curricular connections. As a part of this work she does seminars in aesthetic education for teachers and other artists. She has trained with the Lincoln Center Teaching Artist Mentoring Project and Advance Seminar for Teaching Artist at the Guggenheim. Leigh is an NY Foundation for the Arts SOS recipient and participant in the 2009 NYFA MARK program.
In addition to working as an artist, Yardley is an active member of several community arts organizations and Adjunct Instructor of Art at Morrisville State College. Her observations are based in the rural hills east of Hamilton, where she lives with husband, Bruce Moseley.
Winner of Best in Show and other categories will be announced Friday night at the opening, which will be catered by Casual Catering. The event is free and open to the public. The Members’ Exhibit is sponsored by the Thomas and Esther Flanagan Foundation.
For additional information call the Council of the Arts at 336-ARTS or visit www.chenangoarts.org.
All members of the Council of the Arts are invited each year to display artwork during this exhibit. This year, over 60 pieces in various media are on display, representing 23 artists. Drawing, painting, photography, stained glass, fiber art and tole painting are all available for viewing. In addition, the Council’s Holiday Gift Store (also opening on the 20th) has affordable gifts by Chenango County artists for your holiday shopping.
The Members Exhibit was juried by Henry Drexler and Leigh Yardley.
Drexler is a landscape painter and native of Chenango County. He works in acrylic and paints the landscape of central New York. He is a graduate of Cornell, Syracuse and NYU and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tchad. His studio, known as Matai House, was designed and built by the artist. It is located at 300 Aldrich Rd., in Guilford. His work is in museum, corporate and private collections throughout the United States. Some of his paintings can be viewed at www.drexlerart.com.
Yardley is a native Central New Yorker and has exhibited her work since 1994. She earned a degree in Fine Arts from Skidmore College in Saratoga and a degree in Education/Early Childhood Development from Oswego State University. Since 1997 she has worked as a Teaching Artist with Utica Aesthetic Education Institute. In Aesthetic Education artists and teachers work in collaboration exploring works of art on all levels. With students Leigh has created collaborative large-scale public works; immersing the students in active engaging work with learning focused through artistic process and curricular connections. As a part of this work she does seminars in aesthetic education for teachers and other artists. She has trained with the Lincoln Center Teaching Artist Mentoring Project and Advance Seminar for Teaching Artist at the Guggenheim. Leigh is an NY Foundation for the Arts SOS recipient and participant in the 2009 NYFA MARK program.
In addition to working as an artist, Yardley is an active member of several community arts organizations and Adjunct Instructor of Art at Morrisville State College. Her observations are based in the rural hills east of Hamilton, where she lives with husband, Bruce Moseley.
Winner of Best in Show and other categories will be announced Friday night at the opening, which will be catered by Casual Catering. The event is free and open to the public. The Members’ Exhibit is sponsored by the Thomas and Esther Flanagan Foundation.
For additional information call the Council of the Arts at 336-ARTS or visit www.chenangoarts.org.
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