Steuben County
Arts Trail
April 25–26, 2015
Saturday 10am–7PM
Sunday 12–5PM
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Steuben County Arts Trail
Welcome to the 3rd Annual
Steuben
County
Arts Trail
W
elcome to Arts in Bloom, a county-wide open
Studio and Gallery Trail, where you get to meet
the artists, watch them create, and learn what inspires
their amazing work. The collective of artists who make
up Arts in Bloom is quite diverse and covers a broad
spectrum.
As a free community event, the goal of Arts in Bloom
is to make art accessible to the entire region, and to aid
in the understanding and appreciation of the art being
created in our own backyards. Through interaction with
the artists, our trail also endeavors to educate those in
attendance as to the creative and technical processes by
which art develops.
As you visit the different studios and galleries, you will
experience many different forms of art, much of which
is for sale. When you find that special piece, don’t be
shy about taking it home with you as a reminder of your
adventure on the Art Trail. And keep in mind, our artists
work all year long, and are happy to discuss personal
commissions or purchasing at any time with you by
appointment.
We hope the artists of Steuben County will inspire you,
and that you enjoy your time on the Arts in Bloom Trail,
and exploring the back roads of Steuben County.
Debbie Meritsky and Marc Rotman
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Contents
Sign in and Win........................................................... 1
Watch Us Create......................................................... 2
Galleries......................................................................... 3
Painters.......................................................................... 7
Pottery........................................................................... 11
Mixed Media................................................................. 15
County Map.................................................................. 22
Why Buy Art?.............................................................. 24
Sign in and win!
Be sure to sign in at each of the studios and galleries you
visit during Arts in Bloom to be entered in the drawing
for one of the many handmade pieces of art, donated
by our local Art Trail artists and the Corning Museum
of Glass. The more locations you visit and sign in, the
greater your chances of winning a beautiful work of art.
The following artists have provided their work for the
drawing:
Susan Williams Beckhorn
Icon Photography
Cross My Heart
Jennifer Green Fais Fine Arts
Hal Sisson
Rocky Hill Pottery
Sommerville Pottery
Janie L. Ferguson Photography
Filomena Jack
West End Gallery
Corning Museum of Glass
Wonderland Welding
The drawing will take place after the Arts in Bloom Art
Trail concludes for 2015, and the studios and galleries
have returned all sign-in sheets. Winners are eligible for
one prize only and will be notified by email.
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One of the most interesting and exciting aspects of interacting
with artists is to watch them work. Demonstrating a wide variety
of techniques and styles during Arts in Bloom, our artists offer
you the opportunity to experience how art is created at many of
the studios and galleries on the Trail.
14 Susan Williams Beckhorn............................ Rexville
12 Alan Bennett, Bennett’s Clay Fish............ Bath
6 Bridget Bossart van Otterloo..................... Corning
22 Janie L. Ferguson Photography................ Cameron Mills
8 Filomena Jack................................................. Cameron Mills
10 John Keddy, Rocky Hill Pottery................. Bath
5 Jay Pullman, Pullman Paintings................. Arkport
Marc Rotman & Debbie Meritsky,
18 Studio at the Octagon.................................. Hammondsport
GALLERIES
DEMONSTRATIONS
Watch us create!
Ray & Monica Sommerville,
9 Sommerville Pottery..................................... Pulteney
13 Noel Sylvester................................................. Cameron Mills
2 West End Gallery........................................... Corning
(multiple artists listed below)
Saturday, April 25th
Bruce Baxter
Anne Bialke
Joseph Q. Daily
Judy Soprano
Sunday April 26th
Bruce Baxter
Cynthia Cratsley Harrington
Ileen Kaplan
Bob Santandrea
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Photo courtesy of West End Gallery–
Painting by Martin Poole
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The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
79 W. Market Street, Corning, NY 14830
607-962-1332
[email protected]
www.eArts.org
The ARTS Council
of the Southern
Finger Lakes (The
ARTS Council) is
a non-profit arts
organization serving
Chemung, Schuyler,
Steuben, and Tioga
Counties. They work
with individual
artists, businesses, schools, and other institutions to better
local communities and advocate for the arts. The Gallery @
The ARTS Council carries a wide variety of work from local
artists. Visit us to view our selection of original paintings,
books, music, ceramics, glass, jewelry and more!
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West End Gallery
12 W. Market Street, Corning, NY 14830
607-936-2011
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www.westendgallery.net
West End Gallery
celebrates 38 years in
business!
Visitors to West End
Gallery will find a
wonderful selection of
representational art.
The Gallery features
original artwork by
more than 40
exceptional artists working in a variety of mediums including;
oil, watercolor, pastel, wood, bronze, and glass. Artists on
exhibit include: Tom Gardner, GC Myers, Martin Poole, Brian
Keeler and the late Thomas S. Buechner. The Gallery will have
a record number of Artist Demonstrations this year!!!
Participating Artists include: Bruce Baxter, Anne L. Bialke,
Joseph Q. Daily, Cynthia Cratsley Harrington, Ileen Kaplan,
Bob Santandrea and Judy Soprano!
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sAnAnAs Art/Aroma Coffee & Art Gallery
60 Shethar Street, Hammondsport, NY 14840
607-569-3047
sAnAnAs, painter and sculptor, and of fourth generation
of Artistic pulse, is internationally renowned for his
accomplished, irreverent, and cutting-edge Art. Trained in
Holland, Norway, Israel and Russia, with numerous local
and international exhibitions, his first public commission,
“A Tree of Life”
stands 50 feet high
and weighs 40 tons.
sAnAnAs recently
won a national
competition, after
which the entry was
purchased by the city
of Elk Grove, CA for
the city’s collection.
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Courtesy Pullman Paintings
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Painters
Hal Sisson
8519 McCarthy Road, Addison, NY 14801
607-359-3432
[email protected]
My work is representational. Media include colored pencils,
oils and watercolors. Subject matter includes landscapes,
songbirds and stills. Something here for everyone, relax, soak
up some sun while sitting and visiting with other people in
this idyllic country setting. Join us for a campfire at dusk on
Saturday!
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Pullman Paintings
6 Brush Street, Arkport, NY 14807
585-747-2638
[email protected]
www.pullmanpaintings.com
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Bridget Bossart van Otterloo
10 Jackson Circle, Corning, NY 14830
607-962-7968
[email protected]
www.bridgetbossartvanotterloo.com
My work is about the beauty in nature. I use both watercolor
and oil paint in my work. My subjects include flowers, plants,
landscapes and still life. I teach and paint in Corning, NY.
See our ad
on page 12
A retired public school English teacher, I took up painting
people, landscapes, and still lifes in oil seriously nine years
ago. I work on site and in my attic studio and find color and
composition endlessly fascinating. Happiness for me is the
ability to concentrate for long periods of time.
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Jennifer Green Fais Fine Arts/Beulahland
4363 County Rte. 24, Cameron Mills, NY 14820
607-776-8018
[email protected]
www.jenniferfais.com
Slumped stained glass and copper combine in my kiln-fired
pendants and necklaces. Watercolor House Portraits are
a specialty of mine—commissions are welcome. Greeting
cards featuring my watercolor and acrylic paintings will be
available as well as a selection of small original paintings and
clay/glass sculptures.
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POTTERY
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Filomena Jack/Beulahland
4363 County Rte. 24, Cameron Mills, NY 14820
607-776-8018
[email protected]
www.pinkvelvetbird.blogger.com
I’ve been painting a series of portraits placed in fantasy
environments with nods to classical European landscapes and
portraiture. Subjects that form from my imagination surprise
me. I don’t know who will show up when I sit down to paint!
Idols, surreal creatures, saints, and sinners all come to visit.
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Courtesy Bennett’s Clay Fish
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Sommerville Pottery
8727 Thornapple Hill Extension, Prattsburgh, NY 14873
607-868-4409
[email protected]
www.sommervillepottery.com
Located on the west side of Keuka Lake in Pulteney, NY,
Sommerville Pottery is a working studio. Visitors are encouraged
to stop by to see how pottery is made. Sommerville Pottery
focuses on functional stoneware intended
to be used every day!
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Goff Creek Pottery
4400 Big Creek Road CR70A, Bath, NY 14810
607-661-6617
[email protected]
www.goffcreekpottery.com
Heirloom quality, handcrafted frost-proof garden pottery. Bird
houses, flower pots, bird baths, lily pads, garden tiles, lawn
chess sets, water features and
whimsical tableware.
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10 Rocky Hill Pottery
544 State Rte.415 N, Bath 14810
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607-765-8176
[email protected]
660 Hickory Hill Road, Bath, NY 14810
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607-776-3735
[email protected]
www.bennettclayfish.com
Expressionistic Clay sculptures
about water life and functional
ceramics.
Hand-crafted and wheel-thrown pottery/jewelry. Though
I do a variety of types and sizes of pots, as well as glazes, I
especially enjoy throwing large pots and working with ash
glazes. Raku and horsehair pottery are also personal favorites.
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Our Arkport home is a showcase for Jay’s paintings. Well
over 100 framed original oils
hang on the walls. Unframed
paintings, prints, and note
cards are also available. Sizes
range from 5”x7” to 22”x 28”
(unframed) and framed original art can be purchased
for $100 and up.
The paintings feature landscapes, still lifes, and a variety of other subjects that catch Jay’s eye, whether he
is here in New York State or traveling. Trips to Europe,
Maine, Vermont, Cape Cod, Florida, and Montana have
all yielded new subject matter for his paintings.
The first floor of the house is our gallery. Jay’s studio,
located on the third floor, will be open to Arts in Bloom
visitors. Additional paintings, as well as the opportunity
to see the artist at work, await those who wish to climb
the stairs. Demonstrations will be ongoing throughout
the day on both Saturday and Sunday.
Jay was raised in Hornell, taught English at Ithaca High
School in a previous life, and opened his studio in Arkport on his birthday in August of 2006. Painting for Jay
is his way of understanding and appreciating the world
around him, a way of slowing things down to observe
life more carefully.
MIXED MEDIA
Welcome to Pullman
Paintings!
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You can preview Jay’s work at
www.pullmanpaintings.com and on
Facebook (www.facebook.com/pullmanpaintings).
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Courtesy Barbie Parsons
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Mixed Media
13 Noel Sylvester/Beulahland
16 Gigi Alvaré
4363 County Rte. 24, Cameron Mills, NY 14820
607-776-8018
[email protected]
www.beulahlandrevival.com
6 W. 6th Street, Corning, NY 14830
607-962-8466
[email protected]
www.gigalvare.com
Painted Art Furniture,
Fine Art Photography
Gigi Alvaré’s artwork
with inks, pastels,
oils, papier-mache
and found objects are
symbolic, non-linear
and improvisational.
2D works on paper and
3D found-object figures
move gracefully from the
abstract to the concrete,
from the “known” to the
“unknown”.
“An artist is not
paid for his labor,
but for his vision.”
James Whistler
14 Susan Williams Beckhorn
195 Irish Hill Road, Rexville, NY 14877
607-356-3154
[email protected]
www.susanwilliamsbeckhorn.com
Award-winning Author/Illustrator,
Sue Beckhorn, writes young adult
and middle grade novels and
picture books on subjects ranging
from the origin of horseback
riding to fairy tales and rib-tickling
animal fables. Susan teaches
writing workshops in schools and
for the Highlights Foundation.
15 Natural Form Furniture
195 Irish Hill Road, Rexville, NY 14877
607-356-3700
[email protected]
www.naturalformfurniture.com
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17 Cross My Heart
61073 State Rte. 415, Avoca, NY 14809
607-426-7797
[email protected]
www.100birdhouses.com
Diane Rivers has a unique gift of
making functional birdhouses with
a flair. They are made from recycled
lumber and decorated with antiques
and unusual items. Diane supplies
nesting houses for 14 different
varieties of Northeastern birds. Come
take a peek at the 100 birdhouses
that are always in the store. That’s not all! You have to see the
angels she makes from discarded vintage chairs!!
Tables, benches, beds,
lamps, mirrors and
sculpture made of beautiful
figured and split woods.
Most of the wood used
is local and renewable.
WOOD IS GOOD!
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18 Studio at the Octagon
8329 Pleasant Valley Road, Hammondsport, NY 14840
607-569-3767
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/studioattheoctagon
Marc and Deb are proud to invite you
to their studio. Both like to utilize
recycled and repurposed items in their
art, which stems from their personal
thoughts on economy, efficiency and
ecology. We work in mixed media,
with an emphasis on Stained Glass for
Marc, and jewelry from
recycled items for Deb. But
we will not be bound by
description. If we find it
interesting, we’ll use it or
try it. And we hope you’ll
like it too.
19 Teri Shaughnessy at the Wine Barrel
59 Shethar Street, Hammondsport, NY 14840
607-569-3456
[email protected]
www.thewinebarrel.co
Artist Teri Shaughnessy of Stoneview
Studios describes her work as “A
unique way to bring nature back to
life in the home.” Her handcrafted wall
art is created by combining objects such as
grapevines, milkweed, stone, wood and lavender, then uniquely
handpainted with wax to bring each piece to life.
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20 Wonderland Welding/Studio at the Octagon
8329 Pleasant Valley Road,
Hammondsport, NY 14840
607-331-1528
[email protected]
www.barbiethewelder.com
I design and handcraft unique metal
furniture and home décor.
21 Icon Photo
10249 Gibson Road, Hammondsport, NY 14840
607-664-6416
[email protected]
www.iconartphoto.com
I use high-end DSLR cameras to capture my images & digital
post-processing techniques to effect the statement I wish to
convey. Pigment inks on heavyweight archival matte paper
and canvas. Double-matted in shadow box style. Framed
versions in several frame styles. Large, gallery-wrapped
canvases & matted prints also available.
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22 Janie L. Ferguson Photography/Beulahland
4363 County Rte. 24, Cameron Mills, NY 14820
607-776-8018
[email protected]
www.JanieLFergusonPhotography.com
I have a passion to capture God’s beauty all around me,
through the lens of my camera and share it with you! My
wildlife and landscape photos will be on display. Including
my Canisteo River photo that was chosen to be on the cover
of the 2016 “Friends of the Chemung River” calendar. Come
on out and see us!
FINGER LAKES BOATING MUSEUM
8231 PLEASANT VALLEY RD
HAMMONDSPORT, NY
607.569.2222
The Tiffany & Treasures Trail
is a self-guided adventure in the fire arts
treasures of yesterday and today, right
here in Corning & the Southern Finger
Lakes. Sites include working potters,
glass artists, museums, and buildings
completely designed by Louis Comfort
Tiffany. Shop, explore, create, and
admire.
“Paint your own Pennant”
10 AM til 4 PM April 25th and 26th 2015
Great for kids of all ages!
Visit the Boating Museum and paint a
Sailcloth Pennant to take home.
Arts in Bloom price of $10
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Try the potter’s wheel
or make your very own
glass souvenir. Explore
the Tiffany & Treasures
Trail all at once or on
several visits.
(kids under 13 are $5.00)
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Why Buy Art?
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Why Buy Art?
Art Makes Memories
by Brett Steeves
Why should somebody spend money on art? Why is art
important? All artists eventually ask of themselves, “what
kind of value am I creating for other people?”
Many know why they make art. There’s not a shadow of a
doubt in their minds that what they’re creating is the physical
embodiment of their personal joy, spirit, and essence. But
why should somebody pay for that? What value is their art
creating for their collectors? Well, here are some thoughts on
the matter...
Art Transforms
Nothing can compare to art when it comes to instantly
transforming a space at home or at work. Weigh it out in
comparison to sitting in a room with empty walls and you’ll
quickly get a feel for how it breathes color and creative
inspiration into the space. The opportunity to be uplifted and
inspired this way is a great reason alone to collect original art!
There is no other like it
You’re buying something truly special. More and more of
everything in our lives is mass-produced. It has never been
more difficult to find unique objects to which we have a
personal connection. When you buy an original work of
art, you can be rest-assured no one else in the world owns
something just like it. There is only ONE original. How many
other things can you say that about?
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Giving or receiving the gift of an original piece of art is an
exhilarating experience that touches the heart. It spoils that
special someone by providing a luxury item that was created
by the hands of someone who cared about it. It most assuredly
was carefully chosen. It wasn’t plucked from a shelf next to a
dozen others just like it.
Personal Expression
Trinkets and mass-produced decorations are easily dismissed
as fleeting expressions of your interests, at best. When you
choose an original piece of art, you are “speaking out loud”
about your personal tapestry. The things that make you who
are and who you’d like to remember to be.
“Art helps you mind
the gap between
the life you are living
and the life
you dream of ”
—Anonymous
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Arts in Bloom
8329 Pleasant Valley Rd
Hammondsport, NY 14840
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 607-569-3767
C RNING
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FINGER LAKES
Master Crafted
We hope you have enjoyed discovering the
talented artists along the Arts In Bloom Trail.
For more inspiration, visit
CorningFingerLakes.com
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