Steuben County Arts Trail
Steuben County Arts Trail April 25–26, 2015 Saturday 10am–7PM Sunday 12–5PM artsinbloom.net 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 artsinbloom.net Arts In Bloom | 1 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. artsinbloom.net 2 | Steuben County Arts Trail Arts In Bloom | 3 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 artsinbloom.net Photo courtesy of West End Gallery– Painting by Martin Poole 4 | Steuben County Arts Trail Galleries 2 1 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! artsinbloom.net Arts In Bloom | 5 West End Gallery 12 W. Market Street, Corning, NY 14830 607-936-2011 westendgallery.net 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! artsinbloom.net 6 | Steuben County Arts Trail 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. artsinbloom.net PA I N T E R S 3 Arts In Bloom | 7 Courtesy Pullman Paintings 8 | Steuben County Arts Trail 4 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! 5 Pullman Paintings 6 Brush Street, Arkport, NY 14807 585-747-2638 [email protected] www.pullmanpaintings.com 6 Arts In Bloom | 9 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. artsinbloom.net artsinbloom.net 10 | Steuben County Arts Trail 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. 8 POTTERY 7 Arts In Bloom | 11 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. artsinbloom.net Courtesy Bennett’s Clay Fish 12 | Steuben County Arts Trail 9 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! Pottery 11 Arts In Bloom | 13 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. 12 Bennett’s Clay Fish 10 Rocky Hill Pottery 544 State Rte.415 N, Bath 14810 7 607-765-8176 [email protected] 660 Hickory Hill Road, Bath, NY 14810 7 607-776-3735 [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. artsinbloom.net artsinbloom.net 14 | Steuben County Arts Trail 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! Arts In Bloom | 15 You can preview Jay’s work at www.pullmanpaintings.com and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pullmanpaintings). artsinbloom.net Courtesy Barbie Parsons 16 | Steuben County Arts Trail 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 Arts In Bloom | 17 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! artsinbloom.net artsinbloom.net 18 | Steuben County Arts Trail 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. artsinbloom.net Mixed Media Arts In Bloom | 19 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. artsinbloom.net 20 | Steuben County Arts Trail Arts In Bloom | 21 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 ny Tiffa s sur e Tr ea ail Tr & e Arts the Fir ture in Today Adven y and uided A Self-G res of Yesterda Treasu kes.com rLa Finge Corning 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) artsinbloom.net artsinbloom.net 22 | Steuben County Arts Trail Arts In Bloom | 23 STEUBEN COUNTY 9 PRATTSBURGH 21 390 Galleries Painters 53 17 ARKPORT Pottery 19 3 2018 5 11 10 86 HORNELL 12 54 Mixed Media HAMMONDSPORT America’s Coolest Small Town! BATH Canisteo River Caniste o CAMERON MILLS Ri ve 86 r 7 13 8 22 THURSTON 36 417 JASPER 15 14 4 248 REXVILLE 417 36 ADDISON Most Fun Small Town in America! 15 LINDLEY artsinbloom.net 1 2 16 15 CORNING 6 artsinbloom.net 24 | Steuben County Arts Trail Why Buy Art? Arts In Bloom | 25 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? artsinbloom.net 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 artsinbloom.net Arts in Bloom 8329 Pleasant Valley Rd Hammondsport, NY 14840 Email: [email protected] Phone: 607-569-3767 C RNING and ≤e sou≤ern 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 artsinbloom.net
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