Frank Wilcox - "Landscapes - New Works" - 9/10/2011 through 10/15/2011Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts - "Landscapes - New Works" by Frank Wilcox
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a new exhibition featuring Little Falls Artist, Frank Wilcox. "Landscapes - New Works" is a compilation of works completed from 2009-2011. Wilcox, multiple award winning Adirondack artist, has been a frequent exhibitor at Old Forge, Long Lake, Adirondack Lakes Art Center, SUNY IT, Booneville Library, Lake Placid, Cooperstown National Juried Show and the Schuweinfurth Art Center. His works are also in many private collections throughout the US. This exhibition runs from September 10 to October 15. He has also taught at MVCA and Utica Art Association.
Gallery hours are noon to 4pm Tues/Thursday/Saturday or by appointment. the 401 Gallery is located at MVCA, 401 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY. Call 315-823-0808 for further information.
Opening Artist Reception is scheduled for Sunday, September 18 from 2 to 4pm. The reception is free and open to the public.
Grayce Dady - "Pastel Reflections" - 6/12/2011 - 7/12/2011Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts - "Pastel Reflections" works by Grayce Dady
EXHIBITION Sunday, June 12 through Tuesday, July 12, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, June 12, 2011
2 to 4 PM
Free and Open to the Public
Gallery Hours: Tues - Saturday 12 to 4 PM or by appointment
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts
401 Gallery
401 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY 13365
Judith Present - "The Way of Water" - 5/7/2011- 6/4/2011Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts - "The Way of Water" works by Judith Present
“Moving Water Cloud Reflection”EXHIBITION Saturday, May 7 through Monday, June 4, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, May 22, 2011
2 to 4 PM
Free and Open to the Public
Ms. Present will be attending the Reception
Gallery Hours: Tues - Saturday 12 to 4 PM or by appointment
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts
401 Gallery
401 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY 13365The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts is proud to announce the opening of a new gallery show, "The Way of Water," works by Judith Present.
Judith Present is a photographer, playwright, director and actress who has written many plays which she honed as a resident playwright of the American Renaissance Theater in NYC. Her direction and plays have been seen in NYC, Binghamton NY, and Deposit and Hancock NY. She was a founding member of Theatricks by Starlight Theatre Company and Playwright’s Unit. Her new novel “Montana Junction” will be out in May of this year.
She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology were she majored in Textile Design and Fashion Photography. Judith owned The Present Textile Design Studio in NYC’s garment center until it began to dwindle with jobs going overseas. She escaped from NYC to the boonies of PA right across the NY border; there she discovered nature right from her own back yard. Living in a log home in a hemlock forest has inspired her photography, changing her style from fashion to landscapes.
Ms. Present’s photographs have been seen from Brooklyn, New York to Billings, Montana and as far south as Farmerville, Louisiana. She is honored to show her work in the beautiful town of Little Falls, NY at the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts.Artist Statement - “The Way of Water”
Water is essential to sustain life. It is a clear colorless liquid that occurs as rain, snow, and ice, as it forms rivers, lakes, and seas. Yet it mirrors color from substances in its environment. In this digital photography series, “The Way of Water”, ART is made from moving water, frozen water and falling water as it reallocates through creeks, rivers and streams, freezes solid and falls over rocks.In these manipulated landscapes, I bring to life the shades, tints, and colors that water picks up along its trail to wherever it goes. Using the reflections of sky and clouds and ground, along with light and luminosity from time of day I created photographs beyond what we see with the naked eye.
Judith Present - May 2011
GG Stankiewicz - "Near, Far and Inbetween" - Paintings and Prints 3/26/2011 - 4/23/2011Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts - "Near, Far and Inbetween"
Paintings and Prints by GG Stankiewicz
“Rolling Hills”EXHIBITION Saturday, March 26, 2011 through Sunday, April 23, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, March 26, 2011
1 to 3 PM
Free and Open to the Public
Gallery Hours: Tues - Saturday 12 to 4 PM
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts
401 Gallery
401 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY 13365
Hamid Irbouh - “Dander Meander” - New Paintings 2010- 2/13/2011 through 3/13/2011Hamid Irbouh - “Dander Meander” - New Paintings 2010
“Soit-Distantix2 -2010” 69” x 56” Mixed MediaExhibit Sunday, February 13 – Sunday, March 13, 2011
Reception Sunday, February 13
1 to 3 PM *** please note change in timeHamid Irbouh - Artist’s Statement
I approach each painting so that its final surface reflects a product of ferocious concentration and mental rapacity. Everything is grist for the mill. No vagueness is tolerated. Differences are pounced on greedily, and nothing that might be useful is left to slip by. Thinking is fast or slow-- it depends on how the painting progresses. I develop my ideas through a playful use of abstract shapes. “Playfulness” is a means to answering pre-existing questions. Making a new painting without prejudices engenders new ideas. I prefer unspecified goals to direct ones. Clouded objectives allow you to dig the work out with impartiality. I strive for the unequivocal. While in the process of “constructing” my paintings, the conversion of a thought into a visual mark laid on the surface can be as absorbing as a cognitive reflection or as fleeting as a dab of paint or as a wink. Most often, at the outset a painting’s surface looks disorganized and, in some ways, funny because its nuts and bolts are unhinged, uncoordinated, and clumsy. The shapes’ repetitiveness reigns supreme. The rest of the working process entails editing, though editing not in term of taking out, but of cleaning out through superimposition; hence the transparency of the paintings. Long pauses might follow as the mood of a painting changes. And work resumes once the mental mood perceives the light within the tunnel. Analytical revisions keep running. And layers of paint pile upon layers in a combative and buoyant mode, but without concealing one another. The challenge is to discover how many layers an unprimed and fragile raw canvas can accept without losing the character of “the beholder’s absorption.” The multiple layers demonstrate both the method and the crude materiality of the paintings. The unmixed pigments that delineate chunks of shapes are processed energetically and end up translating a concentrated visual rhythmic prose. Each painting generates its twin. Past, unfinished thoughts spawn new ideas and corroborate a new body of work. Works that meet dead ends are re-started by building new paintings on top of them. The surfaces of the final paintings stand as opaque walls that muffle a multitude of paintings that will never be seen.
Utica, New York 2010
"Foundations" - the Artwork of Donnalyn Shuster- 1/15/2011 through 2/8/2011Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts - "Foundations" - the Artwork of Donnalyn Shuster
"A Natural Twist" - Donnalyn ShusterMohawk Valley Center for the Arts Gallery 401 will feature the works of Donnalyn Shuster, a St. Johnsville resident from Saturday, January 15 through Tuesday, February 8, 2011. The show is titled “Foundations” and highlights intricate Pencil drawings. An Open House and Reception will be held at MVCA, 401 Gallery, 401 Canal Place, Little Falls on Sunday, January 16 from 2 to 4 PM. The event is free and open to the public. Shuster will be present to discuss her works.
Shuster was named Art Educator of the Year for 2009 for Region 3 of the New York State Art Teacher’s Association (NYSATA) and heads the Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District Art Department. Currently, Shuster serves on the NYSATA Board of Trustees as a Region 3 Representative. In this role, she also chaired the Member’s Exhibition, held in November 2008 at SUNY-IT, along with chairing the Artisan’s Market at the national convention. Shuster is also a member of the National Art Education Association, where for the past four years, she has been selected to present at the national convention as a Mohawk Valley representative. She co-chaired the Festival of Arts this year, as well as orchestrating numerous exhibitions of student art work in Herkimer County, including the Congressional Art Competition, Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts Student Show, the Creative Arts Showcase at Bassett Healthcare in Herkimer and Acacia Village, to name a few. Her students’ work has also appeared in the School Arts Magazine and in presentations held during the opening sessions of the NAEA Convention.
Students from her class have also participated in the Scholastic Art Competition, receiving Gold and Silver keys and the National Gold Art Award in 2006. Many of her students have gone on to pursue careers in the art world, in such diverse fields as photography, graphic design and art studio ownership.
In addition to her teaching career, Shuster, along with her husband, own and operate a small dairy farm in the area. As a practicing artist, she regularly exhibits her work throughout the region, including a solo art show in Cooperstown in 2005.
Her work has appeared in galleries in Amsterdam, Gloversville, Little Falls, Ilion Public Library, Cogar Gallery at HCCC, and most currently, at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam.
Shuster holds an A.A.S. degree in Advertising Design and Production from Mohawk Valley Community College, a bachelor’s degree in Art and a master’s degree in Education from SUNY-Potsdam.
Woodcut Collages by Matthew Zappala - 10/16 through 11/14, 2010
Exhibition Dates - October 16 through November 14, 2010
Artist Reception Sunday October 24 from 2 to 4 PMThe Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts 401 Gallery will feature Matthew Zappala, Woodcut artist at an exhibition of his works opening on Saturday, October 16. Zappala, a Graphic Artist and a graduate of Queens College, has been drawn to the woods and coast of New England. His black and white woodcuts and woodcut collages depict landscape in winter. The curves of the trees are juxtaposed against the white snow. In specific areas, he brings out the natural grain of the wood to create energy that flows across the sky and water. Sections are chiseled and marks and lines direct the viewer’s eye into the print.
The Woodcut Collages are created by cutting and pasting pieces of different prints. By using the collage technique, Zappala is able to experiment with a greater variety of possibilities. The end product is a new singular work of art that has the visual look of a woodcut.
Zappala’s work has been exhibited in Maine, Massachusetts and Hudson Valley Galleries. There is an Artist Reception on Sunday, October 24 from 2 to 4 PM that is free and open to the public. MVCA 401 Gallery is located at 401 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY. Call 823-0808 for more information.
Artwork by Steven Specht - 9/11 through 10/11, 2010Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts - Art Work by Steven Specht
Exhibition Dates September 11 - October 11, 2010
Artist Reception Sunday September 12, 2010 2 to 4 PMMohawk Valley Center for the Arts announces the opening of a new exhibition featuring Collage Works by local educator and artist Steven Specht. The exhibition is scheduled to open Saturday, September 11, 2010 and closes Monday, October 11, 2010. A reception in honor of Dr. Specht is scheduled on Sunday, September 12 from 2 to 4 PM at Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts. This function is free and open to the public.
Steven Specht is Professor of Psychology at Utica College. Dr. Specht has exhibited works at a number of venues in Central New York State including the Salmon River Fine Arts Gallery (at which he won “Popular Best in Show”), Kirkland Arts Center, Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts (at which he won the “Solo Exhibition Award”) and the juried Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute Sidewalk Show. He has also shown works nationally at the juried exhibit of the National Collage Society (NCS) and won a cash award in 2009 for his work at the NCS annual “Wish You Were Here” postcard show. He recently had work on exhibit at the Climate Gallery in New York City and at the 17th Annual International Salon of Contemporary Collage in Paris, France.
Dr. Specht regularly teaches a course entitled “Psychology and the Visual Arts” at Utica College and has published journal articles about his work investigating the factors that influence individuals’ perceptions of artwork. He is a member of the International Association for Empirical Aesthetics, the Association for Psychological Science and the National Collage Society.
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts is located at 401 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY. For further information, please contact 823-0808.
"Self-portraits of Other Things" Paintings by Lutz Scherneck - 6/20 through 7/16, 2010
The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts 401 Gallery is proud to present the exhibition of paintings by a local Dolgeville artist, Lutz Scherneck, June 20 through July 16. Mr. Scherneck is a graduate of Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. His work has been well received throughout Upstate New York galleries.
The public is invited to meet the artist at the Opening Reception on Sunday, June 27 from 2 to 4 PM.
For further information, Click here or call 823-0808.
This program is funded in part by the state agency New York State Council on the Arts
The Gallery hours
Tuesday to Saturday 12-4
Paintings and Drawings of Terrence Tiernan - 5/15 through 6/14, 2010Terrence Tiernan
Exhibition Dates May 15 - June 14, 2010
Artist Reception May 23, 2010 2 to 4 PM
The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts 401 Gallery is presenting the exhibition of paintings and drawings of Terrence Tiernan May 15 through June 14. Mr. Tiernan, retired Professor of Art at the Sage Colleges, will be exhibiting thought provoking works.
The public is invited to meet the artist at the Opening Reception on Sunday, May 23 from 2 to 4 PM. The MVCA 401 Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, Noon to 4 PM. For further information, call 823-0808.
This program is funded in part by the state agency
New York State Council on the ArtsThe Gallery hours
Tuesday to Saturday 12-4
"Earthy Spirits" Paintings and Sculpture by R. Ashley Krohmal - 4/11 through 5/8 2010
An Artist Reception will be held on Sunday, April 11 from 2 to 4 PM. The 401 Gallery is located at 401 Canal Place (formerly S. Ann Street), Little Falls, NY.
Please contact MVCA for further information at 823-0808
The Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts 401 Gallery is presenting the exhibition “Earthly Spirits” featuring the art of R. Ashley Krohmal April 11 through May 8. Ms. Krohmal, a Capital area resident, will be featuring Watercolor and Oil Paintings and unique Ceramic Sculptures. A graduate from NYS College of Ceramics and St. Rose College, Krohmal states “My work is created in the moment as a spontaneous dance.”
Sculpture and painting by R Ashley Krohmal
Suzanne Richter Neusner Quilt Exhibition - 2/28 through 3/27, 2010
An Artist Reception will be held on Sunday, March 7 from 2 to 4 PM. The 401 Gallery is located at 401 Canal Place (formerly S. Ann Street), Little Falls, NY.
Please contact MVCA for further information at 823-0808
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts welcomes Suzanne Richter Neusner, Rhinebeck, NY as the featured artist at the 401 Gallery Sunday, February 28 through Saturday, March 27, 2010. A long time quilter, Neusner strives for designs that look fresh and never predictable. In addition to quilting, Ms. Neusner accepts commissions for original wedding hoppahs.
"Music of the Spheres" by Suzanne Richter Neusner
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