September 2005 - Arts Center of Yates County

YATES COUNTY ARTS CENTER
Volume 31 Number 5
WWW.YCAC.ORG
September and October 2005
Open Studio Tour
October 8 & 9
Black & White Show will close Sept. 10 at 3 PM
20+ Artists Await You!
There’s still time to see an outstanding exhibit!
Leon Applebaum
Hannelore Wolcott Bailey
Bonnie Barney
Billie Bauman
Joan Belles
Dexter Benedict
Fran Bliek
Susan Croge
Barbara Doyle
Keith & Bobbi Kappel
Barbara & Eric Havill
Charlie Kingsley
Charles Northrup
Rochester Folk Art Guild
Norma Rugg
Lisa Saether
Don Sottile
Bill Wilsey
Fred Wood Jr.
Color (or lack of it) unifies the current Gallery exhibit, while its many skilled artists add
diversity. Do you know which of these works was fashioned by Leon Fontier, Charlotte DiGennaro, Helene Oldweiler, Willie Bilancio, David Bills, Bonnie Barney, Norma
Rugg, or Don Sottile? And notice Char DiGennaro’s delightful window as you enter!
Check the Open Studio
Tour brochure to match
up these artists with their
skills. We have:
Oils
Watercolors
Sculptures
Ceramics
Silk screening
Stained glass
Photography
Studio art glass
Galleries of multiple artists
Glass beads
Painted furniture
Pastels
FREE EVENT
Visit the studios from
10 AM—5 PM
See art in progress,
Meet the artists.
September-October Penn Yan Art Guild Exhibit
Honors Ruth Brown
Beloved artist Ruth Brown will be honored with a retrospective of her lifetime
production of art when the Art Guild show opens Friday, September 16, 5-7 PM at The
Gallery. If you are privileged to own one of her paintings and would loan it for the
show, please call Bev Oben, (315) 536-8629, or The Gallery.
The Penn Yan Art Guild show will continue through October. Gallery hours
are Tuesday through Friday, noon until 4PM, Saturday 9-3.
Enjoy the Opening, Sept. 16, 5-7 PM
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Summer Field Period at the Gallery
By Kara Smith
Board Members:
Class of 2005
Willie Bilancio
Bob Darling
Bob Kinney
George Mathewson
Gene Parsons
Class of 2006
Fran Bliek
Peter Loughnane
Ray Noble
Norma Pealer
Class of 2007
Gaylord Hamm
Joyce Hunt
Nancy Langford
Beverly Oben
Jean Welch
The vision of YCAC is to
enhance and enrich life in
Yates County through education and the advancement
of the arts.
To this end, we plan, promote, and
develop art programs and projects;
coordinate, schedule, and publicize events; develop and maintain
physical facilities.
Programs of YCAC are supported
by an annual grant from the Yates
County Legislature, from commissions collected on Gallery sales,
and by memberships.
YCAC programs are supported in part with public
funds from the New York
State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program,
which is administered locally
by Finger Lakes
Arts Grants &
Services.
When I found that the Yates County Arts Council needed
some extra help this summer, I gladly jumped at the
chance to see what I could do. I have always been
interested in the arts and needed to complete a field
period for Keuka College. Therefore, the Yates County
Art Gallery has become the perfect place to explore my
own interests.
As part of Keuka Colleges unique Experimental Learning Program, each student is required to complete a series of field periods before they graduate. Field period
occurs during summer and Winter breaks allowing students a chance to explore
their career choice or their own personal interest, in preparation for the career
world. This fall I will be completing my senior year at Keuka. I am perusing a
degree in English and eventually plan on teaching. I work full time as a waitress
and hostess while spending my free time pursuing my interests such as reading,
music and spending time with family and my fiancée.
So far, working with the YCAC has allowed me to further develop skills
important to the education workforce. For example, on August 2nd through the
4th I assisted Gene Parsons with a photography class geared towards children.
Aside from learning how to snap photos correctly, the children also made their
cameras from a kit that the Gallery provided. The class not only was a great
learning experience for the children, but for myself as well. As the children followed the instructions I realized how the task was not only fun, but also educational at the same time. While some children struggled through the process at
first, others had less of a problem. In the end however, they all succeeded and felt
satisfied with not only what they created, but also what they had created with
their own little hands. I believe that creativity is essential to young minds to grow
academically, especially in the world of language arts. Classes, such as the photography one, allow students the chance to not only have fun, but also develop a
feeling of achievement.
I am thankful for the opportunity to develop myself professionally and
academically while helping out the Yates County Arts Council with various activities and programs.
Pack a lunch and enjoy it on Lisa
Saether’s patio out on Vine Road while
you’re on the Open Studio Tour,
a FREE event
October 8 & 9.
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PENN YAN ART GUILD HONORS RUTH
BROWN
by Gwen McCausland
The Penn Yan Art Guild invites everyone in our community to join us in celebrating
the beautiful paintings and love of art that Ruth Brown has shared with us all, over the
years. Her paintings will take us on a trip all around Keuka Lake and Yates County,
which is where Ruth has spent her entire life. Ruth Brown is one of the original
members of the Penn Yan Art Guild.
Ruth was born Ruth McMaster, in Penn Yan. She grew up on Bath Road, attending
District #3 school on Willow Grove Road, which was a one-room schoolhouse for
elementary grades. Among Ruth’s memories of country school days are the many times she would stop, on her way home
from school to visit neighbors, the Thayers. Mr. Thayer had a large desk with a stool and a big supply of paper and
pencils. It was at the Thayers’ that young Ruth would develop her love of drawing. In school, Ruth remembers that the
younger students had the advantage of absorbing what the older students were learning and therefore were often
accelerated in their studies. When Ruth was in school, a seventh grader had the opportunity to take a pre-high school
Regents exam, and if passed, the student could go directly to high school, thus skipping eighth grade. Ruth did this and
graduated from high school a year early. Some of her favorite high school classes were those in art and mechanical
drawing. To this day, Ruth is often asked to letter posters and title cards for the art exhibits in Penn Yan, because no one
does it as beautifully as she does. Ruth graduated from Penn Yan Academy on Main Street, which was a lovely, stone
school building, and is sadly missed by all those who knew it as students. Soon after graduating from high school, Ruth
married Erwin Brown who was a vineyardist. And together they shared the chores of vineyard keeping on Fullagar Road.
Ruth and Erwin had one daughter, Judith, who now lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
After graduating, Ruth worked in advertising art at the Penn Yan Shopping Guide. This she did for many years. Later
Ruth studied with Bernard Gerstner, a well-known Rochester artist. Ruth and fellow Penn Yan Art Guild artist, Florence
Middlebrook, would go together one day a week to attend Bernard Gerstner’s classes or workshops. These were outdoor
painting classes and as Ruth said “we were painting plein air before plein air became the popular term.” This was when
Ruth felt she really got started in painting. Working in oil for several years, Ruth became attracted by the clearness of
watercolor, and decided she had to try this, too. Again, she took many watercolor workshops, and did lots of reading of
books and art magazines in the Penn Yan Library.
Ruth furthered her pursuit in watercolor by early taking lessons from Marian Simpson, followed by attending many
workshops here and as far away as Rockport, Massachusetts. When Ruth and her husband, Erwin, wintered in Florida
during their retirement years, Ruth had the opportunity to take watercolor classes there. She also benefited from viewing
demonstrations by Helen Van Wyk, a nationally known artist.
Ruth Brown is one of the charter members of the Penn Yan Art Guild. She remembers the early days of the Guild when
they would meet in each other’s homes. There were only ten or twelve members at that time, and the meetings were very
comfortable. They would meet once a month, and always there was a program with a guest artist who was very instructive.
Ruth remembers, a long time ago, when Dick Kane came from Rochester to present a program to the Guild. Other fond
memories she has are of going to art shows with Jane Terry and of painting with Mona Trezise, both she knew well as
friends from the Guild.
It is such a pleasure to listen to Ruth as she talks of her love of this area and her joy in painting the inspiring scenes all
around her. She talks of driving and “breaking over the top of a hill and seeing the lake and the hills and valleys, and
stopping the car to drink it all in.” She has no problem finding places to paint---there is beauty all around and the
changing seasons are each an inspiration to her. Some of Ruth’s favorite scenes to paint are Knapp Road overlooking the
Bluff, James Road overlooking the West Branch of Keuka Lake, barns in all seasons, wildflowers and vineyards. “In a
nutshell” said Ruth, “my inspiration comes from nature and that envelops a big area.”
Ruth Brown’s paintings have been exhibited in regional shows, the Penn Yan Art Guild Exhibit, and at the Gallery of the
Yates County Arts Center. Ruth has been an exhibiting artist, annually, at the Hammondsport Art In The Park and the Art
Barn Show in Penn Yan. Come share an evening with Ruth Brown as we honor her and her paintings at the annual Penn
Yan Art Guild Exhibit. The opening reception is Friday, September 16, from 5 to 7 PM at our Gallery .
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Contact President Lyle Conrad 607-868-4673
September Monthly Meeting Returns to St. Paul’s Lutheran
Char DiGennaro to Present Program
Wednesday, September 21, the Art Guild will return to meeting at reconstructed
St. Paul’s Lutheran church on Hamilton Street, Penn Yan. The program will be what
has become a tradition of late: Char DiGennaro presenting something new in materials,
style, or activity...always fun!
Come early to participate in peer critiquing of recent works, or simply “network”,
around 7:00 PM. The business meeting is at 7:30, followed by the program.
Guests and new members are always welcome. PYAG exists to encourage all artistic endeavors. If you wish to
join, please bring 3 examples of your work to a meeting for the group to admire.
Dues are Active member $15 (one time initiation fee $3) , Associate member (not displaying art) $10.
Send 2005-2006 PYAG dues to Sally Thomas, 3598 Sid White Rd., Keuka Park, NY 14478.
Watercolor Workshop with Judy Soprano
Saturday, September 17, 9:00-3:00 at The Gallery
If you attended the landscape exhibit at the Gallery in July you probably saw a couple of beautiful watercolor winter landscapes by Judy
Soprano. Have you ever wondered how Judy Soprano creates
those beautiful winter scenes in watercolor? Now's your chance to
find out: she said that her style depends on the paper and the paint.
She will have 1/2 sheets of paper [ the 300# D'arches and the Winsor
Newton ultra marine blue and the burnt sienna and the brown madder alizeran] available if you would like her to for
$5.00. For those who don't have w/c paint she can make up a pallet of all her colors (probably for a small additional
charge). Indicate your preference when registering. ALL Participants should bring there own palette and paint [what
ever they have]. If you have 300# paper, bring that as well. Also, don't forget a water container and your brushes,
photo and/or sketch references.
SIGN UP EARLY!!! A sign up sheet will be available at the Gallery or you can e-mail or call Fran Bliek, at
fbliek@htva.net, 607-243-7425. Cost is $25 for PYAG members, $30 others. Please makes checks to PYAG.
Penn Yan Art Guild annual exhibit at The Gallery: drop off art Sept. 12, Opening reception
Friday, Sept. 16 (5-7PM), pick up art October 31. Please plan to help with show tasks.
2005-2006 PYAG Programs:
Sept. 21: Char DiGennaro
Oct. 19: TBA
Nov. 16: Old Forge National Watercolor Show Slides
Jan. 18: A Visit to Dexter Benedict’s Studio
March 15: Barbara Havill, Pottery
April 19: TBA
May 17: Banquet
Saturday May 20- Judy Soprano workshop on Japanese
Masa Paper
Sat. June 10: Paint-out on Knapp Rd. at Mark Zane’s
studio, visiting David Lortz’s studio.
Aug. 16- Picnic
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Penn Yan Art Guild Membership Roster as of August 15, 2005
Name
Address
Barney, Bonnie
341 W. Lake Rd., Penn Yan 14527
Barton, Virginia
15 White Springs La., Geneva 14456
Benjamin, Sharon
3879 Vine Road, Box 395, Keuka Pk., NY 14478
Bilancio, Willie
122 E. Steuben St., Bath 14810
Bliek, Fran
3146 Ravena Rd., Himrod 14842
Brown, Ruth
2481 Fullager Rd., Penn Yan 14526
Buisch, Elaine
1452 Rt. 89, Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Burke, Barbara L.
430 Preemption Road, Penn Yan, NY 14527
Clark, Carolyn
7 Church St. Hammondsport 14840
Conrad, Lyle
283 W. Lake Rd., Branchport, 14418
Corwin, Marjory
PO Box 217, Keuka Park 14478
DeGennaro, Charlotte663 E. Bluff Dr., Penn Yan 14527
14266 Sharon Dr., Largo, FL
Deneka, Ginny
881 E. Lake Road, Dundee, NY 14837
Doyle, Barbara
4851 E Lake Rd, Rushville 14544
Gillespie, Bob
2888 Sherman Hollow Rd, Penn Yan, 14527
Guo, Shao Fen
212 North Avenue, Penn Yan, NY 14527
Harder, Cavalene
106 Williamson Ter., Bath 14810
Hodge, Lynn
457 East Water Street, Hughesville, PA 17737
Ladd, Tammy
3156 Yoder Hill Road, Keuka Park, NY 14478
Lipani, Carole
524 W Bluff Dr, Bluff Point 14478
11835 Quail Ridge Way; Naples, FL 34119
Maciag, Phyllis
19 Harpending Ave., Dundee 14837
Maitland, Blonda
Stevenson Rd., Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Marjama, Pat
PO Box 116, Dundee 14837
McBride, Catherine 3629 Goose St., Stanley 14561
McCausland, Gwen 4811 Post Rd, Hall 14463
378 W Bluff Dr, Bluff Pt 14478
Northrup, Charles
450 Main St, Penn Yan 14527
Oben, Beverly
620 W Bluff Dr, Keuka Park 14478
Pealer, Norma
909 Rte. 54, Penn Yan 14527
Richards, Dale
3854 Castle Ppoint Rd., Himrod 14842
Rood, Tom & Kathy 1064 Angus Rd, Penn Yan 14527
Rugg, Norma
94 Stocum Rd, Dundee 14837
Shepherd, Anna
754 Crystal Valley Rd, Dundee 14837
Sisson, Ed
630 Dundee-Lakemont Rd, Dundee 14837
Stefanik, Elaine
19 Hollister St, Dundee 14837
Sullivan, Claudia
4800 Red Cedar, Dundee 14837
Tascarini, Sandra
2041 W Seneca St, Ovid 14521
Terry, Jane *
The Homestead, Penn Yan, 14527
Thomas, Sally
3598 Sid White Rd, Keuka Park 14478
Trepes, Paul
8525 Vogt Road, Hammondsport, NY 14840
VanAtta, Vera
1170 W Lake Rd, Branchport 14418
White, Rudi
3979 Belnap Hill Road, Branchport 14418
Wilkes, Ralph
26 Hillcrest Dr, Penn Yan 14527
Wilsey, Bill
300 Kashong Rd, Geneva 14456
Wolcott-Bailey, Hannelore 251 E Lake Rd, Penn Yan 14527
Phone
E-Mail
315-536-0483 barney14527@adelphia.net
315-789-0835 dwb8@cornell.edu
RWBenjamin@aol.com
607-776-6813 terryb1@empacc.net
607-243-7425 fbliek@htva.net
315-536-3687
315-568-0025 lakecountryms@hotmail.com
315-536-7020
607-569-2747 clrkmark@infoblvd.net
607-868-4673 Xplratns@empacc.net
315-536-7188
315-531-8201 charandsam33774@yahoo.com
315-536-1933
585-554-6233
315-536-7185
315-536-6143
607-776-6786
570-584-2309
315-531-8608
315-536-0561
607-243-7191
315-568-8559
607-243-5334
585-526-6366
585-526-6119
315-531-8865
315-536-4225
315-536-8629
315-536-6404
607-243-7664
315-536-2556
607-292-3102
607-292-3452
607-243-5583
607-243-8852
607-243-8888
607-869-9920
315-536-6814
607-569-2912
607-868-3731
315-595-2294
315-536-0356
315-789-1663
315-536-8784
doyleart@frontiernet.net
rgillesp@eznet.net
fen@incra.net
the _harders@yahoo.com
mslynh@aol.com
kopco@linkny.com
a_lipani@hotmail.com
pmaciaz@stny.rr.com
theresa2@frontiernet.net
mcca@localnet.com
bevoben@localnet.com
npealer@flare.net
richards1@htva.net
tkrood@linkny.com
nrugg25765@aol.com
stefanir@bluefrog.com
Tascarini@fltg.net
fthomas@lynnet.com
wolf-warrior@lycos.com
vvanatta@empacc.net
wolcottbailey@aol.com
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September & October 2005
Red Jacket Writers’ Group
We welcome writers. Want to join us? We meet the third Monday of each month from 7-9 PM
at The Gallery. Dues are $1 per month for those attending, and are donated to the Yates County Arts
Center for use of the facility. For further information, contact Barbara Wohlschlegel, (585) 526-5787,
or Alice Moriarity (585) 526-6569.
We share our joys and woes, successes and rejections, and read from our current writing projects. Most of all, we encourage each other to keep writing!
Can’t think of a subject? Try one of the notations on the calendar. These are words associated with travel. Maybe they’ll suggest something entirely different that will spark your imagination.
The September 19th suggestion is “Anticipated Vacation”.
October 17-
January 16-
April 17-
Dream Destination
Airport
Around the next corner
November 21-
February 20-
May 15-
The Map
Fellow Travelers
Take a picture
December 19-
March 20-
June 19-
With Reservations
Strange Detour
Unscheduled stop
YATES COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
President Gene Parsons 315-789-4563
Vice President Lyle Conrad 607-868-4673
The Yates County Photography Club will meet at 7:30 P.M., September 22 at The
Gallery, 119 East Elm Street, Penn Yan. The program will be a display and critique of photos
taken this summer by club members and anyone else interested in having us look at your efforts. Photographs may be slides prints or snapshots. This will also be a planning session for
future meetings, including suggestions for new site for the October fall foliage photo tour Saturday, October 15. We will meet at 1:30 that day to set out for the best fall scenes to capture.
Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
Fall Class and Workshops:
See enclosed brochure, or
check for information at
www.YCAC.org
Hillcrest Horticultural Center
223 Main St., Penn Yan
315-536-9560
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New and Renewing YCAC
Members June 15 -Aug. 15:
PATRON
Dan & Linda Carp
David Schirmer DDS
SPONSOR
Bonnie & Dick Barney
Chet & Mary Briggs
Dora & Paul Lang
Susan & Norm Lindenmuth
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Sondra Lynch
Eleanor Parker
Peg Rockefeller
Janet Rowan
Ken & Anne Salisbury
Alice VanBuren
Bruce & Nancy Westerdahl
Edwin Worden
Please support our
business partners.
BUSINESS
ASSOCIATE
Jim & Dori Carey
Robert Darling
Barbara Wohlshlegel, Red Jacket
Writers’ Group
Carol Worth
INDIVIDUAL/FAMILY
Joe & Diane Burke
Bruce & Sandy Castner
Carol Conti
John Creamer & Stephanie Olsen
Michael & Jean Dickson
Susan Eisenhart
Gareth & Melissa Fishbaugh
Joanna Purdy
Terry Schwartz
Jim & Betty Sharps
Mary & Ross Stagnitto
Betty Yolton
The Loomis Barn & Country Shops
4942 Loomis Rd, Rushville
Www.loomisbarn.com
“Make it a day in the country.”
Thanks to CPA Jim Carey for
providing the location for our
Route 14A billboard.
Prejean Winery
EXHIBITING ARTIST
Kit Corti
Charlotte DiGennaro
Phyllis Maciag
Catherine McBride
Ray & Bev Noble
Ed Steinhilper
Ralph Wilkes
Curt & Linda Wright
SENIOR
Alice Anthony
June Hurst Becker
Suzanne Fenner
Elaine Ferris
John Guilfoose
Ken & Carol Guyett
Paul Ingram
Elsie Jensen
Carolyn Sutherland Johnson
Marion Louden
Hunt Country Vineyards
Branchport
1-800-WINE-BUY
Springledge Corporation
STORK & MANAHAN INSURANCE
Sponsor of Finger Lakes
Chamber Music Festival
A division of Beaumont & Stork, Inc.
136 Main St., Penn Yan NY
315-536-2363
Www.storkandmanahan.com
Eire by B Faulkner.com
______________ E-Mail
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‫ٱ‬Sponsor $100
‫ٱ‬Patron $250
____Tend Gallery (Sat. 9-12, 12-3, or weekday 12-4, regularly or occasionally)
____Maintain Facilities (painting, cleaning, carpentry, etc.)
____Help Exhibit Committee organize and hang a “Show”
____Help Host a Reception (cookies, cheese & crackers, greeter)
____Distribute Gallery Fliers to Area Sites
____Present Workshops in your Field
____Serve on Board of Directors
____Assist in Phoning, Copying, E-mailing
____Serve as an Advisor (long range planning, finance, program)
____Write Grant Applications
____Write features to publicize YCAC’s activities
____Work on Attic Art Sale
____Maintain Scrap Book of YCAC clippings
____Letter signs and labels for The Gallery
____Gather arts events info for “Out & About” in newsletter
____Join Chamber Music organizers, assist at concerts
____Be a workshop host: check registration, open & close facility, collect money, set up tables,
etc.
____Contribute article to newsletter
Volunteer Opportunities
I prefer to have my Membership billed to my:
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‫ٱ‬MasterCard
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Account #
‫ٱ‬Artist $30
Signature:
‫ٱ‬Ind/Family $30
Check your mailing label for your expiration date.
Thank you.
‫ٱ‬Senior $15
‫ٱ‬Business $100 +
Make check payable to: YCAC, 119 E. Elm St., Penn Yan, NY 14527
Phone:
Name:
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