ON THE ARTS Owego - Coolest Small Town in

ON THE
ARTS
The Monthly Newsletter of the Tioga County Council on the Arts
Free Newsletter
MAY 2009
Free Newsletter
2009
July 25th, NOON ‘til night!
Mark your calendars! The Hickory Smoked Music Festival
is Back! July 25th, from noon ‘til night, you will be treated to a
lineup of local and regional blues bands bringing you music for
listening and dancing in the beautiful riverside Hickories Park.
This year’s Festival will be a tribute to Jim Wood, Sr. who
originated the Festival many years ago. Also honored will be
Roosevelt Dean who recently passed away and whose band
“Roosevelt Dean Blues Band” will continue, featuring Carolyn
Kelly. This year we have a special treat. We are “Going Green!”
Our second stage will be fully solar powered!
Scheduled to appear are Andrea McBride, The Native Earthling
Band, The Terry Walker Project, String of Pearls, Mac McGhee,
and George Kilby, Jr.. In addition, we will be including Making
the Band, “MTB”, from the Owego Apalachin High School, led
by Dan Fabricius.
Food and beverages will be available. Tickets are available
from the Tioga County Council on the Arts (607) 687-0785.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the gate and children 12
and under are free.
This unique local festival is sponsored by Visions Federal Credit
Union.
Owego Coolest Small
Town in America!
Budget Travel Magazine has named Owego, New York, the
“Coolest Small Town in America!” This spring the magazine
ran a contest and more than 100,000 votes were cast for
the 22 towns selected.to vie for this contest. Over 20,000
votes were cast for Owego along with comments, photos,
and videos sent in by Owego fans.\
To be considered a “Cool Town,” the contest required a
village to have the following characteristics:
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great ART GALLERIES and country
shops,
good coffee and restaurants, and
a small town atmosphere that people
missed when they went to the “big city”
A “picture postcard town” with “gorgeous outdoor beauty,
fierce local pride, and beautiful architecture” is how writerat the magazine described Owego. This October, Owego
will be featured in Budget Travel Magazine which has over
630,000 subscribers and a website with even more viewers: www.budgettravel.com.
And The Winner Is…
The Tioga County Council on the Arts is proud to be a
part of our local art scene and encourages all art lovers to
keep making Owego “COOL”.
This year’s winner of the Strawberry Festival logo
contest is Loreen Maley of Endwell, NY
Tioga County Council on the Arts
179 Front Street
Owego, NY 13827
Phone: (607) 687-0785
Fax: (607) 687-3186
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About Tioga County
Council on the Arts
Board of Directors:
1/1/07 - 1/1/10
Grace Miller
Louise M. Lindsey
Tina Christina-Price
Michele A. Rhodes
1/1/08 - 1/1/11
Jean Fisher
Louise Woodburn
Ann Elliker
1/1/09 - 1/1/12
Dick Cooper
Linda Vogel
Meredith Bocek
Judy Baust
Roseanne Dieterich
Honorary
Board Members
Dr. Delos Aumock
Doyle Gibbs
Jeanette Ferguson
Debra Muska
Officers
President: Linda Vogel
Vice President:
Jean Fisher
Treasurer: Dick Cooper
Secretary: Grace Miller
Staff
Executive Director
Annette J. Schweiger
Focus Editor
Louise M Lindsey
Meetings of the Board
of Directors are held the
second Thursday of each
month at 5:30 p.m. at the
Tioga County Council on
the Arts office, 179 Front
Street, Owego, New York,
13827.
Members are welcome
and invited to attend.
Please call for verification
during Summer months
and if meeting date falls
on a holiday.
Focus on the Arts is
published monthly by the
Tioga County Council
on the Arts, 179 Front
Street, Owego, New York,
13827.
Phone: (607) 687-0785
Fax: (607) 687-3186.
Established in 1976.
TCCA is a Member of
the Alliance of New York
State Arts Organizations,
and the New York State
Arts & cultural Coalition.
Serving all of Tioga
County.
Funding provided,
in part, by the Tioga
County Senior Citizens
Foundation, State Senator
Thomas W. Libous, State
Assemblyman Gary D.
Finch, The New York
State Council on the Arts,
a state agency, and by
your generous donations.
Thank you!
Senator
TomLibous
Picture it!
“En Plein Air on
Courthouse Square”
7th Annual “Artful Berry”
Exhibit
All artists, are invited to submit their creative work
featuring the “strawberry” to the Tioga County Historical Society Museum for their 7th Annual “Artful Berry” Exhibit. The exhibit will be on display from June
2-30,2009, in the lower level of the museum.
Deadline for entries to be at the museum is 4:00 p.m. on May
22nd. Past entries have included things like: photos, woodcarvings, paper mache, quilted and crocheted strawberries,
drawings, and paintings. Winners will be announced and certificates awarded on June 5th. Please contact the museum for
an entry form or go to our website at: www.tiogahistory.org
and download one. If you have any questions, please contact
Debbie Larnerd at (607)687-2460. The museum is located on
110 Front Street, Owego, NY.
2nd Annual Art
Invitational
“A Taste of the
Sublime”
Log Cabin Quilt Show
Requests Entries
The Fenimore Art Museum in
Cooperstown will be holding
the Second Annual “A Taste
of the Sublime” juried art invitational on Saturday August
8, 2009.
For information contact
k.betz@nysha.org or phone
607-547-1461. You can also
get information on the “call for
artists” link on the museums
website:
www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.
The Tioga County Historical
Society is requesting entries
of old and new log cabin quilts
and wearable art. The 3rd annual quilt show will be from
June 27, 2009-August 1, 2009
at the museum at 110 Front St.
Owego. Notify the museum of
your intent to enter by May 15,
2009. Registration forms and
information are available at the
website: www.tiogahistory.org
or you may call the museum
at (607) 687-2460.
The Hammond Museum’s Tri-State
Juried Competiton
The Hammond Museum in North Salem, NY is calling all
artists in the tri-state area to participate in itsC. The judge is
Mr. David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator at the Museum of
Art & Design in NYC. The competition is open to all artists in
the Tri-state area, 18 years or older, working in painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, printmaking, and mixed media.
Entrants are asked to submit a portfolio of up to ten 8” x 11”
photographs of their artwork by the deadline of May 15, 2009.
There is a charge of $35 per submission for non-members
and $25 for Museum members.
The first place winner will be awarded a major solo exhibition
and the second to sixth place winners will be awarded a group
show at the Hammond Museum in September 2010. For details and prospectus go to www.hammondmuseum.org/jur.
Annual Clothesline Arts & Crafts Festival
The long-running Clothesline Festival is still accepting applications for their 53rd anniversary show on September 12
and 13. It is a juried fine arts and crafts festival held on the
grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. Artists living in all New York
State counties other than Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York,
Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester are
encouraged to apply by the deadline of August 1. Space assignments will be mailed in April and acceptances will continue to go out while spaces remain.
A downloadable application with instructions is available at
http://clothesline.rochester.edu.For more information call the
Memorial Art Gallery events office at 585-276-8950, or email
clothesline@mag.rochester.edu.
Louise Woodard
Picture It!....Saturday, August 22, 10:00 AM,
the park-like grounds of Courthouse Square in
Owego, NY. Dozens of local and area artists
unveil their art as the all-new “En Plein Air on
Courthouse Square” fine art show and sale
begins.
You can be part of the fun and excitement!
Call TiogaCounty Council on the Arts to reserve your spot NOW! Registrations is only
$45.00-one of the lowest entry fees for any art
show in New York. If you don’t have outdoor
shelter, fear not. The first ten artists who request it
can obtain a 10’ X 10’ exhibit space under a
communal tent for only $10.00more.
This show’s focus is to provide area artists
with a marketing opportunity for their art. “En
Plein Air on Courthouse Square” will combine
with the Art Walk Art Talk program on Friday
night, August 21, to make this weekend a fine
arts festival. All artists are invited to participate. Don’t miss thisgreat opportunity. Call
Tioga County Council on the Arts at (607) 6870785and ask for your registration form today.
Picture It!
Bob Merwin
Drawing
and Painting
Classes
Bob Merwin, retired cmmercial artist and illustrator, will once again be offering classes at
The Tioga County Council on the Arts studio.
All levels of ability are welcomed, from beginning to advanced. Group classes begin on
May 26th, and will be held Tuesday evenings
from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Thecost is $30 per
session. You may contact TCCA at (607) 6870785 for furtherinformation.
On Going Galleries
TCCA Galleries & Satellite Galleries for
May
ArtSpace Gallery
Winifred Tickner
179 Front Street
Owego, NY
Open Monday – Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Owego Town Hall
State Route 434
Owego, NY
Open Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Artist: Carol Livermore
Tioga State Bank
1135 State Route 17 C
Owego, NY
Hours Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Artist: Jeffrey Jones
Monthly Galleries Open for Art-Walk & Art-Talk
3rd Friday of Every Month
(Call to confiirm hours)
Artisan Townhouse
Cellar Attic
East of the Sun West of the Moon
Front & Center
Gallery 41
Lake Street Studios
Riverrow B
Van Horn Jewelers
The Tioga County Council on the Arts
Presents
Music by the Northern Harmoney
Saturday, May 30 – 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Spencer Grange Hall, Spencer, NY
Music by Pat Kane
Friday, June 26 – 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Candor Grange, Candor, NY
Music by Bucky Moon
Saturday, September 5 – 7:00 p. m. to 10:00 p.m.
Rudins Olde Time Farm Days, Owego, NY
Suggested Donation: $5
For additional information, visit the Tioga County council
on the arts, 179 Front St., Owego, NY or call (607) 6870785 or visit our website at www.tiogaartscouncil.org.
Film Series, Food for Thought
Sponsored by Tioga County Peace &
Justice
Free Admittance, Donations Welcomed
Sunday, May 10, 2009, 7 p.m.
American Harvest
http://www.americanharvestmovie.com/
This documentary portrays the truth about
agriculture and migrant labor in the United
States at the present time.
Sunday, June 28, 7 p.m.
The Power of Community: How Cuba
Survived Peak Oil
This film tells the story of when Cuba lost
access to Soviet oil in the early 1990’s
“The Violin”
Winifred Tickner - May’s Featured
Artist at the ArtSpace Gallery
We are pleased to display the work of Winifred Tickner in our ArtSpace
Gallery this May. Winifred has been a Fulbright Scholar, an instructor at
the Pratt Institute in New York, an art teacher and a regional art workshop
coordinator. She works as a graphic artist, freelance designer and painter.
Come to enjoy her mixed media pieces, watercolors, oils, acrylics, and pen
and ink works. The ArtSpace Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 AM
to 5 PM. Don’t miss the ArtWalk on May 15th, when the ArtSpace Gallery will
be open in the evening, along with other fine galleries in the village.
“Depot Friday Nights” for June
Newark Valley Railroad Station
Please check out the June “Depot Friday Nights” activities at the Newark
Valley Railroad Station on Depot Street.
June 12th - “Reprise 60s” featuring Gary Ingraham, Phil Guidici,
Bob Greaves, Mike Samsonic, and Kevin Ferris who play and sing
the songs we all remember from the 60s.
June 19th - Enjoy “The Irish Stoutmen”, a quartet that plays
rebel songs, reels, drinking songs, and those beautiful Irish ballads.
June 26th, Robert White, author of “Yours Truly, C.P. Avery (a biography of
Judge Charles Pumpelly Avery) and “Susquehanna Scandal” will speak.
Admission is free, refreshments are available. Doors open at 6pm and the
programs start at 7pm. The July schedule at Depot Friday Nights will appear
in our June FOCUS. “Depot Friday Nights” are made possible, in part, with
public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts’ Decentralization Program,
administered locally by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.
Two Artists To Look For at the May
Art Walk-Art Talk
Maren Kaye Michaels is a certified metal clay
Instructor/Artist who will be
exhibiting “Jewelry in Nature,” She
discribes her designs as “unique,
one of a kind, handmade art jewelry
made from silver, bronze, and copper metal clays as well as polymer
clay. Her exhibit will be something
to see with livejewelry models and
musicians.
Shelsea Dodd is a 17
year-old senior at Union
Endicott High School. The
paintings and drawings
she will be displaying focus on the female figure
and the use of abstract
colors and textures..
Shelsea has plans to attend Maryland Institute College of Art in the fall
TCCA Events
Apr. 19 -Always on Sundays – Opera & Song First Presbyterian May 30 -Round & Square Dancing– Music by Northern Harmoney, Spencer Hall, Spencer, NY, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Jun. 20 -Strawberry Festival & Parade, downtown Owego, NY
Jun. 20 - Duck Derby, downtown Owego, NY at 4:00 p.m.
Jun. 26 -Round & Square Dancing– Music by Pat Kane, Candor Grange, Candor, NY, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Jul. 1 - Concerts in the Park – Kirby Band 7:30& Fireworks (9:30)– Hickories Park, Owego, NY, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Jul. 3 - Kids Night Out – Tom Knight (puppeteer) at Courthouse Gazebo, Owego, NY, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Jul. 8 - Concerts in the Park – Ithaca Dixieland Band, Hickories Park, Owego, NY, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Jul. 10 -Kids Night Out – Johnny Only Sing-a-Long at Courthouse Gazebo, Owego, NY 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Jul. 15 -Concerts in the Park – Riolo Brothers Blues Band, Hickories Park, Owego, NY, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Jul. 17 -Kids Night Out – Will Stafford, Juggling at Courthouse Gazebo, Owego, NY 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Jul. 22 -Concerts in the Park – The Spelunkers (50’s & 60’s music) , Hickories Park, Owego, NY, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Jul. 25 -Hickory Smoked Music Festival Hickories Park, Owego, NY, Noon – ?
Jul. 29 -Concerts in the Park – Cobblestone Crossing (Folk Music) Hickories Park, Owego, NY, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 5 - Concerts in the Park -- Triple Play / Alice Detrick, Hickories Park, Owego, NY, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Aug. 22 - “En Plein Air On the Courthouse Square” Fine Arts Show &
Sale – Owego, NY, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Aug. 27 -U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty Jazz Ensemble, Waverly, Ny
7:00 p.m.
Sep. 5 -Round & Square Dancing – Bucky Moon Square Dancing at
Rudin’s Old Tyme Farm Days, Gaskill Road, Owego, NY,
7:00 p.m.
Please Note: Times, dates and performances are subject to change
Please be sure to call the TCCA Offices, 607-687-0785 or visit our
Website, wwwtiogaartscouncil.org for the most current information.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!
GOLD BENEFACTORS
Dr. & Mrs. Delos Aumock
Chemung Canal Trust Co.
Cooper Foundation
Assemblyman Gary D. Finch
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Gause
Congressman Maurice Hinchey
Hyde Charitable Trust
IBM
Senator Thomas W. Libous
Tioga County Legislature
Tioga County Sr. Foundation
Visions Federal Credit Union
Mildred Faulkner Truman Fdn.
Village of Owego
Visions Federal Credit Union
BENEFACTORS
American Legion Post 401
Bassett Youth Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Buckthal
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Carter
Dr. & Mrs. D. Christian Aumock
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bean
Ms. Geraldine Cheevers
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cooke
Cooper Financial Services
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Eschler
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Intrieri, Jr.
Mr.Fred Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Baker
John & Judy Baust
Carl & Wilma Betcher
Gary Bigsby & Nadine P. Shields
Mr. & Mrs. Caldwell
Dr. & Mrs. Randy Cooke
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Dougherty
Mr. & Mrs. Willaim Dove
Peter A. & Nancy P. Ellis
Michele Evans
Bob & Joan Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Furman
William & Mary Gallow
Lockheed Martin
Mega Thoughts
Owego Elks Lodge #1039
Tioga State Bank
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Watkins
PATRONS
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Kemerer
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Misulich
Suzanne Outman
Don & Mary Beth Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Perine
Mark & Karen Petzold
L. Ronald Roff
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Ronsvalle
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schweizer, Jr.
SPONSORS
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Gray
Kay S. Hartman
Ruth Hartman
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Hess
Ward Jarvis
Mary Joan Jenkins
Angelo & Shirley Macchiano
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Mack
Mr. & Mrs. James Malia
Mr. & Mrs. Keith McCoy
Bonnie Oakley
BUSINESSES
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Singleton
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Tiemann
Carol Van Epps
Mrs. Donald Wise-Hostetter
Mr. & Mrs. John Whiting
Owego Agway
Owego Veterinary Hospital
T & K Communications, Inc.
VFW Post 1371
Scott Smith & Son
Bob & Joyce Merwin
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pedro
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Pulford
Mrs. Jeanine Rounds
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Smith
Mr. & Mrs. John Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Swain
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Valentin
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Weston
Mr. & Mrs. Orville Wright
Aremac Gallery
Martin Plumbing & Heating
Tioga Nichols Lions
Audio Classics Ltd.
McElwain Engineering
The Bon Bon Gallery
Barstow House
McNamara’s Office Products
The Chopping Block
Front & Center
Owego Fire Department
The Hair Color Café
Hand of Man/River Rose Café
Owego & Harford Railway, Inc.
The Victorian Lady Boutique
Home Central
Owego Treadway Inn
Tri-Town Insurance
John’s Fine Foods
Palmer Mobile Homes, Inc.
Wagner Millwork, Inc.
Lynn’s Barber Shop
Marilynn Malone Insurance
Taylor Garbage
Tioga Co. Chamber of Com.
For more information on TCCA, call us: (607) 687-0785, visit us at 179 Front
Street, Owego or on the web: www.tiogaartscouncil.org
TCCA Membership Form
Name: ______________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip: _______________________________________________________________
Tioga County Empire Zone
Save on your donations! Tioga County Empire Zone can help! Donating to
Tioga County Council on the Arts for their Capita Campaign in the Empire
Zone may qualify your donation for New York State Tax Credits.
Can you answer “Yes” to the following questions:
1. Will you donate $250 or more to their Capital Campaign?
2. Do you want tot receive a 24% Empire Zone Capital Credit on your
next charitable contribution?
An example: *A qualified charitable donation of $1,000 = $250
NYS Tax Credit on your NYS tax return PLUS, a Federal and State
charitable deduction.
Contact Annette Schweiger, Director, TCCA, at (607) 687-0785 or Teresa
Saraceno, Tioga County Empire Zone Coordinator at (607) 687-8260 for
more information.
Spring Life Drawing Sessions 2009
Refresh your drawing skills by working from live models at Windsor
Whip Works Art Gallery this spring. Quick gestures, moving to longer
poses. Bring your favorite supplies. Some easels on premises. No
instruction provided, but critiques available if desired.
Phone: ________________________ E-mail: _______________________
Membership Categories:
__ Gold Benefactor $1,000+
__ Benefactor $500 - $999
__ Patron $200 - $499
__ Sponsor $125 - $199
__ Business $125+
__ Family $35
__ Individual $20
__ Senior/Student $15
Membership entitles you to discounts to TCCA sponsored events, workshops &
programs as well as voting privileges. Members Receive FOCUS newsletters in the
Mail. Please make your Tax-deductible check payable to: TCCA, 179 Front Street,
Owego, NY 13827.
Charge my membership to the following credit card:
Credit Card No. : ______________________Expiration: _______________________________
Signature:_____________________________________________________________________
FOCUS Newsletter Deadline
Submissions should be typed and submitted by the
third Friday of the month prior to the publication
month. All articles are subject to approval and
editing by TCCA staff.
Thursdays 6:15 to 9:15 pm:
Session I: April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14
Session II: May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18
Paid in advance--5 Sessions/$60
Walk-ins -- $15
High School Students -- $8
Fill out the form below and return with your check for $60 for one session or $120 for both sessions to:
Windsor Whip Works Art Gallery
PO Box 7, Windsor, NY 13865-0007
Spring 2009 Life drawing sessions
____Session____Session II
Name______________________________________________
Address________________________________________ ___
Phone_____________________________________________
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Email____________________________________________
Directions:
Entrance to the life drawing class is to the left of the building, through
the gate, and downstairs.
From east--NY Thruway to exit 16, take NY Route 17 west to exit 79.
Right turn at the stop sign, then left at the blinking light. The gallery is
on the right corner.
From west-- NY Route 17 to exit 79. Left turn at the stop sign. Proceed
Tioga County Contra Dance
Dances are held every 3rd Sunday at the
Tioga Trails Café located on the
corner of Lake and Main Streets in Owego, NY.
May 17: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Featured Band TBA &
Ted Crane, Caller
Admission: June 21: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Rosie’s ready Mix Band &
Caller TBA
$7 Students, $5 Seniors,
$15 Family Maximum
Beginners welcome; all dances taught and prompted. No partner needed
For more information, call Stu Johnson at 607-687-4034 or April Swaney at 607657-8067
Website: dance.clarityconnect.com/owegocontra
This project is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts’ Decentralization Program administered locally by The ARTS
of the Southern Finger Lakes.