March 2010 - Arts Center of Yates County

Yat es County Arts C enter
Volume 36 Issue 2
March and April 2010
YCAC Executive Director, Fran Bliek, Stepping Down
After three years, New York State Council on the Arts Mandates Full Time Director for Funding
Fran’s Forum
This will be my last “Fran’s Forum”
article as Executive Director of
Yates County Arts Center. As of
April 1st I will be retiring from this
part-time position at the arts center but hope to remain an active
member and volunteer with the
organization. You may recall that at the last annual
meeting I announced that YCAC needed to hire a
full-time executive director. This is required in order
to maintain our NYSCA recognition and financial
support. NYSCA allows an organization three years
with a part time director followed by a board commitment to the long term success of the organization by the hiring of a full time executive to lead the
organization. The posting for this position is included in this issue of Perspectives and will be in
appropriate internet job banks and other media.
It has been my extreme pleasure to have been on a
thrilling journey with Yates County Arts Center
since 1999, first as a gallery volunteer and since
2007 as your Executive Director. These have been
exciting years of growth for the organization. Some
of our accomplishments during this decade include:
•
Instead of one or two workshops per year
for adults, we now have year round
programming of workshops for the very young
through the very old. Each season we offer a
whole new array of art opportunities.
•· We also offer art instruction for
underserved children through a variety of grant
opportunities we have explored. For the past
three years or so we have provided art
instruction for students at St. Michael’s School
and for the homeschooled school-aged
community.
•·
Another recent grant enabled YCAC to
provide painting and art & memoir writing
instruction for home-bound seniors.
•· Each November we provide a live
professional theater experience for elementary
students at Penn Yan Elementary, Dundee
Elementary, and St. Michael’s. The Hampstead
State Co. comes to town and gives
performances at each of the three schools of a
classic literary work.
•· We have had summer Musical Theater
Workshops for the youth of the community
which culminated in a performance.
•· Last year our Celebrate Art-Family Fun Day
provided art activities and entertainment free of
charge to families in the community and visitors
to the area
•· Our renovated Gallery space provides six to
eight excellent exhibits annually featuring local,
national and international artists specializing in
a variety of media and techniques.
•· All three Yates County middle and high
schools exhibit their artwork each spring.
Students from the 29th Congressional District
enter an Art Competition each year and we
host an exhibit of their work.
•· The walls of the County Office Building are
adorned with art work by local artists thanks to
the partnership between YCAC and members
of the Legislature. The Village Office rooftop
features a metal work by a local sculpture artist
obtained through another YCAC Call for Artists.
•· The Arts Center provides opportunities for
local and regional artists to exhibit and sell their
work
•· The founding of the Finger Lakes Chamber
Music Festival with Richard Auldon Clark and
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Board Members:
Class of 2010
Mary Harmony
Elisabeth Haynes
Joyce Hunt
Nancy Langford
Sandy Murrin
Jean Welch
Class of 2011
Sam Castner
Ginny Deneka
Hioward LeVant
Bill Bailey
Class of 2012
Joan Belles
Carol Conti
Daniel Crozet
Susan Hyser
Janis Long
Kent Salisbury
Executive Director
Fran Bliek
Newsletter Editor
Bonnie Barney
The mission of YCAC is
to enrich the quality of life of Finger Lakes residents, artists, and
visitors by providing opportunities
for active participation in 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 mainly
supported by an annual grant from
the Yates County Legislature, from
commissions collected on Gallery
sales, and by memberships
YCAC ‘s programs are
supported in
part with
public funds
from the
New York
State Council
on the Arts.
members of the Manhattan
Chamber Orchestra
(Fran’s Forum continued…)
filling the air in the Finger Lakes
with music each summer. The
FLCMF has been such a
success they now have their
own non-profit status.
I am grateful for all the support I
have received throughout this decade from the many dedicated volunteers, instructors, members, businesses, grantors, schools and government officials. You have enabled
Yates County Arts Center to carry
out its mission to “enrich the lives of
residents, artists, and visitors of
Yates County through participation
and education in the arts.
There are three individuals who
have been extremely influential and
have walked with me along this journey during this past decade. First, I
would like to express my thanks to
the late Norma Pealer for being the
first to introduce me to Yates County
Arts Center by recruiting me as a
gallery volunteer. We owe Norma
much gratitude for helping to keep
the arts alive in the community during a difficult era in the ‘90’s.
Message from the President
Yates County Arts Center was
founded in 1975 by a group of interested people that wanted to support
artists of any discipline in the development of new creative work. It is
incredible to conceive of the 35
years, the leadership and the volunteers who have create a place for
artists and the community to come
together so well.
Yates County Arts Center is extremely grateful to Fran Bliek for her
dedicated service in a critical position at a critical time. Her leadership
and vision were indispensable to our
organization as it confronted a wave
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Second, I would like to thank Bonnie Barney, whose vision and
dedicated service have been instrumental in the growth of YCAC.
She is the arts center’s biggest
cheerleader and has brought
many new volunteers into the organization. I treasure her friendship and advice throughout the
years.
Thirdly, I would like to thank Peter
Loughnane who has been there
for YCAC since the 90’s providing
technical expertise and service. I
thank him for his patience and assistance even while on a job in the
state of Washington.
There are so many who have volunteered their time, talent, and
treasure to make Yates County
Arts Center what it is today. Thank
you! Your contributions and support have been greatly appreciated. The arts are alive and well in
Yates County and YCAC is a vital
part of that wellness and will continue to positively impact the lives
of all residents, artists, and visitors. I know you will welcome the
new director and continue to support YCAC and its mission. Fare-
of changes, a
continued search
for new talent and
increasing responsibilities of a growing non- profit organization.
Every member of the Yates
County Board of Directors wishes
Fran a happy new life in her home
in Webster NY and Naples Fl. We
can only hope that she visits us
often and supports the arts in the
Finger Lakes as she has for the
last ten years.
Sandy Murrin, President
YCAC Board of Directors
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“Adjusting Reality”
Featuring Lynette Blake, Sam Castner, Daniel Crozet
Public Artists’ Reception Friday, April 30, 5:00-7:00 PM; Anthony Road Winery Sponsor
Lynette Blake says, “My current work is an effort to integrate three facets which jointly help
us to experience this sense of the infinite: first,
that which we call real, the world experienced
through our senses, captured by the depiction
of objects; second, what is commonly included
in the concept of intellectual, expressed by the
use of geometric shapes and patterns; and finally, connecting and embracing the first two,
the cosmic, expressing that which we can intuit
as though things were unbounded by space
and time.”
singer, as a charter member of the Renaissance vocal ensemble Musica Spei (Music
of Hope), and holds a black belt in Tae
Kwon Do.
Lynette is a native Rochesterian. In addition to
her painting, Lynette is a serious amateur
“ Photography: to reveal new visual realities ……”
Daniel Crozet says, “I build the images at the
same time I
process
them because I use
Photoshop
to work with
the images,
not to altering them.
The pictures
that are on
show are my photographic interpretations of
Sam Castner’s sculptures. The first time that
I saw his work I knew immediately that it could
be a fantastic opportunity for visual creations
which would translate the feeling of curve and
movement that emanates from it.”
Native to France, Crozet retired to Keuka
Park after a 30 year career with Xerox. He
finds digital photography has opened new
creative doors. When not experimenting with
pictures, he enjoys cooking.
Sam Castner, sculptor, designer, fabricator, builder; his
medium of choice is reclaimed scrap and recycled metals,
finding inspiration from nuts, bolts and remnant plumbing
fittings found in landfills or scrap heaps. At his Ironvine Studio, he has worked on commissions for Wendell Castle and
Albert Paley. His pieces can be found in local homes, wineries and the Geneva home built for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Sam returned to his native Keuka to raise his family after
teaching at the University of California at Davis.
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Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Summer Schedule
Includes Celebrating America
Under the Wings of The America!
American independence will be celebrated
July 3rd with an all-American picnic dinner
and concert at the Glenn H. Curtis Museum
in Hammondsport, in the shadow of “The
America”, Curtiss’ 1914 flying boat.
A string quartet will perform along with a
special guest musician, playing THE SAW,
the renown Natalia Paruz. She is shown
here with Zubin Mehta, after a performance
with the Israel Philharmonic. Garisson Keillor, of Prairie Home Companion, calls her
his “favorite sawist”. Check out her music at
www.sawlady.com.
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hors d’oeuvres will be aboard the
Esperanza Rose on Keuka Lake, featuring
“Water Music” with flute and string quartet.
The Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival
is an incorporated non-profit membership
organization. If you wish to support our free
youth concerts and summer concert series,
please consider becoming a member at
whatever level you choose:
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$50-$99 Friend
$100-$149 Donor
$150-$349 Patron*
$350-$499 Benefactor*
$500-$999 Sponsor a Musician*
$1000-$1900 Sponsor a Conductor*
$2000- Sponsor a Concert*
*Donors of $150 per person or more will be
invited to the annual Patrons’ Concert.
Sponsors will be acknowledged at individual
concerts.
Members of any level are offered six concert
tickets for the price of five, for use in any
combination during the season.
Donations are tax deductible; we are a
501(c)3 corporation.
Another innovation for the 2010 season will
be the venue for the Patrons’ Concert, an
event given to members donating $150 per
person or more: the concert with wine and
YCAC’s Gallery to Host
29th Congressional District
Student Art Show
High school students from
across the 29th Congressional
District will again be invited to
compete in a week-long show,
April 12-17, hosted at YCAC’s
Gallery. The winner of this
competition will travel to
Please send your check to:
Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival
P O Box 605
Penn Yan, NY 14527
Details: www.FingerLakes-Music.org
Washington, DC, where the
winning art will hang in a busy
House of Representatives corridor for the next year.
Eric Massa, who represents the
29th district, is shown here with
last year’s first and second
place winners. Impressed with
their work, he found a place in
his office to display the second
picture as well.
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Executive Director Search
Yates County Arts Center is seeking an exceptional leader to shape the next phase of our rich
history. The Executive Director will provide inspiring and strategic leadership to the organization,
while overseeing the day-to-day operations in a
way that ensures continued mission delivery and
organizational effectiveness.
The ideal candidate will be a visionary leader with
strong organizational, strategic, operational, fundraising, communication and staff management
skills. This individual must possess a true passion
for the mission and programs of the Arts Center.
We will search for someone who has a deep appreciation for, and understanding of, the artistic
process and working with artists.
Other qualifications and characteristics include:
Proven leadership skills and business management experience.
- A track record of successful resource development.
-Experience identifying and securing partnerships
to further Yates County Art’s Center strategy.
- Dynamic and charismatic style that inspires internal and external stakeholders and that motivates
increased interest and investment in the Center.
- Experience in forging new and existing, relationships with multiple constituents
- Exceptional written and oral communication - as
well as listening skills.
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, internal controls
and finance.
- A commitment to professional excellence and
integrity.
The Board of Directors will begin a search in the
month of March to effect a smooth transition from
Fran’s tenure to a new Director. Interested parties,
check www.YCAC.org for details.
Artists: Plan Ahead...Upcoming Exhibits
The Gallery has an ever-expanding stable of artists who participate in many of the year’s shows.
If you are interested in becoming one of YCAC’s
artists, stop at The Gallery for information on how
to apply. Upcoming exhibits include:
-Yates County Scholastic Art Show Mar 16-Apr 9
-Congressional Art Show Apr 12-17
-“Adjusting Reality” with Sam Castner, Daniel
Crozet, Lynette Blake Apr 19-Jun 7
-Brian Keeler, others, Jun 7– Aug 2
-Deanne Beinoff abstracts, Jackie Lorieo
sculpture, Aug 2– Sep 13
-A Juried Show Sep 13– Oct 18
-Penn Yan Art Guild Show Oct 18– Nov 15
-Celebration 2010 Nov 15– Dec 30
The dates cover artists’ drop-off to pick-up.
A humorous look at the things you do that
indicate you’re an artist:
The highlights in your hair are from your palette
and not Clairol.
You chose to buy that new Russian Sable Number
Six Round instead of a Big Mac, a Large Fry, a
Milkshake, Dessert, and five gallons of gas.
When you go out, you are always stopping and
gazing at the world around you.
You explain your deplorably bad housekeeping by
saying, “it’s a work-in-progress…”
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Travel and Paint with YCAC-Associated Artists
Coming in July
Artist/Instructor Judy Soprano will escort a wonderful
7 night painting holiday to the lovely English Lakes
District. Dates: May 15 - 21, 2010
Cost: $1989.00 includes all transportation
during that week, Inn accommodations
and all full breakfasts and the welcome dinner.
For further information contact Judy Soprano at
csoprano@rochester.rr.com
or visit www.creativeartholidays.com.
· July 6: Fiber Fun for Kids—Sandy Cirillo
· TBD: Painting Pastel Landscapes Demo and Workshop—Brian Keeler
· July13, 20, 27: Drawing with Bob Gillespie
· July 19-22: Plein Air Painting—Dick Kane
· July 19-23: Painting for Kids—Robin Secrest
Study Art in Italy May 24- June 3, 2010 with Brian
Keeler. The ten-day workshop, using oil, pastel, and
acrylic, will feature figure painting instruction from a
model on several mornings and landscape painting
with work done plein air in the beautiful Umbrian
land each day. We stay at Acquaviva Agritourismo
near the medieval town of Todi with trips to
visit great works of art in Florence, Rome and little
towns of Umbria. Call today as space is limited.
Brian Keeler
570-746-1187
bkeeler@epix.net
Www.briankeeler.com
And in August
Deanne Belinoff , Artist in Residence
Adult Classes: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - August 2-4 "Mixed Media Monoprinting"
Thursday & Friday, - August 5 & 6 "Creating a Visual
Garden Journal
Youth Class: Tuesday & Thursday - August 10 & 12
"Gigantic! Drawing and Painting"
Karen Rosasco– returning by popular demand!
Experimental Watermedia Workshop: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 20-22 from 9:00-4:00
Explore the layering techniques of fluid acrylics with
textures and collage materials arranged to make a
good composition.
Creative Workshops Have New Location!
Yates County Arts Center has a new location for their Creative Workshop Classes.
Beginning February 1 YCAC workshops are being held at the Penn Yan Presbyterian
Church at the corner of Main and Clinton Streets in the "Robert's Room". From the
parking lot, take the door farthest to your right. Robert's Room is immediately on the left.
(Workshops space is also located at Sunny Point: 869 E. Lake Road.)
Recent Memorial Donations:
The following in memory of Norma Pealer:
$250 From Sally and Don Dussing In honor of
Joan Belles and in memory of her sister Mary
$100 from Marcia Dugan
$25 from Charles and Gwen McCausland
$25 from Fran and Dave Bliek
$25 from the Penn Yan Teachers Association
$25 from Bonnie and Dick Barney
$100 from Cheryl & David Henderson In gratitude
for YCAC’s art programs and influence on daughter Charity
$50 from Fran and Dave Bliek in memory of Beverly Powers
$25 from Bonnie and Dick Barney in memory of
Marcia Dugan
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YCAC Classes and Workshops
Key: M=YCAC Member NM=Non Member
Youth Classes
Anything But Flat (4 sessions)
Instructor: Robin Secrest
Tuesdays: Mar. 23-Apr. 13
Time: 3:30-5:30
Cost: $20
Who needs flat when you can build 3-D? Students will design and construct 3-D objects
coming off a flat surface, learn composition,
and be inspired by extensions into space.
Plant Imprinting on Fabric @ Sunny Point
Instructor: Sandi Cirillo
Saturday: June 5
Time: 9:00-12:00
Cost: Adults $20 M / $35 NM—Youth $10
Participants will learn how to imprint a design on
a canvas tote bag using a variety of natural plant
materials. Bring a hammer and your favorite flowers or leaves from your yard. Materials fee $6.
Adult Classes
Creative Collage (4 sessions)
Instructor: Robin Secrest
Tuesdays: April 27-May 18
Time: 3:30-5:30
Cost: $20
Students will create images with a variety of
papers: torn, cut transparent, patterned, solid.
Each week a new approach and activities.
Painting For Kids (6 sessions)
Instructor: Robin Secrest
Tuesdays: May 25-June 29
Time: 3:30-5:30
Cost: $30
Using a variety of paint media, students will
experiment with different painting techniques
and subject matters. Creativity will be
encouraged.
Intergenerational
Stamping Fun
Instructor: Kathy Wheat
3rd Monday of each month Feb.-Nov.
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm
Cost: Youth: $5/class
Portrait Oil Painting (6 sessions)
Instructor: Robin Secrest
Tuesdays: March 23-May 4 (no class April 20)
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Cost: $110 M / $150 NM / $55 Teens
(cost includes Model fee)
Oil is a rich medium with which to capture depth,
light and shadow. Learn to create beautiful
portrait painting with a live model as you study
facial features, proportions and color.
Basket Weaving (Easter Basket)
Instructor: Joan Belles
Saturday: March 27
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: $20 M / $35 NM + Materials Fee $15
Create an Easter Basket using natural materials
under the direction of a master basket weaver.
Life Drawing with Model
Instructor: Robin Secrest
Tuesdays: May 11-June 29
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Cost: $150 M / $190 NM
Lean to create beautiful figure drawings with a
live model as you study the human form,
proportions, shadow and light. Cost INCLUDES
model fee.
Workshops Continued on P. 9
Please contact YCAC’s Workshop Coordinator, Fran Bliek (607-227-2475), to register,
or if you have any questions. Class size is limited; please register early to avoid
closed classes. Full class fee is required at registration. Absolutely NO partial class
fees. Students may make up missed class if available at another session.
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Contact Co-Presidents Lyle Conrad 607-868-4673 or Barb Doyle 585-554-6233
March & April Meetings
At The Gallery
The Penn Yan Art Guild will meet at the Gallery at
7:30pm for the March and April meetings.
that is seen through her drawings and paintings
that abound with color, texture and emotion.
Currently working on a series of figurative drawings, exploring communications, Corti’s art
pushes the viewer to look beyond the obvious
and add their history to the visual story.
For the March 17th meeting, bring a painting with
considerable white or mostly green for some discussion and critiquing.
The meeting on April 21st will feature a demonstration of whimsical painting by Kit Corti from
Naples. "Using treehouses as a metaphor, I will
demonstrate innovative perspective techniques,"
said Corti. Kit brings forth an exuberance of art
Red Jacket Writers’ Group
We welcome writers every month except July
and August. We meet the third Monday of each
month from 7-9 PM at The Gallery. Dues are
$1 per month for those attending. 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
the word of the month.
March 15– Feathering Her Nest; Peacock
Feathers
April 19– Plastic Surgery; Bone Fragments
For more information: Barbara Wohlschlegel
585-526-5787 Or Alice Moriarity 585-526-6569
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 7:00 P.M. April 15th at the Gallery. The
program will be a display and critique of any
photographs on display in the Gallery. This is
our annual meeting. Dues are due, $5.00 for a
single $9.00 for a family membership.
The March 18th meeting's
program will be a display and critique of any
photographs you have taken of snow. These
may be digital or film; prints, CDs or slides.
Anyone interested is welcome to attend
any Photo Club event.
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New and Renewing YCAC Members December 15– February 15, 2010
We thank you for your continuing support of the Arts in Yates County.
Benefactor $500
Individual/Family $35
*Marty, Dawn, Candace, Joshua &
Evan Shipman
Stephanie Olsen & John Creamer
Ralph & Martha Harris
Drs. Joseph & Diane Burke
Rene & Nana Carrillo
Barbara Doyle
Bob & Char Kinney
Joan Belles
Brenda & Parker Reynolds
*Sandi Cirillo
Donald Lovejoy, DDS
Associate $50
Senior $20
Leigh & Pamela Harrington
*Sara Netski
Jim & Dori Cary
Gail Eyer
Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Leclaire
Margaret Kirch
Betty Yolton
Bev Lyon
Hildegard Schoeller
William Turner
Rosanna Bates
Patron $250
Sponsor $150
Bonnie & Dick Barney
Business, Other $100 or more
Ed Steinhilper
Sharon A. Tyo
Audrey Mitchell
Ann Brandow
**Indicates our newest member(s)
Our appreciation to Mary Harmony
for maintaining the membership records and mailing reminders and acknowledgements. Your renewal date
appears on the address section of
Perspectives. If you anticipate the
expiration, and send your check in
before the reminder, you will save us
both time and money which can be
put to other good use. Thanks.
...Workshops Continued from p. 7
Silk Scarf Design
Instructor: Sandi Cirillo
Saturday: May 15
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: $20 M / $35 NM + Materials Fee $10
Participants will learn abut “shibori”, the Japanese resist method of creating designs on silk
using a PVC pipe. They will also be given the
opportunity to paint directly on the silk.
Plant Imprinting on Fabric @ Sunny Point
Instructor: Sandi Cirillo
Saturday: June 5
Time: 9:00-12:00
Cost: Adults $20 M / $35 NM—Youth $10
Participants will learn how to imprint a design
on a canvas tote bag using a variety of natural
plant materials. Bring a hammer and your
favorite flowers or leaves from your yard.
Materials fee $6.
Wet-into-Wet Watercolor Workshop
Instructor: Ed Steinhilper
Saturday, June 19 from 9:00-3:00
Cost: $45 M; $75/ NM
A workshop for all levels of painters
focusing on the wet-into-wet style with
emphasis on composition and design.
Solarplate Printmaking Workshop @
Sunny Point
Instructor: Roger Hyndman
Monday-Wednesday: June 28-June 30
Time: Mon & Tues 9:00-4:00;
Wed. 9:00-12
Cost: $100 M; $150 NM
Participants will enjoy making plates in the
sun and developing them with ordinary
tap water. No acids are used in this
process.
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