I took a road trip to the Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14604) because today was the first day to peruse the annual 6 x 6 fundraiser.
Follow this link to reserve your favorites. They are only $20 each, which is a bargain for my $75 heart paintings. If you would like to reserve them, they are numbers 205, 206, 207 and 208.
See their website for more information including hours of operation.
Under Open Sky is the title of the latest exhibition at Edgewood Gallery, 216 Tecumseh Road, Syracuse, New York 13224. The artwork will be available for sale through April 11, 2025.
I last saw Peter Valenti’s bird-infused ceramic vessels at Hafner’s. I told him he should contact Cheryl Chappell to get a show at Edgewood and he said he had already scheduled a show there! I am in love with these pieces, some of which are wood-fired.
Nikolay Mikushkin’s landscape paintings are breathtakingly beautiful, He paints plein air, which means that he sets up his canvases outside and paints what he sees. He captures light like an Impressionist but the clarity of the brush stroke in the branches of the trees is laser sharp. These paintings are highly collectable! Both his and Valenti’s work had several red stickers on their tags, which means they’ve been sold. You better head over to the gallery asap before they sell out of these magnificent pieces.
In the jewelry department, Judi Witkin and others who form the Bead Society of Central New York are displaying intricately detailed seed beaded necklaces, bracelets and trompe l’oeil items, many of which display the flora-fauna motifs to complete the outdoorsy theme of the exhibition.
The Edgewood Gallery is small but it is so well-curated and the show is a harmonious blend of color, texture and a tease of springtime to come (please, god, soon!) to Syracuse.
The gallery is open Tuesday – Friday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
I’m sending these four paintings to the Rochester Contemporary Art Center for their annual 6 x 6Â fundraiser.
The exhibition and sale begins in May 2025.
Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14604
My holiday merchandise is ready for tomorrow night’s Sip & Shop event at AFL STUDIO, 301 E. Seneca Street, Manlius, NY 13104. I think I will be sharing my gallery space with the Apricot Lane proprietor.
There will be a Botox medical professional and a “permanent” jewelry business there as well as light food and drinks.
I will be there at 3:45 PM, if you would like to come and shop early. Hours for this party – 5:00 – 7:30 PM.
I created notecards that double as holiday ornaments and other special things including one hundred twelve hand painted postcard paintings of angels. Prices are as marked on the package. My jewelry collection is all marked as well. The 36″ x 36″ oil and collage paintings are only $800 and the 18″ x 24″ oil and collage paintings are only $200. The encaustic hearts with the stands are $75.
I will try to get my Square card reader operational to take charges. You can also pay cash or use PayPal or Venmo. Will I have cash to make change? IDK.
Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and it will be a fun and festive evening!
See you there!
Full disclosure – I was hiding those turkey rocks in Emerson Park in Auburn, New York the other day and there was no bathroom there. I was all – maybe I can drive over to the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center and use the restroom there?
I parked the car across the street and almost peed my pants because I thought it wasn’t open. There is scaffolding everywhere. The gallery is undergoing a huge renovation. Luckily, it was open.
And luckier still, I have a membership card. So after that mini drama, I was treated to this technicolor array of internationally produced quilts. The Quilts=Art=Quilts 2024 exhibition is on display and will be up through January 5, 2025.
It is spectacularly colorful. These large scale function-to-decorative objects brilliantly fill the walls and I must say these photographs do not do this show justice. They are stunning in person or as my Mom always says, they are “Wow-ie!!!” !!!
The Schweinfurth is located at 205 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY 13021.
Gallery hours:Â Wednesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sundays 1-5pm.
Penny Santy had a pop up show at The Atrium, a downtown Syracuse venue that is currently sponsored by CNY Arts. They have several more events planned until the end of the year (2024). Next year the building will be renovated into an apartment complex.
This is the first time Penny has exhibited all of her abstract paintings together – works that were three years in the making. She is influenced by Diebenkorn among other Abstract Expressionists, as well as music.
She sold many paintings during this weekend pop up. If you want more information or wish to purchase a painting, find her at www.pennysanty.com.
Thank you, Cheryl Chappell, for curating an amazing art show at Edgewood Gallery, 216 Tecumseh Road, Syracuse, New York 13224. Dana Stenson, Lauren Bristol and David Robertson are three of the most positive energy-infused artists/wonderful people living and working in Central New York.
Stenson creates precious and semi-precious gem jewelry with silver and gold. Everything is handmade and completely gorgeous!
Bristol is a fiber artist – she is exhibiting coil baskets this time. They are beautifully crafted pieces made with natural fibers including silk threads.
David Robertson’s paintings dominate the walls. These paintings are from several different series of his work and all pertain to his Buddhist practice.
The show continues through November 15, 2024. The jewelry is cash and carry but I think the rest will be available at the end of the exhibition.
Aquamarine ring – sold!
The gallery is open Tuesday-Friday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
I was at the grocery store yesterday and when I was about to begin a hike today I remembered that I’d left my umbrella on a shopping cart.
After the hike, I returned to the store and inquired at customer service and – good news – my umbrella was there! In addition, the September issue of Syracuse Woman hit the stands and I’m in it! I’m a Mover & Shaker!!! So cool.
And, this happened…
One euro, $3.10 in Canadian coins and eight cents more including a 1943 steel wheatie!
I am now up to $8.26 in found money for 2024. Pretty great start to the new chapter in my life. #nobacktoschoolforme
I’ve driven past the Matilda Joslyn Gage house a gazillion times. You know how it is – you see the sign and say to yourself, one of these days I will investigate what that’s all about. It is located at 210 E. Genesee Street, Fayetteville, New York 13066.
I mean, yes, it is about abolishionist Gage, and her connection to the Underground Railroad, friendship with fellow suffragette Susan B. Anthony AND she also happened to be L. Frank Baum’s mother-in-law.
Small world.
My almost thirty year connection with Chittenango, New York and all things Oz should have brought me here sooner, No matter because today I was invited to an open house and art reception for the fabulous Jen Gandee.
Jen has created an installation of pottery and digital imagery utilizing human silhouettes representing her experience with long lines at the voting booths during the 2020 election. These figures are stenciled onto ceramic cups glazed in variations on skin color. They are also superimposed on printed documents from the Library of Congress, papers that have historical significance to our voting system.
The show was made possible through a CNY Arts Initiative grant. It will be on display until November 24, 2024. Check the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation web-site for hours of operation.
Other rooms in the house display Gage’s connection to Native American tribes in the area, women’s rights and a historically accurate parlor room, as this house was her childhood home. They’ve removed the kitchen and replaced it with a gift shop. They can also accommodate physically handicapped via a small elevator.
P.S. I loved that they served cucumber sandwiches at the event. I almost felt like I could fall through one of those Land of the Lost time doorways and find myself in 1924, but only because the rooms reminded me of the museum in that Christopher Reeve movie “Somewhere in Time” plus I’ve been falling into too many timey-wimey rabbit holes on YouTube lately.
Thank you, Jen Gandee for giving me a reason to explore this wonderful home and for being an inspiration as both artist and advocate.
Here are fifteen reasons (excluding the magnificent Marisol collection) to take a trip to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery & Museum in Buffalo, New York:
2. PAUL GAUGUIN
3. PAUL CEZANNE
4. FRIDA KAHLO
5. AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
6. GIACOMO BALLA
7. GIORGIO DI CHIRICO
8. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
9. FRANZ KLINE
10. JASPER JOHNS
11. SALVADOR DALI
12. PABLO PICASSO
13. ROBERT MOTHERWELL
14. SUSAN ROTHENBERG
15. WILLEM DE KOONING
