I had the opportunity to preview the Schweinfurth Art Center’s Member Show 2025, on display now through October 11, 2025.
I am a member of the museum but I did not participate this year. They hang everything submitted. It is really astonishing how cohesive the show is – a lot of artists using blue, for example.
Address: 205 Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021, United States.
Phone: 315.255.1553
Email: mail@schweinfurthartcenter.org
Click here for the list of exhibiting artists.
The trees around the trail at Barry Park are ideal for hiding rocks! Technically this hiking trail is adjacent to the park on Meadowbrook Drive in Syracuse, New York. It is called the Onondaga County Meadowbrook Detention Basin.
And Bear rocks are the perfect fit for this place. Have a Beary/Barry Christmas! Yeah, I know it is early for that, but I have fond memories of skating on this pond in the 1970s at Christmas time.
Thank you, to anyone and everyone who found these and any of the other rocks I have hidden on the trails and in the parks. It is fun for me too! I appreciate you and I am happy that you are enjoying the fresh air and sunshine, and taking the time to exercise, (and of course, to adopt an art rock)!
Baltimore Woods Nature Center is a heavenly park of hiking trails located at 4007 Bishop Hill Road, Marcellus, New York 13108.
We’ve been having fifty degree weather – sunshine and blue skies – the perfect weather to hike these trails. This is an excellent workout. The woods encompass a series of drumlins with paths going up, down, and all around in a circle maze with bridges and stairs, and creeks and lots of trees including chestnut trees!!! So beautiful. If you’ve never been there, make a plan to experience this asap.
I left a dozen angel rocks around the site to enhance the blissful feeling of this peaceful serenity. The joy of nature is everything.
Thank you, Patri, for sharing this adventure with me. I appreciate you!!! <3
I have been getting emails from the Urban Sketchers group. I decided to visit them in action today. They have monthly gatherings all over the Syracuse area. Today they set up around the swan ponds in Manlius, New York (Route 92). Some artists preferred sketching the buildings in the area. They were only there from 1:30-3:30 PM.
Urban Sketchers is an international organization. The Central New York branch artists are currently exhibiting their work at the Baldwinsville Public Library. 33 East Genesee Street
Baldwinsville, NY 13027. The show runs through October 2024.
If you are interested in joining this group, they have a group page on Facebook. They’ve posted more pictures of the event there. So fun!
An illustrated children’s book, displayed as a storyboard, exists on a trail overlooking Round Lake at Green Lakes State Park – it’s between the upper and lower campgrounds and runs parallel to the street.
It is incredibly special. A magnificent way to engage children with art and writing in the fresh air while maintaining social distancing policies.
It is, like, finding a treasure without leaving the path. How cool is that?
Art is alive and well in Central New York. Art will always find a home here – find its way to you.
If you feel motivated to investigate this, there is something similar at Clark Reservation, as well. Those storyboards are placed closer together. They are in the open space between the playground and the museum. <3
The tranquility of a hike is a blessing.
We are so lucky to have some of the most beautiful New York State parks in our area. The meromictic lake trails and glacier produced hills of Green Lakes State Park and Clark Reservation are among my favorites.
But today I decided to traipse around the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park (3883 Stone Quarry Road, Cazenovia, New York 13035) – investigating paths I had never ventured on and, really, exploring the entire park. Dorothy Riester’s legacy to Cazenovia, New York is a great gift to the public. The park is open and currently free. Everyone is on their honor to come in small family groups or alone and to steer clear of the other patrons.
There were, maybe, six other people there today. The forecast said rain but it was all bright sunshine when I arrived. It was as if someone lead me there, truly. I was inspired to go after meditating and when I arrived it was just incredibly magical.
My motto is to meditate every day, then spend time outside every day and to be grateful – to keep a gratitude journal and write down the positive aspects in my life every day. The gratitude today was pretty much over-the-top. Exploring these trails was fun in and of itself, but then there was this added bonus of stumbling upon works of art. Sculptures scattered around, both new and old familiar friends. Some meant to be temporary and others standing the test of time.
Escaping into this reality for a couple hours is the stuff of legend. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Dorothy, for building this world. <3
Recently, on a path I had never taken before at my new happy place (near the old quarry at Clark Reservation State Park), I six-feet-apart ran into Bobbi Petrocci, who gets photo cred for these fabulous pictures of snails! They were everywhere. I am just…wow. So many different colors. They are just sooooo cool.
We are both art teachers – talked about color wheel colors in nature – a lesson on using found objects/things in nature to create a color wheel. She has already assigned it and I am planning on adding it to my class lessons.
And then. These snails. Everywhere. I LOVE nature. <3
