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Lyric Visions: Artists Respond to Poetry

David Watkins Jr • NFS — David Watkins Jr

Winners announced for 27th Annual Photo Show

Prize judge Jean Locey awarded 8 photographers $75. each for excellence in the State of the Art Gallery’s 27th Annual Juried Photography Show.

Chris Walters
for”The Red Coat”
Harriet Sutherland
for”Couple with a Baby”
Joleen Mahoney Roe
for”Rust and Redemption”
Jon Reis
for”Under Cover, McIvor and Friends Airstrip
Kathy Morris
for”Goldenrod Shake”
Michael Goldstein
for “Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River”
Sara Finegan
for”Dream”
Susan C. Larkin
for “Aquilegia (Columbine)

November Member Show

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Drawing Space

Spitznagel and Vrana

The prints and paintings that make up Vrana & Spitznagel create personal moments that give visibility to emotions and the psyche. By applying abstraction, both artists develop forms that do not follow logical criteria, but are based on imagination and subjective thought. This artwork invites the viewer into a conversation between the conscious and the subconscious.

Ethel Vrana has been an artist in the Tompkins County area for over 30 years. “My paintings,” she comments, “continue to explore color, form, and space using an abstract approach, evoking meaningful fictive worlds for viewers to experience.”

James Spitznagel has been living and creating art in Ithaca for nearly twenty years. Regarding this exhibit, Spitznagel states, “I am happy and honored to be a member of State of the Art Gallery. I am excited about sharing a show with Ethel; it will give both of us an opportunity to have our art seen locally, in the place where we live and work.”
The reception, Friday, August 7, 5-8pm, free to the public, will be part of First Friday Gallery Night, a monthly, walkable tour of downtown Ithaca art galleries. Gallery hours are Wed.– Fri., 12-6pm and Sat. & Sun., 12-5pm.

Vrana & Spitznagel will be on view until August 30, 2015. In addition, the exhibition will be supported by new artwork from State of the Art Gallery members, including paintings, drawings, and sculpture. For more information, contact Mr. Spitznagel at james@levelgreen.com or 607-200-4046 or Ms. Vrana at ev12@cornell.edu or 607-273-9252. SOAG info: 607-277-1626 and www.soag.org.

Brill and Newton

Daniel McPheeters

Dreamscape: Landscapes and Skyscapes Reimagined

“My works represent a synergy between my two great passions: art and science. My formal training is in science and engineering, but I have been drawing, painting and sculpting for as long as I can remember. My appreciation of nature comes from experiencing the beauty of natural forms while understanding the underlying structure and the laws that govern and unify them.

My Dreamscapes tend to be landscapes and skyscapes in which I include structured elements such as circles, lines and grids. These are there to suggest the underlying laws of nature, mathematical beauty that the scientist experiences. These works attempt to combine the beauty of nature as both lyrical and scientific.”

Show dates: June 3-28, 2015. Reception for the artist, Friday, June 5, 5-8pm, Gallery Night in downtown Ithaca

May Members Show

Paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, collage, sculpture, mixed media

April 29-May31

Opening reception Friday May 1, 5:00pm-8:pm

Two Shows in February

In the main gallery, State of the Art members will hold their first group show of 2015. On exhibit will be paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, collage, sculpture, mixed media and more.

In the Salon, Ileen Kaplan presents “Painting Light,” an exhibition of her paintings.

Show dates are February 4 through March 1, 2015, with a reception for all artists on Friday February 6 from 5-8pm.