Seniors Make Artistic Statements in Show
Nicole Groth and her senior art project.
Red, black and white clothing designs fashioned out of more recycled goods than just fabric. A giant animal cage adorned with photos and paintings of rescue dogs, with a door allowing a person to step inside. A bronzed sculpture of a hawk, wings stretched out before it takes flight.
All three art projects are the work of a trio of graduating seniors at Keuka College and can be seen as part of the student art show, which runs through May 30 in Lightner Gallery, and also features additional works by underclassmen. And all three seniors are clear that their respective artwork makes a statement they want others to “hear.”
Cochell's designs, in 2D and 3D.
With her collection of red, black and white dresses, Crystal Cochell of Trumansburg is protesting in color and form the waste she observes in the environments around her, especially corporations. Nicole Groth of Henrietta showcases her work with humane societies through black and white photos of puppies playing in the yard of an animal shelter and color paintings of dogs adopted into families she knows, including her own. And Stephanie Lange of Apalachin is eager to invite interaction from the public — students, faculty and visiting community members — with the bronze installation she hopes might become the first of several sculptures to adorn the campus. (more…)
What’s for Dinner?
By Ryan Nichols ’12
Freelance culinary and travel writer Karen Deyle, restaurant critic for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and author of Rochester Eats: 15 Years of Craves and Faves, will speak at Keuka College Thursday, Dec. 15.
Deyle will deliver the next Community Luncheon Series presentation at noon in the Gannett Room of Lightner Library.
A food writer for more than 15 years, she reviews restaurants in her Democrat & Chronicle column titled “First Bite.” She is also travel editor and contributing writer for Travel Host of Rochester and the Finger Lakes.
Rochester Eats is a tribute to the independent restaurants and restaurateurs who have “fed us well over the past 75 years,” said Deyle. “In talking to patrons and owners with first-hand stories, the collection developed into more of a ‘scrapbook’ effort that shares copies of menus and secret recipes.”
The book profiles more than 100 local and regional restaurants, specialty food purveyors, and casual dining spots.
“There are glimpses of downtown dining spots like Sibley’s Tower and McCurdy’s Garden Room, Eddie’s Chop House, and everyone’s nostalgic favorite, The Manhattan,” said Deyle. “There are pictures and stories from casual locales like Vic n Irv’s and Don and Bob’s, located at Seabreeze in an area once know as ‘Hot Dog Row.’ There are Sunday drive locations in places like Ionia, Naples, and Canandaigua.”
Deyle also serves as communications manager at Cameron Community Ministries, a non-profit soup kitchen that serves nearly 50,000 hot meals a year as well as free dinners five nights a week for children through Foodlink’s Kids Cafe program.
Tickets for the luncheon are $12.75, with $2.50 going to the Penn Yan Keuka Club Scholarship Fund, which provides an annual scholarship to a local student attending Keuka College.
Reservations are required, and must be made no later than Friday, Dec. 9. To make a reservation or for more information, contact Keuka’s Office of Alumni and Family Relations at (315) 279-5238 or spevents@keuka.edu. You may also register online at http://events.keuka.edu
Ceramics Artist Comes Nov. 17
Bradley Kellogg’s avant garde ceramics are inspired by history, innovation, the vessel and the machine.
The Canandaigua artist will showcase ceramic works of the last five years at Lightner Gallery in Lightner Library at Keuka College through Dec. 16. Kellogg will meet the public at a formal exhibit reception from 4:15-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 in Lightner Library. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
Kellogg said he approaches his art with a knowledge and reverence for ceramic history and tradition, in particular the traditional art of “throwing” clay on the pottery wheel. He said without that “hindsight,” there is no foundation for innovation.
“History remains a sustaining force in all art; without it, art is without context or an objective basis of quality,” he said. “Being able to absorb and grow with history is a natural cycle.”
In marketing materials introducing his work, Kellogg will often showcase his pieces against a backdrop of a historical setting, such as a black and white photo from years ago. This can emphasize the contemporary, even futuristic elements of robotic, cog-wheel figures, winged-like vases, and even pieces that can hint of outer space and rocket ships.
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Printmaker Hosts Workshop, Exhibit at Keuka
Printmaker Barbara McPhail in her studio
She calls it “the printed collage.”
Artist Barbara McPhail of Canandaigua likes to use household items – wallpaper, fabric, string, tag board, almost anything with a texture – in her specialty prints, often works that focus on nature and the beauty she finds in it.
In her current exhibit, “Shadows in the Water, “ on display at the Lightner Gallery in Lightner Library, Keuka College, through Oct. 6, the elements of water, shadow and light take center stage. Prior to a gallery reception running 4:15 – 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, McPhail will demonstrate her printmaking technique in a two-hour presentation for students that starts at 1:30 p.m.
After planning out a design in a sketchbook, she’ll pick up those textured scraps, and over weeks, or perhaps months, begin crafting them into the shapes she wants, perhaps modifying her design if she feels it necessary. When she’s finally ready to print, McPhail will set aside an entire day to focus on one image. (more…)
Books Aplenty
You can find myriad books in Keuka College’s Lightner Library to pique your interest, and all you have to do to take your treasures home is show your library card.
But one weekend a year, you don’t need your card as the library delves into the book-selling business.
And the good news is the books are available at less than bargain-book prices.
This year’s book sale will be held Friday, Sept. 23-Sunday, Sept. 25. It will run from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; and from noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Paperbacks will be priced at 75 cents (children’s paperbacks, 25 cents), with hardbacks selling for $1.25.
Shoppers will also be able to purchase videos, audiotapes, and records for $1.
Proceeds from the sale, sponsored by the Friends of Lightner Library, will benefit the library’s collections and services.
Donations may be made through Friday, Sept. 9 at Five Star Bank, Lyons National Bank, and Community Bank branches in Penn Yan; and the Keuka Park Post Office.
Keuka Administrator, Limnologist Appointed to Finger Lakes Museum Board
Tim Sellers has been a vocal fan and supporter of the Finger Lakes Museum, almost from Day One.
And now, he will advocate for the Museum in an official capacity, as a member of the Board of Trustees. Sellers, associate vice president for academic programs at Keuka College, will serve a three-year term.
Board President John Adamski announced Sellers election at the board’s July meeting. Retired Rushville businessman John Meisch, husband of 1958 Keuka graduate, Kay Meisch, was also named to the board. Adamski compared the appointments to “hitting two home runs” in terms of advantages to the museum’s development.
“Tim’s expertise as a limnologist and professor of biology and environmental science will be a tremendous asset in planning the natural history component of the museum,” Adamski stated. “We are all very excited to have him aboard.”
Organizers of the project plan to bring an earth-friendly, 40,000-square foot museum showcasing the wildlife, natural and cultural history of the Finger Lakes to Keuka Lake State Park, a short drive from Keuka College. Sellers was a vocal advocate for locating the museum near the College two years ago when the board was deciding whether to build on Keuka or Seneca Lake. (more…)
Museum Presents Preservation Series July 2, 14, 28
Baby eagle, held by conservationist Mike Allen
The Finger Lakes Museum will present its inaugural program series, “Back from the Brink: The Story of Hemlock and Canadice Lakes,” at Keuka College in three separate installments during the month of July. Part 1 of the series begins with the telling of one of North America’s most fascinating wildlife conservation stories. Parts 2 and 3 complete the chronicle of the lakes’ historic activity and present-day preservation. Each of the programs will be held at Lightner Library.
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Original pair of nesting eagles, Hemlock Lake, 1970s, image courtesy Finger Lakes Museum
Part I – From the Brink of Extinction, Saturday, July 2 : At 2 p.m., bald eagle specialist Mike Allen will talk about the 1965 discovery of the last remaining pair of nesting bald eagles in New York State and the decades-long effort to preserve and rebuild the eagle population. The original pair nested at the south end of Hemlock Lake and Allen, who recently retired from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, played a key role in the species’ survival over the last 30 years. Original photographs and a live bald eagle, Liberty, will accompany his presentation.
- Part II – Blue Blood to Blue Water, Thursday, July 14 : At 7 p.m., Lima Town Historian Douglas Morgan will present a forgotten view of Hemlock and Canadice Lakes as they looked between 1875 and 1945, when cottages, summer homes, and resort hotels populated the shores and steamboats traversed the waters. Morgan will include a slide presentation of antique photographs that help tell this story and of the changes that began with the City of Rochester’s need of a new source for clean drinking water.
- Part III – Lakes Go Wild, Thursday, July 28: At 7 p.m., Jim Howe, executive director of the Central New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy; Don Root, 30-year Hemlock-Canadice Watershed conservationist; Steve Lewandowski, founder of the Coalition for Hemlock and Canadice Lakes; and Paul D’Amato, regional director for NYS DEC Region 8, will present this program. Longtime advocates for the permanent protection of Hemlock and Canadice Lakes, they will tell about watershed protection efforts that began more than a century ago and detail the trials and tribulations that evolved into the “forever wild” designation of the 7,000-acre Hemlock-Canadice State Forest in 2010. A slide presentation will accompany this final program chapter.
According to Natalie Payne, associate project director for the Museum, volunteers and professional production specialists invested tremendous effort to put together a high-quality series. As Keuka College neighbors Keuka Lake State Park, the site of the future museum, presenting the series on campus is particularly exciting to Museum project organizers, Payne said.
Bald eagle specialist Mike Allen will speak July 2 at Keuka, with a live bird part of the presentation.
Each “Back from the Brink” presentation is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is requested. Donations are encouraged. For more information or to pre-register, visit www.fingerlakesmuseum.org. The preservation series moves to Ithaca’s Finger Lakes Wine Center in August.
Student Talent on Display
A whimsical wire motorcycle. A photograph of a tube of red lipstick as the lone splash of color against a tree trunk. A single handprint amidst a sea of sepia tones. A larger-than-life mixed media chain and padlock. A paper pen-and-ink hourglass protruding over repeated lines of the words “Death. Life. Time. Infinite.”
These are among several works of art showcased in the Student Art Show, running through May 20 in Lightner Library, with an overflow gallery on the fourth floor of Hegeman Hall, across from the Academic Affairs offices.
Student works in photography, sculpture, drawing, painting and mixed media are showcased, and the show also serves to highlight the work of the two senior visual and verbal art (VVA) majors, Grace Johnson and Helene Nikiforakis. A reception for all student artists is planned Thursday, April 21, from 4:15 – 6 p.m. in Lightner Gallery and is free and open to the public. For a complete schedule of Library hours, please visit http://lightner.keuka.edu
Wigden Wows in Library Role
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth of 10 profiles of nominees for the 2011 Student Employee of the Year award that will be presented at the Annual Student Employment Awards Luncheon April 11.
When it comes to adolescent math education major Jared Wigden, it all adds up.
That’s the perspective of his work-study supervisor, Carol Sackett, circulation supervisor at Lightner Library, where the senior and Penn Yan native has worked for the last two years.
According to Sackett, Wigden’s work outside the walls of Keuka includes leading the youth group at his home church, coaching junior varsity baseball, and substitute teaching in the Penn Yan School District form the foundation of his work ethic. He spent a Field Period in Taiwan and Cambodia helping Cambodian and American nationals teach English and computer skills. Spending a month in real poverty, Wigden told Sackett, taught him what was really important in life and will prepare him for his future career as a math teacher.
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Dexter and Friends
Keuka College’s Lightner Gallery will host an exhibition of works by five area sculptors through March 25.
Messenger III by Dexter Benedict
The Five Friends/Sculptors group show features work by Dexter Benedict, Barron Naegel, Don Sottile, Sam Castner, and Wayne Williams.
An artist’s reception is slated Thursday, Feb. 24 from 4:15-6 p.m. in the Lightner Library. The gallery is open Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-11 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
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