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Visual Arts
at Chautauqua Institution "VACI"
Don Kimes,
artistic director | Lois Jubeck, managing director
| Judy Barie, galleries director
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Photos by Tom Wolf
 51st Chautauqua National Exhibition of American
Art
**APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 6**
Join the
Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution (VACI)
2008 Visual Arts
at Chautauqua Institution Exhibitions (VACI)
- STROHL ART
CENTER GALLERIES -
- The 51st Chautauqua National Exhibition
of American Art
June 22 - July 15, 2008
This annual exhibition of 51 works from
artists working across the country is selected by juror Rachel
D. Vancelette, director of the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New
York City. The show will be a colorful mix of two and three-dimensional
works, including paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture.
- Contemporary Prints
June 22 - July 15, 2008
Approximately 30 prints by 10 artists presently
working and exhibiting on a national level will represent all
printmaking mediums including serigraphy, lithography, etching
and mono prints. Silkscreen prints by Jim Dine and Chuck Close,
both leading contemporary American printmakers, will be on exhibit.
- Works by Garry Trudeau
June 22 - July 15, 2008
Doonesbury creator, Gary Trudeau, will
exhibit examples of his work. He will lecture in the Chautauqua
Amphitheater on Friday, July 11, at 10:45 am as part of Literary
Week at Chautauqua.
- Zoo.Logic: New Works by Patricia Bellan-Gillen
July 20 - August 20, 2008
New paintings and drawings by Patricia
Bellan-Gillen, professor of art from Carnegie Mellon University,
combines realistically rendered animals with abstract shapes
to create work that is majestic and quirky. Her pieces are comprised
of cultural icons, intuitive marks and humorous thoughts that
dance with serious overtones and challenge the intellect.
- Chautauqua Ceramics Retrospective
July 20 - August 19, 2008
This exhibition was curated by Jeff Greenham
and was first shown in Pittsburgh during the National Council
on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference this past March.
Several leading ceramists that are currently or have previously
taught at the Chautauqua School of Art will be included in this
beautiful exhibition of ceramic work.
- Chautauqua School of Art Faculty Scholarship
Benefit Exhibition
July 20 - August 14, 2008
Many of the faculty, including Stanley
Lewis, Susan Grabel and Mark Zimetbaum, who are currently teaching
at the Chautauqua School of Art will participate in this varied
exhibition. A percentage of all sales will benefit students who
qualify for a School of Art Scholarship.
- LOGAN GALLERIES
ON BESTOR PLAZA -
- Director's Choice: Landscape - Four
Contemporary Views
Don Kimes, curator
June 22 - July 9, 2008
Four nationally recognized contemporary
artists, Clayton Merrell, Margaret Grimes, Ying Li and Chris
Semergieff will represent a contemporary view of the modern landscape.
- Art on the Block/Art off the Wall
(Annual Auction to Benefit School of Art Student Scholarships)
July 20, 2008
This annual event held in Logan Galleries
on Bestor Plaza begins with live music and incredible food and
ends with all ticket holders taking home an original work of
art or a treasure of their choice. A live auction of original
art and select items will take place in conjunction with the
Art Off the Wall for everyone to enjoy. Please join us for this
wonderful event, with all proceeds benefiting the Chautauqua
School of Art Student Scholarships.
- Annual Children's Art Exhibition
July 21 - 24, 2008
Come and revel in the merriment of a Children's
Art Exhibition created by our very own at Chautauqua Children's
School, Boys' and Girls' Club and the School of Art Young Artists
Program.
- Chautauqua School of Art Annual Student
Exhibition
July 27 - August 7, 2008
One of our most popular shows of the summer
is again being held in Logan Galleries on Bestor Plaza. Students
will exhibit original work created at the Chautauqua School of
Art during the summer, including paintings, drawings, sculpture
and ceramics.
- VACI Members Open Exhibition
August 10 - 21, 2008
Members of the Visual Arts at Chautauqua
Institution are invited to show their original work in Logan
Galleries for the first time. This group show always offers a
diverse mix of styles and media for all to enjoy.
 The Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts (CCVA)
is changing its name! For the past several years, the CCVA has
included the CCVA Galleries on Wythe Avenue, Logan Galleries
on Bestor Plaza, the Chautauqua School of Art, and the Visual
Arts Lecture Series. In order to offer greater clarity we are
changing the name of the larger visual arts entity from CCVA
to VACI, Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution. The Visual Arts
at Chautauqua Institution will continue to include the School
of Art, newly renovated and expanded galleries at the Strohl
Art Center (formerly the CCVA Galleries), Logan Galleries on
Bestor Plaza, and the Visual Arts Lecture Series on Tuesdays,
Fridays and Sundays. In 2009, Logan Galleries will be replaced
by the Anne M. Kellogg Art Center, where a renovation will include
two new floors of public exhibition space, as well as an outdoor
café serving as a visual connection between Kellogg and
the Strohl Art Center.
The expansion and renovation of the former
CCVA Galleries on Wythe Avenue into what is now the Strohl Art
Center is giving the visual arts a venue worthy of the quality
of the programming here. This new construction includes additional
climate controlled exhibition space as well as a substantially
improved gift shop and greatly expanded storage, office and workspace
for gallery staff. The completion of the new Melvin Johnson Sculpture
Garden serves to lead visitors into the new portion of Strohl
Art Center.
No less important, the first of three construction
phases was completed in 2007 in the award winning design of the
School of Art's faculty studios and the Joan Lincoln Ceramics
Studios, as well as substantially improved sculpture and printmaking
facilities. This year the north wing of the building is undergoing
a similar rebirth. In the coming summer the life modeling sculpture
class will be moving into a new home in the north pod of the
School of Art, with high ceilings, expanded floor space, a porch
and wonderful views overlooking the lake.
 Additionally, this
spring the two studios behind Sheldon Hall will be upgraded with
air-conditioning, finished walls and ceilings, sinks and storage
facilities. Unlike the past when only one studio served all of
the School of Art's special studies painting and drawing classes,
space for these classes has now been doubled. Both of these studios
will be used for special studies art classes in painting, drawing,
and a new mixed media bookmaking workshop.
Finally, after next summer the third and
final phase of the renovation will take place when the south
wing of the School of Art building, including painting studios,
the large drawing studio, and the visual arts office will be
renovated over the off-season. 2009 will also mark the 100th
anniversary of the original construction of the School of Art,
one of the premier examples of buildings designed by renowned
architect E.B. Green.
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