The visual arts are an essential component of Chautauqua's summer programming.
VISUAL ARTS AT CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION
Artistic Director: Don Kimes | Managing Director: Lois Jubeck | Galleries Director: Judy Barie
The Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution (VACI) includes the Chautauqua School of Art, the galleries of the Strohl Art Center, the Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, the Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden and the visual arts lecture series. Our galleries present contemporary as well as historically based exhibitions. VACI encourages engagement with an expansive range of critical issues in the visual arts, and attracts distinguished exhibitors and renowned guest artists and faculty. Our students come from top art schools and smaller programs internationally. A nationally respected forum for engaging with a broad range of content at the highest levels possible, VACI offers an unparalleled experience with artists and their work.
PO Box 1098, Chautauqua, NY 14722-1098
June 15–August 25 (716) 357.6460, August 26–June 14 (716) 357.6217
(716) 357.9014 (fax),
art@ciweb.org
ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
- Denise Bibro, Director, Denise Bibro Fine Art
- Michael Gitlitz, Director, Marlborough Gallery
- Judy Glantzman, Artist
- Louis Grachos, Director, Albright Knox Gallery
- Donald Kuspit, Distinguished University Professor, SUNY Stonybrook
- Barbara Rose, Art Critic/Historian
- Robert Storr, Dean, Yale School of Art
- Stephen Westfall, Artist/Critic, Art In America
- Julian Zugazagoitia, Director, Nelson-Atkins Museum
Click here to view the prospectus and apply
to the
55th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art.
VACI PARTNERS
The volunteer support organization for the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution
VACI Open Members Exhibition Application
VACI Partners Membership Form
VACI Partners Sponsorship Form
VACI Partners 2012 Art In The Park Application
HISTORY OF THE VISUAL ARTS AT CHAUTAUQUA
In 2004 the former Chautauqua Art Association Galleries merged with the Chautauqua School of Art, Logan Galleries and Chautauqua’s visual arts lecture series as cornerstones of the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution — VACI. The visual arts programs at Chautauqua Institution have been the launching point for literally thousands of artists over the past century, and the galleries of VACI are one of Chautauqua’s primary links to the world of contemporary as well as historical art. In 2007, after a $3.5 million renovation, the Strohl Art Center opened, giving Chautauqua several museum quality galleries in which to present outstanding exhibitions. These include the Gallo Family Galleries, Bellowe Family Galleries, Strohl’s Main Gallery (home to the 54-year-old Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art), and the Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden, which presents sculpture and installations by contemporary artists on a rotating basis every summer. In 2010 the the Fowler Kellogg Art Center, with four spectacular galleries, opened after a total renovation. Exhibitions formerly housed in the Logan Galleries were relocated to this elegant 121 year old facility. Fowler-Kellogg, which is linked to the Strohl Art Center and Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden by an outdoor piazza, give VACI one of the premier summer program gallery complexes in America.
VACI presents 10 exhibitions to several thousand visitors every season. These range from exhibitions of cutting edge work by nationally recognized artists in all media to shows of significant work that is outside the mainstream gallery world. A sampling of some of the artists whose work has been seen in our galleries ranges from Charles Burchfield, Reginald Marsh, Franz Kline and Jack Tworkov in the 1950’s to recent exhibitions which have included Mel Bochner, Chuck Close, Val Cushing, Tara Donavan, Jim Dine, Caroll Dunham, Sol Lewitt, Terry Winters, Jessica Stockholder, School of Art alumnae including Pedro Barbieto and Dan Steinhilber, and faculty such as Tom Butter, Judy Glantzman, Glenn Goldberg Carole Robb and Stanley Lewis. In 2011 we'll initiate a series of exhibitions, in cooperation with the Albright Knox Gallery in Buffalo, on the theme of abstraction. These will include artists such as Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, Louise Bourgeois and Cy Twombly, among others.
In 1956 the independent Chautauqua Art Association Gallery was founded and two years later the annual Chautauqua National Exhibition (now the Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art) was established. Throughout its history jurors for this show have included highly respected artists, gallery directors, critics, and museum directors such as Luis Grachos and Douglas Schultz (Albright Knox Gallery), Tom Messer (Guggenheim Museum), Robert Storr (Museum of Modern Art), Patterson Sims (Whitney Museum of Art), Richard Armstrong (Carnegie Museum of Art), Jeremy Strick (National Gallery of Art), Julian Zugazagoitia (Museo del Barrio), Sherman Lee (Cleveland Museum of Art) and Carlos Guiterrez-Solana (Artists Space). Among the gallery directors who have selected this show are Michael Gitlitz (Marlborough Gallery), Phyllis Kind (Phyllis Kind Gallery), Nancy Hoffman (Nancy Hoffman Gallery), Rachel Vancelette (Barbara Gladstone Gallery), Denise Bibro and Kim Foster. Since the 1950’s a number of artists and critics have also been asked to select the exhibition including Carl Holty, Leon Kroll, Jack Beal, Barbara Rose, Donald Kuspit and Stephen Westfall.
The 2011 Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art is selected by Jim Kempner of Jim Kempner Gallery, NYC. Mr. Kempner will also be speaking in the Strohl Art Center during his stay at Chautauqua in 2011. For information on submitting work in consideration for this exhibition, click here.
In 2004 the former Chautauqua Art Association Galleries merged with the Chautauqua School of Art, Logan Galleries and Chautauqua’s visual arts lecture series as cornerstones of the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution — VACI. The visual arts programs at Chautauqua Institution have been the launching point for literally thousands of artists over the past century, and the galleries of VACI are one of Chautauqua’s primary links to the world of contemporary as well as historical art. In 2007, after a $3.5 million renovation, the Strohl Art Center opened, giving Chautauqua several museum quality galleries in which to present outstanding exhibitions. These include the Gallo Family Galleries, Bellowe Family Galleries, Strohl’s Main Gallery (home to the 54-year-old Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art), and the Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden, which presents sculpture and installations by contemporary artists on a rotating basis every summer. In 2010 the the Fowler Kellogg Art Center, with four spectacular galleries, opened after a total renovation. Exhibitions formerly housed in the Logan Galleries were relocated to this elegant 121 year old facility. Fowler-Kellogg, which is linked to the Strohl Art Center and Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden by an outdoor piazza, give VACI one of the premier summer program gallery complexes in America.
VACI presents 10 exhibitions to several thousand visitors every season. These range from exhibitions of cutting edge work by nationally recognized artists in all media to shows of significant work that is outside the mainstream gallery world. A sampling of some of the artists whose work has been seen in our galleries ranges from Charles Burchfield, Reginald Marsh, Franz Kline and Jack Tworkov in the 1950’s to recent exhibitions which have included Mel Bochner, Chuck Close, Val Cushing, Tara Donavan, Jim Dine, Caroll Dunham, Sol Lewitt, Terry Winters, Jessica Stockholder, School of Art alumnae including Pedro Barbieto and Dan Steinhilber, and faculty such as Tom Butter, Judy Glantzman, Glenn Goldberg Carole Robb and Stanley Lewis. In 2011 we'll initiate a series of exhibitions, in cooperation with the Albright Knox Gallery in Buffalo, on the theme of abstraction. These will include artists such as Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, Louise Bourgeois and Cy Twombly, among others.
In 1956 the independent Chautauqua Art Association Gallery was founded and two years later the annual Chautauqua National Exhibition (now the Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art) was established. Throughout its history jurors for this show have included highly respected artists, gallery directors, critics, and museum directors such as Luis Grachos and Douglas Schultz (Albright Knox Gallery), Tom Messer (Guggenheim Museum), Robert Storr (Museum of Modern Art), Patterson Sims (Whitney Museum of Art), Richard Armstrong (Carnegie Museum of Art), Jeremy Strick (National Gallery of Art), Julian Zugazagoitia (Museo del Barrio), Sherman Lee (Cleveland Museum of Art) and Carlos Guiterrez-Solana (Artists Space). Among the gallery directors who have selected this show are Michael Gitlitz (Marlborough Gallery), Phyllis Kind (Phyllis Kind Gallery), Nancy Hoffman (Nancy Hoffman Gallery), Rachel Vancelette (Barbara Gladstone Gallery), Denise Bibro and Kim Foster. Since the 1950’s a number of artists and critics have also been asked to select the exhibition including Carl Holty, Leon Kroll, Jack Beal, Barbara Rose, Donald Kuspit and Stephen Westfall.
The 2011 Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art is selected by Jim Kempner of Jim Kempner Gallery, NYC. Mr. Kempner will also be speaking in the Strohl Art Center during his stay at Chautauqua in 2011. For information on submitting work in consideration for this exhibition, click here.