2023 Recent
The cooperstown central school art exhibit
students k-12
April 28 - May 12, 2023 | Gallery C
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The Cooperstown Art Association proudly presents the Cooperstown Central School District Art Exhibit which is open to the public April 28th through May 12th in the Village Hall Ballroom. Celebrate Art & Music Night on the front lawn, porch, and Ballroom Gallery on Friday, April 28th from 5-7pm (this will serve as the opening reception for the CCS Art Exhibit). The tradition of the Cooperstown Central School Art Exhibit continues with an exciting outpouring of talent for 2023, representing artwork by students K-12. Come and enjoy the students' enthusiastic and creative expressions that will fill the upstairs ballroom gallery with color through May 12th. Art & Music Night on Friday, April 28th from 5-7pm gives students the opportunity to showcase their visual art and musical accomplishments. There will be music performed by CCS students on the porch with food and drink provided by the Cooperstown Art Association in the ballroom. |
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"Patterns"
by melissa tevere
April 14 - May 10, 2023 | Gallery B
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“Patterns”, in Gallery B, is based on Melissa’s visits to Otsego County, New York, and include both small, straight-forward, plein air paintings that reflect her interest in light and weather as well as larger, studio paintings that use mixed media materials to expand the boundaries of the central paintings. These materials include writings by Cooperstown natives, James Fenimore Cooper and Susan Fenimore Cooper, who wrote extensively about the New York wilderness and the connection between spirituality and nature. |
Melissa Tevere, born in Philadelphia, PA in 1966, received her BFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in 1988. She spent a semester of her Junior year studying painting in Rome, Italy, where her interest in the landscape was cemented. In 1987, she was awarded a fellowship to study at Yale University’s “Yale at Norfolk” visual arts residency program. Melissa is the founder of MamaCita, an award-winning Philadelphia-based women’s cooperative in the arts. She is the editor of two fine art and creative writing compilations, Extraordinary Gifts: Remarkable Women of the Delaware Valley (for which she wrote the forward) and Forgotten Philadelphia: Art and Writing Inspired by Philadelphia Heritage Sites, both published by Philadelphia Stories Books. She has exhibited extensively including solo exhibitions at the Love Park Visitors Center, Philadelphia, the Smyrna Opera House, Smryna, Delaware, and group exhibitions at the State Capital building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Goggleworks, Reading, Pennsylvania, the CANO, Oneonta, New York, and 25 Main Collective, Cherry Valley New York. She is also a singer-songwriter and is currently working on her first album, tentatively titled “Write Your Own Song”. |
"OOPS! TOO LATE!"
by Jules Feiffer
April 14 - May 10, 2023 | Gallery A
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“OOPS! TOO LATE!” this playful exhibit of current work by renowned illustrator, Jules Feiffer, exists to surprise, give a sense of spontaneity to the viewer and the illusion that the work hasn't dried yet. The show is meant to convey a gut wrenching response. The drawings presented are all new and allow us to see Feiffer’s view of the times we live in. Fred Astaire consistently dances throughout the entire exhibit, leading us through the joys and triumphs as well as the sorrows. Feiffer seemingly effortlessly creates movement and excitement with every line and brushstroke to paper, working from his heart, not his head. There is no pre-planning or goal, just his pure sense of self leaping from pen to paper. Contextual panels, by Katherine Novko of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, will be dispersed throughout the exhibit to give viewers a more comprehensive understanding of who Jules is and his creative process as it relates to this exhibit. |
Jules Feiffer’s Village Voice comic strip began in 1956 and continued for forty two years. It appeared in The Observer (London) and other newspapers and periodicals in the United States and around the world. His cartoons have won a number of awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, and have influenced several generations of cartoonists and writers. He illustrated the children's book classic, “The Phantom Toll Booth” after which he wrote and illustrated nineteen children’s books. Among his plays and screenplays are “Little Murders”, “Carnal Knowledge” and “Popeye”. His hope was that his work would help make this a better world. The world has grown worse while Feiffer has gotten famous. As his friend Kurt Vonnegut liked to say, “So it goes”. |
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Wings, Stings & Other Things
exhibit
March 11 - 31, 2023 | Gallery B
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“Wings, Stings, and Other Things” is a fun and imaginative collaborative art project from Milford, NY. Milford High School Art Students will be re-imagining the insect artwork of their Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade counterparts in Gallery B. This exhibit is the brainchild of Milford Art Teachers Sascha Burdick & Caitlin Cook-Wightman. |
Community murals: Spanning Generations
exhibit
March 21 - 31, 2023 | Gallery A
“Community Murals Spanning Generations” will be a display of murals by two different generations of artists from Cooperstown. Max Jones, a Cooperstown High School Senior, will showcase his current body of work on one side of the gallery while murals in memory of Frank M. VanAuken will grace the other side. Frank was born, raised, and lived in our community for his entire life. He began painting murals after moving to Woodside Hall in February of 2018. Frank passed away in November 2022 and Woodside Hall looks forward to publically sharing his artwork with the community.
Spring Cleaning art bazaar
Sale
March 11 - 18, 2023 | Gallery A
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What is Spring Cleaning? It is a biennial sale of gently used fine arts, crafts, and various artistic supplies & tools donated by area artists and patrons all available at deeply discounted prices! From our closets to your walls, this fun event is designed to make artwork affordable to everyone from homeowners and designers to antique dealers and business owners! There is bound to be something for everyone – ceramics, paintings, etchings, pastels, antiques, frames & textiles all at reasonable prices! All proceeds from this sale benefit the CAA and its Prize Fund for artists. |
The 32nd annual fenimore quilt club show
exhibit
February 4 - 19, 2023 | Gallery A
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February at the CAA means one thing: QUILTS! The Fenimore Quilt Club Show is one of the largest and longest running quilt shows in the region, displaying approximately 100 quilts and quilted items of all types each year. From antique to modern, professional to novice, all areas of quilt-making are represented in this show, encouraging quilters and quilt collectors alike to bring their wares and family heirlooms to show off. |
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