Lecture Series & Events

The Chautauqua Visual Arts Lecture Series invites artists and thought leaders in the visual arts from all over the world to share their current projects and discuss relevant topics of the day. 

Additionally, we are thrilled to have incredible events such as Party on the Quad, Art in the Park and openings at our Gallery spaces. 

All of our lectures and openings are free and open to the public, unless otherwise listed. 

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CVA Lecture Series: James Everett Stanley, School of Art Faculty

Hultquist Center, Room 101 19 Miller Ave, Chautauqua, New York, United States

James Everett Stanley is a New England-based painter and Associate Professor of Painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts. He has exhibited his work recently at Sean Horton Presents, New York; Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York; Provincetown Arts Society, Provincetown; EXPO Chicago; Art Basel Miami Beach. A graduate of the […]

“Unbecoming: New Works by Yael Braha Created in Shigaraki, Japan” exhibition opening reception

Strohl Art Center 2nd Floor

Yael Braha designs objects with bold and stylized surface patterns, which feature optical and geometrical illusions by integrating innovative digital fabrication with traditional ceramic processes. The creative intention is to challenge and expand viewer’s perceptual assumptions when experiencing a minimalist yet complex functional design object. The way that patterns are framed within a form, where […]

“Intersections & Diversions” exhibition opening reception

Strohl Art Center: Main Galleries

These works interrogate the ways in which humans use the grid to build, organize, and connect. Using a range of both rigid and pliable materials, they suggest growth and imply the metaphorical repeating of patterns. A softness balances the collective gridwork structures through curves, glitches, and loose threads. From circuit boards to city streets, we […]

CVA Lecture Series: Adrienne Elise Tarver, School of Art Faculty

Hultquist Center, Room 101 19 Miller Ave, Chautauqua, New York, United States

Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, textiles, photography, and video. Her work addresses the complexity and invisibility of black female identity. She has exhibited nationally and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Connecticut; the Academy Art Museum in Maryland; Atlanta […]

CVA Open Studios

CVA Art Quad

We are excited to invite you to CVA Open Studios, occurring prior to the annual 6-week Resident Group Exhibition. Celebrate the work our resident artists have created during their time at Chautauqua Visual Arts. This event is free and open to the public. 

CVA Six Week Residency exhibition reception

CVA School of Art Gallery, located in the CVA Art Quad

CVA is honored to share our annual Resident Group Exhibition. Please join us to celebrate our 6-week resident artists at the CVA School of Art Gallery on the Art Quad. Join us to see the work our residents have created during their time at Chautauqua Visual Arts. This event is free and open to the […]

CVA Lecture Series: Matt Bollinger, School of Art Faculty

Hultquist Center, Room 101 19 Miller Ave, Chautauqua, New York, United States

Matt Bollinger received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.  His work has been exhibited in solo shows in New York, Los Angeles, Dublin, London, and elsewhere. Recent museum exhibitions have been at the Akron Art Museum (2022), Westmoreland Museum of American Art (2022), […]

People looking at artwork displayed on easels

Party on the Art Quad

School of Art Quad

The Friends of CVA and Chautauqaua Visual Arts will once again host our annual ticketed fundraising event in the heart of the CVA Arts Quad. The proceeds benefit CVA School of Art residency program scholarships. This event provides an opportunity to connect with fellow art lovers and to bid on original pieces of art as […]

People browsing at Art in the Park

Art in the Park

Miller Park

Hosted by the Friends of CVA, Art in the Park is an open art fair with 70+ vendors held in Miller Park, showcasing art by members of the Chautauqua community, artists-in-residence from the School of Art, and artisans from the region around Chautauqua Institution. Items for sale include ceramics, paintings, prints, Chautauqua-themed trinkets, pieces made […]

“How Sweet the Sound: A Visual Interpretation by Charly Palmer” exhibition opening and artist talk

CVA School of Art Gallery, located in the CVA Art Quad

"How Sweet the Sound: A Visual Interpretation by Charly Palmer" exhibition runs August 4-15. Charly Palmer's illustrations are featured in the book "How Sweet the Sound", written by Kwame Alexander, Chautauqua's Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts and Writer in Residence. Charly Palmer is a renowned award-winning fine artist and illustrator known for […]

CVA Lecture Series: Luis Sahagun Nuño, CVA Galleries exhibiting artist

Hultquist Center, Room 101 19 Miller Ave, Chautauqua, New York, United States

 Luis Sahagún Nuño is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice transforms drawing into ceremony and art into medicine. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, and raised in Chicago’s Southland, his practice is grounded in curanderismo, the traditional healing practices of Latin America. His work reimagines Mexica and Yucatec Maya rituals within contemporary art. Incorporating limpias (energetic cleansings) […]

“Inside/Outside: Open CVA Members Exhibition” opening reception

Fowler-Kellogg Art Center: 1st Floor

Each year we highlight the exceptional work of our CVA Exhibiting Members who work in a wide range of materials and techniques. From lush landscapes to cozy interiors, this year’s exhibition is inspired by the theme “Inside/Outside”. These artists take time to consider the spaces we inhabit, dream about, and take care of. 

CVA Lecture Series: Jessica Pinsky, School of Art Faculty

Hultquist Center, Room 101 19 Miller Ave, Chautauqua, New York, United States

"Weaving pixels: Using technology to weave across generations" Jessica Pinsky is an artist whose work bridges painting, weaving, and sculpture.  Born in Akron, Ohio, Pinsky moved to Cleveland in 2011 after receiving a BFA from New York University in 2006 and an MFA from Boston University in 2009. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including […]

CVA Open Studios

CVA Art Quad

We are excited to invite you to CVA Open Studios, occurring prior to the annual 2-week Resident Group Exhibition. Celebrate the work our resident artists have created during their time at Chautauqua Visual Arts. This event is free and open to the public. 

CVA Two Week Residency exhibition reception

CVA School of Art Gallery, located in the CVA Art Quad

We are excited to invite you to celebrate our 2-week resident artists at the Resident Group Exhibition! Join us to see the work our residents have created during their time at Chautauqua Visual Arts. This event is free and open to the public.

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