Virtual Gallery Tours
Visit the Chautauqua Visual Arts galleries virtually.
Sense of Place
JUNE 25 – JULY 23, 2023
Strohl Art Center | Main Gallery | Opening reception June 25, 3-5pm
Sense of Place is a non-traditional landscape exhibition that considers our relationship to place. These works conjure more of an aura than an illustration of a particular location. Through painting, textiles, photography, and ceramics, they explore the interconnectedness of earth, water, and air. They question our responsibilities to and our place within the landscapes we inhabit. They document, dissect, imagine, and tend to these spaces. Sponsored by the Jerome M. Kobacker Foundation. Curated by Erika Diamond. Artists: Marifer Fernanda Barrero, Samantha Fields, Liz Nielsen, Mika Obayashi, Hồng-Ân Trương and Lien Truong.
Body Language
JUNE 25 – August 20, 2023
Strohl Art Center | Gallo Family Gallery | Opening reception June 25, 3-5pm
Body Language focuses on all desires, moods, interpretations, and wonder that each of us possess. Paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs are featured in this thematic exhibition, including two Chautauqua School of Art Alumni. Realistic based work abounds with a strong sense of hidden messages and feelings in these beautifully executed and intelligent works. Sponsored by Susan and John Turben. Curated by Judy Barie. Artists: Elizabeth Coffey, Francis Crisafio, Chris Friday, Beverly Mayeri, Rachel Rickert, and Kensuke Yamada.
Mutual Attraction
JUNE 25 – July 20, 2023
Strohl Art Center | Bellowe Family Gallery | Opening reception June 25, 3-5pm
Welcome to the world of Yeonsoo Kim and Jihye Han, who are partners in life as well as collaborators in their artistic practices. These ceramic sculptures blend beautifully together, highlighting their personal styles and ambitions. Both artists have risen to national prominence in the contemporary ceramic world. Curated by Judy Barie. Artists: Jihye Han, Yeonsoo Kim
Prisms & Paradigms
JUNE 25 – AUGUST 2, 2023
Fowler-Kellogg Art Center | First Floor Galleries and the Angela Fowler Memorial Gallery | Opening reception June 25, 3-5pm
This exhibition brings together sculpture, photography, and textiles that focus on the use of iridescence and color gradients. Filling the gallery with rainbows, these works collectively speak of change and transformation and the magic of existing in more than one state at the same time. Connected by the spectrum of color, these artists tackle subject matter ranging from gender and sexuality to the ethereal experience of prismatic impermanent moments. Sponsored by the Kay Hardesty Logan Foundation. Curated by Erika Diamond. Artists: Venancio Aragon, Guillermo Castaneda, Katherine Gray, Julia Kunin, Kazue Taguchi, Jon Verney and Masaya Ozaki.
Positive Change: CVA Alumni
JULY 5 – AUGUST 13, 2023
Fowler-Kellogg Art Center | Second Floor Galleries | Opening reception July 5, 3-5pm
As the School of Art takes a pause this summer, we acknowledge the positive change that the Chautauqua Visual Arts has made on the lives of hundreds of artists during many stages of their careers. This exhibition highlights the work of alumni from the School of Art and former CVA Gallery interns. Through their work in and out of the studio, these artists create positive change in their communities while innovating within their fields. Artists: Marshall Ransfield (‘22), Colleen Coleman (‘22), Mic Boekelman (‘21), Jessica Valoris (‘21), Timothy Lee (‘20), Brett Taylor (‘19), Kelsie Tyson (‘17), Tate Leone (‘16), Molly Bernstein (’15), Lara Mann (‘11). Join us on the porch of Fowler-Kellogg for a printmaking workshop with Brett Taylor, July 6.
Undercurrents
JUNE 26 – AUGUST 21, 2022
Strohl Art Center | Gallo Family Gallery | Opening reception June 26, 3-5pm
Water, in its various forms, is captivating, healing, and expansive, but it is also a fundamental need and right for all of the earth’s inhabitants. This exhibition includes work that references the environmental and socio-political issues underlying our relationship to water. It questions who has access to it and who is willing protect it. Through a wide range of media and tactics, these artists remind us of the beauty and preciousness of water. Sponsored by an anonymous supporter. Curated by Erika Diamond. Artists: Asia Freeman, Catt Rez Beaders, Merritt Johnson, Marek Ranis, Jean Shin, Tali Weinberg, Emily Williams, and Derrick Woods-Morrow.
Natural Rhythms
JUNE 26 – JULY 24, 2022
Strohl Art Center | Main Galleries | Opening reception June 26, 3-5pm
Natural forms, shapes and patterns will abound in this exhibition. Soft and subtle changes, shadows and movements will be featured in paper, wood, clay, mixed media and paint. The works reference our innate love of nature, materials and beauty. The exhibition, basically devoid of color, forces the viewer to look at our natural world as we often don’t see it. Curated by Judy Barie, the Susan and John Turben Director of Galleries. Artists: Samuelle Green, Leah Kaplan, Mami Kato, Linda Lopez, Nate Lucas, and Caprice Pierucci.
All That Glitters
JUNE 26 – AUGUST 07, 2022
Fowler-Kellogg Art Center | First Floor Galleries and the Angela Fowler Memorial Gallery | Opening reception June 26, 3-5pm
This exhibition takes its cue from the aphorism “All that Glitters is not Gold”. The dazzling works in this exhibition use embellishments of glitter and gold to question notions of value. These contemporary artists celebrate what is often deemed to be of lesser worth than money, success, or power. They examine the weight of inheritance. They illustrate the importance of human contact, chosen family, and hope in dark times. Sponsored by Brenda and Larry Thompson. Curated by Erika Diamond. Artists: Tracey Beale, Steven Frost & Frankie Toan, Yvette Molina, Mikael Owunna, Samantha Wall.
The Shape of Things to Come
JUNE 26 – JULY 21, 2022
Strohl Art Center | Bellowe Family Gallery | Opening reception June 26, 3-5pm
This one-person exhibition with works by Jean Alexander Frater experiments with the materials inherent to painting and then integrates other histories, traditions and language into this form. Her colorful and complex paintings will be shown in all shapes and sizes with woven patterning inherent in each piece. Curated by Judy Barie, the Susan and John Turben Director of Galleries.
Connections I: CVA School of Art Residents Exhibitions
JULY 01 – JULY 18, 2022
Fowler-Kellogg Art Center | Second Floor | Opening reception July 1, 3-5pm
One of our most popular exhibitions of the summer will once again be displayed on the second floor of Fowler- Kellogg Art Center. This year each Artist-in-Residence, who will be attending the summer program at the Chautauqua School of Art, will exhibit original work created pre-season highlighting their personal style. In order to give our residents more exhibition space, we will be sharing their work in two separate exhibitions: July 1-18 and July 21-August 7.
Pour Spill Drip Stain
JULY 28 – AUGUST 27, 2021
Strohl Art Center | Main Galleries
Curated by Judy Barie, the Susan and John Turben Director of CVA Galleries, this vibrant exhibition in the Main gallery of Strohl Art Center, highlights surface and fluidity as both technique and inspiration. Multi colored paintings, encaustics, works on paper, and ceramics will be shown together creating a symmetry of styles by six nationally recognized contemporary artists.
CVA School of Art Participants Exhibition 2021
AUGUST 01 – AUGUST 26, 2021
Fowler-Kellogg Art Center | Second Floor
One of our most popular exhibitions of the summer will once again be displayed on the second floor of Fowler- Kellogg Art Center. This year each Participating Artist, who will be attending the summer program at the Chautauqua School of Art, will exhibit one original work created pre-season highlighting their personal style. This exhibition will be curated by Judy Barie and Sharon Louden along with the Chautauqua School of Art core faculty.
Improvising: New Photographs by Julie Blackmon
JULY 25 – AUGUST 26, 2021
Strohl Art Center | Bellowe Family Gallery
Improvising features new work by Julie Blackmon, a photographer from Springfield Missouri. Her photographs are inspired by her experiences of growing up in a large family, her current role as both photographer and mother, the timelessness of family dynamics, as well as surviving the pandemic. As the oldest of nine children and the mother of three, Blackmon uses her own family members and household to “move beyond the documentary and to explore the fantastic elements of our everyday lives”. This exhibition has been generously sponsored by Jim and Bonnie Gwin.
Co-Existence
JUNE 27 – JULY 21, 2021
Strohl Art Center | Bellowe Family Gallery
This exhibition examines cultural signifiers and the notion of hybridity in works by four contemporary artists of Chinese descent who live and work in the U.S. Their varied practices interrogate the histories and metaphors of everyday objects like dishware, vases, plants, and ping pong paddles through a range of media including sculpture, photography, ceramics, and painting.
Materials Redefined
JUNE 27 – AUGUST 25, 2021
Fowler-Kellogg Art Center | First Floor Galleries and the Angela Fowler Memorial Gallery
Curated by Judy Barie, the Susan and John Turben Director of VACI Galleries, this exhibition focuses on seven contemporary artists who work with their selected materials in non-traditional ways. The result will be a thought provoking, inspiring show of pieces that have not been seen before in Chautauqua. Abstractions and realism are featured, resulting in a colorful play of disparate materials including paper, oil paint, vintage metal trays, and clay.
Counterbalance
JUNE 27 – JULY 25, 2021
Strohl Art Center | Main Galleries
Curated by Erika Diamond, Assistant Director of CVA Galleries, Counterbalance features women working primarily in the media of Wood and Textiles, using a hybridized language of adornment and structure. Wood objects drape over corners and conform to the body, while textiles muscle in with bold color and rigid form. Works scale walls and shimmer from across the room in this exhibition that plays with our understanding of hard edges and soft curves.
Tenacity
JULY 04 – AUGUST 24, 2021
Strohl Art Center | Gallo Family Gallery
This exhibition will feature works by women who are extremely talented, creative and have had long successful careers in the Visual Arts. Lucy Fradkin, Raheleh Filsoofi, Bovey Lee, Beth Lipman, Shervone Neckles, Carol Prusa, and Jackie Tileston will be showing an array of work in disparate mediums from paintings to large glass installations. Please join us in honoring women of the past, while celebrating these tenacious artists whose work will be on display the entire season. This exhibition has been generously sponsored by the Jerome M. Kobacker Foundation.
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