THE BANK OF CASTILE MAIN GALLERY
Richard Della Costa "Remnants, Remains and Memory"
Exhibition Dates: May 4, 2022 - June 25, 2022
Reception: May 19, 2022; 5-8pm
Bio
I am a retired media teacher and film/video producer currently living on the family farm in Kendall, NY. After Peace Corps service in India and Guatemala, I joined the Peace Corps staff in Washington, DC, where I worked as a public affairs officer and media producer. While living there I produced three independent 16mm films. They were, as best as I can describe them, collage films, avant-garde and expressionist in style. I have been making collage art and assemblage art, box constructions and sculpture since my return to this area in 1989. I find that the use of found objects, junk and detritus lying around the farm in Kendall and in the woods around me, very calming and always interesting. Since my retirement I have had the time to devote myself to this work, have fun doing so, and visually reflect on the state of my life and the world around me.
Statement
Any work with found objects, shadow boxes and the like, owe much to Joseph Cornell. For myself, the collages and Merzbau constructions of Kurt Schwitters and the aesthetic of Marcel Duchamp, form a more powerful influence. The political cynicism of the Dada artists and later on the exploration of the subconscious by the Surrealists, form an evolved aesthetic that I find meaningful, although those movements had their heyday in the early to mid 20th century. The work is essentially collage, although different descriptions abound: Assemblage, Shadow Box, Box Construction, Found Object Sculpture. The rule that I try and enforce is that I make minimal changes to the objects and photos as I combine them.
Working with found objects, combining pieces of junk, discarded bits of metal and glass, or using antique objects in new assemblies, comprise a way for me to organize the world that I see as chaotic and violent. I enjoy finding methods of securing differing materials to each other, filling pre-made (found) boxes or building boxes around objects and materials that work together. I use negative space as the need to fill boxes or collages completely works against the sense of power in the work.
Art of the Rural Juried Annual Exhibit
Exhibiton Dates: March 16, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Reception: March 17, 2022; 6-9pm
Andrew Dumar
Exhibiton Dates: January 7, 2022 - February 26, 2022
Reception: January 20, 2021; 5-7pm
Paper, Fabric and Sisters
Julie Lambert Coleman & Laura Richardson
Exhibiton Dates: November 3, 2021 - December 17, 2021
Reception: November 18, 2021; 5-8pm
Human Nature: An Exhibtion of Paintings by David Burke
Exhibiton Dates: September 1 2021 - October 29, 2021
Reception: September 16, 2021, 6:30-9pm
Members' Holiday Show
Exhibit Dates: November 14 - January 4, 2019
Reception: November 21, 2019 from 6-8 pm
THE OLIVER'S GALLERY IN THE SEYMOUR DINING ROOM
Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster
Exhibition Dates: May 28, 2022 - June 12, 2022
Reception: June 10, 2022; 6-8:30pm
These posters are on loan from the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) is current show Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster. "This is the first major exhibition devoted to the University of Rochester's vast collection of HIV/AIDS-related posters. The exhibit in the MAG features 165 of the most visually arresting and thought-provoking posters from the over 8000 posters from 130 countries. Thess posters were assembled by collector, physician, and medical historian Dr. Edward C. Atwater. Dr. Atwater generously donated the entire collection, which also includes a broad range of AIDS-related ephemera, to the University's River Campus Libraries' Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation beginning in 2007. Today it comprises one of the largest collections of its kind in the world. Both the collection and the exhibition illustrate the wide range of communication strategies used to educate and inform people this devastating global epidemic."
GO ART! was lucky enough to aquire through loan 28 of these posters for display for the first half of June (Pride Month).
Art of the Rural Juried Annual Exhibit
Exhibiton Dates: March 16, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Reception: March 17, 2022; 6-9pm
Nurses & Nuns, Saints & Angels: The Art of Rita Mallison
Exhibition Dates: February 2, 2022 - March 26, 2022
Reception: February 17, 2022; 6-9pm
Lampshade Poems - Anthony Terrell
Exhibition Dates: November 12, 2021 - January 29, 2022
Reception: November 12, 2021; 6-8pm
Judy Wenrich
Exhibit Dates: Decmber 12 - February 8, 2020
Reception: Decmber 19, 2019 from 6-8 pm
Andrew Dumar and Dave Paprocki
October 10 - December 7, 2019
Artist Reception: October 17, 2019 from 6-8pm
THE BATAVIA ROTARY CLUB ROOM GALLERY
Karen Crittendon "Slices of Life"
Exhibition Dates: May 4, 2022 - June 25, 2022
Reception: May 19, 2022; 5:30pm-7:30pm
Batavia High School Student Show
Exhibition Dates: January 12, 2022 - February 26, 2022
Reception: January 28, 2022; 5-7pm
Works in Glass
Christy Valsente
Exhibition Dates: November 3, 2022 - December 18, 2022
Reception: November 18, 2022; 5pm-8pm
It’s Not All About the Tutus by Sarah Hoeppner
Exhibit Dates: December 19 - January 18, 2020
Reception: January 16, 2020
Dave Paprocki and Andrew Dumar
October 10 - December 7, 2019
Artist Reception: Octoer 17, 2019 from 6-8pm
THE BATAVIA CLUB GALLERY IN TAVERN 2.O.1
"Does this Make You Uncomfortable?"
Curated by Mary Jo Whitman, Poetry by Jodi Fisher
Curator Statment:
What would a gallery look like without artwork? How about the world? Or life?
I do not ever want to imagine a world without art. The thought is nauseating to me. It makes my skin crawl and my spine feel weak. I cannot think of something more uncomfortable than living in an artless world.
Art of the Rural Juried Annual Exhibit
Exhibiton Dates: March 16, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Reception: March 17, 2022; 6-9pm
Adrian Morris
Exhibition Dates: February 2, 2022 - March 26, 2022
Reception: February 17, 2022 6-9pm
Members' Challenge Show: Purpose
September 12 - December 7, 2019
Reception: September 19, 6-8 pm
Please download the contract by clicking the link below
We are looking to exhibit artwork that invokes the idea of, feeling, meaning or experience of the theme, "Purpose".
Artists are encouraged to submit works that interpret this theme in any way they choose.
One piece per artist requested. No media restrictions. Entries must be no larger than 3’X3’.
Submissions may be dropped of September 9-11, 2019 at GO ART! 201 E Main St Batavia, NY. General Hours are Thursday and Friday 9-5 and Saturday 8-2. To drop off your pieces outside these hours, call 585-343-9313 or email info@goart.org.
If you are not a member, don't fret, you can join when you drop off your piece.