Calendar of Exhibits in Cortland NY

Beard Building Gallery

November 5 - January 30, The Irish Landscape: Dingle, Ireland Art Exhibit

An exhibition of oil paintings, drawings, photographs and prints depicting Ireland’s rugged beauty, by 23 participants in SUNY Cortland’s most recent Dingle Summer Art Program.

The reception that opens “The Irish Landscape” will take place at 7 p.m. in the Beard Building Gallery at Main Street SUNY Cortland, located at 9 Main St. Most of the 23 artists will be on hand to discuss their work. Presented by the SUNY Cortland student organization Art Exhibition Association, the College’s Institute for Civic Engagement and the Cortland Downtown Partnership, the event and exhibition are free and open to the public.

All work on exhibit was produced during the newly expanded program taught by SUNY Cortland Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History George Dugan and Patricia Hunsinger. The artists represented in “The Irish Landscape” were students from many SUNY campuses as well as working art professionals from throughout the state who enrolled in the six-credit graduate and undergraduate level course offered last summer in the busy fishing port community of Dingle, County Kerry. All work was created outdoors on the Dingle peninsula.

“The fickle changes in the weather, shifting light and the ever-present wind both challenge and reward” the artist, Dugan said. “The town of Dingle, with its captivating and brightly painted shops, and the Dingle peninsula, with its dramatic, ragged coastline, white sandy beaches, lush green pastures and the ever-present blue mountains, offer the artist the most stunning and picturesque subject manner.” The students also immersed themselves in the culture of Ireland through selected readings, attendance at social events and lectures by visiting artists. Each participant completed a finished ‘master work’ painting with a final portfolio.

For more information about the exhibition, contact Wendy Burton, interim program coordinator for the ICE, at (607) 753-4270.

The Beard Gallery, located at 9 Main St., is a collaborative effort of SUNY Cortland, the Cortland Downtown Partnership, SUNY Cortland AEA, and the Cultural Council of Cortland County. The gallery space is open to the public weekdays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Cortland

The Dowd Fine Arts Gallery manages a collection of over 500 objects, primarily European and American works on paper dating from the 13th to the 20th century. Other important sub-categories are Works Progress Administration paintings, book multiples, contemporary American ceramics, contemporary outdoor sculpture and works by SUNY emeritus and current faculty.

• January 18 - March 2, Juried Group Exhibition
• March 12 - April 6, Bound by Silence
• April 16 - 20, BFA thesis exhibitions
• April 30 - May 12, Annual Student Select

Gallery hours are Monday - Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm. For more information, call 753-4216 or visit their web site. All programs are free and open to the public.

Borg-Warner Morse TEC Art Gallery, Center for the Arts in Homer

• January 28 - March 19, Community Arts Challenge
• May 7 - June 29, Cortland County Art Teacher Show
• July 22 - August 26, Art-Ability Expose

Borg-Warner Morse TEC Art Gallery, 72 S. Main St., Homer. Hours 1 – 5 pm Thursdays or by appointment. For more information call (607) 749-4900 or e-mail info@center4art.org.

CPF Gallery

Gallery hours: Monday - Friday, 10 am - 5:30 pm & Saturday, 10 am - 2 pm. The gallery is located at Cortland Picture Frame Co., 9 N. Main St., Cortland. For more information call (607) 756-6499.

Cortland Free Library

• January - Steve Marstall
• February - Christa Boice

The exhibits may be viewed during regular Library hours: Monday - Thursday, 9:30 - 8, Fridays 9:30 - 5:30, and Saturdays, 9:30 - 4:30.For more information call (607) 753-1042, e-mail cortlandlib-ref@twcny.rr.com or visit www.flls.org/cortlandlib. 

Hope Lake Lodge

The Cultural Council of Cortland County is cosponsoring a continuing exhibit of local art with Hope Lake Lodge in Virgil. Works will be rotated semi-annually. Paintings and photographs are of local scenes, all of which are for sale and framed, ready to hang. All works are on display for six months or until sold and a 20% commission is given to CCCC. The CCCC’s mission is to promote the arts in Cortland County and values collaboration with other local organizations and businesses. For more information call (607) 753-1188, e-mail david@cortlandarts.com, or visit www.greekpeakmtnresort.com.