Volume 40 Issue 1 January and February 2014

Arts Center of Yates County

BUSINESSES WHICH SUPPORT ACYC

Morgan Marine 2 Rt 54 E. Lake Rd. Penn Yan NY 14527

Fire Works Foundry 1554 Baker Rd. Penn Yan NY 14527

Hunt Country Vineyards 4021 Italy Hill Rd. Branchport NY 14418

Valery G. Gardner Attorney at law 215 Main Street Penn Yan NY 14527 info@vgardner.com

Seneca Foods Founda-tion 3736 South Main Street Marion NY 14505

Seneca Shore Wine Cel-lars P.O Box 551 Penn Yan NY 14527 www.SenecaWine.com

Penn Yan Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 100 Horizon Park Drive Penn Yan NY 14527

Douglas B. Miles Agen-cy, Inc. 23 Main Street, P.O Box 237 Dundee NY 14837

Finton’s Landing B&B on Keuka Lake 661 East Lake Rd. Penn Yan NY 14527 tepperd@eznet.net

The Elevator’s Coming! The Elevator’s Coming!

We are SOOO grateful to so many people for making this happen. There is still time to make a donation with the enclosed envelope.

Elevator installation, beginning the last week of December, will force us to close the Flick Gallery for the month of January.

Watch the window for progress, and come for the grand re-opening, Sunday afternoon, February 9, 3-5 PM. (See details on page 3)

New Workshops, New Teachers...See Pages 7-9

Cartooning for Kids with Gary Pinneo

Decadent Desserts with Sharon Corcoran

Taking Better Pictures with Steve Knapp

Watercolor with Chip Stevens one Saturday a month

Creations in Clay with Faith Benedict

Personal Development, The Butterfly Experience with Fred Brockway

...and more.

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YCAC Board Members:

Class of 2014 Dexter Benedict Joyce Herbert,

Secretary Kris Packard Susan Peck

Class of 2015 Daniel Crozet,

President Howard LeVant

Karen Morris Karen Payne

Kent Salisbury

Class of 2016 Dick Barney

Caryl Flickinger, Vice-President Dion Johnson

Cindy Kowalski Anita Maroscher

Dick Murphy, Treasurer

Kim Paddock Sandra Young

Newsletter Editor Bonnie Barney

Executive Director

Kris Pearson

YCAC‘s programs are supported in part with public funds from the

New York State Council on the Arts.

The mission of YCAC is to enrich the quality of

life of Finger Lakes residents, artists, and visitors by providing

opportunities for active participation in the arts.

To this end, we plan, promote, and develop

art programs and projects; coordinate,

schedule, and publicize events; develop & main-tain physical facilities.

From the Executive Director, Kris Pearson

From the Director’s Chair

Everything old becomes new again! We’re ringing in the New Year with some great new projects and plans that we hope will excite our friends, members and the community as a whole.

Our doors will close in January so we can finish the final piece of our Main Street Arts Center – installation of the elevator that will ensure that workshops, meetings and activities in the Rosenfeld Studio are easily accessible to everyone in our community. Our thanks to every-one who has given so generously to bring this project together in such a time-ly manner. While the doors will be closed to the public we’ll still be at work finishing our planning for a terrific new year. We can’t wait to start “elevating” artists of all ages and levels of experi-ence in our elevator and through our ac-tivities!

Watch for workshops that explore some new artistic direc-tions – poetry, ceramics, wa-tercolor jewel-ry, bonsai – and activities that expand our reach into the communi-ty, like the B&B tour fundraiser, which will take place in Ham-mondsport this year. Expect to see more activity at our wonderful lakeside facility, Sunny Point, and a wealth of talented artists from around the region and the state sharing their work at the Flick Gal-lery.

Keep watching as everything old be-comes new again at the Arts Center of Yates County! We hope you’ll take ad-vantage of all we have to offer in 2014. See you in February!

MORE BUSINESSES WHICH SUPPORT ACYC: Finger Lakes Realty 140 Main Street Penn Yan NY 14527

Basin Park Marina, LLC 5194 West Bluff Drive Keuka Park NY 14478 basinparkmarina@frontiernet.net Los Gatos B&B 1491 Route 14A Penn Yan NY 14527 info@losgatosBandB.com Wine Trail Properties 312 Hamilton Street Penn Yan 14527 www.winetrailproperties.com Steamboat Castle B&B 2893 West Lake Rd. Penn Yan NY 14527 ginny@steamboatcastle.com

Water Street Pharmacy 14 Water Street Dundee NY 14837 Merritt Hill Manor B&B 2756 Coates Rd. Penn Yan NY 14527 Beaumont & Stork, Inc. 136 Main Street, P.O Box 443 Penn Yan NY 14527 PixelPreserve, LLC 34 Chablis Drive Fairport NY 14450 Hough Constructions 573 East Lake Road Penn Yan NY 14527

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FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD The next exhibit at the Flick Gallery, opening Sunday, February 9, 3-5 PM, is built around the theme “FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD.” (Got your attention, didn’t we?) David Dorsey is a Rochester-area painter whose work can be seen at The Oxford Gallery. He will be exhibiting his colorful paintings, so luscious you could eat them! He is an award-winning painter who has exhibited international-ly, at museums, galleries and universities, in both America and Europe. His work depicts commonplace situations and objects, in a way that celebrates the formal abstract properties of each scene as well as the lustrous, purely phys-ical qualities of oil paint, with an emphasis on subtle color harmonies.

The Rochester Folk Art Guild will also be of-fering ceramic and wood items along the “food” theme...items worthy of filling with food. The gallery reception will be an “Empty Bowls” event. Many local potters, including students and professionals, are making soup bowls, and donating them to the cause. Visitors will make a donation ($20 is suggested) for a bowl, and then will taste a variety of soups provided by Keuka Restaurant, Penn Yan Diner, Oak Hill, Milly’s Pantry, and others. The money will be donated to the Backpack Program at Milly’s

Pantry, so children in Yates Country don’t go hungry. At the other end of the food spectrum, Deca-dent Desserts will be prepared by anyone enrolled in Sharon Corcoran’s new class be-ing offered on Tuesday, February 11, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Registration will be very limited, so call promptly. The class will pre-pare (and doubtless EAT) amaretto creme brulee, chocolate mousse, dark rum bread pudding and almond tuiles.

IMPORTANT DATES

Artists, drop off work Feb. 3, 10-3

Everyone, come to the EMPTY BOWLS reception Sun., Feb. 9, 3:00-5:00 PM

Kitchen hobbyists, enroll in Sharon Corcoran’s DECADENT DESSERTS Class to be held Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6-9 PM at Milly’s Pantry kitchen.

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From the President:

Thank you to all readers of this newsletter, Members, Volunteers and Board Members for making 2013 a great year. I wish you all a pros-perous new year 2014. My wishes, also, go to the Arts Center itself for continuing to be a fabulous resource for the Community. In 2013, we had the pleasure of welcoming more than 10.000 visitors, we delivered 3.500 hours of workshops, we had a record number of applica-tions from new Volunteers and we kept the Cen-ter financially healthy. So, what is in the box for 2014? Starting December 26, the Center will be closed until end of January. This is for the good cause: the installation of the elevator! At the beginning of February all activities will start again: - new exhibitions with talented and renowned artists

- an extended catalog of workshops with new activities and new instructors - a full program of activities at Sunny Point

There will also be many more new initiatives which will be announced during the course of the year. Stay tuned by visiting the web site or by following us on FaceBook. All these activities need a lot of effort and time.

But we are lucky to bene-fit from the support of a large portion of the entire Community. Thank you to all who participate!

Daniel Crozet

President ACYC

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Volunteer Spotlight

The Arts Center has been very fortunate to recruit do-cents who are artistic or have a strong interest in promoting the arts. This month's featured volunteer, Jennifer Gibson, has both qualities. Jennifer expresses her love for art in the following words:

I was born and raised in Penn Yan and, like many people, remember going to the Arts Council when it was on Elm Street. Being a docent on Main Street is great, and I love sell-ing the artists' work. I have always loved art since I was in elementary school and on up. I went on to the study of fine arts in Pittsburgh, PA, and then got into library science. Most of my artwork is drawing and painting, and I have exhibited it in Pittsburgh and Ithaca. Right now I am trying to get into chil-dren or young adult book illustration and have attended some conferences and workshops in that area. My website is www.jgibsonillustration.com.

Be sure to check out Jennifer's website. She is a talented young lady! Jennifer Gibson

Save the date!

The Arts Center's Third Annual Bed and Breakfast Tour will be held in Hammondsport, N.Y. on Saturday, May 3, 2014. This year we'll be featuring six exciting B&Bs including a unique octagon house, a couple of homes whose original owners were pioneer wine barons, as well as a former 19th century winery building. Tickets will go on sale April 1.

Fred Brockway offers a new class, and explains how he came to this...

I am a retired educator, having served 30+ years as a Guidance Counselor first in an Adult Ed, Program and the next 15 years in Nottingham High School in Syracuse. During those years I wrestled with a burning question: “Is there a better way? Is there a better way for the young to explore and learn? Is there a better way to sustain the adult desire to learn? Is there a more efficient way to recognize misinformation and correct it? Is there a better way to exercise our freedom? Etc.

This question “To find a better way” lingered for years without an answer even into my retirement., until I completed the training to be a Hospice Volunteer. I assist others as they initiate the process that terminates in taking one last breath. The training that pre-pared me for this kind of relationship was truly unique because it required that I envi-sion and embrace my last breath; it was like grasping the anchor of life with both hands. Everything that truly matters is now “in my hands”. The realization that it has always been this way is comforting so I bring this attitude to each new day but especially to every new Hospice patient that I befriend.

Experiencing life from this perspective reshaped my thinking. It ‘s much more than just a new paradigm; it is the realization that there is an on-going mind-body dialogue. I feel the unfinished work of the caterpillar transforming me and my need to be transparent. The class “A Butterfly Experience” is a way of celebrating life and changing the world at the same time. (See class listing on page 10.)

Penn Yan Art Guild monthly meetings will resume in the spring. Over the winter, there will be Open Studio time for individuals to pursue their art at the Rosenfeld Workshop in the Arts Center on the first and third Mon-days of each month (except January, when elevator installation interrupts us) , 9:00 AM til noon. PYAG exists to encourage all artistic endeavors. Guests and new members are always welcome. If you wish to join, please bring 3 examples of your work to a meeting for the group to admire as a way of introducing your-self. Dues are Active Member $20 , Associate Member (not displaying art) $15. Send PYAG dues to Sally Thomas, 3598 Sid White Rd., Keuka Park, 14478

www.PY-ArtGuild.org

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“Palm of the Hand” Writers: Jan. 6, Feb. 3 and 17, 4-5:30 PM

The first Monday of every month, 4-5:30 PM, “Palm-of-the-Hand” memoir writers meet, usually in the Board Room of the Arts Center. Note: due to elevator installation mess, the January meeting will be at the Penn Yan Library. And in February, we will experiment with meeting twice a month! The concept of this writing is to take a single anecdote expressed in no more than one page. If you’ve wanted to put down memoirs of your life, but didn’t know how to begin, this is a great format to start. We each read and offer feedback if requested. (And we each kick in $1 to ACYC.)

Char DiGennaro, co-president Helga Poreda, co-president Sally Thomas, treasurer Bonnie Barney, secretary Fran Bliek, membership chair

Improve your “seeing” and drawing this winter...try contour drawing:

Contour drawing is the single best way to master the skill of “seeing flatly.” Here are a few things to keep in mind: A contour is any edge you can see around, in or on an ob-ject...the outside edge, any interior shape, wrinkle, abrupt color change, etc. The essence of contour draw-ing is drawing while keeping your eyes on the thing you are drawing, and not on the paper. Pick a point on the outside edge, put your eyes on it. Place your pencil tip on the paper. As your eyes move up,

down, around the object, your hand moves the pencil up, down and around...but don’t peek! Pretend you are touching what you are seeing with your pencil. Imagine the pencil is tracing the shape your eyes are on. Draw slowly. It may come as a pleasant surprise that just taking the time to really look closely and patiently is all it takes to do a good drawing. Keep a sketch pad handy, and use a few minutes a day to im-prove your ability to look at a three-dimensional object, and render it on a flat paper.

YOUTH CLASSES:

Drawing People Mondays, Feb. 3 – Mar. 17 (no class Feb 17) 3:45 – 5:15 Instructor: Jennifer Gibson Location: Arts Center, Rosen-feld Studio Cost: $30 (sponsored by the McGowan, Gin, Rosica Family Foundation) How can you draw a face that actually looks like the person you’re drawing? How do you draw figures that look natural and proportionate? Find out how to sketch out details that give definition, life and depth to your drawings and illustrations.

Creative Space for 5-7 year olds Tuesdays, Feb 4 – Mar.18 (no class Feb 18) 3:45 – 5 pm Instructor: Marsha Devine Location: Arts Center, Rosen-feld Studio Cost: $30 (sponsored by the McGowan, Gin, Rosica Family Foundation Explore your creativity by trying a variety of projects including painting, drawing, sculpture, collage and more! A new pro-ject each class!

Color and Line Wednesdays Feb. 5 – Mar. 19 (no class Feb 19) 1 – 2:30 pm Instructor: Robin McCondichie Location: Arts Center, Rosen-feld Studio Cost: $30 (sponsored by the Nord Family Foundation) for Homeschool students Come have fun drawing and exploring color with lots of differ-ent materials!

Color and Line Wednesdays Feb. 5 – Mar. 19 (no class Feb 19) 3:30 - 5 pm Instructor: Robin McCondichie Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $30 (sponsored by the McGowan, Gin, Rosica Family Foundation) Come have fun drawing and ex-ploring color with lots of different materials!

Art Smart Thursdays, Feb. 6 – Mar. 20 (no class Feb 20) 10:30 – 11:30 am Instructor: Marsha Devine Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $30 (sponsored by the Nord Family Foundation) for Homeschool students Age appropriate art projects in many mediums for 5-7 year olds. A new project and focus each week!

Art Smart Thursdays, Feb. 6 – Mar. 20 (no class Feb 20) 3:45 – 5pm Instructor: Marsha Devine Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $30 (sponsored by the McGowan, Gin, Rosica Family Foundation) Age appropriate art projects in many mediums for 5-7 year olds. A new project and focus each week!

Cartooning Fridays, Feb. 7 – Mar. 21 (no class Feb 21) 3:45 – 5:30 pm Instructor: Gary Pinneo Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $30 (sponsored by the

McGowan, Gin, Rosica Family Foundation) Learn how to tell a story through pictures! Out of School Art Camp Because School’s Not in Ses-sion! Mon – Fri, February 17-21 10 am – 2 pm Instructor: various Location: Arts Center Cost: $10/day (sponsored by the Nord Family Foundation) A series of arts activities every day for students 7-14 years old. Bring a lunch and have some fun!

ADULT CLASSES: Creations in Clay Tuesdays & Thursdays, Jan.14 - Feb. 6 2-4 pm Instructor: Faith Benedict Location: Keuka College, Allen Hall Cost: $155 members, $187 non-members (includes material costs) Chase away some winter blues by spending time creating with clay! Explore hand-built pottery creation using slab, coil and pinch building techniques alone and in combination. Make and glaze functional stoneware piec-es for your home or as gifts.

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Arts Center Winter Classes and Workshops Rosenfeld Workshop Space above the Flick Gallery, 127 Main Street, Penn Yan Annie Smith Studio at Sunny Point , 868 W. Lake Rd., Dundee (on Keuka Lake)

Please note: SIGN UP FOR CLASSES EARLY. Some classes have been cancelled for lack of minimum enrollment, only to have people call at the last minute to be disappointed.

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Decadent Desserts Tuesday, February 11 6-9 pm Instructor: Sharon Corcoran Location: Milly’s Pantry Cost: $54 members/ $60 non-members (materials included) Learn to make a trio of desserts that will be the high-light of a party or the talk of the evening! Amaretto creme brulee, chocolate mousse, dark rum bread pudding and almond tuiles ! DECADENT! Stamping Fun Monday, February 17 5:30 – 7:30 pm Instructor: Gwen Martin Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $12 members, $14 non-members (plus $5 ma-terials fee) Amaze your family and friends as you create two unique, seasonal cards to share and send. Use new and traditional techniques building dimensional and interactive cards. Natural Selections Saturdays, Feb. 22nd, Mar. 22nd, Apr. 26th, May 24th 10 am – 3 pm Instructor: Chip Stevens Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $128 members, $160 non-members Consider the development of paintings from conception to completion, exploring a variety of concepts and tech-niques with award-winning watercolorist Roland “Chip” Stevens. Alla Prima Wednesday, February 26 5:45 pm – 8:45 pm Instructor: Robin McCondichie Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $45 members, $55 non-members (materials included) An evening of fun for anyone who has always wanted to give painting a try – perfect for beginners, groups of friends, those who can’t draw a straight line or a stick figure or anyone looking for a relaxing way to spend an evening. We provide all the materials, in-struction and direction, wine and pizza.

Painting Any Medium Tuesdays, Feb.4 – Mar. 4 9:30 am – 1 pm Instructor: Dick Kane Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $140 members/$175 non-members Explore light, color, perspective and a variety of tech-niques with one of the region’s premier painting instruc-tors. Butterfly Experience Wednesday, Feb. 5 – 26 6:30 – 8 pm Instructor: Fred Brockway Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $48 members, $60 non-members The “Butterfly Experience” classes will replicate the caterpillar motif by optimizing each other’s energy in order to actuate our individual creativity. Participants will direct this process first by engaging others one-on-one and then celebrate the evolution of the whole class. Join Fred in this journey and release the artful energy in the cocoon of your individuality and make the world a better place. Every person matters more when they collaborate with others. No pre-requisites required and no crafted talent or polished skills needed, just a relatively healthy mind-body alignment. This class is for anyone who wishes to move the caterpillar wisdom of unconscious into the light-of-day of consciousness. Line and Form Thursdays, Feb. 6 – Mar. 20 (no class Feb 20) 1-3 pm Instructor: Robin McCondichie Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $96 members/$120 non-members Learn to make the pencil work for you. Create form, perspective, designs, dynamic drawings. Build your drawing confidence. Make drawing your fun time. Hone your skills. We’ll use a variety of materials and work with several approaches. Line and Form Thursdays, Feb. 6 – Mar. 20 (no class Feb 20) 6-8 pm Instructor: Robin McCondichie Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $96 members/$120 non-members Learn to make the pencil work for you. Create form, perspective, designs, dynamic drawings. Build your drawing confidence. Make drawing your fun time. Hone your skills. We’ll use a variety of materials and work with several approaches.

We are grateful that

Memberships Support The Arts Center

These members joined or renewed between August 15 and October 15, 2013. Thank you!

MEMBERS RECEIVE GALLERY AND WORKSHOP DISCOUNTS! JUST ASK.

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Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce LeClaire Tom Schnorr and Ed Donnelly

Donn Vickers and Sharon Sachs Mr. & Mrs. James Wachob Margaret and Armin Weiss

Individual / Family $35-$49

Monique Baran and Nick Loan Lyman and Nellie Beecher

Ann Brandow Bruce and Sandy Castner

Paul and Gay Coon Robert Darling

Wendy Frampton-Holly Ted and Rebecca Hall

Mary Hanlon Lisa Harper

Bobbi & Keith Kappel Patricia Lampson Nicole Landers

Robin McCondichie

Benefactor $500+

Patron $300-$499

Business $100+

Stork Insurance

Contributor $150-$299 Bonnie & Dick Barney

Thomas & Susan Close Dr. John & Carol Condemi Dr. Jorge L. Diaz-Herrera

Rose II Freedom Nancy and Howard LeVant Susan & Norm Lindenmuth

Associate $50-$149

Chet and Mary Briggs Ron Grisham

Bob & Char Kinney

Jorgen and Lynn Overgaard Sharon Ruthven

Richard and Phyllis Rynone David & Nancy Struss

Noel Wheeler

Senior $25-$34 Alice Anthony Kathy Disbrow

Linda Doty Nicholas Down Barbara Doyle Mary Foster Jean Hubsch

Mary Jane and Paul Ingram Tina Kranenburg William Norton

Sharon Trenchard William Turner

Barbara Wohlschlegel

Taking Better Pictures Saturdays, March 1 – 15, 1-3 pm Instructor: Steve Knapp Location: Arts Center, Rosenfeld Studio Cost: $48 members, $60 non-members Make the most of your digital camera! Discover how to use a variety of camera settings. Learn how to compose more interesting shots. Explore digital editing programs and techniques. Bring your own digital camera.

Workshop Registration Information and Refund Policy

· Full class fee is required at registration. Absolutely NO partial class fees. One may make up missed class if available. · Class size is limited; please register early to avoid closed classes. Classes with inad-equate enrollment are cancelled 1 week be-fore the first class meeting so please regis-ter early. All fees refunded when ACYC cancels a class. · Refunds of class fees, less $10 adminis-trative fee, are made for withdrawals prior to 2 business days before to first class or 2 weeks prior for full week workshop.

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Penn Yan, NY 14527

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