5th Annual Exhibition for Art Students

Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fundraiser for Art Students at Delavan Art Gallery on Th3 in March

"Untitled" by Moreece Armstead, 6th Grade Student at Blodgett, oil pastel and black glue

Delavan Art Gallery is pleased to present the fifth annual exhibition and fundraiser of art by students in three Syracuse School District Elementary Schools: Blodgett, Seymour Magnet and Solace. Each year, students from the classes of Stacy Griffin, Kristin Dugger, Kelly Moser-Vogler, Paul Bova and Simone Montgomery have the chance to see their work displayed and sold in a professional setting to raise money for themselves as burgeoning artists and for school art supplies. Donations of art supplies are also encouraged and can be dropped off at the gallery at any point during the exhibition. A special reception will be held during Th3, The Third Thursday, on March 20 from 5 - 8 p.m. For those not able to attend the reception, the gallery will be open to the public on Friday, March 21 from Noon - 6 p.m. and by appointment during business hours, Tuesday through Friday, of the following week, ending March 28, 2008. To make an appointment, please call the gallery at (315) 425-7500.

Delavan Art Gallery is a 3,800 square foot showcase and sales venue for fine art created by area artists. Conveniently located downtown at 501 West Fayette Street in Syracuse, the gallery is free and open to the public. Off-street parking is available and the gallery is handicapped accessible.

Effective February 23, 2008, Delavan Art Gallery is taking a break from the normal exhibition schedule, opening only for Th3 each month and for special events such as this. The gallery is scheduled to reopen with regular programming for its Five Year Anniversary in September of 2008. For more information visit www.DelavanArtGallery.com.

Masquerade Ball Polaroids!!

Polaroids from the Masquerade Ball!!



Here are our winners:




Please click on the images below to see the photos larger...

Review in Post-Standard and Letter to the Editor

Delavan Art Gallery's current exhibition, "The Artistic Domain" was reviewed last Sunday by the Post-Standard's arts critic Katherine Rushworth. Unhappy with the review, Stone Canoe Editor Robert Colley published a letter to the editor which was in today's paper. The links to both are below. The articles will be posted on Syracuse.com for two weeks after they were first published.

Katherine Rushworth's Review in Sunday's STARS

Robert Colley's Letter to the Editor

The Passing of Roger Bingham Morris

The photo on the left is of Roger Bingham Morris, taken on December 6, 2007, at the opening reception of an exhibition of the artist's work at Delavan Art Gallery, titled, "R. Bingham Morris, Contemporary Acrylic Paintings." The night is a fond memory, for some the last, of an artist who has moved and inspired Central New Yorkers for years. May he rest in peace.

For more photos from that night, click HERE.

To read the press release about Morris's exhibition at Delavan Art Gallery, including more info about Morris as an artist, click HERE.


The following is the obituary published in The Post-Standard on 2/6/2008:

February 4, 2008 Roger Bingham Morris, renowned artist in and beyond greater Syracuse, died Monday at Francis House, just minutes before his 69th birthday, just hours after his beloved Giants won the Superbowl. Influenced by the textures of ceramists, R. Bingham Morris paintings "are about paint, not objects or scenes...like music, beyond explanation, layers of color that flow off the brush or the knife or my hands, where the imagination takes over to convey a mood." A member and past president of Associated Artists, "RB" studied his craft at SUNY Buffalo and RIT, where he received a BFA, and MFA from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. His works are included in many corporate and private collections, and have been featured in numerous exhibitions, including current exhibits at Delavan Center, Manlius Library, and the B.R. Updike Stone House Gallery. He also studied the colors of military history, and won awards for his miniature models and ships. Roger enjoyed his 50th East Syracuse High School Reunion last summer. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany and Vietnam, and praised the Syracuse V.A. Hospital and staff for the care he recently received there. The son of Paul and "Head Teacher" Lucy Morris, he said he would be survived by his art, and his family in the art community, and he was gratified that he was able to spend his life in creative endeavors. His ashes will brush the waters in a summer memorial. Comments may be sent to rbinghammorris@earthlink.net Contributions may be made to Francis House, 108 Michaels Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13208. Delaney-Greabell-Adydan Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Masquerade Ball

Join us for one more party before our sabbatical! Announcing our Masquerade Ball on Sat. February 16th at 6:30 PM featuring a first time ever collaboration by accomplished jazz musicians Marcia Rutledge and Jason Kessler...



Dress to impress with your favorite mask... Prizes will be awarded for the following categories:
- Best Dressed Lady
- Best Dressed Gentleman
- Best Dressed We're-not-sure

DETAILS

Music: Jazz by Marcia Rutledge & Jason Kessler
Food: A fine assortment of hors d'oeuvres
Art: Masks by Evamaria Hardin and the exhibition "The Artistic Domain" on view through Feb. 23
When: Saturday, February 16th, 6:30-8:30 PM
Suggested Admission: $10/person to cover food, music and non-alcoholic beverages. BYOB
What to Bring: An eccentric outfit with mask and your favorite alcoholic beverage- That's right, it's BYOB, so show off your fine taste in wine!

Artists at the opening of "The Artistic Domain"

Thanks to everyone for a great and very well attended opening!

Artist James Skvarch


Artist Lew Graham


Artist Sharon Gordon


Stone Canoe Artist Arlene Abend peaking through her sculpture

PRESS RELEASE for "The Artistic Domain"

SYRACUSE, New York -- January 10, 2007 --  Delavan Art Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition "The Artistic Domain" featuring paintings by Sharon Gordon, encaustic paintings by Lew Graham, etchings and oil paintings by James Skvarch and works by artists in the second edition of Stone Canoe, a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York. The exhibit opens on Thursday, January 24 from 5-8 p.m. and continues through Saturday, February 23, 2008.

Sharon Gordon is showing new paintings from the series "Pushing Through May and August." This series of abstracted landscapes examines impending changes in atmosphere. Gordon was born and raised in Upstate New York and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fine Arts from Skidmore College. Since her graduation she has enjoyed continuing success as a painter, having had group and solo exhibitions, as well as ongoing representation in numerous galleries throughout the East Coast. Experiencing artwork in France and Italy was a determining factor in Gordon's decision to spend her life as a painter.

Sharon Gordon, "Pushing Through May and August II" oil painting, 30" x 30 "

Lew Graham has returned for her second exhibition at Delavan Art Gallery with a new series of paintings with collage elements. Her new work uses the increasingly popular medium of encaustic, brought back to favor by artists such as Jasper Johns. Graham's paintings combine the grid with relief elements to refer to nature and landscape. She has been exhibiting paintings and three-dimensional works as well as installation art throughout New York City, New Jersey and Upstate New York for over 25 years. Graham's work is included in numerous private and corporate collections.

Lew Graham, "Matrix: Yellow" Encaustic and mixed media on panel, 24"w x 48"h x 4"d

James Skvarch, the award-winning intaglio printmaker from Syracuse, NY, is exhibiting a selection of etchings and oil paintings of traditional interiors and landscapes. His realistic etchings depict actual and imagined places inspired by the Italian Master Piranesi. Skvarch attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Art Institute and also studied at the International Academy for Art in Salzburg, Austria. Over the last 25 years, his work has been shown in a number of galleries in Illinois, Connecticut and many areas of Upstate New York. His work is included in the collections of the Rochester Memorial Art Museum, Cooperstown Museum of Art, Onondaga Historical Society and Munson Williams Proctor Institute, to name a few.

James Skvarch, "Heroic Paintings Mystify the Curious" etching

Delavan Art Gallery is pleased to host a second exhibition of visual art from Stone Canoe, a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, published each spring by University College of Syracuse University.  Stone Canoe showcases the work of a diverse mix of emerging and well-established artists, poets, and writers with connections to Upstate New York including work from a Pulitzer Prize winner, a quadriplegic artist, and sixth-grade students from the Edward Smith School. The inaugural issue won a bronze medal in the 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards, as well as numerous compliments from artists, critics and writers.  Delavan Art Gallery is displaying works by visual artists in the second edition of the journal including Arlene Abend, Joy Adams, Brantley Carroll, Sylvia de Swaan, Sara Di Donato, Doug DuBois, Sara Eichner, Maureen Foster, Nicora Gangi, Diana Godfrey, Ronald Gonzalez, Holly Greenberg, Sam Harmon, Elana Herzog, Ada Jacques, Aida Khalil, Jonathan Kirk, Tom Krueger, Scott McCarney, John "Jaws" McGrath, Bruce Muirhead, Jake Muirhead, Donalee Peden-Wesley, Linda Price, Dennis Pullen, Beatrix Reinhardt, Steve Shaner, Lynette K Stephenson, and Deborah Zlotsky.  The visual arts editor and curator for the Stone Canoe exhibit is Marion Wilson.  For more information about Stone Canoe, visit the journal's website, www.stonecanoejournal.org.

Representing artists published in Stone Canoe:
Bruce Muirhead, "Wind Farm on the Tug Hill Plateau" oil on canvas, 36" W x 24" H

Delavan Art Gallery is a 3,800 square foot showcase and sales venue for fine art created by area artists. Conveniently located downtown at 501 West Fayette Street in Syracuse, the gallery is free and open to the public. Off-street parking is available and the gallery is handicapped accessible. Delavan Art Gallery opens “The Artistic Domain” with a reception from 5 - 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 24. The show is on exhibit through Saturday, February 23 on Thursday and Friday afternoons from 12-6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. -  4 p.m. and at other times by appointment. For more information visit www.DelavanArtGallery.com.