August 23, 2011
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When Lois Jubeck first came to Chautauqua to start her job as managing director of the visual arts programs, she spent the 13-hour car ride lying in the back of a station wagon.
She had given birth to her first child 10 days earlier, and she wasn’t feeling well. But her husband, artistic director Don Kimes, had to be at Chautauqua to start his job, so she loaded the baby into a car seat, the family’s belongings into a U-Haul and got in for the ride.
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August 16, 2011
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The art galleries at Chautauqua have plenty of quality work on display, but if it’s out of your price range or you’re looking for a different type of art, head to The Gallery Store in Strohl Art Center.
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August 9, 2011
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This is about the culture that Chautauqua makes.
Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution most often shows the culture of others in its galleries — collections of work on themes selected by the curators, from other institutions or by artists selected for the annual national invitational.
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August 9, 2011
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Stanley Lewis watched a School of Art student begin a painting last week and immediately was captivated.
That instant transformation of a blank canvas into a forum of ideas and expression is what Lewis, an instructor at the New York Studio School and the School of Art, loves about painting.
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August 8, 2011
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The assignment was simple.
Painting student David McDonough and his classmates were told to “engage the landscape” of the grounds for their drawing class. Easy enough. But instead of drawing Chautauqua Lake or Miller Park or a patch of visually interesting shrubbery, McDonough decided to push the assignment to its limit.
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August 6, 2011
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If you missed Week Four’s Art in the Park, don’t worry — it’s happening again on Sunday.
From noon to 4:30 p.m., Miller Park will be filled with artwork from local artists. Artists from Jamestown, Buffalo, Dunkirk and surrounding New York areas have purchased tables on which they will display and sell their work.
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August 6, 2011
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Jamie Jamison has been coming to Chautauqua for 19 years. Five years ago, she decided to take advantage of the art classes and programming here and experiment with creating art.
Now, she will show her artwork at the Fowler-Kellogg Art Center.
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August 5, 2011
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Terry Adkins is a fine artist. But his pieces aren’t shown in typical art openings — the unveiling of his work usually feels more like a recital.
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August 3, 2011
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A trace: The poetics of a line which leads toward discovery, a mark of meaning.
In this case, in the Strohl Art Center, the trace engages two parties along a line of aesthetic discovery growing between Iran and the United States.
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August 3, 2011
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The School of Art invites the Chautauqua community to a drive-in movie — sans the drive.
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Greenhouse to take audience on her journey out of Christian Science
Gergen: Millennials should learn from the World War II generation
Hoffman fights for women’s rights inside secular Judaism, at Western Wall
President Roosevelt: ‘I Have Seen War. I Hate War.’
Dybul: Eliminate preventable diseases for ‘a more perfect world’
Fish: Value of arts, humanities found in pleasure we take in them
No power? No problem.
Through his photography, Reza ‘shakes the hearts of people’
Writers’ Center workshops help Chautauquan get published
BTG seeks historical input for 100th anniversary in 2013
138th assembly draws to close with Becker’s Sunday address
Hillcrest Concert Band brings worldly program to Amp
Holbert to preach on season’s final Sunday
Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. Over the course of nine weeks, more than 170,000 visitors will participate in programs, classes and community events for all ages—all within the beautiful setting of a historic lakeside village. Learn more →
