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Iranian-born artist to lecture on her culturally hybridized work

Hedieh Ilchi will bring a unique perspective to the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution lecture series.

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Nontraditional path leads students to full Chautauqua experience

Before Meg and David Feldman came to Chautauqua, they lived the typical life of a young married couple in American suburbia.

They had a house in Virginia, two cars and a dog. They had bachelor’s degrees and plans of making livelihoods out of their passions, she as a fine artist and he as a musician.

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Impossibility of perfection inspires tonight’s VACI lecturer

Julie Langsam thrives off of failure.

Langsam, a painter who will lecture at 7 p.m. tonight in the Hultquist Center, grew up with the idea of modernism as a search for the ideal. She was attracted to that concept of looking for ideal forms, societies and lives, but she couldn’t make herself believe in it.

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Independent, nontraditional artist to lecture tonight

Independent artist Charles Spurrier lectured at Chautauqua last year about the continuity of his and others’ work in his life so far.

Spurrier, who taught a painting seminar for the first time at the School of Art last season, will return to Chautauqua to lecture in the Hultquist Center at 7 p.m. tonight.

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School of Art Annual Show celebrates students’ dedication

Lisa Jakab, School of Art student, ran into a Chautauquan on the Institution grounds last week.

It was a Chautauquan she recognized from last summer, the first season Jakab spent at the art school.

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Ceramists to lecture about work, life as artists

Once upon a time, Errol Willett worked with clay in a workshop.

It was just for a little while. Afterward, he continued on with his life, exploring practical paths toward a defined career. But he couldn’t forget about his time with the clay.

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New Strohl exhibit gives viewers ‘blue heavenly time’

Blue: Wavelength 440-490 nm; frequency 680-610 THz; ranging from navy blue to cyan as one of the primary colors. And there are other truths, other ways of seeing and being blue.

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School of Art students let passion guide their summer

Making art is a struggle.

That’s a lesson Lisa Jakab has learned in her two summers as a School of Art student at Chautauqua. Last summer, Jakab’s first at the Institution, she had an inspiration the first day and ran with it. But this summer, she didn’t get so lucky.

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Chautauqua’s first monochromatic art show to open in Strohl gallery

A blue streak of artwork will take over the Strohl Art Center for the next five weeks.

“Out of the Blue,” which will have its opening reception from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today in the Strohl Art Center, features work from eight artists in all different shades of blue. Judy Barie, director of galleries and curator of the show, said this will be Chautauqua’s first monochromatic-themed show.

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