ArtWorks at the Depot Open
Story & Photos by Ruth Gentilman Peterson
A reception for the artists participating in the opening Close to Home Show at ArtWorks at the Depot was held in the newly floored front room at the Depot and the ArtWorks Gallery (middle room). The front room flooring was cut to match original flooring and donated by Kane Hardwood.
Twenty eight individuals from the area participated in the Close to Home Opening Show and their work and that of Artworks cooperative artists is now available for viewing. Participating in the show are: Jody Aiello, Bernice (Buz) Anderson, Katie Cecchetti, Emily Cleland, John M. Cleland, Mary Coudriet, Carolyn (Peg) Coulter, Debra Dore', Dennis Driscoll, Joe Feikls, Wintis K. Gibson, Jr., Robert Hart, Olivia "Missy" Hartman, Margie Holland, Karianne James, Amelia Kepler, John Knapp, Doug Kunicki, Regina Malacarne, Steve Miller, Jack Northrop, Shay Payne, Nancy Petruney, Patricia Prechtl, Mary Lou Rich, AnnaLisa Ryding, Merriam Ryding, and Cat Sirianni.
There are paintings, pencil drawings, pastels, sculptures, photography, woodwork including intarsia, turning, woodburning; ceramics (pottery), collage, poetry, and mixed media.
ArtWorks Director Merry Ryding noted "The Close to Home project highlights many different styles and perspectives. Participants were asked to take a fresh look at their home. For some this meant working in a new medium. For some it was putting their work out to be seen by the public for the first time. For some it meant looking deeper at their subject and instilling new insight into their work."
A Close to Home program book containing many of the show's entries and the inspirations behind them is available for purchase at the ArtWorks Gallery and Store.
The program book includes quotes from the Journal of Elizabeth Kane, written in 1868. Her works, describing the very early days when the town of Kane was just being imagined, provide a grounding source of the history of the community," Ryding notes. "Kane writes about the struggles, anxiety, triumphs, and joys, of reaching her new homeplace after traveling through miles of wilderness and of building the new town on a wild, forested hilltop. Our shared history grounds us, gives us the soil to grow, and roots our inspirations."
ArtWorks at the Depot is organized under the Kane Depot Preservation Society, a non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible. The ArtWorks gallery is located in the restored railroad depot building, located at the junction of Routes 6 & 66 (1 South Fraley Street) in Kane, Pennsylvania.
The Close to Home project was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
The ArtWorks Gallery and Store is open weekends -- Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Additional events such as First Friday's and workshops will feature artists and art instruction later in the 2009 season which runs through December 20, 2009.
A reception for the artists participating in the opening Close to Home Show at ArtWorks at the Depot was held in the newly floored front room at the Depot and the ArtWorks Gallery (middle room). The front room flooring was cut to match original flooring and donated by Kane Hardwood. Twenty eight individuals from the area participated in the Close to Home Opening Show and their work and that of Artworks cooperative artists is now available for viewing. Participating in the show are: Jody Aiello, Bernice (Buz) Anderson, Katie Cecchetti, Emily Cleland, John M. Cleland, Mary Coudriet, Carolyn (Peg) Coulter, Debra Dore', Dennis Driscoll, Joe Feikls, Wintis K. Gibson, Jr., Robert Hart, Olivia "Missy" Hartman, Margie Holland, Karianne James, Amelia Kepler, John Knapp, Doug Kunicki, Regina Malacarne, Steve Miller, Jack Northrop, Shay Payne, Nancy Petruney, Patricia Prechtl, Mary Lou Rich, AnnaLisa Ryding, Merriam Ryding, and Cat Sirianni.
There are paintings, pencil drawings, pastels, sculptures, photography, woodwork including intarsia, turning, woodburning; ceramics (pottery), collage, poetry, and mixed media.
ArtWorks Director Merry Ryding noted "The Close to Home project highlights many different styles and perspectives. Participants were asked to take a fresh look at their home. For some this meant working in a new medium. For some it was putting their work out to be seen by the public for the first time. For some it meant looking deeper at their subject and instilling new insight into their work."
A Close to Home program book containing many of the show's entries and the inspirations behind them is available for purchase at the ArtWorks Gallery and Store.
The program book includes quotes from the Journal of Elizabeth Kane, written in 1868. Her works, describing the very early days when the town of Kane was just being imagined, provide a grounding source of the history of the community," Ryding notes. "Kane writes about the struggles, anxiety, triumphs, and joys, of reaching her new homeplace after traveling through miles of wilderness and of building the new town on a wild, forested hilltop. Our shared history grounds us, gives us the soil to grow, and roots our inspirations."
ArtWorks at the Depot is organized under the Kane Depot Preservation Society, a non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible. The ArtWorks gallery is located in the restored railroad depot building, located at the junction of Routes 6 & 66 (1 South Fraley Street) in Kane, Pennsylvania.
The Close to Home project was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
The ArtWorks Gallery and Store is open weekends -- Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Additional events such as First Friday's and workshops will feature artists and art instruction later in the 2009 season which runs through December 20, 2009.
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