Students Featured in Art Showcase

Seniors at Oswayo Valley High School have a variety of artwork on display at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital’s Irwin Medical Arts Center as part of the hospital’s Community Art Showcase.

The students, Jody Osburn, Elizabeth Coyle, Megan Mesler and Jenna Maxson, who heard of the hospital’s Community Art Showcase through their art teacher, Jesse Hyde, were excited to share their work with the public.

“This is a good time of year because they’ve had the majority of school year to work on it,” Hyde said. There’s a chance that some of the artwork on display could be submitted to a state-wide art competition in March, he said.

The students have enjoyed being able to express their own creativity in Hyde’s art class, which provides “a release” and the ability to look at things differently in the world.

The Community Art Showcase features artists for about six to eight weeks. The project has featured artists Jessie Vaughn of Ulysses, Maxine Shear of Coudersport, Karen Wolf of Sweden Township, Pat Bosworth of Port Allegany, Alyson Leach, Leslie Kelley, and Suzan Richar of Galeton, Naomi Keller, Heather Chilson, and Lindsey Francis of Coudersport, and Mercedes Schwartz of Smethport, according to chairperson Betty Wei.

“It’s a way for area residents to enjoy the talent and creativity of local artists and the hospital family is thrilled to make this opportunity possible,” she said.

For more information on the Community Art Showcase, contact Wei at 274-7910.

Pictured, from left, are Jody Osburn, Elizabeth Coyle, Megan Mesler, and Jenna Maxson.

(Photo courtesy of Charles Cole Memorial Hospital)