The ARTS Celebrates 35 Years

35th Anniversary Exhibit

Exhibit Reception:Wednesday, January 16, 5 - 7 pm

The ARTS is marking the organization's 35th Anniversary with a special exhibit in its Gallery on Market Street in Corning.

The ARTS, the region's arts council serving Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties, was chartered in 1972 as The Chemung Valley Arts Council. "To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to create a brochure that would capture and communicate the essence of The ARTS today", said Ginnie Lupi, executive director. "We started by listing all the ways The ARTS makes a difference in the community, and then put out a public call for photographs of anything that looked like the numbers 1-35.

"Lupi said that close to 20 artists submitted photographs and that designer and The ARTS Board member Marc Rubin chose images by Jan Kather, Zoey Newcomer and Rachel Philipson to be included in the brochure, which has been distributed widely throughout the region.The ARTS will exhibit the five winning photographs, a majority of the original photo submissions, and reproductions of Rubin's designs in an exhibit running through January 25.

Included in the exhibit are works from Dan Aloi and Lynn Dates, Elaini Caruso, Kelly Clark, Aleathia Drehmer, Paula Friedman, Janet Howie, Beth Hylen, Ginnie Lupi, Susan Nagle, Noel Sylvester, Brad Turner, Alan Voorhees, and Michelle Wlosinski.The reception is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.eARTS.org or call 962-5871 x225.