TWO Free Community Arts Events / TWO Exhibits / 50 Artists
50 Regional Artists represented by West End Gallery – “Director’s Choice” A group exhibit featuring a collection of artwork selected by the Gallery Director, Jesse Gardner, in the Main Gallery
and
“A Tribute to the Late Thomas S. Buechner” (1926-2010) in the Upstairs Gallery
Exhibit on display through January 18, 2024 at West End Gallery 12 West Market Street, Corning, NY AND Online: www.westendgallery.net
West End Gallery announces the opening of its newest exhibits, “Director’s Choice”, a group exhibit featuring a collection of artwork selected by the Gallery Director in the Main Gallery and “A Tribute to the Late Thomas S. Buechner” (1926-2010)” in the Upstairs Gallery.
In The Main Gallery: The West End Gallery represents 50 exceptionally talented local and regional artists, some of which are nationally and internationally known. The Director, Jesse Gardner, will select at least one of her favorite pieces of artwork from each artist represented by the Gallery for the “Director’s Choice Exhibit”. These artists work in a variety of mediums: oils, watercolor, acrylic, clay, wood, metal, glass, and more! The artists represented are mainly from Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania.
- Richard Aerni, Rochester, NY
- Bruce Baxter, Bath, NY
- Alan and Rosemary Bennett, Bath, NY
- Anne Bialke, Trumansburg, NY
- David Bitting, Hornell, NY
- Bibi S. Brion, Liberty, PA
- The late David Buck, Corning, NY
- The late Thomas S. Buechner, Corning, NY
- Richell Castellón, Syracuse, NY
- Becky Congdon, Honeoye, NY
- Trish Coonrod, Ithaca, NY
- Cynthia Cratsley, Odessa, NY
- Martha Custer, Painted Post, NY
- Joseph Q. Daily, Vestal, NY
- Ross Delano, Corning, NY
- Carolyn Dilcher-Stutz, Rochester, NY
- Jennifer Fais, Cameron Mills, NY
- Tracy Fiegl, Fillmore, NY
- San Fortune, Corning, NY
- Barbara Fox, Little Valley, NY
- Tom Gardner, Horseheads, NY
- Edd Tokarz Harnas, Honolulu, HI (formerly of Corning, NY)
- Brian M. Hart, Corning, NY
- Dana Hawk, Wurtsboro, NY
- Amy Hutto, Bath, NY
- Christina Johnson, Elmira, NY
- Ileen Kaplan, Rock Stream, NY
- Brian Keeler, Wyalusing, PA, Ithaca, NY
- Suzette Mason, Williamsport, PA
- Jennifer Miller, Olean, NY
- Joseph A. Miller, Buffalo, NY
- GC Myers, Horseheads, NY
- Angela Niforatos, Elmira Heights, NY
- Wilson Ong, Coeur d’Alene, ID (formerly of Corning, NY)
- Gina Pfleegor, Corning, NY
- Martin A. Poole, Old Fort, NC (formerly of Corning, NY)
- Ann Recotta, Corning, NY
- J. Harlan Ritchey, State College, PA
- Rodi Rovner, Corning, NY
- Aaron Rovner-Buck, Corning, NY
- Jay Seaman, Rochester, NY
- Judy Soprano, Livonia, NY
- Chris Walters, Corning, NY
- Gary Weisman, Newfield, NY
- Bohn Whitaker, Brookline, MA (formerly of Corning)
- Paul Willsea and Carol O’Brien, Naples, NY
- Wynn Yarrow, Elmira, NY
- Bin Zhang, Pittsford, NY
- Treacy Ziegler, Newfield, NY
In The Upstairs Gallery: In addition to the “Director’s Choice” exhibition in the Main Gallery, there will be “A Tribute to the late Thomas S. Buechner (1926-2010)” in the Upstairs Gallery. Buechner is an internationally known artist whose work is in many private and public collections. He was a beloved mentor to many of the artists in the Finger Lakes Region and beyond and was a prominent and treasured community leader in the Corning area.
Born in New York City in 1926, Thomas Scharman Buechner attended Princeton University, the Art Student’s League in New York, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He studied old master painting techniques in Amsterdam with M.M. van Dantzig, a pupil of Max Doerner’s. He specialized in exhibition design and was later employed by the Display Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first Director of The Corning Museum of Glass (1950-1960) and then Director of the Brooklyn Museum (1960-1971), Buechner simultaneously worked as an illustrator for the Chicago Tribune’s and the Washington Post’s “Book World”. In 1972, he became President of Steuben Glass, Chairman of the Corning Glass Works Foundation and President of the Corning Museum of Glass. He helped to establish the Rockwell Museum in 1976, serving as its President for ten years. In 1985 he became a Vice President of Corning Glass Works. As author and lecturer, Buechner is known to glass scholars, artists, and collectors. He wrote the glass section for the Encyclopedia Britannica and founded both the Journal of Glass Studies and the New Glass Review. His best-known book is Norman Rockwell, Artist, and Illustrator. Painting full time since 1986, he remained a consultant to Corning Incorporated and served on a number of boards. An established portrait, landscape and still life painter, Buechner had many one-man exhibitions in New York, throughout this country, and in Germany and Japan. His paintings have been acquired by museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art. He taught in Rome and Germany, Corning, and Elmira. Tom Buechner died peacefully at his home on June 13, 2010, after a short illness.
Exhibit on view: Friday, November 17th – Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Enjoy In Person at West End Gallery – 12 West Market Street in Corning, NY
Enjoy Online at www.WestEndGallery.net. Exhibit will debut online by 11am on Opening Day.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10:30am-5:30pm (May-December)
Contact: Phone: 607.936.2011 – Email: info@westendgallery.net