Special Events:

Opening Reception:

Sunday, August 30, 3 - 5pm

Director's Tour:

Tuesday, September 1, 2pm

Also on view in Gallery Julius: Capturing a Moment: Work by Leigh Yardley

Gerald C. Mead, Jr.

Sponsored by the Nelson B. Delavan Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Collage + Assemblage will feature 22 contemporary artists with over 115 works of art that all are created utilizing at least three elements such as paper, cloth, wood, metal or found objects

Capturing a Moment will feature paintings by Leigh Yardley of Hubbardsville, NY.  Leigh is a native Central New Yorker and has exhibited her work since 1994. She earned a degree in Fine Arts from Skidmore College in Saratoga NY and a degree in Education/Early Childhood Development from Oswego State University. Since 1997 she has worked as a Teaching Artist with Utica Aesthetic Education Institute. In Aesthetic Education artists and teachers work in collaboration exploring works of art on all levels. With students Leigh has created collaborative large-scale public works; immersing the students in active engaging work with learning focused through artistic process with curricular connections.

In addition to working as an artist Leigh is an active member of several community arts organizations and Adjunct Instructor of Art at Morrisville State College. Her observations are based in the rural hills east of Hamilton NY, where she lives with husband, Bruce Moseley.