SVAN Northville Library
Gallery Exhibitions
SVAN welcomes all artists to exhibit their work as a solo, duo, or group exhibition in the Northville Public Library Gallery on the shore of the Great Sacandaga Lake in the beautiful Adirondack Park.
To submit for exhibition, please go to the call-to-art page and complete the Call-to-Art 2023 for the Library Gallery.
You are invited to the Meet-the-Artist Reception for Incandescent: Aiming Light as a Guide on October 3, 2023. Leslie Ford’s exhibition will be on display at the Northville library gallery until November 22, 2023.
You are invited to the Meet-the-Artist Reception for Incandescent: Aiming Light as a Guide on October 3, 2023. Leslie Ford’s exhibition will be on display at the Northville library gallery until November 22, 2023.
View the fantastic fine-art photography and enjoy light refreshments. Bring your photo questions or grab your camera gear and join our Photographers Jam Session! Michael Tondreau, Paul Valovic, and Bill Broderick, three of SVAN’s newest members, will be discussing their art, the craft of capturing light, and enjoying some group participation photography in the Northville Public Library (Upstairs) Gallery.
2022 is the year SVAN celebrates a quarter of a century, 25 incredible years of supporting culture and artistic activity in Northville and the surrounding Sacandaga Valley. This year, we honor the artists and performers that have been active with the organization since December of 1997 and all those who have joined in along the way; thank you for making our beautiful region and thriving communities even more vibrant!
Art by Linda Biggers, presented by SVAN Arts and the Northville Library.
Sacandaga Valley Arts Network
proudly presents
Special Deliveries of Hope
An idea open to artists of all ages, SVAN asked for an expression of hope for the seasons ahead via poetry, prose, song lyrics, painting, sketching, collage, fiber arts, mixed media, photography, or anything else you could dream up to be mailed to us. We are thrilled to exhibit this diverse collection at the Northville Public Library Art Gallery in Northville, New York!
The winner of the drawing, picked from a hat by library staff, is Sheryl Levine! A $25 Gift Certificate will be mailed to Sheryl for purchase at the Northville Gallery and Gift Shop. Thanks to all our contributors!
Concordant Energy
An Exhibition by Leslie Ford and Arlene Rambush
November and December 2020
Virtual Meet the Artist Reception
To Be Announced, 6-8pm
Artist’s Statement - Arlene Rambush
Currently, my work is mostly abstract. I seek to break down the ordinary appearance of everyday experience into elementary building blocks of existence.
Through geometrical and translucent representation, I seek to transcend the obvious appearance whether it is an object or feeling, or state of mind. I view the universe as holographic: what is apparent on a macro level is also present in the micro and vice versa. The “difference” we entertain occurs because of our human perception, how our brains organize data. Additionally, we are part of the experience and can’t get outside to peer in.
“All of art is learning to see” but, for me, not so much seeing what is “out there” as seeing what we create “in here.”
Artist’s Statement – Leslie Ford
Leslie Ford’s formal training was in vocal music and choral conducting. There is a direct relationship to the aural and spatial performance of music to her work in acrylic and multimedia. She is grounded in the symbols and connections that give joy and rich meaning to life. Everything from early archeology to essential geometry, complemented by texture and color, add value and hue to new interpretations. You can clearly observe the sense of motion and lightheartedness as a constant motif in her work.
The Bones that Shelter US
An Exhibition by Rebekkah Ziel
Meet the Artist Reception
* POSTPONED DUE TO PANDEMIC *
Artist Statement:
Lines and shapes, bold colors in isolated areas, and flowing emotion are the basis of my work. There is no political or social thought, nor is there the intent to send a specific message in the pieces I create. I draw my inspiration from the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements, as well as from the geometric elements of architecture. I have a passion for the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi and love photographing items that were once cherished and glorified but have now been left to decay. By celebrating these items in my work, I hope to remind others of the value they once held and to preserve their memory as they disappear from our physical presence and collective consciousness. In addition, I love elevating the ordinary things we continuously encounter but seldom appreciate. A fence may just be a means to contain livestock, but is the rust and patina on it not is own art form? Are the lines that fence makes across a snowy white field not as strikingly beautiful as they are practical? My artwork is derived from the emotions invoked from the world around me, and as such my inspiration will never run dry, and my work will never cease.
Water Dance
An Exhibition by Susan Meyer
March and April 2020
Meet the Artist Reception
March 17, 6-8pm
Artist Statement
Held the right way, nature is a mirror that reflects our deeper nature. I’m drawn to photographing water in its various, mutable forms and experience the water cycle as a compelling, multi-layered metaphor. Cycling between existing as an ephemeral, individual droplet or crystal and part of a collective body, water is reflective, flowing, interconnecting, transforming. Might steam fog rising from a distant river be composed of recycled teardrops others and I once cried? Water is an integral part of each and every one of us that transcends all boundaries and borders.
Moments of Existence
An Exhibition by Vartan D. Bonjukian
January and February 2020
Meet the Artist Reception
January 14, 6-8pm
Artist’s Statement
Creating art is as much a physical process as it is mental; most of the creation is done when I am not making art. The subject matter I employ is a combination of the natural world as well as the subconscious conjuring of dreams. When creating oil-based paintings, I draw an image on the canvas, then wash the canvas with turpentine and oil paint, and then apply a glaze of oil paints combined with clear oils. My wood carvings begin when I select the wood, then I wipe of linseed or jojoba oil or a mix of oil paint with mineral spirits. I also use watercolors and colored pencils and markers to create mixed media illustrations. In college I studied intaglio etching and copper plate engraving which is a medium that lends itself well to my improvisational surrealistic line drawings.