Local artists exhibit paintings in new library art gallery

ONEIDA, N.Y. » Marking the recent opening of the new Oneida Public Library (OPL) at 459 Main St., Oneida, local artwork is being displayed within it now through February.

The exhibit, called Visions 20/20, contains recent artwork by 20 local painters, many of which reflect the artists’ experiences of the past year and its traumatic impact on society, according to library officials.

The artwork covers a range of styles, from naturalism to abstraction, as well as a range of media, from watercolors to acrylics on Plexiglas. The show was curated by Pamela Vogan Lynch, who is a retired Oneida High School art teacher and a wellknown artist in Central New York.

The artists represented in the show include Lisa Billington, Kristie Boisen, Heather Cigeroglu, Jack Cotten, Eileen Cunningham,

Laura Diddle, Ruth B. Donovan, Linda Evans, Karen Harris, Drayton Jones, Kara Kiehn, Jana Laxa, Judith Haynes Levins, Pamela Lynch, Geraldine Meday, Ann Pangburn, John Seely, Maria Seely, Kathy Smith, and Debra Sturdevant.

Visions 20/20 can be viewed in the OPL Art Gallery through February during the library’s temporary in-house operating hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Many of the paintings are for sale by the artists, with price listings included in the show’s catalog.

The OPL’S Visions 20/20 Art Exhibit is made possible with funds, administered by CNY Arts, from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, officials report.

For more information, stop by the Oneida Library at 459 Main St. or call (315) 363-3050.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Among the 20 artworks on show at the OPL’S Visions 20⁄20 exhibit is the watercolor entitled “Chanticleer” by Exhibit Curator Pamela Vogan Lynch.