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Time and Textures at Cooperative Gallery

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The Cooperative Gallery 213 presents as its featured show Time & Textures, an exhibition of 3 friends who met as art majors at the State University of New York, College at New Paltz in 1980. Specially for the Broome Co. Art Trail three artists—Judy Salton, MaryRose, and Betsy Jo Williams will be on display October 1st – 23rd, 2021.

Each of the three artists has a unique perspective & approach to their medium. The passage of Time is a given. Textures are what we have learned along the way.  Please join us for the Third Thursday Art Talk with all three artists via Zoom at 7 pm on Oct. 21. Access the zoom link here.

Joanne Thorne Arnold is a Binghamton based oil painter who perceives the sky as a symbol of time and the clouds, its personality. The presented work is all new and conceived during pandemic lock down. Carrie Decker is a Poughkeepsie based artist & founder of the non-profit Crazy Over Art on Tour Van. Her prints are a direct response from the summer of 2019 when Carrie & Joanne attended Art New England in Bennington, Vermont. Cheryl McBride, is a Long Island art professor whose work is based on data driven responses of societal ills. She is inspired by the W.E.B DuBois exhibition at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris. Her work is conceptual, thought provoking and invokes conversation.

The Crazy Over Art on Tour Van will make a special appearance in front of Cooperative Gallery 213 on First Friday, October first. It is for the curious and those who move and shake to the beat of visual art.

Gallery hours are Fridays, 5-8pm, Saturdays, 11am-3pm and by appointment with the artists. Masks are required upon entry.

Marche’ Sale: During the fifth week of October the Gallery’s biennial Marche’ an artists flea market will be open on Thursday Oct. 29th 5-8 pm as a ticket event with food and music, and to the public Friday and Saturday 10 am-4 pm with markdown of items each day. Art, art supplies, decorative household items, linens, glassware, jewelry, furniture and art books will be sold. Donations of good quality items are sought; email cooperativegallery@gmail.com.

The Cooperative Gallery 213 State St. is in its 21st year of exhibiting local artists and engaging with the community. It has pioneered keeping art on display in person and virtually, with precautions, since August 2020 during the pandemic. The online store is a new feature containing the current show and members’ works. https://gallery-213-on-state-st-inc.square.site/ and the gallery has a website at www.CooperativeGallery.com and keeps an active Facebook and Instagram.

Thorne Arnold in “My Backyard” and Gilligan Paints “Flow”

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The Cooperative Gallery 213 will present two exhibits by Joanne Thorne Arnold titled “My Backyard” and “Flow” by Carolyn Gilligan opening May 31 from 6-8 pm and First Friday from 3-9pm. Both artists will give brief Artist’s Talks at 7 pm at the Thursday Opening Reception. The exhibit will run through June 24 and is available to the public Fridays 3-6 pm and Saturdays 12-4 pm.  Both experienced artists are exploring new techniques in painting. On June 21st at 7 pm they will discuss  “Unconventional Materials, Unconventional Tools” at the Third Thursday Discussion series.

“My Backyard” is a new series of oil paintings by colorist Joanne Thorne Arnold.  The exhibit is inspired by gardens and the natural beauty of our area.  The work is resolved ? with the unorthodox tool of cotton tipped swab applicators. Thorne Arnold describes her process of creating abstract paintings: “Using something other than a traditional paint brush has forced me to experiment with the exploration of line. Many of the compositions are reminiscent of a Tiffany glass landscape.” She continues, “With this technique I’ve captured the labor of planting, weeding and pruning, springs blossoms, sunny days, peaceful sunsets and twinkling night skies.”  Joanne Thorne Arnold is also exhibiting “Sustained Rhythms” at the Dryden Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island.  The show is up until July fourteenth.

Carolyn Gilligan has titled her new show FLOW. Flow is what water does on the painting surface. Flow is what Carolyn sees in water as it moves, reflects and distorts in so many beautiful ways. Flow is also what her mind does as it goes to a space deep within … a timeless place. Carolyn has been using a very slippery surface called Yupo that allows more flow and more vibrant color,” she explains. “My new paintings continue my impressions of water and sky as the color and water flow!”

The Cooperative Gallery, a popular stop on the First Friday Art Walk, located at Artists Row at 213 State Street in Binghamton, is open on First Friday 3- 9 pm and regularly Fridays from 3-6 and Saturdays from 12- 4 pm.  A free weekly e-newsletter is available by signing up at  www.cooperativegallery.com or on Facebook  at Cooperative Gallery 213.

 

 

“Shelter” and “Paintings by Jean Luongo” Open at Cooperative Gallery 213

This First Friday the Cooperative Gallery 213 will open an exhibit by Joanne Thorne Arnold titled “Shelter” and Jean Luongo’s “Current Work.” The exhibit, which will run through Nov. 25th.  Both are accomplished artists specializing in painting; Arnold is known for her colorful abstracts and Luongo for her portraits. A  Reception, open to the public, will be held at the gallery on First Friday and the gallery is regularly open 3-6 pm Fridays and Saturdays 12-4 pm, as well as 3-9 pm for First Friday’s Art Walk.

Oil painter Joanne Thorne Arnold explores the layering of colors and the energy of line.  Thorne Arnold explains her work, “With every mark I attempt to translate nature into an abstract and distinctive vocabulary. I experience a sense of renewal that contains the noise of the chaotic and the silence of calm.”

“Nature aside, to have shelter is a basic human need. It’s a place to protect, a place to feel safe.  It can be home, the studio or under a canopy of trees.   The iconic house shape symbolizes warmth from the cold and light from the darkness.” 

The Cooperative Gallery, a popular stop on the First Friday Art Walk, located at Artists Row –State of the Art, at 213 State Street in Binghamton, is open on First Friday 3- 9 pm and regularly Fridays from 3-6 and Saturdays from 12- 4 pm.  A free weekly e-newsletter is available by signing up at  www.cooperativegallery.com or on Facebook  at Cooperative Gallery 213.

Painting by Jean Luongo "Count My Sins"

 

 

 

 

 

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