Holidays at the Gallery

The Holiday season in Skaneateles is in full swing and we hope you will come out to enjoy some of the festivities!  This Friday is Skaneateles First Fridays.  Several shops will be open with art, music, and refreshments.  It is also the annual tree lighting in town.  Gallery 54 will be open late for our Holiday open house.

Photo by Tom Dwyer of the famous gazebo on Skaneateles Lake.

This year is the 20th Anniversary of the Dicken's Christmas in Skaneateles.  During the weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas every year Skaneateles has characters from Charles Dickens beloved tales throughout town.  There are skits, music, and several events associated.  See the Skaneateles Chamber Website for the full events listing at www.skaneateles.com.  A commemorative gazebo ornament is available at Gallery 54 as well!

"Let is Snow" necklace by Dana Stenson with dendritic opal.

Wednesday, December 10 is the Skaneateles "Shop, Sip, and Stroll" day.  We will be open until 8pm and all candles, Better Brittle, and Skaneateles Soap Company items will be 20% off!  We will also be serving complimentary mulled cider and with each purchase customers will receive a coupon for a free drink at a local restaurant.

Pen and ink holiday scene by Kathleen Schneider.

We hope you can make it out to enjoy the festivities!  Here are photos of some of the lovely pieces available at the gallery.  Happy Holidays!!!

Sweet feathered masks by Andre Newton.

Inspired Tidings

You’re invited to our Holiday Open House

“Inspired Tidings”

Friday December 6 from 6 to 9pm

Painting by Kathleen Schneider

Featuring music by Chris Molloy on his electric blue harp, refreshments, and new work by our talented artists.  We hope you can join us to celebrate the season!

Wood-fired Pottery by Bill Perrine

Bill Perrine is a resident of Central New York. A retired teacher, Bill now spends his time creating beautiful pottery in his hand-built manibagama kiln. Gallery 54 recently welcomed Bill as one of our artists and we are ecstatic to be able share his beautiful pieces with you

From Bill's website www.splitfirepottery.com: "Wood-firing is a traditional process that was first introduced to Japan from Korea in the fifth century. The anagama (single-chambered kiln, wood-fired) allowed temperatures to exceed the 700 degrees previously gotten from bonfires, pit firing, etc. For many centuries the anagama continued to provide the Japanese potters with the aesthetics and ceramics that they desired. But in the early 17th century, the anagama lost its importance and was replaced by the noborigama (multi-chambered climbing kilns) for efficiency reasons. Recently, in the last 20-30 years, the anagama has re surged in popularity, allowing for contemporary expression in ceramics as an art form."

Bill's hand built manibagama kiln in 2009.

One of many unique things Bill is known for making is traditional Japanese teapots and tea bowls. They are not only functional for making fabulous single servings of tea, but also beautiful to look at as an art form. Bill's glazes take on different characteristics from the native woods he uses to fire the kiln. His glazes range from turquoises to rustic browns.

One of Bill's Japanese tea pots

We invite you to stop by the Gallery to see Bill's work as well as that of all our other artists.  We are gearing up for the Holiday season.  Stay tuned for information about our Holiday Open House Friday, December 6!!

Tea bowl

The Beauty Within

Please join us for our November First Friday opening

The Beauty Within:

A Collection in Metal and Clay

by Donna Smith and Sallie Thompson

Opening Friday November 1^st, 6-9pm

  

We invite you to meet Donna and Sallie and enjoy entertainment by singer/songwriter Jane Zell. Light refreshments will be served.

Welcome Autumn!

Autumn is slowly approaching here in Central New York.  The trees are turning gorgeous colors and the air is cooler at night.  We have been blessed by beautiful weather though!  There have been many crisp sunny days perfect for autumn hikes and drives.  Our artists have been hard at work too and we have lots of new work in warm autumn tones at the gallery.

Silk scarves made from vintage kimonos by Ginny Spina.

Autumn landscape quilt by Sharon Bottle-Souva

Pottery by our new artist Bill Perrine

Sterling silver necklace with leopardskin jasper by Dana Blythe Stenson

Don't forget to join us this evening for First Friday Art Walk in Skaneateles!

October First Friday Opening!!

From the Earth:

New Work in Wood and Clay

by Fred Weisskopf and Lauren Ritchie

Join us for our first Friday opening,

Friday October 4th from 6-9pm. 

We invite you to meet Lauren and Fred, enjoy entertainment by singer/songwriter Jane Zell, and light refreshments.

Leslie Green Guilbault

Leslie joined us this summer as one of our newest consignment artists.  She is a resident of Hamilton, NY.  Leslie is a versatile artist who works in ceramics and also carves bone jewelry and sculptural objects. She experiments with texture and bold design elements in her work.

Leslie carves designs into her ceramics in a process called “scraffito” and has a strong sense of design. Much of her work is inspired by the Pacific Northwest Coast art of the Tlingit Indians.

Her carved bone jewelry is reflects symbolism from many cultures. She uses shed deer antlers, porcupine quills, and other found bone in her work.