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Welcome to the Kenan Center House GalleryAdmission-free gallery featuring local and regional fine art exhibits with a strong focus on Western New York artists.Gallery HoursFall/Winter Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, Noon to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 2:00-5:00 p.m. The gallery is closed on major holidays and occasionally closed due to private functions. If traveling, call ahead to confirm that the gallery is open.UPCOMING 2012 EXHIBITSThree Brushes: Works by Manning McCandlish, Michael McMahon and Shirley Murdoch, February 12-March 11Storrs All High Photo Show, March 18-April 6 Teachers: Download Application Form, Gallery Label Form, Label Form (all PDFS) Kathleen Giles & Jody Ziehm, April 15-May 13 Extraordinary Forms III, May 20-July 15 Biennial Niagara Frontier Art Exhibit, July 20-September 2 Embroiderers' Guild of WNY, September 9-30 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, october 7-November 11 About the Kenan Center House Gallery PREVIOUS EXHIBITS, 2011View photos from the October 9 opening of the Catherine Parker exhibit. An exciting event on a perfect fall afternoon! Check out the Zillycakes cupcakes with mini hand-painted candies depicting one of Parker's paintings! Catherine Parker: ResonanceOctober 9-November 13, 2011Beloved watercolor artist’s first-ever solo show of paintings in Lockport gallery The Kenan Center is proud to present “Catherine Parker: Resonance,” an exhibit that represents the artist's first major solo exhibit in over a decade. Nearly 45 paintings are on view, and available for purchase through November 13. Parker’s intensely pigmented watercolors are inspired by poetry, music and places. An acute observer of her surroundings, Parker revels in small and large occurrences, finding ideas both in the boundlessness of travel, and the intimacy of watching a flower grow on her kitchen windowsill. The artworks featured in the show span a period of creative output encompassing the last two decades. Many new pieces, created especially for this event, will be on view. Parker’s recent work has included artistic collaborations, combining art, poetry and music. In October 2010 she joined with the Buffalo Chamber Players (featuring members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) to present a concert and art exhibition based on composer Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time.” Prior to that she partnered with highly regarded Buffalo-based composer Roland Martin to create an original concert and art experience based on the poetry of Pablo Neruda titled “A Rose Beside the Water.” An accompanying book and CD were also published. “The Kenan Center is especially pleased to present Catherine Parker’s work,” said Susan Przybyl, executive director of the Center. “Aside from being the first exhibit of Catherine’s art at the gallery, her show has additional significance; our first gallery exhibit, 45 years ago in 1966, was an exhibition of works by her father, noted American watercolorist Charles Burchfield. We are pleased to be contributing to this ongoing family and artistic legacy.” The Kenan Center House Gallery is located in the Kenan House, 433 Locust Street, Lockport. regular gallery hours for this exhibit will be Monday-Friday, noon to 5 pm, and Saturday and Aunday, 2-5 pm. The Gallery will be closed November 11.Sponsor of the 2011 Kenan Center House Gallery Exhibits is M&T Bank. Situated on 25 beautiful acres in historic Lockport, New York, the Kenan Center is a regional community center for arts, education and recreation. For more information, please call (716) 433-2617 or go to www.kenancenter.org. Collector Jim McGrath describes some of the works you'll see in this exhibit. Picturing the Civil War: Works from the Collection of Jim McGrathAugust 26-October 3, 2011The Kenan Center House Gallery is pleased to present a very special exhibit coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, featuring some of the extensive collection of prints and paintings of local Civil War historian and collector, Jim McGrath. Titled, “Picturing the Civil War: Works form the Collection of Jim McGrath,” the show will focus primarily on McGrath’s large-scale prints of works by five of America’s top contemporary historical painters: Don Troiani, Mort Küntsler, John Paul Strain, Dale Gallon, and Michael Gnatek. The exhibit will include prints by other historical painters as well as original paintings. The exhibit will open with a free public reception on Friday, August 26 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., and run through 5:00 p.m., Sunday, October 2. The gallery, located at 433 Locust Street, will be closed Saturday, August 27 and September 3-5 for the Labor Day holiday. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays and Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The gallery is admission-free. Mr. McGrath will provide guided public tours on Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 25. Times will be listed on the Kenan Center website at www.kenancenter.org. Field trips will also be available for school students, which can be arranged by calling the Kenan Center Business Office at (716) 433-2617. Bus tours and groups are welcome with advance notice. Jim McGrath is a lifelong resident of Lockport, New York, a historic city that holds the distinction of operating the only remaining double-set of working locks on the Erie Canal. A retired member of the University of Buffalo Police Department, and a Vietnam veteran, McGrath’s deep interest in the Civil War—especially artworks—is evidenced by his collection of more than 100 prints and paintings, many of which will be displayed in this exhibit. For the past seven years, McGrath has lectured at historical societies around the region on his collection, providing enormously detailed accounts of the stories behind the works. McGrath is a frequent visitor to Gettysburg and Antietam battlefields, and attends numerous seminars on the Civil War at Hagerstown, Maryland, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Civil War Preservation Trust, Save Historic Antietam Foundation, Main Street Gettysburg Inc, and the preservation of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg.
A Walk in the Garden ExhibitJuly 8-August 21, 2011With 25-acres of grounds, many of which contain cultivated gardens, a botanically-themed exhibit has always been a natural during the summer months at Lockport’s Kenan Center. Now that Lockport in Bloom, the annual city garden walk, has become a mainstay, and uses the Kenan Center as its starting point, a Kenan Center garden exhibit has become part of the ever-growing festivities. This year, the Kenan Center House Gallery will present an exhibit titled, “A Walk in the Garden,” featuring the works of 28 artists ranging from photography and watercolors, to ink drawings, aquamedia, and pastels. The show will open with a free public reception on Friday, July 8, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Sponsor of the 2011 Kenan Center Gallery exhibits is M&T Bank. Artists represented in the show are: Jacqueline Albarella, Marg Carney, Amanda Dzierzanowski, Phil Eaton, Maggie Eaton, Linda Gardell, Kathleen Giles, Violet Gordon, Eileen Graetz, Joan Hambleton, Sally Johnson, Tracy Jung, Suzete Martins, Alec Maslowski, Maureen Matthews Toth, Manning McCandlish, Margaret H. Morgan, Shirley Murdoch, Cindy O’Mara, Todd Overturf, Danielle Perla, Jon Rex, Robert Rimmer, Joan Saba, Patricia Sciandra, Mimi Swados, Sandra Tyler, and Dody Walter. Juror for the exhibit was Elizabeth Licata. Licata has been working as a professional journalist for over 20 years. Her writing on the arts has been published in the Village Voice, The Buffalo News, Art in America, Art & Antiques and many other publications. Her writing on gardening has been published in Horticulture magazine and her blogs, the award-winning GardenRant.com (www.gardenrant.com) and Gardening While Intoxicated (gardeningwhileintoxicated.com). Licata is the author of the book Garden Walk Buffalo and is the editor-in-chief of Buffalo Spree, Buffalo’s city/regional glossy. The exhibit runs through August 21. During Lockport in Bloom, July 9 and 10, the gallery will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. During the garden walk, visitors will also be able to pick up a complimentary copy of Buffalo Spree’s summer HOME Magazine, while supplies last. Normal gallery hours resume on July 11, and will be M-F, 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays, 2:00-5:00 p.m. The Kenan Center House Gallery is located at 433 Locust St, Lockport, inside the 1800s Kenan House. An active exhibition space since 1966 when it featured the works of Charles Burchfield, the Kenan Center House Gallery presents works by local, regional and national artists throughout the year. For more information, call (716) 433-2617 or go online to www.kenancenter.org Collector Gerald Mead talks about some of the works in his collection. In Plain Site: Landscapes from the Gerald Mead CollectionJune 12-July 1, 2011The Kenan Center is proud to present a collection of landscapes from the collection of noted Buffalo artist, educator and curator Gerald Mead in an exhibit titled, “IN PLAIN SITE: Landscapes from the Collection of Gerald Mead.” The exhibit will open with a free public reception, Sunday, June 12th from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Kenan Center House Gallery at 433 Locust Street. The exhibit continues through July 1st.Gallery hours are: Monday-Friday, 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Sponsor of the 2011 Kenan Center Gallery exhibits is M&T Bank. Over a period of 24 years Mead has assembled a private collection of over 550 artworks in all media by over 470 artists associated with Western New York. This encyclopedic group of work represents a unique cross section of the art history of this region. The paintings, prints and photographs selected for this exhibition focus on landscapes from his collection and range from an 1888 copper etching of the Niagara gorge by Amos Sangster to a collage painting with field imagery that Timothy Frerichs completed in 2011. Other artists represented include painters Raphael Beck, Jeanette Blair, Robert Flock, Charles Houseman, Carl Illig, Wes Olmsted, Catherine Parker, Peter Stephens, James Vullo, and William West, photographers Irene Haupt and Percy Murray and printmakers Frank Eckmair and Julius Richter. Structured as a brief historical survey of this genre, this exhibition illustrates the broad range of styles and techniques artists have used when approaching landscape as subject matter and highlights the artistic achievements of artists affiliated with regional organizations such as the Photo-Pictorialists of Buffalo, Buffalo Society of Artists, Buffalo Print Club and Art Institute of Buffalo. The Gerald Mead Collection, profiled in the Buffalo News, Buffalo Spree Magazine, Artvoice and the Niagara Gazette, continues to grow, and works have been loaned for exhibitions at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo Museum of Science, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery and numerous other college galleries and public venues in Western New York. An active exhibition space since 1966 when it featured the works of Charles Burchfield, the Kenan Center House Gallery presents works by local, regional and national artists throughout the year. Buffalo Niagara Art Association ExhibitMay 1-June 5, 2011The Kenan Center Gallery will present an opening reception for a collection of diverse works by members of the Buffalo Niagara Art Association on Sunday, May 1 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eighty-four works by thirty-one artists are included, in oil, watercolor, acrylic, pen, collage, mixed media, colored pencil, and ink wash. The show runs through June 5. Sponsor for the Kenan Center Gallery 2011 exhibitions is M&T Bank. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, Noon to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The gallery will be closed May 28-30. The exhibit will be open for special hours during 100 American Craftsmen, June 4, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and June 5, from Noon to 4:00 p.m. Artists represented are: Dennis Bertram, Anna Boccio, Paula M. Borkowski, Catherine Brown, Karen Carbonara, Thomas S. Coyne, Kathleen E. Dworak, Kristine Gazzo, Joan Hambleton, Mary Hamilton, Patricia Hamm, Jean Jain, Paul Klonowski, Patricia Kraus, Maureen Matthews, Manning McCandlish, Kathleen McDonnell, Kaaren Metcalf, Cindi O’Mara, Marie Prince, Margaret J. Raab, Len Rusin, Matthew Ryan, Kath Schifano, Joan Langley Shaw, DeEtta Silvestro, D. Ann Stievater, E. Jane Stoddard, Mimi Swados, Richard Tomasello, and Jody Ziehm Buffalo Niagara Art Association (BNAA) is a diverse group of artists with styles ranging from photo realism to lyrical abstraction. The mission of BNAA is to foster a bond between artists, promoting understanding and interest in the creative arts. Originally known as the Amherst Society of Artists (founded in March 1955), the Buffalo Niagara Art Association changed its name in 2006 to reflect the more diverse geographical area in which members live. For more information, call 433-2617 or go to www.kenancenter.org. Storrs All High Photo ShowApril 3-22, 2011View images from Skaneateles High School, winner of Best School Overall Award Award Recipients Honored at 26th Annual Storrs All High Photo ShowOn the first spring-like day in a week, more than 360 students, teachers, and parents came out for the April 3rd opening of the 26th Annual Storrs All-High Photo Show held at the Kenan Center Gallery in Lockport. Skaneateles High School—a first-time entrant--walked away with the top honors as Best School Overall. Linda Torrey is the instructor who submitted the twelve winning images. Also receiving awards from the school were Patrick Rooney, who received the Best of Show, Commercially Processed Award, and Erin Herr who received a merit award.Thirty-five schools in all participated in this year’s show, with 313 works on display. Additional top award winners were:
Best of Show Student Processed, Liz Merrill, Williamsville North One student from each school received a merit award ribbon. Winners were: Akron High School, Shannon Winney; Alden High School, Christina Striewing; Amherst Central High School, Matej Stetkar; C. W. Baker High School, David Didio; Cassadaga Valley, Meghan Brown; Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School, Ron Macchioni; City Honors School, Samantha Peterson-Borins; Clarence High School, Marissa Peltier; Depew High School, Dana Frantz; Fillmore Central School, Thomas Rhett; Genesee Valley Educational Partnership, Lisa Beedham; Greece Athena High School, Andrea Pollotta; Kenmore East High School, Katie Brown; Kenmore West High School Keelin Burke; Lancaster High School, Steve Meidenbauer; Lewiston-Porter High School, Jacquie Leonard;Lockport High School, Samantha Mussari; Lyons Central Schools, Collin Donald; Marcellus High School, Alex Sheridan; Medina High School, Cody Stanek; Newfane High School, A.J. Messina; Palmyra-Macedon High School, Mitch Falanga; Pembroke High School, Joshua Duttweiler; Pioneer High School, Jenn Conrad; Randolph Central School, Taylor Wright; Skaneateles High School, Erin Herr; Southwestern High School, Sara Ryan; Springville Griffith Institute High School, Sarah Wach; Sweet Home High School, Pam Koons; Tonawanda City School, Leah Parkhurst; Warsaw High School, Olivia Gelsinger; West Seneca West High School, Hannah Kelley; Wheatland-Chili High School, Samantha Lang; Williamsville East High School, Abby Dry; and Williamsville North High School, Allison Corretore. The exhibit continues through April 22. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Class tours are welcome during school hours. Juror for this year’s show was Lockport photographer Dennis Stierer. Award support was generously provided by The Buffalo News and individual sponsors. The 2011 Kenan Center House Gallery Exhibitions are sponsored by M&T Bank. Named in honor of Lockport artist, William Storrs, who passed away in 2005. An accomplished artist and long-time contributor to visual arts programming at the Kenan Center, Storrs was instrumental in starting the All High Photo Show which was designed to showcase the photographic work of high school students throughout Western New York, and was an active participant in the installation of the works as well as the awards presentation. The Kenan Center is a regional community center for arts, education and recreation located on 25 beautiful acres in historic Lockport, New York. Facilities include a sports arena, a 153-seat theater, education building, outdoor recreational fields, and the Kenan house, an 1800’s Victorian mansion featuring a year-round art gallery and formal gardens. For more information call (716) 433-2617 or visit us online at www.kenancenter.org. Students from 36 High Schools to be Represented in 26th Annual Storrs All High Photo ShowFor the twenty-sixth year, the Kenan Center in Lockport will present the STORRS ALL HIGH PHOTO SHOW, featuring the work of high school students from across western and central New York State. This year’s show opens Sunday, April 3, with a free public reception from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Kenan Center House Gallery, 433 Locust Street in Lockport. Awards will be presented at 3:00 p.m. The exhibit continues through April 22. Juror for this year’s show will be Lockport photographer Dennis Stierer. Award support had been generously provided by The Buffalo News and individual sponsors. The 2011 Kenan Center House Gallery Exhibitions are sponsored by M&T Bank.Thirty-seven high schools will be represented in this year’s show—one of the largest number in recent years. They are: Akron; Alden Central; Amherst; C.W. Baker; Cassadaga Valley; Cattaraugus-Little Valley; City Honors; Clarence; Depew; Fillmore Central; Genesee Valley BOCES; Greece Athena; Kenmore East; Kenmore West; Lancaster; Lewiston Porter; Livonia; Lockport; Lyons; Marcellus; Medina; Newfane; Palmyra-Macedon; Pembroke; Pioneer; Randolph; Skaneateles; Southwestern; Springville Griffith; Sweet Home; Tonawanda; Warsaw; West Seneca West; Wheatland-Chili; Williamsville East and Williamsville North. Fifteen category awards will be presented. They are: Best School Overall, Best of Show, Student Processed and Best of Show Commercially Processed; Black & White, Color, Urbanscape; Landscape, Floralscape, Portrait, Waterscape, Computer Generated, Still Life, Journalism/Documentary; Sports, and Animal. In addition, one student from each school is recognized with a merit award. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Class tours are welcome during school hours. Named in honor of Lockport artist, William Storrs, who passed away in 2005. An accomplished artist and long-time contributor to visual arts programming at the Kenan Center, Storrs was instrumental in starting the All High Photo Show which was designed to showcase the photographic work of high school students throughout Western New York, and was an active participant in the installation of the works as well as the awards presentation. The Kenan Center is a regional community center for arts, education and recreation located on 25 beautiful acres in historic Lockport, New York. Facilities include a sports arena, a 153-seat theater, education building, outdoor recreational fields, and the Kenan house, an 1800’s Victorian mansion featuring a year-round art gallery and formal gardens. For more information call (716) 433-2617. Artist Joe Whalen presents remarks during the Tea & Shared Memories event on January 23,2011.To view other Kenan Center tagged videos, click the YouTube icon on the screen or subscribe to the Kenan Center YouTube Channel. Book Project on Olivia McConnell: Artist Shelley Richards, a former student of Ollie McConnell's, and Brooke Genter, Town of Cambria Historian, are working on producing a book about Olivia McConnell. To learn more, visit their Facebook page, "Friends of Olivia McConnell."
Olivia McConnell: A RetrospectiveJanuary 9-Febrary 13, 2011The Kenan Center will present a retrospective exhibit featuring the works of Olivia “Ollie” McConnell, one of Lockport’s most prolific and well-known artists and art teachers, January 9 through February 13, 2011. A public reception will be held on January 9 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Kenan Center House Gallery at 433 Locust Street.The exhibit is sponsored by M&T Bank. The exhibit was organized and co-chaired by Selena Truax Morello and Bruce Ader. Born in Michigan in 1903, McConnell made Lockport her home from 1924-1976, later moving to Tuscon, Arizona where she lived until 1984. Despite being handicapped by crippling arthritis, McConnell turned out a profusion of work, primarily in oils and watercolors, as well as linoleum prints and etchings, many of which hang in public buildings and homes of private collectors, not only in Lockport, but around the world. McConnell graduated from Skidmore College and studied further with famed Western New York artists Raphael Beck, Robert Blair, and Charles Burchfield. Her works were included in exhibits at the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Museum of Science, Provincetown Art Gallery, and the National Institute of Rehabilitation in New York City, along with numerous solo exhibits in Lockport, Medina and Middleport, including a show at the Kenan Center in 1974 and a retrospective exhibit in 1992. In addition to her recognition as an artist, McConnell gave art lessons to young people in her garage studio for many years. A number went on to become notable artists in their own right. McConnell was a member of the Buffalo Chapter of American Pen Women, president of the Tuscon Chapter of Pen Women, a charter member of the Junior Service League, and member of the College Club in Lockport. A special tea will be held on Sunday, January 23, bringing together former students and others to share fond memories of their years studying with Miss McConnell. Guests will enjoy quiche, a selection of hot teas, and dessert. Cost is $20 per person. Advance reservations will be taken through January 19 by phone or in person at the Kenan Center Business Office open Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. An active exhibition space since 1966 when it featured the works of Charles Burchfield, the Kenan Center House Gallery averages eight exhibits annually of local, regional and national artists. For more information, call (716) 433-2617. ABOUT THE KENAN CENTER HOUSE GALLERYThe Kenan Center House Gallery is located in the Kenan House, 433 Locust Street, Lockport. An active exhibition space since 1966 when it featured the works of Charles Burchfield, the Kenan Center House Gallery averages eight exhibits annually of local, regional and national artists. Committed to fostering artistic expression in young people, the gallery also includes a high school photo exhibit on its calendar each year and has recently added a Student Gallery to recognize and support the work of young artists. The Kenan Center also offers ARTiculations, an on-school-time visual and performing arts program during the school year. 
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