Jefferson Artists on Display

JEFFERSON — The Jefferson Historical Society is presenting an art show at Judd Hall, 163 Main St., Jefferson, over two weekends, August 17-18, and 24-25.  The opening reception will be Friday, August 16 from 4pm - 6pm; light refreshments will be served. The works of two Jefferson artists, Jim Sullivan and Tom Barker will be on display.  

Barker, who had worked as a commercial artist in his past, moved to Jefferson to raise his young family in 1990, where he and his wife Donna have been active members of this community.  His interest in art was suddenly rekindled when helping his ten-year old grandson with a drawing.  From then onward he has rarely missed a day, working in mostly pastels and acrylics with impressionistic and luminist renderings of Catskill Mountain landscapes.

Jim Sullivan (https://www.jimsullivanartist.com)was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1938. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and did graduate work at Stanford University in California. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts in Painting Fellowship; a Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting and a Fulbright Fellowship in Painting in Paris

Sullivan’s paintings are completely invented; all come from his mind and have little basis in reality. While the artist paints trees, mountains, bodies of water, they appear in created visionary lands. 

The hours of viewing in Judd Hall will be Saturdays 17 and 24: 10 - 2, and Sundays 18 and 25: 12 - 4.

In addition to contributions from our local businesses, this event is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program of the NYS Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.