Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts Debuts Sixth Annual Membership Art Show

Exhibition to display 114 pieces by the arts center’s member artists.

Gloversville, NY – The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts will unveil its 2024 Nigra Arts Center Membership Art Show on Friday, October 4. This exhibition, open exclusively to members of the Nigra Arts Center, will feature the work of more than 40 New York artists.

The 119 pieces on display represent a wide variety of themes and media, including oil, acrylic and gouache paintings; graphite, colored pencil and pastel drawings; photography, fabric arts, mixed media pieces, digital works, woodworks, encaustics, collages and more.

Featured artists in this show include Jazmin Balleza, Casey Battisti, Christopher Battles, Tina Bockrath, Dan Bridge, Donna Britton, Joshua Brooks, Deborah Bryk, Ross Carangelo, James Doremus, Charles Felder, Leslie Ford, Carol M. Hesselink, Jack Horning, André Jones, Molly Jones, Melissa Kahl, Elizabeth Knapp, Marion Kratky, Sharon Krutz, Phyllis Lapi, Gary Larsen, Michael Lattanzio, Sarah Medwid, Kathleen Miles, Jonathan Moore, Susan Morse, Lynda Naske, Rachael Paz, Caroline Pendlebury, Richard Penhardt, Andrea Petro, Marina Petro, Regina B. Quinn, Sarah J. Ralston, Barbara Riede, Kathleen Simmons, Patrick Subik, Paul Valovic, Sean Walmsley, Jerry Wein and Janet Marie Yeates.

The Nigra Arts Center will host a Meet the Artists Opening Reception on Thursday, October 10, from 4-7 p.m. All are invited to this free event to browse the artwork, meet some of the featured artists and vote on their favorite pieces. Award winners will be announced at the reception and on the Facebook page, www.facebook.com/PaulNigraCenter.

The gallery is open for public viewing free of charge weekdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts is located at 2736 State Highway 30, Gloversville.

The Nigra Arts Center offers annual memberships to anyone who seeks to support the arts and community events at the Center. Membership levels start at just $25 per year and carry benefits such as discounted admission to classes and art exhibitions, mailing list access, invitations to special events, charitable tax deductions and more. For more information about the Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, please visit www.pncreativeartscenter.org or call (518) 661-9932.