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ADRIANNA TAYLOR ART EXHIBIT AT FOUNTAIN ARTS CENTER GALLERY
Artist Adrianna Taylor will welcome guests to her exhibit “Reflections” at The Fountain Arts Center Gallery in Belmont, New York on Saturday, May 4th, from 2-5PM. The exhibit features a variety of pieces, ranging from vibrant paintings to delicate drawings and prints. Fabric collages and hand-made paper pieces complete the exhibit of the talented artist.
Ms. Taylor currently resides in the beautiful town of Stanardsville, Virginia, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. There she works as a full-time entrepreneur building her business, Valley Arts, and helps to run a pottery shop and studio called Blue Ridge Pottery.
“I’ve been an admirer of the arts for as long as I can remember,” says Adrianna, “but I really discovered my love for the arts during my freshman year in high school. There, the love began to grow into a passion and a calling.” Following graduation, she attended Alfred University, where she studied Fine Arts and Art History. “Alfred is where I began to cultivate my skills and voice as an artist,” Taylor explains. That voice speaks clearly through her art, as she answers the call to “co-create” with the Master Creator. She strives to place a spotlight on the “invisible qualities” of His majestic creation, and offer viewers new perspectives of hope, peace, reflection, thought, and truth.
The
exhibit is part of The Fountain Arts Center Artists Among Us
project
that features the work of selected artists at several sites
throughout Allegany County. This project is made possible with
funds
from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrants
program of
the New York State Council for the Arts with the support of the
Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and
administered in Allegany and Wyoming Counties by the Arts
Council for
Wyoming County.
The Fountain Arts Center Music Program will present its “Spring into Music” Student Recital in two performances on May 4th and May 5th. The program featuring the Fountain Arts Center Youth Choir under the direction of Amanda Robbins and Shelly McGraw, and Strings Ensembles taught by David Peralta, will be hosted at the Wellsville Presbyterian Church, 68 North Main Street, Wellsville, New York at 6:30 PM on Saturday May 4th. Light refreshments will be served following the recital.
The Bennett’s Creek Bible Church at 3740 State Route 248, Canisteo, New York will feature the Youth Choir and Strings Students on Sunday, May 5th at 1:30PM. The recitals fulfill The Fountain Arts Center’s mission to “reach hearts through the arts,” by providing educational and performance opportunities through its community music programs.
The recitals are free and open to the public. They are supported by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Arts & Culture Initiative, and a collaboration with the Knights Creek Evangelical Methodist Church Music Program made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrants program of the New York State Council for the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered in Allegany and Wyoming Counties by the Arts Council for Wyoming County.
To learn more about The Fountain Arts Center, contact officefountainartscenter@gmail.com.
The
Corrado Room is named after a talented artist, poet, and composer,
who was born in Belmont. Anne Yannie was the niece of Felix Sirio
who owned and managed The Belmont for decades.
The
Fountain Arts Center occupies what used to be The Belmont Hotel.
The
Gallery was the first capital project taken on by The Fountain
Arts Center. Originally the site served as the first bank in the
village of Belmont; its vault, still a part of the gallery, stores
the center’s art collection.
The Fountain Arts Center is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to use the arts to help create a vibrant community a rural area. It brings art to the public on “Main St.”
Its main goal was to preserve a historic architectural gem that
was doomed to collapse and demolition on Schuyler St. in Belmont.
While on that ten-year journey to completely renovate the
facility, it also brought hundreds of programs and exhibits to
artists and audiences.
The Fountain Arts Center continues to provide opportunities for
artist through its classes and outreach programs. Additionally,
it recognizes the value of the role the arts play in the emotional
and mental well-being of a community, and strives to reach hearts
through the arts.
It provides an oasis of peace, laughter, hope, enjoyment, personal fulfillment and growth.
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