Opening Reception for CCAC Member Show and Wendell Rivera Concert

The Cattaraugus County Arts Council’s (CCAC) biannual Member Show will open on September 17 in conjunction with a concert by Wendell Rivera on the Olean campus of JCC.

The celebration starts at 6:00p.m. in the Center Gallery on the second floor of JCC’s College Center in Olean and includes hors d’oeuvres and wine and beer tasting. There will be a brief gallery talk and award ceremony at 6:30pm by Jim Colby, Director of the JCC Weeks Gallery and Anne Conroy-Baiter, Executive Director of CCAC.

Conroy-Baiter comments, “The member show is an opportunity for regional member artists to take place in a juried show and to enjoy being part of a gallery exhibition. Our jurors were Yu Kanazawa, Assistant Professor of Art and Director of Visual and Performing Arts for JCC, and Cori Wolff, Curator at the Buffalo Arts Studio and Curator of the Olean Public Library Gallery.  This year we have 26 artists displaying work, ranging from paintings and pottery to fiber and photography. It’s an eclectic, vibrant exhibition.”

The festivities then move to the Cutco Theater for an 8:00p.m. performance by Wendell Rivera’s Latin Jazz Ensemble. Doors open at 7:30p.m. Rivera performs regularly for gala events at the Albright-Knox and is one of the leading ambassadors of Latin jazz in Canada and across the United States. His performances range from Afro-Caribbean grooves to progressive jazz.

Tickets (for reception and concert) can be purchased at the JCC Cattaraugus County Campus bookstore or at the door. General admission, $10; JCC/FSA and Alumni Association members, $5; the reception is free for CCAC members and $5 for the concert.

The CCAC Member show runs until October 31 and is open to the public Monday-Thursday 8:00a.m.-7:00p.m. and Friday 8:00a.m.-3:00p.m. CCAC is a nonprofit organization funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, Cattaraugus County and by members and donors. For more information on CCAC, see www.myartscouncil.net.

 

For more information on this event please visit http://www.myartscouncil.net