GO ART! staff presented the annual Genean Awards on Saturday night while also celebrating the nonprofit's 60th birthday. Submitted photos. Top photo, Carol Hertel was honored as the 2021 Volunteer of the Year. Jennifer Neroni-Truppo, past GO ART! board member and current board member for Lake Plains Players, was named Artist of the Year. Matthew Gray, co-owner of Eli Fish
Press release: Two new art shows have opened at GO ART! in Batavia Upstairs in the Rotary Gallery, Karen Crittenden’s exhibit “Slices of Life” can be viewed until June 25, 2022. Karen's work includes photographs, paintings and mixed media pieces. In the Bank of Castile Main Gallery, Richard Della Costa’s exhibit titled "Remnants, Remains and Memory” will be on display, also
Author Barbara Knight held a reading of her new book “Lily’s Healing Journey” at GO Art! this evening. The book is the story of a little girl who is happy and loves to sing, until something “yucky” happens in her life. She learns over the course of the story she realizes how deep her hurts are and finds a way to bring hope, healing and happiness back into her life. Knight said
Grandmaster Yuanming Zhang, a master of the ancient Chinese medicine of Qigong, which involves exercises to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being, has been in Batavia this past week giving seminars to area residents of all ages. Last week, he taught children calligraphy as well as a form of Qigong
Willow Amherein dances in her rehearsal for a green screen video production during the final day, today, of GO Art!'s spring week-long art camp for children. GO Art! offers art camps during school breaks winter and spring to expose children to as much art as possible. Many of the classes during the camp were taught by guest artists. The artists included: Blanca Rodriguez