{"id":76361,"date":"2016-12-25T21:33:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T02:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76361"},"modified":"2016-12-25T15:43:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T20:43:02","slug":"nature-as-resource-art-exhibit-opens-at-baltimore-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76361","title":{"rendered":"Nature as Resource art exhibit opens at Baltimore Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Raku<\/a>
Raku ceramic artist Peter Valenti will exhibit “Dragonfly” and other nature-inspired ceramic works in the gallery at Baltimore Woods Nature Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sorber and Valenti:\u00a0 \u201cNature As Resource\u201d Art Exhibit Opens<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

By Karen Jean Smith<\/em><\/p>\n

Two artists express complimentary visions in the upcoming exhibit at Baltimore\u00a0Woods Nature Center. From\u00a0Jan. 6 through Feb. 27, \u201cNature As Resource,\u201d an exhibit of oil paintings by\u00a0Marybeth Sorber and raku wall tiles by ceramic artist Peter Valenti will be on display in the Art Gallery of the John A.\u00a0Weeks Interpretive Center at 4007 Bishop Hill Road, Marcellus. The public is invited to attend the reception Saturday, Jan. 7, from\u00a02 to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

In addition, the show will be available for viewing Monday\u00a0through\u00a0Friday,\u00a09 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

There is no admission or parking fees, and all artwork will be for sale.<\/p>\n

For this exhibit, nature is the resource for both theme and materials. Sorber\u2019s paintings are inspired by <\/p>\n

\""Forest<\/a>
“Forest Trail” by Marybeth Sorber brings the outside indoors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

her surroundings,\u00a0including mountaintops, lakes, forests and animals. Valenti\u2019s tile wall pieces\u00a0are comprised of more intimate depictions,\u00a0like leaves from trees at Baltimore Woods, that he has pressed into clay and embellished with additional imprints and\u00a0glazes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love painting landscapes.\u201d says Sorber. \u201cIn nature, I have free reign to explore and exaggerate color and shadows. I\u00a0would love to have people feel like they want to be in the woods or on the mountain where my painting idea\u00a0originated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorber utilizes oil paint, a material most commonly made with linseed oil, because of the extended drying\u00a0time and flexibility of color mixing that oil paint provides.\u00a0 She also enjoys the luminous effects that can be created by\u00a0using glazes (paint diluted with a medium) so that underlying layers of paint can be seen, giving the paintings a richness not otherwise possible.<\/p>\n

Sorber has lived in Central New York most of her life and currently lives on Onondaga Hill.\u00a0Her artistic training includes numerous college-level courses, workshops, classes, and study with local artists. She has exhibited in several venues in\u00a0central New York including Crouse Physician\u2019s Office Building, libraries, the Tech Garden and shows sponsored by her\u00a0guild, the Onondaga Art Guild. She has also been a loyal supporter of the Members\u2019 Exhibit at Baltimore Woods.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see my tile work as representing a moment in time,\u201d Valenti said. \u201cThe leaf impressions are like fossils that will\u00a0survive beyond the life of the plant.”<\/p>\n

As for his process: \u201cThe Japanese method of raku gives intriguing effects that are\u00a0rich in texture and color. I use an Americanized version that involves heating glazed pieces until they are red hot,\u00a0removing them from the heat, exposing them briefly to the air and placing them in a combustion chamber where carbon\u00a0is absorbed into the clay to make it black and the glazes are chemically altered, often resulting in metallic effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Originally an education major with a minor in art, Valenti \u201cdiscovered clay\u201d just prior to graduating.<\/p>\n

“I felt an immediate\u00a0affinity for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Also a production potter who creates functional pieces, Valenti can be seen at arts and crafts\u00a0shows around New York State and beyond. He grew up on Long Island but has been a native of central New York for\u00a0more than 30 years, 29 of which he spent as a ceramics instructor at East Syracuse-Minoa High School.\u00a0 He has also been actively engaged in supporting the arts in central New York over the years through his participation in the Scholastic Arts\u00a0Committee, Feats of Clay (a community high school event) and the Independent Potters\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: Karen Jean Smith is gallery coordinator.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorber and Valenti:\u00a0 \u201cNature As Resource\u201d Art Exhibit Opens By Karen Jean Smith Two artists express complimentary visions in the upcoming exhibit at Baltimore\u00a0Woods Nature Center. From\u00a0Jan. 6 through Feb. 27, \u201cNature As Resource,\u201d an exhibit of oil paintings by\u00a0Marybeth Sorber and raku wall tiles by ceramic artist Peter Valenti will be on display in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-jRD","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sentinel-o-fthe-park-sorber.jpg?fit=1888%2C2370&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}