Calendar of Events
Geneseo provides residents and visitors with a wide variety of activities that appeal to all ages and interests. Please browse through our many events, which we attempt to keep as current as possible. Our sister website, www.geneseony.org, contains schedules of governmental organizations and meetings.
If you would like to submit an event, click HERE.
Books & Babies is a lap-sit program designed to introduce children (6 months – 2 years of age) to language and early literacy. Babies sit with their caregivers and model the activities presented through simple finger plays, songs, stories and nursery rhymes. Registration is required and begins August 27.
September 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
November 6, 13, 27
December 4, 11, 18
See all Fall Children’s Programs at this link.
Preschool Storytime is directed at children ages 3-5 and includes books, songs, poetry, finger plays, and crafts. Registration is required.
September 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
November 6, 13, 27
December 4, 11, 18
See all Fall Children’s Programs at this link.
Join SUNY Geneseo President Denise Battles and Mayor Margaret Duff for an insightful conversation about Geneseo’s strong village-college relationship. Bring your questions and comments for this lively and interactive discussion.
The Toddler Tales program is a blend of Books & Babies and Preschool Storytime activities. A variety of stories are combined with songs, rhymes, finger plays, crafts and free play. This program is appropriate for children ages 2-3 years old. Registration is required.
September 12, 19, 26
October 3, 17, 24, 31
November 7, 14, 28
December 5, 12, 19
See all Fall Children’s Programs at this link.
Preschool Storytime is directed at children ages 3-5 and includes books, songs, poetry, finger plays, and crafts. Registration is required.
September 12, 19, 26
October 3, 17, 24, 31
November 7, 14, 28
December 5, 12, 19
See all Fall Children’s Programs at this link.
David Heubsch, Untitled, oil on canvas, n.d.
Artists: Steve BonDurant, Alan Brewen, Keven Feary, Don Grieger, David Huebsch, Gilbert Jordan, Michael Killelea, and William Mancso
Exhibit Dates: October 24 through December 8, 2018
Opening Reception: October 24, 5-7 PM
The Lockhart Gallery is pleased to host an exhibit of landscape paintings by The All Weather Gang. “They are a group of year-round outdoor painters, originally formed as The Group of Two by Don Grieger and John Hodgins in the mid 1980s. With a passion primarily focused on capturing the Western New York landscape, the informal membership grew and became known by its current name. Meeting on Saturday mornings over coffee, members gather to share observations of work they admire, musings over the nuances of changing seasonal conditions which might be captured on the ensuing painting sessions, and other thoughts on the previous week’s effort. From there, The All Weather Gang departs for an impromptu painting session, inspired mostly by the conditions at the time and collective enthusiasm for a particular location. Many of the pieces in this exhibition are a result of those outings.”
All exhibits are free and open to the public. We look forward to your visit to the gallery. For more information contact Lori Houtz at 585-245-5841 or Cynthia Hawkins at 585-245-5813.
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday & Thursday: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Friday & Saturday: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Jeanne Beck, Conversations, oil on canvas, 2018
Exhibition Dates: November 7 – December 8, 2018
• Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 7, 5-7 PM
• Artist Talk at 5:30 PM
Canandaigua, NY artist Jeanne Beck will exhibit new art work in a solo exhibit at SUNY Geneseo’s Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery. Beck’s work is well known in Rochester and Buffalo. Until recently she had a studio in Rochester in the Hungerford building and is a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists.
Beck’s new abstract paintings are a shift in her use of form and color. She has moved away from the metallic colors of series like the Book of the Ancients to more personal and expressive content. In this series “Painting Lessons,” Beck allowed her painting process to dictate her color use, gesture, form, and content. In a large way she reveals that the state of our country forced her to “find my center again through my art practice.” That she as an individual could “create more compassion and tolerance” in the world through her art.
Beck’s artwork engages the viewer by exciting the eye with color and movement. Beck has exhibited in juried exhibits from Buffalo and Rochester to North Carolina. She has won several awards including best in show at Rochester’s Arts and Cultural Council and JGK Galleries. Beck’s work is private and public collections including the MacVittie Student Union on the SUNY Geneseo campus. Beck’s new studio and the Jeanne Beck Art Gallery offers exhibit opportunities and workshops to other area artists.
Exhibitions are free and open to the public. We look forward to your visit to the gallery.
Gallery Hours:
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Fridays & Saturdays: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
For more information contact Lori Houtz at 585-245-5841 or Cynthia Hawkins at 585-245-5813.
Larry Winston Collins, Dontre Hamilton, mixed media, 2018
Exhibition Dates: November 7 – December 8, 2018
Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 7, 5-7 PM
The Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery is pleased to host an exhibit that is timely and moving – They That Matter. This exhibit is a tribute to nineteen young men felled by police violence. These shrine-like portraits were produced with the call to all of us to recognize “the humanity of the victims and that their lives mattered.” Accompanying the exhibit will be a video recording of the artist speaking about this exhibit and his art practice.
Collins is an Ohio based artist whose art practice encompasses painting, sculpture, printmaking, and moves between figurative art work and geometric abstraction. This multi-media artist has received commissions form the Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus Parks and Recreation, and The Dayton Opera Association and the Dayton Printmaker’s Cooperative Project. Other awards and fellowships include 2 Ohio Arts Council Residency Awards to Germany. Exhibitions include Ladislav Gallery in Pilsen, Czech Republic; Miami University Art Museum; Lalit Kala Akademi Gallery in New Delhi, India; Standehas Gallery in Dresden, Germany; Perdu University’s Reuff Gallery, Gallery Guichard in Chicago; and many Ohio museums and galleries.
Exhibitions are free and open to the public. We look forward to your visit to the gallery.
Gallery Hours:
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Fridays & Saturdays: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
For more information contact Lori Houtz at 585-245-5841 or Cynthia Hawkins at 585-245-5813.
Join us at Origami Club on the second Wednesday of the month, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.• Ages 5 and up
• All materials provided
• Sponsored by Friends of Wadsworth Library