Posts by mwelych
Schweinfurth exhibition features friends who focus on the natural world
Oct. 25, 2025, to Jan. 4, 2026
Artists Martha M. Deming and Mary P. Murphy met more than 20 years ago when Murphy wanted to work on her watercolor painting skills. They became friends and have a joint exhibition at the Schweinfurth through early next year.
Read MoreCareers influence fiber artists in Schweinfurth’s annual quilt exhibition
Oct. 25, 2025, to Jan. 4, 2026
Several textile artists included in Schweinfurth Art Center’s 44th “Quilts=Art=Quilts” exhibition cite their day job as an important influence in their art. This year’s exhibition, which opened Oct. 25, 2025, and runs through Jan. 4, 2026, features 69 pieces from 64 artists from around the world. Eleven artists are from outside the United States: five from Canada, three from Australia, and one each from Germany, Norway, and South Korea.
Read MoreBoth Ends of the Rainbow
February 1 through March 14, 2026
Both Ends of the Rainbow is an annual exhibit that features more than 1,000 works of art created by pre-K to 12th-grade students in the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES district as well as senior citizens who are Schweinfurth members or live in Cayuga County.
Read MoreThree Lakes Sampler
February 1 through March 14, 2026
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES’ Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee selected hundreds of artworks from students in their district to display in Gallery Julius at Schweinfurth Art Center.
Read MoreMade in NY 2026
March 28 through May 16, 2026
Made in NY is an annual exhibit at the Schweinfurth Art Center located in Auburn, NY, that features work by artists who live in New York State. The exhibit is an opportunity for artists to showcase their work in a competitive, juried exhibition.
Read MoreQuilts=Art=Quilts 2025
Oct. 25, 2025, through Jan. 4, 2026
Quilts=Art=Quilts is an international juried quilt exhibition at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. This year, nearly 300 applications were submitted, and jurors Petra Fallaux and Paula Kovarik selected 70 quilts from 65 fiber artists.
Read MoreLyrical Moments: Martha M. Deming & Mary P. Murphy
Oct. 25, 2025, through Jan. 4, 2026
Artists and friends Martha M. Deming and Mary P. Murphy both use watercolors to capture nature in all its glory in a joint exhibition.
Read MoreMember Show 2025
August 30 to October 11, 2025
Schweinfurth Art Center’s fifth Member Show features works by 129 artists who are members of the art center. Their artwork includes drawings, paintings, photography, and sculptures.
Read MoreSchweinfurth, Stone Quarry Art Park collaborate on 3 exhibits
Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn and Stone Quarry Art Park in Cazenovia collaborated this summer to create three exhibits that share themes around the rich and complicated histories contained with materials, landscapes, and nature: Ellery Bryan, Patrick Costello, and Patrick McGuan.
Read MoreSchweinfurth exhibit highlights beauty, complexity of printed fabric
The Schweinfurth Art Center’s current exhibition “Imprinted on Cloth” showcases four fiber artists whose work crosses the boundaries between quilting and printmaking: Petra Fallaux of Pittsburgh; Pat Pauly of Rochester, NY; Karen Schulz of the Washington, DC, area; and Margaret Boys Wolf of Issaquah, WA.
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