mwelych, Author at Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center

Member Show 2023

June 15, 2023

Sept. 1 to Oct. 15, 2023

Our annual Member Show celebrates the talents of our artist members. The show is open to all members of the Schweinfurth Art Center and the show includes all mediums.

Rural Voices Rising: Can Art Subvert Media’s Narrative?

June 14, 2023

Sept. 1 to Oct. 15, 2023

Artist Susan Hoffer paints neighbors, family and friends, but her paintings seek to address weightier issues that are expressed in titles, poses, and detailed interior spaces

Reflections of a Photographer

June 12, 2023

Black and white photo of three mannequins in a store window, with an old-style brick building reflected

Sept. 1 to Oct. 15, 2023

Cayuga County artist Fred Price displays his photographs, many of which include window reflections that fight for dominance

The Palace at 3AM

March 28, 2023

June 10 to August 20, 2023

The works included in this exhibition represent a pivot within Gary Sczerbaniewicz’s practice toward an articulation of subjects he has been researching for nearly a decade: Forteana, Catholic strangeness, Cold-War oddities, the science-fictional, the occult, the post-apocalyptic, and more.

Tyrone Johnson-Neuland finds balance between work and art

March 21, 2023

Detail from one of Tyrone Johnson-Neuland showing the red outline of a mostly blue head surrounded by bright yellow paint

He is this year’s first Emerging Artist to be featured in both the Schweinfurth Art Center and Cayuga Museum of History & Art from March 25 through May 28, 2023

Nature inspires “Made in NY” artists in many different ways

March 15, 2023

The view looking upward at bare deciduous trees with a flock of birds flying overhead

Many of artists featured in “Made in NY 2023,” which opens March 25 at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, have been inspired by nature.

Theda Sandiford releases everyday microaggressions through her art

March 12, 2023

A closeup view of white and beige ribbons attached to a fishing net and hung on a gallery wall. One clearly reads, "You don't look Hispanic."

She invites gallery visitors to release their own microaggression burdens by adding to the “Free Your Mind” public art installation and depositing objects that represent their microaggressions into her baggage carts

Schweinfurth’s annual student art exhibit celebrates more than talent

February 2, 2023

A group of people admiring a wall of student art that almost reaches the ceiling

Studies link the arts to teaching skills needed in jobs and life, such as supporting social and emotion learning and problem-solving skills.

Made in NY 2023

December 26, 2022

March 25 – May 28, 2023

Made in NY is an annual juried exhibition that features work by artists living in New York State. 2023 jurors are Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Theda Sandiford, and Kevin Larmon.

Triggered, Truth & Transformation

December 25, 2022

March 25 – May 28, 2023

This solo exhibit by Theda Sandiford takes on the consequences of racial trauma: stress, anger, frustration, self-doubt, powerlessness, and invisibility