Lederer Gallery General Information
Fall Break: October 11 - 12
Thanksgiving Break: November 24 - 28
About the Gallery
Lederer Gallery presents exhibitions of contemporary local and national artists, Geneseo art faculty, juried student work, and graduating art students' final projects.
First opened with the Brodie Fine Arts Building in 1966, the Bertha V.B. Lederer Fine Arts Gallery was dedciated to its namesake in 1981.
Bertha V.B. Lederer (1912 - 2009 ) started teaching at Geneseo in 1945 and went on to chair both the college Art Department and the Division of Fine Arts. She was deeply dedicated to encouraging appreciation for the arts. Miss Lederer formed the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts and supported arts in education through her service as college liaison to the National Arts & Humanities Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the State Education Department in the Arts, and the American Association of University Women.
Miss lederer's philosophy of art in education was one of developing aesthetic awareness: "Art education...should teach them how to see..."1 Her legacy lives on in the exhibitions and related presentation in Lederer Gallery.
1. "Reliving Times Past" Program, SUNY Geneseo Alumni Day, 1981
Hours
The Bertha V.B. Lederer Fine Arts Gallery is located in room 203 in the Brodie Fine Arts building.
Tuesday - Thursday: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Friday - Saturday:1:00 - 5:00 PM
The Lederer Gallery will be open for Art Stroll, Friday, September 17
Contact
For more information about Lederer Gallery, please contact:
Cynthia Hawkins, Director of Galleries
(585) 245-5813