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Paintings Scheduled for Lockhart Gallery; Local Businesses Supporting Annual
Gala Sept. 12 GENESEO,
N.Y. -- The paintings of Livingston County contemporary artist Leslie Heen will
be featured during a five-week exhibition Sept. 14 – Oct. 9 at the State
University of New York at Geneseo’s Lockhart Gallery, 26 Main St. Preceding
the opening of the exhibition will be the Geneseo Friends of Fine Art’s 8th
annual Lockhart Gala Sept. 12 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the gallery, which Heen will
attend. Tickets for the gala are $35 and are available by calling
585-245-5814. Proceeds from the event will support Lockhart Gallery
programs and exhibitions. The gala
sponsor is Good Spirits, owned by Barbara A. Brown. Other area businesses also will be donating
food and beverages for the event including Miceli’s Main Street Deli; The Yard
of Ale; The Big Tree Inn; The River Hotel; The Beachcomber; The National Hotel;
The Livonia Inn; Edible Arrangements; and The Conesus Inn. Co-chairing
the gala committee from the Friends of Fine Art organization are Patty Fennell
and Elaine Bucci. Also serving on the
committee are Friends of Fine Art members Terry Book, Betsy Hoefen, Renee
Kleinhans, Sharon Presutti and Liz Porter.
Porter chairs the organization. Heen
studied fine and commercial art at Syracuse University. As a professional illustrator, she worked
nationally in New York, Rochester, Boston and Los Angeles. Her illustrations were included in the
Italian magazine Arriana as well as Elle (Paris) and California Stylist. She has
exhibited at numerous venues including the Lucy Burne Gallery, the Mount Morris
Dam Visitor’s Center, the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, The Rochester Arts
and Cultural Council Art Gallery, SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library Gallery and the
Century Club in Rochester. “We’re
delighted to have this accomplished artist featured in the Lockhart Gallery and
look forward to a wonderful gala,” said Cynthia Hawkins, director of galleries
at SUNY Geneseo. “The exhibit will
include her human figure and portraiture work, which employs a dramatic use of
color.” The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Lockhart Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. and
Friday and Saturday from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. |
