Behind the Scenes

For every exhibition we will have behind the scenes stories told by our "Team OSilas". These are the people you will see behind the desk in the gallery.  Be sure to say hello to them when you come to visit!




It was hard to imagine the overwhelmingly positive turnout for tonight’s gallery opening as I began unfolding chairs to the sounds of heavy raindrops on the gallery’s windows. Despite a tornado watch, torrential downpour and heavy winds over a hundred people turned out to enjoy both the art and a wonderful lecture by curators Sarah Underhill and Barbara Sussman. The evening surely went a long way to wet the pallets of anticipation for an exciting year to come in the OSilas Gallery. ~ Jed

The Nichols Brothers: A Dialogue in Art and Life

Hobart Nichols, The Kentish Hills, oil on canvas, 29 ½ x 39 ½, Collection of Robert P. Stout

 

September 8 – October 24, 2010

The OSilas Gallery at Concordia College, Bronxville, NY

Reception and Gallery Talk: September 16, 7PM
Free and open to the Public

Hobart and Spencer Nichols are important early 20th century Bronxville artists that have significance well beyond the village borders. This exhibition shows an exceptional representation of the work of Hobart and Spencer Nichols together for the first time and explores the visual dialogue between these artists and brothers.



It is not unusual for siblings to pursue the same passion, particularly when they follow in a family tradition. Such was the case for Henry Hobart and Spencer Baird Nichols, sons of an eminent wood engraver in Washington, DC.



Hobart (1869-1962) studied at the Art Students’ League in Washington, DC, and the Academie Julian in Paris. He became known early for his skill as a leader of artists and administrator of key arts organizations (which ultimately included the National Academy of Design, the Tiffany Foundation, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in addition to being recognized as an accomplished landscape painter. He resided in Bronxville for nearly 50 years, and was a key member of the Lawrence Park artists’ colony here as well as the New York City art world.



Spencer (1875-1950) studied at the Corcoran School of Art and the Washington Art Students League, where he also taught illustration at the age of 17. He served as chief designer for the Tiffany Studios and executed ethereal book illustrations for works by Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde, among others. Spencer lived in Bronxville for a decade or so prior to 1922, at which time he moved his family and studio to Kent, where he focused on easel painting and became a central figure in the Kent art colony. Hobart regularly visited Spencer there, and rendered many scenes of the village and surrounding hills.



This exhibition provides a unique opportunity for us to consider the quite different paths the brothers chose artistically and professionally while they maintained close family ties. Not only can we study how the brothers treated favorite themes throughout their respective artistic journeys, but we can also examine the ways in which Hobart and Spencer Nichols brought their own sensibilities to the consideration of similar subjects.



The exhibition is curated by Sarah Underhill, freelance writer and editor in art and architecture and former Director of Programs and Community Relations for the OSilas Gallery, and Barbara Sussman, professional artist and fine arts appraiser and granddaughter of Spencer Nichols.

Gallery Events:

MUSIC IN THE GALLERY

Sunday, September 19, 4PM
Impressionism in America

A trio of Concordia Conservatory faculty members joins forces to present a program exploring the powerful union of music and art in the Impressionist era.

Sarah Hoover, soprano; Jee Sun Lee, violin; Annette Espada, cello.

Tickets: $20 adults, $10 children and seniors. Tickets available at door.

CHILDREN IN THE GALLERY

ARTyFACTS

Saturday, October 2, 3:30-5PM

Join us in the Gallery to explore the Exhibition, followed by a hands-on art project in the Art Studio inspired by the exhibit. Free! Children ages 5-10, accompanied by an adult.

The OSilas Gallery Welcomes Groups! Contact us to create a program tailored for your needs. We offer private tours, workshops or professional development programs for groups, including both educators and their students. Contact Director Patricia Miranda for more info at 914-337-9300, x2173 or email patricia.miranda@concordia-ny.edu

Lectures, receptions, and films are free and open to public and no reservations are required unless otherwise noted. Ample, free parking is available on the Concordia College campus. The OSilas Gallery is located in the Donald A. Krenz Academic Center on the second level of Scheele Memorial Library on Concordia College's Bronxville campus.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday – Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday 10:00am - 7:30pm
Saturday & Sunday 2:00pm - 5:00pm



OSilas Gallery at Concordia College
http://www.osilasgallery.org/
171 White Plains Road
Bronxville, NY 10708

Contact: Patricia Miranda, Director, OSilas Gallery
914-337-9300 x2173, patricia.miranda@concordia.edu

A Delicate Point; Images from a South Asian Diaspora

February 9- April 10, 2010

Curated by Priyanka Mathew, Director, Aicon Gallery and Patricia Miranda, Director, OSilas Gallery
Artists

Fariba Alam, Shelly Bahl, Farida Batool, Samanta Batra, Anna Bhushan, Niyeti Chadha, Tazeen Qayyum, Talha Rathore, Sarah Singh

America is a country that by its very nature is a Diaspora, one that has most successfully communicated an ethos of dual belonging. Through the eyes of our artists, the art of a Diaspora reveals much about our shared history and hence, our future.

The term Diasporic seems now to beg to be redefined, as regional culture becomes more and more universally available. Do artists transcend questions of place and identity- and should they? How will the term Diaspora evolve in our technologically connected future? Is it possible to fairly group anyone together without complicated identity issues arising, and might this not be a valuable dialogue to engage in?

A “new” generation of global South Asian artists has captured their own political and personal journey alongside the clash and smash of East/West culture. This exhibition brings together artists of common origins to uncommon result, a testament to the ongoing evolution of global visual culture, and of art as an enduring and transcendent human enterprise.

Events

Film Night
The Sky Below
Thursday, March 11, 6:30pm

A screening of the documentary by the artist and filmmaker Sarah Singh. Followed by a reception and Q&A with the filmmaker. Free and open to the public.
A contemporary exploration of the creation of Pakistan and the 1947 partition of the Indian Subcontinent, weaving together 5000 years of culture and the after-effects of the political divide.

Children in the Gallery
ARTyFACTS
Saturday, March 13, 3:30-5pm

Join us in the Gallery to explore the Exhibition, followed by a hands-on art project in the Art Studio inspired by the exhibit. Free! For children ages 5-10 accompanied by an adult.

Music in the Gallery
Silken Treasures
Sunday, March 21, 2pm

Musicians: Sun Young Chang, soprano; Jee Sun Lee, violin; Andrea Pryor, percussion

A concert with work by composers Byung-Dong Paik and Zakir Hussain and Indian Kajri for voice and string. Tickets are available at the door. $20 for adults, $10 for children and seniors.

For Immediate Release January 6, 2010                                 
Contact: Shanley Hanlon, Gallery Manager
914-395-4520 / shanley@concordia-ny.edu

Regional High Schools’ Student Art Exhibit—StArt ’10

at Concordia College’s OSilas Gallery Bronxville, NY

The annual exhibition showcasing the work of talented area high school students will be on display in the OSilas Gallery at Concordia College January 8-22. This is a unique opportunity to view the future artists of Westchester County and beyond. Awards will be presented at the January 8 opening reception, commencing at 7pm. This year a record 23 schools from Westchester and Rockland Counties will participate in the fourth annual exhibition. The reception is free and open to public. No reservations are required. Ample free parking is available on the Concordia College campus, located at 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville. The OSilas Gallery is located in the Donald A. Krenz Academic Center on the second level of Scheele Memorial Library. For further information, please call 914-395-4520. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm, Thursday until 7:30pm; Saturday and Sunday 2pm-5pm. Directions and further details can be found on the web: www.osilasgallery.org Gallery phone: 914-395-4520 Participating students and schools include: Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel, White Plains, Teresa Alessandro and Anne Marie Perez; Bronxville High School; Clarkstown North High School, New City, Jennifer Kim Allison, Olinsky Kirsten Young; Eastchester High School, Jessica Cheng, Kathryn Palmieri, Ayaha Yamazaki; Edgemont High School, Scarsdale, Angelika Eleftheriou, Taylor Valentine, Hee Won Yang; Gorton High School, Yonkers; John Jay High School, Cross River, Zoe Gross, Kristen Lowe, Allison Ransom; Keio Academy, Purchase; Lincoln High School, Yonkers; Mamaroneck High School, Kristina Arike; Ossining High School, Chelsea Corrigan ,Dara Illowsky, Carina Scorcia; Pelham Memorial High School, Laura Martin, Lucia Meneses, Marion White; Pleasantville High School, Brittany Clifford, Brittany Pellon, Erica Sarro; Port Chester High School; Lukasz Jakimiec, Aimee Naranjo, Jesus Velasquez; Sacred Heart High School, Yonkers, Anna Cerasulo, Amanda Fernandes, Christopher Kucharik; Scarsdale High School, Rebecca Erde, Jared Greenwald, Celia Lowenthal; School of the Holy Child, Rye, Amari Boyd, Melissa Montoni, Nilda Valenzuela; St. Catherine Academy, Bronx, Maeve Siri Moran, Chantal Pedrosa, Elaine Ruiz; Tuckahoe High School, Christopher Conkling, Kelly McKeon, Victoria Ottomanelli; The Ursuline School, New Rochelle, Katherine Arlotta, Raianna O’Toole; Valhalla High School, Samantha Caridi, Keagan Reitano, Patricia Trujillo; Westlake High School, Thornwood, Suzie Calarco, Meaghan Glendon, Dante Tufano; Yonkers International Baccalaureate High School.

Music in the Gallery

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009 4PM

“PASTORAL”

Claire Simard, soprano
David Veslocki, guitar
Annette Espada, cello

Join Conservatory faculty trio as they explore the music and songs of rustic and rural American countryside.
Tickets: $20 adults, $10 children and seniors. Tickets available at the door
For reservations and information: 914-395-4520 or email shanlon@concordia-ny.edu

The OSilas Gallery is located in the Donald A. Krenz Academic Center on the second level of Scheele Memorial Library on Concordia College’s Bronxville campus. Lectures, receptions, and films are free and open to public unless otherwise noted. No reservations required. Ample free parking is available.

Children in the Gallery: ARTyFACTS

 Artyfacts

Join us in the gallery to explore and learn about the Exhibition!

Followed by a hands-on art project in the Concordia studio inspired by the artwork.

 Ages 5-10

Saturday, November 14, 2009

3:30-5PM

Free

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Reservations required: 914-395-4520 or email shanlon@concordia-ny.edu

Sharing the Sword: Mary & The Cross in Renaissance Art

On View from October 23, 2009 - April 10, 2010

Selected Renaissance paintings, drawings, and carvings from the Arnold and Seena Davis Collection that portray the Virgin Mary and Jesus together, including Madonna and Child, Holy Family, and Crucifixion scenes. The exhibition will compare the iconography of these selected Northern Renaissance works with one another and with works from the Italian Renaissance and Lutheran Reformation.

Curated by The Rev. Dr. Patrick James Bayens
Professor of Religion, Concordia College 

Tell 'em That It's Human Nature: An Exhibition of Outsider Art

“Tell ’em that it’s Human Nature: An Exhibition of Outsider Art”

On View October 29th - December 10th 2009

This exhibition pairs the art of Phillip March Jones and selected artist from the Latitudes Art Center in Lexington Kentucky with work by Mose Tolliver, Hawkins Bolden, and Charles Williams.
In addition to painting and shooting photographs, Phillip March Jones has devoted his time to Latitudes as a volunteer working with the artists in their studio program for adults with developmental disabilities and variously with other artists across Kentucky and rural Alabama. The group of artists in the show is organized around this one example of volunteering and social work as actions capable of unifying an expanding field of contemporary untrained artists. In a more basic sense the exhibition considers art as a way for very different people to relate.
The term ‘untrained’ describes artists from a range of economic backgrounds, abilities, all races, and both genders and becomes mysteriously foggy amidst such broad inclusion since the only actual shared qualification is the absence of academic art training. Which is not to say that these artists are uneducated, though some have had absolutely no schooling, simply that any institutional experience came from outside of the school of fine arts. Taxonomy aside, the human impulse to create remains interesting, poignant and essentially indescribable.
Under the leadership of Bruce Burris and Crystal Bader, Latitude has grown into a full-time studio arts program and a full-time community organization and advocacy group. The members of Latitude are all considered to have a disability, but that does not prevent them from being engaged citizens and aspiring artists. The unintended consequence of Latitude's commitment to its members and our larger community is that the rest of us are made aware of our own limitations, but more importantly, of our own strengths. Latitude's force of will is contagious and its creations beautiful.


 Curated by Blain Vandenburg, Independent Curator

Collecting Stories: The Davies Collection - 19th & Early 20th Century American Paintings

Exhibition on View: September 8-October 16, 2009

The OSilas Gallery at Concordia College is proud to present works from the Davies Collection of 19^th and early 20^th century American paintings. The exhibition includes works from the Hudson River School and American Impressionists, covering a varied genre of subjects from winter landscapes, cityscapes, marine, and still life. According to Curator and OSilas Gallery Director Patricia Miranda, “walking into the Davies home, covered floor to ceiling in paintings from the complete spectrum of 19^th and early 20^th century America, is like going on a journey with a sage story-teller. The excitement and enthusiasm of Tom Davies when speaking about his collection cannot help but inspire a whole new envisioning of American art.” Tom Davies has been collecting American paintings for 40 years and counting. Not an art historian, artist, or curator by trade, but rather a passionate lover of American paintings- he is a true collector. His passion has grown into an obsession and he has amassed a venerable collection along the way.

Davies book, Collecting Stories, 400 Paintings- 400 Stories, A Collection of American Paintings, published by Laynfaroh Publishing, spans many genres and styles, including 19^th century Hudson River School, Tonalism, Expatriate, Impressionism and more. Davies will talk about his lifelong journey collecting and the myriad personal stories that accompany each painting. He will sign copies of Collecting Stories, A Collection of American Paintings at the opening reception Thursday, September 10, 2009, at 7pm.

With so many incredible paintings in the collection, Curators Patricia Miranda and Jayne Warman chose selected works primarily from the Hudson River School and American Impressionists with a focus on landscape, cityscape and marine. The Exhibition includes work from artists such as Albert Bierstadt, William Merrit Chase, Sanford Gifford, Childe Hassam, Aldro Hibbard, Max Kuehne, Hayley Lever, Richard Miller, Frederick Mulhaupt, Walter Palmer, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Guy Wiggins and many more. This is a truly extraordinary opportunity to view the depth of American painting in the beautiful OSilas Gallery.

Patricia Miranda is the curator and Director of the OSilas Gallery. Jayne Warman is an independent curator, and curator of the Bronxville Library’s art collection.

The OSilas Gallery is located in the Donald A. Krenz Academic Center on the second level of Scheele Memorial Library on Concordia College’s Bronxville campus.  Lectures, receptions, and films are free and open to public unless otherwise noted. No reservations required. Ample free parking is available.

Directions and details can be found on the web:

www.osilasgallery.org

Gallery phone: 914-395-4520

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm

Open Thursdays until 7:30pm

Saturday and Sunday 2-5pm