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PAID

Wellsville, NY

Permit No. 218

Allegany Arts Newsletter Page 8 Volume 25, Number 3

* OR CURRENT RESIDENT

“The world is full of magic

things, patiently waiting for our

senses to grow sharper.”

William Butler Yeats

Allegany Arts Association, Inc.

P.O. Box 1134

Wellsville, New York 14895

Dear Member: Above your name on the address label are 4 numbers. The first two are the year your membership ends, the second two show the month it ends. For

example “1509” means your subscription ended in “2015 September”. Please help

us save postage and send your renewal soon.

THANK YOU to all who have recently renewed or begun a membership.

Your membership helps publish the Newsletter and funds our free Summer Arts

Festival, Cabin Fever and other classes for Allegany County children.

Students in Alice

Deres’ AAA

‘Summer Arts Festi-

val” classes in An-

gelica proudly dis-

play their lovely

clay pieces, and this

little man has made

his own big brown

pet shark!

1

Allegany Arts

Newsletter Volume 25, Number 3

September-November 2015

FREE!

Please take one.

SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL - FUN FOR KIDS

Working with local li-

braries, the Allegany Arts

Association offered over

30 free classes for Alle-

gany County children

during July and August.

“Books; Heroines and

Heroes” was the theme.

Kids from age 5 to 16

enjoyed new art experi-

ences, learned new skills

(even dances), read new

books and made new

friends, all free to Alle-

gany County families.

Our

33rd

Year.

Inside

Art News, Nancy Howe Auditorium programs Page 2

AAA Board, CCAC, GV Chorus events Page 3

Calendar, AU & Houghton programs Page 6

PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS.

“SITTING PRETTY”- AAA Chair Auction

“Have a chair” we say to our guests. Now you might offer your visiting friends a special place to sit.

September 17 is the date for AAA’s first “Sitting Pretty” Chair Auction. Many local artists have paint-

ed and donated chairs for you to bid on.

Proceeds will be specifically directed to the Sum-mer Arts Festival to keep kids’ art programming free in Allegany County. Bidding will begin at $25 each.

The Wellsville Creative Arts Center will host this exciting auction on September 17

starting at 5:30 pm. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served while

you peruse the incredible variety of

brightly painted chairs. Watch for

these “one-of-a-kind” artistic chairs in shop windows all over town.

Attend the fun AAA Chair Auction

September 17 at the Creative Arts

Center and take home the most unique seating ever!

Allegany Arts Sponsors Guitarist

Peppino D’Agostino

Hailed as a “guitarist’s guitarist” and one of the best

composers among guitarists” by Acoustic Magazine,

Peppino D’Agostino composes, arranges, and some-

times sings in both English and Italian. Voted Best

Acoustic Guitarist in 2007 by Guitar Player, his mu-

sic reflects Brazilian, Irish, country, blues, ragtime,

jazz and classical!

The Concert will be Friday September 25 at 7 pm.

Friday evening “entertainment seekers” will not be

disappointed.

Nancy Howe

Auditorium is

the venue. The

Allegany Arts’

members will

serve Italian

desserts during

intermission.

Wear your Ital-

ian colors and plan to enjoy good music!

There is no charge for the concert. AAA is funded

in part by a NYS Council on the Arts grant. AAA and

the Library are able to provide music, lectures, special

children’s programs and other entertainment for Alle-

gany County residents free through these grants, and

through your generous donations.

Allegany Arts Association.com or

Facebook.com/AlleganyArtsAssociation

Joyce Carol Oates to Visit Wellsville

Joyce Carol Oates, New York State native and prolific author with

over 100 books published (best-selling novels, short stories, poems

and memoirs) will speak at the Nancy Howe Auditorium October 2 at

7 pm. Preparation for her visit began with a talk last month about

Oates and Emily Dickenson, and viewing of the movie “We Were the

Mulvaneys”, based on her book, will occur September 28 (6:45 pm.)

The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and Houghton

College, which will hold a reception for the author after her talk -

from 8 to 10 pm in the Library’s Main Reading Room. A limited num-

ber of tickets are available from the Friends at $35 each. Live chamber

music will also be showcased.

Seating at 7 pm in the Nancy Howe Auditorium is free and overflow

patrons may watch on closed-circuit TV in the Exhibition Room.

Special programs about Joyce Carol Oates’ books for children and

youth, three book club sessions and other activities will take place in

September and October. Contact the Library to learn more.

Www.davidahowelibrary.org.

A pink whale!

Allegany Arts Newsletter Page Two Volume 25, Number 3

Wellsville Art Association

The Wellsville David Howe Library will

again be the venue for the Wellsville Art As-sociation Show. Titled the “Member’s

Show”, entries will be taken September 3

and 4, with a Reception on September 10.

The last day of the show is September 26.

WAA “Featured Artist” this year will be

Pat Shannon Gay. Her show will open Octo-

ber 5 and run through the 31st, with a pub-lic reception October 8 from 5:30-7:30 pm.

All artists are invited to enter the Mem-

ber’s Show. You simply need to pay a mini-mum fee and bring your work (framed, with

safe hanging wires) to the Library Exhibi-

tion Room on the

above dates.

Paintings, collage,

sculpture, photog-raphy: any art

work is sought.

Prize ribbons are

awarded at the

Reception. Con-tact Karen Dicker-

son at 585-593-3579 for more information.

(Above, Pat Shannon Gay’s prize painting from an ear-

lier WAA Show.)

Nancy Howe Auditorium Events

(All Free and Open to the Public)

SEPTEMBER

9-Insurgent (Film, 2015) PG-13, Teen-Adult Film. 6:45 pm

16-The Maze Runner (Film, 2014) PG-13, Teen-Adult Film, 6:45 pm.

22-”The Underground Railroad in the Southern Tier”, Lecture by

Bill Heaney, local historian from Belfast. 7 pm.

23-The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1, (Film 2014) PG-13. 6:45 pm.

25-Concert: Peppino D’Agostino, Fingerstyle Guitar Virtuoso, spon-

sored by Allegany Arts Association. 7 pm. Refreshments.

26-The Great Mouse Detective, (Film, 1986) G, Saturday at 10:30 am.

28-We Were the Mulvaneys (Film from a novel by Joyce Carol Oates,

2002). Monday, 6:45 pm.

30-Dances With Wolves (Film,

1990), PG-13, Matinee, 1:30 pm.

OCTOBER

2-Joyce Carol Oates, Author. 7 pm.

5-Sherlock Holmes sampler –The

Hound of the Baskervilles (1939),

Basil Rathbone, 6:45 pm.

6-”What Style is My House?” by

Allegany County Historian Craig

Braack, 7 pm.

10-Hotel Transylvania (Family

Film, 2012) PG, Saturday, 10:30 am.

15-Concert: Creek Bend Band,

Blue-grass and more! Thursday, 7 pm. (Joyce Carol Oates, above.)

19-Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Film, 2011) Robert

Downey, Jr. Monday, 6:45 pm.

21-Back to The Future, Part II (Film 1989) PG, Wednesday, 6:45 pm.

24-Family Program: Magic by Mangels, Saturday, 10:30 am.

27-Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Film, 1941) Halloween Matinee, 1:30 pm.

28-Dracula (Film, 1931), Halloween Monster Series, 6:45 pm.

29-Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Monster Series, 6:45 pm.

30-Frankenstein (1931), Monster Series, 6:45 pm.

NOVEMBER

1-Genesee Valley Chorus “Stage Door Canteen”, Concert, Sun., 3 pm.

2-Pretty in Pink - Sherlock Holmes Sampler, (2010) Benedict Cum-

berbatch, 6:45 pm. Monday.

7-Meet the Robinsons (Film, 2007) G, Saturday, 10:30 am.

10-Lecture: “The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums” by Michael

Keene, 7 pm. Sponsored by Andover Historical Society and Thelma

Rogers Historical Society, Wellsville.

14-Family Musical Concert—Bob & Gena Decker, Sat. 10:30 am.

19-Concert: Rustic Ramblers: Traditional Country Music 7 pm.

24-Night at the Museum, Film (2014) PG, Matinee, 1:30 pm.

Look for more programs at www.davidahowelibrary.org.

Thanks to Eileen Tecza, Nancy Howe Aud. Director, for preparing the program list.

The Confucius Institute at

Alfred University Presents:

Sept. 26 - “Ode to the Moon”, Chinese Mid-Autumn

Festival with musicians from Hunan Province & In-

ner Mongolia, with Luanne Crosby and Daisy Wu;

Miller Theatre 7:30 pm.

Nov. 6—”Death Do Us Part”, Jingju Theatre Com-

7

Please make checks payable to:

Allegany Arts Association, Inc.

P.O. Box 1134

Wellsville, New York 14895

All contributions are tax

Allegany Arts Newsletter Page 7 Volume 25, Number 2

ALLEGANY ARTS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP FORM

Without the arts, history would have no face, society would have no soul, and the mind would have no capacity to dream.

_____ Angel ($250)

_____ Benefactor ($100)

_____ Sponsor ($50)

_____ Fellow ($25)

_____ Subscriber ($10)

Please make checks payable to:

Allegany Arts Association, Inc.

P.O. Box 1134

Wellsville, New York 14895

Contributions are tax deductible.

NAME ________________________________________________________

ADDRESS ____________________________________________________

Telephone ____________________________________________________

E-MAIL _______________________________________________________

ANGELS

Otis Eastern Services Inc.

Constantine J. & Rheba V. Rigas

STEPS Dance Studio

BENEFACTORS

Sharon H. Ash Belfast Lions Club

John & Laurel Buckwalter Larry and Debbie Clark

Carla Coch William Coch James & Delores Cross

R. Kathleen Drew Dr. James Edmonston

Claudia and Kevin Gildner Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton

Susan Greene Mary C. Harris

Wayne Higby Judith Samber & Gary Ostrower Diand Purcell-Chapman

Carol and William Smith The L. C. Whitford Company

The Wellsville Lions Club

SPONSORS

Bob & Delores Ackerman

Allegany County School Music Assn. Joanne Allen

American Legion Post #702 Barbara Bernstein

Don Black Joy Caldwell and Eila Shea

Jeremy Cole & Dawn Wildrick Sally Dannheim John & Wanda Dean

Karen and Steve Dickerson Ed and Kay Eicher

John and Diana Embser Mark & Monica Finn

John and Andrea Gill Geralyn and Kenneth Gough

Arthur and Barbara Greil Elaine and Rick Hardman Nancy and Carl Helfter

Dr. and Mrs. John Hunter Sheila Kalkbrenner

Karen Lang Martha Lash

Doris MacFarquhar Joe & Liz Menichino

Allison Midgley Amanda and Brian Oglesbee

Jamie & Pat O’Kelly Molly Pike

Rich and Gwyn Shear Patricia Sherman

Southern Tier Symphony Hilda Stout

Eileen and Joe Tecza Trinity Christian Daycare

Art VanTyne Rustina Wigg

Edward Worman Suzanne Wood Klaus and Celeste Wuersig

Al and Carlyn Yanda

FELLOWS

Jennifer Allen

Allegany Mud Club Catherine Anderson

William W. Banker Belfast Organization for the Arts

Dr. Dawn L. Bennett Bradley & Joan Bowden Galen H. Brooks

Theresa & Gary Brown Nancy Bryant

Jane and George Campbell Penny Canfield

John M. Carter Mary Louise Cartledge

Margaret Cherre Robert and Tammy Christman Jennifer Cole

Zoe Coombs Jenna Curran

Staci Curry Dr. Robert & Roselyn Danner

David Dean Dan and Sue Dempsey

Alice Deres Fred & Mary DeVries Sally and Bob Dougherty

Ellen and Herbert Ehrig Bonnie Enke

Friends of Good Music Carol and Paul Gallman

Adam Gayhart Kim & JR Gayhart

Giant Food Mart Danny and Paula Green

Louis & Sandy Greiff Franklin and Mary Grom Nanette Hanley

Lisa and Scott Harmon Marion L. Johnson

Pamela P. Jones Cyril E. & Ronna Jordan

Pat Jung

Dan and Harriet Latten Anthony and Mary Lipnicki

Shirley Lyon-Bentley James & Jeannette Maxim

Peter Midgley Carolyn J. Miller

Richard Monroe Thomas & Roseanna O’Grady

Carole Onada Betsy Orlando Jane and Dave Pinney

Christopher & Christine Pollock K. David & Janice Porter

Janine Preston Mr. & Mrs. James Raptis

Richard and Sarah Recio Robert and Eleanor Riber

Ross & Brenda Robarts David & Angela Rossington

Mary and Jim Ruch Roxane Schmidt Michael & Elaine Smith

Thomas & Ruthann Smith Tom and Kathie Stedina

Hilda Stout Joan M. Strassner

John & Mary Beth Thompsett Drina Vigh

Al and Virginia Vossler Eugene and Peggy Ann Watts David Wesolek

]James D. Wightman

SUBSCRIBERS Allegany Mud Club

Erica Babbitt Rebecca Bennett

Niki Gordon Case Barbara Claire Barbara Cobb

Melissa Cole Henry Crissman

Andrew Dickerson Di Dillon

Linda and Dwight Fanton Liz Fenn

Marilyn Fiegl Madonna Figuera

Mary Finnen Hattie Gavin Betty Greene

Lori Ann Hagi Thomas & Kandra Ann Hirsch

Judy Johnson

Hanna Juekoff

Gail Kedzierski

Gail Kedzierski

Paul and Wanda Kenyon

Rebecca Kintner

Brenda Lamphier Katherine Lang Marilyn Lester

Marian McClure Nicole metz

Sally Miller Shelley Noyes

Carla Orosz Chris Pollock

David Schaut Andrea Schoenthal

Wendy Schreiner Terry Scott Karen Snyder

Hanna Thompsett Jan Wightman

ADVERTISERS ACE’S COUNTRY CUPBOARD

ALLEGANY ARTISANS ANGELICA SWEET SHOP JOHN ASH CLEANERS

BALDWIN PIANO TUNING BELFAST BRAIDS

BELMONT FARNER’S MARKET BLACK-EYED SUSAN CAFÉ

BYGONE BOOKS COOK’S TIRE, AUTO & RV CENTER

DAVE’S PRINTING FISHERS & FILLMORE PHARMACY FRIENDS OF GOOD MUSIC

GREEN CIRCLE GROVE HAMILTON’S SHOES

LA GRA FAMILY SALON & DAY SPA L’ITALIA RESTAURANT

OLEAN COMMUNITY THEATRE RICHARDSON & STOUT

RIVERSIDE PARK CAMPGROUND

SERENDIPITY ART & ANTIQUES

SHEILALYNNK ART STUDIO

STEUBEN TRUST COMPANY

STEVEN WALKER METALSMITHS

STONEFLOWER POTTERY

TEXAS HOT RESTAURANT

THE ROGUE CARROT

TINKERTOWN HARDWARE

WALKER BUSINESS & STAFFING

WELLSVILLE ART ASSOCIATION

WELLSVILLE CREATIVE ARTS CENTER

Calendar of Events for September, October and November 2015

RECURRING EVENTS First Monday: Wellsville Garden Club, 7 pm, First Congregational Church,

North Main Street, Wellsville. Open to all. Second Tuesday: Attend the public Board meeting of the Allegany Arts

Association at 10:00 am at The Creative Arts Center, Wellsville. Second Sunday: Creative Writers of the Southern Tier, 3-5 pm.

Call Andrea Schoenthal for information, 585-593-2084. Free! Every Tuesday: Genesee Valley Chorus rehearsal, 7 pm at First Congrega-tional Church, Wellsville. All singers welcome! First Thursday: Acoustic Open Mic at Black-Eyed Susan Café, 22 W. Main St., Angelica. Hosted by Bob & Gina Decker. Café open at 6 pm. Open Mic 7-10 pm. Call 585-466-3399 for information. 1st & 3rd Thursdays: Northern Allegany County Quilters, 1-4 pm, Fillmore Wesleyan Church, all skill levels welcome. First Saturday: Southern Tier Fiber Arts Guild, 11 –

2 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 470 N. Main St., Wells-

ville. Call 607-587-9270 or 585-593-4799 for infor-

mation. All fiber artists welcome. Third Tuesday (every 2nd month) “Spoken Word”

Poetry Event, with Chris Clow, pictured right. Black-Eyed Susan Café, Angelica,7-9 pm. Call Chris at 585-

403-6493. Bring a poem & a friend. Oct. 20, Dec.22.

Every Friday & Saturday, 7:30 pm: Live music at Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café, Angelica. No cov-

er. www.black-eyed-susan.com. Monthly: Allegany Artisans’ Shows, Steuben Trust Bank, Wellsville, Re-

ception 4-6 pm, usually the first Thursday of each month.

Page 6 Allegany Arts Newsletter Volume 25, Number 3

November 2015

1 & 2-Alfred University Theatre: “The Dining Room”, by A.R.

Gurney. C.D.Smith III Theatre, 7:30 pm. Tickets online, Alfredu.edu.

Division of Performing Arts.

14-Alfred U. Student Recital, Vocalists, 3 pm, Howell Hall.

21-AU JAZZ Band, Miller Theatre, 7:30 pm. Tickets required.

22-Messiah, (Handel), performance by Alfred University chorus,

chamber singers and orchestra, at St. Ann’s Church, Hornell, 3 pm.

October 2015 *Artisans’ Studio Tour—October 16, 17, 18

All Month—Quilt Show @ Belfast Library, Mon. & Sat. 10-1; Tues.-Thurs. 3 to 8 pm.

3-Dez Cordas—Guitarist Matthew Slotkin, and Bassist Craig Butterfield; AU Howell

Hall, 7:30 pm. Tango, jazz, baroque.

11-Palmer Opera House, Cuba—Silent Movie Sunday”The Bells” with Lionel Barry-

more, piano accompaniment by Dennis James. 2 p.m. Call 585-209-5512 for tickets.

17-Tavche Grache, NYC trio (clarinet, guitar, percussion) playing danceable music.

Miller Performing Center, Alfred University, 7:30 p.m.

17-HOGWARTS HALLOWEEN BALL, Alfred U. Knight Club, 8 p.m.

23-Contra & Square Dance, Alfred Village Hall, Susquehanna String Band, 7:30 p.m.,

Tickets at the Box of Books, Alfred.

September, 2015

3-Alfred U. Chamber Music, 7:30 pm., Howell Hall, Rintaro Wadi & family, Louanne

Crosby; music of Handel, Beach, Previn, Bernstein and Walker.

6-Cuba Historical Society Special Program, “Voices From Our Past”, Ice Cream Social,

2 pm, Palmer Opera House. Music and pictures. To benefit the Historical Society.

8-International Folk Dancing, AU Knight Club, 8:30 pm, every Tuesday.

10-”O Pioneers”, Women Ceramic Artists 1925—1960, Visiting Curator Ezra Shales, AU Nevins Theatre 4:30 pm. Ceramic Exhibit open at Ceramic Art Museum, Sept. 11,

17, 23, 30 & Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6 from 10 am to 4 pm.

17-The Real World of Harry Potter film, AU Herrick Library, 8 pm.

20-Silent Movie Sunday @ Palmer Opera House, Cuba. 2 pm.

Theda Bara in “A Fool There Was”, with Dennis James, pianist.

27-”A Salute to Classic Country @ Palmer Opera House, Cuba. 2 pm. Email:

[email protected]. 585-209-5512.

29-UFO Day Belfast Town Hall, 1-4 pm. Kathy Garrison, 585-365-8856. Bring

Unfinished Objects to work on together.

December 2015

3 & 4 -AU Informal Dance Showing, C.D.Smith Theatre,

7:30 pm.

5-AU Symphonic Band, Miller Theatre, 7:30 pm.

6-AU Student Recitals, Instrumental, Miller, 3 pm.

12-Hornell Area Wind Ensemble, High School 7:30 pm, Snow date:

December 13, 3 pm.

22-Spoken Word Poetry, Black-Eyed Susan,. Angelica, 7 pm.

October (continued)

20-Spoken Word Poetry @ Black-Eyed Susan, Angelica, 7 pm.

25-Hornell Area Wind Ensemble, Hornell Intermed. School, 3 pm.

3

ALLEGANY ARTS

ASSOCIATION

The Allegany Arts Association, a non-profit (501c3) founded in 1982, promotes

participation in the arts by all citizens of Allegany County. The Association provides

arts programming and a variety of arts

experiences for all ages and is supported by individual and corporate members and part-ly by a grant from the NYS Council on the Arts Decentralization Re-grant Program with

support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo & the NYS Legislature and administered by the Cat-

taraugus County Arts Council.

Allegany Arts Newsletter is published quar-

terly. We welcome news releases and photos about cultural activities in the county. (Note:

Any views reported are not necessarily those of the

AAA Board.) The next deadline is November

18, 2015, for the December, January & Feb-ruary 2015-16 issue. Advertisers pay only

$25 per issue or $75/year (4 issues) in ad-

vance. (Single ads). Double ads are $150 for

four/year.

We work together with the David A. Howe Library, Allegany Artisans, the Wellsville Art

Association, The Fountain Arts Center, The Wellsville Creative Arts Center and many

others to expand access to the arts to all.

Board Members:

President:, Karen Dickerson - 593-3579

Vice-Pres.—Betsy Orlando - 268-7383

Treasurer, Kay Eicher - 593-3420

Erica Babbitt—808-6040

Henry Crissman—593-3000

Jenna Curran—690-6742

Wanda Dean—593-6606

Sandra Greiff - 607-587-8372

Molly Pike Riccardi—466-6210

Newsletter Ed. Joanne Allen -593-5705

Volume 25, Number 3 Page 3 Allegany Arts Newsletter

A Sum-

mer Arta

Festival

student in

Elaine

Hardman’s Clay Class in July carefully

applies an underglaze to his bowl.

Wellsville Creative Arts Center News

Open Mic: Wednesdays 7 to 10 pm.

Trivia Night: First Thursday 7 to 9 pm.

ARTIST COMMUNITY SHOW– Sept. 1-Oct.

15. Opening Reception, Sept 3, 3:30-5:30pm.

CENTER OPEN: Mon. 10 am-4 pm., Tuesday

10 am-5 pm., Wed. 10 am-10 pm., Thurrs. 10

am—8 pm., Friday & Saturday 10 am-5 pm.

Often open later Thurs., Friday, Sat. for

live music and classes.

www.WellsvilleCreativeArtsCenter.com.

by Henry J. H. Crissman

Memorials & Honoraria

Creative Writers of the South-

ern Tier donated $50 to AAA in

memory of Roberta Corcoran,

a long-time CWST member and

prolific writer.

Rudy Reinprecht and Nora

Zinner were honored with addi-

tional donations to support

arts’ programs.

Joanne Allen’s birthday

brought $90 in gifts from several

contributors. Thank you!

Memorials and honoraria will

be gratefully accepted at PO

Box 1134, Wellsville, NY 14895.

GENESEE VALLEY

CHORUS to CELEBRATE

40th ANNIVERSARY!

November 1—STAGEDOOR

CANTEEN, 7 pm, Howe

Aud., 3 pm, songs from

World War II and more.

WOOLRUG BRAIDING CLASSES

Belfast Braids will again hold classes to teach you to make rugs from your old wool skirts and blankets. Meeting Friday evenings September 11 and 18, and October 2 and 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 in Belfast, the class fee is $100 and all equipment except your own wool

is supplied.

Call Peggy Watts at 365-2507 to sign up, or email: [email protected] to learn

more. A great way to recycle & have fun.

Allegany Artisans Tour—October 16, 17, 18

New for 2015, some Allegany Artisans will begin the Studio Tour with a Friday

evening reception. There are 35 studios lined up with 42 working artisans who will

be on hand for the regular Studio Tour Saturday and Sunday, but a select group

will welcome you Friday, October 16.

Find extended hours in the Alfred area at Len Curran’s, The Alfred Village Farm,

R.S. Lang Art Pottery and Eugenia Frith Meltzer. In Allentown, Don King will be

open and in Almond you will find a new studio, Funkensteins.

In Andover, Tufty Ceramics and Walker Metalsmiths will be open and in Angeli-

ca you will find a Friday-night welcome at the Three Clay Sisters' Studio, or go

toward Belmont and find Kay Brooks also open.

Other Friday open studios include A Stone's Throw Pottery, Auntie's Place and

River's Edge Stained Glass. Jack Brown will have his studio open in Scio and in

Wellsville you'll find a Friday welcome at Elaine Hardman's Pottery & Tin, Jim

Horn's pins, Carvings by Chaffee, Donnybrook and God Mud Pottery.

In Whitesville will be Natural Form Furniture, Susan Williams Beckhorn, and

Artiles VanVlack. Make it a “local shopping” weekend!

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Allegany Arts Newsletter Page 5

NEW DATES

Sept. 18-20, 2015

Portville Central School

Call 716-375-1628 or

[email protected], or

www.octnow.com