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Batavia guild to be featured at Geneva art walk

Posted April 30, 2009 11:00 pm

"The Brook" by Ed Cook, Batavia Courtesy Ed Cook

Need to pick up a unique Mother's Day gift? You're likely to find it this weekend in Geneva, when two art shows combine to offer a reason to shop locally.

The Batavia Artists Guild is holding its Spring Fine Arts Show and Sale at the Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third Street. Show hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Today's show coincides with Geneva's First Friday Artwalk, in which several galleries in downtown Geneva open their doors from 6 to 9 p.m.

The guild show at the history center features about 25 artists selling work in a variety of media. Featured artists include:

Aurora: Cass Alexander, Timothy Burns, George Shipperly

Batavia: Liz Aicher, Catherine Bushroe, Ed Cook, Kathy Luedemann, Ray Pittman, Patty Seifrid, Joy Smith, Barbara Steinke, Rosalie Vass,

Geneva: Fatima Figueiredo, Gail Fitzsimmons, Jerry Lake, Lorraine Ochsner, Donald Patterson, Fran Stilwagner

Montgomery: Rosemary Smillie

St. Charles: Mary Howe, Del Webb, Sue West

Sugar Grove: Kai Schulte

For details on the First Friday Artwalk, including a map and list of participating galleries, visit artgalleriesgeneva.com. For information on the Batavia Artists Guild, a group of local artists organized for the purposes of promoting the fine arts, visit bataviarenaissanceproject.org/guild.htm.

"Chisos Mountain View" by Ed Cook, Batavia Courtesy Ed Cook

The work of Batavia artist Ed Cook, along with more than 20 other local artists, will be featured at the Batavia Artists Guild's spring show this weekend at the Geneva History Center. This piece is titled "Spring Flow." Courtesy Ed Cook

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