46th Annual Seniors Art Exhibit Opens in Larchmont May 2

The Larchmont Public Library presents the 46th anniversary exhibit of artworks by art students at the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center. The exhibit will be on display in the Oresman Gallery in the Larchmont Public Library from May 2 through May 30. The exhibit is free and open to everyone during normal library hours. Additionally, there will be a reception in the Gallery honoring the artists on Saturday, May 12, from 2:00 to 4:00pm. Everyone is welcome.

The exhibit, featuring the works of seniors attending the art class led by artist and instructor Patricia Sutherland, will include artworks from every medium including oils, watercolor, acrylic, pastels and graphic pencil. This year’s exhibit will feature works by twenty-two artists from the Larchmont and Mamaroneck Communities. Patricia Miner-Sutherland has served as the instructor for all 46 years.

This year’s participants (in the accompanying photo) are (back row left to right) Bob Polstein, Terry Price, Bela Shtern, Soledad Sambrano, Mary English, Jeanne Kaneshiro, Barbara Datino, Jack Maggared, Charles Capuano, and Don Levin. (front row left to right) Norma Persiasepe, Barbara Fix, Patricia Miner-Sutherland (instructor), Ann Bilotta, and Linea App. Also participating, but not pictured are, Varha Mehta, Elaine Drohan, Barbara Girardi, Ruchama Schechter, Virginia Janaros, and Alison Stopford.

The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center offers art instruction throughout the year on Wednesdays. The classes are held at the VFW Post located at 1288 Boston Post Road, in Mamaroneck.

Artist and Instructor, Patricia Minor-Sutherland, has been teaching the art class at the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center for and unprecendented 46 years. She is a full-time artist and has had her paintings exhibited in the Museum of Colorado, Medici Center for the Arts in Philadelphia, The Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, KY, the Biennial Invitational Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and many others. She is a founding member of the Reilly League of Artists in White Plains, NY.