The public is invited to VIEW on Friday, November 1 to celebrate the opening of the 27th Annual Quilts Unlimited exhibition, and to view two other exhibits that are currently on display—Yardwork, featuring the paintings and mixed media drawings of Christian Carson; and Escapes and Rememory, featuring the photographs of Nick Marshall.
The reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. and will include refreshments and live music by Dan Vellone. Admission is free of charge.
Quilts Unlimited is an open juried competition that features quilts from all over the United States.
The show features traditional as well as eclectic quilts and wall hangings. 
Traditional quilts were judged by Eugenia Barnes and artistic quilts were judged by Jane Davila.
In addition to the quilt show opening, a number of events are planned for Saturday, November 2nd.
A lecture, Traditional Meets Contemporary, led by quilt artist Pat Pauly will begin at 10 a.m. A luncheon will follow. Advanced registration is required. The cost is $20 or $15 for members and includes admission to the exhibition.
Judge Jane Davila will conduct a quilting workshop from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The cost for the workshop is $40 or $35 for members and advanced registration is required.
Pre-registration is available at www.viewarts.org or by calling (315) 369-6411.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will be vendors on-site, raffles, appraisals and demonstrations. An award ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. with $1,800 in cash and prizes awarded.
Admission for the exhibition is $8 or $4 for members. The quilt show will be on display through January 5th.
Christian Carson’s Yardwork, which is on display in the Eco Gallery, is a series of paintings and mixed media drawings that explore order vs. disorder and how nature transforms through decay.
The largest in the collection was done on a 19-ft. by 7-ft. canvas tarp.
Carson’s paintings, drawings and animations will be shown alongside, and in some cases interact with, objects in the Eco Gallery.
Carson is an artist and teacher in the Visual Arts Department at SUNY Brockport.
He teaches painting and drawing and Arts for Children, a course that instructs teachers on how to incorporate the arts into education.
He has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions throughout the country and has received awards from the Memorial Art Gallery, The New York Foundation for the Arts and The New York State Council on the Arts. Yardwork is on display through December 15th.
Escapes and Rememory represents two sets of manipulated photographs by Nick Marshall. Born and raised in Canton, OH, Marshall holds a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design and an MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The exhibit will be on display through December 8th.
More information about View programming can be found at viewarts.org or by calling (315) 369-6411.
