Join Genesee Land Trust for an interactive day of art in nature at Cornwall Preserve. This beautiful 77-acre preserve is on the shore of Lake Ontario, and we’re celebrating National Great Lakes Day.
All ages are welcome to join us to make art, interact with local Plein Air painters, go on a photo hunt, and enjoy one of the few free local access points to Lake Ontario.
Note - there will be an ADA porta potty on site adjacent to the trail near the main entrance parking lot.
Below are some of the activities currently planned.
If you have any questions about the event, including ways we can support you attending or you’re an artist and would like to be part of the day, please contact Elliotte Bowerman at ebowerman@geneseelandtrust.org or 585-450-3938.
Schedule of Activities: 9 am - 3 pm, May 4th, 2024
All day: Plein Air painting throughout the property - see specific demo schedule at bottom
All day: Some drawing supplies available for creating your own art while visiting
All day: Storybook trail featuring local author Susannah Buhrman-Deever’s “Before the Seed: How Pollen Moves”
9:30 am - 11/11:30 Nature poetry writing workshop - join SUNY Brockport professor Ralph Black to read some published poems for inspiration, then write, share, and reflect on each other’s work.
11 am: Nature photography class (space is limited and will be first come-first serve, cell phone required)
Plein Air learning demonstrations:
10 AM - Colette Savage - Working with Pastel Plein Air Colettesavage.blogspot.com @colettesavage.artist
10 AM - Kathy Armstrong - Plein Air Painting Kathyarmstrongfineart.com @kathyarmstrongfineart
10 AM - Bill Stephens - Sketching from Nature @bill.stephens
11 AM - Victoria Brzustowicz - Plein Air Gouache Painting Victoriacreative.com @creativevictoriab
12PM - Connie Ehindero - Abstract Landscape Plein Air Painting Demo - Capturing the Essence.
www.connieehindero.com @ehinderoconnie
12PM - Carole Agosto - Plein Air Painting with Watercolors and Ink Carole Agosto’s Art (FB)
1 PM - Phyllis Bryce Ely - Review of Equipment needed for Plein Air Painting with demo Phyllisbryceely.com @pbryceely
1 PM - Anne McCune - Plein Air Painting with Acrylics @anne.b.mccune
2PM - Maureen Church - Capturing the Light www.maureenchurch.art @moutlaw4
2PM - Pat Pauly - Editing the Composition www.patpauly.com @patpauly