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EOH Hosts Two Exhibitions

Wed, Nov 02, 2011

EOH Hosts Two Exhibitions

The Earlville Opera House Arts Center opens two new exhibits Saturday, Nov. 12, from noon to 3 p.m. In the East Gallery is “Reflections,” the assemblage works by Jim Ridlon and in the Arts Café is “View,” acrylic paintings by Kayla Cady. 

Ridlon is an artist and athlete who has achieved fame in both professions. His assemblage works have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution, the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) on the campus of the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama, and at Disneyland’s 35th Anniversary Celebration. He was named Sport Artist of the Year for 1989 by the U.S. Sports Academy. He taught art and coached football at Syracuse University, and is now a distinguished professor emeritus of the University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, and a well-known artist and art consultant.

Cady’s paintings make reference to scenic landscapes but seek to capture the energy of the natural environment - “rooted in the rich history of American landscape while passing into the realm of abstract expressionism.” Many of her paintings contain three-dimensional elements and feature multiple layers on untreated canvases. Cady received her BFA at Cazenovia College and her MFA at Marywood University. She is a native of Hamilton.

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