OLEAN, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus County Arts Council announced that an exhibit opening for “Stephanie McMahon: Earthworks” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Jamestown Community College Center Gallery in Olean.
Appetizers and beverages will be served at the opening reception, which is free and open to the public. The public is invited to view these works at the gallery through March 9.
McMahon’s paintings extract and distill her observations of a particular place. The paintings included in Earthworks reference the environment around the artist’s home in rural Alfred.
McMahon has exhibited her paintings widely with recent solo exhibitions at T + H Gallery in Boston and The Belfry in Hornell. She is the recipient of the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Award of Excellence and has received grants from The New York Foundation for the Arts S.O.S. and Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. McMahon earned a bachelor of fine arts from the School of Art and Design at Alfred University and a master of fine arts in painting from The University of Texas at Austin. She is currently an associate professor of painting and drawing at NYSCC, School of Art and Design at Alfred University.
The Cattaraugus County Arts Council works in collaboration with Jamestown Community College to produce this exhibition series. The Center Gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. The gallery is closed on weekends and all college holidays.
