Art Teachers Featured in Gallery Opening

New Hampton School art teachers Jayne Adams-Laurion and Amy Wilson are among artists featured in the opening exhibition of the Waterville Valley Community Gallery.  Opening receptions and an Art Walk will be held Sunday, July 23rd, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  These events provide an opportunity for art lovers to meet the artists and participate in a self-guided tour as the area celebrates the opening of Waterville Valley’s first Community Gallery.

Located in the heart of the White Mountains, Waterville Valley is a year-round resort community beloved for its abundance of outdoor recreational opportunity.  With the assistance of Waterville Valley businesses and organizations, the doors of northern New Hampshire’s visual arts community have been thrown wide open with the creation of the Community Gallery. The artworks will be on exhibit from July 23rd through September 4th.  

Jayne Adams-Laurion teaches studio art and coaches road cycling at New Hampton. Jayne earned her B.F.A. in painting from University of New Hampshire. She has been included in numerous local and regional exhibitions in Southern New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts, and she is a three-time recipient of the Currier Gallery of Art Award from the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH. Additionally, Jayne owned and operated a picture framing studio and gallery in Rochester, NH, from 1983-2001.

Amy Wilson is the Director of the Visual and Performing Arts Department, Director of the Galletly Gallery, and teacher of Photography. Amy completed her B.A. and B.S. at the University of Maine in Orono and has studied photography extensively under the instruction of masters such as Arno Minkkinen, Christopher James, Tillman Crane, Connie Imboden, and Elizabeth Opalenik, and Jean Paul Caponigro, among others.  The final vision of Amy’s camera work might result in the form of a silver gelatin print, an alternative process, digital image, or mixed media piece.

Amy and Jayne’s work will be on display at two locations:  The Waterville Valley Music Center’s Brookside Gallery and at Aglio Restaurant.

 Other artists and locations are:

Town Square Gallery

Heather Lind (Haverhill, MA) – Acrylic and Ink on Glass

Jennifer MacDonald (Portland, ME) – Black & White Photography

Anna Goddard (Salem, NH) – Oil applications and Acrylic applications

Mikhail Lebedev (Zhostovo, Russia) – Zhostovo Russian Painting Style

Michele Johnson (Colebrook, NH) – Acrylics

Town Square Condos/Jugtown Ice Cream

Birdie Britton

Golden Eagle Lodge

Rena Rockwell (Hillsboro, NH) – Watercolor and Acrylic applications

Black Bear Lodge

John Anderson (Campton, NH) - Photography

Best Western Silver Fox Inn

Robbin Keith-Adams (Campton, NH) – Printmaking

Mary Bohn (Holderness, NH) - Watercolor

Cheryl Johnson (Campton, NH) – Pen and Ink

The Valley Inn

JoAnne Lussier (Weare, NH) - Oils

Snowy Owl Inn

Sharon Dunigan (Campton, NH) – Ceramics

 Village Condominium

Valerie Hill (Whitefield, NH) - Photography

WV Recreation Department

Waterville Valley children’s art

The Curious George Cottage

Original, handwritten Waterville Valley vintage maps, vintage photos, Margaret and Hans Rey sketches, and oils

White Mountain Athletic Center

Liz Jenkins (Waterville Valley, NH) - Photography

The Wild Coyote Grill

Maryellen Sakura (Waterville Valley, NH) – Painter and Printmaker

Will Peckham (Waterville Valley, NH) - Photography

Tammi Zimbone (Waterville Valley, NH) – Watercolors and Oils

Diamond’s Edge North Restaurant

Kelly Jordan (Rutland, VT) – Photography

Brian O'Hare (Rumney, NH) - Ceramics