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EXHIBITIONS MAIN GALLERY
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JAMES FITZGERALD (1899 to 1971): The Aranmore Drawings
14 April – 20 June 2009
The Regional Cultural Centre in association with the Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, is delighted to present a major exhibition on the life and work of the Irish / American artist James Fitzgerald.
James Fitzgerald was born to an Irish family in Milton, Massachusetts in 1899. He studied at the Massachusetts School of Art from 1919 to 1923, and at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School from 1923 to 1924. Between 1923 and 1928, he sailed on fishing ships and freighters, eventually settling in Monterey, California, where he established a studio and became associated with a group including John Cage, Martha Graham, E. F. Ricketts, and John Steinbeck.  From 1936 to 1942, Fitzgerald taught painting in California and in 1944 moved to Monhegan, Maine, which he had first visited in 1923. From 1944 to 1971, he worked primarily at Monhegan making annual trips to Mt. Katahdin. During the last six years of his life (1965-71), James Fitzgerald made five extended trips to Donegal, where he produced a large and integrated body of work dealing with themes of Irish life and the aesthetic and moral concerns of the artist. This material (never exhibited before) creates a monumental summation of Fitzgerald’s art. Fitzgerald died suddenly on the island of Árainn Mhór, Co. Donegal, in 1971, and is buried in Glasniven Cemetery in Dublin.

FOYER GALLERY
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FIRE IN THE SKY: International New Media
24 April – 20 June 2009
FIRE IN THE SKY showcases the finest new media art from Canada. With exciting work from emerging artists working in animation, illustration, interactive media and video, including Matthew Biederman, Myron Campbell, Anita Fontaine, Brian McDonald, Allison Moore and Michael Pelletier.

A special artists talk and gallery tour will take place on Friday 24th April at 6pm (prior to the official opening). Everyone is welcome. On Friday 24th April 2009 at 6pm (prior to the official opening). Everyone is welcome.