LeRoy Pennysaver & News

LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - JUNE 6, 2021 by Lynne Belluscio The Woodward Library has an exhibit of local artists this month. Each canvas is only 4 inches square and you are invited to go and see for yourself and vote for your favorite. The voting is June 1 through the 18, so make sure you take the opportunity to see these little masterpieces. In conjunction with the LittleArt Show at the Library, the Historical Society has a Little Ingham Art Show which will continue through the summer. We have taken some of the smaller pieces of art from the Ingham University collection which have been in storage and displayed them on the second floor of LeRoy House. The exhibit includes two very interesting sketch books that were done by students from the college. The Art College at Ingham University produced some very skilled artists and the school became nationally recognized when Lemuel Wiles accepted Emily Ingham’s invitation to come to LeRoy to teach in the new Staunton Conservatory. Wiles held classes at Ingham, until the Board of Trustees increased the studio fees for the students, and Wiles protested and left. Most of the art students left also, and only a few students remained at Ingham. Lemuel Wiles then began teaching summers at a studio on Silver Lake with his son, Irving. Recently a historic marker was placed near the site of that studio, which was destroyed by fire many years ago. Rose Shave, a former graduate of Ingham University, assumed the position at the InghamArt College after Wiles left, but the school never recovered from the mass exodus of students, and the New York State Board of Regents revoked Ingham’s charter and it closed in 1892. Alumnae hoped to raise enough money to pay off the mortgage and to start the school again, but nothing materialized, and the contents of the school were auctioned off, and ultimately the buildings were razed. The last building to be torn down was the Staunton Art Conservatory. Most of the stones were used to build the Woodward Memorial Library. Other stones were placed in a wall on the west side of Ernest Woodward’s property on East Main Street. The LeRoy Historical Society has the largest collection of Ingham art, and continues to search for work by both the students and faculty. Some of the largest art pieces are on permanent exhibit at LeRoy House. Over a hundred of the pieces were featured several years ago in an exhibit at LeRoy House. LeRoy House will be open on weekends, and hopefully, several days during the week by the end of June. Call ahead to see if the House will be open. 585-768-7433. This Sunday, June 6, members of the Historical Society will have a sneak peek at the Little Ingham exhibit, as well as the Arnold Kelly collection which was recently acquired. If you are not a member of the Historical Society, fill out the form below, and bring it with you on Sunday and you can enjoy some of the unique treasures of LeRoy House. (Refreshments are being served.) A Little Art Show Washington's Headquarters, at Newburgh Little Library Art Show Little Ingham Art Show Pencil sketch from Ingham sketchbook ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES Jan. 1, 20 ___ - Dec. 31, 20 ___ □ Family. ...............................35.00 □ Individual or Sen. Cit.........25.00 □ Sustaining...........................50.00 □ Supporting........................100.00 □ Life (Individual). ..............400.00 Enclosed is an additional contribution of: _______ Name:_______________________________ Address:_ ____________________________ E-Mail:______________________________ Telephone:_ __________________________ VISAORMASTERCARD#: _ ___________________________________ EXPDATE: ________ Contributions to non-profit educational insitutions are tax deductable. Please make check payable to: LeRoy Historical Society MAIL TO: LeRoy Historical Society 23 East Main Street, PO Box 176 LeRoy, NY 14482-0176