Ginger Ertz

January 28 – March 2, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 28, from 4 - 6 pm

Ginger Ertz had an irrepressible creative urge since she was old enough to hold a crayon, and in the 1980s, with a BA and MLS under her belt, she started taking drawing, painting, and sculpture classes one or two nights a week, first at the University of the Arts, and then at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, for four years at each school. She moved to Vermont and studied with private art teachers, eventually becoming a painting teacher herself. At this point she was exhibiting work and winning awards, such as the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Award at the Stratton (VT) Arts Festival, in 1997. She returned to school full-time and obtained an MFA from Johnson (VT) State College and the Vermont Studio Center in 2001. She continues to show work regionally and beyond. Her site-specific “Soft Chandelier” was selected and installed at the Albany International Airport from 2007-2010. She was recently included in the Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, a juried exhibition at the Hyde Museum, Glens Falls, NY, in fall of 2010, and at MASS Moca's KidSpace exhibition Under The Sea, October 1, 2011 – May 30, 2012. Her awards include residencies at the American Academy in Rome, and several residencies at the Vermont Studio Center. In 2009 she received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship.

This exhibition is funded in part by Price Chopper's Golub Foundation, The Village of Lake George, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. The Courthouse Gallery hours during exhibitions are Tuesday through Friday 12 – 5 pm, Saturday 12 – 4 pm, and all other times by appointment. The Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse, corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streets, Lake George, NY.

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