CAG rings in fall with ‘Glitter and Glass’

LIBERTY, NY — Jewelry and richly colored jewel-like glass bowls, plates and decorative items are on exhibit at the Catskill Artists Gallery at 38 South Main Street in its new show, “Glitter and Glass,” running through October 12. The show features the works of Cate Gundlah, Kathy Jeffers and Buff McAllister. The jewelry ranges from handmade glass beads and semi-precious stones to fine silver, from porcelain to wood, bone and polymer clay.

Gundlah specializes in rich, colorful glass: handmade beads for necklaces and earrings, and fused glass bowls, plates, and other items both practical and ornamental. Jeffers works porcelain clay into decorative pins, earrings and necklaces with her signature whimsical designs; she also turns silver clay into delicate fine-silver pendants of organic forms, sometimes embellished with semi-precious gemstones. McAllister revels in the juxtaposition of disparate elements in her necklaces, using semi-precious stones, polymer clay, glass, wood, bone and various metals, particularly enjoying the ethnic look achieved by the asymmetrical placing of bold, earthy elements.

Other members of the gallery, which is nearly six years old, are Robert Friedman and Hank Schneider. Some 40 other artists are also represented in the gallery in downtown Liberty.

The gallery is open Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

For more information visit catskillartistsgallery.com or call 845/292-0310.