Cuba Circulating Library Art Gallery

In 2007, art gallery space was added to the Community Room of the Cuba Circulating Library.  This was made possible by gifts from Jim and Delores Cross, and from Dean Behman in honor of his grandchildren, Jack and Claire Benham.  This space is used to highlight the works of local artists.

 

     The photography of Charles Walker is now on display at the Cuba Circulating Library.  Walker is a professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University.  He is known for research on rumor and gossip, and more recently, psychological well-being.  Photography has been an avocation of his since 1970.  After taking third place in a New York Times photo competition, he began to take photography more seriously.  He views photography as not only an expression of a personal experience but also as a way to share experiences.  Collectively beholding beauty can be a spiritual experience.  And anyone with a camera and a heart can join in the conversation.
     Two of his photographs were chosen for display at New York Presbyterian Children's Hospital.  One of those photos, Sunrise on Stony Brook Harbor, is on display here.  This current exhibit on the transcendence of beauty in nature is the first of many he would like to have.  Most of the photographs in this exhibit were taken in Western New York.  Four were taken along Seward Highway in Alaska.
     Walker's photographs can be seen during regular library hours. They will be on display through January 2012.