Cogar Gallery to Feature Artwork by Anne and Thomas Contino

Herkimer College’s Cogar Gallery will showcase art from Anne and Thomas Contino from Friday, June 3 to Sunday, August 3. An artist reception will be held on Sunday, June 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Anne Contino retired in 2013 from Whitesboro High School where she taught music for 33 years. After retirement she enrolled in a painting class at Munson Williams Proctor Institute in Utica, NY and found her work displayed shortly after in the Munson Williams Side Walk Show, The Community Arts Student Exhibition at Fountain Elms and the Utica Public Library Art Show. Now three years removed from retirement, she will be presenting her very first show at Herkimer College.

Thomas Contino, Anne’s nephew, graduated from Belleville Henderson Central School and currently teaches painting lessons at Ives Hill Retirement Community. His artwork consists primarily of landscapes, recently painting more abstract pieces.

The Cogar Gallery, located in the Robert McLaughlin College Center, is open to the public free of charge, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday when the College is open. For more information, visit www.herkimer.edu/cogar.