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Enjoy Art in our Partner BanksGVCA is pleased to host four new exhibits in its Mini Gallery Program by Frank Fenti of Livonia, Kirby Kiser of Nunda, Melita Gill of West Sparta and members of the Livingston Wyoming ARC. These talented Livingston County artists share their wonderful work with all of us through November 28. Don’t miss this final rotation. Visit one or all of the banks listed in the schedule below. Melita Gill has a home pottery and fiber arts studio in Henrietta and is in the process of setting up a Melita has continued to take classes and workshops in both pottery and fiber techniques. “I believe it’s important to be open to new learning experiences from many sources. I also teach workshops in triangular loom weaving, marbling, papermaking, and tatting. When my studio in West Sparta is ready, I plan on having workshops in alternative firing techniques.”
Frank is the Information Technology Support Specialist for the Hornell City School District. In his position, Frank oversees all the computer systems for the district.
Kirby Kiser grew up in South Carolina. He is the head of Kirby and his family are residents of Nunda.
Livingston Wyoming ARC’s residential art program celebrates the fine art abilities of a group of extraordinary community members. Utilizing multiple media, individuals from ARC-operated homes embrace the expressive and therapeutic qualities of art. For those with limited communication abilities, the artwork offers a bit of a window into their souls. The residential art program was founded in December 2009, under the leadership and vision of ARC employee Amy Bugman.
Visit GVCA’s Mini Gallery Exhibits at these banks during their regular business hours.
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working studio in West Sparta. “The beginning of my experience in clay was through the Creative Workshop at the Memorial Art Gallery. The first time I sat down at a potter’s wheel I was hooked. I continued my ceramic education at the downtown campus of RIT. It was there where I was introduced to Raku, which has become my primary pottery technique. Shortly after discovering pottery, I took a weaving class at a local shop. Weaving and the fiber arts intrigued me almost as much as pottery.” Several years later, Melita earned a degree in art studio from SUNY Geneseo. “Although I concentrated in textiles, which introduced me to many fiber art techniques, it was classes in anthropology that forever changed my artwork. I became fascinated in prehistoric European artifacts and symbols inspiring my raku pottery. I began combining clay and fiber arts in raku-fired masks embellished with fibers, beads, feathers, and small weavings.”
Frank Fenti got into the world of computers on the ground floor back in the early 1980s. A self-taught expert on the computer, in recent years he has begun to create elaborate, surreal landscapes of undulating land and seas using complex mathematical algorithms. 
art design for the Crosman Rifle Corporation. Kirby began as a colored pencil artist. His work in the medium stresses exceptional realism and blending of tones and colors. Years ago, Kirby discovered the joy of Photoshop and all of his painting in recent years has been on the computer.