Weir Farm Welcomes 'Amanda Parry Oglesbee' as May 2023 Artist-in-Residence

A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and of Alfred University, Amanda Parry Oglesbee has been painting for over 50 years. Her recent work includes intimate tree portraits. Nearly life-sized, each painting presents an allegorical view of an individual tree. “Trees have always moved me in the way they puncture the sky with dramatic gestures,” says Oglesbee. “I love how they capture the light and turn it into shade. I’m drawn to the amazing forms of their torsos and limbs, textures and colors.  I especially admire their aging beauty often scarred by human intervention, weather, plants and animals who live in as well as on them.  Trees are silent heroes surrounding us and it is a joy to celebrate them in my paintings.”

Artist-in-Residence Open Studio Program
Saturday May 20, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Stop by the Artist-in-Residence Studio between 10:30 and 12:00 to meet May Artist Amanda Parry Oglesbee, view her work, and learn more about the Park's Artist-in-Residence program. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of Weir Farm. No registration required. 

More about May's Artist-in-Residence

Amanda Parry Oglesbee studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she earned a BFA and a spot in that year’s Fellowship Show in 1976.  Later she was awarded an M.S. in Art Education from Alfred University.  From 1977 to 2012 Amanda taught young artists in New York State.  Amanda was the recipient of a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship to Japan and also a teaching grant by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  She has held a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France and was invited to teach a class in Wuhan, China.  

Selected solo and group exhibitions over the years include the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY; the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY;  the Art Institute of Chicago;  the Coohaus Gallery in NYC;  the Fosdick Nelson Gallery in Alfred, NY and many other regional, national and international venues. 

Learn more about Amanda Parry Oglesbee

About the Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence Program

Weir Farm’s AIR Program fosters contemporary artistic expression on site and prioritizes experimental and thought-provoking approaches to examining and interpreting our world through the medium of contemporary visual art practice. The AIR Program keeps Weir’s experimental tendencies alive allowing the Park to share new ideas broadly with ever more diverse artists, communities, and visitors.

This program is supported by the generosity of Park partners; the Weir Farm Art Alliance and the Friends of Weir Farm.

Learn More About Weir Farm's Residency Program