About Artworks
Cherry Valley Artworks was founded in 2004 by a small group of artists and art lovers eager to build upon Cherry Valley’s rich history of artistic achievement. Over the past twenty-two years it has grown beyond the founder’s vision to become a preeminent arts organization in Otsego County as well as a powerful advocate for the local community. Artworks has stayed true to its original vision of nurturing the local and regional art community, expanding interest and exposure to the wider art world and working to revitalize the community through the power of art.
Artworks is one of the few multidisciplinary cultural centers in the area, presenting concerts in a wide variety of genres, plays, art shows, films, poetry readings, classes, community art projects, dance performances and more. Two of our projects, the Cherry Valley Summer Sculpture Trail and The Cherry Valley Kite Festival have become alternating biennial events that attract thousands of people to the small community. The August concert series is the result of a close working relationship with members of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra Musicians who consider our venue, The Star Theater, their home away from home. We are currently in the process of forming a community- based theater group.
We pride ourselves on presenting a diverse group of artists representing a variety of ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations. We have worked to make the theater handicapped accessible and kept admission prices below prevailing area standards in order to allow access to as many people as possible.
Over the years we have worked to restore our home in the former Village Hall and The Star Theater, both of which are on the National Register of Historic Buildings, and return them to the central role they once played in the life of the community.
Though there is still much work to be done The Star Theater, because of its superb acoustics and funky atmosphere, is a venue musicians love to play! The Star presents a wide range of musical genres from Classical to Jazz, Rock to Rockabilly, Blues to Country – the unifying factors being solid musicianship, passion for the art and joy in presentation.
