Elant at Goshen to Host Statewide Art Exhibition

Aug. 31, 2009 - PRLog -- Goshen, NY – Officials with Elant, Inc. have announced that its Elant at Goshen campus has been selected to host a unique, traveling art exhibition. The annual exhibition displays artwork that was created by artists who are residents, clients, volunteers, and staff of long-term care facilities that are members of the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (NYAHSA).

Known as the NYAHSA Traveling Art Exhibit, the show will be presented at Elant at Goshen from Sept. 8 through Sept. 23 (9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily). A reception (free and open to the public) will be hosted to welcome the show on Sept. 17 at 2:30 p.m. The community is invited to tour the exhibition at Elant at Goshen, which is located at 46 Harriman Drive, Goshen, NY.

The exhibition consists of art selected from entries submitted to the 19th Annual NYAHSA art competition. This year there were more than 200 entries submitted; of those, 70 pieces were selected to travel throughout New York State.

Betty Jane Swezey, a registrant of Elant at Goshen’s Adult Daybreak Program, submitted a contemporary watercolor titled, “One Love,” that was selected for the exhibit. Swezey, a Hunter College graduate, has exhibited her work in various art shows throughout the Hudson Valley, and has several of her works on display in the Elant at Goshen Adult Day Health Care Unit.

Works submitted to the NYAHSA competition by two Elant at Goshen residents – Thomas Murray and Margaret Cascino – were chosen to be on display at the NYAHSA offices in Albany, N.Y.

“We are so proud to have been selected to host this extraordinary exhibit at our Goshen campus,” said Elant, Inc. President and CEO Donna G. McAleer. “And to have work created by one of our own artists included in the display is very exciting.”

The New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and its affiliate NYAHSA Services, Inc. jointly sponsor the project. NYAHSA is a statewide association whose more than 600 not-for-profit members represent the full continuum of long-term care services. NYAHSA’s member organizations represent more than 500,000 aging and special needs New Yorkers every year.

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NYAHSA: Founded in 1961, the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is the only statewide organization representing the entire continuum of not-for-profit, mission-driven and public continuing care, including nursing homes, senior housing, adult care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living providers and community services providers.  NYAHSA’s more than 600 members serve an estimated 500,000 New Yorkers annually.

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Elant: Elant, Inc., a community-based, not-for-profit organization, is a leading provider of services for older adults and chronically ill people of all ages. Elant is a comprehensive network of organizations that provides a full range of health and housing services to the Hudson Valley and beyond. On any given day, Elant serves more than 3,500 people through its network of communities, home care agencies, and services. Elant’s mission is to provide personalized, high-quality care and lifestyle options to persons of diverse generations, cultures, and needs.