NORWICH – Sponsored by the Chenango County Senior Citizens Council, in partnership with Golden Artist Colors and Wells Fargo Advisors Inc., the Still Creating II senior art exhibit will kick off its month-long run with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Chenango County Council of the Arts.

From Sept. 17 through Oct. 15, local art lovers will have an opportunity to experience original works created by area residents of long-term care and assisted living facilities, according to CCCA Operations and Program Director Joyce Zummo.

Approximately 20 long-term care residents of the Chenango Valley Home, Chenango Memorial Hospital, NYS Vets’ Home at Oxford, Chase Memorial Nursing Home, Pearl and Everett Gilmour Health Care Facility and Preston Manor have contributed to the exhibit.

Zummo said she’s impressed by the diversity of this year’s exhibit and while it’s not the Council of the Arts’ biggest show, it’s a “nice representation” expressed through a wide variety of media.

Chenango Valley Home resident Marjorie Murdoch, who painted the Still Creating II signature piece, said she first began drawing and painting over 50 years ago and picked up the hobby once again when she moved into the long-term care facility in 2003.