NBT Bank is hosting a Wall of Art installation for local art collector, John Antonowicz. Antonowicz also serves as Chenango County’s Deputy Historian and Funeral Director at Wilson Funeral Home in Norwich. (Submitted photo)

NORWICH – NBT Bank’s latest Wall of Art installation features the collection owned by John Antonowicz.

Antonowicz, who by day serves as Chenango County’s Deputy Historian and Funeral Director at Wilson Funeral Home in Norwich, is an art collector in his spare time.

“John’s enthusiasm for our community and its history is infectious,” said Chenango Arts Council Executive Director Alecia O’Neil. “He held an exhibit with us last summer featuring Norwich-grown artists and local history, and it was an enormous success. We’re honored to be able to share a sample of it again with the community when they visit NBT.”

Antonowicz’s collection includes work from a variety of Norwich artists in various mediums.

“I enjoy collecting and the hunt to keep my collections expanding,” he said. “I have many paintings and I am glad to be able to show them to others.”

The artists featured on the wall include Howard Gohl, Robert Ward, Henry Drexler, Gertude Squires, Ted Whitney, Linda Mason, Jane Brooks and Rich Marchant.

Antonowicz’s collection will be displayed at NBT Bank until the end of June.

The mission of the Chenango Arts Council is to connect the arts to our communities to enrich quality of life. Art is one of the most powerful and useful tools for communicating, expressing, as well as connecting other people to one another or to a central message that seeks to be expressed. Chenango Arts Council strives to help those who seek venues to perform, spaces to exhibit, room to create, and people to share the passion of the Fine Arts.

NBT Bank offers personal banking, business banking and wealth management services from locations in seven states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut.

The bank and its parent company, NBT Bancorp, are headquartered in Norwich, NY. NBT Bancorp had assets of $11.84 billion as of March 31, 2023 and is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol NBTB. More information about NBT is available online at www.nbtbank.com. Member FDIC.