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2011 July/ August
Published by the Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414
GCCA Catskill Gallery
‘Big
Wide
World’
Putting a Twist on the
Landscape Tradition
he Greene County Council on the Arts honors a
longstanding tradition of landscape exhibitions
with “Big Wide World,” a juried multi-media
show opening Saturday, July 9 from 5-7 PM at the
Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street, and continuing
through August 20.
In years past, the GCCA Mountain Top Gallery in
Windham hosted the organization’s annual landscape
exhibit, easily the show with the most submissions and
one of the GCCA’s most popular events. Without that
exhibition space, the Catskill Gallery has adopted this
show with an innovative twist – inviting three unexpected jurors with ties to the arts and the literal landscape.
Artist and horticulturist Eli Joseph-Hunter won the
GCCA’s Individual Artist Grant in 2008 for a flip book
documenting a year in the life of a tree. He was the
beloved woody plant expert at Rhinebeck’s Phantom
Gardener nursery until recently breaking away to start
his own nursery. A resident of Acra, Eli graduated from
T
“Turtles, Fish and Cherry Blossoms”, oil on canvas by Stuart Freidman.
Continued on page 12
Masters on Main Street Initiative Opens Round 2
The
Catskill
Arts Initiative and
the Greene County
Council on the Arts
are excited to
announce Masters
on Main Street’s
Round 2 exhibitions presenting work from the country’s
best studio arts programs in Catskill’s
Main Street windows and storefronts.
A splashy opening night on June 25
included 14 installations with participation from students and alumni of Bard
College’s Electronic Arts program and
Milton Avery School of the Arts MFA
program; School of Visual Arts
Photography Department; Rutgers
University; George Mason School of
Arts; Rhode Island School of Design
MFA (Masters of Fine Art) in Painting;
New York University MFA Department
and the State University of New York at
New Paltz MFA Art Department. By special arrangement, summer residents at the
Catwalk Art Residency program in
Number 81
“Curtain Study”, forged steel, paint
by Cozette Phillips,
SUNY New Paltz MFA.
Catskill will participate in this round, representing Vassar College, Columbia
University and School of the Art Institute
of Chicago.
Window displays are visible to the
public 24/7 with interior gallery exhibi-
“Cosmos Series”, photograph
by Laura Cuille, School of
Visual Arts BFA.
tions open Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
This presentation sports bigger better signage, night lighting and an on-line price
list, all suggestions from the pilot round
which opened on Feb. 23. Look for our
round, red logo decal on windows and
spray painted on the sidewalks in front of
“Damp Windows” acrylic on wood,
by Astrid Toha, Rhode Island
School of Design MFA.
each site. Click on Masters on Main
Street at our website greenearts.org to see
a preview and prices.
Continued on page 10
2011 July/ August
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2011 July/ August ARTS Alive
Arts in Education
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Slutzky, President
Frank Cuthbert, 1st Vice President
Michel Goldberg, 2nd Vice
President
Paul Poplock, Treasurer
Lawrence Krajeski, Recording
Secretary
Casey Biggs, Kico Govantes,
Ruth Sachs, Robert Sheridan,
Michael Smith, Sheila Trautman
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Karl T. Anis, June Battisti ,
Susan Beecher, Dick Brooks,
Jack Guterman, Annette Hall,
Louise Hughes, Ronnie McCue,
Patrick D. Milbourn,
Patti Morrow, James Parrish
Reginald Willcocks
STAFF
Kay Stamer, Executive Director
Terez Limer, Assistant Director;
Membership Coordinator
Colette Lemmon, Director,
Community Arts Grants
Fawn Potash, Visual Arts Director
Elaine Jaeger, Bookkeeper
Peter Krug, Catskill Gallery Reception,
courtesy of Experience Works
Norman Mackey, Catskill Gallery
Reception
Kathleen McGlone, Catskill Gallery
Reception courtesy of Experience
Works
Consultants
Gary Bielski, Graphic Design
Ruth Leonard & Alice Caulfield,
"Sprouts" Co-Directors
Anthony Rago, Apogee Webmaster
Volunteer Gallery/
Office Staff, Catskill
Dara Young,
Editor, Calendar & Opportunities
Jeanne Heiberg,
Coordinator I Love You Greene
Chris Lannes
Graphic Design Intern
Rev. John & Phyllis Bowen,
William Carbone, Dot Chast,
Flo Hayle, Sheryl Jacobsen,
Pat Lemmon, Heather L. Martin,
Jean Moon, Joyce Moore,
Andi Parazzo, Monica Restaino,
Valerie Richmond, Dennis Wepman,
Ilana Wolfe
Catskill Gallery Committees
& Volunteers
Donna Barrett,
Jill Skupin Burkholder,
Ann Gibbons,
Kico Govantes,
Ashley Hopkins-Benton,
Bob Hoven, Eli Joseph Hunter,
Dan Marcus, Erica Potrzeba,
Valerie Richmond, Rob Shannon,
Richard Talcott, Dara Young
...and a host of people like you!
COLUMBIA COUNTY
COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Karen Hummel, President
Deborah Davis, Vice President
Nancy Rutter, Treasurer
Tomm Eaton, Secretary
Jan Grice, Katarina Holbrook,
Dave King, Maryellen Miner,
Cynthia Mulvaney,
Kenneth Young
Maria Kolodziej Zincio.
STAFF
Colleen Schaffernoth,
Executive Director
Linda Romanchuk,
Executive Assistant
Karp, Ackerman,Skabowski & Hogan,
CCCA Certified Public Accountants
518-828-7618
Mark Greenberg, Greenberg &
Greenberg
CCCA Counselor at Law
Questar III Claverack School Celebrates
Completion of Fable Mural Project
Citizenship.
Questar
III
Claverack
Literacy was the core of the
School students, teachers and
project. As active participants in
staff recently invited the
this project, Questar III students
community to a reception to
were not only able to express
view the recently completed
themselves creatively using their
Fable Murals project – six mural
artistic abilities, but also read,
panels created by students with
write, and critically analyze
pillar boarders spanning over 18
fables. By exposing the students
feet. The project was awarded a
to the genre of folklore,
Twin Counties Partnership Arts
Claverack School not only met
in Education grant this year
New York Standards, but also
through funding provided by the
gave them additional opportuniNew York State Council on the
ties to practice the literacy skills
Arts administered by the Greene
that are being taught in the
County Council on the Arts.
classroom.
Teaching
artist
Ruth
In order for students to
Leonard, Claverack School
recognize important character
classroom teachers as well as
building qualities of the
support staff, developed the
Teaching artist Ruth Leonard (back, left) and Claverack
characters in these fables, they
project to provide meaningful
School Social Worker and project coordinator Mary Warfel
needed to be able to analyze the
curriculum
and
hands-on
(back right) join Claverack School students to show off a
characters’ actions and decide
learning experiences. Students
finished Fable Mural project panel.
whether or not the characters
created artwork based on
were making “good” or “bad”
Aesop’s fables, then reflected on
their own experiences and conceived their own lessons and fables to choices. Analyzing situations between characters in literature is not
express them. Each classroom acted as a team to work on a specific only an important skill they must learn for English Language Arts,
fable, developing animal characters to express the plot line and but a skill crucial for their own lives.
This project gave students an opportunity to comprehend and
theme. Finally, each classroom produced an allegorical mural.
Each of the murals served as a piece of a puzzle which, when analyze traditional folktales through interactive hands-on activities,
connected to the other individual life lessons, formed an integrated a strategy proven to be more effective with special needs students
structure of moral reflections. The lessons – such as the importance than the familiar method of direct instruction. In addition, through
of kindness, the uselessness of narcissism or the evil of greed – fit this project students developed improved problem solving skills, as
nicely with the school’s existing program of Six Pillars of Character: well as collaboration and teamwork.
Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring;
Stone Carving Seminar in Hunter
“The observer, when he seems to
himself to be observing a stone,
is really, if physics is to be
believed, observing the effects of
the stone upon himself.”
-Bertrand Russell
Learn the ancient art of
stone carving! The Hunter Stone
Carving Seminar is a free twoweek, hands-on stone carving
class led by sculptor Kevin
VanHentenryck. The class will
be held 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 25
through August 6 at the Town of
Hunter municipal ground on Rte
23A in Tannersville. All are welcome.
All aspects of sculpture in
stone will be covered from concept to surface finish. Both hand
and pneumatic carving techniques will be explored.
Students may join in for an hour,
an afternoon or the whole two
weeks, whatever suits their
schedule. In the five years since
its inception, the Hunter Stone
Carving Seminar has been quietly growing on the mountain top.
We’ve been joined by students
from as far away as Germany,
England, and South America and
have attracted students from five
years old to 70.
“With the very young children, attention span and manual
dexterity can be the limiting factors,” VanHentenryck says. “But
you never know till you try! All
students are carving within the
first 20 minutes, and most say
that it is not as difficult as they
imagined.”
Stone, tools, compressed air,
and instruction are supplied.
Students are responsible for their
personal safety equipment: dusk
mask, ear protection, safety
glasses and gloves (all of which
are available at Williams Lumber
in Tannersville at a discount).
398 Main Street,
PO Box 463,
Catskill, NY 12414
518-943-3400
Arts Alive is published by the Greene County Council
on the Arts for members and others interested in the
arts.
Deadline for submission of materials for articles, artist
opportunities and calendar listings is August 3, 2011 for
publication in the Sept./ Oct. issue. Please email
submissions to [email protected] Attn: Arts Alive.
Businesses and individuals interested in advertising
in Arts Alive should call 518-943-3400, or email:
[email protected]
AD DEADLINE for the Sept./ Oct. issue is
August 3, 2011.
Terez Limer, Editor • Heather L. Martin, Layout
Wearing protective gear, a stone cutting seminar
student begins work.
The bluestone blocks serve
not only as the medium, but
remain as part of the permanent,
free, 24/7 sculpture park.
This year the seminar is
beginning an exciting new project,
“The Spirit of the Mountains.”
The “Spirit” will be carved from
a 10-ton, 8 foot tall block of
bluestone donated by Tompkins
Bluestone of Hancock, NY.
Other sponsors include: the
Town of Hunter, the Village of
Tannersville, The Kattskill
Mountain Club, Big Top Tent,
Falkey’s Quarry/ Cobleskill
Stone, Trow and Holden Tool
Co., and the Community Arts
Grants
(Decentralization)
program administered by Greene
County Council on the Arts.
So come on by and try your
hand at the ancient art or just
stop by to say hello, see how
we’re doing, and watch the
process! For information call
518-989-6356.
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2011 Community Arts Grants Highlights
Community Arts Grants, a
local regrant program of New
York State Council on the Arts,
brings top-notch arts events to
Columbia and Greene Counties.
Here’s just a sampling of this
summer’s funded projects.
Once again Columbia
Chamber Players presents “East
Meets West,” a concert of (mostly) Indian music on Saturday,
July 16 at 7:30 p.m., featuring
Daisy Paradis, sitar; Naren
Budhakar ,tabla; Akal Dev
Sharonne, flute; Will Hayes,
violoncello. The concert will be
held at North Hillsdale United
Methodist
Church,
North
Hillsdale NY. Admission is $15;
free to music students under 18.
Reservations: (413) 548-9645.
On Sunday, August 28 at 3
p.m. the concert will feature
“Liszt and Schumann at 220”
(also works by Chopin) with
Lincoln Mayorga, piano at St.
James Church, 129 Hudson
Street, Chatham NY. Admission
$15; free to music students
under 18.
Saturday, July 30 is Oak Hill
Day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring a
book reading and sculpture
workshop with Catskill artist
and author Dina Bursztyn, the
McCabe Trio, Ralph Hull’s folk
Pianist Lincoln Mayorga performs at St. James Church in
Chatham with Columbia Chamber Players on August 28.
art, gallery tours at Norman
Hasselriis’s studio, a cemetery
tour and other historic highlights. Oak Hill is located on
Route 81 in the town of Durham
and the day’s events are free.
For those who prefer more
active involvement in the arts,
our Community Arts Grants
recipients offer a wide selection
of opportunities. Young singers
may find the Cross River Youth
Chorale to their liking. Directed
by Sheri Bauer-Mayorga, the
Chorale will offer a new afterschool chorus for treble singers,
in addition to two existing choruses, for the Fall 2011-Spring
2012 season. The Cantilenas, an
auditioned group for treble
singers ages 10 and up, will
offer a choice of two rehearsal
times - 1 to 2:30 p.m. or 4 to
5:30 p.m.- at the Hudson Opera
“East Meets West” concert
on July 16 features
Daisy Paradis on sitar
with other guests.
House beginning in September.
In addition, this fall, the
Chorale will offer a non-auditioned group for beginning
singers ages 8-12. The non-auditioned group, the Overtures, will
meet from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at
the Hudson Opera House.
Enrollment will take place from
June to August 23. Please contact Sheri Bauer-Mayorga, to
enroll and to learn which group
is the best fit for your interested
singer!
To learn more, email
[email protected], call
518-392-5809
or
visit
www.greenbower.music.com.
For theater enthusiasts, the
Two of Us Productions will hold
auditions for an upcoming
production of “Ragtime, the
Musical.”
Auditions
are
planned for mid-July. This full
orchestra production is scheduled for fall and will be performed in the auditorium of
Hudson High School. Visit
www.TheTwoofusProductions.
org for audition times and
locations.
But wait, there’s more! High
level musicians may enlist in
Hudson Jazzworks improvisational workshop at the Music
Studio at 338 Kipp Rd in
Hudson. Guest Artist guitarist
Vic Juris will be the featured
instructor. Information about the
workshop is available at
www.HudsonJazzworks.org or
518-822-1640.
And anyone, regardless of
prior experience, can join Kevin
VanHentenryck’s Stone Carving
Workshop in Hunter, NY
described in this issue of Arts
Alive.
Community Arts Grants (DEC) & Individual
Artist Grant Applications Now Available
Applications
for
the
Community Arts Grants Fund
(Decentralization Program) for
Columbia and Greene Counties
will be available July 1 for the
2012 funding cycle.
Could
your
nonprofit
organization use a boost to its
arts programming? Are you an
artist or musician with an idea
for an interesting program with a
strong public benefit? Do you
represent a village, library,
conservation group or other
nonprofit that wishes to showcase or explore the rich natural
and historical heritage of our
region through literature, music,
film, or visual arts? An
individual artist who has a com-
munity inspired idea for a body
of your own work? Maybe we
can help!
This year Community Arts
Grants include three categories
of support:
• Project Support for Not-forProfit Organizations offers
grants up to $5,000 to community-based nonprofit organizations, local municipalities, towns
and villages.
• Conduit – Artist Project
Support offers individuals or
artistic teams the opportunity to
partner with a nonprofit and
apply for up to $5,000 for project support. The conduit (nonprofit) agency acts solely as a
fiscal manager while the idea is
initiated and implemented by the
artist or team.
Have a solid idea but no
nonprofit sponsor? Talk to our
Director of Community Arts
Grants. Often we can help create
partnerships.
Funding
for
Project Support and ConduitArtist projects is primarily
intended to be applied toward
artist fees for programs that
enable appreciation for and participation in the arts and provide
a direct and economically
accessible benefit to the public.
Deadline for 2012 Project
Support & Conduit-Artist
applications is Saturday, Sept.
10, 2011.
If it’s your own individual
muse that could use some rejuvenation, our Individual Grants
program may be the ticket:
• Individual Artist Grants offer
$2,000 to artists (visual, performing, or literary) for the creation of a new original work that
significantly advances the work
of the artist AND actively
engages in a dialogue with a
local community.
In the context of this program “Community” can be
defined as geographic, racial,
ethnic,
or
philosophical.
“Community engagement” can
be accomplished through setting; interaction between artist
and public; public participation
and input; presentation and discourse, etc. These grants are not
artist fellowships and are intended to support original works by
artists interested in working in
dialogue with a community.
Deadline for 2012 Individual
Artist Grant applications is
Oct. 1, 2011.
All three categories of funding are competitive and proposals are reviewed by individuals
from the local community who
are sensitive to the needs and
challenges specific to Greene
and Columbia County artists and
small nonprofits. Average
Project Support grants are
around $1,200. There will be a
series of free 2-hour informational workshops in your county
to clarify eligibility, guidelines,
and offer guidance and extensive
support to applicants. New
applicants must attend one single-session informational workshop (in either county) or meet
with our Director of Community
Arts Grants prior to submitting
an application.
Project Support & ConduitArtist Informational
Workshops Dates & Locations
Call or email the Director of
Community Arts Grants (518)
943-3400
[email protected] to register.
Columbia County
• Thursday, July 21 – Stuyvesant
Town Hall, Stuyvesant NY.
• Tuesday, Aug 2 – Spencertown
Academy
Arts
Center
Auditorium (newly air conditioned!), 790 Route 203,
Spencertown. 6–8 PM
• Saturday, Aug. 6 – Columbia
County Council on the Arts, 209
Warren St, Hudson.
(10
AM–Noon)
Greene County
• Tuesday, July 19 – Catskill
Public
Library,
Carnegie
Meeting Room, 1 Franklin St,
Catskill. 5:45–7:45 PM
• Tuesday, July 26, Tannersville
Village Hall, 1 Park Lane,
Tannersville.
• Thursday, July 28 –
Community Room at Cornell
Hook & Ladder Fire House,
New Baltimore.
Individual Artist Grant
Seminars & Locations
• Monday, Aug. 29 – Hudson
Opera House, 327 Warren Street,
Hudson, 6-7:30 PM.
• Thursday, Sept. 1 – Greene
County Council on the Arts, 398
Main St, Catskill, 6-7:30 PM.
The
Decentralization
Program (DEC) is funded by the
New York State Council on the
Arts (NYSCA) and administered
by your local arts council.
Consequently, Decentralization
funding does not support organizations already receiving funding directly from NYSCA. For
NYSCA supported organizations
in Greene County, GCCA offers
the County Initiative Program
(CIP). Those applications will be
available toward the end of July.
For CIP information, please contact Kay Stamer at the GCCA or
email: [email protected]
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How to Contact
Your Lawmakers
(For Columbia/Greene Counties)
Governor Andrew Cuomo
Executive Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224
(518) 474-8390
Senator Dean Skelos, Majority Leader;
Speaker Pro Tem
907 Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-3171
[email protected]
Senator Betty Little, Chair Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation
188 State Street Room 310, Legislative Office Building,
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2811
[email protected]
Senator Stephen Saland (District 41 – Columbia)
Room 617, Legislative Office Bldg. Albany, NY 12247
(518) 455-2411 fax: (518) 426-6920
Senator James Seward (District 51 – Greene)
Room 711B, Legislative Office Bldg, Albany, NY 12247;
phone: (518) 455-3131
41 So. Main Street, Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 432- 5524 [email protected]
Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, Speaker
932 Legislative Office Bldg. Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-3791 fax: (518) 455-5459
[email protected]
Assemblywoman Margaret M. Markey,
Chair Tourism, Parks, Arts & Sport Development
Legislative Office Bldg. 654, Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-4755
[email protected]
Assemblyman Peter Lopez (District 127: Greene, except
Coxsackie, New Baltimore + Clermont, Gallatin, Germantown,
Livingston & Taghkanic in Columbia County)
Legislative Office Bldg 429, Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-5363 fax: (518) 455-5856
45 Five Mile Woods Road, Catskill, NY 12414; (518) 943-1371
[email protected]
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (District 108: Greene –
Coxsackie & New Baltimore +
New Lebanon & Valatie in Columbia County)
Legislative Office Bldg 533, Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-5777
District Office: 1654 Columbia Turnpike,
Castleton-on-Hudson, NY 12033
518-479-0542; Fax: 518-479-0653
[email protected]
Assemblyman Marcus Molinaro (District 103 –Columbia,
except Valatie, New Lebanon)
Legislative Office Building 532, Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-5177 (518) 455-5576
7578 North Broadway, Suite 4, Red Hook, NY 12571
845-758-9790 • [email protected]
U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson
(20th District: Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer)
2 Hudson St., PO Box 775
Kinderhook, NY 12106
(518) 610-8133
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
1 Park Place, Suite 100, Peekskill, NY 10566
914-734-1532; fax: 914-734-1673
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
532 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
DC Phone: 202-224-4451
GCCA Holds 2011 Grant
Awards Reception
Greene County Council on
the Arts (GCCA) honored 2011
Decentralization and County
Initiative Grant Award recipients
on June 9 with a lively gathering
of friends, family and review
panel members at The Music and
Arts Center of Greene County in
Jewett, NY. GCCA was especially pleased to have state and local
representatives Bill Gannon,
Executive
Assistant
to
Assemblyman Peter Lopez, and
Larry Gardner, Greene County
Legislator, on hand to demonstrate their support for the arts in
Greene County.
The reception began with a
tour of the exquisite St. John the
Baptist Church, carved and constructed by master Ukrainian
craftsman Jurij Kostiw, and continued with the awards recognition and delectable samplings
from the culinary repertoire
from
our
multi-talented
awardees and mouth-watering
Ukrainian specialties prepared
by the Music and Art Center. The
Evander Quartet treated attendees to two classical compositions in the acoustically superb
Grazhda Hall.
Many thanks to the board
and staff of Music and Art of
Greene County (Grazhda) for
hosting this event with such
hospitality and style.
Enjoying the grant reception held on June 9 are: (l to r) Grant
panelist Flo Hayle; GCCA Community Arts Grants Director
Colette Lemmon; Tetiana Keis, Board President of Music and
Art of Greene County (Grazhda); and Bill Gannon, Executive
Assistant to Assemblyman Peter Lopez.
The Decentralization (DEC)
program is a local regrant program of the State and Local
Partnership Program of the New
York State Council on the Arts
and is administered by GCCA
through the Community Arts
Grants Fund. Through the Fund,
$20,229 was earmarked for
Greene County arts events that
have a strong public benefit and
$2,000 set aside for an individual artist grant. The County
Initiative Program (CIP), supported by the Greene County
Legislature, this year designated
$18,500 for established museums and performing groups.
Grants were evaluated and
awarded on a competitive basis.
Our 27 recipients hail from
throughout Greene County.
These funds will support programs as diverse as jewelry making and ceramic classes, museum exhibits, a community-run
media project, classical concerts,
children’s and dramatic theater,
literature, poetry offerings and
more.
Thomas Cole Historic Site
Hosts Summer Fireworks Party
A spectacular summer party
is planned for Sunday, July 3 to
benefit the Thomas Cole
Historic Site in Catskill.
Supporters are invited for an
unforgettable evening with cocktails, dinner, music, dancing, and
fireworks at a private estate
featuring a 180-degree view of
the Hudson River. The theme of
the party this year is celebration
of the Thomas Cole Historic
Site’s tenth anniversary.
The evening begins with
poolside cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and live music. Party-goers
will then drift down the great
lawn to enjoy a seated dinner.
Music and the scent of fresh
flowers fill the air, as guests dine
with a spectacular view of the
Hudson River before them. The
evening culminates in a fantastic
fireworks display over the
Hudson!
This year the Thomas Cole
National Historic Site celebrates
its tenth anniversary, having
opened its doors to the public in
July 2001, 200 years after
Thomas Cole’s birth. The organization has grown tremendously
over the last decade, with
attendance now 400 percent
higher than it was in the first
year open, and an operating
budget that has increased nearly
six-fold. A few of the many
exciting milestones that we celebrate are the restoration of the
Main House in 2001, the restoration of Cole’s “Old Studio” in
2004, the opening of the Hudson
River School Art Trail in 2005,
the launch of the Thomas Cole
“Learning Portal” online in
2009, and the restoration of the
grounds and landscape features.
Tickets for the event are
$175 per person or $150 for
members. This year we are
again offering Underwriter
Tables for $2,500 with premier
reserved seating for 10 guests.
Sponsorships are also available
at the Silver ($500), Gold
($1,000) and Platinum ($1,500)
levels. Silver sponsors receive
two dinner tickets, Gold sponsors receive four tickets, and
Platinum sponsors receive six.
All sponsors receive recognition
at the event. Space is limited.
Call 518-943-7465 for more
information.
The board, staff and volunteers of the Thomas Cole
Historic Site would like to thank
you, our supporters, for making
it all happen. We look forward to
climbing to ever-greater heights
with you in the decade to come!
The Thomas Cole Historic
Site is located at 218 Spring
Street in Catskill, New York,
near the western entrance to the
Rip Van Winkle Bridge, with
easy access from the New York
State Thruway, Exit 21.
CCCA Workshops at
Columbia-Greene Community College
Paper Marbling
Explore the ancient art of paper marbling, creating designs of traditional excellence and contemporary verve with the guidance of Ulrike Grannis, an artist highly experienced in the craft. In just
one day you will be able to make sophisticated looking yet easy to do marbling designs and create colorful papers that can be used for bookbinding, decoration and general art.
Saturday, July 16, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $99
Bookbinding
Learn to create several one of a kind hand-bound books, for example Basic Pamphlet- Stitch
Books, Flag Books (artists display books), and books with Coptic bindings (classic open-back
books that are more difficult than the first two). Instructor: Ulrike Grannis
Saturday July 23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $99
Columbia County
Council on the Arts
Call For Entries
Exhibit: “Food for Thought” July 30 – September 16
Opening Saturday, July 30, 5-7 p.m.
This art show challenges artists to share their interpretations of
food and their thoughts about the subject.
Submission Deadline: July 6. Juror to be selected
Guidelines for Submission
Works submitted must not have been exhibited in previous
Juried Shows at CCCA. Up to 5 jpeg images may be submitted
in jpeg format, the largest dimension being a maximum of 1024
pixels. Current CCCA members are eligible to submit entries for
free. Non-members must pay a non-refundable submission fee
of $25 that may be applied towards membership if application
for membership is received within 30 days of the $25 check
date. Check must be payable to CCCA, 209 Warren St., Hudson,
NY 12534. Check must be received by the due date for submissions.
Email to: [email protected]. Please indicate in the subject
area the name of the show you are submitting for. Include in the
Document: Artist Name and Phone number, along with the Title,
Medium, Size and Price of each submitted piece. (Incomplete
information may exclude your work from being included in the
pool of submissions.)
If Mailing or Dropping Off: Send 8x10 photo samples (not
originals) by the due date, with the above information to:
Columbia Council on the Arts, 209 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
12534 (Please include self-addressed stamped envelope for
return of samples.)
Selected Artwork: Artists will be notified of acceptance within
two weeks after submission deadline date. Works needs to be
gallery ready, framed and wired for exhibition — no exception!
In some cases artists may be asked to provide their own
pedestals or protective display box or may be required to install
their own pieces should they prove to be heavy or required special handling. Artwork must be priced for sale and CCCA
requires a 30% commission on sales. For further information,
please call 518-671-6213 or email [email protected].
CCCA asks exhibiting artists to assist in gallery sitting.
‘On and Off the Wall:
Encore!’ at CCCA
from
the
This
juried
University
of
show, now on exhibit
Mass at Amherst
through July 15,
and
currently
offers a unique
teaches at Parsons
selection of works in
School of Design
all media: steel,
in NYC
ceramics,
wood,
Participating
fabric,
masonite,
artists
include:
pen and ink. It is
C Michael Bufi,
whimsical, provocaJohn Cooley, Mary
tive and delightful –
Anne
Davis,
a must see show in
Amanda Demers,
the Columbia County
Jimmy Tim Fry,
Council on the Arts
Jane
Gennaro,
Gallery.
Mimi Graminski,
Juror Michael
Gretchen Kelly,
Tong,
Columbia
Gerri
Moore,
County
sculpture
C y n t h i a
artist, has shown in
Mulvaney, Lynne
group and solo exhiStone,
Leon
bitions throughout
Smith,
Carol
Massachusetts and
Swierzowski,
New York State.
Richard Talcott,
Featured in publicaRosalind Tobias,
tions such as The
Marlene Vidibor
New York Times,
and Karl Volk
The Boston Herald,
“Distorted Foot,”
CCCA, located
Newsweek,
The
at 209 Warren St.
Boston Globe and the
steel sculpture by
Hudson NY, is
Village Voice, he is
Jimmy Tim Fry.
open Wednesday–
the recipient of the
Friday: 11 a.m.– 5
Art
Omi
International Artists’ Residency and p.m., Saturdays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
the John Mitchell Grant Awards. For more information, 518-671He holds an MFA/Sculpture 6213 info@ artscolumbia.org.
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GCCA Gallery Boutique - The Greene
County Council on the Arts invites you to
visit our gallery boutique, The Artful Hand,
in Catskill. Open year-round, we offer
fine arts and high quality crafts by local
and regional artists, and books by area
authors. Send boutique inquiries to:
[email protected]. The GCCA
Catskill Gallery, located at 398 Main Street,
Catskill, NY. , is open Monday through
Saturday, 10AM-5PM. For more information, contact 518-943-3400 or [email protected].
Now open
Museum: CATSKILL MOUNTAIN
FOUNDATION PIANO MUSEUM.
30,000 records, more than a dozen historic
instruments including a piano built for
Russia’s Nicholas I at Catskill Mountain
Foundation’s Doctorow Center for the Arts.
Center includes new Evelyn Weisberg
Concert Hall plus a three-screen movie theater. Main St, POB 924, Hunter, 12442 518263-4908. www.catskillmtn.org
Workshops: CERAMIC CLASSES. Hand
building techniques at the Open Studio, 402
Main St., Catskill. All levels welcome.
Instructor: Dina Bursztyn, ceramic artist
and arts educator. For schedule information
and fees, call 518-943-9531 or e-mail:
[email protected].
Ongoing
Classes:
Acting
and
production
classes, spring, summer & fall, with
DragonFly Performing Arts. For class
schedules, fees and descriptions call
731-3340
or
622-0104
or
visit
www.DragonFlyPerformingArts.com.
Classes: BANNER HILL SCHOOL OF
FINE ARTS AND WOODWORKING
classes in woodworking, ceramics (wheel
throwing, hand building), painting
and more. For info, visit our
website: BannerHillLLC.com; email:
[email protected], or call
(518) 929-7821.
Ongoing
Exhibition: FUNCTIONAL ART FOR
THE HOME By local and regional Fine
Crafts Artists. Custom orders, shopping
services, gift-wrapping. Mon/Thurs/Fri 105, Sat 10-7, Sun 11-5, Closed Tues/Wed.
Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery at Hunter
Village Square, 7950 Main St., Hunter, NY.
518-263-2060, www.catskillmtn.org.
Ongoing
Exhibit: SCULPTURE. Over 40 contemporary sculptures in landscape. Daylight
hours all year, guided tours, children’s
workshops. The Fields, Sculpture Park Art
Omi International Arts Center, 59 Letter S
Road, Ghent, NY 12075. 518-3927656/392-2848.
Ongoing
Film Program: SELECTED FILMS.
Popular Hollywood, independent; foreign
screenings. Lobby café: espresso,
cappuccino, tea, desserts; light suppers
Saturday, open 1/2 hour before show.
Catskill Mountain Foundation Film
and Performing Arts Center, Rt. 23A,
Hunter, NY 12442. 518-263-4702
www.catskillmtn.org
Ongoing
Tours, lectures, programs: A living museum. Arts, local history, horticulture, botany,
environment. Individual, group tours, plant
sale. Change of landscape in four seasons.
Photogenic woodland walk, native trees,
plants. Call for calendar. The Mountain Top
Arboretum, Maude Adams Road, POB 379,
Tannersville, NY 12485. 518-589-3903.
www.mtarbor.org
Drawing Workshops: LIFE DRAWING
WORKSHOPS, Sundays, 10AM – 1PM.,
through Nov. 28; Wednesdays, 5:30 – 8PM,
through Nov. 17. $10 per session. Hudson
Opera House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson,
NY 12534. 518-822-1438. www.hudsonoperahouse.org .
Dance Workshops: MODERN DANCE,
Tuesdays, 10-11:30AM, through Nov. 23
with Abby Lappen. Dynamics of movement
and rhythms of dance. For adults, all levels
welcome. $65 ($60 HOH members) for six
sessions, drop-in $12. Registration
required. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren
Street, Hudson, NY 12534. 518-822-1438.
www.hudsonoperahouse.org .
Workshop: FAMILY DANCE & DRUM:
Fridays, 6:15PM in collaboration with
Kuumba Dance and Drum & Operation
Unite. Adult & Teen Drumming (7:308:45PM) ages 12 & up. Adults 18 and up:
$5, youth free. Hudson Opera House, 327
Warren Street, Hudson, NY. Call 518-8283612 for more information.
Workshop: KUUMBA LATIN FEVER
FOR WOMEN: Tuesdays, 5:30 to 7:30PM.
A Latin dance fitness class for women with
Elena Mosely of Kuumba Dance & Drum.
Adults: $2. Hudson Opera House, 327
Warren Street, Hudson, NY. Call 518-8283612 for more information.
Youth: MUSIC & MOVEMENT,
Mondays, 10-11AM. Thru Nov. 22. Live
music, creative movement and interactive
dance activities with Abby Lappen. Parent
participation encouraged. Ages 1 & up. $5
per child, $2.50 for siblings. Hudson Opera
House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY.
Call 518-828-3612 for more information.
Youth Arts: OPEN STUDIO FOR
YOUNG ARTISTS, Thursdays, 3:30-5PM
through Dec. 2. Get creative with drawing,
painting, and more! We provide the materials, you bring the creativity. For ages 7 &
up. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren
Street, Hudson, NY 12534. 518-822-1438.
www.hudsonoperahouse.org .
Various Dates:
Movies: SUBJECTS VARY. $8/6/4.
Spencertown Academy, Rt. 203, POB 80,
Spencertown, NY 12165. 518-392-3693.
Various dates
Exhibits, cinema: TIME AND SPACE.
Exhibits, classical movies on weekends.
Time and Space Warehouse Cultural
Center. 434 Columbia St., Hudson, NY.
518-822-8448. www.timeandspace.org
Wednesdays
Workshop: WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS for adults with painter William A.
Carbone, Washington Irving Senior Center,
Catskill, NY, 10AM to Noon. Free. Bring
own supplies or purchase through instructor.
EVENTS 2011
• Events noted (DEC) have been supported
through a Decentralization grant from the
NYS Council on the Arts through the
Community Arts Program in Greene
County or Columbia County.
• Events noted (CIP) have been supported
through a grant from the County Initiative
Program of the Greene County Council on
the Arts with public funding from the
Greene County Legislature.
Thru July 2
Exhibit: “BING, BANG, BOING”, group
exhibit of handmade musical and sculptural
inventions at Greene County Council on the
Arts, Catskill Gallery. Artists include sculptor Peter Head, lead singer/guitarist for
Pitchfork Militia; inventor/musician/sculptor Brian Dewan; musician/sculptor Harry
Mathews and visionary architect sculptor
Matt Bua. Hands on exhibit encourages
gallery visitors to touch and play the instruments. The GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398
Main Street, Catskill NY, is open Mon thru
Sat. 10AM-5PM. More info: 518/943-3400
or www.greenearts.org.
Thru July 2
Exhibit: “PALENVILLE LOVE LETTER”, solo show of paintings by Palenville
artist John Karch, Second Floor Gallery at
the Greene County Council on the Arts,
Catskill Gallery. The GCCA Catskill
Gallery, 398 Main Street, Catskill NY, is
open Mon thru Sat. 10AM-5PM. More info:
518/943-3400 or www.greenearts.org.
Thru July 10
Exhibit: HUDSON VALLEY ART AND
WINE – A GRAND CELEBRATION at M
Gallery, 350 Main St., Catskill, NY.
Traveling juried selection of original
paintings, photographs, weaving, sculpture
and jewelry – all wine-inspired works.
Local artists include Sasha Chermayeff,
John
Laurenzi
Patrick
Milbourn,
LeeAnne Morgan and Kathy Turan. More
info. at 518-943-0380 or
www.
mgallery-online.com or at www.hudsonvalleywine. com.
Thru July 15
Exhibit: “ON AND OFF THE WALL,”
juried sculpture show at CCCA gallery, 209
Warren St., Hudson, NY. Gallery hours:
Wed. thru Fri. 10:30AM to 5:30PM; Sat.
10:30AM to 2:30PM. For more info: 518671-6231 or [email protected].
Thru July 17 (DEC)
Exhibition: “OUT OF THE WARDROBE,
TRUNK, AND ATTIC: FASHIONS OF
THE 19TH CENTURY” Curated by Geoff
Howell, the show consists of costumes, and
other clothing and fashion related artifacts,
focusing on the 19thcentury, relating to the
development of Athens. Photographs of
local and other people in the19th century, as
well as photographs of homes that were
built in the various periods. Saturdays &
Sundays, 1-4PM. Athens Cultural Center,
24 Second Street, Athens, NY Info:
http://www.athensculturalcenter.org/exhibit
s.html [email protected]
Thru August 26
Exhibit: STUDENT ART SHOW, Fine Art
students of Columbia-Greene Community
College at the C-GCC Foundation Gallery.
Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9AM-8:30PM; Fri.
9AM-5PM. For more info: 828-4181, ext.
3410.
Thru September 18
Event: CAT-N-AROUND CATSKILL public art project: 54 artist-designed cats located on Catskill Main St. and around the
town. Cat’s Meow Auction and Gala will be
held Sunday, Sept. 25 at The Historic
Catskill Point to raise money for local charities. More info: contact the Heart of
Catskill Association/Catskill Chamber of
Commerce
at
518-943-0989
or
[email protected].
Thru Labor Day
Event: CAIRO BEARS & BUTTERFLIES
Arts Project & “America’s Original
Vacationland” Quest, an interactive scavenger hunt. More than 30, 3 foot high bears
decorated by local artists, located throughout the town. More info: www.cairosbears.com or 518-622-3939.
Thru October 10
Exhibit: “HUDSON VALLEY SUMMER”
photography show featuring members of
the Palenville Photography Group,
Palenville Library, 3335 Route 23A,
Palenville. Hours: Tues., Thurs. Noon7PM; Fri. 10AM-5PM; Sat. 10AM-1PM.
Info: 678-3357.
Thru October 30
Exhibit: ROBERT S. DUNCANSON:
THE SPIRITUAL STRIVING OF THE
FREEMAN’S SON, Thomas Cole National
Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill,
NY. Exhibition brings the work of this Ohio
artist to the home of Thomas Cole, founder
of the Hudson River School and a major
influence on Duncanson. For information,
call 518-943-7465 or visit www.thomascole.org.
Thru October 25 (CIP)
Exhibit: THE BRONCKS: A DUTCHAMERICAN FAMILY. An exhibit marking
340 years of the Bronck family. Bronck
Museum Visitor Center Gallery, Wed-Fri
12-4, Sat 10-4, Sun 1-4. Exhibit Admission
is free. Bronck Museum, 90 County Route
42, Coxsackie, NY. More info: 518-7316490 or " www.gchistory.org
Thru October 30
Opening: RALLY ‘ROUND THE FLAG:
Frederic Edwin Church and the Civil War.
Evelyn & Maurice Sharp Gallery. Two
weeks before the scheduled debut of
Hudson River School landscape painter
Frederic Church’s masterwork The
Icebergs, Fort Sumter was bombarded
marking the start of the American Civil
War. Instead of cancelling the unveiling of
the painting at Goupil’s Gallery, Church retitled his masterpiece: “The North”
Church’s Picture of Icebergs showing his
support for the northern cause. The exhibition will include: 4 oil sketches by Church;
2 pencil sketches by Church; 2 chromolithographs after Church; and works by Isaac
Hayes and John Jameson. 11AM-4PM.
Olana State Historic Site, 5720 Route 9G,
Hudson. Call (518) 828-0135 for information.
June 30 (DEC)
Event: BLUE RIBBON BOYS. Free concert at the Claverack Town Park, sponsored
by the Philmont Public Library, 6:308:30PM. Dessert buffet available for $5.
More info: 672-5010.
July 1 thru 27
Event: “ISLAND TIME” paintings by M.
Suzanne Hicks. Old Chatham Country
Store Café and Gallery, Village Center, Old
Chatham, NY. Gallery hours: Tuesday
through Sunday 7AM– 4PM Reception:
July 10, 3-5PM.
July 1 thru August 29
Exhibit: “PAINTING NATURE,” solo
show by Athena Billias, Agroforestry
Resource Center, 6055 Route 23 Acra.
Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30AM to
4:30PM. (Closed Noon to 1PM) For more
info: 518.622.9820 or [email protected]
. Opening reception: July 10, 1:30-4PM.
July 2 (DEC)
Event: SANDCASTLE AND SCULPTURE CONTEST. Presented by the
Windham Arts Alliance, taught by local
artists, 9:30AM-12:30PM. Rain date July 3.
Four age categories: 3-6, 7-10, 11-13, and
14-18. Pre-register at town libraries and
local schools or register at CD Lane Park
the day of the event. CD Lane Park, CR 56,
Maplecrest, NY. Info: 734-3366, 734-5076,
www.windhamartsalliance.org
July 2
Concert: BING, BANG, BOING FESTIVAL concert at the Historic Warehouse at
Catskill Point, 11AM-4 PM. Presented by
the Greene County Council on the Arts, coproduced by WGXC and broadcast live on
90.7-FM. Family friendly matinee event
featuring Bing, Bang, Boing exhibiting
artists, kids area with instrument making
activities, food vendors and craftspeople
selling handmade instruments. More info:
518/943-3400 www.greenearts.org
July 2
Film Screening: “FREEING SILVIA
BARALDINI,” directed by Margo Pelletier
and Lisa Thomas. Film documents the life
of former U.S. political prisoner Silvia
Baraldini who, after 15 years as a political
activist, was arrested by the FBI and sentenced to 43 years in prison. Pelletier and
Thomas will introduce the film and host
Q&A following screening. Admission:
Free. 8PM. Athens Cultural Center, 24
Second Street, Athens, NY. Info at:
http://www.athensculturalcenter.org/perf_fi
lm.html [email protected]
July 4 thru September 24
Festival: RIP LIVES! Summer long
Mountain-wide street art exhibit along
Routes 23 and 23A. More than two dozen
artists have created their own whimsical
versions of Rip. Benefit auction and dinner
Sept. 24, starting at 4PM with Rip viewing.
More
info:
518-589-5050;
www.riplives.org.
Class: FREE SUMMER ART CLASSES
FOR CHILDREN, Athens Cultural Center,
24 Second Street, Athens NY. Art teacher
Natalie Boburka returns for a sixth year to
guide kids through a summer of art and
expression.
Six
weeks:
Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursdays of each week.
Two sessions:10AM – Noon for ages 7-11
and 12:30-3:30PM for ages 12 years and
older. Each week has a different focus and
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project. Students can register for all six
weeks or for individual weeks. Complete
class descriptions and registration
information at www.athensculturalcenter.
org or call (518) 945-2136.
Class: PLEIN AIR IN THE PARK: Adult
Painting Class with Robert Lahm. For
beginner, intermediate and advanced adult
students interested in studying traditional
methods of painting and exploring landscape techniques used by Hudson River
School painters. Students work in oil,
acrylic, watercolor, pastel, or pencil.
Tuesdays, 5:30-8:30 PM at Athens
Riverside Park. Class fee: $150. Info and
registration: Ronald A. Coons at
[email protected] or 518-945-3731
July 7 (DEC)
Event: TROPICAL ISLAND WORKSHOP with Sharon Quinn. Participants will
create a 3-D miniature South Sea Island
with collage materials, provided by the
library. Ages 8- adult. Windham Public
Library/Centre Church. Free. 1-3PM. Info,
Candace Begley, 734-4405.
July 7
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK: LUSTER
KINGS
–
ROCKABILLY,
Dutchman’s Landing on the Riverfront,
Main Street in Catskill, 7PM. Presented by
the Heart of Catskill Association/Catskill
Chamber of Commerce. Free. More info:
943-0989
July 7
Class: HAT MAKING WORKSHOP for
children, 4-8 PM at the Athens Cultural
Center, 24 Second Street, Athens. NY. Free.
Make a hat for the Athens Street Festival
Hat Parade! Yura Adams will be in charge
fun, family oriented workshop to make
party hats and drums for the July 10 annual
street festival hat parade. [email protected].
July 9 (CIP)
Concert: CHAMBER VOCAL ENSEMBLE of the chorus “Dumka” under the
guest-conductor Volodymyr Syvophip,
director of the L’viv Philharmonic Society,
Grazhda Concert Hall, 8PM. Grazhda is
located at Rt. 23A in Jewett, NY. More info:
518-989-6479;
[email protected]· www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org
Exhibit: BIG WIDE WORLD, juried group
show of multi-media works inspired by
nature, the elements, earth, science and traditional landscapes, Greene County Council
on the Arts Catskill Gallery, 398 Main
Street, Catskill NY. Second floor gallery:
“NATURAL BEAUTY”: Solo show by
Meryl Learnihan, landscapes and animal
prints. Gallery hours: Mon thru Sat. 10AM5PM. More info: 518-943-3400 www.greenearts.org. Opening reception July 9, 57PM.
July 9
Concert: CELLO!,concert dedicated to the
memory of cellist Daniele Doctorow,
Doctorow Center for the Performing Arts,
7971 Main Street Rte 23A, Hunter N.Y.
8PM. Reception at the CMF Piano Museum
follows the concert. More info: Contact
Pam Weisberg at 518-263-2063
weisb e rg p @ c a t s k i l l m t n . o rg
www.catskillmtn.org
July 9 (CIP)
Lecture: EARLY LANDSCAPE FILMS
OF THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS by Iris
Cahn, Chair and Associate Professor at the
Film Program at SUNY/Purchase College.
Zadock Pratt Museum, Route 23,
Prattsville, 1-2PM. Discussion on the landscape in early film shot from suspension
bridges, railroad cars and mountain gondolas. Info: 299-3395.
July 9 (CIP)
Concert: MUSIC AT THE GRAZHDA,
CHAMBER VOCAL ENSEMBLE of the
chorus “Dumka” with guest conductor
Volodmyr Syvokhip, director of the L’viv
Philharmonic Society, 8PM. Choral music
from the Baroque to the present at Grazhda
Concert Hall, Route 23A, Jewett. General
admission, $15; members/seniors $12.
Students free. Info: 518-989-6479 or
www.grazhdamusicandart.org.
July 9
Event: 35TH ANNUAL TOUR OF
HOMES to be held in New Baltimore by
the Greene County Historical Society,
10AM – 4PM. Headquarters at the New
Baltimore Town Hall, Route 51, New
Baltimore. Tickets $25; advanced sale tickets $20. More info: 518-731-1033 or
www.gchistory.org
July 9
Book Talk: DISCUSSION & BOOK
SIGNING at Village Square Bookstore &
Literary Arts Center, 7950 Main Street Rte
23A Hunter, N.Y. Author Rebecca McBride
“Traveling Between the Lines: Europe in
1938,” 1PM. $5 admission.
July 10 (CIP)
Program: BRONCK FAMILY KEEPING
HOUSE: DECORATING. Choosing appropriate window treatments, bed hangings and
floor covering for a rural home 1790-1850,
1:30, 2:30 & 3:30PM. Adults $6, Members
& Children $3, Bronck Museum, 90 County
Route 42, Coxsackie, NY, More info: 518731-6490 or www.gchistory.org
Class: TEEN ACTING WORKSHOP with
Actress and Director Dani Minnick,
Sundays, 3-5PM (six classes). Designed to
give the novice performer a place to explore
core-acting elements. Students who complete 6-week class, will have additional
rehearsals for a performance at the opening
reception of the, “Major Works by Minors”
exhibition. Athens Cultural Center, 24
Second Street, Athens, NY. Registration
required. More info: [email protected]
July 12 (DEC)
Event: DECOUPAGE WORKSHOP with
Kathy Jordan.
Windham Public
Library/Centre
Church,
1-3PM.
Participants will learn the history and see
examples of decoupage. Each person will
take home a decoupage item. Ages 10 to
adult. Free. Info: Candace Begley, 7344405
July 14
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK: IMAGINING LENNON – BEATLES CLASSICS,
943-0989
July 15
Lecture: SLIDE SHOW AND BOOK
SIGNING with Saratoga Springs landscape
architect Robert Toole, author of
Landscape Gardens on the Hudson, A
History: The Romantic Age, the Great
Estates & the Birth of American Landscape
Architecture, 7:30PM. Ulster & Delaware
Train Station on the MTHS campus, 5132
Route 23A, Haines Falls, NY. Free. Info:
518-589-6657 www.mths.org
July 16 (CIP)
Event: FAMILY FUN DAY at the Pratt
Museum. Take a walking tour of
Prattsville’s historic Main Street. Kids
paint a mural of your dreamscape for
Prattsville in the 21st century. Zadock Pratt
Museum, Route 23, Main Street, Prattsville,
NY Info: 299-3395.
July 16 (DEC)
Concert: EAST MEETS WEST, Columbia
Chamber Players presents Indian music,
featuring Daisy Paradis, sitar; Naren
Budhakar,tabla; Akal Dev Sharonne, flute;
Will Hayes, violoncello, 7:30PM. North
Hillsdale United Methodist Church, North
Hillsdale NY. Admission $15; free to music
students under 18. Reservations: (413) 5489645.
July 16
Event: GALA ORCHESTRA CONCERT
presented by the Windham Chamber Music
Festival, conducted by Robert Manno, fea-
turing Alan Kay, clarinet, 8PM. Windham
Civic & Performing Arts Center, 5379 Main
St, Windham, NY followed by a free reception at Windham Fine Arts. Admission $35;
$30 seniors; $25 contributors; $5 for students (no credit cards). www.windhammusic.com,
[email protected], or
call 518-734-3868. Tickets can also be purchased in advance in Windham at the public
library, Catskill Country Store, and Carole’s
Emporium.
July 16 & 17
Event: ART TOUR 2011: ROE JAN
ARTIST STUDIO TOUR sponsored by the
Roeliff Jansenn Community Library.
Fifteen artists in Ancram, Copake and
Hillsdale — photographers, painters,
ceramicists, furniture makers — open their
studios to the public, 11AM-4PM both
days. Meet the Artists reception and art sale
at the library on Friday, July 15, 5-7PM.
Tickets for tour and reception: $30. Info:
518-325-4664; [email protected]
July 20 (DEC)
Event: STENCILING WORKSHOP with
Alice Tunison. Participants will make their
own unique stencil and practice their painting techniques. Wood panels are their next
challenge. All will bring home a finished
piece of stenciled artwork. All ages.
Windham Public Library/Centre Church.
Free. 2-4PM. Info: Candace Begley, 7344405
July 21 thru 24 (CIP)
Theatre: NUNSENSE at the Doctorow
Center for the Arts, Main Street, Hunter.
Musical comedy on the Mountaintop!
Performed by the Greene Room Players,
Ltd. Show times: 8PM, Sunday matinee
2PM. Adults, $20; seniors/students $18.
Info: 589-6297 or 263-3709.
July 21
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK:
PREACHERS - BLUES, Dutchman’s
Landing on the Riverfront, Main Street in
Catskill, 7PM. Presented by the Heart of
Commerce. Free. More info: 943-0989
July 21
Event: CAIRO B`EARS & BUTTERFLIES, MEET THE ARTISTS NIGHT at
Crystal Brook Mountain Brauhous, 7PM.
Featuring artists Leila Novakowski,
Heather Martin and Don Boutin. For more
info: www.cairosbears.com
July 23
Book Talk: DISCUSSION & BOOK
SIGNING at Orpheum Theater, 6050 Main
Street Rte 23A, Tannersville, 1PM. Authors
Jacques D’Amboise & Jennifer Homan. $5
admission.
July 23
Concert: RONAN TYNAN & ANDY
ROONEY in concert at MJQ Irish Cultural
& Sports Centre, Route 145,
East
Durham, 7:30PM. Kitty Kelly Band before
and after the concert. Gates open 6PM.
Tickets: $40
(VIP); $30/$25 members
and groups of 10 or more. Seating limited.
Ticket locations: MJQ Irish Centre,
Guaranteed Irish Shop and Lawyer’s
General Store in East Durham and Tip Top
Furniture in Freehold. More info and ticket
sales, call 518-634-2286.
July 23 (CIP)
Reading:
IMAGINING
MAZEPA:
BYRON TO BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD. An evening of readings, music,
slide show and film on the unusual historical presentation of the famous Ukranian
hetman Ivan Mazepa.Participants: Prof.
Alexander Motyl, Vasyl Makhno and Vasyl
Lopukh. Grazhda Concert Hall, Route 23A,
Jewett. Info: 518-989-6479 or www.grazhdamusicandart.org.
July 25 thru 29 (CIP)
Workshop: UKRAINIAN FOLK ARTS:
EMBROIDERY for various skill levels
taught by Lubow Wolynetz, curator of Folk
Art in the Ukrainian Museum in New York.
Grazhda Concert Hall, Route 23A, Jewett.
Info: 518-989-6479 or www.grazhdamusicandart.org.
July 25 thru August 5 (CIP)
Workshop:
UKRAINIAN
FOLK
SINGING FOR CHILDREN. Two-week
fun filled course for children ages 4-10.
Instructor: music teacher Anna Bachynsky.
Grazhda, Route 23A, Jewett. Info: 518-9896479 or
www.grazhdamusicandart. org.
Class: PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT
and painting/drawing workshop for teens
with noted local artist Yura Adams. Studio
projects will include painting, drawing and
design and will be directed towards developing a cohesive portfolio. All mediums.
Free. Materials for studio projects will be
provided. Athens Cultural Center, 24
Second Street, Athens, NY. Dates: 7/25,
8/1, 8/8, and 8/15, 6-8:30 PM. Registration
required. More info:[email protected]
July 28
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK:
GEORGIE WONDERS ORCHESTRA –
BIG BAND, Dutchman’s Landing on the
Riverfront, Main Street in Catskill, 7PM.
Presented by the Heart of Catskill
Association/Catskill
Chamber
of
Exhibit: LANDSCAPES BY FRANCES
WELLS of Pierpont, NY. Old Chatham
Country Store Café and Gallery, Village
Center, Old Chatham NY 12136. Gallery
hours: Tuesday through Sunday 7AM–
4PM Reception: July 31 from 3-5PM.
Exhibit: “FOOD FOR THOUGHT” mixed
media show challenging artists to share
their interpretations of food and their
thoughts about the subject. Columbia
County Council on the Arts, 209 Warren St.,
Hudson. Gallery hours: Wed. – Fri 11AM5PM, Sat. 11AM-3PM. Info: 671-6213;
[email protected]. Opening reception:
July 30, 5-7PM.
July 30
Workshop: BOOK ILLUSTRATION with
artist Meryl Learnihan, Greene County
Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill,
2PM. Learnihan will share her experience
and expertise as a book illustrator in a free
workshop for children and adults. Call
GCCA at 518/943-3400 to register.
July 30 (DEC)
Event: OAK HILL DAY. Beginning at
9AM with yard sales along Route 81, ending with music and ice cream on the lawn of
the Oak Hill United Methodist Church at
5PM. Information booth at 7841 Route 81
will provide maps and handouts about the
days events, including a book reading by
Catskill artist Dina Bursztyn, a historical
scavenger hunt, open gardens, music and
dancing at the Oak Hill Kitchen, open
gallery at Norman Hasseliris’s studio,
antique car show and others.
July 30
Dance: NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE
PERFORMANCE. Under the direction of
internationally
acclaimed
Jacques
D’Amboise, performance features NDI’s
Celebration Team of young dancers and
local children who have completed a summer workshop with NDI in Hunter. 7PM.
Tickets: $10 Adults; $8 children/students.
Orpheum Theater, 6050 Main Street Rte
23A, Tannersville N.Y. More info: Pam
Weisberg
at
518-263-2063
[email protected]
www.catskillmtn.org
July 30
Reading: ATHENIAN ARTS READING
SERIES presents two distinguished young
novelists, Blake Butler and Shane Jones at
Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street,
Athens, NY. 8PM. Admission: Free. Info:
[email protected] ; www.
athensculturalcenter.org/perf_readings.
html.
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July 31
Event: READING, DISCUSSION &
BOOK SIGNING at Village Square
Bookstore & Literary Arts Center 7950
Main Street Rte 23A Hunter, N.Y, 1PM.
Shalom Auslander,Wesley Brown, Nina
Shengold, Jennifer May, Mikail Horowitz,
Henen Benedict, Alison Gaylin. $5 admission.
August 11 (DEC)
Event: WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
with Patti Ferrara. Adults only! Techniques
on using the brush as a tool will be learned
to create special effects. All students take
home a finished product of either a bookmark, greeting card or both! Windham
Public Library/Centre Church. Free. 68PM. Info: Candace Begley, 734-4405
Exhibit: “CONSTANT GARDENERS:
SUSAN WIDES & JIM HOLL” Exhibition
highlighting the work of photographer
Susan Wides and painter Jim Holl. The
Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street,
Athens, NY. Saturdays and Sundays1-4PM.
Info: http://www.athensculturalcenter.org/
exhibits.html or [email protected] Opening reception: August 13, 68PM.
August 11
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK: LEX
GREY AND THE URBAN PIONEERS BLUES, Dutchman’s Landing on the
Chamber
of
August 1 thru 4 (CIP)
Workshop: UKRAINIAN CERAMICS
AND
PYSANKY
(Ukrainian
Easter Eggs) using the age old wax and dye
process. Instructor: artist Sofika Zielyk.
Grazhda, Route 23A, Jewett. Info: 518-9896479 or www.grazhdamusicandart.org.
August 1 thru 4 (CIP)
Workshop: UKRAINIAN FOLK ARTS:
WREATH MAKING from fresh and
dried flowers, herbs, grasses and other natural materials. For ages 10 and up.
Instructor: Natalia Sonevytsky. Grazhda,
Route 23A, Jewett. Info: 518-989-6479 or
August 4
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK: STEPPIN’ OUT – ROCK, Dutchman’s Landing
on the Riverfront, Main Street in Catskill,
7PM. Presented by the Heart of Catskill
Chamber
of
August 5 (CIP)
Concert: MUSIC AT THE GRAZHDA –
CHILDREN’S CONCERT. Participants of
the Ukrainian folk song course in a traditional singing recital, 7PM. Grazhda
August 5 thru 19
Exhibit:
POSTCARDS
FROM
CATSKILL, postcard exhibit at M Gallery,
350 Main St., Catskill. Collage, sculpture,
landscapes and abstracts in postcard form,
unsigned. 20% of proceeds benefit a
favorite charity. Info: 518-943-0380.
Opening and sale August 5, 3-6PM.
August 6
Theater: ROMEO AND JULIET by
Theater Twenty Twenty. Event funded in
part by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow
Family Foundation. 8PM. Tickets: $20
Adults; $15 Seniors/students. Doctorow
Center for the Performance Arts, 7971 Main
Street, Rte 23A Hunter, N.Y. More info:
Pam
Weisberg
at
518-263-2063
[email protected]
www.catskillmtn.org
August 6 & 7
Event:
WINDHAM
ART
FEST
GALLERY & STUDIO TOUR sponsored
by the Windham Arts Alliance, 11AM to
4PM both days. Galleries and studios open
in Windham, Jewett, Ashland and
Maplecrest. Raffle tickets available at tour
sites: $5 or 5/$20. Drawing Sunday, 5PM.
Maps at Keller Williams Realty on Main
Street, Windham and Country Suites B & B,
Ashland. More info: www.windhamartsalliance.org.
August 6 (CIP)
Sofia Soloviy, soprano and composer
Myroslav Skoryk, piano. Opera arias and
Ukrainian art songs, 8PM. Grazhda Concert
Hall, Route 23A, Jewett. General admission, $15; members/seniors $12. Students
free. Info: 518-989-6479 or www.grazhdamusicandart.org.
August 13
Concert: PIANO EXPLOSION AT THE
ALTAMURA CENTER – pianist Gianluca
Luisi performing Liszt, Chopin & transcriptions of Rigoletto and Le Nozze di Figaro;
pianist Cristina Altamura and percussionist
Samuel Torres in Extreme Latin, 3PM. The
Altamura Center is located at 404 Winter
Clove Rd. in Round Top. Tickets: $35; seniors $25; students $15. Reservations recommended. Call 518.622.0070 or email
[email protected]
August 13 (CIP)
Program: BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON, the pleasures & perils of the
night life in times past, period refreshments
& entertainment, 7:30PM. Adults $7,
Members & Children $3.50. Bronck
Museum, 90 County Route 42, Coxsackie,
NY, More info: 518-731-6490 or
www.gchistory.org
August 13
Benefit Concert: MUSIC AT THE
GRAZHDA – FUNDRAISING MEMORIAL CELEBRATION CONCERT of the
85th birthday of Music and Art Center’s
Founder Ivor Sonevytsky. Featuring Sophia
Solovij, soprano; Natalia Khoma, cello;
Myroslav Skoryk, piano; and Volodymyr
Vynnytsky, piano. 8PM. Grazhda Concert
Hall, Route 23A, Jewett. Includes post-concert reception. Tickets $25. Info: 518-9896479 or www.grazhdamusicandart.org.
August 13
Concert: PIANIST PETER SERKIN in
recital with Shirien Taylor-Donahue, violin.
Presented by Windham Chamber Music
Festival, 8PM. Windham Civic &
Performing Arts Center, 5379 Main St,
Windham, NY followed by a free reception
at Windham Fine Arts. Admission $25; $20
seniors; $15 contributors; $5 for students
(no credit cards). www.windhammusic
.com,
[email protected], 518734-3868. Tickets can also be purchased in
advance in Windham at the public library,
Catskill Country Store, and Carole’s
Emporium.
August 13 & 14
Exhibit:
PATCHWORKERS
38TH
ANNUAL QUILT SHOW at St. Theresa’s
Catholic Church, Route 23, Windham.
Saturday, 10AM-4PM; Sunday, 10AM2PM. Hand made quilts, notions counter &
boutique. Chinese auction and raffle.
Admission $1. Refreshments free.
August 14 (DEC)
Workshop:
2011 HUDSON JAZZWORKS WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE
at the Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren
Street, Hudson, 3:30-5:30PM. Jazz master
class free to students with a public performance. Guest artists include guitarist Vic
Jurvis, pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas. Workshop at
Jazzworks Music Studio 388 Kipp Road,
Hudson, 11AM-12:30PM; $10 to audit
class. Info: 822-1640 or www.hudsonjazzworks.org
August 18
Event: CAIRO BEARS & BUTTERFLIES, MEET THE ARTISTS NIGHT at
Bavarian Manor, 7PM. Featuring artists
Toni Weidenbacher, Ted Weidenbacher, Jen
Hyatt and Hugh & Linda Curry. For more
info visit www.cairosbears.com
August 18
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK: THUNDER RIDGE - COUNTRY, Dutchman’s
Landing on the Riverfront, Main Street in
Catskill, 7PM. Presented by the Heart of
August 19, 20 (CIP)
Theater: MURDER MYSTERY: ‘A SHOT
IN THE DARK’, adapted from the play,
“L’Idiote” by Marcel Achar. Directed by
Alexander Harrington; produced by
Leonard J. Altamura, 8PM. Presented by
the Altamura Center for Arts & Culture, 404
Winter Clove Rd. in Round Top. Tickets:
$35; seniors $25; students $15.
Reservations
recommended.
Call
518.622.0070
or
email
[email protected]
August 20 (CIP)
Event: A LECTURE ADVENTURE INTO
THE OPERA WORLD. How to listen and
appreciate opera by the eminent conductor
Anton Coppola of the Tampa Opera, with
guest artists from the Altamura/Caruso
International Voice Competition, 2PM. The
Altamura Center is located at 404 Winter
Clove Rd. in Round Top. Admission: $35,
Seniors $25, Students $15. (Dessert from
Hartmann’s Bakery, cappuccino included).
Early reservations recommended. Call
518.622.0070 or email [email protected]
August 21
Concert: ITALIAN IMMORTAL LOVE
SONGS by F. P. Tosti, sung by all American
opera star Lawrence Harris, Altamura
Center for Arts & Culture, 404 Winter
Clove Rd. in Round Top, 2PM. Tickets:
$35; seniors $25; students $15. (Dessert
from Hartmann’s Bakery, cappuccino
included). Reservations recommended.
Call
518.622.0070
or
email
[email protected]
August 22-26
Workshop: LITTLE THEATER IN THE
WOODS – FOREST FOR THE TREES,
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene
County and Soup 2 Nuts Theater Company.
Fun and unique adventure for young people
ages 8 to 13, 9:30AM to 3:30PM daily.
Mornings exploring a different part of the
142-acre Siuslaw Model Forest and learning about the creatures that inhabit it, as
well as how humans rely on forests to meet
our needs. Afternoons spent with Soup 2
Nuts Theater Co. creating an original play
that will be performed for family and
friends on Friday, August 26 at our Little
Theater in the Woods. Cost: $100 per child.
Location: Cornell Cooperative Extension’s
Agroforestry Resource Center, Acra.
Contact: 622-9820 x 0.
August 24 (DEC)
Event: PAPIER MACHE WORKSHOP
with Alice Tunison. All ages. Paper will be
dipped and layered to create a sculpted
design. Windham Public Library/Centre
Church. Free. 2-4PM. Info: Candace
Begley, 734-4405
August 25
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK: HOT
ROD BAND - ROCK & ROLL,
943-0989
August 26
Fundraiser: MEET ME AT THE DEPOT
fundraiser to benefit the Mountain Top
Historical Society. Evening includes entertainment, silent auction of historical memorabilia, cocktails and hors d'œuvres featuring Finger Foods of the Mountain House
Era. $45 non-members, $40 members.
5PM. Ulster & Delaware Train Station on
the MTHS campus, 5132 Route 23A,
Haines Falls, NY. Info: 518-589-6657 or
visit www.mths.org
August 27
Fundraiser: MOUNTAIN TOP HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
on the MTHS campus, 5132 Route 23A,
Haines Falls, NY, 11AM-5PM. Arts and
craft vendors, hay rides, live music, food,
exhibits, puppet show. Theme is Waterfalls;
featured speakers are Barbara Delaney and
Russell Dunn, author of the Catskill Region
Waterfall Guide. Free. Info: 518-589-6657
www.mths.org
August 27 (CIP)
Solomia Soroka, violin and Arthur Greene,
piano. Husband & wife duo playing standard repertoire as well as fascinating
lesser known works, 8PM. Grazhda
August 28 (DEC)
Concert: “LISZT AND SCHUMANN AT
220” (also works by Chopin) Columbia
Chamber Players with Lincoln Mayorga,
piano at St. James Church, 129 Hudson
Street, Chatham NY, 3PM. Admission $15;
free to music students under 18.
August 28
Fundraiser: GIFFY’S CHICKEN BARBECUE, Mountain Top Historical Society
campus, 5132 Route 23A, Haines Falls, NY.
3-5PM. Tickets are $11 and dinner includes
half chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, roll
and butter, beverage and dessert. Visit
www.mths.org for information or call 518589-6657.
September 1
Concert: MUSIC IN THE PARK: JOHNNY MOON AND STARZ - CLASSIC
ROCK, Dutchman’s Landing on the
Chamber
of
September 3 (CIP)
Concert: GRAZHDA CHAMBER MUSIC
SOCIETY. Anna Rabinova, violin; Irena
Krechkovska, violin; Borys Deviatov,viola;
Natalia Khoma, cello; Volodymyr
Vynnytsky, piano. Works by Schubert and
Brahms, 8PM. Grazhda Concert Hall,
Route 23A, Jewett. General admission, $15;
members/seniors $12. Students free. Info:
518-989-6479 or www.grazhdamusicandart.org.
September 3
Concert: LYRIC PIANO QUARTET, with
Glenn Dicterow, violin, Karen Dreyfus,
viola, Frederick Zlotkin, cello, and Gerald
Robbins, piano. Presented by the Windham
Chamber Music Festival, 8PM at the
Windham Civic & Performing Arts Center,
5379 Main St, Windham, NY. Followed by
free reception at Windham Fine Arts.
Admission $25; $20 seniors; $15 contributors; $5 students (no credit cards). Tickets
available in advance in Windham at the
public library, Catskill Country Store, and
Carole’s
Emporium.
More
info:
www.windhammusic.com,
or
email
[email protected], or call 518-7343868 for tickets.
September 11
Event: BRONCK FAMILY KEEPING
HOUSE COOKING. The preparation,
preservation and presentation of food for
the family. 1790-1850, 1:30, 2:30 and
3:30PM. Adults $6. Members and children
$3. Bronck Museum, 90 County Route 42,
Coxsackie,
NY.
Info,
731-6490.
www.gchistory.org
September 11
Event:
ATHENS LIGHTHOUSE
PROJECT AUCTION at the Athens
Volunteer Fire Department. Proceeds to be
shared by the Hudson Athens Lighthouse
Preservation Society, the Athens Cultural
Center
and
the
artists.
Info:
www.athenslighthouseproject.org
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Sprouts Support
Catskill Walmart Public Relations Representative Brenda
Carnie presents a check from Walmart in support of the GCCA
Sprouts Program to Sprouts Director Ruth Leonard.
United Way of Columbia and Greene County representative
Beth Hansen presents a check in support of the GCCA Sprouts
summer art program for children to Sprouts director
Ruth Leonard, shown here with her dog Noelle.
Thank You!
At right: Catskill Stewarts shop manager Erna Kuntz
presents a check for this year’s Sprouts program
to Sprouts director Ruth Leonard.
Silvery Moon Event at Bronck Museum
It is a soft late summer
evening. The nearly full corn
moon rises over the broad shoulders of the Dutch barn, and the
ancient brick walls of the farm
house are pale peach in the
moon’s glow. Candles light the
way across the lawn, soft light
filters through windows and
sheds a welcoming glow from
the open Dutch doors. Visitors
are expected to arrive at any
moment.
On Saturday August 13, the
Bronck Museum near Coxsackie
is pleased to offer “By the Light
of the Silvery Moon,” a festive
evening of rural hospitality from
an earlier and simpler era in the
American past.
The evening begins at 7:30
p.m. with a rare opportunity to
experience the Bronck dwellings
of 1663 and 1738 as guests
would have on a full moon night
two centuries ago. The festivities
will include engaging stories for
young and old as told by storyteller Richard Muggeo, followed
by traditional American music
provided by local musician
Mark Patton. A collation of
homemade country desserts and
beverages featuring the bounty
of the late summer garden and
orchard will be served. A lantern
light stroll will be offered of the
surrounding farmstead.
The Bronck Museum is
located just off route 9W, 1.5
miles south of the intersection of
routes 9W, 385 and 81 near
Coxsackie, N.Y, and is easily
reached via NYS Thruway Exit
21B at Coxsackie. Reservations
are strongly suggested.
Adult admission is $7,
members and children $3.50.
This event is made possible in
part with public funds from the
Greene County Legislature
through the Greene County
Please support those who have so
generously supported us throughout
the years and in this publication.
Our grateful thanks to all the
advertisers in this issue.
Their support makes
Arts Alive a reality.
Cultural Fund, administered by
the GCCA. For more information or to make reservations, call
the Bronck Museum at (518)
731-6490.
$30 Puts
Your Ad
Here!
Call GCCA at
(518) 943-3400 or
[email protected]
Deadline for the
Sept./ Oct. issue is
Aug. 3, 2011
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Athens Hosts Lighthouse Public Art Project
Those who love the Catskill Cats
often say: “We should do that!”
So Athens has a new art project based
on the Hudson Athens Lighthouse. The
art project was started with a grant from
the Athens Community Foundation.
Thirty-seven artists will decorate a
model of the historic lighthouse. The
models are 20-inch-tall pine wooden
birdhouses made by Ben Murch of
Brookneal, Virginia. Artists come up with
their own designs. Those who signed up
include adults and children, painters,
quilters, jewelers and photographers.
The decorated lighthouse birdhouses
will be shown inside local businesses in
Athens, Hudson, Catskill and Coxsackie
for July and August.
Look for the decorated lighthouses in
many Athens businesses, such as: the
Riverside Café, Cameo’s Restaurant,
Dionysus Restaurant, the Dockside
Restaurant, Accurate Investigations,
Weichert Realty, Stewarts, Ron’s
Antiques, Bella Mia Beauty Salon, the
Broadway Bound Dance Studio, Black
Horse Farms, the D. R. Everts Library
and the National Bank of Coxsackie.
Other lighthouses will be on display in
Coxsackie at Paul’s Pizza, the Seventh
Stone Jewelry Shop and Griffin’s Market.
In Catskill, look for a lighthouse in the
Green County Tourism Office and at
Green County Glass. Lighthouses will
also be placed in businesses in Hudson,
such as Tanzy’s Restaurant. The exact
locations of the lighthouses will be determined after the artists turn them all in.
A web site, www.athenslighthouseproject.org, with information about the
lighthouses is now under construction.
Other local web sites will have information as well.
On Sept. 11, the lighthouses will be
shown together at the Athens Volunteer
Lighthouse by Robert Lahm, based on
historic “Saturday Evening Post”
cover by artist Mead Schaeffer.
Lighthouse by Athens artist Tina
Chaden, acrylic medium on plastic
surface.
Fire Department and auctioned off.
Profits from the sale will pay for the project, and the net proceeds will be shared by
the
Hudson Athens
Lighthouse
Preservation Society, the Athens Cultural
Center and the artists.
The project also plans a special viewing of the lighthouses at a dinner to show
them off and support local charities at
local restaurants on June 28. That event
is still being planned.
In preparation for the Athens
Lighthouse Project, local artist Robert
Lahm created a special lighthouse. Lahm
took the prototype for the project, modified it, added a base and people and created a masterful copy of a 1940’s cover
from the Saturday Evening Post.
This detailed work of art can be seen
in the window of the Athens Cultural
Center on Second Street in Athens. It will
be raffled off and the proceeds will support Lahm’s work and the Athens Cultural
Center.
Lahm’s inspiration was a Mead
Schaeffer painting. Schaeffer was asked
to paint a Saturday Evening Post cover
and saw the importance of this holiday
season. The war was over, the troops
home from the war and the country in
peace. The GIs were back at work,
rebuilding lives, buying homes, going to
school and raising families.
Schaeffer picked the simple life of a
Hudson River lighthouse family on
Christmas Eve. The father and a child
return with a Christmas tree and gifts, as
the mother and other children joyfully
welcome them home.
Schaeffer changed the look of the
real lighthouse to enhance the story in the
painting – the base of the lighthouse was
simplified and the boat launch moved to a
different side. When Lahm decorated a
lighthouse for the Athens Cultural Center,
he decided to take on the challenge of creating the Post cover in three dimensions.
He had to get the windows into the right
scale and “adjust” the dimensions of the
model. Then he added a base, affixed the
model to it and made floating ice and
waves with two part epoxy. He painted
them and applied some spray varnish for
shine.
Once Lahm was satisfied with the
gingerbread trim, roof adjustment and
overall appearance, the lighthouse got a
coat of white gesso to help hold future
coats of paint. The model was painted as
close to the Post cover as possible. A
functioning light, glass windows and
scale bell finished off the tower. Railings,
launch hardware, a staircase and people
helped complete the holiday scene. The
boat, figures, Christmas packages and
tree were handled as a separate model and
attached separately.
Robert A. Lahm is an art instructor at
the Athens Cultural Center offering
Studio Painting, Portrait, Animal Portrait
and Teen & Pre-Teen Classes. He studied
art at the Montclair Art Museum School
and advertising design and illustration at
the Newark School of Fine and Industrial
Arts. He was president of R. Alan Lahm
Advertising, Inc. in North New Jersey for
28 years.
Mead Schaeffer’s artwork can be
viewed on line and at the Society of
Illustrators in New York City, The
Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts and
the
Brandywine
Museum
in
Pennsylvania.
Robert Lahm, Ron Coons and
Herman Reinhold contributed to this
story.
Masters on Main ....continued from page 1
Walking north from the stop
light at Bridge and Main Streets,
Round 2 projects include Bard
Electronic Arts graduate Vanessa
Haroutunian’s documentary on
Miranda July’s feminist video
chainletter project; an ongoing
narrative series, American Road
Trip by School of Visual Arts
photographer Joe Tripi; a
photo/sculpture installation by
Kathleen Rearick from the
SUNY New Paltz MFA program; a works on paper exhibition by alumni of the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago,
Columbia University and Vassar
College; a group show of 18
artists from the Rhode Island
School of Design’s MFA
Painting
Department;
Vassar/School of the Art
Institute of Chicago graduate
Dan Price exhibiting cloud
sculptures and drawings developed from studies of 19th century engravings of the Hudson
Valley region; School of Visual
Arts senior Laura Cuille’s
painterly photographs of the cosmos; a sound/transmission project connecting Rip Van Winkle,
church bells, Main Street and the
ether by New York University
graduates David Merritt and
Gary Webb; from the SUNY
New Paltz MFA program: Barb
Smith’s sculptural installation of
deceptively everyday objects,
Elizabeth Slim’s photographs of
everyday moments and Cozette
Phillips’ sculptures cast from
furniture and decorative household elements; a summer series
of group shows and solo exhibitions by 16 artists from Rutgers
University working in painting,
photography, video, audio and
sculptural installation.
The deadline for Round 3
participation is August 1 for
exhibitions taking place October
through December. Please send
inquiries to Fawn Potash,
Masters on Main Street Project
Manager, [email protected].
Round 4 exhibits will feature the
Bard Center for Curatorial
Studies’ 1st year Masters students selecting works from their
peers around the country, on
view February through May,
2012. Round 5 is in collaboration with the New York
Foundation on the Arts to offer a
showcase for their upstate fellowship winners and MARK
professional development program finalists.
Pick up your Masters on
Main Street map at the GCCA
Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street
or download one at our website
www.greenearts.org. Round 2
exhibitions are on view through
Labor Day.
This program would not be
possible without the support of
the Catskill Arts Initiative, the
generosity of Main Street building owners and the cooperation
of artists, schools and neighbors
working together to make
Catskill
a
vibrant
arts
community.
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I LOVE YOU GREENE!
Science, Compassion and Poetry: Nurses Who Write
Jeanne Heiberg, Editor
There are quite a few nurses
who write. You may know some.
Science sometimes influences
their work. Many use poetry to
express feelings that come from
daily involvement with people in
need of help and healing, sometimes suffering, sometimes
dying.
Linda Karlsson
In 1976 Linda Polaski
Karlsson, a registered nurse,
began journaling when an in-law
and his friends went to Canada
on a fishing trip and their plane
disappeared.
“There was something
around those feelings I wanted to
keep track of,” she said. ”I began
writing because of a death, and
many of my later writings followed this pattern. It’s something
nurses have to deal with.”
It’s not surprising that many
of Karlsson’s poems were written
in response to a crisis, While
working nights on a west wing of
a hospital, she often raced to the
east side where a huge window
gave her a view of the spectacular North Carolina sunrise. On
such mornings she often encountered a patient and friend, John,
who was dying of cancer.
After his death, each member of the staff that cared for him
was given a small book of poems
John had written.
“We knew him, but we
didn’t know he could write such
poems,” she said.
Karlsson later wrote a poem
for John, “Window at Dawning
of Day”, saying “I write poems
about people I know, but don’t
really know, including myself. “
Originally from Johnsenburg
PA, Karlsson attended Edward J
Meyer Memorial School of
Nursing in Buffalo NY and started journaling in 1976. She came
to poetry in 1991 through a
career as a support specialist and
sales representative for a pharmaceutical company which
opened up the world of science.
“Being a nurse opened
doors,” she said. “I took jobs that
gave me a wider exposure to the
world, such as working for the
biotech pharmaceutical company.
I learned a lot. One thing leads to
another, there’s a continuum. I
would come home and read
Scientific American, as well as
books on metaphysical subjects.
“My husband doesn’t understand the way I blend what seems
to him opposite interests, but it’s
all a part of me, a part of my
experience,” she added.
It wasn’t until a move to
Catskill in ’93 that writing began
in earnest for Karlsson.
“When a friend gave me a
copy of Julia Cameron’s book,
“The Artist’s Way”, other
avenues of writing, more expansive, more creative, more reflective, opened up to me,” she said.
In August of ’94, Linda
wrote “Behind my House in the
Woods”. As in many of her
poems, she combines interest in
science – the “million molecules,” with her love of the metaphysical, Buddhism, the spiritual—“too much in the sky,
unstuck from the Ground,
ungrounded.”
More of these interests can
be seen in “Alchemy”, where she
speaks of “moving from wave to
particle,” and ”Hearts connecting
with the Invisible, seeing what
the eye cannot.”
Karlsson thanks her father, a
Gemini, who instilled her with a
great curiosity, similar to his
own; a curiosity that drives her to
the science of waves and particles that she combines with the
Behind My House in the Woods
by Linda Karlsson
There’s a towering fir tree around the bend
Of the path meandering through the forest.
High up feathered plumes of a fan dancer swell and crest
Consonant with the breath of the wind.
Branches like the hem of a lace-tiered ball gown
Caress the earth below.
Beneath the billowy petticoat,
A dark, cool indentation of the earth
A mossy evergreen carpet to rest on endures.
Quiet reigns in this secret space.
I know. I have been there many times before.
I go there to gather the energy of the Earth
A cool energy tempering the passion and fire
Of being too much in the Sky.
Sometimes I am too much in the Sky unstuck from the
Ground – Ungrounded
Hit by a fiery comet, splintered
Into a million molecules falling to earth.
I must collect myself the million molecules
And put them back together
Against the cool energy of the Earth.
What shape will they take this time?
Alchemy
by Linda Karlsson
I’m flying too close to the ground
when I prefer to soar in the heavens
Moving from wave to particle, particle to wave
Tumbling in and out of the brilliant white energy
Of the Sombrero Galaxy hoping to encounter Myself
In a parallel universe.
Evelyn Guldenstern
in her passion for poetry with her
work in a helping and healing
profession.
Linda Karlsson
unseen world of feelings and
insights.
“My writing mirrors my
experiences back to me,” she
said, “so that I understand them
better.”
Karlsson also likes writing
because it allows her to “Let
down my defenses, to send away
the inner critic.”
“When I found I had early
stage breast cancer, I discovered
you can be honest on paper”, she
said. “It helps to distance you
from the experience and understand it. When other similar
things occur, you discover it’s not
as bad as you think.”
Karlsson likes to share her
poems with other people. When a
co-worker returned to work after
a crisis, she gave her a poem.
“People are more comfortable sharing with others, through
a poem, what they might not otherwise share,” she said. ”Because
of a poem, people have shared
with me when they couldn’t talk
to others.
“When people don’t know
what to say, a poem opens up
conversation,” she added, tying
Evelyn Guldenstern
Evelyn Thein Guldenstern of
Catskill started writing stories for
her children so they would know
about their family past.
“Some of it is funny,”
Guldenstern said. “Some of these
are explanations of decisions I
made, and feelings I had at the
time. A lot of it is memories, how
I got from one point to another in
the past.”
In writing about her past,
Guldenstern discovered new
things about her own past, about
other people, and about life.
After her mother was institutionalized when she was only eight
months old, Guldenstern was
raised by her grandparents; her
mother’s sister was also institutionalized. Mental illness was not
understood at that time, so people
who suffered from it, and their
children, were stigmatized and
shunned. She grew up with this
shadow. Then her grandmother
died when she was 12.
That was when she went to
live with her father and his partner, Edith Hines, an artist well
known in Catskill. When Edith
took Evelyn in hand, grades went
way up. Edith also shared inter-
I’m flying too close to the ground
When I prefer to temporarily settle
on an uncharted planet
Making friends with sheep or strange little characters
Hearts connecting with the invisible
Seeing what the eye cannot.
I’m not afraid of being hit by a comet
How many times have I been splintered?
Too many to count.
But I know this to be true . . .
Each time
The Alchemist reconfigures the quintessential me.
It’s time to go high in the sky again.
Child of Insanity
by Evelyn M. Thein-Guldenstern
All alone
No one near
Why?
Because they fear
Why do they fear?
They fear the unknown
Is it catching
This child of insanity?
No one cares if it’s true
Stay away – she’ll be there too
The child knows not why
Does not understand
Only feels the rejection at hand
Rejected and unwanted
A throw away
It stays with her day to day
Year to year it reappears
Never loved – never hugged
This child of insanity
ests in art and music.Years later,
after Edith’s death, Guldenstern
was able to obtain a body of writing Edith had done. At age 40,
Edith obtained her GED, took
state tests, then worked for the
state
until
retirement.
Guldenstern discovered more to
admire about her stepmother, as
well as the value of leaving
behind for others a written
account of one’s experiences.
All of Guldenstern’s schooling was in Catskill except the last
two years of High School in
Cairo Central schools. She married on graduation, but a few
years later found herself a single
mom with three children, working as a nurse’s aide barely making ends meet. A social worker
encouraged her to take part in a
new nursing program out of
BOCES in Troy, when it started
in Greene County. On completing the course she worked as an
LPN at Catskill until it closed in
1989. After that she worked for
Verizon as a telephone operator,
took a medical transcription
course and worked in a nursing
home where she did medical
transcripts. She liked working in
the nursing home, listening to the
stories of the seniors.
Guldenstern decided she
liked nursing best, and took a job
working in a private physicians
office, glad to get back to nursing.
About her writing, she said,
“It helps me understand why I
made certain decisions; it helps
me understand myself. Everyone
looks back at things they would
have done differently. There was
a lot of turmoil in my past, some
from my own decisions. My writing helped me to understand why
I made those decisions. It made
me more tolerant, more understanding of other people and their
circumstances.”
Edith
by Evelyn M. Thein-Guldenstern
Her path not easy
some do not understand
her ways unselfish
and she makes no demands
She sees in others
what no one else sees
and yet in herself she
doesn’t believe
Onward she trods
and leaves her mark
if not for her light
much would have been dark
Now not on earth
like a dove
she’s in flight.
in a light with God’s presence
kindness and love.
What more reward
could one best desire
for someone so special
as to be with the higher.
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Big Wide World
...continued from page 1
Bard College and is the founder
of Greene Arboretum, a planting
of over 500 trees and shrubs
selected for their aesthetic and
spatial characteristics.
Israel Kacyvenski is a documentary filmmaker, primitive
arts practitioner and activist
focused on the overlapping ways
the arts and sciences can
improve environmental sustainability. Fran Martino is a theater
artist with The Two of Us
Productions and Roving Actors
Repertory Ensemble as well as
an environmental educator
working in the schools and with
communities. Her business,
River Haggie Outdoors, focuses
on hands-on ways to understand
and solve water quality challenges.
As of press time, there are
more than 150 entries from over
25 artists, including drawings,
paintings, and photography from
the romantic to abstract, interpretive and realistic, vistas and
intimate views. For the first
time, jurying will take place online with jurors receiving a link
to a digital album. They can star
the entries they like and leave
comments building the show
through a virtual meeting. Their
comments will be available to
submitting artists so they can see
feedback on their work.
Selected artists works will
be on view at the GCCA Catskill
Gallery from July 2 – August
20 at 398 Main Street in Catskill.
An opening reception will
be held at the gallery on July 9,
5-7 p.m.
“Genesis Day and Night,” acrylic on paper by Barbara Walter.
‘Bing, Bang, Boing’ Festival Features Parade, Concert & Drum Circle
Ken Butler, curator of the “Bing,
Bang, Boing” show at GCCA,
performs on the shovel at BRIK
Gallery in Catskill on June 19.
“Bing, Bang, Boing” Catskill’s raucous Festival of Radical Instruments of
Sound and Vision, brings its run at the
Greene County Council for the Arts
gallery in Catskill to a rousing close with
the Hudson Valley’s premiere riverside
celebration on Saturday, July 2.
Events start with a parade at 11 a.m.
down Catskill Main Street from the
Farmer’s Market on Church Street to the
old Freightmaster’s Building at Catskill
Point featuring musicians and their handmade instruments, local fife and drum
brigades, the brand new Rogue Hud-Skill
Marching Band, loads of local kids, percussionists and even an Uncle Sam or
two.
At the Catskill Point Warehouse, a
Date: July 2
Parade: 11 a.m.
Festival: Noon-4 pm
Place: Catskill Point
four-hour concert, noon to 4 p.m., by
Bing Bang Boing musicians performing
on hand made experimental instruments
with special guests will be augmented by
instrument-making demonstrations and
workshops, special jam sessions, eyecatching moves from the Wild Rose Belly
Dancing Troupe and a number of kidsoriented events indoors and out.
Family fun will include kite making and
flying, PVC marshmallow shooting
demonstrations and contests.
Food, lemonade and beer and wine
will be available. Finally, participants in
drum circles throughout the Northeast
have been invited to get Catskill and the
Hudson River percolating to their unique
amassed rhythms as an appropriate patriotic close to the day’s events.
The day’s events will be broadcast on
the new community radio station,
WGXC-FM, co-host of the day’s events
with the Greene County Council on
the Arts. For more information, call
the Greene County Council on the
Arts at 518/943-3400 or visit
www.greenarts.org.
Rip Van Winkle Awakens for Another Mountain Top Summer
Rip Van Winkle, the captivating character created by
Washington Irving’s literary
magic, comes to life through 59
statuettes that will adorn the
streets of Haines Falls,
Hensonville, Hunter, Prattsville,
Tannersville, and Windham
along Routes 23 and 23A from
July 4 through Sept. 24.
This mountaintop-wide art
exhibit made its debut in 2010.
This past winter, the new Rips
grew to 38” in height and dieted
to a weight of only 15 lbs. More
than two dozen artists have created their own version of Rip
with names as enchanting as
their appearance. From “Pele’
Van Winkle” to “Rip Van
Quilter”, “Rip Van Ocipede”,
“Rip Van Landscaper”, “Rip Van
Gogh” and “Rip Van Skier”,
they are sure to generate smiles
and attention from residents and
visitors alike.
A “Rip Lives” brochure will
be available at restaurants, retail
stores and hotels throughout the
mountaintop and Greene County
as well as in neighboring counties and the NYS Thruway. The
brochure will include a map
showing each Rip’s location and
other details.
Additional information and
artists’ bios can be found at
www.riplives.org. The public is
also invited to vote on their
favorite Rip in several categories; ballots can be found
throughout the mountaintop at
Right: “Naturalist Rip,”
by Karen F. Rhodes,
sponsored by Stewart’s Shops.
Far Right: “Greene Man,”
by Jessica Tompkins,
sponsored by The Hotel
Mountain Brook.
locations shown in the brochure
and on the website. Voters will
be eligible for prizes including
hotel stays and restaurant deals.
On Sept. 24, all the Rips will
be looking for new homes at an
exciting auction at Windham
Mountain. The entertainmentfilled evening begins at 4 p.m.
with a Rip viewing and hors
d’oeuvres. The auction will
start at 5:30 p.m. and will
include the People’s Choices and
Artists awards, followed by a
gourmet buffet dinner. In addition to the public, whose votes
will be gathered throughout the
summer for the best of the best
Rips, the artists will have the
opportunity of honoring their
own in several whimsical categories.
Proceeds from the auction
will benefit the Rip artists and
the 2012 Rip Lives! event. To
request the “Rip Lives” brochure
and to reserve a place at the auction, call 518-589-5050.
This event is brought to you
by the “Rip Lives” Committee
whose members include the
Catskill Mountain Foundation,
the Community of Windham
Foundation,
the
Hunter
Chamber of Commerce, the
Hunter Foundation and The
Windham Arts Alliance with the
generous support of local community and business leaders.
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‘Natural Beauty’ Solo Show Featuring Meryl Learnihan
With Book Illustration Workshop on July 30
The Greene County Council
on the Arts proudly presents a
solo exhibition of romantically
inspired landscape paintings and
etchings depicting wildlife and
song birds by Catskill artist
Meryl Learnihan. Opening
Saturday July 9, this exhibition
is on view in the GCCA Catskill
Gallery through August 20. A
reception will be held at the
gallery 5-7 p.m. on July 9.
An artist since childhood,
Learnihan spent endless hours
drawing and painting leading to
a formal education in the arts – a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
from Syracuse University, courses at the Parson’s School of
Design and classes at the Art
Student’s League. She studied
with Myron Barnstone in
Coplay, Pennsylvania; local
luminary F. E. Green of Catskill,
New York; plus Lois Woolley
and Kate McGloughlin at the
Woodstock School of Art.
Learnihan’s etchings, made
on her 1850’s English etching
press, show a reverence for natu-
Meryl Learnihan, “View from the Bridge,” 12”x 30”,
oil on canvas.
ral beauty and a kinship with the
residents of the forest. The paintings reflect her travels to the
coast of Nova Scotia, Maine and
Cape Cod. Many show her intimacy with the Hudson Valley’s
classic vistas updated with a
contemporary palette and composition. Her view of the
Hudson River looks at Rogers
Island from the Rip Van Winkle
Bridge slightly abstracting the
land and water forms. Her luminous skies reveal a love of the
Hudson River School transcen-
dentalists.
Learnihan’s fine art career
includes 17 group shows in
Greene and Columbia Counties
since 1999, a two person show in
2009 at Lotus Fine Art & Design
in Woodstock, NY and a solo
show in 2004 at the Windham
Civic Center, resulting in a
strong presence in collections
throughout the Hudson Valley.
She began her professional
career as a freelance illustrator
in New York City, continuing for
more than 36 years, specializing
Meryl Learnihan,
“Hummingbird,” 3”x 5’,
etching.
in children’s illustration. Using
her maiden name, Meryl
Henderson, she illustrated more
than 40 books and created thou-
sands of illustrations for magazines and educational publications. She will share her experience and expertise as a book
illustrator in a workshop for
children and adults, Saturday
July 30 at 2 p.m. at the Catskill
Gallery’s second floor conference table, surrounded by the
artists’ lush landscapes and delicate prints. This free event offers
an introduction to book production with examples of how several books were born, including
Learnihan’s early attempts that
didn’t make it into print. Bring a
notebook, your ideas and questions.
Learnihan’s books have won
the coveted Parents’ Choice
Award, Booklist Top 10 Science
Books, SLJ Best Books for
2000, and Bank Street College
Award. Call the GCCA at
518/943-3400 to register for this
opportunity to work in an intimate setting with an artist whose
gentle teaching style, long experience and reverence for nature’s
beauty will inspire you.
‘Painting Nature’: Athena Billias
Solo Show at Agroforestry Center
“Wild Coast,” painting by M. Suzanne Hicks.
‘Island Time’: Paintings
by M. Suzanne Hicks
M. Suzanne Hicks will show
her some of her paintings in an
exhibit she calls “Island Time” at
the Old Chatham Country Store
Café Gallery from July 1
through July 27. A reception to
meet the artist will be held on
Sunday afternoon, July 10 from
3 to 5 p.m.
Hicks has been an artist her
entire life, though only able to
focus on developing as a painter
in the last six years. Her careers
have included potter and teacher;
she recently closed a 30-year
psychotherapy practice. In awe
of the process of creating and
change, her work has been illuminated by many ideas, including wabi-sabi, an aesthetic that
celebrates the imperfect, the natural, the impermanent, the unfinished.
The work in “Island Time”
presents images drawn from
travels to the U.S. and British
Virgin Islands. Anegada is
remote, composed of fossil coral
and surrounded by lush coral
canyons with daily sightings of
fish, turtles, whales and other
magnificent sea creatures. The
salt ponds stand quiet, open to
the nesting of flamingos and
other water birds. Views toward
other islands change constantly
with the light and weather. St.
John, more familiar to many
people, is covered with small,
hidden, unforgettable beaches.
Hicks remains intensely drawn
to islands, these microcosms of
life on this planet.
“The islands feel like
creatures unto themselves,
deserving awe,” she says. “I’ve
been a traveler and thinking for
some time about the Japanese
concept of wabi-sabi.
“Wabi-sabi is beauty, but it
is a beauty of things humble,
unconventional. It is an aesthetic of not only those things
planned and fresh, but additionally, those things that come
about by chance, those intimacies of accident.”
Hicks lives in East
Greenbush, NY; her Studio,
Wabi-Sabi, is located in Albany,
NY. See images of her work at
www.msuzannehicks.com.
The Old Chatham Country
Store is located in the center of
Old Chatham. The store is open
from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Sunday, serving breakfast and lunch daily. For more
information,
visit
www.
theoldchathamcountrystore.com
Cornell
Cooperative
Extension of Greene County is
pleased to announce a solo show
by painter Athena Billias at the
Agroforestry Resource Center in
Acra.
“Painting Nature” will be on
exhibit at the center July 1
through August 29. An opening
reception will be held on July
10, 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Born in Brooklyn, NY,
Billias studied art at the
Brooklyn Museum and majored
in Art Education at Hofstra
University. She then studied
painting at the graduate level at
SUNY New Paltz.
Upon moving to the
Catskills, Billias became interested in the Hudson River
School of Art associated with the
area. She combined her interest
in hiking and painting by turning
to sketching and painting on the
spot. Her final paintings may
have been considered “studies”
by the Hudson River School
artists, but the act of getting to
the woods and waterfalls and
then trying to capture nature
with paint is about more than a
finished product.
“The thrill of watching the
changes of the natural world, the
light, the waterfalls, the weather,
the seasons, is often augmented
by feeling the presence of those
famous artists of the past who
climbed these very hills and
stood at these very pinnacles to
create their works,” Billias said.
She has recently taken a
class with noted modern day
Hudson River School artist
Thomas Locker. With Locker
she learned some of the techniques and methods of oil painting used by those classic
painters. They sketched on site
and then painted under-paintings
later finished and glazed in lay-
“Sunset at Hunter” by Athena Billias.
ers in the studio. The luminesence and atmospheric effects
captured through these methods
are unequalled.
“I know my art cannot
reproduce the Hudson River
School, but I hope to at least
continue in their spirit,” Billias
said. “I hope my work communicates not only some of the familiar locations they painted, but
their love for nature in its wild
and pristine state.”
The Agroforestry Resource
Center, located at 6055 Route 23
in Acra, is open Monday through
Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Closed for lunch noon to 1
p.m.) For more information, call
518.622.9820
or
email
[email protected] .
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Windham Chamber Music Festival Summer Season Continues
The Windham Chamber
Music Festival is pleased to
announce the continuation of its
15 season at the Windham Civic
and Performing Arts Center,
5379 Main Street (Route 23)
Windham with three exciting
concerts.
On Saturday, July 16 at 8
p.m., the 34-member Windham
Festival Chamber Orchestra
with Robert Manno conducting
will present an exciting and varied program. The featured
soloist will be the brilliant clarinetist Alan Kay performing
Aaron Copland’s jazzy Concerto
for clarinet, harp, piano and
strings. Kay is an Artistic
Director and member of the
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and
serves as Principal Clarinet with
New
York’s
Riverside
Symphony. He also performs as
principal with the American
Symphony and the
Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He is a
founding member of Windscape
and Hexagon and appears regularly with the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center.
Other works on this enticing
program include the first complete concert performance of
American composer Romeo
Cascarino’s evocative The
Acadian
Land,
Haydn’s
Symphony #24 in D Major, and
two beloved works: Maurice
Peter Serkin
Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and
Johann Strauss’ Blue Danube
Waltzes.
On Saturday August 13 at 8
p.m. the Festival is proud to
present the first appearance in
Greene County of the internationally acclaimed American
pianist Peter Serkin. Serkin will
be joined by violinist Shirien
Taylor-Donahue in a program
which features music of Bach,
Brahms and Beethoven. Peter
Serkin’s rich musical heritage
extends back several generations
and he has performed with the
world’s major symphony orchestras and performed many important world premieres. Highlights
of his recent and upcoming US
appearances include performances with the New York
Philharmonic, Los Angeles
Philharmonic,
Boston
Lyric Piano Quartet
Symphony, Chicago Symphony,
and recitals in Carnegie Hall, the
Kennedy Center as well as summer festival appearances. Serkin
currently teaches at Bard
College Conservatory of Music
and the Longy School of Music.
He resides in Massachusetts
with his wife, Regina, and is the
father of five children.
The summer season concludes on Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. with
the first appearance in Windham
of the widely acclaimed Lyric
Piano Quartet. The Lyric is
headed by the esteemed concertmaster of the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra, Glenn
Dicterow. He will be joined by
violist Karen Dreyfus, cellist
Frederick Zlotkin and pianist
Gerald Robbins, piano in a program featuring the Faure: Piano
Quartet in C Minor and the
Brahms Piano Quartet in G
Minor. The Lyric has performed
at Weill recital Hall at Carnegie
Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln
Center, the Kennedy Center in
Washington, DC and many other
important venues throughout the
United States.
Windham Chamber Music
Festival concerts are held at the
Windham Civic and Performing
Arts Center, 5379 Main Street
Windham, NY and are followed
by a complimentary reception at
the Windham Fine Arts Gallery
located directly across the street.
Reservations can be made at
518-734-3868
or
through
www.windhammusic.com.
Tickets to the Gala, which
sells out quickly, are General:
$35, Seniors: $30, Contributors:
$25. For all other concerts, tickets are General Admission: $25,
Seniors: $20 Contributors: $15.
Students attend for $5 for all
concerts. Please note, credit
cards are not accepted. Tickets
are available in advance in
Windham at the Catskill
Mountain Country Store, Carol’s
Gift Emporium and the
Windham Public Library.
The 2011 Season is made
possible in part with public
funds from the Greene County
Legislature through the Greene
County Cultural Fund, administered in Greene County by the
Greene County Council on the
Arts, as well as from foundations
and business and private donors.
Twilight Park Artists to Hold 64th Annual Art Exhibition
Entries Wanted….Due by
Wednesday, July 13 – Entry
forms are available at www.twilightpark.com, clicking just
above LOG IN site on ART
SHOW.
On August 13, the 64th
Annual Art Exhibition sponsored by Twilight Park Artists at
the Twilight Park Clubhouse in
Haines Falls, NY will open to
the public for a small admission
charge. The exhibition is open to
artists and photographers on the
Mountain Top, surrounding
areas and invited guests.
Entry forms for the show
can be obtained at the Haines
Falls Free Library; Twilight
Park’s gatehouse, by calling
Gracia Dayton 518-589-5119 or
by visiting the first page of the
Twilight website as noted above.
Entries are due by Wednesday,
July 13 – no exceptions.
Only hand carried entries
are accepted the day before the
show opens and must be delivered to the Twilight Park
Clubhouse on August 12 from
9:30 a.m. to noon.
A special feature of this
year’s show is a “Guided Gallery
Walk” at 4 p.m. Saturday August
13 when show chairman Gracia
Dayton, Past President of the
New
England
Watercolor
Society, will discuss the judge’s
choice for the prizes awarded.
The exhibition last year featured artists and photographers
from the Mountain Top and surrounding area with over 200
pieces of art on exhibit. The first
art exhibit hosted by Twilight
Park, a community established
in 1888, was held August 16-23,
1947. It was then exclusively for
Twilight Park residents and was
started as an experiment and featured 13 artists and 60 works of
art. It was strictly an amateur
show with no professional
judges or prizes. According to
Rev. Bradford Burnham, a member of the 1947 Exhibition
Committee, the paintings were
rather casually leaned against
the walls and center columns of
the Park’s Clubhouse for viewing.
In 1948 outsiders were
invited to exhibit as well and in
1949 the Woodstock Artists
Association provided a three
person Jury of Awards. Since
that time a number of well
known art and photography
judges, including Museum
Directors from Williams College
and Skidmore College’s Tang
Museum of Art, have evaluated
the show’s entries and currently
prizes are awarded for the judges
selection of Best in Show and
other Awards of Excellence and
Proud supporter of the arts in Greene County.
Honorable Mention.
A Children’s Art Show is
also part of this 64th Show for
children 14 years of age or
younger. In 2010, 26 children
participated as “Emerging
Artists”. Additional works,
framed and unframed as well as
a selection of crafts will be for
sale at the “Corner Store” of the
Twilight Park Clubhouse.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
64th Annual Art Exhibition,
Twilight Park Clubhouse,
Haines Falls, NY 12436
August 13 and 14
Deadline for entry form and
fee: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Exhibition
Rules
and
Procedures: Open to artists,
photographers, and invited
guests of the Mountain Top and
surrounding areas. TWO original works in any medium
(paintings, prints, drawings,
collage, sculpture, computer
art, and photography), not previously shown in a Twilight
Park Exhibition, may be submitted. No crafts. For the
Children’s Art Show, open to
young artists 14 years of age
and under, TWO original works
in any medium may be submitted – matted, framed or otherwise ready for display.
ALL submissions MUST
adhere to following rules to be
accepted:
Entries must be properly
framed with WIRES for hanging. (No hooks or holes, no visible wires when hung)
If mats are used, the colors
allowed are black, white or
ivory only.
Watercolors, photographs,
other works on paper must be
glazed and framed.
Plexiglass must be used for
work larger than 18" X 24".
Oils and related media on
canvas must be framed or have
finished edges.
Maximum size: 48" tall by
36"wide, including frames.
Limited space for oversized
pieces. Please call ahead.
A few pedestals are available for sculpture. Make
arrangements through information numbers below.
No price changes after
entry form received. No POR
(price on request). NFS (not for
sale) will be posted if no sales
price is stated on entry form.
WORKS MAY NOT BE
REMOVED BEFORE 5PM
SUNDAY, INCLUDING CORNER STORE. Early removal
exempts artist from showing
the following year. ALL
WORKS
MUST
BE
CHECKED OUT.
One entry fee per adult
exhibitor: $15 No fee for children.
Make checks payable to
Twilight Cottagers.
Mail by deadline to:
Twilight Park Artists, Box 3,
Haines Falls, NY 12436
No late entries or substitutions
A limited number of awards
will be presented by judges’
decision. Twenty percent
(20%) of all sales will be
retained by Twilight Park
Artists. Each participant in the
Children’s Exhibition will
receive a recognition card.
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Judges Select
35th Annual Tour of Homes
Showcases New Baltimore Winners of Uel Wade
From the river to the hills,
from hamlet to farm, from sea
level to 900 feet, the Greene
County Historical Society’s 35th
annual Tour of Homes, held on
July 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
will showcase the diverse heritage and geography of the Town
of New Baltimore. Held in collaboration with the New
Baltimore Conservancy, the tour
is also a salute to the town’s
bicentennial year.
This year’s tour is a combination walking and driving tour.
Most tour sites in the historic
hamlet of New Baltimore are
within walking distance; those in
the countryside are a lovely
drive through some of the town’s
most scenic rural areas.
Down by the river in the
hamlet, ship building and river
commerce were the major industries; in the surrounding countryside agriculture was, and in
many cases still is, the focus.
Tour sites include a former
tavern set on the banks of the
river, a Revolutionary War era
stone house, a former public
school now serving as an artist
studio, several historic farm
properties, one of which is still a
working farm, and more. Many
sites include lovely gardens and
plantings.
Tour headquarters will be at
the New Baltimore Town Hall, a
beautiful adaptation of the former Rocky Store School.
Parking is available in front of
the building. Bicentennial memorabilia will be available as well
as copies of “Historic Places in
Greene County.” Picnic lunches
will be for sale at the New
Baltimore Reformed Church in
the hamlet as long as they last.
The tour will be held rain or
shine.
Tickets are $25 the day of
the tour; $20 in advance.
Participants will receive a packet of material about the sites
along with a marked route map.
To reserve advance sale
tickets, send a check payable to
Music Scholarship
Photo credit: Terez M. Limer
This Revolutionary War era stone house in the hamlet of New
Baltimore will be one of 10 sites open to the public for the
35th Annual Tour of Homes on July 9.
GCHS to: Greene County
Historical Society, P.O. Box 44,
Coxsackie, NY 12051. Advance
sale ticket reservations must be
received by July 2. The tickets
will be available with your tour
packet at the New Baltimore
Town Hall on July 9.
Proceeds from the sale of
tour tickets support the Greene
County Historical Society,
including its Bronck House
Museum and Vedder Research
Library.
For more information, call
David Dorpfeld at 518-8178771; Terez Limer at 518- 9668131 or visit www.gchistory.org.
Related events
As a companion program to
the Homes Tour, the Bronck
Museum of the Greene County
Historical Society is pleased to
offer a program on Sunday, July
10 focused on decoration of the
rural American home 17901850. Presented by curator
Shelby Mattice, the program will
deal specifically with the choice
of appropriate window treatments, bed hangings and floor
coverings and will include discussion of style, color, seasonal
changes, choosing good reproductions or making your own,
where to find resources and how
to make period styles meet the
requirements of modern life.
The program will be offered
in the reading room of the
Vedder Research Library on the
grounds of Bronck Museum at
1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Those
presenting a home tour ticket
will receive discounted admission to this program.
Also on July 10 at 9 a.m.,
Chuck Friday will lead a “walk
and talk” hike to the historic
Paper Mill Site in New
Baltimore. Friday grew up in
New Baltimore and is very
knowledgeable about the mills
as he has done research and
written a paper on the site.
Information about the site will
be available for participants.
The group will meet in the New
Baltimore Conservancy parking
lot on NYS Route 144 just north
of the hamlet. The hike will be
on a trail but will be up hill and
on uneven ground at times.
For more information about
these events, call 518-731-6490
or visit www.gchistory.org.
The Little Big Cat: Hand-Built
Young People’s Museum Workshop
You know that big cat made
out of wood on Bridge St. in
Catskill across from the pizza
place? That’s the Catamount
People’s Museum and this summer there’s going to be an “offspring” – The Little Big Cat
Young People’s Museum!
Join local artists Matt Bua
and Laura Anderson this summer for a weeklong Building
Intensive where we’ll create a
smaller cat next to the big one,
made out of things found and
discarded. You’ll learn how to
use hand-tools, how to select and
connect materials and how to
design and build a unique sculptural structure. This is a free
summer art program open to all
Catskill area youth ages 10-18.
An orientation session will be
held July 3 5 to 7 p.m. at the
Catskill Community Center, 344
Main St., in Catskill. The program will be held at 21 W.
Bridge St. in Catskill July 11-16,
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch and cold
drinks will be provided.
Once built, the Young
People’s Museum will house a
collection of materials found and
created by young people in the
Catskill Area including: drawings, photos, maps, zines, interviews, special objects, sound
recordings, etc. Through these
displays, visitors will get to view
the talent and creativity of local
youth and experience stories of
what this area looks like through
their eyes. You can start working
on your submission to the
Museum now or you can come
to one of several Create and
Collect Events throughout the
summer (TBA). You could also
work with Matt and Laura to create a collection event of your
own.
An opening celebration for
the new museum will be held in
September at a date and time to
be announced.
To get involved, contact
Laura Anderson (570-560-0463,
[email protected]) or Matt Bua
(917-291-7404, mattbua@gmail
.com). Sign up and come to the
orientation on July 3.
This project made possible
with public funds from the
Decentralization Program of the
NY State Council on the Arts,
administered
through
the
Community
Arts
Grants
Program by the Greene County
Council on the Arts.
On May 22, four teenage
finalists competed for the Uel
Wade Music Scholarship at the
Spencertown Academy. This
year the judges took a long time
to settle on the winners and designate the amount of each award.
These young musicians proved
to be very accomplished, and the
decisions were not easy.
Michael Blair (tuba) a former winner and new graduate of
the Eastman School of Music,
performed and chatted with the
audience while the judges consulted…and
consulted…and
consulted.
Wade finally released the
audience, promising to do presentations in the food and drink
area where waiting for the verdict might be easier. When the
judges
(Elizabeth
Morse,
Richard Mickey, Paul Green,
and Lincoln Mayorga) emerged,
Caitlin Smith (French horn) and
Morwenna Boyd (guitar) had
tied for second place, each winning a $2,500 scholarship.
Cellist Julian Müller had won
first prize of $3,500.
Müller’s award will go
toward his freshman year at the
Jacobs School of Music at the
University of Indiana. Smith has
been accepted at Eastman and
will apply her scholarship there.
Boyd, who is going into her
high-school senior year, has not
yet decided where to apply her
scholarship. The fourth (and
youngest) musician, Gabriela
Makuc, exhibited much promise
and was urged by Wade and the
judges to compete again next
year.
The judges were impressed
with Müller’s difficult program
(especially a solo sonata by
Kodály) performed with poise
and intelligence from memory.
The Kodály is considered one of
the most difficult pieces in the
literature. He was “musical without drawing attention to technical issues.” All were taken with
his beautiful sound.
Smith provided the most
drama of the afternoon, with a
bold, multi-layered approach to
two pieces, by Dukas and
Strauss. They found her playing
“very compelling,” with a rich
tone and “lots of pizzazz” and
thought she had the potential for
a major career.
On her soft-spoken guitar, Boyd
impressed with artistry. She
“created a spell” with “beautiful, organic phrasing,” the
judges said. They noted that
Makuc had “obvious passion for
the music,” and that, with continued work, her talent would
blossom.
During the reception that
followed, many audience members averred that this was one of
the best competitions ever in the
16-year history of this scholarship. Wade expressed delight at
how far this enterprise has come,
thanks to the support from businesses and individuals in the
community.
Postcards from Catskill,
Unsigned but With Love!
To emphasize the importance of making art and collecting works, artists from the area
are invited to submit original art
to a postcard exhibit at M
Gallery August 5 through 19 to
be sold anonymously. Works
will include collage, sculpture,
landscapes and abstracts.
Each piece will be postcardsized and no larger than 5”x7”.
Unframed work will be offered
for sale for $200 each. Art aficionados will have the opportunity to decide if it is or if it isn’t
the artist they know and love!
Artists will not be identified…
not by us!
Supporting the playful event
will be M Gallery’s annual Tats
and Toms – that’s Tattoos and
Tom Collins for the uninitiated –
a summertime favorite!
For added punch, 20% of all
proceeds will benefit a favorite
charity, making this a great
event. Artists interested in participating can contact the gallery
at 518-943-0380.
The opening exhibition and
sale will be held Saturday,
August 5 from 3 -6 p.m.
M Gallery is located at 350
Main Street, Catskill, NY
The show is open two weeks
only. For further information,
please call the gallery 518-9430380. This is a free event.
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Opportunities for Artists
CALL FOR FINE CRAFTS: The
GCCA is looking for fine crafts
to be sold at the GCCA’s Artful
Hand Gallery Gift Shop. Those
interested should submit 4” X 6”
color photos or jpgs of items they
want to sell to the GCCA Visual
Arts Director, 398 Main St.,
Catskill, NY 12414. 518-9433400.
There's a need for your special
talents and skills on the volunteer
roster at the Greene County
Council on the Arts galleries and
offices in Catskill. There are
immediate openings on the front
desk and exhibit installation
staffs, but many other opportunities exist - gallery maintenance,
information distribution, and
much, much more. What are you
interested in? Chances are... we
need you!
Volunteers can
exchange time and efforts for a
GCCA membership, network
within the arts community, learn
and teach valuable skills... and
volunteering can be a lot of fun!
Call GCCA Catskill Office, 518943-3400.
Health Insurance Benefits... The
Greene County Council on the
Arts offers a variety of health
insurance packages at group
rates for members who function
as a business. To receive information on health insurance coverage and other group rates benefits, please write to: Health
Insurance, Greene County
Council on the Arts, 398 Main
St., P.O. Box 463, Catskill, NY
12414. Make sure to include
your name, address, and phone
number. Note for second homeowners: your address should correspond with the address for
which you will be requesting
coverage.
Other Opportunities
Volunteers... Greene County
Community College, Elderhostel
Institute Network affiliate programs: local art scene, artist slide
lectures, instruction. Class leadership is voluntary, offers wide
exposure to interested audience.
Adult Learning Institute, Box
1000, Hudson, NY 12453. 518828-4181 x3431.
Volunteers… To help spread the
news about Thomas Cole, father
of American landscape painting
and founder of the Hudson River
School at his newly restored
home, Cedar Grove, a National
Historic Site in Catskill, NY.
Sybil Tannenbaum 518-9437465. [email protected]
Volunteers… Docents to lead
tours of exhibitions & other
museum volunteer opportunities.
Amy Morrison, Development
Assistant, (518) 463-4478, ext.
408
or
morrisona@
albanyinstitute.org for more
information. Albany Institute of
History & Art, 125 Washington
Ave., Albany, NY
12210
www.albanyinstitute.org 05/11
Grants
Community Arts Grants … for
individual artists & nonprofit
/artist partnerships. NYSCA
decentralization support for quality visual, performing or literary
arts projects with strong community benefit or individual artistic
growth. Must be Greene or
Columbia County based and
occur in the 2012 calendar year.
www.greenearts.org under Funds
& Grants for guidelines,
[email protected]
or
518-943-3400. Deadlines Sept 10
& Oct 1, 2011.
Local Grants…Support for family
friendly, soundly managed
organizations that enhance the
communities where the funder
has a presence. Price Chopper’s
Golub Foundation. PO Box
1074, Schenectady, NY 12301.
Does not fund film & video
projects or individuals. No
deadline. 05/11
Ceramic Grants…awards from
$200 -$5,000 for original
research in ceramics history, be
based on primary source materials. Susan Detweiler, ACC
Grants Chairman. Suite 12, 8200
Flourtwon Avenue, Wundmoor,
PA 19038 [email protected]
www.amercercir.org 05/11
Dance Grants…Administers a
variety of grant making programs. Theodore S. Bartwink,
Executive
Dir.,
Harkness
Foundation for Dance, 145 E.
48th St., Ste. 26C , New York,
NY 10017
212-263-7300
www.med.nyu.edu/hjd/harkness/
05/11
Disabled Artist Grants. Grants
for nonprofits which are led by
or support adults with disabilities. $1,000- $5,000. Supports
professional artists or professional creative environment.
Does not support Art Therapy
programs. Bi-annual Deadline:
October 1 and April 1. Ethel
Louise Armstrong Foundation,
Deborah Lewis, Executive
Director, ELA Foundation, 2460
North Lake Avenue, PMB #128,
Altadena,
CA
91001
www.ela.org/grants/grants.html
Updated 01/11
Grants… The New York
Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
invites applications for Artists’
Fellowships. Fellowships of
$7,000 will be awarded to New
York artists working in the disciplines of poetry, printmaking/
drawing/ book arts, nonfiction
literature, sculpture, crafts,
digital/ electronic arts, and film.
Deadline: various. For more
information, visit nyfa.org or
email NYFA Officer Catharine
Kendall at [email protected]
Updated 01/11
Grants… The New York
offers Strategic Opportunity
Grants (SOS Grants) for literary,
media, visual, music and
performing artists. SOS grants
offer support ranging from $100
to $600 for specific, forthcoming
opportunities that are distinct
from work in progress. Grants
are awarded throughout the year.
For more information, visit
nyfa.org or email NYFA Officer
Catharine
Kendall
at
[email protected]
Updated
01/11
Grants… Offering financial,
administrative assistance to individual artists’ special projects,
help develop collaborative projects, assist locating venues for
presentation, sponsor for public
presentations. Carol Parkinson,
Dir.,
Harvestworks,
596
Broadway, Ste 602, New York,
NY 10012 . 212-431-1130
www.harvestworks.org. Ongoing
Updated 05/11
Grant… $1,000 to $2,500 for
emerging artists: art, music,
theater, dance, photography,
literature, works, due to their
genre and/or social philosophy,
might be difficult being aired.
For an application send a
SASE to Gladys MillerRosenstein, Executive Director,
Puffin Foundation, 20 Puffin
Way, Teaneck, NJ
076664111.
201-836-8923 www.
puffinfoundation.org 05/11
Grants… Communities, small/
mid-sized, culturally-specific,
community-based arts institutions. Programs showing issues,
experiences of underrepresented
social justice issues, community
concerns of national or multistate impact: residencies; new
performing art, or visual art,
cross cultural, multi state collaborations, dissemination of
existing
works
affecting
communities. Nathan Cummings
Foundation, 475 Tenth Ave.,
14th Fl., New York, NY
10018, 212-787-7300, 787-7377.
a r t s @ n a t h a n c u m m i n g s . o rg
w w w. n a t h a n c u m m i n g s . o r g
05/11
Grants… Municipalities, non
profits
-$15,000.
Public
buildings; historic landscape
or municipal parks, cultural
resource of downtowns, residential
neighborhoods.
Emily
Curtis, Program Coordinator,
Preservation League of New York
State, 44 Central Ave., Albany,
NY 12206. 518-462-5658, f.
462-5684, info@preservenys.
org,
www.preservenys.org
05/11
Grants... $500 for age under 30
creating new project, continue
existing project. Specific issue,
show concrete action plan, budget,
adequate
supervision,
accountability. Give weekly
grants to young people in US,
Canada. Do Something, 24-32
Union Square East, 4th Fl.
South, New York, NY 10003
[email protected].
www.dosomething.org Updated
05/11
Grant…
Newman’s
Own
Charitable Giving Program.
Areas of giving include: arts,
education, children, elderly
groups, environmental causes,
affordable housing, disaster
relief, hunger relief. Newman's
Own
Charitable
Giving
Program, 246 Post Road East,
Westport, CT 06880. www.
newmansown.com 05/11
Film/Video/Radio Grants…for
pre-production & distribution of
media focusing on political &
social issues. Paul Robeson Fund
for Independent Media, administered by the Funding Exchange.
Through our innovative, activistled grantmaking strategies, we
support the systemic change
work of both experienced and
developing grassroots organizations within the broad movement
for social justice. 212-529-5300,
[email protected]
www.fex.org
05/11
Film/Video & Theater Grants…
Free updated bimonthly Funding
Newsletters distributed via email
by The Fund for Women Artists.
WomenArts 3739 Balboa Street
#181 San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 751-2202 [email protected] www.WomenArts.org
05/11
Film, Video Grants... Average
$25,000 to support international
documentary films and videos:
current, significant issues in
human rights, expression, liberties, social justice. Diane
Weyermann, Dir. of Soros
Documentary Fund, Open
Society Institute, 400 W. 59th
St., New York NY, 10019 Info.
212-548-0657, Fax 212-5484679
[email protected]
www.soros.org/sdf. Ongoing
05/11
Film, Video Grants... Seeking
projects on contemporary issues
of human rights, civil liberties,
freedom of expression, social
justice. Up to $15,000 production funds of up to $50,000.
Sundance Documentary Fund,
Sundance Institute, 8857 West
Olympic Boulevard, Beverly
Hills, CA 90211.
www.
sundance.org . Ongoing 05/11
Film, Video and Electronic
Grants… provides fees for
independent media artists (film,
video, new media, sonic arts)
to appear in-person to exhibit
work.
The Experimental
Television Center, 109 Lower
Fairfield Road, Oswego, NY
13811. 607-687-4341. www.
e x p e r i m e n t a l t v c e n t e r. o r g .
Applications reviewed monthly.
05/11
Film Grants… Eight grants
yearly in many categories
except commercial projects.
Send a SASE to Bill Creston,
with description, inspiration,
source material, resume, approx.
dates of use, experience, and
media to eMediaLoft, 55
Bethune St., A-628, New York,
NY 10014. 212-924-4893, email
[email protected] website:
www.emedialoft.org/ . Ongoing
05/11
Film Grant... Independent documentary filmmakers may apply.
We produce, distribute and promote quality ethnographic, documentary and non-fiction films
from around the world. Send
brief description, one page budget. Cynthia Close, Exec. Dir.,
Documentary
Educational
Resources, 101 Morse St.,
Watertown, MA 02472. Fax 617-926-9519,
email
[email protected]
web
site
www.der.org/ 800-569-6621.
Ongoing 05/11
International Artists…Trust for
Mutual Understanding funds
travel & per diem expenses of
professional exchanges, visual &
performing arts. Collaborations,
curatorial research, performances, lectures. Exchanges relating
to Russia, Czech Republic,
Hungary,
Poland,
Slovak
Republic & Ukraine, limited
funds for others. Funds individuals. www.tmuny.org. Deadlines,
August 1, Feb 1. Updated 05/11
Literary Grants... Contemporary
Literature and Non-Fiction.
Black Lawrence Press seeks to
publish intriguing books of
literature and creative non-fiction:
novels, memoirs, short story collections, poetry, biographies,
cultural studies, and translations
from the German and French.
The St. Lawrence Book Award is
open to any writer who has not
yet published a full-length
collection of short stories or
poems. The winner of this
contest will receive book
publication, a $1,000 cash award,
and 10 copies of the book. Annual
Deadline: August 31. [email protected]
Updated 01/11
Literary Grants… Children’s
Books.
General
Work-InProgress grant. $1500 through
Society of Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators. All genres. SCBWI, 8271 Beverly
Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
90048. www.scbwi.org 05/11
Literary Grant … $12,000
annually for women, editions of
125. Additional $1,000 for 500
copies of promotional brochure;
$1,000 travel to Library Fellows’
annual meeting present completed. Collaborations allowed. New
books only. Library Fellows
Program, Library and Research
Center, National Museum of
Women in the Arts, 1250 New
York Ave., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20005. www.nmwa.org
202-783-7365 Deadline: Annual
Recurring January 31 Updated
05/11
Music Grants… Fostering of
musical ideas, new projects
promoting
original
programming & new performers,
rather than supporting performances, tickets or tuition.. www.
sparkplugfoundation.org.
Sparkplug,
877-866-8285.
Spring & Fall deadlines.
Updated 01/11
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Music Grant… DeLucia Award
for Innovation in Music
Education in genres, instruments, methods, other aspects of
music education that can be
duplicated. The Mockingbird
Foundation, c/o Lemery Greiser,
LLC, Attn: Jack Leibowitz, Esq.,
10 Railroad Place, Ste.1502,
Saratoga Springs, NY 128663033. Ongoing
Music Grant... Supporting young
composers of classical or chamber music. The BMI Foundation,
Inc., Carlos Surinach Fund and
Boudleaux Bryant Fund. 212830-2520.
info@
bmifoundation.org
Ongoing.
Updated 01/11
Music Grant… Meet the
Composer’s
Commissioning
Music/USA Program for not-forprofit performing and presenting
organizations commissioning
new works. Support composer,
librettist fees, copying, range,
support services. Rotating basis.
www.randallgiles.org/commissioning.html Eddie Fiklin,
Senior program Manager. 212645-6949 x102. 75 Ninth Ave.,
3R Suite C, New York, NY
10011. Updated 01/11
Music Grant… Rockefeller
Philanthropy Advisors' New
York State Music Fund supports
exemplary contemporary music,
all genres created by today's
composer, musicians in written
compositions, jazz, around world
based living classical, folk,
experimental, noncommercial
popular music: alternative rock,
country, hip hop, others.
Supports school, community
educational programs. RPA to
hold meets to explain process.
www.rockpa.org/music. (212)
812-4337. [email protected].
Updated 05/11
Music Grant… Music Alive with
Meet the Composer supports
residencies with professional
youth orchestras. Short Term
Residencies 2-8 weeks, one
season; Extended Residencies
multi-year, full-season-3 years.
Available: composer fees, travel,
musician fees, some related
activities. $7,000-$28,000, Short
Term, $30,000-$100,000 year.
www.meetthecomposer.org/
musicalive/
Updated 05/11
Music Grant… Global Connections Program with Meet the
Composer supports living composers in sharing their work with
a global community. For US
based composers to travel to performance venues or to bring
international artists to the US.
Grants range from $500 - $5,000.
w w w. m e e t t h e c o m p o s e r. o rg
05/11
Performing Arts Production
Fund… Program of Creative
Capital, for original new
work, all disciplines, traditions
in live performing arts, to assist
artist exploring, challenging
dynamics. Special focus on
projects
bringing
insight,
critique to cultural difference
in class, gender, generation,
ethnicity or tradition. Awards
range from $10,000-$40,000.
w w w. c r e a t i v e - c a p i t a l . o r g .
Updated 05/11
Performing Arts Grants for
developing and producing work
in the musical theatre. Cheryl
Kemper, Gilman & GonzalezFalla Theatre Foundation, Inc.,
109 E. 64th St., NY, NY 10021.
www.ggftheater.org 05/11
Three grants up to $35,000,
$10,000, $5,000.
Virginia
A. Groot Foundation, P.O. Box
1050, Evanston, IL 60204-1050.
Postmarked by March 1 each year.
www.virginiagrootfoundation.
org Updated 05/11
Performing Arts Grants… To
individuals in theater arts, opera,
theater stage, set and costume
design projects are eligible.
Tobin Foundation, PO Box
91019, San Antonio, TX,
78209. 21-828-9736 tobinart@
m i n d s p r i n g . c o m
www.manta.com/c/mmcqn8p/to
b i n - f o u n d a t i o n - f o r- t h e a t r e
Updated 01/11
Visual Artist Grants… based on
artistic merit, financial need for
painters, sculptors, print-makers,
and artists who work on paper
are eligible. The Pollack-Krasner
Foundation 863 Park Avenue,
New York, NY
10021.
(212)517-5400 [email protected]
Ongoing. 05/11
Photography Grant… Alexia
Foundation award for individual
professional photographer to
produce a substantial picture story
that furthers the foundation’s
goals of promoting world peace
& cultural understanding. Alexia
Foundation, 116 Oceanport Ave.,
Little Silver, NJ 07739.
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Updated 01/11
Photography Grant... Given
annually to a U.S. photographer
who aspires to perpetuate the
spirit and dedication that characterized Smith's work. Grants for
specific project. Add'l grants
awarded. W. Eugene Smith
Memorial Fund, International
Center of Photography, 1130 5th
Ave.,
NY,
NY
10028.
www.smithfund.org
Updated
05/11
Textile Grants... Awards for
research, education, documentation & experimentation in the
field of quilt making. National
Quilting Association, PO Box
12190, Columbus, OH 43212.
www.nqaquilts.org
[email protected]
05/11
Youth Grants… Focusing on arts
and education. Strives to contribute to the ability of young
people to explore their own identity, their relationship to creative
process, with high-impact, longterm experience with accomplished professionals. Surdna
Foundation, 330 Madison Ave,
3rd fl., New York, NY 10017.
212-557-0010, www.surdna.org
[email protected]
Application deadlines vary by
program. 05/11
Youth Grants… Creative residencies for teens from writers,
artist’s colonies, communities
working with young people. For
developing summer retreat teens
residing
communities,
be
mentored by high standard
professionals. Artist colony must
be operating 5 years to be
eligible. The Surdna Foundation
330 Madison Ave., 3rd fl,
New
York,
NY
10017.
(212)557-0010 www.surdna.org
[email protected] 05/11
Visual Artist Grants…Virginia
A.Groot Foundation to ceramic
and/or sculpture artists to devote
a substantial period of time to the
development of their work.
Relief Funds,
Financial Assistance
Relief Fund... To help professional craft artists sustain their
livelihood. Services include
access to information, resources,
business development support
and emergency relief with loans,
grants, and in-kind services.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund,
Box 838, Montpelier, VT
05601. 802-229-2306. website:
www.craftemergency.org 05/11
Financial Assistance... Relief,
fine artists grant for professional
painters,
graphic
artists,
sculptors and their families in
times of emergency, disability, or
bereavement. Artist Fellowship,
Inc., 47 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY
10003 212-255-7740 (Salmagundi
Club)
dial
ext.
#216.
www.artistsfellowship.com/
05/11
Financial Assistance…Emergency grants to visual artists of
color. Eligible are Native
American, African American,
Asian American, Latino 21+, living in tri-state greater New York
City area to help meet urgent
financial needs. The Wheeler
Foundation, P.O. Box 300507,
Brooklyn, NY 11230. 718-9510581. www.nyfa.org Updated
01/11
Financial
Assistance...
To
provide artist emergency assistance to qualified artists whose
needs are unforeseen, catastrophic
incident, who lack resources to
meet situation. One time for
specific emergency: fire, flood,
medical. Adolph and Esther
Gottlieb Foundation, 380 West
Broadway, New York, NY 10013.
www.gottliebfoundation.org
Ongoing. Updated 01/11
Financial Assistance... Up to
$5,000 grants for writers and
playwrights
with
AIDS.
Candidates must be published.
Fund for Writers and Editors
with AIDS, PEN American
Center, 568 Broadway, New
York, NY 10012. 212-255-7740
[email protected]
www.salmagundi.org 05/11
Relief Fund... Funding artists
experiencing serious illness,
crisis, or bereavement. SASE:
Artists
Fellowship
Inc.,
Emergency Aid, c/o Salmagundi
Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NY,
NY 10003.
212-255-7740
[email protected]
www.salmagundi.org 05/11
Financial and Management
Services... NYFA's new Works
and Management Services offer
assistance to individual artists
and small arts groups. New York
Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay
Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
(212) 366-6900 x 225 or
230.FAX
(212)
366-1778
www.nyfa.org Updated 01/11
Financial Assistance... For
artists in need of emergency aid
to avoid eviction, cover medical
expenses, unpaid utility bills,
other. Submit description, copies
of bills or eviction notice,
resume,
two
letters
of
recommendation: Change Inc.,
PO Box 705, Cooper Station,
NY 10276. 212-473-3742.
innercity.org/columbiaheights/
agencys/change.html Ongoing.
Updated 01/11
Broadway, Ste. 1700, New York,
NY 10038. 212-233-1131,
[email protected];
www.nyhumanities.org 05/11
Scholarships & Residencies
Scholarships, apprenticeships &
fellowships. Support for emerging artists in theater, dance, film
in performing arts, playwriting &
film. Deadlines vary depending
on program. Princess Grace
Awards. 150 East 58h Street, 25
fl. NY, NY 10155 (212) 3171470
[email protected]
www.pgfusa.org 05/11
Internships.. Women’s Studio
Workshop, a visual arts organization with specialized studios in
printmaking, hand papermaking,
ceramics, letterpress printing ,
photography and book arts. PO
Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472.
845-658-9133. wsworkshop.org
Updated 05/11
Residencies… Artists and writers who live in New York State
are invited to apply for monthlong summer residencies at the
Saltonstall Arts Colony in Ithaca,
New York. The 2011 Categories
are Fiction, Creative Nonfiction,
Photography
and
Painting, Sculpture, Visual Art.
There will be four month-long
sessions in 2011. Five artists are
in residence each session: two
prose writers, one photographer,
and
two
visual
artists.
Application and Letter of
Recommendation forms are
available on the site as pdf files
for easy download. Constance
Saltonstall Foundation for the
Arts, 435 Ellis Hollow Creek
Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.
607-539-3146
artscolony@
saltsonstall.org Updated 02/11
Internships… Arts Administration in exchange for housing
on the studio complex 4 mi. from
beaches of central Florida.
Award-winning studios: resource
library, painting, sculpture, music,
dance, writer’s studios, black box
theater, digital computer lab.
Atlantic Center for the Arts or
Harris House of Atlantic Center
for the Arts, Internship Form:
Program Dept., Atlantic Center
for the Arts, 1414 Art Center
Avenue, New Smyrna Beach,
FL 32168.
(386) 423-1753
www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org
Ongoing 05/11
Residencies.... One month for
writers, visual artists and composers creating original work at
country estate of poet Edna
Vincent Millay. April-November
program. Fee, $30/10 slides, tape
or DVD for video artists/
filmmakers; $50. international
applicants. Submit: project
proposal; relevant supporting
materials etc. The Millay Colony
for the Arts, Box 3, Austerlitz,
NY 12017
518-392-3103.
a p p l y @ m i l l a y c o l o n y. o r g . ,
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Deadline, October 1 each year
for following year. 05/11
Internships... High school
seniors,
college
students;
Flex-time. Programs in publishing and literary presenting
business. Marketing, database
maintenance, Literary Curators
website, writing, sending press
releases, Workshops for Kids
program, poetry for radio
shorts, video production. Bertha
Rogers, Ex. Dir., Bright
Hill Press, POB 193, Treadwell,
NY 13846. 607-746-7306.
[email protected]
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Residencies… No application
needed. Organization to preserve
land, create space to recognized,
emerging artists. 104 acres in
Cazenovia. Sculpture strives to
show relationship between
humans and nature. Workspace,
stipend, housing for professional
sculptors. Artistic resume, 20
slides, proposal of intent. SASE
to return slides. Stone Quarry
Hill Art Park, 3883 Stone Quarry
Road, Box 251, Cazenovia, NY
13035.
[email protected].
315-655-5742. Ongoing.
Photography... Critical Needs
Fund for Photographers with
AIDS. Initial requests by phone:
212-929-7190. Ongoing.
Internships
Speakers, Professional
Services, Mentoring
Speakers... Speakers in the
Humanities, a program of New
York State Council for the
Humanities: for a nominal fee,
non-profit NYS organizations
may book distinguished scholars
to lecture on a variety of topics.
Applications eight weeks prior to
proposed lecture. For catalog,
application contact: New York
Council for the Humanities, 150
Residencies... For photographers
or related media. One month,
$2,000 stipend, apartment,
private darkroom, 24-hour
facility access. Send resume,
artist statement, letter of intent,
slides, proofs or prints of recent
work. Light Work Artistin-Residence Program, 316
Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY
13244.
[email protected],
www.lightwork.org Ongoing.
05/11
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Residencies... Self-directed for
research, experimentation and
production of visual, television,
new media arts. Banff Centre
for the Arts, Office of Registrar,
Box 1020, Stn. 28, 107 Tunnel
Mtn. Dr., Banff, Alberta, Canada
TOL OCO. 403-762-6114/6302.
[email protected],
jennifer_woodbury@
banffcenter.ab.ca.
www.
banffcentre.ca Ongoing.Updated
01/11
Residencies... Ranging from 2
weeks to 2 months for screenwriters and film/video makers
October to May. Yaddo, Box
395, Saratoga Springs, NY
12866-0395. www.yaddo.org
518-584-0746.
Deadlines,
August 1 and January 15 each
year. 05/11
Residencies... Year-round, in
photography, painting, ceramics,
textiles, etc. Contact: Nantucket
Island School of Design and Arts.
508-228-9248. nisda@nantucket.
net, www.nisda.org 05/11
Residencies...
Two-month
residencies year round for
professional sculpture artists.
Stipends available. SASE: Gina
Murtagh, Sculpture Space, 12
Gates St., Utica, NY 13502. 315724-8381. [email protected].
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Residencies... Offering 3-6
month residencies in Taos, NM
to writers, painters, sculptors,
composers and choreographers.
Contact: Helene Wurlitzer
Foundation, PO Box 545,
Taos, NM 87571. 505-758-2413.
email
hwf@taosnet www.
wurlitzerfoundation.org
Residencies...Cooperative residencies/retreats for emerging or
established artists in drawing,
painting, sculpture, writing,
poetry. Year-round. Private
living space, modern art studio,
reasonable fee includes some
mentoring assistance. SASE #10
to High Studios, RR1 Box 108N,
Bolton Landing, NY 12814.
Ongoing.
Residencies… Retreat, stipend
$1,250 for writers in their
work; $25 per diem, $500 travel.
Gell Writers Center of the Finger
Lakes, Writers & Books,
740 University Ave., Rochester,
NY
14607.
585-473-2590
www.wab.org.
Gell Center
Director
of
Operations
[email protected]
Ongoing.
05/11
Residencies… Established and
emerging artists of all disciplines
may create, present, and exhibit
experimental work involving
sound and technology, with the
option of integrating any
combination of other disciplines
including
visual
and/or
performance art. Artists work
with staff audio engineer. Jack
Straw Media Gallery, www.
jackstraw.org., Steve Peters,
[email protected]. Updated
05/11
Residencies… The Platt Clove
program provides a retreat for
artists from June through October.
Painters, sculptors, writers, and
composers are invited to apply for
residency. Artist interested in
applying should download the
application from the Catskill
Center website, www.catskillcenter.org Inverna Lockpez,Director,
01/11
Residencies… The National Park
Service offers residency programs to artists working in
various disciplines. Contact the
specific site for further info:
Amistad National Recreation
Area in Texas, Badlands National
Park in South Dakota, Bearlodge
Writers’ Devils Tower Residencies in Wyoming, Joshua
Tree National, Klondike Gold
Rush National Park in Alaska,
Mammoth Cave National Park,
Peters Valley Craft Education
Center’s Delaware Water Gap
Residencies in New Jersey, Saint
Gaudens National Historic Site in
New, Sapelo Barrier Island
in Georgia, Sleeping Bear
Dunes National Lakeshore, Weir
Farm National Historic Site.
w w w. n p s . g o v / a r c h i v e /
volunteer/air.htm Updated 01/11
Workshops, Seminars
Jurying for all media... For new
members. Application, guidelines. SASE: The National
Association of Women Artists,
80 Fifth Avenue, Ste. 14045,
New York, NY 10011. 212675-1616 www.nawanet.org.
Deadlines, Sept. 15, March 15
yearly. Updated 05/11
CALL FOR ENTRIES, ETC.
Arts & Crafts/Folk Arts
Arts and Crafts... Seeking glass
objects for resale in store.
Wholesale price list, resume,
photos. The Bookstore, National
Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex
Drive, Station A., Ottawa, ON
K1N 9N4, Canada. 1-800-3192787
[email protected]
www.gallery.ca
Ongoing.
Updated 01/11
Arts & Crafts... Greene County,
NY craftspeople: Marketing
Crafts and Other Products to
Tourists, North Central Regional
Extension Publications brochure
#445,
$1.50.
Cornell
Cooperative
Extension
of
Greene Co., Greene County
office building, Mountain Ave.,
Cairo, NY 12413. 518-622-9820.
[email protected],
http://arc.cce.cornell.edu/ 05/11
Indoor and Outdoor Art…
Unison Arts Center in New Paltz
seeks proposals from artists to
exhibit their wall-hung artwork
in our gallery at Unison and the
Unison gallery at Water Street
Market, and also from artists to
exhibit their sculpture in our outdoor sculpture garden. Call
Unison at 845-255-1559, email:
[email protected],
www.unisonarts.org 01/11
Arts & Crafts... Craftsmen and
Artists
Events
Directory,
CHOICES, The Yellow pages of
Show Information, covers art
and craft shows in CT, MA, NJ,
NY & PA: fees, amenities,
reviews,
more,
quarterly.
Subscriptions only. Contact:
Betty Chypre, Editor, Choices,
POB 484, Rhinebeck, NY 125720484. 845-876-2995; 1-888-9181313;
fax:
914-876-0900,
[email protected],
www.smartfrogs.com. Updated
01/11
Literary, Folklore,
Storytelling
Poets... Seeking teen works for
book. Love and affection,
friendship, heartache, pressure,
etc. as themes. SASE: June
Cotner, Poems by Teens, Box
2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370.
j u n e @ j u n e c o t n e r. c o m ,
www.junecotner.com . Updated
01/11
Poetry... Monthly meetings of
ad hoc group of poets, writers
to read their work in group
setting, with commentary. Family,
friends who enjoy poetry also
invited. Call for dates. Poetry
Circle, Hudson Opera House, 327
Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534.
518-822-1438, fax 822-9003.
www.hudsonoperahouse.org,
[email protected].
Updated 01/11
Writers… nth position is a free
online magazine/e-zine with politics & opinion, travel writing,
fiction & poetry, reviews & interviews, and some high weirdness.
http://www.nthposition.com/links.
php offers listings for calls for
submissions to writers. Free to
subscribe. Updated 01/11
Books... Catskill Mountain
Foundation is linked with the ecommerce Book Sense program
of the American Booksellers
Association and independent
bookseller websites. Visit our
store and shop online at
www.bookstore.catskillmtn.org.
Updated 01/11
Writers...
Seeking
entries
for Very Short Fiction Award.
$1200 and publication of work
less than 2,000 words. Glimmer
Train Press, 1211 NW Glisan
St., Suite 504, Portland,
OR
97209.
503-221-0837.
w w w. g l i m m e r t r a i n . c o m .
Updated 01/11
Writers... Lists of contests,
grants, fellowships for fiction,
poetry, drama/film, non-fiction,
published bi-monthly. Awards
for Writers, PO Box 437, Ithaca,
NY 14851. www.ithaca.edu
01/11
Poets & Writers... Literary
Horizons, new program is dedicated to professional development of writers at all stages of
their careers. Poets & Writers, 72
Spring St., New York, NY
10012. 212-226-3586, fax 212226-3963, www.pw.org. Updated
01/11
Music
Music…Capital Area Flute Club
for flutists of all abilities, wide
variety of music played to
expand
opportunities
for
ensemble playing. Monthly
meetings, Delmar NY. 518383-6480,
518-580-1206.
www.facebook.com/pages/Capit
al-Area-Flute-Club
Updated
01/11
Music... Programming sought by
Society for New Music, professional organization in Upstate
New York dedicated to performing and commissioning the
music of today’s composers.
Fees range from $1000 to $4000
depending on the concert and
number of performers. Society
for New Music, 438 Brookford
Rd., Syracuse, NY 13224. 315446-5733, [email protected]
www.societyfornewmusic.org
Music... Information Hotline for
grants, auditions, competitions,
seminars, health, tax info and
more. Contact: The American
Guild of Musical Artists, 1430
Broadway, 14th Fl., New York,
NY 10018,
212-247-0247
[email protected],
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Updated 01/11
Performing Arts
Performing Arts…TheTwoOfUs
Productions is pleased to
announce their Fall 2011
production of Ragtime, the
Musical. This full orchestra
production will perform in the
auditorium of Hudson High
School this coming fall.
Auditions are planned for midJuly. Please check our website,
www.TheTwoofusProductions.
org for audition times and
locations.
Performing Arts… Dance classes
for children, teens, adults. The
Hudson Valley Academy of
Performing Arts features a
distinguished faculty of professionally and academically
accomplished instructors. 957
Route 82, West Taghkanic, NY
12502.
Call 518-851-5501.
www.HVAPA.com.
Updated
01/11
Performing Arts… Seeking from
experienced directors of scripts
for season 2009-10. Cite
experience. Tom Detwiler, Ghent
Playhouse, POB 64, Ghent,
NY 12075. 518-392-6264.
[email protected].
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Updated 01/11
Performing Arts... Always
seeking new actors for future
performances and volunteers to
help each production, throughout
year in Columbia County. Watch
for audition notices: Ghent
Playhouse, Town Hall Rd, POB
64, Ghent, NY 12075. 518-3926264, [email protected],
w w w. g h e n t p l a y h o u s e . o r g .
Ongoing. 05/11
Performing Arts... Modern dance
and ballet movement taught by
Abby Lappen, Judy Ore. Classes,
day and evening, various times.
Amble Dance, 710 Rt. 217,
Mellenville, NY 12544. 518672-0034, [email protected],
http://abbylappen.com 01/11
Performing and Visual Arts…
Deep listening programs, and in
the gallery, painting, sculpture
and workshops. For schedule:
The
Pauline
Oliveros
Foundation,
POB
1958,
Kingston, NY 12402, 845-3385984. Fax: 845-338-5958.
w w w. a r t w i r e . o rg / p o f ,
[email protected].
Updated 01/11
Visual Arts
General
Visual Arts…The Cooperstown
Art Association Annual National
Juried Art Exhibition. $35,000
in prizes will be awarded in 2-D
and 3-D. All art work must be
original and completed within
the past two years. $20 entry fee.
Send slides and CDs by May 16,
2011. Show dates: July 15 thru
August 19, 2011. Info. (607)
547-9777. Download prospectus
from www.cooperstownart.com
Updated 05/11
VA… On-line art gallery
NARtisticCreations.com. Funded
by NAR Productions. Showcases
work of Nick Roes and local
artists. Will feature a Visiting
Artist each quarter in separate
room at no charge. Contact
NancyBenett@NARtisicCreations
.com.
VA… Seeking member artists, a
few openings available for visual
artists. Members staff the gallery,
perform administrative duties.
Art in all media welcome.
Established mailing list of 1,300
asking to receive show notices.
Interested? Susan Kotulak, New
Member Coordinator, Tivoli
Artists’ Co-op Gallery, 518-5375888. [email protected].
VA… Publications: The Artist
Workspace: A Guide for Artists;
and The Artist Workspace
Residency: A Guide for
Organizations. (845) 658-9133,
[email protected],
www.nysawc.org.
Updated
01/11
VA… Sunday Salons, Learn
something new about Thomas
Cole and the Hudson River
School of art. Informal discussions once a month, $8. 2PM
at Cedar Grove, Thomas Cole
National
Historic
Site,
218 Spring Street, POB 426,
Catskill, NY 1. 518-943-7465.
[email protected],
www.thomascole.org. 05/11
VA... Seeking proposals for exhibitions at Greenville Branch, The
Bank of Greene County. All Arts
Matter, POB 513, Greenville NY
12083. 518-966-4038.
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VA… Seeking art work for exhibitions at the Agroforestry
Resource Center (ARC) in Acra,
NY. Original art work only. This
will be a juried process. For
more information, please contact
Marilyn Wyman at the ARC and
Cornell Cooperative Extension
of Greene County at 518-6229820 ext/36.
www.agroforestrycenter.org
Updated
01/11
VA... Paint outdoors in nature
with state organization, New
York Plein Air Painters Society.
Will sponsor paint-outs, exhibitions around NYS. NYPAP,
J.Baldini, P.O. Box 2332,
Niagara Falls, NY 14302-2332.
[email protected],
http://ipap.homestead.com/
Updated 01/11
All Media
Fellowships…. The New York
provides support to artists as
individuals
through
artist
fellowships. Artists of all disciplines can apply for $7,000 unrestricted cash grants on an annual
cycle with panel review.
Applications for next year will
be available on NYFA’s website
in July 2011.
For more
information visit nyfa.org or
email Artists' Fellowships at
05/11
All Media... Seeking admissions
to slide viewing program.
Possible inclusion in group exhibitions. Applications for membership and curated shows also
considered. Slides, CV cover letter. The Painting Center, 51
Greene St., New York, NY
10013. 212-343-1060. Ongoing.
All Media… The Sugar Maples
Center for Arts and Education.
Historic church for gatherings,
readings, small musical performances, art studio. Art study vacation, stay in hotel room, dorms
on property. Two to four week
residencies include retreat for
performing arts groups. Ellie
Cashman,
Dir.,
Catskill
Mountain Foundation, 7967
Main St., Rte. 23A, POB 924,
Hunter, NY, 12442. 518-2634908.
www.catskillmtn.org.
[email protected]. 02/11
All Media... Art Licensing 101:
Selling Reproduction Rights for
Profit. 224-page book de-mystifies industry. Action plan in easy
to read form. Author Michael
Woodward has worked in industry for 25 years. Art Network,
POB 1360, Nevada City,
CA 95959. 800-383-0677.
[email protected] , www.
artmarketing.com .
Updated
02/11
All Media... Info hotline sponsored by American Council for
the Arts has referral service, provides information on a wide variety of programs and services.
Call Mon.-Fri, 2-5PM EST: 1800-232-2789.
All Media... Schoharie Arts
Council seeks quality arts and
crafts to sell at gallery shop.
Stop in with samples. SCAC, 54
Main Street, Cobleskill, NY
12043, 518-234-7380.
Photography
Photography…
The
Cooperstown Art Association
Annual National Juried Art
Exhibition. $35,000 in prizes
will be awarded in 2-D and 3-D,
including photography. All art
work must be original and completed within the past two years.
$20 entry fee. Send slides and
CDs by May 16, 2011. Show
dates: July 15 thru August 19,
2011. Info. (607) 547-9777
Download prospectus from
w w w. c o o p e r s t o w n a r t . c o m
Updated 05/11
Photography… Nueva Luz, photographic journal of En Foco,
Inc. ($45 membership) produces
exhibitions, publications and
events which support photogra-
phers of Latin/Am, African/Am,
Asian, Pacific Islander and
Native American heritage. View
current issue before submitting
portfolios of 20 unmounted
prints or slides for consideration
in
future
Nueva
Luz.
Subscription
$30
USA.
Membership,
subscriptions,
donations, all tax deductible. En
Foco, Inc., 1738 Hone Ave,
Bronx, NY 10461. 718-931-9311
FAX 718-409-6445 www.enfoco.org Updated 01/11
Photography… Salons monthly,
preceded by a potluck meal,
bring something to share.
Conversations, sharing, seeing,
discussions on photography. The
Center for Photography at
Woodstock, 59 Tinker St.,
Woodstock,
NY
12498.
845-679-9957. [email protected]
www.cpw.org Updated 02/11
Photography… Seeking contemporary and traditional work by
Native artists. American Indian
Community House Gallery,
708 Broadway, New York,
NY 10003. 212-598-0100.
www.aich.org. 02/11
Photography… Seeking curators
to present exhibition/publication
programs focusing on aesthetic
issues. Proposals should include
names of possible artists,
program summary, curator’s
resume. Kathleen Kenyon,
59 Tinker St., Woodstock,
NY 12498. 914-679-9957.
[email protected].
Photography… The Greene
County Camera Club offers three
opportunities each month for
intermediate and advanced photographers: member competition,
6:30PM second Thursday of the
month at Greenville Public
Library Art Gallery; “Show and
Tell” session, fourth Thursday in
Greenville at 7PM; speakers,
presentations and films, third
Wednesday at 7PM, Athens
Cultural Center, 24 Second
Street, Athens. More info, Eileen
Camuto at (518) 678-9044 or
[email protected];
Nora Adelman (518) 945-2866
or [email protected] or
w w w. g c c a m e r a c l u b . c o m .
Updated 02/11
Photography… Offer of workshops with speakers, competitions, discounts on supplies and
processing, newsletter. Greene
County Camera Club, POB 711,
Greenville, NY 12083. 518-7973466, 518-966-4411.
Sculpture
Sculpture….The Cooperstown
Art Association Annual National
Juried Art Exhibition. $35,000
in prizes will be awarded in 2-D
and 3-D, including sculpture. All
art work must be original and
completed within the past two
years. $20 entry fee. Send slides
and CDs by May 16, 2011.
Show dates: July 15 thru August
19, 2011. Info. (607) 547-9777
Updated 05/11
Sculpture… Call for sculptors
living within 150-mile radius of
Albany for large-scale works
appropriate for high traffic terminal. Prospectus, info: Sharon
Bates, Director, Art& Culture
Program,
Administration
Building Ste. 200, Albany
International Airport, Albany,
NY 12211-1057. 518-242-2241
[email protected]
Updated 01/11
New Website... The Whitney
Museum of American Art has
portal to Internet art and digital
arts worldwide as an online
gallery space. Details, scope:
w w w. a r t p o r t . w h i t n e y. o r g
Updated 02/11
Weekly Electronic Digest... New
York Foundation for the Arts features news updates on social,
economic, philosophical, political issues affecting arts and culture, job listings and opportunities for artists and organizations.
Free
on-line
subscription:
www.artswire.org
Updated
02/11
Rentals... Lighting and audio
system
packages.
LSL
Productions, Box 63 Windham,
NY 12496-0063. 518-734-5117.
Miscellaneous
Artists who use Copper…
Printmaking, enameling supplies
for sale. 518-731-7319. Ask for
Dot.
Call for entries…digital art The
Cooperstown Art Association
Annual National Juried Art
Exhibition. $35,000 in prizes
How to submit entries for CFE’s:
Civil War, Call for Entries
Exhibit Dates: August 27 – October 8
Submission Deadline: July 22
Drop Off Dates: August 22 & 23, 2011
Pick up Dates: October 11 & 12, 2011
Juror(s) to be announced
Artists utilizing primary historical resources (documents and artifacts) from the Bronck House Museum, Pratt Museum and
Greene County Historical Society’s collection on the war’s 150th
anniversary.
Art Supplies…Hudson Valley
Materials Exchange Community
Warehouse. Non-profit resource
for used/surplus Arts, Education
& Building Materials rescued
from the commercial waste
stream. Now located on 3
Clearwater Road in New
Paltz,
NY.
845-567-1445.
h t t p : / / w w w. h v m e . c o m
[email protected] 01/11
Sculpture… Call for entries for
The Fields Sculpture Park at Art
Omi, an outdoor contemporary
sculpture park. Send slides to:
The Fields, 59 Letter S Road,
Ghent, NY 12075. Artists are
given the opportunity to display
their work at the park but works
are not purchased or funded
by Omi.
518-392-7656.
[email protected] Ongoing
GCCA 2011-12 Call For Entries
Up to 10 jpegs, maximum size 5”, 72 dpi or photographs
Write exhibition title in email subject line, or on envelope in mail
submissions.
File names should read “YourName_1.jpeg”
Image list should include: your name, address, phone number,
email and a list with each image corresponding to your file numbers.
Email to [email protected] or mail to Fawn Potash, Visual
Arts Director, GCCA, PO Box 463, Catskill NY 12414
will be awarded in 2-D and 3-D,
including digital art. All art
work must be original and completed within the past two years.
$20 entry fee. Send slides and
CDs by May 16, 2011. Show
dates: July 15 thru August 19,
2011. Info. (607) 547-9777
Updated 05/11
Monsters & Masks, Call for Entries
Exhibit Dates: October 15 – November 19
Juried by members of the GCCA Exhibition Committee
Explore the symbolic, psychological, spiritual, and poetic opportunities of monsters and masks. All media, 2D, 3D and digital
presentations are welcome.
Submission Deadline: August 15
Drop Off Dates: October 11 & 12
Pick up Dates: November 14 & 15
Salon 2011, annual small works membership show and sale
November 26, 2011 – January 7, 2012
No application deadline. Membership required.
Drop Off Dates: November 21 & 22, 2011
Pick up Dates: January 9 & 10, 2012
Send photographs by September 30th to be included in our
advance publicity.
Annual unjuried exhibition and sale of members’ small works
plus
The Artful Hand Holiday Boutique in our upstairs gallery.
Art in America… and other classic art magazines. GCCA
Catskill Gallery 1st Fl. info center, Greene County Council on
the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill,
NY. 12414. 518-943-3400.
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Thank You to our MEMBERS & DONORS
As a not-for-profit, community-based organization, the Greene County Council on the Arts depends upon the on-going support of
our members to help us maintain our core programs through which we provide a variety of services. A continually growing membership is crucial to our efforts to deliver these
services so that we may better serve our communities through all the arts.
We at the GCCA would like to take this opportunity to thank those who, through their tax-deductible contributions, help to make our work possible.
Government Support
New York State Council on the Arts; County of
Greene and the Greene County Legislature; Senator
James Seward and Assemblyman Peter Lopez,
Greene County Youth Bureau/NYS Office of
Children & Family Services; Town of Ashland;
Town of Athens; Town of Cairo; Town of Catskill;
Town of Coxsackie; Town of Durham; Town of
Greenville; Town of Hunter; Town of Jewett; Town
of Lexington; Town of New Baltimore; Town of
Prattsville; Town of Windham; Village of Catskill;
Dept. of Social Services; Experience Works; New
York State Department for the Aging/RSVP; Greene
County Economic Development, Tourism and
Planning.
Foundation Support
The Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation;
First Niagara Bank Foundation; The Nan Guterman
Foundation; Golub Foundation; Home Depot
Foundation; Hudson River Bank & Trust Company
Foundation; Peckham Family Foundation; The Saul
& Marilyn Spilke Foundation; Stewart’s Foundation;
Target Foundation; United Way of Columbia &
Greene Counties; Verizon Foundation.
Corporate, Business and Organization
Members and Donors
Athens Cultural Center, The Bank of Greene County;
Banner Hill School of Fine Arts & Woodworking;
BearFly Designs; Beginner’s Mind Studio;
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus; Black Dome Press;
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County Historical Society; Greene Room Players;
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Showcase Theatre; HSBC Bank USA, Huber
Enterprises; Hudson River Graphics; Hudson Valley
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Inc.; Mid-Hudson Cablevision, Inc.; M Gallery;
MJQ Irish Cultural & Sports Center; Mountain
Outfitters; Mountain T-Shirts; Mountain Top
Historical Society; National Bank of Coxsackie;
New Athens Generating Company; New York
Foundation for the Arts; The Open Studio; Peckham
Family Foundation; The Mountain Pennysaver;
Petite Productions; Pioneer Lumber; Pro Ski Shop;
Poncho Villa; Port of Call Restaurant; Pro Ski &
Ride; Radio 810 WGY; Robert Hoven Inc.;
Roshkowska Galleries, Rotary Club of Cairo; Rotary
Club of Catskill; Rotary Club of Coxsackie; Rotary
Patrons and Benefactors
Steve & Jackie Dunn; Alan Goaule & Nina Matis; Lisa Fox Martin & Dick May;
Tracy & Richard McNally; Mr. & Mrs. Charles Royce; Marilyn Spilke
Supporters
Stuart & Anne Miller Breslow; Susan Law Dake; Maya Farber; Tom & Di-Anne
Gibson; Ann Dee Burnham & Joe Kindred; Main Care Energy; Donna Williams
& Kim McLean; James & Purcell Palmer; Michael & Sandy Smith; Bo Van Den
Assum.
Sponsors
Timothy & Elizabeth Albright, Sr.; Alfred & Audrey Bagnall; Adam Price & Sara
Barker; June Falkner Battisti; Susan Beecher; Albert Scott & Tracy Berwick;
Friends
Deborah Allen; Janet Atkins; Linda
Leeds & Jack Baran; Theodore &
Pamela Belfor; Leonard & Gladys Bell;
Mike & June Boyle; Barbara Bravo;
Eugenie & Steven Brignoli; Stephen
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Bursztyn & Julie Chase; Thomas
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Christie; Lawry Swidler & Ulla Darni;
Nicole Lemelin & Terry DePietro; V.
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Frank Guido; David O. Herman; Karen
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& Pam Krajeski; Bonnie Kring; Homer
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& Anne Miller; Stephanie Monseu;
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Thomas & Margo Pelletier; John
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Valerie Richmond; Thomas & Joan
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Paul and Amy Slutzky; Leigh Ann
Smith; John Sowle; Robin Stapley;
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Jesse Christopher Tieger; Brooke
Travelstead; Nancy Ursprung; James
M.& Joanne Wagman; Patrick &
Stephanie Walsch; Mary & Sheldon
Warshow; Water Street Art Studio.
Family Members
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& Tom Bellino; Joel & Ann Berson;
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Shop; S.P. Productions; State Telephone Co.; Steven
Kretchmer Designs; Stewart’s Shops; Summit Hill
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Performing Arts Center; Target; Terra Books; Thin
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Top Furniture; Tonga Pictures; Traphagen Honey;
Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation; Trustco
Bank; UDU, Inc.; Ulla Darni, Inc.; Village Bistro;
Wal*Mart; Washington Irving Inn; Water Street Arts
Studio; Williams Lumber & Home Supply;
Windham Art & Photography; Windham Chamber
Music Festival; Windham Country Club; Windham
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Mountain Outfitters; Windham Ski Shop; Windham
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WGY Christmas Wish.
Lifetime Members (for Distinguished Service)
Deborah Allen; Karl T. Anis; Sue Bain, Stephan
Bardfield; Athena Billias; Nettie Brink; Dot Chast;
Wilbur Cross; Thomas Culp; Betty Cure; Ralph
Davis; Teri Passaretti-Drumgold; Carolyn & Eric
Egas; Peter Finn; Frank Giorgini; Magdalena
Golczewski; Judith Gomory; John Griffin; Robert
Hervey; Eve Hines; Daniel J. Hogarty Jr.; Anabar
Jensis; Kathleen Johannesen; Pamela Jones; Kathy
Kenny; David Kukle; Deborah Kulich; Keith A.
Lampman; C.D.Lane Family; Ruth Leonard; Shirley
& Menahem Lewin; Frank & Trudy Litto; Ellen
Mahnken; Stanley Maltzman; Robert Manno;
Clarence B. Moon; Linda Overbaugh; Fawn Potash;
Dorothy Rodgers; Vivian Ruoff; Enrico Scull; David
Slutzky; Kay Stamer; Hudson Talbott; Robert Turan;
Pam Weisberg; Bruce Whittaker.
Marianne Lockwood & David Bury; Clesson & Jean Bush; Mary Caulfield
Byers; Richard & Rosalie Churchill; Nancy Cohen; Thomas Culp; Frank
Cuthbert; Franklyn & Pauline Dickson; Susan & Bart Ferris; Jerry Freedner; Nita
Friedman; Barry & Gloria Garfinkel; Thomas & Linda Gentalen; Janis Pforsich
& Larry Gillaspie; Michel Goldberg; Martin & Caroline Gresak; Jack Guterman;
Bob & Ann Hallock; HRC Showcase Theater; Patricia Feinman & Arthur Klein;
Eleanor Alter & Allan Lans; Paul & Cynthia LaPierre; Andrea Lowenthal; Anna
& Douglas Maguire; Wayne D. & Veronica Marquoit; the Mason Family; Ronnie
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& Debra Moskowitz; Kathy Stone &
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Christian Pfister; Loni Pont; Paul &
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Trautman; Barbara Valicenti; Brent &
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Archbold; Don Archer; Ritva Babcock;
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Barnhart; John Barra; Isabelle Barton;
Paul Barton; Keith Batten; Kathryn
Tipton Battles; Nancy Beal; Winifred P.
Behrendt;
Madeline
Behrmann;
Leonard & Gladys Bell; Dmitri Belyi;
Christine Benith; Jennifer Benninger;
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Thank You to our MEMBERS & DONORS
As a not-for-profit, community-based organization, the Greene County Council on the Arts depends upon the on-going support of
our members to help us maintain our core programs through which we provide a variety of services. A continually growing membership is crucial to our efforts to deliver these
services so that we may better serve our communities through all the arts.
We at the GCCA would like to take this opportunity to thank those who, through their tax-deductible contributions, help to make our work possible.
David Bernstein; Janice, Adam &
Ogden Bernstein; John Bickerton;
Brigit Binns & Casey Biggs; Athena
Billias, Lois Binetsky; Kristy Bishop;
Mary Beth Bishop; Gary Bivins; Jane
Bloodgood-Abrams; Arlene Boehm;
Jeffrey & Mary Boehm; Annie
Borgenicht; Donald Boutin; Rev. John
& Phyllis Bowen; Claire Bracaglia;
Winnifred Brady; David & Deborah
Brannan; Madeline & William Brigden;
Victoria Brill; Dave Brooks; Richard F.
& Janet Brooks; Ames Brown; Heather
Brown; Muriel Brown; Allen Bryan;
Anna K. & Donald B. Buchanan; Jules
Bullard; Eileen Bump; Beverly
Burgtorf; Jerome Burke; Lawrence
Butcher Jr.; Rita Buttiker; Samantha
Butts;
Rob Caldwell; Jeremiah
Callahan; Hannah & Eva Cameron;
Jeanne
Cameron;
Robert
J.
Camporeale; Eileen Camuto; William
A. Carbone; Wendy Carroll; Andrew
Carter; Ann L. Casey; Loren Cashman;
Stephanie Casper; Alice Caulfield;
Madeleine Cavallino; Michael Cerrato;
Virginia Chakejian; Dot Chast; Sasha
Chermayeff; Helena Chirico; Kathleen
Christiana; David Christofferson;
Colleen Polye and Joseph Clancy;
Franklin Clark; Sue Clark; Karen
Scharff & James Coe; Marion Cohen;
Marie Cole; Sheila A. Conforti; Ronald
Coons; Ann Cooper; Bill Cox; Eleanor
& Lee Coyle; Thomas Cramer; Richard
Crenson; Donn Critchell; Steve Crohn;
Linda Cross; Brian Branigan & Allison
Culbertson; Jane Culp; Marie
Cummings; Jim & Andrea Cunliffe;
Kathrine Czermerys; Carl Daley, Jr.;
Regina Daly; Tania Da Prada; Jim
Davis; Regina C. Davis; Frank Deak;
Sam Aldi & Michael DeBenedictus;
Raymond A. Decker; Janet DeFeo;
Dorothy DeForest; Nancy Delaney;
Betty DeLaurentis; Tasha Depp; Bruno
DeSantis; Tess De Santis; Paula
DeSimone; Desrosiers Family; Eugene
& Veronica DeVillamil; Sandra
Dilworth; Bonnie Dimino; V. James
DiPerna; Wendy Doney; Carol DratchKovler; Francis X. Driscoll; Joy Dryer;
Doris W. Duffee; Lisa Duffek; William
P. Duffy; James Dustin; Stewart
Dutfield; Philip Eberlein; Timothy
Ebneth; Stuart Eichel; Anne & Sidney
Emerman; Renee Englander; Tanya
Ernst; Dianne J. Exum; Alanna
Facchin; Emily Fagan; Robert Fair;
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Rodney Forslund; Jann Forster; Susan
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Fox; Reidunn Fraas; Stephanie Francis;
Margery B. Franklin; Lorrie Fredette;
Erica Freick; David Fried; Stuart
Friedman; Remi Fritsch-Fontanges;
Anne Gabriele; Angela Gaffney-Smith;
John Galaskas; Eileen Gallagher; Larry
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Garramone; Suzanne Roller Gardner;
Carli Gazoorian; Dorothy C. Geary;
Yoram Gelman; Bob Gillis; Page C.
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Kurt Holsapple; Paul Honea; Ashley
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Howie; Django Houston; Robert
Hoven; Virginia Hoyt; Christine
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Hughes; Michael M. Hunt; Allan
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Irwin; Laura Jackett; Charles Jacob;
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Arthur Klussendorf; Rachael Knaust;
Werner Knudsen; Itoko Kobayashi;
Penelope Koburger; Edwin Koch;
Danette Koke; Maria Kolodziej-Zincio;
Charles Kondek; Konnik; Janet Koplos;
Fred Koschetzki; Anna Kostro; Susan
Kotulak; Cecele Kraus; Ken Kraus;
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& Susan Lalor; Jene Laman; Andrea
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Edith Marcik; Christine Margolias;
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Gina Mars; Bonnie Martin; Gregory
Martin; Martin Pollack & Heather
Martin; Basha Maryanska; Alexander
Mathes, Jr.; Maggie & Michael Matson;
Gwenn Mayers; Robert Mazon; Fred
Mazza; Linda McCarthy; Peter
McCormick; Vanessa McDonagh;
Meghan Chalmers McDonald; Allen
McDowell; Barbara McGeachen; Mary
Rose McGuigan; Deirdre McInerney;
Claudia McNulty; Declan McSherry;
Kermit Meade; Jean Meadow; Jonathan
Ment; Susan Meo; Louise Merrie; Zella
Jonas Merritt; Amalia Merson; Tammy
Mesick; Barbara Messina; Patricia
Meyers; Taylor Mickle; Susan Miiller;
Patrick Milbourn; Carol K. Miller;
Janet Miller, Jerry Miller; William
Miller;. Joan & Jeff Miller; Mrs. Henry
Millspaugh; Otto Miranda Jr.; Marie B.
Mitchell; Quincey Moe; Matthew Moll;
Kristine Monahan; Anthony Mondello;
Katherine Montague; Barbara Moor;
Frank Moore Jr.; Joyce Moore; Sandra
Moore; Joan Morales; Gabby Morelli;
Hinde Morelli; Lee Anne Morgan;
Christine M. Morin; Ann Moring;
Marge Morris; Patti & Richard
Morrow; Dennis Mower; Cynthia
Mulvaney; Mary Mundy; Shirley F.
Munoz; Art Murphy; Gus Murphy; Bill
Friedel & Barbara Nadler; Karen Wade
Naile; Vickie Navratil; Cynthia Nelson;
Charlotte Nepsie; Marianne Neuber;
Mike Neville; Carolyn Newkirk; Susan
Nicolini; Lori Nicolosi; Wendy Nieves;
Theresa M. O’Connor; Taylor Ohl;
Mari Warfel O’Keefe; Kathleen
Olivette; Loretta O'Loughlin; Carolyn
Olsen; Dakota Olson; Alyssa O’Neil;
Pat O’Neil; Mary Ann O’Neill; Angela
Opdyke; Emily Osburn; Kristin
O’Sullivan; Larry & Linda Overbaugh;
Regina F. Packard; Christina Paljusaj;
Katherine Palladino; Joanne, Rose &
Patricia Panke-Breitung; Maria Elena
Papson; Michael Parchinsky; Tadeusz
Parzygnat; Eleanor Patton; Anita Paul;
Nancy Marie Payne; Katelyn & Nicole
Pekrul; Jackie Peeler Jr.; Ellen
Perantoni; Nicholas Percoco; MaryAnn
Perks; Doreen Perrine; Cicely Perrotte;
David Peskin; Lisa Peters Russ; Regina
Peterson; Regine Petrosky; Paul
Pettingill; Susan Phillips; Joann Piazza;
Susan Picard; Louis & Joan Pilatich;
Peggy Pine; Fred Pohlman; Jeanne
Poland; Quenby M. Poland; M.C.
Pomerance; Diane Pompilio; Paula
Poons; Andi Porrazzo-Nangle; Erica
Portzeba; Jennifer Portzeba; Kyle
Porter; Stacy Post; Sharon Poucher,
Jonathan Poulsen; Marianne PowellParker; Sharon Powers; Beverly Prest;
Phillip Provateris; Connie Pruiksma;
Ted Pugh; Christine Pushkarsh, Sandra
Pysher; Carol Quackenbush; Brin
Quell; Pamela Quick, Sharon & John
Quinn; Jody Rael; Stan Raven; Singia
Reese; Daniel Region; Alan Reich; Gail
P. Reilly; Patricia Reineke; Susan
Reinhold; John Reinking; Johanne
Renbeck; Monica Restaino; Leah
Rhodes; Kenn Richards; Robert
Ricketson; Journey Rivenburgh; Susan
Rivers; Ruth Robbins; Malana Roberts;
Dianne Robillard, Richard Robinson;
Marguerite Rocholl, Dorothy Rodgers;
Linda & Tom Romanchuk; Virginia
Romero; Nina Romero; Stanley Rose;
Paul Rosedale; Elizabeth Roshkowska;
Leo Ross; Trudi Roth; Julia Johnson
Rothenberg; Elizabeth Rousseau; B.
ZZoe Rowan; Thomas F. Rowe;
Mayrose Roy; Christine Ruf; Michael
Ruffo; William Rulison; Lisa Peters
Russ; Beverly Ruth; Louise Ryder;
Helen Sacco; Linda & Jay Saifman;
Karen Salerno; Riva Salzman; Susan
Sammis Goldson; Lauren Sansaricq;
Mark Sanzogni; Christina SauerDechant; Michele Saunders Laine; Nina
Savasta; Jean & Fred Scheper; Carol
Schilansky; Carien Schippers; Julienne
Schofield; Laurie Schmidt; Stephanie
Schmidt; Jason Schneider; Helen
Schofield; Jenny Schrock; Paul
Schuchman; Gwendolyn Schwarz;
Judith P. Schultz; Aaron Schwab;
Carline Seide-Murphy; Laura Segall;
Kathleen Seibel; Marvin Seligman;
David Seltzer; Barbara Sexton; Paula
Shalan; Gary Charles Shankman; Kaete
Brittin Shaw; Ray Shearer; John & Judy
Sheets; Lora Shelley; Joan Sheridan;
Gershon & Pauline Shevett; Sharon
Siegel; Helen Sigman; Elaine Sigwald;
Ruby Silvious; Bonnie Sims; Mary
Sinnott; Theresa Sirico; Dennis Sivack;
Karen Sjorgen; Alan Skerret; Nina
Sklansky; Paul Smart; Brian & Sue
Smith; Lila H. Smith; Naomi Smith;
Pierce Smith; Robin Smith; Jim
Sniechowski; Pat Snook; Shoshona
Snow; Kathryn Sorensen; Donna
Speenburgh; Raymond Sperzel; Judy
Staber; Susan Stair; Linda Starr; Cathy
Start; Jaroslawa Stasiuk; Linda Stella;
Sarah Sterling; Richard Sternberg; Joan
Stickles; Linda J. Stile; Nancy J. Stock;
Lynne Stone; Susan Story; Jeanne
Strausman; Fabby Street; Irene Sturner;
Eric Stutt; Sharon Sullivan; Able Sun;
Karen Suydam; Jacqueline Sweeney;
John Swift; Rebecca Synan; Ken
Tannenbaum; Alicia Taranto; Beth
Temple; Alan Thompson; Johnny
Thorpe; Judy Thuss; Bruce Dodge &
Karen Tiedemann; Arthur Tieger; Jesse
Christopher Tieger; Caren Tisch;
Norman Tishfield; Francia Tobacman;
Rosalind Tobias; Jane Toby; Kristine
Corso Tolmie; Richard Trachtman;
Dara Trahan; Joseph Tripi; Ellen
Trokel; Kimberly J. Truitt; Donna
Trunzo; Marianne Tully; Alice Tunison;
Kathryn Velis & Robert Turan; Elaine
Turnier, Willard Ulmer; Mary Untalan;
Grant W. Van Loan; John Phillips
VanValkenburgh; Betty Verhoeven;
Jean Walker; Marlene Vidibor; Marie
Villavecchia; Karl J. Volk; Andrea Von
Hagel; Uel Wade; Margaret Waldhelm;
Linda Waldschmidt; Jean Walker;
William Bond Walker; Pamela Wallace;
Patrick Wallace; Scott & Dawn
Wallant; Stephen Walling; Philip
Walsh; Barbara Walter; Terri McGee
Ward; Carolyn Watson; William Weber;
Robert Webster; Cheryl Lickona &
Chad Weckler; Marvin Weingast;
Hannah Weinstein, Judd Weisberg;
Rosemary Weiss; Heather Wendling;
Carolyn Kay Wheeler; Amy White;
Anna White; Valerie A. White; Todd
Whiteley; Susan Wides; Margery
Wiesehahn; Richard Wilkie; Mary Ann
Williams; Wendy Ide Williams; Linda
Winchester; Shebar Windstone; Ilana
Wolfe; David Woodin; Audrey Wyman;
Amy & Sarah Xedis; Peter Yager;
Arthur Yanoff; Carol Yeager; Jaclyn
Yoselevich; Dara Young, Kenneth
Young, Nancy Yu; Edna M. Zelasko;
Andrew Zietkiewicz; John Zubris;
Damien Zurek, Renee Zwickel.
Thank You!
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Ronan Tynan & Andy Cooney to Perform
at MJQ Irish Cultural & Sports Center
An exciting new event is
happening this year on the
grounds of the Michael J. Quill
Irish Cultural & Sports Centre!
The East Durham Marketing
Group, investors whose sole purpose is to sell bricks at the Irish
Park located at the Centre, is
sponsoring a very special concert on Saturday July 23, starring
the famous original Irish tenor,
Ronan Tynan and “Irish
America’s Favorite Son” Andy
Cooney. In addition, The Kitty
Kelly Band will provide dance
music before and after the concert and refreshments will be
available for purchase.
The Centre is extremely
excited to bring Ronan and Andy
together in what will surely be a
night of first-rate Irish entertainment. They have performed
together on only a few occasions
and this marks their first concert
upstate. Both Andy and Ronan
are exceptional in their ability to
connect with the audience and
together they have great rapport
ensuring a night of memorable
performances.
Ronan
Tynan,
noted
singer/inspirational
speaker/author/physician, performed twice at The White
House and was personally
Call for Entries
“One Man’s Trash”
recycled art show is looking
for entries in all mediums for
an August 13 show to be held
in Catskill, NY from 2 to 6 p.m.
Artists of all ages are
encouraged to apply. Entry fee
is $10 per piece, with a
maximum of 3 pieces/artist or
group. 75% of selling price
goes to the artists. An
artist packet and more
details can be found at
www.onemanstrashartshow.
webs.com
Applications must be
postmarked by July 15.
Proceeds from this show are
being donated to the Sprouts
Program presented each summer by the Greene County
Council on the Arts.
For more information,
email
Jennifer
Gertz at
onemanstrashartshow@yahoo.
com
requested by Nancy Reagan to
sing at the funeral of President
Ronald Reagan in 2004 before
an international audience of
more than 35 million. His rendition of “God Bless America” at
both Yankee Stadium and
Fenway Park is widely known.
Perhaps most noteworthy are the
many memorial services and
benefits at which he has performed for the men and women
of the NY Police and Fire
Departments in the wake of
9/11.
Andy Cooney sold out
Carnegie Hall two years in a row
with his Christmas concerts and
has just returned to New York
after performing for two weeks
in Las Vegas. In addition, his
“American Voices” tour with
Grammy Award winners Crystal
Gayle and Larry Gatlin received
critical acclaim and his “It’ll Be
Me” album recorded in Ireland
with the RTE Concert Orchestra
featured Andy, Ronan and Larry
Gatlin on the title track.
The success of this exceptional concert should enable us
to bring other significant concert
stars to perform at the Centre.
Set the date aside now and ask
your friends to join you for what
will truly be a special evening at
a very affordable rate. Be a part
of the first concert of this caliber
at the Irish Centre! We are hoping that you will help us make
this concert a great success and
we look forward to making the
Irish Cultural Centre the premier
venue for Irish events in upstate
New York!
VIP seating in the first six
rows is $40 per person. (These
seats are not eligible for a discount.) Reserved seating in the
next 30 rows is $30 per person.
Discount of $5 per ticket will
apply to groups of 10 or more
(and to Irish Cultural Centre
members). Ticket locations
include: MJQ Irish Centre,
Guaranteed Irish Shop and
Lawyer’s General Store in East
Durham and Tip Top Furniture
in Freehold.
There will be a special
“Meet & Greet” with Ronan and
Andy after the concert! Seating
is limited. Call 518-634-2286 for
ticket sales and information. The
MJQ Irish Cultural Centre will
share in any profits generated by
this concert
Patchworkers Annual Quilt Show
Every year the annual the
Patchworkers quilt show is a big
hit with quilters and non-quilters
alike. This year’s show will be
held August 13 and 14 at St.
Theresa’s Catholic Church on
Route 23 in Windham. Saturday
the show will be open 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. On Sunday, hours are 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
View the beautiful handmade quilts fashioned by the
members of the Patchworkers
and vote for your favorites. In
addition, there will be quilts for
sale, a notions counter and a
boutique with beautiful hand
made items for sale.
The Chinese Auction features many theme baskets containing interesting and useful
items. Also, chances can be purchased for the annual raffle quilt
with the proceeds going to a
selected non-profit charity.
Admission is $1. Refreshments
are served free.
Eileen Buel with her 2010
first-place quilt.
Historical Society Announces Summer Mountain Top Events
Head up to the higher elevations this summer for cooler
temperatures and Mountain Top
Historical Society events featuring the outstanding beauty of the
Hudson Valley landscape and
our breathtaking Catskill waterfalls. More information on
events can be found on the
Society’s
website,
www.mths.org.
July will feature a garden
program in conjunction with the
Mountain Top Arboretum. This
year’s event will be Friday, July
15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ulster &
Delaware Train Station on the
MTHS campus. There will be a
lecture and book signing by
Saratoga Springs landscape
architect Robert Toole. Toole is
the author of “Landscape
Gardens on the Hudson, A
History: The Romantic Age, the
Great Estates & the Birth of
American
Landscape
Architecture” (Black Dome
Press, 2010).
The Society’s Annual “Meet
Me at the Depot” fundraiser will
be August 26 at 5 p.m. The
evening includes live entertainment, a silent auction of historical memorabilia, cocktails and
hors d'œuvres featuring Finger
Foods of the Mountain House
Era. Tickets $45 non-members,
$40
members.
Email
[email protected] or call 518-5896657 for reservations.
The MTHS Annual Open
House will take place the next
day, Saturday, August 27, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. on the MTHS
campus. The theme is Catskill
waterfalls and the featured
speakers in the afternoon are
Barbara Delaney and Russell
Dunn, author of the “Catskill
Region Waterfall Guide” (Black
Dome Press, 2004). There will
be arts and craft vendors, hay
rides, folk music by Dick Stabler
and Judy Chasnoff, favorite
foods, a puppet show, and a children’s art exhibit and contest in
conjunction with the Windham
Arts Alliance.
A book signing and exhibit
of historical waterfall photos and
children’s poetry will take place
in the train station. The event is
free and open to the public. On
Sunday from 3-5 p.m. MTHS
will host a Giffy’s Barbecue in
the afternoon. Tickets are $11
and dinner includes ? chicken,
baked potato, coleslaw, roll butter, beverage and dessert.
Closing out the season, on
Friday evening, Sept. 23 at 7:30
p.m. at the Ulster & Delaware
Train Station on the MTHS campus, Neil Isabelle, will give a
talk about the connections
between country/folk songs and
railroads. Isabelle is a board
member of the Empire State
Railway Museum in Phoenicia
and a conductor on the Catskill
Mountain Railroad.
The Visitor and Art Trail
Center on Route 23A in Haines
Falls is open Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 14 p.m. and will be open on weekends 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 7 –
October 9. Please contact us if
you can help put our best foot
forward for visitors to the
Mountain Top. We need everyone’s help to keep the Visitors’
Center open on weekends. If you
can volunteer a few hours a
month to greet visitors and dispense information, please call
518-589-6657.
The
Mountain
Top
Historical Society enhances our
community’s identity through
the effective use of our historic
assets. Our mission is to discover, preserve, interpret and share
the Mountain Top’s history. The
Society maintains the Mountain
Top Visitor and Art Trail Center
and the historic Ulster and
Delaware train station. Both are
located on the MTHS campus in
Haines Falls, located on Route
23A at the gateway to the
Mountain Top. For more information about membership in the
Mountain
Top
Historical
Society, programs and events,
please visit the website at
www.mths.org.,
e-mail
[email protected] or call 518-5896657.
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Greene Room Players Present ‘Nunsense’
“Nunsense” is habit forming. Let us tell you why! If the
click of a clicker, the rap of a
ruler and the swish of black
skirts bring back memories,
you’re sure to enjoy the antics of
the Sisters of Hoboken in the
musical comedy, “Nunsense”.
This award winning Broadway
musical under the direction of
Linda Nicholls will be performed this summer by the very
talented theatrical company, the
Greene
Room
Players.
Performances will be held July
21-24 at the Doctorow Center
for the Arts on Main Street,
Hunter, NY.
Dan Goggins, author of
“Nunsense”, taps into fond
memories of his youth in
Catholic School to create each of
the five nuns portrayed in the
show. The music and comedy
take center stage as the nuns
present a benefit performance at
Mount St. Helen’s School. A
recent disaster at the convent has
left them in need of funds to take
care of those four remaining sisters. What better way to raise the
money than by singing and dancing? You’ll get to know each of
Has someone been naughty? Come to the Greene Room
Players presenation of “Nunsense” and find out.
the sisters “up close”… Is
Mother Superior as tough as she
seems? Is Sister Robert Anne
still shooting “craps” behind
closed doors? And how do they
manage to sneak up behind us
like that?
Don’t miss the fun! It would
be a sin to miss this show!
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evening performances at 8 p.m.,
Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets
$20, Seniors/Students $18.
Tickets available at the Catskill
Mountain Bookstore, Main
Street , Hunter, NY and at the
door. For more information and
tickets, call 518-589-6297
or
visit
us
at
www.
greeneroomplayers.org .
Classical Music Thrives at
Grazhda’s 29th Concert Season
ent, such as soprano
Saturday, July 9
Sophia Solovij, as well
will mark the beginning
names beloved on the
of the 29th concert seaMAC stage such as
son of The Music and
pianist
Volodymyr
Art Center of Greene
Panorama with St. John the Baptist
Vynnytsky
(MAC’s
County — the first and
current director) and
oldest classical music
Ukrainian Catholic church on the left and
audience favorites celsummer festival in the
Grazhda concert hall on the right.
list Natalia Khoma and
region, founded in 1983
renowned composer
by Ihor Sonevytsky.
The season opens with a performance of the Vocal Myroslav Skoryk.
Solomia Soroka, violin and Arthur Greene,
Chamber Ensemble of the distinguished Ukrainian
piano, will give a recital on August 27. The
chorus “Dumka.”
Under the baton of guest-conductor Soroka-Greene duo is a husband-wife team of
Volodymyr Syvophip, the ensemble will sing international prize-winning soloists. They have
choral works spanning the Baroque to the contem- toured and recorded extensively and are known for
porary period. Mr. Syvophip is the present director showcasing premieres of a number of contempothe Lviv Philharmonic Society, conductor of the rary Ukrainian composers.
The final concert of the season on Sept. 3 will
professional choir Gloria and head of the annual
festival of contemporary music Contrasts, which feature an exciting program by the Music at
has blossomed into one of Ukraine’s most presti- Grazhda Chamber Society with violinists Anna
Rabinova and Irena Krechkovsky, violist Borys
gious festivals under his directorship.
Other season highlights include a night curat- Deviatov, cellist Natalia Khoma and pianist
ed by Rutgers University Professor Alexander Volodymyr Vynnytsky.
All concerts take place on Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Motyl, who will present an evening of readings,
music slides, and a film entitled “Imagining at the acoustically impeccable wooden chamber of
Mazepa: From Byron to Broadway to the Grazhda Concert Hall on Rt. 23A in Jewett,
Hollywood”— an unusual and eclectic portrayal N.Y. Tickets are $15/ general admission,
of the iconic Ukrainian Het’man Ivan Mazepa. $12/members and seniors. Students are free.
Celebrated poet Vasyl Makhno and Vasyl Lopukh Tickets for the Benefit Concert (Sat, August 13)
are $25 and include a post-performance reception.
will also take part in that evening’s program.
In additions to the concerts, MAC is sponsorOn August 6, the Grazhda will proudly feature
the debut of the budding Ukrainian soprano ing courses on Ukrainian folk arts:
Sophia Solovij. Ms. Solovij, winner of several Embroidery (July 25-30; Lubov Wolynec, instrucvocal competitions, has been living in Italy for the tor); Easter Egg making and ceramics (August 1last decade. She has appeared in such operas as 4, Sofika Zielyk instructor), Wreath-making
Anna Bolena and L’Elisir d’Amore. Ms. Solovij’s (August 1-4, Natalia Sonevytsky, instructor), and
program will feature operatic arias and Ukrainian Ukrainian folk singing for children (July 25 –
art songs, with composer Myroslav Skoryk at the August 5, Anna Bachynsky, instructor). The popular children’s concert will take place on Friday,
piano.
On August 13, the Music and Art Center will August 5 at 7 p.m.
For more information, call 518-989-6479
host its annual fund-raising concert in memory of
the 85th birthday of Ihor Sonevytsky, the insitu- (July 1—Sept 4); email info@grazhdamusicantion’s founder. The program will spotlight new tal- dart.org, or visit www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org.
Please support those who have so
generously supported us throughout
the years and in this publication.
Our grateful thanks to all the
advertisers in this issue.
Their support makes
Arts Alive a reality.
Roejan Library
Sponsors Art Studio Tour
Fifteen artists in
Ancram, Copake and
Hillsdale – photographers, painters, ceramicists, furniture makes –
will open their studios
to the public from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday, July 16 and 17 during
Art Tour 2011, sponsored by the
Roeliff Jansen Community
Library.
The weekend tour of studios
will be preceded by a “Meet the
Artists” reception and art sale at
the library on Friday, July 15
from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets for the
tour and reception are $30 and
are available at the library, and
from library trustees. Proceeds
from the sale of art work will be
shared between the artists and
the library.
Among the artists participating are Maj Kalfus - painting; Lonny Kalfus - photography; Leon Smith - sculpture; Jeff
Neumann - painting; Bob
Rosegarten - sculpture; Steve
Sorman - printmaking; Nancy
Rutter - painting; B. Docktor photography; Andy Gingras metal work; Walter Boelke sculpture; Dennis Wheeler multi-media; HM Saffer - painting; Joel Mark Kupperstein furniture design; Lizbeth Shelley
- painter; and Liz Rudey -sculpture .
Steve Tiger, Chair of the
Library’s
Visual
Arts
Committee, said each artist
elected for Art Tour 2011 will
designate one work
for sale at the “Meet
the Artists” reception
and display it at the
library during the
month of July. If the
piece sells, the artist
would have an opportunity to
replace it with another work.
Howard
Van
Lenten,
President of the Library's Board
of Trustees, said the weekend
event was organized by the
Library’s Visual Arts Committee
as a great way to promote the
work of area artists and to showcase the library as an important
new venue for the exhibition of
visual arts.
“Everyone connected with the
library is very excited to be
sponsoring Art Tour 2011, which
we hope will become an annual
event,” Van Lenten said.
For more information about
Art Tour 2011, please contact
Steve Tiger at 518-325-4664 or
email [email protected], or
visit the library website at
www.roejanlibrary.org.
The
Roeliff
Jansen
Community Library, which is
chartered to serve Ancram,
Copake and Hillsdale, is located
at 9091 Rt. 22 in Hillsdale,
approximately one mile south of
the light at the intersection of
Rts. 22 and 23. For information
on hours and events, call 518325-4101, or visit the library’s
website
at
www.
roejanlibrary.org
Discussion & Book Signings
at Orpheum Theater
The Catskill Mountain
Foundation welcomes Jacques
D’Amboise
and
Jennifer
Homans to the Orpheum Theater
on July 23 for a book signing
and discussion event at 1 p.m.
Recognized as one of the
finest classical dancers of our
time and a leader in the field of
arts
education,
Jacques
D’Amboise is an author and the
founder of the National Dance
Institute. The Institute brings the
magic and discipline of dance to
thousands of school children.
D’Amboise’s belief that the arts
have a unique power to engage
and motivate individuals toward
excellence can be seen in his life
and in his students’ on-going performances. He will discuss and
sign his book “I was a Dancer.”
Jennifer Homans, former
professional ballet dancer turned
historian and critic, has penned a
wonderful account of the history
of her first love: “Apollo’s
Angels: A History of Dance.”
Trained in Ballet, Modern &
Jazz dance she performed for the
Chicago Lyric Opera and the San
Francisco and Pacific Northwest
Ballet with a repertory ranging
from 19th century classics to
contemporary choreographers.
The Orpheum Theater
is located at 6050 Main Street,
Rt 23A, Tannersville, N.Y.
Tickets: $5. More info:
Pam Weisberg 518 263 2063;
weisbergp@
catskillmtn.org
www.catskillmtn.org
Page 24
Art Fest: Gallery & Studio Tour on the Mountaintop
August is a wonderful time
to
visit
the
beautiful
Mountaintop area of the
Catskills. Come to the unique
Windham Art Fest Gallery and
Studio Tour on Saturday, August
6 and Sunday, August 7, 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
This tour is free, providing
an opportunity to meet the artists
and see their work. Look for the
signs around the towns near
Windham that will point you in
the direction of these great studios and galleries. You can pick
up tour maps at the various galleries and studios or at the map
centers at Keller Williams
Realty on Main Street, Windham
and the Country Suites B & B in
Ashland.
While driving through the
countryside, the tour takes you
to the studios and galleries of
local artists, photographers,
woodworkers, potters, and jewelers throughout Windham,
Jewett,
Ashland,
and
Maplecrest. All the artwork will
be on sale. The weekend is concluded with an exciting raffle
drawing, refreshments, and celebration at the Country Suites B
& B on Sunday at 5 p.m. Come
on up to the Mountaintop and
“Autumn Changes,” watercolor by Sheila Trautman
“Celebrating the Horse,”
oil painting detail by
Louise Hughes
have a wonderful weekend.
Among the Art Fest participants are artists Naomi Blum,
Robert Cepale, Olive Farrell,
Louise Hughes, Iris Kaplan,
Mara Lehman, Peter Liman,
Patti Morrow, Karen Rhodes,
Ken Snyder, Betty Sweet, and
Sheila Trautman; photographers
Larry Gambon, David Peskin,
Marguerite Rochelle, Susumo
Sato and Fred Zerega; potters
Susan Beecher, and Maureen
Donovan-Garcia, Ruth Sachs,
and Joan Snyder; jewelers Tracie
Max Sachs, and Tina Acardi;
woodworkers Ray Shearer and
Kip Christie – just to name a
few. Galleries include Windham
Fine Arts, Twigs and Things and
Roshkowska Gallery.
A key component of Art
Fest
is
the
Raffle
Extraordinairre. Prizes are valued in the thousands of dollars
and everyone has a good chance
of winning a beautiful piece of
art. This is the Windham Arts
Alliance’s only annual fundraiser to help sustain its activities for
the Mountaintop community, so
all are encouraged to participate
as best they can. Raffle tickets
Save the Date
September 17, 2011 1-5 P.M.
‘Afternoon in the Garden’
At the Beatty Powers House, Catskill
A Party to Benefit the Greene County Council on the Arts
More info: 943-3400 or [email protected]
‘Arts Alive’
ngels
Contributions from the following donors are helping to
underwrite the cost of producing our bi-monthly newspaper
Arts Alive. As production costs escalate, we owe our continued ability to publish to the advertisers you see on these pages
and to the generous support of our angels. To become an Arts
Alive Angel, contact Kay Stamer at 943-3400 or email:
[email protected].
Thank you Marshall &
Sterling Upstate for
becoming our first Arts
Alive Angel!
are available at all the sites. Each
raffle ticket is $5, and you can
purchase five tickets for $20.
The drawing is Sunday, August 7
at 5 p.m. at the Country Suites
B&B on Route 23 in Ashland.
Refreshments will be served!
Art Fest is sponsored by the
Windham Arts Alliance, a notfor-profit organization staffed by
local volunteers who dedicate
themselves to providing the
Mountaintop with cultural
enrichment and fun programs
such as Art Fest and the annual
Sandcastle competition for kids
3-18 years old.
Plan on visiting the Batavia
Kill Creek Festival on Saturday
at the Country Suites B & B,
where there is an art exhibition
in the red barn and a host of
exciting activities for kids and
adults plus lots of eats! As part
of the Art Fest tour, be sure to
stop at the Civil War
Encampment and enjoy the
Music Festival and Civil War Art
Exhibit at the Civic Center on
Saturday night.
Artist Ruth Sachs is looking
forward to sharing her expertise
at her Pottery Demonstration,
which will be held on Sunday 2
to 3 p.m. at her studio. Sugar
Maples Center for the Arts is
pleased to join in the Windham
Arts Fest by opening its studios
to the community and presenting
a special ceramic exhibition,
which will include work by
facility, studio assistants and students.
The Windham Arts Alliance
is looking forward to an exciting
two days with many activities
and beautiful artwork for all to
enjoy. For more information
about Art Fest and Windham
Arts Alliance, go to our website:
www.windhamartsalliance.org.

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