2015 Catalog of Publications and DVDs

PO Box 1342, Woodstock, NY 12498 / 845-679-8111
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2015 Catalog of Publications and DVDs
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Featured Title……………………………...……………...2
Additional Publications………………..………………….4
Forthcoming Titles…………………………...…………...7
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Order Form…………………………………...………….10
Books and DVDs about the arts and artists of
Woodstock, NY
This catalog includes works published by WoodstockArts, by the Woodstock Artists
Association and Museum (WAAM) and by Bushwhack Books. It also features films by
David Becker, by Tobe Carey of Willow Mixed Media and by Cambiz Khosravi of
Woodstock Heritage Productions.
WoodstockArts is a publishing, production and marketing company based in
Woodstock, NY. As a publisher it specializes in quality regional art books.
Lawrence Webster’s Under the North Light:
The Life and Work of Maud and Miska Petersham
Chronicles the award-winning children’s book authors/illustrators:
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Considered pioneers in a golden
age of children’s book publishing
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Awarded a Caldecott Honor in
1942
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Won a Caldecott Medal in 1946
Under the North Light is itself a winner of the 2013
Independent Publisher Book Award, the 2013 Benjamin Franklin Award (IBPA), and the 2012 ForeWord
Book of the Year Award, all in the biography category.
“This biography looks at the lives of two of the most influential illustrators of children’s books in the 20th
century and will be of interest to scholars, librarians, and art students. In lively prose, Webster recounts
how two artists with disparate beginnings met in a New York art institute in 1912, married, and collaborated on exquisite award-winning children’s books for more than 40 years. Comprehensive research including the artists’ own correspondence and letters from children; commentary from authors, reviewers, educators, and businessmen; and interviews with family members result in an endearing account of the process,
dedication, and joy that went into each project. Numerous texts and illustrations are discussed at length and
are accompanied by vibrant colorful reproductions. The author emphasizes the artists’ originality and significance, noting that their work presents a picture of the cultural trends of their times.”
—School Library Journal
Favorite Books of 2012
“Loaded with ravishing illustrations, this is a labor of love, recounting the life and work of Maud and Miska
Petersham. If you love children’s books, order a copy without delay.”
—Books and Culture
“Maud and Miska Petersham’s annual Christmas cards form a treasured part of the Horn Book archives, and
several are reproduced in [this] handsomely designed and bountifully illustrated [book]. This warm tribute
to [the Petershams’] collaboration is appropriately introduced by one of today’s picture-book power couples, Erin E. and Philip C. Stead.”
—Horn Book Magazine
“Under the North Light belongs on the desk of every illustrator of children’s stories, accomplished or aspiring, as well as in the hands of anyone who loves children’s books or appreciates biographies of interesting
people.”
—ForeWord Reviews
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9780967926865
2012938574
Data appear on the copyright page of the book
$39.50
192; 146 color photos, 56 black-and-white images
8 x 10 inches
Cloth/hardcover, Smythe-sewn, lay-flat binding
Foreword and prologue
Epilogue, notes, list of illustrations, acknowledgments and
index
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About the author
Lawrence Webster knew the Petershams while growing up
in Woodstock during the 1950s and 1960s and has always
loved and admired their books and the lives they led. A librarian and nonprofit consultant, Webster lives outside
Philadelphia. Under the North Light is her first writing for
love of the subject rather than to meet a deadline.
From the back cover of the book
Maud and Miska Petersham, early 1920s, in front of the
large, north-facing window in their Woodstock, New
York studio. Artists around the world have always valued
the consistency of north light as the ideal for illuminating
their work spaces. Maud and Miska worked together
across this drawing board for close to forty years.
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Additional Titles Available from WoodstockArts
Rediscovering Wendell Jones
Wendell Jones (1899—1956) was a prominent figure in the
Woodstock art colony of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He had a brief
but accomplished career that was cut short by his death at the
age of 56. His work was particularly admired by Philip Guston,
among his artist peers. This catalog has a foreword by
Josephine Bloodgood, Executive Director and Curator of the
Permanent Collection, Woodstock Artists Association and
Museum (WAAM), and an essay and comprehensive chronology by Peter R. Jones, Professor Emeritus of Art at Louisiana
Tech University and the artist’s son. This publication accompanies the first major retrospective of the artist’s work since
1958 (June 14 to October 5, 2014). The page count is 60 and
the trim size is 9.5 by 10 inches. 2014. $17.50.
Embracing the New: Modernism’s Impact on Woodstock
Artists
WAAM show curator and essayist Josephine Bloodgood discusses the Armory Show of February 15 to March 15, 1913,
and explores its impact on established Woodstock artists such
as George Bellows, Eugene Speicher and John F. Carlson, and
on emerging ones like Konrad Cramer, Henry Lee McFee,
Andrew Dasburg, Charles Rosen and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, among
others. The softcover catalog is 92 pages and features 49
color and 25 black-and-white images of representative artist
works and photos of the artists. Trim size is 8.5 by 10 inches.
Published by Woodstock Artists Association and Museum in
2013. $25.00.
Woodstock’s Art Heritage: The Permanent Collection of
the Woodstock Artists Association
Including an historical survey written by Tom Wolf, Professor
of Art History at Bard College, this publication is illustrated
with 16 color and 173 black-and-white illustrations. Softcover, the page count is 176 and the trim size is 8.5 by 11
inches. 1987 and soon to be out of print. $45.00.
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Additional Titles Available from WoodstockArts
George Ault: The Woodstock Years
Essay by Eila M. Kokkinen. With 8 color and 17 black-and-white
images (a photo each of George and Louise Ault; the rest are
paintings and drawings). Softcover, 44 pages, trim size 8 by 10
inches. Includes a chronology of the artist’s life. Also an essay
(“George Ault’s Disquieting Vision”) by Susan Lubowsky
Talbott, Director, Des Moines Art Center. Published by the
Woodstock Artists Association in 2001. $10.
The Founders of the Woodstock Artists Association
Presents the work of John F. Carlson, Frank Swift Chase,
Andrew Dasburg, Carl Eric Lindin and Henry Lee McFee. Essay
(“The Lion and the Lamb Living Happily Side by Side”) by Tom
Wolf, Professor of Art History, Bard College, Annandale-onHudson, NY. With 5 color and 18 black-and-white images (1
photo each of the artists, 3 each of their paintings and 3 period
photos of the Woodstock Artists Association). Softcover, 36
pages, trim size 8.5 by 11 inches. Includes an essay about each
of the artists, along with representative paintings. Published by
the Woodstock Artists Association in 2000. $15.
At Woodstock: Kuniyoshi
Written by show curator and essayist Josephine Bloodgood, this
is the catalog prepared for a 2003 retrospective on the work of
Yasuo Kuniyoshi. It is softcover and includes 10 color and 60
black-and-white images. The page count is 56 and the trim size is
8.5 by 11 inches. Published by the Woodstock Artists Association
in 2003. $15.
The Maverick: Hervey White’s Colony of the Arts
Co-Curators Josephine Bloodgood and Tom Wolf; essays by Tom
Wolf and William B. Rhoads. Josephine Bloodgood was Executive
Director of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum; Tom
Wolf is Professor of Art History at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson, NY; and William Rhoads is Professor Emeritus of Art
History at SUNY New Paltz, NY. This is the catalog from the
Maverick Art Colony centennial exhibition, which occurred in
2006. The publication is softcover and contains 74 color and 50
black-and-white images (historical photos and artists’ work)
throughout its 128 pages. The trim size is 8.5 by 11 inches. $30.
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Additional Titles Available from WoodstockArts
Woodstock Portraits
With an introduction by Tom Wolf, Professor of Art History,
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Includes profiles
of and work by George Bellows, Robert Chanler, Emil Ganso,
Eugenie Gershoy, Marion Greenwood, Doris Lee, Anton
Refregier, Winold Reiss, Hannah Small, Eugene Speicher
and Eva Watson-Schütze. Also a portrait each by John
Carroll and Konrad Cramer. Features 2 color and 30 blackand-white images. Softcover, 43 pages, trim size 8.5 by 11
inches. Published by the Woodstock Artists Association in
1999. $12.
The Pocket Guide to Woodstock
Join authors Michael Perkins and Will Nixon for a personal
tour of places they’ve explored on foot for years. Learn
about the early Dutch settlers and witches, the bluestone
quarries and tanneries, the bohemian arts colony, the historic hotels on Overlook Mountain, the concert that didn’t
happen here, the 1960s rock ’n’ rollers including Bob
Dylan and Levon Helm, the promoters and the eccentrics,
the legends and the history that have made Woodstock
world famous. Softcover, 192 pages, trim size 4.5 by 7
inches. Published by Bushwhack Books in 2012. ISBN:
978061565216. $13.95.
Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of
America’s Most Famous Small Town
At a poetry gathering one evening, authors Michael Perkins and Will Nixon decided to walk across Woodstock—
not just the modern town of busy roads, but the older village of bluestone quarries, abandoned forest paths and
mountain views they had all to themselves. Walking
Woodstock collects their adventures, many first published
in the Woodstock Times, that ranged from the delights of
finding spring flowers to the fears of a mountain rescue.
Full of humor, friendship, nature, hikers’ lore and walkers’
musings, these journeys reveal the wild heart that beats in
all of us when we set forth to explore our home terrain on
foot. Softcover, 236 pages, trim size 6 x 9 inches. Published
by Bushwhack Books in 2009. ISBN: 9781935534396.
$18.95.
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Additional Titles Available from WoodstockArts
More about Woodstock . . .
Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival: The Backstory to
“Woodstock”
Explains definitively and for the first time why the festival was named
Woodstock and why it continues to be so closely associated with the
town even though the concert actually occurred in Bethel, NY. Catskill
Mountain Region Guide called this book “a fascinating read: there’s an
interesting story on every page, and it is a must-have for anyone interested in Woodstock Festival, the history of Woodstock, or the
counter cultural movement in the United States.” Foreword by Bob
Fass, host of WBAI’s Radio Unnameable. Two maps and 115 black-and
-white images. Softcover, 160 pages, trim size 5.5 by 8.5 inches. Published by WoodstockArts in 2009. ISBN 9780967926858. $19.95.
Woodstock History and Hearsay
Prize-winning art book edition by Anita M. Smith. According to Choice
Magazine, “[the] story of this important arts community, one of the
US’s oldest, is told from the sensitive perspective of Smith—painter,
writer and famed herbalist who arrived in Woodstock in 1912. Her
approach blends shrewd scholarship, biography and hearsay. Summing up: Recommended. All Levels.” This book was a 2007
Independent Publisher Award winner and a finalist, ForeWord 2007
Book of the Year. Hardcover, the trim size is 8.5 by 11 inches, with
335 pages, 7 maps, 170 black-and-white photos and 19 color images.
Published by WoodstockArts in 2009. ISBN 9780967926841. $37.50.
This title is also available from Ingram and Baker & Taylor.
Forthcoming Title
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Living Large: Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason, by Joseph P. Eckhardt. Publication by
WoodstockArts: Spring 2015.
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Documentary DVDs About Woodstock, the Catskills and Beyond
To Be Forever Wild, created in New York’s Catskill Mountains, is a stunning
documentary that captures the essence of the region known as “America’s
First Wilderness.” Director David Becker (The Wavy Gravy Movie, Small Steps:
Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts) and his crew encounter
many illustrious Catskill explorers along the way: Tom Alworth (N.Y. Dep.
Commissioner for Natural Resources), Ellen Kalish (Ravensbeard Wildlife
Center), Jim Crul (Catskill Fly Fishing Center), Michael Kudish (natural historian), Mark Ruffalo (actor and anti-fracking activist), Robert Titus
(geologist), and Dave and Carol White (hiking guidebook authors). ©2014.
Running time is 59 minutes. $19.95.
“To Be Forever Wild is an important and breathtaking film about one of the
most beautiful places on earth—its sights, its wonders, its people. The film
reminds us that the Catskill Mountains are a national treasure.”
~Congressman Maurice Hinchey (Ret.)
The Catskill Mountain House and the World Around gives a fascinating
account of America’s first great mountaintop hotel. This is also a tale of romantic tourism, Hudson River School art, and cutthroat competition in New
York’s Northern Catskills. For 140 years, from 1823 to 1963, the Catskill
Mountain House stood atop the Catskill high peaks as a symbol of the Gilded
Age. Beginning in the 1850s, the Laurel House, the Hotel Kaaterskill, the
Overlook Mountain House and the Grand Hotel also became world-famous
vacation spots that attracted business tycoons, artists and presidents. This
account of the rise and fall of the Catskill Mountain House is a compelling tale
of steamboat and railroad empires, bitter rivalries, exclusive private preserves, fabulous art and picturesque landscapes that celebrate the Catskills
as part of the American Grand Tour and as America’s first wilderness.
©2010. Running time is 80 minutes. $19.95.
Rails to the Catskills is documentary filmmaker Tobe Carey’s latest project. Carey notes, “I had been asked for years to make a film about railroads.” This DVD highlights the cultural and economic impact of railroads
on the area—from their emergence after the Civil War, through the prosperity of the Gilded Age to eventual mergers and bankruptcy in the 20th
century. Carey makes use of original footage, vintage and contemporary
photographs and rare film. He includes commentary from six area historians: Eugene Dauner, Dale Flansburg, Robert Haines, John M. Ham, William
Helmer, Evan Jennings and Bob Mohowski. ©2014. Running time is 95
minutes. $19.95.
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Additional Documentary DVDs About Woodstock, the Catskills and Beyond
Deep Water tells the true story of the building of the Catskill Water
System. It is a heroic tale of heartbreak, political maneuvering, lost villages, brilliant engineering and a power struggle between New York City
and the Catskills. This film includes over 900 vintage images, rare films
and interviews with historians and residents. Produced by Tobe Carey of
Willow Mixed Media with music by Abby Newton, Robbie Dupree, Artie
Traum, Bill Keith and Cindy Cashdollar, among others. ©2005. Running
time is 45 minutes. $19.95.
Sweet Violets is the surprising saga of the Violet Capital of the World—
Rhinebeck, New York. In the Gilded Age and beyond, sweet violets were
the flower of choice for Valentine’s Day and Easter, and they were frequently used as a fragrant corsage. By 1912, Rhinebeck was producing a
quarter of all cultivated violets grown in the United States. Nearly
400 violet houses dotted backyards and fields in Rhinebeck, Red Hook,
Hyde Park, and towns throughout Dutchess County. At Easter more than
a million blooms were shipped by train to Eastern and Midwestern cities.
Dutchess County became known as “The Violet Belt,” and Rhinebeck was
“The Buckle on the Belt.” The flower’s popularity lasted well beyond
World War II; the last “Violet King” didn’t close his greenhouses until
1979. The documentary includes interviews with historians, rare film
footage and photographs, 19th century music, postcards, poetry and art.
©2012. Running time is 40 minutes. $19.95.
Stanley’s House is a film by Tobe Carey about Stanley J. Kunitz, the former
Poet Laureate of the United States. Kunitz was born in 1905 in Worcester,
Massachusetts, six weeks before his father committed suicide in a public
park. When he was thirteen, Stanley’s family moved into a new house his
mother had built at the edge of the city. In 2003, Tobe Carey learned that
he had been raised in the same house and had the same bedroom as
Kunitz. Carey interweaves the story of Stanley’s family with his own
memories. Historical and cultural details are added by Kunitz scholar and
poet, Carle Johnson, and by Norma Feingold, curator of the Worcester
Historical Museum. Included are several readings by Kunitz. ©2007. Running time is 50:50 minutes. $19.95.
Woodstock: In Search of Utopia, a film by Cambiz Khosravi, tells the
story of Woodstock through the voices of original art colonists Eugene
Ludins, Hannah Small, Eugenie Gershoy and Karl Fortess (interviews recorded in the late 1980s). It brings the story up to the present time
through conversations with Ed Sanders, founder of “The Fugs,” John
Sebastian, founder of the “Lovin’ Spoonful, folksinger Happy Traum, and
Michael Lang, co-creator of the Woodstock Festival of 1969—as well as
young Woodstockers who are looking for their own definition of utopia.
©2012. Running time is 72 minutes. $19.95.
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Under the North Light
$39.50
Rediscovering Wendell Jones
$17.50
Embracing the New: Modernism’s Impact
on Woodstock’s Artists
$25.00
Woodstock’s Artist Heritage: The Permanent Collection of the Woodstock Artists
Association
$45.00
George Ault: The Woodstock Years
$10.00
The Founders of the Woodstock Artists
Association
$15.00
At Woodstock: Kuniyoshi
$15.00
The Maverick: Hervey White’s Colony of
the Arts
$30.00
Woodstock Portraits
$12.00
The Pocket Guide to Woodstock
$13.95
Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the
Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous
Small town
$18.95
Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival
$19.95
Woodstock History and Hearsay
$37.50
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To Be Forever Wild
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The Catskill Mountain House and the
World Around
$19.95
Rails to the Catskills
$19.95
Deep Water
$19.95
Sweet Violets
$19.95
Stanley’s House
$19.95
Woodstock: In Search of Utopia
$19.95
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