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Published by the Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414
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Issue 97
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March/April 2014
OUTSIDE
THE
LINES
Youth Art Show and
Creative Collaborations
The Greene County Council on the Arts is proud to present
“Outside the Lines,” its popular exhibition of works by Greene
County students at the GCCA Catskill Gallery, March 15 through
May 3. An opening reception will be held March 15 from 2-4
pm, at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY.
Above: “4 Eyes”,
Katie Pelham, 10th grade
in Dan Yolen’s classroom,
Windham Ashland Jewett
School, Acrylic, 16x20.
Left: “Op Art”, Ruby Glennon,
5th grade in Sharon Quinn’s
classroom, Windham Ashland
Jewett School.
Right:Hannah Addario at
Catskill Girls Club,
Lisa Wood’s project.
This annual youth arts show represents
a colorful cross-section of Greene County’s
pre-K through high school students and gives
our youngest artists experience exhibiting their
work in a professional gallery.
“Outside the Lines” is possible through the
generous devotion of Greene County art teachers. The students, families and the Arts Council are grateful for their tireless creativity and
efforts organizing several hundred student art
works. The show features floor to ceiling examples of portraiture, landscapes and abstract
experimentation in paint, pastel, printmaking,
photography and collage. Collaborative creations are popular in this year’s exhibit. Lisa
Wood’s Catskill Girls Club students are showcasing a hanging wire, paper and wheat paste
sculpture inspired by organic forms in nature.
Laura Anderson’s pre-school program at the
Catskill Community Center will include an exploration of mark-making with toy truck tires,
toy dinosaur footprints and other objects on
a large canvas. Ruth Leonard’s 4th grade students at the Catskill Elementary School will
premier field drawings that inspired their permanent installation of “Flora and Fauna Murals,” an Arts in Education project in collaboration with Larry Federman, field expert at the
Catskill Audubon Preserve. The show is made
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Catskill Elementary 4th Grade students create
FLORA AND FAUNA MURALS
of RamsHorn-Livingston Preserve
4th Grade students working on drawings and paintings of their
time on-location at RamsHorn-Livingston biomes. Drawings were
collaged together to create murals that will be permanently
displayed in the Catskill Elementary School Library.
A short walk from the Catskill Elementary
School is the RamsHorn-Livingston Preserve,
a sensitive ecosystem containing a wide range
of land biomes: forest, wetlands and creek.
Larry Federman, NYS Audubon Society educator, toured students at the site. Ruth Leonard, teaching artist, worked with students in 12
classroom meetings to create five 4’ x 6’ murals that illustrate the diverse plant and animal
communities with in the preserve. The five biomes depicted in the murals are: Upland/Old
Orchard (entrance to the sanctuary); Marsh;
Swamp; RamsHorn Creek and Upland/Forest.
Catskill classroom teachers linked in with the
study of various plant and animal adaptations,
as well as animal behavioral adaptations.
Students made individual and group
drawings from on-location photographs, guide
books, pressed plants, as well as freshly cut
and dried plants. Homemade black walnut
ink and twig pen points were among many
drawing materials used. Student drawings
were copied and collaged together to create
each murals composition, then adhered to
plywood panels for students to start painting.
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PresenƟng Cultural Events & OpportuniƟes for the Twin CounƟes
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2014 March/April
GREENE
COUNTY
COUNCIL ON
THE ARTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Slutzky, President
Paul Poplock, Treasurer
Lawrence Krajeski, Secretary
Ava Barbour, Bill Deane,
Kico Govantes, Laura Segall,
John Sowle, Brenda Taylor,
Sheila Trautman
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Casey Biggs, Chairman
Karl T. Anis, Jared Aswegan
June Battisti, Susan Beecher
Dick Brooks, Andrea Cunliffe
Frank Cuthbert, Louise Hughes,
Ronnie McCue, Kim McLean,
Patrick D. Milbourn,
Patti Morrow, James Parrish,
Ruth Sachs, Robert Sheridan,
Michael Smith,
Reginald Willcocks
STAFF
Kay Stamer,
Executive Director
Sharon Shepherd,
Assistant to the Director;
Membership Coordinator;
Arts Alive Editor
Colette Lemmon,
Director Community Arts Grants
& Arts Education
Renee Nied,
Coordinator Community
Arts Grants, Schoharie
Molly Stinchfield,
Visual Arts Director
Fawn Potash,
Masters on Main Coordinator
Dale Loughran & Donna Trunzo
“Sprouts” Program Co-Directors
Patricia Britton, Bookkeeper
Barbara Ratcliffe,
Catskill Gallery Reception,
courtesy of Experience Works
Marcia Witte,
Grants Consultant,
courtesy of Experience Works
CONSULTANTS
Ruth Leonard,
“Sprouts” Program
Anthony Rago,
Apogee Webmaster
Smart Systems,
Computer Technology
Kate Boyer,
Design & Layout – Arts Alive
Ava Barbour, Graphic Design
VOLUNTEER GALLERY
& OFFICE STAFF
Dara Young
Editor, Calendar & Opportunities
Jeanne Heiberg Coordinator
“I Love You Greene”
Rev. John & Phyllis Bowen,
William Carbone, Flo Hayle,
Erika Klein, Peter Krug, Pat Lemmon,
Brenda Obremski,
Andi Porazzo-Nangle, Paul Smart
Dara Trahan, Ilana Wolfe
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HELLO MOLLY, GOOD-BYE FAWN
GCCA Welcomes Molly Stinchfield as Visual Arts Director
The Greene County Council on the Arts is thrilled to
welcome Molly Stinchfield as
our new Director of the Visual
Arts Program, managing the
Catskill Gallery and services
for artists. Outgoing Director,
Fawn Potash is passing the
torch in order to spend more
time in her studio and focus
on the GCCA’s Masters on
Main Street program supporting Catskill’s Main Street community development through
arts driven exhibits, workshops, festivals and events.
In her four year tenure, Fawn
has helped the gallery reach
out to a larger pool of artists
with exhibition ideas that delight, educate and challenge
our audiences. By raising the
profile of our gallery, she has
attracted additional funding
and collaborators for ambi-
tious projects like “Transmission”, “Whale Oil to Whole
Foods”, “Museum as Muse”
and “Define the Decade”.
Stop by the “Playing With
a Full Deck” live auction on
Saturday, March 8 from 5-7
PM to say hello to Molly and
good-bye to Fawn.
Molly was selected from
a pool of brilliant and talented candidates, chosen for her
passion and commitment to
artists and creative community building. Molly is an artist,
educator and community arts
organizer, living in Greene
County. She is the Co-Founder and Director of Programs
at Freehold Art Exchange,
an artist residency program
for artists with social and critical art practices. She received
her BFA from SUNY Purchase
and her MFA from California
SPROUTS…the Torch is Being Passed!
Ruth Leonard, GCCA
Sprouts Director for 18 years,
completed her last six sessions
in the summer of 2013. As always, Ruth did a fabulous
job with the program and,
with the help of Marcia Witte,
raised more money than ever
for the summer 2013 program.
We shall miss Ruth in her capacity as Sprouts Director
and take heart knowing that
we will still see her frequentLook familiar? Dale Loughran
(l.) and Donna Trunzo (r.) will
begin their first year as the
Sprouts Program directors.
Both Donna and Dale teach
in Greene County Schools
and have been involved with
Sprouts for many, many years.
Institute of the Arts.
She has received grants
and scholarships from CalArts, the Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council, the Manhattan Graphics Center, and
Richard and Dolly Maas. Her
work has been exhibited in
shows and festivals in New
York, Albany, San Francisco,
Berkeley and Los Angeles in
venues such as Roy and Edna
CalArts Theater (REDCAT),
A.I.R. Gallery, Accola Griefen
Gallery, West Wave Festival
and IMPACT Festival. Art
Voices, Z!NK, Whitehot Magazine, Title, Exit 168 and other
publications have featured her
writing and images. Molly’s
multimedia artwork utilizes
video, drawing, printmaking,
photography, writing and
performance to investigate
trauma and healing, the body
Molly Stinchfield, GCCA’s
new Visual Arts Director.
(Photo by Vivian Lin)
as a symbol for power imbalances and how social categories can lead to discrimination
and injury. Teaching, curating,
and creating opportunities for
underrepresented artists in alternative spaces are essential
to her art practice. She is particularly excited about meeting the member artists in our
community.
New Directors…One Sprouts Leads to Another
ly as a teaching and exhibiting artist. The torch is being
passed to mother and daughter team, Donna Trunzo and
Dale Loughran, both of whom
have taught in our Sprouts
program.
Ruth
Leonard
helped build the program for
18 years, and both Donna and
Dale plan to continue her legacy. They want to wish her well
and thank her for her support
and help with the transition.
Welcome Donna and Dale and
thank you Ruth!
As Co-Director of Sprouts,
Donna Trunzo brings to the
program over 27 years of experience in education. She
teaches in the Cairo-Durham
schools and has been a Sprouts
instructor for 15 years. Donna
is also a musician, director,
and choreographer. As a big
fan of the Sprouts program,
Donna recognizes it as a great
resource to the families of
Greene County. The program
uses the arts as an avenue to
develop creativity and problem solving skills. Through
creative play, cooperative
learning, and an atmosphere
that is fun and encouraging,
children have the opportunity
to work with local artists and
teachers of the arts in a safe
and welcoming environment.
Dale Loughran joins Donna as co-director of Sprouts.
She is a staunch ambassador
for the program. After all, she
grew up with Sprouts. Beginning as a student in the Art
and Music program at the age
of five, she continued attending Sprouts every summer until she aged out at the ripe old
age of seven. Dale decided to
be a volunteer teacher assistant for the program, which
she did summer after summer
until Ruth Leonard hired her
to teach dance for the program. Dale is now an elementary education teacher and a
dance instructor. She would
like to thank Ruth for all the
wonderful memories both at
Sprouts and in her art classes.
As they say, “[Ruth] will
be a tough act to follow.”
CATSKILL GALLERY
COMMITTEE & VOLUNTEERS
Deborah Artman, Will Barnds,
Jill Skupin Burkholder,
Brittany Clearwater, Kico Govantes,
Ashley Hopkins-Benton,
Carol Swierzowski, Richard Talcott
. . . and a host of people
like you!
Catskill Mountain Foundation www.catskillmtn.org
Greene County Council on the Arts www.greenearts.org
The Prattsville Art Center and Residnecy
www.Prattsvilleart.org
The Zadock Pratt Museum www.Prattmuseum.com
Come Experience the Art Along the Rip Van Winkle Trail!
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL
ON THE ARTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jan Grice, President
Maria Kolodziej Zincio,
Vice President
Deborah Davis, Treasurer
Kenneth Young, Secretary
John Cooley, Gerald Cooley,
Jimmy Tim Fry, Lee Gould,
Fran Heaney, Jeff Levin
STAFF
Cynthia Mulvaney,
Executive Director
Renee Schermerhorn, Bookkeeper
Indian Ridge Accounting/
Barbara Beers, CCCA Certified
Public Accountants
Mark Greenberg, Greenberg &
Greenberg, CCCA Counselor at Law
Visit www.mainlygreene.org
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BILL DEANE Joins GCCA Board
Newly elected at the
Annual Membership Meeting
in January, Bill Deane now
serves as a GCCA Board
Member. We are very fortunate to have him share his
leadership and his talents
with GCCA. Bill is a true
Greene County native. He
was born in Catskill and
graduated from Catskill High
School. He attended Pratt
Institute in Brooklyn, NY
where he studied Architecture
and ultimately graduated
from New Jersey Institute of
Technology with a Bachelors
degree in Civil Engineering.
During his career he was
a partner in a Northeast
Regional Engineering firm
and when he retired in 2011
he was a Vice President of
a national consulting firm.
During his 45 years working
in the engineering field
he was responsible for the
design of a wide range of
infrastructure projects in the
NY-NJ Metropolitan area.
Throughout his career he
volunteered on numerous
not-for-profit boards. While
dedicated to his family, career
and civic duties, Bill never lost
touch with the creative skills
he learned at Pratt Institute
by maintaining a hobby of
photography.
Bill currently serves on
the Board of Directors of
the Windham Chamber of
Commerce as Vice President
and Treasurer and is a member
of the Windham Arts Alliance.
Upon retirement Bill expanded
HEY KIDS….
his photography interests
focusing on landscapes in
the Catskill Mountains and
in the Southwest where he
and his wife Helen travel
often. His work has been
shown several times in 2013
including the Ulster Savings
Bank, The Catskill Mountain
Foundation Gallery in Hunter,
the Windham Arts Alliance
Art Festival and the Greene
County Council on the Arts
Holiday Event.
Bill and Helen have two
sons, Bill, Jr. residing with his
wife Autumn in Chesapeake,
VA and David with his wife
Kaycie residing in Hermosa
Beach, CA. In addition to
photography Bill enjoys golf,
skiing and woodworking in
his shop. Welcome Bill!
GCCA VISUAL ARTS
PROGRAM WAS
THE BIG WINNER
Texas Hold ‘Em Charity
Tournament Raises Funds for
Program Development
On February 8th GCCA
hosted a Texas Hold ’Em
Charity Tournament as part
of the Playing With a Full
Deck Exhibit Fundraiser to
support its Visual Arts Program. The very chilly temperatures brought more than
20 players to the gallery for
an evening of high stakes and
fun! To get into the game, all
one had to do is purchase a
Pocket Size Collection of Playing With a Full Deck playing
cards. The rest was up to luck
and skill. The generosity of
local Greene County friends
and businesses provided the
atmosphere with pizza, beer
and great prizes. Ed Reisner
was the evening’s big winner
and GCCA member Terry DePietro took home the prize for
the evening highest hand. But
the big winner was the GCCA
Visual Arts Program. Funds
raised will go to the development of programming for
artists. This special evening
was made possible through
the planning and guidance of
the Mike DePietro and Sam
Pratt with Daniela Marino
Goldberg, Jeffrey Miller and
Jason Pincus who worked
together as The Poker Committee. Very special thanks to
Mike DePietro and Sam Pratt
who donated their expertise,
organized the event, brought
their poker chips and acted as
excellent dealers on the night
of the tournament.
GCCA is extremely grateful to the people who participated in the tournament and
the following donors and businesses that made the GCCA
Playing with a Full Deck Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament a
winning straight, full house,
royal flush of an event! Angela’s Italian Family Restaurant, Armstrong’s Elk Farm,
Deborah Artman , Balloon Gal
Jenny, Beni’s Pizza Café and
Venezualan Cuisine, Catskill
Mountain Foundation, Christman’s Windham House,
Crossroads Brewing Company, Field Goods, Grandpa
Pete’s Sunday Sauces, Greene
Land Trust and Larry Federman and Rich Guthrie, Hudson Cruises, Inc., Hudson
Valley Hoe Bowl, Hollowbrook Restaurant Inn & Winery, Hunter Mountain, J Tree
Tannersville Gift Shop, Erika
M. Klein, Maggie’s Krooked
Café and Juice Bar, Norman
Rockwell Museum, Penny’s
Café,
Paddlehead Boards,
Pegasus Restaurant, Phoenicia
Festival of the Voice, Rivertide
Aikido, Sawyer Chevrolet,
Robin Stapley at Adaptations
Spa, Tannersville Antique &
Artisan Center, Thorpe GMC,
Marian Tortotella Astrological Reading, Dara Trahan,
Sheila Trautman Watercolors,
Zipline Adventure, Zoom
Flume Water Park and a very
kind anonymous friend.
GCCA also wishes to thank
the 52 Hudson Valley artists
who donated their original
artworks featured in Playing
With a Full Deck Exhibit and
images on the Pocket Size Art
Collect deck of cards. Their
commitment and involvement
made this fundraiser possible.
THANK YOU!!
There is still time to view
the exhibit and plenty of fun
items to purchase from the
Playing With a Full Deck
Fundraiser. Pocket Size Art
Collection decks of cards are
available for $50 and a poster
size pre-cut sheet of the card
images are $50. For $35 you
can own an Ace of Diamonds
t-shirt designed by Joe Stefko.
Very cool and long sleeve!
Other merchandise includes
fine art reproductions of selected original pieces from the
exhibit. And there is more….
silent bidding on the original artwork featured in the
exhibit is now extended to 3
PM on March 8 (original date
was March 1) with a Live Auction happening from 5-7 PM.
The Live Auction coincides
with Catskill Main Street’s
Second Saturday Stroll event.
GCCA Gallery hours
Monday through Friday 10
AM to 5 PM and Saturdays
noon to 5 PM. Call 518-9433400 for more information or
visit www.greenearts.org to
view and purchase the artwork and merchandise featured in the Playing With a
Full Fundraiser.
Top: GCCA hosted a Texas
Hold ‘Em Poker Charity
Tournament on February 8
as part of the Playing with a
Full Deck Fundraiser. Tables
were set and cards were
played! Above: Ed Reisner left
the Texas Hold ‘Em Charity
Tournament with the top
prize, an assorted gift package
that included a very special
stuffed bear footstool
donated by J Tree
Tannersville Gift Shop.
Let’s Get Moving With the Arts!
GCCA Sprouts Registration Begins May 5
Registration will begin on Monday, May 5 for Sprouts, the
Greene County Council on the Arts’ free summer arts program
for children ages 3 to 7. Workshops will be held throughout
Greene County with locations and with dates in July and early
August to be announced. Continuing on the success of last
years’ theme “Healthy Children/Healthy Families” exploring
the arts through an understanding between good health and
good food, the 2014 programming will delve into the benefits
of physical activity and its connection to the creative spirit.
Artistic expression through movement and dance coincides
with the art of healthy minds and healthy bodies making art!
Sprouts offers two separate programs for children to choose
from, one in Art & Music and the other in Theater & Dance. Both
programs run Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 11:45
a.m., with a healthy break between sessions. Sprouts limits the
two 45-minute classes to 15 children each, allowing for lots of
individual attention. Children enjoy a nutritional snack and a
chance to move about between workshops. Register early, by
calling the Greene County Council on the Arts at (518) 943-3400
on May 5 or after. GCCA will send a letter confirming your
registration. Registration fills quickly.
Sprouts teachers are professional artists who work in a variety
of disciplines, many of whom live and work in Greene County.
All have talent and experience in working with children and
understand the importance of positive early learning. Children
and their parents in advanced registration choose between the
Art & Music program and the Theater & Dance program. The
programs continue with the same two teaching artists for the
entire week. Every child takes part in the creative process and
is encouraged to invent, persevere and enjoy success through
experimentation, problem solving and setting reasonable goals.
Our outstanding teen volunteers serve as role models, and
many of our former Sprouts students assist in Sprouts, resulting
in a program that serves many age groups in the community.
Dale Loughran is living proof the enduring spirit of Sprouts.
As a young child she was Sprouts student, as a teenager she
returned to volunteer, set off to college and received a degree
in education and is now a Sprouts Director!
Greene County teens, Sprouts needs you! Are you
interested in working with professional artists, helping teach
young children dance, theater, music or art? Sprouts invites
any Greene County teen or pre-teen interested in volunteering
for our summer workshops to call Sprouts Program Directors
Donna Trunzo and Dale Loughran at 518-622-2585.
Above: Sprouts students sharing ideas while painting.
Top: Sprouts students practicing their dance steps for the
play held at the end of each weekly session.
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2014 March/April
How to Contact
Your Lawmakers
Mark Your Calendar!
Important GCCA 2014
Dates and Events
(For Columbia/Greene Counties)
Governor Andrew Cuomo
Executive Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224
Tel: (518) 474-8390
Senator Dean Skelos,
Majority Leader; Speaker Pro Tem
Legislative Office Building, Rm. 909
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-3171 email: [email protected]
Senator Betty Little
Chair Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks & Recreation
188 State St., Room 310, Legislative Office Bldg
Albany, NY 12247
(518) 455-2811
email: [email protected]
Senator Kathleen Marchione
(District 43 – Columbia)
188 State Street Legislative Office Building - Room 918
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2381 email: [email protected]
Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk
(District 46 – Greene)
311 State Street Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247 Tel: (518) 455-2470
email: [email protected]
Assemblyman Sheldon Silver,
Speaker
LOB 932, Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-3791 fax: (518) 455-5459
email: [email protected]
Assemblywoman Margaret Markey
Chair Tourism, Parks Arts and Sports Development
712 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-4755
email: [email protected]
Assemblyman Peter Lopez
(District 102: all of Greene + Stuyvesant and Stockport in
Columbia County; Rensselaerville, Westerlo & Coeymans in
Albany County; Saugerties in
Ulster County & all of Schoharie )
LOB 402, Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-5363 fax: (518) 455-5856
45 Five Mile Woods Road, Catskill, NY 12414
Tel: (518) 943-1371
email: [email protected]
Assemblymember Didi Barrett
(District 106: Ghent, Claverack, Greenport, Germantown,
Livingston, Tachkanic, Copake,
Clermont, Gallatin & Ancram in Columbia County)
LOB 532, Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-5177; Fax: 518-455-5418
District Office: 7578 North Broadway, Suite 4
Red Hook, NY 12571
Tel: 845-758-9790
email: [email protected]
MARCH 8
(ORIGINAL DATE HAS CHANGED FROM MARCH 1 to March 8!)
Closing Auction of Original Artwork created for
PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK Exhibit.
Held at GCCA Catskill Gallery.
5-7 PM. Enjoy Refreshments and a Live Auction
MARCH 10-14
Pick up artwork from
PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK Exhibit
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 10 am to 5 pm
and Saturday Noon to 5 pm.
MARCH 15 - MAY 3
OUTSIDE THE LINES –
STUDENT ARTWORK,
Grades K-12 from Schools throughout Greene County
Opening Reception March 15 from 2-4 PM.
Save the Date!
MARCH 29
26th Annual Beaux Arts Ball
Masked Ball & Black Tie Bistro
Celebrating the Greene County Council on the Arts 38 years of service
to the arts and culture in Greene County!
6:30 to midnight - The Copper Tree Restaurant at Hunter Mountain.
Silent and Live on Auction on hundreds of fabulous goods to benefit GCCA!
Tickets available by calling 518-943-3400
or email [email protected]
Save the Date!
SEPTEMBER 20
ANNUAL GARDEN PARTYGrazin’ Greene Fundraiser
GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414
518-943-3400 or [email protected]
or visit www.greenearts.org
$30
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin
(District 107: Kinderhook, Chatham, New Lebanon,
Canaan, Austerlitz & Hillsdale in Columbia County)
LOB 533, Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-5777 (518) 455-5576
1654 Columbia Turnpike,
Castleton on Hudson, NY 12033
Tel: 518-479-0542
email: [email protected]
PUTS YOUR
AD HERE!
U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson
th
(20 District: Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer)
623 Warren Street, Hudson, New York 12534
Tel: (518) 828-3109; Fax: (518) 828-3985
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
1 Park Place, Suite 100, Peekskill, NY 10566
Tel: 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
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www.ruthsachs.us
630 County Rt 17, Jewett, NY 12442
1 Treeview Drive, Melville, NY 11747
ONE OF A KIND CERAMICS
516-443-2847 Fax 631-659-3174
[email protected]
Call GCCA at
(518) 943-3400
or email:
sharon@
greenearts.org
Deadline for the
Nov/Dec issue is
October 5, 2013
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Call for Volunteers!
A lot is happening at the Greene County Council on the
Arts and we hope you will join in with our service to
the community. Greene County Council on the Arts
seeks individuals who are interested in becoming more
involved and volunteer on a regular schedule. This is a
great way to meet interesting people, feel engaged and be
an ambassador to the arts and culture of Greene County.
Here is where GCCA needs your help:
Do you like people? Become a Gallery Receptionist
at the GCCA Catskill Gallery. This position offers an opportunity to meet and greet people and introduce visitors
to the gallery exhibits. Also requires answering phones
and some light office support. Four hours shifts needed
on Fridays and from noon to 5 PM on Saturdays. Weekly
commitment preferred.
Do you like food and spirits? Become an Opening
Reception committee member! Volunteers needed to
share their own culinary arts, prepare or set up light refreshments at GCCA Opening Receptions. Most receptions take place on Saturdays in the afternoons or early
evenings. This is a great way to meet artists and mingle
with members and friends. Opening receptions generally
take place every 6-8 weeks.
Do you have gallery experience or program development experience? Become a member on the Visual Arts
Committee. Seeking professional artists or those who
have experience as a curator, art critic or development in
artist business programs for the Visual Arts Committee
to assist the Visual Arts Director with GCCA exhibition
schedule. The Visual Arts Committee generally meets on
a bi-monthly basis. Also seeking volunteers with gallery
experience who are available to assist in mounting and
dismantling exhibits.
Do you like to plan fundraisers or participate in special events? Meet the challenge from the first step in planning to the days following a special event. Work alongside dedicated staff, GCCA Board, members and friends.
GCCA special events provide a great sense of duty and
accomplishment to the accessibility to the arts and culture
in Greene County. Working on fundraisers is also a great
way to partnership with our local business community.
How about putting your past experience to work?
GCCA needs volunteers for mailings, technology support,
light maintenance and building repair at the GCCA Gallery
to drivers needed to distribute the GCCA newsletter, Arts
Alive, in the scenic mountain towns of Greene County!
Greene County Council on the Arts invites you to a
Volunteer Open House on Monday, April 7 from 2-4 PM.
Enjoy light refreshments and meet the staff, volunteers
and new friends!
Call Sharon at 518-943-3400 or email her at Sharon@
greenearts.org for more information and the benefits of
being involved as a volunteer.
GCCA Catskill Gallery -
CALL FOR ENTRIES &
Artist Opportunities
GCCA Gallery:
Exhibition Proposals wanted for GCCA Catskill Gallery 2014 and 2015 Schedules. Send a paragraph describing your solo show, curated group exhibit, brainstorm
for future programs with contact information, an image
list, short bio or resume and up to 10 images (72 dpi, 5”
jpeg or up to 8x10” photographs) to Molly Stinchfield,
[email protected] with subject line: 2014-2015 VAP
Review. Mail hard copy to Visual Arts Director, GCCA
Catskill Gallery, PO Box 463, Catskill, NY 12414. Hand
deliver proposals to the GCCA Catskill Gallery located at
398 Main Street, Catskill.
Exhibition committee members are interested in local
artists’ work, subjects of interest to local audiences, partnerships with other arts, culture and community organizations, daring, fun, high quality work.
GCCA Artful Hand Boutique:
Fine crafts and art under $100 wanted for the GCCA’s
Artful Hand Gallery Gift Shop. Send contact information,
an image list, short bio and up to 10 images (72 dpi, 5” jpeg
or up to 8x10” photographs) to Molly Stinchfield, molly.
[email protected] with subject line: Artful Hand New Inventory. Send hard copy to Visual Arts Director, GCCA
Catskill Gallery, PO Box 463, Catskill NY 12414. Hand
deliver to GCCA at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414.
You must be a GCCA current member to participate in the
Artful Hand Boutique.
For questions, please call Molly Stinchfield, GCCA
Visual Arts Director, at 518-943-3400 Monday or Tuesday
from 10-4 PM.
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NEW BENEFIT for MEMBERS: Two for the price of one membership at Rivertide Aikido, for a period of two consecutive months.
Regular monthly dues are $70.00 and allow adults to attend as many classes a month as they like. Six classes are offered every week.
For more information and to see the full schedule go to www.rivertideaikido.com call or call 845-417-3601.
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Though She Travels in Europe, India, China and Patagonia,
Karen Rhodes Finds Inspiration Painting in the Catskills.
Cauterskill Red Barn, watercolor on paper, 11 x 15 is just one of the recent watercolor paintings
by Karen F. Rhode. Her exhibit is on display at Kaatskill Fine Arts Gallery at Hunter Village
Square in Hunter, NY through the end of March.
Watercolor paintings by
Hudson Valley artist Karen
F. Rhodes will be on exhibit
at Kaatskill Fine Arts Gallery
at Hunter Village Square in
Hunter, NY through the end
of March. Karen’s brushwork
plays on the transparency of
the watercolor medium. A
former potter, Rhodes gained
an appreciation for light and
shadow in her watercolors
and now considers herself an
impressionist and a colorist.
Karen divides her time
between Suffern and Greene
County. She draws deep inspiration from her hikes in the
Catskills and the historic sites
in the area. Karen has traveled
widely to Europe, India, China and Patagonia where she
sketches on site but when she
returns to the Catskills she is
always inspired by the beauty
of the seasons here.
Karen received a blue ribbon at the Cultural Arts Association and her work has
been included in many juried shows. She is a frequent
exhibitor in the Windham
and Catskill Galleries and in
Rockland. She is a member
of the GCCA, the CCCA and
Art Center Watercolor Affiliates of Northern New Jersey.
She exhibited in Manhattan at
the A.I.R. Gallery and Catskill
Gallery in Saugerties.
Kaatskill Fine Arts Gallery at Hunter Village Square
is located at 7950 Main Street,
Hunter, NY. Gallery hours are
Friday through Sunday, 10 am
to 5 pm. For more information
call 518-263-2060.
JILL SKUPIN BURKHOLDER was a 2014 recipient of the Individual Artist Grant through the Community Arts Grants Fund
Decentralization Program. The Decentralization - Individual Artist Tier is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
to provide support for artists in the production of new, original work. See complete article on page 11
“Rabbit” pigmented ink photograph, 2011,
Jill Skupin Burkholder.
“Elephant” pigmented ink photograph, 2011,
Jill Skupin Burkholder.
“Rhino” pigmented ink photograph, 2012,
Jill Skupin Burkholder.
The original camera captures are courtesy of the EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) species program by the Zoological Society of London.
Recognize a Teacher or Mentor and Make the Honor Roll!
The Greene County Council on the Arts celebrates the talents and educational efforts of local
art instructors and mentors through our annual Teacher Recognition Honor Roll. In support of
our educational and cultural programs, we ask you to recognize a teacher or mentor who made
a difference in your life or that of your child by making a donation to GCCA in honor or in
memory of this gifted and influential teacher.
Sincerely, Kay Stamer, GCCA Executive Director
Donations received by April 1 will be acknowledged in a GCCA Honor Roll
printed in the May/June issue of Arts Alive.
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up of the top student artists’
projects and fills the upstairs
and downstairs galleries of
the GCCA.
The
Greene
County
Council on the Arts is especially grateful for past support
from the following donors
to our youth arts programs:
The Christos Apostle Charitable Trust, The Nan Guterman Foundation, the Town
of Catskill, Stewart’s Holiday
Match, Wal*Mart and the
United Way of Columbia &
Greene Counties.
The GCCA Catskill Gallery, located at 398 Main
Street in Catskill, is open
Monday through Friday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. The
exhibit is free and open to the
public. More information is
available by contacting:
518-943-3400,
[email protected]
or www.greenearts.org.
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PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK
CLOSING AUCTION
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A HYBRID OF OBSERVATION AND INVENTION…
New Works by Ruth Leonard on Exhibit Agro-Forestry Resource Center
Ruth Leonard will display her paintings and
works on paper March 8 through April 28, 2014 at
the Cornell Cooperative Extension, Agro-Forestry Resource Center in Acra, NY. The exhibit will feature
her most current work and selections from her earlier
work. Her subject matter ranges from garden portraits, plant still life, nature studies and landscapes,
using a hybrid of observation and invention.
Her artwork often originates in drawing, building from multiple drawings and mixed media works
on paper to understand the motif. Oil painting is the
next step with layers of impasto and transparency
that examine and simplify forms that become a kind
of iconic summary.
Ms. Leonard received her BFA from Wayne State
University in Detroit, MI. She was in New York City
for ten years before moving to the Hudson Valley, and
has been a resident of Cairo, New York for the past 23
years.
All are welcome to view the exhibit and join in
for the opening reception on Saturday, March 15 from
4:00 to 6:00 at the CCE Agro-Forestry Resource Center
located at 6055 Route 23 in Acra, NY. Regular hours
are Monday through Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. However, please call the office to make sure there are no
educational programs going on when you are planning to visit. For more information call (518) 622-9820.
Auction Date Changed to March 8th!
The Silent Auction closes at 3 PM on
Satruday, March 8!!!
The Live Auction begins at 5 PM....
so get your bids in!
Light refreshments and beverages will be served
for your bidding pleasure.
Proceeds from the sale of artwork at the live autction
will directly benefit the GCCA’s Visual Arts Program,
it’s exhibitions and services for the artists
including professional development seminars
for artists at all levels!
Irises in Flamingo Vase, Ruth Leonard, 2013, Oil on Panel, 33” x 18.5” will be on display with
more of Ruth Leonard’s most current and selected earlier works centered on plants and nature.)
RIVERTIDE AIKIDO, New in Town
and a New GCCA Membership Benefit
Written by Patrick Gaucher, Proprietor Rivertide Aikido
Bobbi Gentry, 9 of Clubs
GCCA Catskill Gallery,
398 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414
518-943-3400 or [email protected]
or visit www.greenearts.org
True Nite, from Solo exhibition of paintings,
photographs and sculpture by Herbert Reichert
at the John Davis Gallery. The gallery is pleased
to be showing Mr. Reichert’s work for the
third time, the first being in 1984. The work
will be on display through March 23rd. Hours
are Thursday through Monday, 11 am to 5 pm.
John Davis Gallery, 362½ Warren Street,
Hudson, New York 12534.
Master Carpenter & Expert Painter
All phases of interior carpentry and installation.
Fine wall preparation and painting.
[email protected]
GCCA welcomes Rivertide Aikido to Catskill and
wishes to introduce it to our
members as a local business
and a GCCA Membership
benefit! Rivertide Aikido offers GCCA Members two for
the price of one membership
for a period of two consecutive months. Adults may attend as many classes a month
as they like. Class schedules
and more information can be
found at www.rivertideaikido.com or by calling 845-4173601 or at [email protected].
Is there really any “art”
to a martial art? One needs to
look no further than the painter, Harvey Konigsberg, Seventh Dan in the Art of Aikido,
and his latest progeneration,
Rivertide Aikido.
According to Konigsberg,
“Art should be a luminous experience for both the artist and
viewer. To create this experience in my work, I continuously strive to use movement
and form to reveal the unseen
world. To achieve this goal I
suspend the classical notion
of foreground, background
and subject to focus entirely
on the total interrelationship
of all facets of the world to reveal the elemental force of the
universe…”
Harvey Konigsberg studied painting at New York
University and the University of Miami. In 1965, he
began studying Aikido with
Yamada Sensei at New York
Aikikai. He devoted himself
equally to the disciplines of
painting and Aikido. A member of the Byrdcliffe Art Guild
of Woodstock, Konigsberg
founded Woodstock Aikido in
1987. The connections that he
and other local aikido practi-
tioners had with this art community enabled them to open
the dojo inside the beautiful
and historic Byrdcliffe Barn,
where art and Aikido have
continued to thrive for over
25 years. In addition to being
an internationally renowned
artist, Konigsberg is a Shihan,
master instructor of Aikido.
The Martial Art of Aikido truly does allow for individuals to express themselves artistically within it’s
techniques. This is especially
true in jiu waza, or freestyle,
wherein the Aikido artists are
dealing with multiple attackers simultaneously and must
weave their way through the
onslaught, drawing upon the
internalization of meticulously practiced Aikido techniques
and principles. This is not unlike a jazz musician drawing
upon a musical vocabulary
to solo, but at the same time
blend with the accompanying
musicians.
Aikido is the art of harmony with the universal energy,
or Ki, that flows through all
things. Most everyone, when
confronted with a “negative”
force, meets it with force,
such as striking, blocking or
grabbing out of panic. Aikido trains the mind and body
to be relaxed and move in a
positive, non-confrontational manner with an attack. A
practitioner, or nage, blends
with the momentum of ’the
other”, or uke, leading that
person safely into a throw or
joint lock.
These fused elements of
dynamic artistic movement
and self-defense are now being taught in the Village of
Catskill. Rivertide Aikido has
opened for classes at 8 West
Bridge Street, behind Moun-
tain T-shirts. Chief instructor
Patrick A. Gaucher and Assistant Instructor Arielle Herman
have been students of Harvey
Konigsberg for many years in
Woodstock.
Aikido
was
created
during the early 20th century by Morihei Ueshiba, who
synthesized his knowledge of
traditional Japanese martial
arts and Samurai sword work
to realize a truly harmonious
“way” to the martial arts. Ueshiba’s goal was to create an
art that practitioners could use
to defend themselves while
also protecting their attacker
from injury. He envisioned
Aikido as an expression of his
personal philosophy of universal peace and reconciliation. He became known to his
students as O’Sensei, which
means Great Teacher.
Rivertide Aikido offers an
opportunity for focused training in a relaxed atmosphere
that is welcoming to students
of various abilities, ages and
genders. They seek to share
their path of learning in the
”joyful and vibrant spirit” set
forth by the founder of Aikido. They welcome all visitors
to the dojo to watch a class
and ask questions.
They can be contacted at
845-417-3601, or via email at:
[email protected]
Class schedule and more
information can be found
at www.rivertideaikido.com
For more information about
Harvey Konigsberg
and his work go to:
www.harveykonigsberg.com
For more information
about the Bydcliffe
Art Colony go to:
www.woodstockguild.org
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GUITARIST HIROYA TSUKAMOTO
to perform at the Athens Cultural Center
“...chops, passion and warmth.
Zealously recommended.”
- Jazz Review.com
Hiroya Tsukamoto, a one
of a kind composer, guitarist
and singer-songwriter from
Kyoto, Japan will perform in
the intimate gallery space of
the Athens Cultural Center, 24
Second Street, Athens on Friday, April 25th at 8 PM.
Enthusiastic reviews for
Mr. Tsukamoto’s performances and recordings include:
“A Japanese guitarist
Hiroya Tsukamoto takes
us to an impressionistic
journey”
Boston Herald
and “Tsukamoto plays with
fluid mastery, pristine tone,
and great warmth”. Celine
Keating (Acoustic Guitar
Magazine / minor7th).
Hiroya began playing the
Mark Your Calendar for the 20th year of
The MJQ Quill Irish Cultural and Sports Centre in the
Village of East Durham NY
will celebrate the 20th year of
‘The Catskills Irish Week’. The
late Felix Dolan will be honored at the Catskills Irish Arts
Week. Over 100 events and 60
widely acclaimed artists from
Ireland, Canada and America offer master-classes in
traditional Irish music, song,
dance, story, art and crafts.
The Catskills Irish Week takes
place July 13 through 19, 2014.
Mary
Bergin,
whistle-player extraordinaire from
Ireland and indeed no stranger to The Catskills Irish Week,
will return along with such
notables as Jackie Daly, Matt
Cranitch, Micheal Tubridy ,
Catherine McEvoy, Billy McComiskey, Brian Conway,
Benedict Koehler and Margie
Mulvihill, to name but a few
of the artists, all of whom The
MJQ Quill Irish Cultural and
five-string banjo when he was
thirteen, and took up the guitar shortly after. In 1994, Hiroya entered The Osaka University and while at college in
Japan, he was introduced to a
musical and social movement
in South America called Nueva Cancion headed by musical legends such as Victor Jara
and Violeta Parra.
In 2000, Hiroya received
a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to
the United States. Hiroya has
been leading concerts with
his group including several appearances at Blue Note
in New York and he performed with Esperanza Spalding, Marta Gomez, Kendrick
Scott(The Crusadors), Pete
Kennedy(The Kennedys) and
Dave Maxwell(Muddy Waters
Band). Hiroya’s recent album
is “Heartland” which was released in August 2012 from
333discs.
The performance April
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25th is cosponsored by the
Stewart House, 2 North Water
Street, Athens which will be
sponsoring a post concert reception, dishing up some fabulous delicacies with a cash bar.
The Athens Cultural Center is
located at 24 Second Street in
Athens, NY. Doors open at
7:30PM. General admission is
$10 and $8 for students and
seniors. For more information
contact [email protected].
Hiroya Tsukamoto, a one of
a kind composer, guitarist
and singer-songwriter from
Kyoto, Japan will perform in
the intimate gallery space of
the Athens Cultural Center,
24 Second Street, Athens
on Friday, April 25th at 8
PM. Doors open at 7:30PM.
General admission is $10, $8
for students and seniors.
For more information
contact info@
athensculturalcenter.org.
CATSKILLS IRISH ARTS WEEK
Sports Centre feel honored to
have on board.
The dance department is
well represented as is song,
with Robbie O’Connell, Aoife Clancy, Kieran Jordan
and Padraig McEneany at the
helm. Evenings are filled to
the brim with first-class concerts, all-in full-on céilí dances
and action-packed pub sessions.
We rely on our children
to continue these traditions;
therefore we pay particular
attention to our Tír na nÓg
Children’s program, offering
the same high standard of
teaching as in the adult programs while being mindful of
the unique and fun week that
is in it.
Visit online at www.
catskillsirishartsweek.org
for new surprises. No need to
wait for summer, the website
features online registration.
The Catskills Irish Week of-
fers non-student packages to
concerts, céilí dances, lectures
and sessions.
This is a world-class event
and people behind the scenes
of The Catskills Irish Week
would like to thank all those
over the years who helped
make it so. Take a look forward and view the July. For
more information visit us at
www.catskillsirishartsweek.
org
OPEN HOUSE at
GERHARDS
GUITARWORKS
A mountaintop treasure
On Sunday March 16,
Gerhards Guitarworks lutherie and music shop in Windham, NY will host a “relocation celebration” Open House
from 8 AM – 4 PM. Stop by
and visit master luthier Robert
“Cue” Gerhards and the crew.
Tour the facility and view the
fabulous and ever-changing
display of custom, handmade
and vintage instruments in
various stages of production.
All are welcome. Treat yourself to coffee, hot cider and
other goodies and then browse
the showroom and workshop,
handcrafted signature instruments, amps, strings, books
and musical accessories.
A woodworker, finisher,
luthier and working musician,
founder Gerhards is known
throughout the industry for
his expertise, integrity and
passion for achieving uncompromising quality. As the
head of a leading custom shop
for nearly 14 years, Cue pioneered many of the exotic and
artistic color combinations,
techniques and finishes that
did not previously exist and
are widely replicated today.
Cue has performed “live” for
many years, and still does,
with his prototype guitars.
He explains, “This fusion of
practical experience and fine
craftsmanship has resulted
in instruments that offer a
unique presence and tonal
quality like no other.”
While we can’t guarantee
that you’ll run into infamous
Guitarworks clients Dave
Matthews, James Taylor or
Eddie Van Halen, you’ll want
JON GREENE
Keyboard
Musical Catering for all Occasions
Your Piano or Mine • Group Sing-alongs
Reasonable Rates
The Folks Who Sing Along, Get Along
518-943-2914
Mahogany body “Soloflight” inspired by 1937 DeSoto grille.
to check out this promising
endeavor.
Working with
some of the world’s most renowned guitar builders this
mountaintop treasure is sure
to join the ranks as a first-rate
Greene County destination.
In addition to creating custom
handcrafted guitars, Gerhards
services all forms of acoustic
and electric stringed instruments offering complete tech
repair and customizations...
from basic & deluxe setups, all
phases of fretwork/refrets, nut
replacements, neck resets &
mods, bridgework, electronic
repairs and upgrades, wood
repairs, amp repair & mods,
and beyond. Mark your calendar for March 16. For more
info (and photos of gorgeous
custom guitars!) visit www.
GerhardsGuitarworks.com
or call 518-734-5909. Gerhards
Guitarworks is located at 5707
State Route 23, Windham,
New York just 1/4 mile west
of South Street, at the base of
Christman’s Windham House
Golf Resort.
Wanted
Male Singers,Tenors,Basses
For Male Chorus Volunteer Group
If Interested Call 518-943-2914
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Columbia County Council on the Arts
CALL FOR ENTRIES
“STREETS OF HUDSON”
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Art School of Columbia County
Offers a Bounty of Spring Art Classes
and Weekend Workshops
During April 5 and 6, a weekend workshop with photographer Jerry Freedner offers a course on basic
instruc on in using the Digital Single Lens Reflex camera (DSLR). Refine your ar s c vision
and prac ce the elements that Freedner used while photographing “Lambs.”)
May 24th – July 12th
Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 24th from 5:00-7:00pm
Deadline for Submission: Friday, April 25th by midnight
Juror: To be Announced
Depict your favorite view of the streets of Hudson:
Architecture, streets, or special events in any medium
that reflects the tapestry of this lively urban gem.
Submissions & Guidlines: Works submitted must not have been exhibited in previous shows at CCCA and all works must be original.
Email Digital Submissions to: [email protected]. Please indicate
in the subject line the name of the show you are submitting for.
Include in the Document: Artist Name, phone number and e-mail
address, along with the Title, Medium, Size and Price of each submitted piece. (Incomplete information will exclude your work from
being considered by the Juror). Up to 3 images may be submitted in
jpeg format, the largest dimension being a maximum of 1024 pixels.
If Mailing or Dropping Off Submissions: Send 8x10 photo samples
(not originals) by Friday, April 25th, with the above information to:
Columbia Council on the Arts, 209 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Up to 3 images may be submitted. (Please include self-addressed
stamped envelope for return of samples.)
Submission Fee: Non-members must pay a non-refundable submission fee of $25.00. The $25.00 fee may be applied towards a CCCA
membership* if application for membership together with any additional fee owed is received within 30 days after CCCA’s receipt of
the $25 submission fee. The submission fee may be paid by check,
made payable to CCCA. Mail to 209 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534
(Check must be received by the due date for submissions), make payments directly through CCCA website at www.artscolumbia.org.
*Membership benefits include free submission to six annual shows,
access to other juried and non-juried exhibition opportunities and
venues, and multi-level discounts at restaurants, retail establishments,
service providers and hospitality venues in and outside of Columbia
County, throughout the year. Please visit www.artscolumbia.org for
more information on becoming a member.
Selected artwork MUST be gallery ready, framed and wired for exhibition. No saw toothed hangers are permitted. Work not delivered in
this condition will not be hung. No exceptions. In some cases artists
may be asked to provide their own pedestals or protective display
box or may be required to install their own work should it prove to be
heavy or require special handling.
Notice of Acceptance: Artists will be notified of acceptance within two
weeks after submission date. An installation fee of $10.00 is required
for the first piece juried into the show and $5 for each additional piece.
Fees must be paid at the time the work is dropped off or it will not be
accepted. Artwork must be priced for sale and CCCA retains a 30%
commission on all sales. Selected artists will be notified of drop off
and pick up dates. All artists are required to pick up their work(s)
on the dates posted. If artists cannot pick up their works they should
make arrangements for someone else to do so. A storage fee of $30
will be charged for works not picked up as scheduled. CCCA assumes
no responsibility for loss or damage to artwork not timely picked up
and after 30 days artwork will become the property of CCCA. The
CCCA requires all exhibiting artists to assist in gallery sitting.
For further information, please call 518-671-6213 or email info@
artscolumbia.org.
Painting Above: Farmers Market by Kenneth Young, Oil on
Canvas, depicts the multitude of views and wonder found
on the streets of Hudson on any ordinary day in ordinary
time. The Columbia County Council on the Arts opens a
special exhibition “Streets of Hudson” on May 24
with a reception from 5:00 -7:00 pm.
The newly formed Art
School of Columbia County
offers its spring arts program
for adults starting March 27.
Classes are held at the Art
School’s building (Old Schoolhouse) in Harlemville. Weekend workshops and classes
offered during the day and
evening. Instructors include
Beth Thielen, Jerry Freedner,
Karen Hummel, H.M. Saffer,
and Scott Thomas Balfe.
On Thursdays, March 27,
April 3, and April 10, H.M.
Saffer offers a class on “Fundamentals of Painting”, a
basic introduction to the materials, techniques, and concepts of painting. The goal is
to learn how to control and
manipulate oil paints on canvas. Composition and color
control will be covered. His
class on “Intermediate Painting” is a further introduction
to painting, incorporating the
exploration of color, representation, abstraction and other
concepts and axioms of design. The class runs on Thursdays, April 17, April 24, and
May 1. All classes meet from
10am to 2pm.
During April 5 and 6,
a weekend workshop with
photographer Jerry Freedner offers a course on basic
instruction in using the Digital Single Lens Reflex camera (DSLR). Freedenr states,
“We will explore methods by
which we can achieve significantly greater creative control over our images beyond
the capabilities of a point and
Help
Wanted
Music Instructor
needed for
youth ages 7 to 18 years.
3 to 6 students per week.
Must teach piano, other
instruments welcome.
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shoot camera. We will also explore new ways of seeing: to
recognize, understand, and
refine our own artistic vision
through photography. It is
recommended that students
bring a digital camera that
could be set to full manual
mode.”
In an original design by
Beth Thielen, “The Pop-up
Case Book,” students will create their own journal or sketch
book which pops up out of
its case. Students will learn
paste paper, a sewn boards
binding, and slip case construction. Some bookbinding
experience is helpful but not
required. The class is offered
Tuesday evenings from April
1 to May 6 from 6 to 9 pm.
Hudson River School
Painter Scott Thomas Balfe offers a two-day Plein Air
painting weekend workshop
on April 26–27 to learn techniques used by the Early
American Landscape artists.
These painters used transparency to achieve the luminous
glow that cannot be attained
through the use of direct
painting and opaque colors
alone. This technique requires
a very limited palette and is
good for artists on a tight budget.
Beth Thielen also offers
two Monoprint Weekends:
April 12–13 and May 10–11.
Monoprinting is for any artist
looking to break out of set patterns in their work or to keep
their creative muscles limber.
Using an Ettan etching press,
the class will explore direct
drawing, the use of found and
cut templates, embossing and
ghost printing. The class will
use non- toxic oil based inks
that clean up with soap and
water.
In a three-day weekend
workshop, May 2–May 4,
Karen Hummel offers “Nature and Observation–– Intimate views in Graphite and
Watercolor.” Working from
objects in nature, participants
will do pencil drawings giving monumental importance
to the plant form specimens,
followed by paintings in watercolor? The class is meant
for those wanting to begin or
improve observational drawing skills and learn basic watercolor techniques. (Those
taking the class a second time
will have different exercises.)
Classes are held at the
Old Schoolhouse, 1198 Route
21cin Harlemville, at the junction where Harlemville Road
meets County Route 21.Next
to the Hawthorne Valley Farm
Store, the building is centrally located within Columbia
County, one mile from the
Taconic Parkway, at the Harlemville/Philmont/217/21c
Exit.
Brochures with course
descriptions and registration
forms are available at local
stores and schools. Visit artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org
for more information or call
518-672-7140.
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Greene County Council
on the Arts Announces
Cultural Fund Awards
for Greene, Columbia
& Schoharie Counties
Greene County Council
on the Arts (GCCA) is pleased
to announce the recipients of
2014 regrant awards through
the Community Arts Grants
Program for Greene, Columbia, and Schoharie Counties
(DEC). Through the DEC
program our three counties
have been awarded a total of
$104,000. This amount will be
regranted into our local communities as $84,000 for support of cultural programming
and activities, $15,000 for Arts
Education, and $5000 for two
Individual Artist awards (Columbia and Greene Counties).
The Community Arts
Grants/Decentralization Pro-
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gram is funded by the New
York State Council on the Arts
(NYSCA). This program provides support for local notfor-profit organizations and
artists working with community partners. These funds are
intended to reward programs
with strong artistic merit that
directly benefit our tri-county
residents.
All funding awards are
competitive and determined
by an impartial panel of local
artists, nonprofit professionals, and community members
who are unaffiliated with applicant organizations. These
individuals deserve an enthusiastic round of applause
for their active commitment
to improving the quality and
accessibility of the arts in our
region.
Greene County received
14 applications for requests
totaling $33,490 - more than
the amount of available regrant funds. Fourteen funded proposals shared $27,968
(plus a $1000 rollover from
2013) for Project Support.
Recipients are: The 77th NY
Regimental Balladeers for “A
Soldier’s Relief Fair: Music
& Film in Wartime” at the
Windham Centre Church;
Athens Cultural Center for
Victorian Toy Theater puppetry with Chantal VanWierts
& abstract/modernism painting workshops with Marianne
VanLent; Cairo Public Library
for botanical drawing, black
arts ALIVE
Hudson Sloop
Club will
invite the
public to
observe
and participate in
the restoration of a
Hudson River cat boat
at Kite’s Nest on the
Hudson waterfront.
These images show the
individuals involved in
the restoration, the
creative process, skills
and labor behind the
Hudson Sloop
Club project.
out poetry & other art
programs for youth to
adults; Catskill Chamber Orchestra for
concerts in Catskill &
performance space on
Hearts Content Road;
Catskill Community
Center for “Improv
Comedy for Teens”
program;
Catskill
Glee Club for guest
soloists for all male chorus Winter and Spring
concerts in Catskill;
D.R. Evarts Library
for creative writing,
poetry/art classes; first
time DEC applicant
Horton by the Stream
Theater Company for
production of Horton
Foote’s “The Traveling Lady” performed
in Elka Park; Kevin
VanHentenryck
for
outdoor stone carving class and demonstration
along Route 23 in Hunter;
James Milton for re-mounting of a Civil War-themed
“Amelia” and “Scrooge and
Son” at the Orpheum; Prattsville Art Center for exhibi-
tions, workshops & performances; Schoharie Creek
Players for production of
“The Odd Couple” in a dinner theater setting on the
mountaintop; first time applicant Susan Hintz-Epstein for
continued on page 18
Right: The Barn Dance-Jim Milton of West Kill will remount his
acclaimed production of Civil War tale “Amelia” and direct a
production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Orpheum
Theatre in Tannersville. Photo by Donna Poulin.
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Thomas Cole & Frederic Church:
Master, Mentor, Master
The Thomas Cole
National Historic
Site 2014 Exhibition
Explores American Art
Through the Lens of a
Unique Relationship
The Thomas Cole National Historic Site is pleased
to announce our 2014 exhibition: Thomas Cole & Frederic
Church: Master, Mentor, Master. This never before presented exhibition tells the story
of one of the most important
teacher-student relationships
in the history of American
art – that between the founder of the Hudson River School
of painting, Thomas Cole
(1801-1848) and his student
– successor, Frederic Church
(1826-1900). The exhibition
will be on view from April 30
through November 2, 2014.
Curator, John Wilmerding,
Sarofim Professor of American Art, Emeritus, at Princeton University and former
Senior Curator and Deputy
Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, will
present a talk at 2pm on Sunday, May 18th to be followed
by an opening reception from
3-5pm. The exhibition will
be accompanied by a print-
Frederic E. Church, Sunrise, 1847, oil on paper, Courtesy Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY
ed exhibition catalogue with
full-color illustrations of the
artworks and an essay by Dr.
Wilmerding about this influential two year period that
first brought Church to the
Hudson Valley.
Thomas Cole & Frederic
Church: Master, Mentor, Master will be the first exhibition
to explore this seminal moment in American art through
the lens of the unique relationship between Thomas Cole
and Frederic Church. Their
student-teacher arrangement
grew into a life-long friendship between the two families, and later, the two historic
sites that bridge the east and
west sides of the Hudson River. Church, who evolved into
one of the most celebrated
artists of the 19th century and
later built Olana, was first introduced to the Hudson River
Valley as an 18–year-old when
he came to live and study with
Cole at the property known as
continued on page 18
Community Arts Grants Fund
Announces Greene & Columbia
County Individual Artist Awards
Left: “Type a Letter,” four manual typewriters, over 300 letters, written in more
than five languages at DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn NY, Melissa Sarris (2013)
Right: Children’s Docent Project, collaborated with students from the
Albany Free School on creating a docent tour of the University of
Albany Museum MFA thesis show, Melissa Sarris (2013)
Greene County Council on the
Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of Individual Artist regrant
awards through the Community
Arts Grants Fund Decentralization
Program. The grants are competitive
and represent the presentation of
two $2,500 awards annually.
The Decentralization - Individual Artist Tier is funded by the New
York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to provide support for artists in
the production of new, original work.
The awards are intended to benefit the artist by creating a dialogue
with a community that inspires or
impacts the artist’s creative process
and by encouraging personal artistic
growth. Proposals are sought from
the areas of music composition, choreography, literary arts, playwriting,
film, and visual arts. There were several excellent candidates with imaginative ideas and high quality support
materials, making the 2014 review a
difficult process. After much deliberation, a panel of working artists from
Greene and Columbia Counties recommended Jill Skupin Burkholder
of Palenville (Greene County) and
Melissa Sarris of Chatham (Columbia County) as this year’s Individual
Artist Grant recipients.
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In the painting process students chose and mixed colors
from primary to secondary
and earth tones. They gained
an understanding of cool and
warm colors and how to use
them to suggest space, while
layering color to create depth
and richness. In keeping with
the ecological theme, donated latex house paints were
used from sources where they
otherwise would have been
discarded.
The murals will be permanently displayed in the Catskill
Elementary School Library as
a reminder to all students of
regional plant and wildlife. In
a time when our young people
need to think creatively about
the health and maintenance of
our planet, learning about and
appreciating the natural environment is essential.
This project was made
possible by the an Arts
Education grant from the NYSCA Decentralization pro-
gram, administered in Greene
County by GCCA and the
support of the Catskill Central
School District
Above: Young artists at work
on the initial paintings.
Left: Students gained an
understanding of color and
layering techniques while
keeping mindful of our
environment. The mural
panels were painted from
donated latex house paints.
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2014 March/April
ALIVE
THE BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS the Twin Counties’ hometown circus!
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus suggests a dose of
vaudevillian variety to combat the mid-winter blahs. Taken as prescribed, Bindlestiff’s
unique and proprietary blend,
consisting of equal parts circus
skill, sideshow stunt work,
novelty turns, burlesque sauciness, physical comedy and
superb musical accompaniment, is guaranteed to induce
an altered state.
With upcoming performances on Saturday March
29 at 9:00 pm for adults only(doors open at 7:00 pm), and
Sunday March 30 at 3:00 pm
for families and all ages (doors
open at 2:30 pm), Bindlestiff
completes a luxuriously intimate 3- month winter residency at Helsinki Hudson, the
jewel-box music venue on located at 405 Columbia Street,
Hudson, NY. For tickets and
details call 518-828-4800 or
1-877-BINDLES. Tickets are
$20 and discounted to $15 for
clowns in make-up or costume (walk-up only).
Each
monthly
show
brought a new lineup of
Cirkus and variety arts stars,
with acts like trapeze, contortion, acrobatic balance,
sword swallowing, juggling,
physical comedy, and oddball
novelty turns. The Bindlestiff
stage is one of the few arenas
in the world where you may
see internationally renowned
street performers, featured
acts from Cirque du Soleil and
Ringling Brothers, and artists
made known by America’s
Got Talent - and local legends,
live, on stage, and in the same
show. Live music is a defining
feature of Bindlestiff’sWinter
Cabaret shows, with witty,
original tunes by a variety of
NYC’s best composers and
accompanists.
Bindlestiff’s
unique style reflects deep
roots in NYC’s underground
club scene, nods to political
street theater, and a steady
respect for the traditions of
American popular entertain-
ment and illegitimate theater.
The March 29 and March
30 lineups, presented by Ringmistress Philomena, feature
the award-winning magic and
mentalism of Torkova; stellar
aerial performance by Tanya
Gagne, also known as one-half
of the WauWau Sisters; and
other surprises. Bindlestiff’s
resident hobo Kinko the
Clown will be in attendance,
and of course, louché lounge
lizard Mr. Pennygaff will
amaze with his vaudevilllanous variety of esoteric skills.
Creating the soundscape of
the show will be one-woman orchestra Sabrina Chap
on keyboards and a mix of
noisemaking toys, kazoo,
and loop pedals. “Someone
once called me a mix of Julie
Andrews and Divine, which
I love,” says Chap. “I’ve also
gotten ‘Tom Waits with a hint
of Phyllis Diller.”
In
keeping
with
Bindlestiff’s clubby NYC
roots, the audience is encouraged to dress for festival and
be part of the glamour of the
evening. Those in costume or
circusy makeup can ask for a
discounted ticket at the door.
Perhaps you’ve got some top
boots and a tailcoat in the
closet? Or a corset and tutu
you’ve been dying to wear?
A cotton-candy-floss wig and
sparkly eyelashes? Dig them
out, put them on, and be part
of the spectacle.
The New York Times
said of the BFC Cabaret: “It’s
old-fashioned variety entertainment of the sort Ed Sullivan so astutely scooped up,
but with twists.”
2014 begins the 20th
Anniversary year of the
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus’ origins. Celebrations include
the 4th annual New York
City Unicycle Festival, a free,
multi-day even starting with
a mass unicycle ride from
Manhattan, over the Brooklyn
Bridge, and al throughout the
Borough of Kings to Coney
Island and culminating in 2
days of learn-to-ride activities
and unicycle games on Governor’s Island; the 20th Annual
NYC Cirkus Cabaret season,
which has provided a legendary stage for the world’s best
artists in circus, sideshow,
vaudeville, burlesque, and variety since 1995; the 10th year
of Bindlesitff’s Cavalcade of
Youth, a professional mentorship and performance program for emerging circus artists under the age of 21; and
continued circus education
workshops within New York
City’s public schools and PTO
groups.
Since becoming part of
the creative community in the
Twin Counties in 2006, The
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus has
partnered with local arts organizations such as Operation
Unite New York, Walking the
dog Theater, and Time and
Space, Limited; as well as the
City of Hudson Department of
Youth and the Mental Health
Association of Columbia and
Green Counties to present
youth circus arts workshops
and performances. Other
local appearances include annual performances at the Bard
Above: Aerialist Tanya Gagne will appear with the Bindlestiff
Family Cirkus at Helsinki Hudson, in Hudson, NY, on March 29
for an adult performance and return on March 30 for
a family performance..
Below: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founders Stephanie Monseu
and Keith Nelson will appear with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
at Helsinki Hudson, in Hudson, NY, on March 29 for an adult
performance and return on March 30 for a family performance.
Summerscape
Spiegeltent.
2014 sees the continuation
of Bindlestiff’s Cirkus After
School, a free program for the
City of Hudson Department
of Youth participants.
Information about upcoming workshops or per-
formances can be found at
Bindlestiff.org, or by emailing
Stephanie@bindlestiff.org or
by visiting www.bindlestiff.
org. For tickets and details call
518-828-4800 or 1-877-BINDLES.
“Nature Morte et Vivant”
Still Life and Vanity and the Beauty of
Botanicals on Exhibit at CCCA
Vacation Homes, Lodges, B & B’s
Adirondack Mountains
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P.O. Box 210337
Woodhaven, NY 11421
“Nature Morte et Vivant”,
a juried show featuring the
works of twenty-five regional artists whose works, in all
media, display the beauty of
botanicals, floral and still life
remains on display at the Columbia County Council on the
Arts through March 14. The
selected works portray the
subtle pull and alluring power intrinsic to nature. Chris
DeMarco, an accomplished
artist and photographer in the
Hudson Valley region and adjunct faculty member at The
College of Saint Rose juried
the exhibit. DeMarco’s works
have been shown in regional
exhibits and various galleries
in the Albany Center Gallery.
She is the owner of the National Upholstering Design
Studio/Gallery in Albany.
Exhibiting
artists
include Fern Apfel, Arlene
Boehm, Denise B. Chandler,
Gerry Cooley, Susan Elias,
Jim Flosdorf, Dona Mara
Friedman, Gail Giles, Jordynn
Grossman, Karen Hummel,
Maj Kalfus, Peter Keitel, Maria Kolodziej-Zincio, Kathryn
Kosto, Katherine Mahoney,
Dan Marcus, Cynthia Mulvaney, Nick Nickerson, Dan
Region, Judy Reynolds, Herb
Rogoff, Susan Sabino, Carol
Swierzowski, Richard Talcott
and Kenneth Young.
“Nature Morte et Vivant”
runs through March 14th at
the CCCA Gallery on 209 Warren St., Hudson. Gallery hours
are Wednesday through Friday from 11:00am to 3:00pm
and on Saturday from 1:00 to
5:00pm. For more information
contact CCCA at 518-671-6213
or visit www.artscolumbia.
org.
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March/April 2014
Page 13
The Ghent Playhouse stages
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
by Alan Ayckbourn
….Fiona is a bit bored.
Frank, it should be added, is a bit dim…
The Ghent Playhouse will
present Alan Ayckbourn’s
wickedly funny play, How the
Other Half Loves opening on
Friday, March 21 and playing through April 6. This is
the fourth play of The Ghent
Playhouse’s 39th season. The
production’s director is Sky
Vogel, who several years
back directed the Playhouse’s
smash hit musical Urinetown
in 2012.
Ayckbourn’s play deals
with the interlocking lives of
three couples: Frank is an upper-level manager in a nondescript business office. He is
married to Fiona. The two of
them are comfortable in life,
though Fiona is a bit bored.
Frank, it should be added, is
a bit dim. Bob and Terry are
a young couple with an infant
child. Bob works for Frank.
Terry spends her days writing
letters to newspaper editors
trying, without much success,
to right one or more of society’s wrongs. She could be a
better mother. Bob is sleeping with Fiona. Bob could be
a better husband.
In an attempt to provide
cover for a late night rendezvous, Bob tells Terry he has
been out offering counsel to a
co-worker, William, supposedly distraught because his
wife, Mary, has been having
an affair. This seems a little
more than odd considering
Mary is mousy, plain, and
meek. William, himself no
prince of partying, may also
be up to sexual shenanigans.
At least so suspects Frank,
who, as mentioned, is not the
sharpest cheddar in the pantry.
In an effort to manage
the situation, Frank invites
William and Mary to his and
Fiona’s home for dinner. Terry
also wants to ride to the rescue and plays dinner hostess
to William and Mary on a subsequent evening. During the
action of the play these two
dinners are simultaneous. Hilarity ensues.
Bob storms out to get
drunk.
Terry storms out
to get Bob. William’s buttoned-down composure pops
several buttons. Mary has a
most massive meltdown. Fiona discovers that cougars are
better left in Africa. Frank
considers early retirement.
Bob and Terry’s baby receives
his baptism by fire, otherwise
known as The Stage.
David Campbell plays
Frank and Prudence Theriault
his wife Fiona; Todd Hamilton and Christina Smith are
Bob and Teresa; and Sam Reilly and Amber Herrick are William and Mary.
How the Other Half Loves
Performance dates are March
21, 22 and 23 and March 28,
29 and 30 and continues on to
April 4, 5 and 6. Fridays and
Saturdays performances are at
8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $18 for the General
Public and $15 for Friends of
the Playhouse. Reservations
may be made by calling 1-800838-3006 or visiting the website www.ghentplayhouse.
org. The Ghent Playhouse is
located at 6 Town Hall Place
just off Route 66 in Ghent,
New York.
“OUTSIDE THE
LINES” EXHIBIT
featuring the artwork
of pre K – Grade 12
students from
Greene County
Schools.
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Save this date:
March 29, 2014
6:30 to midnight
The Greene County Council on the Arts
Celebrating 38 Years of Service
The Copper Tree Restaurant
at Hunter Mountain
Now accepting Benefactor reservations and contributions
for inclusion in the invitation and program book with
guaranteed preferred seating. Respond by January 25
to be listed in the invitation as well as in the
evening’s program book.
518.943.3400
[email protected]
presents
WILL OF BOND
STREET
On Saturday, March 15, HRC Showcase Theatre will
present a staged reading of Walter Thinnes’ play, Will of
Bond Street. The play revolves around the aftermath of
the New York City Draft Riots of 1863 when a well-to-do
family takes in a black victim of the riots to work with
their Irish household staff.
HRC Showcase Theatre’s Artistic Director, Barbara
Waldinger, will direct a cast of professional actors that
include: Stacey J. Dotson, Ben Fundis, Andrew Joffe,
Louise Pillai, and Amy Prothro.
This performance will take place in the auditorium
of the First Reformed Church at 52 Green Street in
Hudson. Following the reading there will be a reception
and talk back with the actors, playwright, and director.
The reading begins at 7:30pm. Admission is $12. For
reservations and or information, telephone 518-851-2061.
This event is made possible (in part) with public
funds from the Decentralization Program of the New
York State Council on the Arts, administered through the
Community Arts Grants Fund in Columbia County by
the Greene County Council on the Arts.
Schoharie Spotlight…
Schoharie County received 13 Project Support
requests totaling $47,795.
Eight organizations received
$23,732.
Projects include
a multi-site art installation
featuring the work of Norm
Magnusson sponsored by
The Center for Sustainable
Rural Communities, “Stories,
Rhythms and Vocals of West
Africa” sponsored by the
Schoharie Colonial Heritage
Association, string quartet
performances by the Upper
Catskill String Quartet as well
as an original play reading featuring the work of local playwright Phil Potak (Jefferson
Historical Society), the 2014
Theater Season brought to you
Please plan to visit
BEAUX ARTS BALL
HRC Showcase
Theatre
Van Gogh Inspired Sunflower Collage, by Ashtyn Bell Hansen,
3rd Grade student of Sharon Quinn at Windham-AshlandJewett School will be one of the hundreds of original student
artworks on display through May 3. This very popular and highly
anticipated youth arts show opens on Saturday, March 15 with
a reception from 2-4 pm. Come and meet these exceptional
young artists and their extraordinary art teachers!
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The GCCA Catskill
Gallery, located at 398 Main Street in Catskill, is open Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon
to 5 p.m. More information is available by contacting
518-943-3400, [email protected] or
www.greenearts.org.
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by the Theater Project of Schoharie County, a performance
of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture with live cannon fire as
well as performances by Skip
Parson’s Riverboat Jazz Band
and the Burnt Hills Melody
Makers (Schoharie County
Historical Society), “Music at
the Mill” summer concert series (Richmondville Historical
Society) and a performance by
the Mettawee River Theater at
the George Landis Arboretum
(Esperance). For information
on the DEC grants program,
please contact Renee Nied,
Schoharie County Community Arts Grants at [email protected].
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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. 518-943-3400.
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, 518-943-3400.
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.
518-828-4181 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 518-943-7465. [email protected]
Volunteers…Docents to lead tours of exhibitions
& other museum volunteer opportunities. Amy
Morrison, Development Assistant, (518) 4634478, ext. 408 or [email protected]
for more information. Albany Institute of History
& Art, 125 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12210
www.albanyinstitute.org 02/14
Grants
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. 02/14
Arts Education Grants…Columbia, Greene,
and Schoharie County visual, performing or
literary artists or arts nonprofits eligible for
funding support for artist residencies in K-12
public schools. Projects must be planned in
collaboration with school partners and consist
of a minimum of 3 sessions with core group of
students. These funds are made possible by
Decentralization, a local regrant program of
New State Council on the Arts and administered
by GCCA.
Informational workshops for
prospective applicants will be held on Tuesday,
October 29 from 6 – 7 PM at the Community
Library in Cobleskill and on November 6 from 6
– 7 PM at the Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren
St, Hudson, NY. Deadline for 2013 - 2014 school
year projects February 8, 2014. Colettegcca@
hotmail.com 02/14
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 sdetweiler@aol.
com www.amercercir.org 02/14
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/
02/14
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 02/14
2014 March/April
of underrepresented social justice issues,
community concerns of national or multi-state
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, 212787-7300, 787-7377. [email protected]
www.nathancummings.org 02/14
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, 462-5684, info@
preservenys.org, www.preservenys.org 02/14
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 help@dosomething.
org. www.dosomething.org Updated 02/14
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 02/14
Grant…Linda Arnaud Memorial Fund Individual
Artist Grant using Columbia County Council
on the Arts as the administrator, will award
a Columbia County visual artist who works
in oil, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media or
photography, a grant in the amount of $2,500.
The primary goal of support is to significantly
advance the work of the artist. The project must
result in the creation of new work. DEADLINE:
Tuesday, December 24, 2013 by 5:00 P.M. NO
LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All
applications must be postmarked by December
24th or hand delivered by that date to: Columbia
County Council on the Arts (518-671-6213) 209
Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534 02/14
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, activist-led 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 02/14
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 02/14
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 212548-4679 [email protected] www.soros.org/sdf.
Ongoing 02/14
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 02/14
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. 607687-4341. www.experimentaltvcenter.org .
Applications reviewed monthly. 02/14
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 02/14
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 07666-4111. 201-8368923 www.puffinfoundation.org 02/14
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 02/14
Grants…
Communities,
small/mid-sized,
culturally-specific,
community-based
arts
institutions. Programs showing issues, experiences
*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 02/14
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. submissions@
blacklawrencepress.com Updated 02/14
Literary Grants… Children’s Books. General
Work-In-Progress grant. $1,500 through Society
of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. All
genres. SCBWI, 8271 Beverly Boulevard, Los
Angeles, CA 90048. www.scbwi.org 02/14
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 02/14
Music Grants…International Voice Competition
in Canada, USA.
Altamura/Caruso Study
Grants Audition. $30,000 cash grant prizes.
Performances with orchestra. Requirements:
5 (five) arias in the original key and language.
One aria will be chosen by the contestant
and a second aria by the jury. Aria with
cabaletta must be presented in its entirety.
One chamber literature work of contestant’s
choice. Contestant must be ready to sing a full
recital upon 24-hour notice. Information and
application www.altocanto.org.
Sponsored
by Inter-Cities Performing Arts, Inc. 4000
Bergenline Ave, Union City, NJ 07087. Info.
(201) 863-8724 Fax (201)866-3566
icpainc@
optonline.net Updated 02/14
Music Grants… Fostering of musical ideas,
new projects promoting original programming
& new performers, rather than supporting
performances, tickets or tuition.. www.
sparkplugfoundation.org. Sparkplug, 877-8668285. Spring & Fall deadlines. Updated 02/14
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 12866-3033. Ongoing
Music Grant... Supporting young composers of
classical or chamber music. The BMI Foundation,
Inc., Carlos Surinach Fund and Boudleaux Bryant
Fund. 212-830-2520. [email protected]
Ongoing. Updated 02/14
Music Grant… Meet the Composer’s Commissioning
Music/USA Program for not-for-profit 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. 212-645-6949
x102. 75 Ninth Ave., 3R Suite C, New York, NY
10011. Updated 02/14
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 02/14
*Music Grant…Music Alive with Meet the
Composer supports residencies with professional
youth orchestras. Short Term Residencies 2-8
weeks, one season; Extended Residencies multiyear, 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 02/14
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. www.
meetthecomposer.org
02/14
Performing Arts Production Fund… Program
of Creative Capital, for original new work, all
ALIVE
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. www.creative-capital.
org. Updated 02/14
Performing Arts Grants for developing and
producing work in the musical theatre. Cheryl
Kemper, Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre
Foundation, Inc., 109 E. 64th St., NY, NY 10021.
www.ggftheater.org 02/14
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. 21-8289736 [email protected] www.manta.
com/c/mmcqn8p/tobin-foundation-for-theatre
Updated 02/14
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. www.
alexiafoundation.org Updated 02/14
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 02/14
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]
02/14
*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, long-term
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. 02/14
*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] 02/14
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. 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 02/14
Visual Artist Grants… based on artistic merit,
financial need for painters, sculptors, printmakers, and artists who work on paper are
eligible. The Pollack-Krasner Foundation 863
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021. (212) 5175400 [email protected] www.pkf.org Ongoing.
02/14
Relief Funds, Financial Assistance
New! - Emergency Resources… Superstorm
Sandy. NYFA has a list of art specific resources
available for artists affected by Sandy and
needing recovery assistance. See:
http://
www.nyfa.org/source/content/content/
disasterresources/disasterresources.aspx?
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. 802-2292306. www.craftemergency.org 02/14
Financial Assistance…to help pay medical
or dental costs for artists nationwide.
Prescriptions, eyeglasses, wheelchairs, surgery,
cancer treatments, etc. Funds paid directly to
your medical providers. The Artists Charitable
Fund. Judy Archibald 970-577-0509. cnysprt@
ao.com or www.artistcharitablefund.org. 02/14
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/ 02/14
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
ALIVE
March/April 2014
help meet urgent financial needs. The Wheeler
Foundation, P.O. Box 300507, Brooklyn, NY 11230.
718-951-0581. www.nyfa.org Updated 02/14
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 02/14
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
info@
salmagundi.org www.salmagundi.org 02/14
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 02/14
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 02/14
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 02/14
Photography... Critical Needs Fund for
Photographers with AIDS. Initial requests by
phone: 212-929-7190. Ongoing.
Internships
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 02/14
Internships… Arts Administration in exchange
for housing on the studio complex four miles
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 02/14
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]
www.
brighthillpress.org Ongoing. Updated 02/14
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 Broadway, Ste. 1700, New York,
NY 10038. 212-233-1131, nych@nyhumanities.
org; www.nyhumanities.org 02/14
Scholarships & Residencies
New! - Residency… Byrdcliffe Art Colony Artist in
Residence Program (AiR). Application deadline:
March 15. $40 application fee. Uninterrupted
time and creative space for visual artists,
writers and composers at Byrdcliffe Art Colony
in Woodstock. Fee schedule and more info,
including fellowships, available on line at
byrdcliffe.org/artist-in-residence.
Residents
chosen by committee of professionals. 02/14
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) 317-1470 [email protected]
www.pgfusa.org Updated 02/14
New! Fellowships… The New York Foundation for
the Arts (NYFA) online application for 2013 Artist
Fellowships is now open. Please go to nyfa.
org to apply and review application guidelines.
The following categories will be reviewed:
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Choreography, Music/Sound, Architecture/
Environmental Structures/Design, Playwriting/
Screenwriting and Photography. See the website
for important deadlines and fellowship details.
Updated 02/14
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.
Submit: project proposal; relevant supporting
materials etc. The Millay Colony for the Arts,
Box 3, Austerlitz, NY 12017 518-392-3103.
[email protected]., www.milllaycolony.
org. Deadline, October 1 each year for following
year. 02/14
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]. 315655-5742. Ongoing. Updated 02/14
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 Artist-in-Residence Program, 316 Waverly
Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244. [email protected],
www.lightwork.org Ongoing. 02/14
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. jon_tupper@banffcentre.
ab.ca , [email protected]
. www.banffcentre.ca Ongoing. Updated 02/14
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 518584-0746. Deadlines, August 1 and January 15
each year. 02/14
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 02/14
Residencies... Two-month residencies year
round for professional sculpture artists. Stipends
available. SASE: Gina Murtagh, Sculpture Space,
12 Gates St., Utica, NY 13502. 315-724-8381.
[email protected]. www.sculpturespace.org
Ongoing. Updated 02/14
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 Ongoing. Updated 02/14
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.
Updated 02/14
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. 02/14
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, steve@jsckstraw.
org. Updated 02/14
Residencies… The Platte 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, inverna@catskill.
net. Updated 02/14
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. www.nps.gov/
archive/volunteer/air.htm Updated 02/14
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. 212-675-1616
www.nawanet.org . Deadlines, Sept. 15, March
15 yearly. Updated 02/14
CALL FOR ENTRIES, ETC.
Arts & Crafts/Folk Arts
Arts & Crafts… Columbia County Chamber of
Commerce is establishing a rack of post cards
and/or note cards by artists and photographers
of images of Columbia County points of
interest and historic sites. Artist is responsible
for production of cards. Pricing between $2
and $5 each with artist receiving 70% of the
proceeds. Put contact information (i.e. web
address) on back of card for purchaser to access
and view more work for possible sale directly
from the artist. Call (518) 828-4417 or visit
www.columbiachamber-ny.com Updated 02/14
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. 518622-9820. [email protected], http://arc.cce.
cornell.edu/ Query sent 02/14
Arts & 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.1-800-319-2787 [email protected] www.
gallery.ca Ongoing. Updated 02/14
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 12572-0484 845-876-2995; 1-888-918-1313;
fax: 914-876-0900, [email protected],
www.smartfrogs.com. 02/14
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. june@junecotner.
com, www.junecotner.com 02/14
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. 02/14
Books... Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Village
Square Bookstore & Literary Arts Center has
over 10,000 titles in stock including books on
the visual arts, crafts, film, poetry, drama,
children’s storybooks, cooking, gardening and
fiction and non-fiction. Visit them online at
http://www.catskillmtn.org/retail/bookstore.
html to see their Schedule of Literary Events.
Updated 02/14
Writers... Seeking entries for Very Short Fiction
Award. $1,200 and publication of work less than
3,000 words. Award granted twice a year with
submission deadlines in January and July. Online
submission page: Glimmer Train Press, 4763 SW
Maplewood, PO Box 80430, Portland, OR 972801430. 503-221-0837. Online submission page:
https://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/
html/index2.asp Updated 02/14
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 02/14
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 212-2263963, www.pw.org. Updated 02/14
Music
Music… International Voice Competition
in Canada, USA.
Altamura/Caruso Study
Grants Audition. $30,000 cash grant prizes.
Performances with orchestra. Requirements:
5 (five) arias in the original key and language.
One aria will be chosen by the contestant and
a second aria by the jury. Aria with cabaletta
must be presented in its entirety.
One
chamber literature work of contestant’s choice.
Contestant must be ready to sing a full recital
upon 24-hour notice. Information & application:
www.altocanto.org. Sponsored by Inter-Cities
Performing Arts, Inc. 4000 Bergenline Ave,
Union City, NJ 07087. Info. (201) 863-8724 Fax
(201)866-3566 [email protected]
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. 518-383-6480, 518-5801206. www.facebook.com/pages/Capital-AreaFlute-Club Updated 02/14
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. 315-446-5733,
[email protected] www.societyfornewmusic.org
Ongoing. Updated 02/14
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 agma@
musicalartists.org,
www.musicalartists.org
Updated 02/14
Performing Arts
Performing Arts…Call for dancers to perform in
“La Fille Mal Gardee.” Ajkun Ballet Theatre is
looking for enthusiastic young dancers, (pre-K
to young teens) for its summer production of La
Fille Mal Gardée, staged and performed in the
month of August 2014 at The Egg (Albany, NY).
Rehearsals will commence on August 4th and
conclude with performances in Albany on August
12th & 16th. Dance Students, aged 14 and above,
of Intermediate-Advanced thru Professional
level may audition by DVD or in person to join the
Company’s New York State summer performance
tour. Information about the Company may be
found at www.ajkunbt.org, www.facebook.
com/AjkunBT or by emailing [email protected].
Performance Excerpts are available on www.
YouTube.com/AjkunBT Updated 02/14
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 02/14
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. 518-392-6264, [email protected],
www.ghentplayhouse.org . Ongoing. 02/14
Performing Arts... Private classes available in
Dance and Music. Dance studio available for
rent, 518-851-5150, [email protected],
www.abblappen.com. Updated 02/14
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, 845-338-5984. Fax: 845-338-5958. www.
artwire.org/pof,
[email protected].
Updated 02/14
Visual Arts
Visual Arts…Call for Entries Token cards for
Kirwans Game Store in Catskill. Original artwork
wanted for token game card collection. Beasts,
dragons, warlords. Steve Kirwan, admin@
kirwansgamestore.org or stop by the store for
instructions and questions. 369 Main Street,
Catskill, NY 719-0091 Updated 02/14
VA… Life Drawing... weekly sessions of life
drawing with model at the Hudson Opera House.
Artists work independently in a disciplined
environment; No instructor or specific method is
followed. $15 per session. Offered throughout
the year on Sundays from 10am to 1pm, check
hudsonoperahouse.org for current session dates.
Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St., Hudson,
NY 12534. 518-822-1438. hudsonoperahouse.org,
[email protected] . Updated 02/14
VA… Looking for sculptors, painters ad
photographers who would like to exhibit
their work year round in Palenville, NY. Very
reasonable commission. Contact Al or Kathy at
58-678-3110 or www.catskillmtlodge.com 02/14
VA… 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 also from artists to exhibit their
sculpture in our outdoor sculpture garden. Call
Unison at 845-255-1559. www.unisonarts.org or
the Exec. Dir. Christine Crawfis at christine@
unisonarts.org. Updated 02/14
VA… Columbia County Chamber of Commerce
is establishing a rack of post cards and/or note
cards by artists and photographers of images of
Columbia County points of interest and historic
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sites. Artist is responsible for production of
cards. Pricing between $2 and $5 each with
artist receiving 70% of the proceeds. Put contact
information (i.e. web address) on back of card
for purchaser to access and view more work for
possible sale directly from the artist. Call (518)
828-4417 or visit www.columbiachamber-ny.com
Updated 02/14
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
12414. 518-943-7465. [email protected],
www.thomascole.org. 02/14
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, 518-537-5888. kotulak@
hotmail.com.
VA… Publications: The Artist Workspace: A Guide
for Artists; and The Artist Workspace Residency:
A Guide for Organizations. (845) 658-9133, info@
nysawc.org, www.nysawc.org. Updated 02/14
VA... Seeking proposals for exhibitions at
Greenville Branch, The Bank of Greene County.
All Arts Matter, POB 513, Greenville NY 12083.
518-966-4038.
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 518622-9820 ext/36. www.agroforestrycenter.org
Updated 02/14
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 02/14
All Media
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. 518-263-4908. www.catskillmtn.org.
[email protected]. 02/14
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. info@
artmarketing.com , www.artmarketing.com .
Updated 02/14
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: 1-800-232-2789.
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…Nueva Luz, photographic journal
of En Foco, Inc. ($45 membership) produces
exhibitions, publications and events which
support photographers 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 718-4096445 www.enfoco.org Updated 02/14
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 02/14
2014 March/April
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. 02/14
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 www.
gccameraclub.com. Updated 02/14
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… 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 arts@albanyairport.
com Updated 02/14
Miscellaneous
New Website... The Whitney Museum of
American Art has portal to Internet art and
digital arts worldwide as an online gallery
space. Details, scope: www.artport.whitney.org
Updated 02/14
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 02/14
Rentals... Lighting and audio system packages.
LSL Productions, Box 63 Windham, NY 124960063. 518-734-5117.
Calendar
of Events
GCCA Gallery Boutique - The Greene County
Council on the Arts invites you to visit our gallery
boutique, The Artful Hand, in Catskill. Open yearround, we offer fine arts and high quality crafts
by local and regional artists, and books by area
authors. Send boutique inquiries to: artfulhand.
[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 gcca@
greenearts.org.
Museum: CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION PIANO
MUSEUM. 18 beautiful examples of piano making
from 1783 to the present, plus fascinating related
ephemera, includes pianos from Liberace, Sir
Roland Hanna’s and a rare Clementi that was
played by the Maestro himself. Besides the
Museum, the Doctorow Center includes 3 movie
theaters and a performance space. Across the
street is a newly revised restaurant, a fine Art
and Craft gift gallery and an excellent Bookstore.
Doctorow Center, Main Street, Hunter, NY. 518263-2036. Hours: 12-4, Friday and Saturday, or
by appointment. Groups welcome. 518-263-4908.
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
Reading: TINY TOTS PROGRAM. Free and open
to children ages birth to pre-K, along with their
caregivers, Tuesdays, 1030-1130AM. Songs,
fingerplays and rhymes, books, a simple craft,
and free-play time. Come, have fun, and meet
neighbors and friends, old and new! Palenville
Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For
more info: [email protected] http://
catskillpubliclibrary.org/ (518) 678-3357.
Classes: BANNER HILL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS AND
WOODWORKING classes in woodworking, ceramics
ALIVE
siblings, friends, and caregivers. Every Tuesday,
10:30-11:30 AM. Sing songs, read stories, make an
art project, and enjoy some play time. Palenville
Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For
more info: [email protected] http://
Classes: ART SCHOOL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
catskillpubliclibrary.org/ (518) 678-3357.
Arts program for adults and children. Classes are
held at the Old Schoolhouse, 1198 Route 21c in SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS
Harlemville, at Harlemville Road & County Route Workshop: SIT’N’KNIT. This group will meet every
21, next to the Hawthorne Valley Farm Store, one other Tuesday at the library for help with knitting
mile from the Taconic Parkway, at the Harlemville/ projects and conversation. 3 – 5 PM. All welcome.
Philmont/217/21c Exit. Call 518-672-7140 or visit Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091 Route 22,
Hillsdale, NY 12529 Contact, Howard Van Lenten,
www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
518-325-5260.
Exhibition: FUNCTIONAL ART FOR THE HOME By
local and regional Fine Crafts Artists. Custom WEDNESDAYS
orders, shopping services, gift-wrapping. Mon/ Classes: SKETCH. Drop in Figure Drawing. SKETCH is
Thurs/Fri 10-5, Sat 10-7, Sun 11-5, Closed Tues/ hosting figure drawing sessions with instructor Amy
Wed. Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery at Hunter Lavine. $15 per session. 7:30 – 9:30 PM. Hudson
Village Square, 7950 Main St., Hunter, NY. 518-263- Opera House 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
518-822-1438
2060, www.catskillmtn.org.
(wheel throwing, hand building), painting and
more. For info, visit our website: BannerHillLLC.
com; email: [email protected], or call
(518) 929-7821.
Exhibit: SCULPTURE. More than 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.
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
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
Workshop: ART & COMPUTER PROGRAMING
WORKSHOPS FOR TWEENS. Kids Creating CoolAfter School program for kids to create and
share stories, animations and art. The class will
combine art making while learning a free computer
program from scratch. Oct 30, Nov 6, 13 & 20
from 3:30-5:00 PM. Free four week after school
program for students ages 8-11 years old at E.J.
Arthur Elementary. The workshop instructor, Yura
Adams, is an artist and educator. Pre-register by
contacting: [email protected]. Register
early, space is limited. Athens Cultural Center, 24
Second Street, Athens, New York, 12015 or visit
www.athensculturalcenter.org
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.
Event: CREATIVE MUSIC & MOVEMENT FOR TODDLERS.
Join local artist Abby Lappen for weekly fun for
toddlers to explore creative arts including music
and movement! Parent participation is encouraged.
Exhibition:
ALBERT BIERSTADT IN NEW YORK
Ages 18 months and up. 10 AM. Free. Hudson Opera
& NEW ENGLAND is now on view. Thomas Cole
House 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 518-822-1438
National Historic Site. Tickets are offered in the
afternoons, Wednesday through Sunday, at 1:15, Workshop: HIP HOP DANCE. A dance workshop taught
2:15 and 3:15 PM. Thomas Cole, 18 Spring Street, by Anthony Molina in collaboration with Operation
Unite. An emerging artist, Anthony’s credits include
Catskill, NY www.thomascole.org 943-7465.
106 & Park, Bad Boys Comedy Show, he’s taken 1st
MONDAYS
place at the Apollo Theater, Senior Hip Hop Arnold
Voice Rehearsals: VICTORIAN STROLL CAROLERS.
Classic and Wildout Wednesday on BET. He was a
Starting November 4. Carolers wanted for the
semi-finalist on So You Think You Can Dance, and has
Athens Victorian Stroll on December 14. Rehearsals
performed with Vanaver Caravan and is a seasoned
continue every week until the Stroll. Starting
choreographer and dancer of Energy Dance Company
November 4. Pre-registration is not required. 7:00
of Kingston. Open to ages 6 & up. 5:15 – 6:15 PM.
- 8:30 PM at the Cultural Center. Call 518-945-1257
Hudson Opera House 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
for more information. Athens Cultural Center, 24
12534 518-822-1438
Second Street, Athens, New York, 12015 or visit
Event: HUDSON COMMUNITY BOOK GROUP. In
www.athensculturalcenter.org
collaboration with Hudson City School District.
Yoga. Conducted by Roberta Roll. Weekly yoga
students and their parents participate in a facilitated
classes are suitable for beginners and more
conversation about literature. Free. 6-7:30 PM.
advanced students. $20 per class or $95 for a
Hudson Opera House 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
series of eight classes. 8 – 9:30AM. A portion of
12534 518-822-1438
the proceeds helps support Library programs.
Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091 Route 22, THURSDAYS
Hillsdale, NY 12529 Contact, Howard Van Lenten, Toddlers: WIGGLE TIME. Beth Adams leads kids ages
2-5 years with stories, movement and music. 10:30
518-325-5260.
– 11AM. Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091
MONDAYS & TUESDAYS
Route 22, Hillsdale, NY 12529 Contact, Howard Van
Event: THE ROAD SHOW. http, Hudson Teen
Lenten, 518-325-5260.
Theatre Project Open Rehearsals. Announcing
http’s 11th Fall Season of Free Afterschool Theatre Class: QI GONG FOR ADULTS. 11:30 AM. Free and
- The Road Show. Performances will occur in open to the public. Palenville Branch Library, 3335
January 2014. Join us - no previous experience Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For more info: www.
required - just show up with curiosity, courage & catskillpubliclibrary.org OR call (518) 678-3357.
comfortable clothes! Taught by http director Carol
FRIDAYS
Rusoff. 4 – 6 PM. Hudson Opera House 327 Warren
Classes Adults: RIVERTIDE AIKIDO a martial art
Street, Hudson, NY 12534 518-822-1438
to unify body and mind. 7:30-8:30 PM. Rivertide
Aikido, 8 West Bridge St., Catskill. Rivertide Aikido
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAY
Classes Adults and Youth 12 and up: RIVERTIDE welcomes all visitors to the dojo to watch a class
AIKIDO a martial art to unify body and mind. and ask questions. For membership info call 8454:30-5:30 PM: Rivertide Aikido, 8 West Bridge St., 417-3601, [email protected] or visit www.
Catskill. Rivertide Aikido welcomes all visitors rivertideaikido.com.
to the dojo to watch a class and ask questions.
SATURDAYS, JULY & AUGUST
For membership info call 845-417-3601, info@
Youth Art Workshops in mural painting, filmmaking,
rivertideaikido.com or visit www.rivertideaikido.com.
digital photography, and children’s crafts will be
Classes Adults: RIVERTIDE AIKIDO a martial art to held at the Art Center Saturday afternoons from
unify body and mind Adults 6 -7:15 PM, Rivertide mid July - August. Workshops will be followed by
Aikido, 8 West Bridge St., Catskill. Rivertide Aikido “Last Saturday” participatory art, music, and film
welcomes all visitors to the dojo to watch a class events at the Center each Saturday evening from
and ask questions. For membership info call 845- 7 – 10 PM. Prattsville Art Center, 14562 Main Street,
417-3601, [email protected] or visit www. Prattsville. www.prattsvilleart.org
rivertideaikido.com.
SATURDAYS
Art: ART CLUB FOR KIDS. Free and open to children
TUESDAYS
Workshop: VICTORIAN STROLL COSTUME. Sewers of all ages. Every Saturday, 11:30AM-12:30PM.
are needed to create Victorian hats and costumes Come, have fun, and be creative! Palenville
for the December 14 Athens Victorian Stroll Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For
volunteers. Rosalie Churchill, an experienced more info: [email protected]
seamstress, will lead the workshops. 2-4 PM. Call http://catskillpubliclibrary.org/ (518) 678-3357.
518-945-1257 for information. Athens Cultural
Teenagers: TEEN READERS GROUP. A book club for
Center, 24 Second Street, Athens, New York, 12015
teenagers led by Beth Adams, Children’s library
or visit www.athensculturalcenter.org
coordinator, 3-4 PM. Roeliff Jansen Community
Workshop: KUUMBA LATIN FEVER FOR WOMEN: 6 to Library, 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale, NY 12529 Contact
7:45PM. A Latin dance fitness class for women with Howard Van Lenten at 518-325-5260.
Elena Mosely of Kuumba Dance & Drum. Adults:
Yoga: SLOW FLOW YOGA with Ann Marie Engasser, 9
$2. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street,
to 10:15 AM. A basic knowledge of yoga practice is
Hudson, NY. Call 828-3612 for more info.
recommended. Please bring your own mat. A few
Reading: TINY TOTS PROGRAM. Free and open mats will be available for general use. $5 suggested
to children ages birth to pre-K, along with their
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March/April 2014
donation. Drop-ins welcome. Athens Cultural
Center, 24 Second Street, Athens, NY. Contact
info@athensculturalcenter to confirm the class
schedule.
Adult Ballet: ATHENS PREQUE BALLET:Ballet and
other smooth moves for women of a certain age
and confident men. 10:45-11:45 AM. Improve
balance and flexibility and transform your body
awareness using techniques fromth ballet, modern
dance, jazz, soft shoe, and 4 grade Physical
Education class. Taught by Bobby Lupone. FREE
Drop-ins welcome. Athens Cultural Center, 24
Second Street, Athens, NY. Email to be notified of
class cancellations or changes.
SUNDAYS
Classes Adults. RIVERTIDE AIKIDO a martial art
to unify body and mind. 5 -6:15 PM. Rivertide
Aikido, 8 West Bridge St., Catskill. Rivertide Aikido
welcomes all visitors to the dojo to watch a class
and ask questions. For membership info call 845417-3601, [email protected] or visit www.
rivertideaikido.com.
Workshop: VICTORIAN HOLIDAY: DRAWING AND OIL
PAINTING FOR TWEENS. Free Five-Week Class for
Teens (ages 13-19) with Robert Lahm, November
3 - December 1. Over the holiday season, students
will participate during classes in the Victorian
style decoration of the front windows of the ACC
and the creation of sandwich board signs for the
Athens Victorian Stroll. From concepts to creation
- students will gain valuable experience in the
execution and completion of this project. The
workshop is free and all materials are supplied,
but pre-registration is required. Sundays, Noon 4 PM. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street,
Athens Information and Registration: www.
athensculturalcenter.org
FOURTH SUNDAY
Chorus: ATHENS COMMUNITY CHORUS. Anyone who
loves to sing is welcome to join the Athens Community
Chorus. There are no auditions or membership dues.
All that we require is a little bit of talent and a big
appreciation for good music. We will get together
once a month to share our talents and to sing a rich
and diverse selection of vocal works, from classical
to jazz standards, and Broadway to madrigals. FREE
nd
Drop-ins welcome. Athens Cultural Center, 24 2
Street, Athens, NY. Email to be notified of class
cancellations or changes.
SECOND SATURDAYS
Event: DOGS LOVE BOOKS. Join Ms. McCord and
her canine companions, Tansy and Toast in the
Children’s Room on the second Saturday of each
month from 10-11AM. McCord will read stories
and kids can read to the dogs, too! Roeliff Jansen
Community Library, 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale, NY.
Contact, Howard Van Lenten, 518-325-5260.
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March 4 & 11
Workshop: BUSY MOMS CAN COOK HEALTHY!
Catskill Community Center. In this two-course
class we will cook up some fun in the kitchen
and show you just how easy it is to cook on the
go and make sure that your family is getting all
the recommended foods in their daily diets. Beth
Horton, Pamper Thyme, Inc. $40. 5:45- 7:30PM
http://www.pamperthyme.com/home.html
www.catskillcommunitycenter.org
March 8
LIVE Auction: GCCA hosts a live auction of the
original artworks in the PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK
Exhibit. 5-7 PM at the GCCA Gallery at 398 Main
Street, Catskill, NY Call 518-943-3400 or gcca@
greenearts.org for more information .
March 6
Event: FARMSCAPE ECOLOGY OPEN HOUSE. All are
welcome! Bring a dish and your favorite nature
observation to share. Bring an interesting question
about the land and its inhabitants (human and nonhuman) in Columbia County. 6 – 8 PM. Hawthorne
Valley Farm Store is located at 327 Route 21C in
Harlemville or call Hawthorne Valley Association at
518-672-4465
March 9
Event: TEEN CLASSICAL DRAWING & PAINTING
CLASSES. (Ages 13 - 19) with Robert Lahm. Five
Sundays, March 9 - April 6 and April 27 - June
1. (No Class on May 11th) FREE. Noon - 4 PM.
Materials: Supplied. Maximum enrollment – 16.
Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens.
Information and Registration: Ronald A. Coons
at [email protected], call 518-945-3731. info@
athensculturalcenter.org
March 9 (DEC)
Performance: GRIAN MACGREGOR performing
‘Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser’.
Grian Macgregor, a well-known and much beloved
puppeteer, will bring her Ivy Vine Players to
perform Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser, a
trickery tale set in the Ukraine, adapted from a
children’s story written by Issac Bashevis Singer.
Grian last performed at the library in 2009 and
we bring her back by popular demand with a new
show that will appeal to all ages. 3 PM. North
Chatham Library, North Chatham.
March 12
Lecture: FROM ACORNS TO WILD RICE. The New
Baltimore Conservancy presents a program by
ethnobotanist Justin Vergottini-Wexler. Learn how
Native Americans in this area used the plants they
found, from 1000 years ago to the present. 7:30,
pm., Medway-Grapeville Fire Co. 1352 County Route
51, New Baltimore. Free and open to the public.
THIRD AND FOURTH SATURDAYS
Art: ART CLUB FOR KIDS. Free and open to children
of all ages. 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Come, have
fun, and be creative! Palenville Branch Library,
3335 Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For more info:
[email protected]
http://
catskillpubliclibrary.org/ (518) 678-3357.
Thru March 14
Exhibit: NATURE MORTE ET VIVANT. This juried show
features the works of twenty-five regional artists
whose works, in all media, display the beauty of
botanicals, floral and still life. CCCA Gallery, 209
Warren St., Hudson. Gallery hours are Wednesday
through Friday 11 AM to 3 PM, Saturday from 1 to
5 PM. For more information contact CCCA at 518671-6213 or visit www.artscolumbia.org
SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS
Writing: POETRY GROUP with Francesca Joyce.
Beginning on Tuesday and continuing on every
other Tuesday. Poetry writing and reading group
in the Roe Jan Library Conference Room, 1:303:30PM. Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091
Route 22, Hillsdale, NY 12529 Contact, Howard Van
Lenten, 518-325-5260.
March 15 thru May 3
Exhibit: OUTSIDE THE LINES. Featuring Youth Art
from Greene County and pre-K to Grade 12 student
work. Opening Reception, Saturday, March 15,
2-4 pm. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street,
Catskill, NY. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10
am-5 pm and Saturdays Noon-5 pm. Visit www.
greenearts.org or call 518-943-3400.
THIRD WEDNESDAY
Activity: GREENE COUNTY CAMERA CLUB. Meets
at the ACC the third Wednesday of every month
for speakers, presentations and films. Free and
open to the general public. Call Nora Adelman at
(518) 945-2866 or [email protected]. Athens
Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens, New
York, 12015 or visit www.athensculturalcenter.org
March 16
Opening: GERHARDS GUITARWORKS LUTHERIE &
MUSIC SHOP will host a “relocation celebration.”
Visit master luthier Robert “Cue” Gerhards.
Tour the facility and view the display of custom,
handmade and vintage instruments in various
stages of production. All welcome. Coffee, cider,
showroom and workshop, handcrafted signature
instruments, amps, strings, books and musical
accessories. Open House 8 AM – 4 PM. www.
GerhardsGuitarworks.com or 518-734-5909. 5707
State Route 23, Windham, NY (1/4 mile west of
South Street, at the base of Christman’s Windham
House Golf Resort).
Class: FOLLIES WITH BOBBY: Ballet and other
smooth moves for women of a certain age and
confident men. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday:
5:30 - 6:30PM. Improve balance and flexibility and
transform your body awareness using techniques
from ballet, modern dance, jazz, soft shoe,
and 4th grade Physical Education class. Taught
by Bobby Lupone. Drop-ins welcome. Athens
Cultural Center, 24 2nd Street, Athens, NY. info@
athensculturalcenter.org
Movies: SUBJECTS VARY. $8/6/4. Spencertown
Academy, Rt. 203, POB 80, Spencertown, NY
12165. 518-392-3693.
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
EVENTS 2014
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.
March 16
Event: WINTER EXPLORATION TO THE FIRETOWER
in Beebe Hill State Forest, Austerlitz. Join
ecologists Claudia and Conrad Vispo from the
Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program for
a hike to the firetower. 10 AM – 12 PM. Hawthorne
Valley Farm Store is located at 327 Route 21C in
Harlemville or call Hawthorne Valley Association at
518-672-4465
March 15 (DEC)
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS DEADLINE: Three summer
internships to college students majoring in
theatre, music or related subjects. Contact Valatie
Community Theatre: on line @ valatietheatre.org
leave a message. Theatre telephone 518-758-6926
or Remi Gaylord at 518- 758- 6926.
March 15 (DEC)
Performance: WILL OF BOND STREET, from Walter
Thinnes’ play. HRC Showcase Theatre will present
a staged reading. Following the reading there
will be a reception and talk back with the actors,
playwright, and director. 7:30 PM. Admission is
$12. First Reformed Church, 52 Green Street,
Hudson. For reservations and or information,
telephone 518-851-2061.
March 16
Concert: THE FRENCH-RUSSIAN CONNECTION.
Salon concert featuring music by Boulanger,
Debussy, Prokofiev, Janacek. Presented by Bend
the Knotted Oak with Robert Reed on cello, Uel
Wade on Piano. 3 PM. 40 Church St, Chatham, NY
$20. 392-4697 www.squawk-op.com
March 21, 22, April 25, 26, May 23
Workshop: BIOGRAPHY AND COMMUNITY:
PRACTICING SOCIAL ART. Signe and Christopher
Schaefer are together offering three workshops
on practicing social art, with the first workshop
focusing on Biography and the Journey of Human
Becoming. Hawthorne Valley Farm Store is located
at 327 Route 21C in Harlemville or call Hawthorne
Valley Association at 518-672-4465. Friday 7:30
PM to Saturday, March 22, 4 PM. Friday, April 25,
7:30 PM to Saturday, April 26, 4 PM, Friday, May 23,
7:30 PM to Saturday, May 24, 4 PM
March 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 30, & April 4, 5, 6
Performance: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES. The
Ghent Playhouse will present Alan Ayckbourn’s
wickedly funny play. Showtime: 8 PM Sundays,
2 PM. Tickets $18.00, ($15 for Friends of the
Playhouse). Reservations may be made by
calling 1-800-838-3006 or visiting the website
ghentplayhouse.org.
March 22
Event: HAWTHORNE VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL
OPEN HOUSE. Tour our campus and enjoy activities
for students entering pre-K through 12th grade. 10
AM – 2 PM. Hawthorne Valley Farm Store is located
at 327 Route 21C in Harlemville or call Hawthorne
Valley Association at 518-672-4465
March 22
Performance: PUPPET SHOW: THE LITTLE SEED.
We celebrate the approach of Spring with this
delightful tale, also know as The Empty Pot, by
popular children’s author Demi. 11 AM – 1 PM.
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store is located at 327
Route 21C in Harlemville or call Hawthorne Valley
Association at 518-672-4465
March 22-May 16
Exhibit: NOT NECESSARILY BLACK & WHITE.
Photography exhibit at the CCCA Gallery, 209
Warren Street, Hudson, NY. Opening Reception:
March 22, 5-7 PM. www.artscolumbia.org.
Through March 23
Exhibit: APOCRYPHA Solo exhibition of paintings,
photographs and sculpture by Herbert Reichert.
The gallery is pleased to be showing Mr. Reichert’s
work for the third time, the first being in 1984. The
work will be on display through March 23rd. John
Davis Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday,
11 am to 5 pm. For further information or
call 518.828.5907 or [email protected].
Visit www.johndavisgallery.com. John Davis Gallery,
362½ Warren Street, Hudson, New York 12534
March 27, April 3 & April 10
Classes: FUNDAMENTALS OF PAINTING. Instructor
H.M. Saffer. Basic introduction to the materials,
techniques, and concepts of painting. 10am to 2pm.
Art School of Columbia County, 1198 Route 21c in
Harlemville, NY. For more information call 518-6727140 or visit www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
March 29
Performance: BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS CABARET.
Adults only. Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street,
Hudson, NY. Showtime 9 PM. Children’s showing
March 30 at 3 PM. Doors Open: 7 PM on 3/29
and 2:30 PM on 3/30. Tickets: $20 / $15 clowns
in make-up or costume (walk-up only). Tickets/
Information: 518-828-4800. helsinkihudson.com.
Information: www.bindlestiff.org 1-877-BINDLES.
Media Contact: [email protected]
March 30
Lecture: UPSTATE WOMEN & THE CIVIL WAR
HOW THEY CHANGED AMERICA. The Olga Santora
Women’s History Lecture. Join special guest
speaker Juanita Leisch Jensen for an illustrated
slide lecture revealing the critical role of New York
State women during the Civil War. Emphasizing
the work that made a significant difference to the
soldiers and the armies and the nature of the war,
Ms. Leisch Jensen will highlight the participation
and contributions of some of the familiar as well
as the lesser known names and faces. 2 PM. Vedder
Research Library, Greene County Historical Society,
Coxsackie. Free admission, Refreshments. Call
Jennifer Barnhart at 518-731-1033
March 30
Performance: HUDSON TEEN THEATRE PROJECT
solo performance of Sarah Schaeffer’s “My Anne” is
on tour this spring! The performance piece, culled
from the diary of Anne Frank, was developed and
premiered last Holocaust Remembrance Day at the
Hudson Opera House, and has been engaged to be
performed at several venues in Southern California
as well as the Catskill Synagogue on March 30 at
9 AM. Will also be performed at The Woodstock
Synagogue April 27 and the Great Barrington
Synagogue July 22. For details email: paprikash@
earthlink.net
March 30
Concert: THE AUREOLE TRIO. Laura Gilbert on
flute, Mary Hammann on viola, and Stacey Shames
on harp will perform at the Old Grey Church, 280
Main St, New Baltimore at 4:00 pm. Sponsored by
the New Baltimore Conservancy’s Concerts@Home.
Tickets are $15. Reservations recommended. Call
518- 756-9080 or [email protected].
April 1 to May 6
Classes: THE POP-UP CASE BOOK with Beth Thielen.
Create their own journal or sketch book which pops
up out of its case. Tuesdays, 6 from 6 to 9 pm. Art
School of Columbia County, 1198 Route 21c in
Harlemville, NY. For more information call 518-6727140 or visit www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
April 5 & 6
Weekend Workshop: PHOTOGRAPHY USING A
DIGITAL SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA (DSLR)
with Jerry Freedner. Art School of Columbia
County, 1198 Route 21c in Harlemville, NY. For
more information call 518-672-7140 or visit www.
artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
April 6
Concert: ARMEN DONELIAN/MARC MOMMAAS
BENEFIT CONCERT for Hudson Jazzworks
Scholarship Fund. Pianist Armen Donelian and
saxophonist Marc Mommaas, co-directors of the
8th Annual Hudson Jazz Workshop August 7-10 (2014
DEC Recipient). “Their deeply intuitive connection
is its own reward.” (Downbeat Magazine) Limited
seating, reservation required. The Hudson Jazz
Workshop experience is nurturing and truly life
changing, as our testimonials indicate. The HJW
Scholarship Fund by attending this concert or by
becoming a member at www.hudsonjazzworks.
org. 3 PM. Hudson Jazzworks Studio, 338 Kipp
Road, Hudson, NY 12534. $50 (Tax-deductible)
Contact information: 518- 822-1640
April 6 (DEC)
Concert: AN AFTERNOON OF MODERN CABARET:
KILBORNE & COMPANY. Founded in 2012, Kilborne
and Co. is a trio led by vocalist Sarah Kilborne with
musicians Rob Caldwell (guitar/banjo/ukulele)
and Trevor DePew(violin/mandolin). Lead singer
Kilborne has been referred to as “a powerhouse”
and “a shape shifter.” She sings in English, French
and German. This program will feature songs in
modern cabaret style. –all genres (parlor songs,
blues, cabaret) –also a published writer. 3 PM.
North Chatham Library, North Chatham.
April 12–13
Weekend Workshops: MONOPRINTING with Beth
Thiele. Use a Ettan etching press, the class will
explore direct drawing, the use of found and cut
templates, embossing and ghost printing. Art School
of Columbia County, 1198 Route 21c in Harlemville,
NY. For more information call 518-672-7140 or visit
www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
April 17, April 24, and May 1
Classes: INTERMEDIATE PAINTING. Instructor
H.M. Saffer. Exploration of color, representation,
abstraction and other concepts and axioms of
design. 10am to 2pm. Art School of Columbia
County, 1198 Route 21c in Harlemville, NY. For
more information call 518-672-7140 or visit www.
artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
April 25
Concert: SOLO PERFORMANCE WITH GUITARIST
HIROYA TSUKAMOTO. A one of a kind composer,
guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan,
Tsukamoto will perform in the intimate gallery
space of the Athens Cultural Center at 8PM. Cosponsored by the Stewart House, 2 North Water
Street, Athens, which will be sponsoring a post
concert reception, dishing up some fabulous
delicacies with a cash bar. Doors open at 7:30PM.
General admission is $10, $8 for students and
seniors. For more information contact info@
athensculturalcenter.org. Athens Cultural Center,
24 Second Street, Athens, NY.
April 26 (CIP)
Dance: ZVIDANCE. 7:30 pm. Orpheum Film &
Performing Arts Center, Tannersville, NY. Call 518263-2063 or visit www.catskillmtn.org or www.
mainlygreene.org.
April 26–27
Weekend Workshop: PLEIN AIR painting with
Hudson River School Painter Scott Thomas Balfe.
Learn techniques used by the Early American
Landscape artists. Art School of Columbia County,
1198 Route 21c in Harlemville, NY. For more
information call 518-672-7140 or visit www.
artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org
April 27
Performance: HUDSON TEEN THEATRE PROJECT
solo performance of Sarah Schaeffer’s “My Anne” is
on tour this spring! The performance piece, culled
from the diary of Anne Frank, was developed and
premiered last Holocaust Remembrance Day at the
Hudson Opera House, and has been engaged to be
performed at several venues in Southern California
as well as the Woodstock Synagogue, 1682 Glasco
Turnpike Woodstock, NY 12498 April 27 and the
Great Barrington Synagogue July 22. For details
email: [email protected]
April 30 through November 2, 2014 (CIP)
Exhibit: MASTER MENTOR MASTER: Thomas Cole &
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Frederic Church. The Thomas Cole Historic Site is
located at 218 Spring Street, Catskill, New York.
For information visit www.thomascole.org or call
518-943-7465.
May 2–May 4
Three-day Weekend Workshop: NATURE AND
OBSERVATION–– INTIMATE VIEWS IN GRAPHITE AND
2014 March/April
WATERCOLOR with Karen Hummel. Participants
will do pencil drawings giving monumental
importance to the plant form specimens, followed
by paintings in watercolor. Art School of Columbia
County, 1198 Route 21c in Harlemville, NY. For
more information call 518-672-7140 or visit www.
artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
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materials for a maskmaking workshop
for children 7 – 16 in Lexington Town
Park; Ulster-Greene ARC for drum
circle workshops and public concert.
Columbia County received 17 requests from organizations and individuals for Project Support totaling
$49,530 - considerably more than the
amount of available funding. All 17
projects were funded at some level
and together received $32,300 for DEC
Project Support.
They are: Bend the Knotted Oak
for a chamber music concert with visual art & dialogue at Spencertown
Academy; first time applicant Carol
Rusoff for a bi-weekly theater program
for teens and performance at Hudson
Opera House; Clarion Concerts for
a Baroque program for harpsichord,
oboe and violin in Copake; Columbia
County Youth Bureau for “Undercover Playground” project with the
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company in ten
Columbia County parks; Diata Diata
International Folkloric Theatre for “A
Family Affair” – an original theatrical
& dance production to be performed
in Hudson; Friends of Chatham Library for wire & ceramic sculpture &
paper marbling workshops for youth;
Good Globe Singing School with
Sheri Bauer-Mayorga for youth and
community “sings” in Spencertown;
Hudson Area Library for “One World,
Many Stories: A Cultural Celebration
of Music, Movement, Art & Storytelling” with Elena Mosley and guest
artists from Operation Unite; Hudson
Jazzworks for master class, pre-concert talk & improvisational jazz concert in Hudson; Hudson River Classics/Showcase Theater for a series of
staged readings of new original plays;
Hudson Valley Choral Society for
musicians & scores for their spring
and winter concerts; Kinderhook Library for world music & dance performances including flamenco dance
& guitar, bagpipes, African kora and
more; North Chatham Library for
Literature and the Arts program featuring puppeteer Grian MacGregor,
the vocal and musical trio Kilborne
Thomas Cole Exhibit...continued from page 11
Cedar Grove in Catskill, New York,
from 1844 to 1846. Church’s paintings
from this formative two-year period
show the artist learning from Cole
while developing his own emerging
style and unparalleled mastery of
landscape painting.
A selection of very early works
made by Church during his time as
a student of Cole will be on view, including views of the landscapes that
surround Cedar Grove and Olana. The
Cole Site has also worked closely with
curators and staff at the Olana State
Historic Site on this special exhibition,
and will present a unique selection of
rarely shown oils on paper and sketch-
es made by Church from the Olana
collection.
Accompanying the show will
be an exhibition catalogue about the
Cole-Church relationship, illustrated
in full color, which will include the
artworks in the show plus many additional paintings and drawings. Also
included will be stories that bring the
student-teacher relationship to life, including a description of the day that
Cole first took Church to “Red Hill”
where Church would return years later to build his castle, Olana. Wilmerding’s essay will include quotes from
Church about these formative years,
including some late (1890s) letters by
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May 10
Concert: JAY UNGAR AND MOLLY MASON in a live
performance. Ungar and Mason are one of the
most celebrated duos in American acoustic music
and the hosts of WAMC’s “Dancing on Air”. 8 PM.
Valatie Community Theatre, 3031 Main Street
Valatie. Tickets are $20
May 10
Event: SPRING BENEFIT. Hawthorne Valley
Association Spring Benefit & Celebration 2014 at
The Vanderbilt House, Philmont, NY. This year’s
Spring Benefit theme is The ‘60s! Enjoy live music,
delicious food, and terrific auction items to bid
on and take home. Hawthorne Valley Farm Store
& Co., & play reading by Kim Sykes;
Roving Actors Ensemble for Les Miserables, Chicago, & murder mysteries
at Taconic Hills Performing Arts Center; first time applicant The Hudson
Sloop Club for a traditional folk craft
restoration of a Hudson River catboat
with public and volunteers at Kites
Nest on the Hudson waterfront; Valatie Community Theatre for technical
& professional support for a young
actor’s production; and Winds in the
Wilderness ensemble performances at
Church of St John in the Wilderness in
Copake Falls.
Schoharie County received 13
Project Support requests totaling
$47,795. Eight organizations received
$23,732. Projects include a multi-site
art installation featuring the work of
Norm Magnusson sponsored by the
Center for Sustainable Rural Communities, Stories, Rhythms and Vocals of West Africa sponsored by Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association,
string quartet performances with the
Upper Catskill String Quartet and
other promising offerings.
The intent of these awards is to
foster high quality, accessible cultural
programs in our own backyard. Now
more than ever, these individuals and
organizations need your encouragement and patronage to keep the arts
healthy and happening in your county. Please congratulate them on their
achievements and show them you appreciate their efforts by participating
in this outstanding medley of offerings.
If you or your children have been
involved in any of these programs,
you know their value. To help ensure
future funding for these programs,
please take a moment to write or call
your State representatives and thank
them for their support for the arts in
New York State in this difficult economic climate and encourage them to
continue their efforts. For information
on the DEC grants program, please
contact our Director of Community
& Arts Education Grants at 943-3400
or [email protected] or Renee
Nied, Schoharie County Community
Arts Grants at Schohariedec@gmail.
com.
Church where, decades after his mentor has died, he continues to write
about his abiding respect for Cole,
comparing him to a Turner or Constable.
Thomas Cole & Frederic Church:
Master, Mentor, Master is the 11th annual presentation of 19th century landscape paintings at the Thomas Cole
Site, an exhibition program that looks
to foster discussion and understanding of the influence of Thomas Cole on
American culture through a generation
of artists known as the Hudson River
School. Exhibitions and related programs enable visitors to see first-hand
some of the magnificent examples of
the style of painting that Cole is credited with launching, and to experience
the paintings in a residential setting as
they would have been experienced in
the period in which they were made.
The Thomas Cole Historic Site is
located at 218 Spring Street, Catskill,
New York. The main house, studio,
and special exhibition gallery are open
by guided tour Wednesday through
Sunday, from 10am to 4pm, April 30
– November 2, 2014. Grounds are free
and open to the public year-round.
The Thomas Cole Historic Site is
located in the scenic Hudson River
Valley, near the western entrance to
the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, with easy
access from the New York State Thruway exit 21 or Amtrak train service
in Hudson, NY. For information visit
www.thomascole.org or call 518-9437465.
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Skupin Burkholder began working in photography in 1985, studying
both traditional and digital processes.
Building on a history of experimentation with alternative techniques, her
recent work explores textures and surface dimension with bromoil and encaustics. The years 2010 – 2013 have
garnered Skupin Burkholder recognition including solo exhibitions at Gallery 308 (Muncie, Indiana); Gallery at
R & F Paints (Circus of Memories, Kingston, NY and Soho Photo, NY) and
group show opportunities in Garrison,
Woodstock, Troy, Westchester, and
Dallas, Texas. Awards include Best
of Show at the PhotoCentric Exhibition
in Garrison juried by Malcolm Daniel
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
NY (2009) and Second Place at Barrett
Art Center in New Directions, juried
by Joan Young, Associate Curator of
Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim
(2009). Her work is in the permanent
collections of the Houston Museum of
Fine Art (TX); the Wright Collection of
Texas Photography (Abilene, TX) and
the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (Austin, TX).
The $2,500 Individual Artist award
will enable Jill to develop a project
entitled Hidden Worlds in the Catskills
which will use a digital trail camera
to collect images of the region’s feathery and furry wild inhabitants. The
twelve 24” X 24” digitally manipulated prints will require several levels of
community involvement – from interaction with local hunters in decisions
about camera placement based on
field experience; hosting of a Facebook
page www.facebook.com/HiddenCatskills documenting the project’s
progress and challenges; evaluation
from photography peers in salon/presentation settings, and an exhibition.
Skupin Burkholder’s personal goal for
the project is to “take literal imagery
and transform it into an evocative, expressive” body of work by alteration
and the incorporation of public response and comment.
Melissa Sarris is no stranger to innovative collaborative projects. Equally fluent in fiber arts as well as the
construction of socially engaged installations, she holds a MFA in Sculpture
from the University of Albany and a
BFA with honors in Photography from
the School of Visual Arts. Human interaction, exchange, and curiosity fuel
her professional explorations whether
serving as three-dimensional design
instructor, nonprofit board member,
or artist.
Selected recent community-based
projects include Type A Letter at Dumbo Arts Festival (2013) which generated 300 letters in five languages in just
six hours; Drawing from Memory at CollarWorks Gallery (Troy, 2012), DUMBO (2012), and University of Albany
Museum (2013); and the Everyday Experts series in the Village of Chatham
(2010-11). Sarris’s $2,500 Individual
Artist award will support the creation
of Art Agency, a year-long “investigation and partnership with her community on the subject and contemplation
of Contemporary Art with a participatory/collaborative flavor that elicits
connection and exchange.”
Sarris’s projects are not objectbased but exist, not unlike theater, in
an ephemeral and experiential space
created by the artist. Distinct from theater however, Sarris’s environments
are animated by the dynamic architecture of outside engagement. Asked
to define her less common art practice
she states, “Authorship of the work is
shared, and participant involvement is
a necessary ingredient to the success of
each project.”
Components of Art Agency include
a contemporary art reading group;
Rethinking the Façade a series of temporary installations at the Bank of America; an audio and smart phone accessible walking tour generated from a live
storytelling event; and “Collections,”
an exploration of what we collect
and why. Agency is already well underway, with the reading/discussion
group on Contemporary Art launched
at the Chatham library. Sarris has set
up a blogspot - ChathamArtAgency.
blogspot.com for the project so interested individuals from anywhere
nationwide can login, follow its evolution and participate. Notified of her
award in mid-January, Sarris was avidly enthusiastic about its potential.
She envisions her community as “an
incubator and a safe place for experimentation, while offering the feedback
and discourse” she “needs to progress.”
Please join us in congratulating Jill
and Melissa and watch this space for
updates on their projects as the year
unfolds. For more information on
the Individual Artist grants program,
contact Director of Community Arts
Grants Colette Lemmon at 518-9433400 or [email protected].
Free Play Space Design/Build Wo
For six consecutive Fridays, beginning May 3, children a
of local artist/builder Matt Bua and local educator Laura
inside the Catskill Community Center.
The dreams and imaginations of young and old w
masterpiece that will serve as the raw material for the inv
Center’s array of youth programs and as an inspirational
During the Friday workshops, children ages 6 thr
es such as The City Museum in St. Louis, MO and the Pla
others. They will learn basic drawing and modeling skills
paper and in 3D. Near the end of the 6 weeks, participan
cardboard, rope and paint, basic hand tools such as hand
technique while building some elements of the play spac
By the end of the project a “zine” (handmade mag
pleted and a set of collaborative designs incorporating al
“Community Build” weekend.
The “Community Build,” which will take place on
p.m., includes a potluck lunch each day. Families of partic
munity members are invited to take part. Young and old w
Participants are asked to bring tools, materials, a playful
Free Play Space Design/Build Workshops
Fridays May 3-June 7, 4-5:30 p.m., The Catskill Commun
dren under 6 may attend with an adult).Teen and adult c
ly, we really need volunteers. If you’re interested please ge
560-0463 [email protected]
Community Build Weekend
Saturday and Sunday June 15 and 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Ope
for the whole day, part of the day or just stop by for lunch
For more info, updates and inspiration visit:www
These events are made possible with public funds fr
the Arts, administered in Greene County by the Greene Co
Grant Fund
If needed
orkshops
and families are invited to work together with the help
a Anderson to design and build a sculptural Play Space
will become intertwined in a collaborative sculptural
ventive play of the youngsters in the Catskill Community
l backdrop to Community events.
rough 12 will take inspiration from artist-built Play Spacayground at the Queens Hall of Science in NYC among
as they begin to map out their dream play space on
ts will get a chance to work with materials such as wood,
d drills and screwdrivers and will learn basic sculpture
ce.
gazine) of participants designs and drawings will be comll participants ideas will be drawn up for use during the
n Saturday and Sunday June 15 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 3
cipants in the workshops as well as any interested comwill work side by side to bring the Play Space to life.
spirit and, if they can, something tasty to share for lunch.
nity Center, 344 Main St. For children ages 6-12 (Chilcollaborators are also encouraged to participate. (Actualet in touch.) To sign up, contact Laura Anderson 570-
n to all, young and old. Potluck lunch at noon. Join us
h and see what we’re up to.
w.designbuildplay.blogspot.com
rom the decentralization program of the NYS Council on
ounty Council on the rAts through the Community Arts
ALIVE
March/April 2014
Thank you to our
Members & Donors
As a not-for-profit, communitybased organizations, 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; Greene
County Legislature Youth Fund Grant Program;
County of Greene and the Greene County
Legislature; 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; Village of Hunter;
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; Christos N. Apostle Charitable
Trust First Niagara Bank Foundation; The Nan
Guterman Foundation; Golub Foundation;
Home Depot Foundation; Hudson River Bank &
Trust Company Foundation; The Marks Family
Foundation; Peckham Family Foundation;
Stewart’s Foundation; Target Foundation;
United Way of Columbia & Greene Counties.
Corporate, Business and
Organization Members
and Donors
Al’s Gazebo’s; American Legion Post #983,
Eleanor Alter, Rose & Ken Altreuter, Athens
Cultural Center; Daniel Arshack; Evren & Asli Ay;
The Bank of Greene County; Banner Hill School of
Fine Arts & Woodworking; Baumann’s Brookside
Inc.; BearFly Designs; Michelle Beuamont &
Family; Beginner’s Mind Studio; Big Top Tent
Rentals; Bindlestiff Family Cirkus; Brandywine
Restaurant; Brooklyn Bridge; Anita Buyers; Cairo
American Legion Auxillary-Mohican Unit 983;
Cairo Durham Elks; Caleb Streets Inn; Janice
Cammarato, Disability Advocate; Cardinale
Electric; Catskill Collectibles; Catskill Dental
Care PC; Catskill Elks Club; Catskill Garden
Club; Catskill Golf Club; Catskill Lion’s Club;
Catskill Mountain Foundation; Catskill Mountain
Region Guide Magazine; Charlie’s Windham
Mountain Ski Shop; Christman’s Windham House;
Columbia-Greene Community College; Columbia
Memorial Hospital; Coxsackie-Athens Rotary
Club; Creekside Café; Crossroads Brewing
Company; Daily Mail Newspapers; Dennis J.
Dalton, Ltd., Dimensions North Ltd.; V. James
DiPerna Photography; Dongan Antiques, Dr.
Porkchop; Easy Street Builders; Jane Erlich;
Far from the Sea Farm; Fingar Insurance; First
Niagara Bank; Flowers by Kaylyn; The Fortnightly
Club; Fotopic.com; Frameworks; free103point9;
Freixenet, Functional Sculpture; Gerta of
Austria; Goebel of North America; Gillaspie
Gallery; GNH Lumber; Golden Touch Day Spa;
Good Times Jazz Band; Greene County Historical
Society; Greene Room Players; Jean Hamilton;
Yehuda & Hannah Hanni; Kristine Hattersley;
Peter Watson & Kathleen Heins; Helmedach &
Young Inc.; Heron and Earth Design, Hillside
Plastics; Hillcrest Press; Hinterland Design;
Holcim; Steven Holl Architects; Home Depot;
HRC Showcase Theatre; HSBC Bank USA, Huber
Enterprises; Hudson River Graphics; Hudson
Valley Newspapers; Hunter Civic Association;
Hunter Mountain; Hunter Mt Sports Center;
Hunter-Windham Real Estate; IBM, I. & O.A.
Slutzky, Inc.; Isabella International; J. Myers
Water Services, Inc.; J. Wase Construction Corp.;
Jujamcyn Theatre; Just Leave it to Us; Kaliyuga
Arts; Karen’s Flower Shoppe; Kelly Logging;
Kirwan Enterprises LLC; Kiwanis Club of Catskill;
Kosco/Amos Post Div.; La Conca D’Oro; Larry
Gambon, Inc; Last Chance Cheese & Antiques;
Law Offices of Andrea Lowenthal; Greg Lebow,
Esq.; Christoperh Leonard; Clay & Sue Lepola;
Lex Grey & the Urban Pioneers; Lioness Club of
Catskill; LOWE’S; Maggie’s Crooked Café; Paul
Macko; Main Brothers Oil Company, Inc.; Main
Care Energy; Mahogany Tables, Inc.; Management
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Advisory Groups of NY; Peter Margolius, Esq.;
Mark Bronstein-Markertec; Marshall & Sterling
Upstate, Inc; Massage ‘n Mind; Merko Motion
Pictures, Inc.; Mid-Hudson Cablevision, Inc.;
Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home; M Gallery;
MJQ Irish Cultural & Sports Center; Mountain
Outfitters; Mountain T-Shirts; Mountain Top
Historical Society; NBT of Greenville; NBT of Oak
Hill; National Bank of Coxsackie; New Athens
Generating Company; New York Foundation for
the Arts; NY ZipLine Adventure Tours; The Open
Studio; Alfred A. Parr; Planet Arts; Peckham
Family Foundation; The Mountain Pennysaver;
Petite Productions; Pioneer Lumber; Pollace’s
Brooklyn House inc.; Pro Ski Shop; Poncho
Villa; Port of Call Restaurant; Pro Ski & Ride;
Radio 810 WGY; Jonathan Struthers & Mary
Racine; Rip Van Winkle Realty; Robert Hoven
Inc.; Roshkowska Galleries, Rotary Club of
Cairo; Rotary Club of Catskill; Rotary Club of
Coxsackie; Rotary Club of Greenville; Rotary
Club of Windham; Ruby’s Hotel & Restaurant;
Ruder-Finn; S.P. Productions; Saugerties Artists
Studio Tour; Sawyer Chevrolet; Schoharie Creek
Players; Scribner Hollow Lodge; Slater’s Great
American; Smart Systems Group; Snap Fitness
24/7; Snow Bird Ski Shop; So What? Gallery;
S.P. Productions; State Telephone Co.; Steven
Kretchmer Designs; Stewart’s Shops; Summit Hill
Athletic Club; Swamp Angel Antiques; Frank Swin
a& Walter Shook; Target; Terra Books; The Wine
Cellar; Thin Edge Films; Thomas Cole National
Historic Site; Tip Top Furniture; Tonga Pictures;
Traphagen Honey; Troy Savings Bank Charitable
Foundation; Trustco Bank; UDU, Inc.; Ulla Darni,
Inc.; Ulster Savings Bank; Urgent Medical Care
PLLC; Vesuvio’s Reataurant; Village Bistro;
Wal*Mart; Washington Irving Inn; Mari Warfel;
Watershed Agricultural Council-Pure Catskill;
Water Street Arts Studio; Barbara & Walter
Weber; Whitbeck’s Service Station; Wheelock
Whitney III; Williams Lumber & Home Supply;
Randolph Wills; Windham Art & Photography;
Windham Chamber Music Festival; Windham
Country Club; Windham Mountain; Windham
Mountain Outfitters; Windham Rotary Club;
Windham Ski Shop; Windham Spa; Windham
Woodworking & Signs; Winwood.
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; Michel Goldberg; 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; Terez Limer,
Frank & Trudy Litto; Ellen Mahnken; Stanley
Maltzman; Robert Manno; Clarence B. Moon;
Linda Overbaugh; Purcell Palmer; Fawn Potash;
Dorothy Rodgers; Vivian Ruoff; Enrico Scull;
David Slutzky; Kay Stamer; Hudson Talbott;
Robert Turan; Pam Weisberg; Bruce Whittaker.
Patrons and Benefactors
Stuart & Anne Miller Breslow; Fran Heaney,
Marshall & Sterling; Alan Gosule & Nina Matis;
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Royce; David & Jean Slutzky;
Supporters
Gilbert & Mary Ann Bagnell; Susan Law Dake;
Steve & Jackie Dunn; Maya Farber; Bob &
Ann Hallock; James & Purcell Palmer; Cynthia
Sherwood-Judd; Charles and Natasha Slutzky;
Robin & Marty Smith
Sponsors
Janet Atkins; Ava Barbour; Hasan J. Basagic III.
June Falkner Battisti; Susan Beecher; Ernest
& Naomi Blum; Marianne Lockwood & David
Bury; Clesson & Jean Bush; Samantha Butts;
Christopher Cade (Say What? Gallery); Richard
& Rosalie Churchill; Nancy & Peter Cohen;
Frank Cuthbert; William & Helen Deane; Barry
& Gloria Garfinkel; Toomas & Linda Gentalen;
Tom & Di-Anne Gibson-Gallery 42; Michel
Goldberg; Eden & Warren Hart; James Holl;
Karen Hopkins; HRC Showcase Theater; Ann
Dee Burnham & Joe Kindred; Patricia Feinman
& Arthur Klein; Eleanor B. Alter & Dr. Allan M.
Lans; Paul & Cynthia LaPierre; Bob Laurie;
Eileene & Bob Leibowitz; Anna Contes & Douglas
Maguire; the Mason Family; Lisa Fox Martin &
Dick May; Ronnie McCue; Donna Williams & Kim
McLean; Luis Aleman & Jeffrey Moore; Carol
& Christian Pfister; Planet Arts (Tom Bellino);
Skip & Ann Pratt; Herman & Susan Reinhold;
Karen & Robert Rhodes; Thomas Rowe; Joanne
Schindelheim; Enrico & Elaine Scull; David &
Jean Slutzky; Richard Smolin; Paul & Sheila
Trautman; Nancy Ursprung; Barbara Walter;
Mary & Sheldon Warshow; Ethel & Ken Williams.
Friend/Business
Deborah Allen; Anne G. Appel; Alfred & Audrey
Bagnall; Linda Leeds & Jack Baran; Leonard &
Gladys Bell; Kate Boyer (Heron & Earth Design);
Laurie Butler; Tamara Graham; Frank Guido;
Daniel M. Kirkhus; Liz Kirkhus; Lisa Thomas &
Margo Pelletier; David Herman & Richard Philip;
Jenny & Chris Post; Thomas & Joan Satterlee;
Paul and Amy Slutzky; Steven Patterson & John
Sowle; Richard & Sybil Tannenbaum, Tara
Weiman; Brett & Donna Wheat
Family and Non Profit
Organization Members
Rivertide Aikido; Timothy & Elizabeth Albright,
Sr.; Sarah Barker and Adam Price; Leonard &
Gladys Bell; Terry Lamacchia & Tom Bellino;
Michelle Beaumont & Family; George & Matina
Billias; Mary & George Blenner; Robert Brooke;
Anna K. & Donald B. Buchanan; Beverly Burgtorf
(Water Street Arts); Dina Burnstyyn & Julie
Chase; Lock Whitney and Sandro Cagnin; Dot
Chast; Becky & Ian Corcoran; Walter Lee &
Eleanor Coyle; Thomas Culp; Charles Rosen &
Duke Dang; Larry Swidler & Ulla Darni; Patricia
Ruck & Tom Delaney; Nicole Lemelin & Terrance
DePietro; Christina Plattner Evola; Hedy &
Martin Feit; Marty Birnbaum & Patti Ferrara;
Peter & Sarah Finn; Mark Larrison & Mary
Finneran; Vera Gaidoch; Dorothy Gambella; Jack
& Lila Garfield; Ana Sporer & Frank Giorgini;
Daniella Goldberg (Schoharie Creek Players);
Enrique Govantes; Jean Hogland; Kenneth Dow
& Betsy Jacks; Elaine Jaeger; Dawna Johnson
(Athens Cultural Center); Karen Sprague
Johnson; Joseph & Mary Pesez Kames; Larry
& Pam Krajeski; Emily & Suraj Kunchala; Beth
Lawton; Meryl & James M. Learnihan; John
Lees & Ruth Leonard; Jeffrey Rovitz & Barbara
Lubell; Magdalena Golczewski & Robert Manno
(Windham Chamber Music Festival); Cathy Morris
& Daniel Marcus; Peter Margolius; Ann Gibbons &
Peter Markou; Elizabeth & Richard Mason Family;
Tom Pletcher & Barbara Mattson; Dennis Aquino
& Richard Milstein; Stephanie Monseu; Michele
Moran; Patti & Richard Morrow; Elin Menzies &
Debra Moskowitz; Joyce Lissandrello & Edward
Nettleton; Linda & Charles Nichols (Greene
Room Players); Jennifer Houston & Lawrence
Perl; Paul & Cathy Poplock; Carolyn Bennett &
Teresa Ratel; Dr. Charles & Ruth Sachs; Enrico
& Elaine Scull; Laura & Peter Segall; Robert &
Judith Sheridan; Carol Slutzky-Tenerowicz; Judy
& David Spring; Carol Swierzowski & Richard
Talcott; Brenda Taylor; Tracy Huling & Thomas
Teich; Marion Hunter & Uel Wade; Patrick &
Stephanie Walsch; Leo C. Wurtzburger; Leslie &
Daniel Yolen.
Senior, Student, Individual
Ruth Abrams; Tina Accardi; Cindy Adams
Kormeyer; Fred Adell; Nora Adelman; Adim
Grid; Eunice Agar; Carol Allen; Ingaborg
alQoutob; Noelle Amoroso; Else M. Andersen;
Shauna Anderson; Theodore Anderson; Guy
Apicella; J.H. Aronson; Deborah Artman, Ritva
Babcock; Heather Bagshaw; Drew Baldomar;
Francine Barbet; William Barnds; Jennifer
Barnhart; Nancy Barton; Kirsten Bates; Keith
Batten; Diane Bauer; Susan Beecher; Sadeek
Been; Winifred P. Behrendt; Dmitri Belyi;
Christine Benith; Jennifer Benninger; David
Bernstein; Janice, Adam & Ogden Bernstein;
Brigit Binns & Casey Biggs; Athena Billias, Lois
Binetsky; Erica Bitterman; Arlene Boehm;
Hannah & Aiden Boehm; Lynne Bolwell; Kelly
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Bowen; Kate Boyer; Rebecca Boyle; Debbie
Brannon; Charity K. Brauchler; Shannon Broder;
Richard F. & Janet Brooks; Ames Brown; Heather
Brown; Allen Bryan; Laurie Bua: Matt Bua;
Albert Bushane; Allen Bryan; Ross Burhouse;
Dan & Jill Burkholder; Lawrence Butcher
Jr.; Rita Buttiker; Ellie Byrne; Rob Caldwell;
Virginia Cantarella; William A. Carbone; Kip
Carlisle; Sidney Castle; Virginia Chakejian;
Anne Christman; David Christofferson; Marie
Cole; Max Collier; Gianna Colon-Dugan; Gerry
Cooley; Ann Cooper; Theresa Corrigan; Sandra
Craig; Thomas Cramer; Donn Critchell; Linda
Cross; Louis Curschmann; Katherine, Elizabeth
& Julia Czermerys; Regina Daly; Regina C.
Davis; Shelley Davis; Alya Dawson; Laurie Law
Dayter; Dorothy B. DeForest; Nancy Delaney;
Bruno DeSantis; Therese Desrosiers; Eugene
& Veronica DeVillamil; Brian DeWan; Bonnie
Dimino; Shannon, Margaret & Liam Doherty;
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Fox; Danielle Frederick; Lorrie Fredette; JErika
Freick; David Fried; Stuart Friedman; John
Galaskas; Laura Garramone; Carli Gazoorian;
Sasha Gazoorian; Page C. Ginns; Hope Marie
Glidden; Carol Goebel; Daniela Goldberg; Judith
Graham; Jon Greene; Martin & Caroline Gresak;
Paul W. Gromadzki; Jane Guterman; Rebecca &
Kristofer Haaland; Heidi Haas; Marilyn Hagberg;
Sonia Hairabedian; Christine Simoneau Hales;
Cora & Robert Hales; Risha Handlers; Jan
Hanvik; Florence Hayle; Frances Heaney;
Maureen Heffernan; Jeanne Heiberg; Mary
Ann Heinzen; Abigail, Liberty, Abigail, Gracie,
Liberty & Collin Hellen; Anita Hermesdorf;
Raindrop Hicks; Del Higgins; Rebecca Hoff;
Ashley Hopkins-Benton; Constance Horton; Jan
Horton; Django Houston; Phillips Hoyt; John
Hughes; Allan Hunter; Paige Ingalls; Nina Rosa
Irwin; Joseph Izzo; Leah Jacobs; Robert L. &
Sherell Jacobson; Ellen Jahoda; David Jeffery;
Diane & Bill Johns; Judith Johnson; Galen
Joseph-Hunter; Tara Josberger; Tom Judson;
Albert Juergens; George Jurgsatis; Theo
Kameke; Aryah Kargoe; Rivka & Moshe Katvan;
Scott Keidong; Peter Keitel; Joanne Kelly;
Kasy Kiefer; Skyler Kimmel; Hannah Kisiel;
Linda Kline; Rachael Knaust; Werner Knudsen;
Itoko Kobayashi; Maria Kolodziej-Zincio; Anna
Kostro; Nancy Krawiecki; Norma-Lee Kripaitis;
Stepan Kubicek; Kevin Kuhne; Susan Kukle;
Mary Lackaff;Tara & George Lackie; Rosemary
Laga; Rita Landy; Caite Lane; Claudia Lane;
Eleanor Lane; Kevin Lang; Chris Lannis; Bruce
LaPierre; John Laurenzi; Louise LeBrun;
Milicent LeCount; Madison Legg; Joanna Fay
Shaughnessy Leis; John F. Shaughnessy III Leis;
Kay Levine; Ellen Levinson; Linda Levit; Joan
Blazis Levitt; Peter C. Liman; Tammy LiuHaller; Robert LuPone; Arlene Nashman Maben;
Norman Mackey; Judy Madrazo; Susan Martin
Maffei; Nicole Malen, Olivia Mallory; Stanley
Maltzman; Sr. Susan Mangam; Michael Mario;
Heather Martin; Eric Maurer; Angela Mauriello;
Margaret McCornack; Barbara McGeachen;
Jean Meadow; Susan Miiller; Patrick Milbourn;
Carol K. Miller; Clarice Millspaugh; Jordan
Mogul; Anthony Mondello; Gabby Morelli; Laura
Morgan; Leigh Anne Mogan; Bonnie Montgomery;
Hailey Morrison; Dennis Mower; Mary Mundy;
Portia Munson; Barbara Nadler, Cynthia Nelson;
Charlotte Nepsie; Kate Newkirk; Brenda
Obremski; Dennis & Judy O’Grady; Peter
O’Hara; Shannon O’Hara; Alexandra O’Keefe;
Mari Warfel O’Keefe; Sandra Orris; Maddie
& Emily Osborn; Kristin O’Sullivan; Larry &
Linda Overbaugh; Regina F. Packard; Katherine
Palladino; Thadeusz Parzygnat; Emily Pascucio;
Arline Patterson; Eleanor Patton; Nancy Marie
Payne; Olivia Pedrick; Catherine Penna;
Ellen Perantoni; Nicholas Percoco; Richard
Perreault, Regine Petrosky; Joan Piazzi;
Francis Pilato; Jason Pincus; Lynda Pisano;
Jean Poland; M.C. Pomerance; Andi PorrazzoNangle; Sharon Poucher, Beverly Prest; Phillip
Provateris; Christine Pushkarsh; Cindy Putorti;
Sandra Pysher; Carol Quackenbush; Sharon
Quinn; Joan Razickas; Paul Rappleyea; Daniel
Region; Monica Restaino; Valerie Richmond;
Karen Richards; Katherina Renee Roberts; Nilda
Rodriguez; Alexandra Rose; Paul Rosenberg;
Marilynn Rowley; Christine Ruf; Louise Ryder;
Helen Sacco; William Safford; Alicia Sanchez;
Mark Sanzogni; Alyssa Scarlata; M. Scott
Schaffernoth; Carol Schilansky; Beth Schneck;
Julienne Schofield; Paul Schuchman; Augustus
Schuster; Maria Scull, Sam Sebren; Joscelyn
Seiler; Gary Shankman; Kaete Brittin Shaw;
Lora Shelley; Robert Hervey & Joan Sheridan;
Ave Siecinski; Bonnie Sims; Denis Sivack; Nina
Sklansky; Paul Smart; Leigh Ann Smith; Lila
H. Smith; Jeannette Fintz & Jack Solomon;
Kathryn Sorensen; Donna Speenburgh; Verna
Spier; Robin Stapley; Joan Starr; Jaroslawa
Stasiuk; Richard Sternberg; Ron Stetkewicz;
Nathaniel & Benjamin Stewart; Lynne Stone;
Jeanne Strausman; Fabby & Audra Street;
Jillian Sutton; Jacqueline Sweeney; Candy
Systra; Hudson Talbott; Ken Tannenbaum; Alan
Thompson, Jesse Christopher Tieger; Rosalind
Tobias; Jane Toby; Kristine Corso Tolmie;
Dara Trahan; Isabella Trostle;; Marianne
Tully; Kathryn Velis & Robert Turan; Natalie
Turner; Elaine Turnier, Hannah Tuttle; Willard
Ulmer; Anna & Grace Van Roy; Tara Van Roy;
Deanna VanWagenen; Marlene Vidibor; Marie
Villavecchia; Karl J. Volk; Linda Waldschmidet;
Elizabeth & Allison Wallace; Cheryl Lickona
& Chad Weckler; Antonia Weidenbacher;
Colleen Weiman; Carolyn Kay Wheeler; Nicolle
Whitbeck; Valerie A. White; Todd Whitley;
Susan Wides; Sherwin Wilk; Megan Willette;
Shebar Windstone; Michael Witte; Ilana Wolfe;
David Woodin; Leo Woytowich; Audrey Wyman;
Amy Xedis; Arthur Yanoff; Dara Young, Joan
Young; Eugene Ytarte; JC Zavala; Edna M.
Zelasko; Jeannine Zwaboda; Charles & Lynne
Zwickel.
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2014 March/April
ALIVE
26TH ANNUAL•GCCA BEAUX ARTS BALL•BLACK TIE BISTRO
An Evening of Dinner, Dancing and Silent Auction to Benefit Greene County Council on the Arts
MARCH 29, 2014 • Copper Tree Restaurant at Hunter Mountain • 6:30 - midnight • $150 per person
26TH ANNUAL
Masked Ball &
Creative Black Tie
Event
For reservations call
Kay Stamer 518-943-3400
www.greenearts.org
Greene County Council on the Arts members
and friends bid winter’s quiet a gala farewell this
March 29 with an evening of art, dancing, fine
food and fun at the 26th Annual Beaux Arts Ball.
This year we celebrate 38 years of service to the
community…so get out your dancing shoes and
get ready to swing!
The Beaux Arts Ball is the Arts Council’s
primary fund raising event, supporting the many
programs and services we offer to our community.
So don your finery and join us at The Copper Tree
Restaurant at Hunter Mountain. Bring your own
mask or buy one of the mask masterpieces made by
GCCA artists and friends.
This year we will honor two incredible
women with the presentation of the Distinguished
Service Award, underwritten by First Niagara
Bank. Betsy Jacks, Executive Director, and
Lisa Fox-Martin, Chairwoman of the Board of
Directors, of the Thomas Cole National Historic
Site. The Distinguished Service Award is presented
annually for steadfast commitment and unselfish
contributions to the quality of cultural life in
Greene County. Congratulations Betsy and Lisa
The Bank of
Greene County:
Lead Sponsor of
Beaux Arts Ball
The Bank of Greene County
continues its support to the arts
by becoming a lead sponsor of
the 26th Annual Beaux Arts Ball
with a contribution of $5,000 at
Picasso’s Platinum Club level.
Benefactor support for this major
fundraiser for the Arts Council is
vitally important, and the bank’s
for this well deserved award.
Become a benefactor at a level of your choosing.
Benefactor levels for tables of 10 vary from DaVinci’s
Diamond Dynasty at $10,000 to Cole’s Silver Society
at $1,500. Individual benefactor levels range from
Renoir’s Regal Realm at $500 to Rousseau’s Lair at
$150. Individual seating is only available if the Ball
is not sold out at the benefactor level.
The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with the
opening of the silent auction, featuring original art,
crafts and items donated by GCCA Members and
area businesses, accompanied by hors d’oeuvres
and an open bar. The outrageous and talented Lex
Grey with her Naughty Cabaret entertains while
you bid!
In the Main Ballroom New York City’s top party
band NITE-TIME will entice you onto the dance floor
with an impressive repertoire from a wide variety of
musical traditions and dance rhythms from 6:30 p.m.
until midnight! This great six piece band is brought
to you by the generosity of the band’s drummer,
singer, songwriter and producer, Yves Goldberg and
his wife Amy (lead singer) who are donating their
services for this event.
commitment to the arts throughout
the years is exemplary. This festive
masked ball and creative black-tie
dinner dance will be held on March
29 in the spacious and beautiful
Copper Tree Restaurant at Hunter
Mountain.
Proceeds from the Beaux Arts
Ball benefit the work of the Arts
Council, lending support to all the
programs it provides to Greene
County residents and visitors.
Programs include “Arts Alive,” the
newsletter of the arts in Greene
& Columbia counties, grants to
artists and arts organizations;
Dinner is at 8 p.m. in a dining room magically
transformed by decorating diva Jean Slutzky. The
Copper Tree Restaurant will satisfy your appetite
with a delectable haute cuisine menu, including a
full entrée followed by an exquisite dessert.
Take home a free commemorative photograph
of you, your partner and friends – thanks to the
photographic artistry of Fotopic.com’s Rob Shannon
assisted by his beautiful wife, Jan Riccobono.
The Kaatskill Mountain Club at Hunter
Mountain Resort is inviting all Arts Ball guests to
experience one of Greene County’s finest resorts
firsthand. Special rates, starting at $135, are being
offered to anyone attending the Arts Ball on March
29. Call the reservation department at 518-263-5580
and ask for the 2014 Beaux Arts Ball special rates.
So dust off your dancing shoes, break out your
masks and grab your partner for an evening to
remember. Send in your reply card or call us at 518943-3400 to check seating availability and reserve
your tickets. Make reservations by March 7 to be
listed in the program. Tables seat 10, and seating
is limited, so don’t delay! The Beaux Arts Ball is a
fabulous night. Don’t forget your mask!
“Sprouts” summer arts program for
youth; grants to schools for artist
residencies; exhibition and sales
opportunities in the GCCA Catskill
Gallery, Artist Business Workshops
and collaborative community
revitalization programs, such as the
Masters on Main Street program
which debuted in 2012.
The Bank of Greene County has
been wonderfully supportive of the
work the GCCA performs as it seeks
to promote artistic endeavors and to
provide a rich cultural environment
for this Hudson Valley community,
and we are deeply grateful.
If you would like to attend
the Beaux Arts Ball, call us at 518943-3400 to make reservations and
check seating availability. Tables
seat 10, and seating is limited, so
don’t delay! The Beaux Arts Ball is a
fabulous night to remember!
Sporting their masks, Perry Lasher,
Vice President and Director of
Commercial Lending at The Bank of
Greene County, ushers in the 26th
annual Beaux Arts Ball season by
presenting the bank’s contribution
as lead sponsor to GCCA Executive
Director Kay Stamer.
Elizabeth B.Jacks and Lisa Fox-Martin
to Receive Distinguished Service Award
“The greatest gift of all is
the giving of oneself - through
steadfast commitment and unselfish
contributions to the quality of
cultural life in Greene County.”
So reads the Greene County
Council on the Arts’ Distinguished
Service Award.
One of the highlights of the
Beaux Arts Ball is the presentation
of our Distinguished Service Award,
underwritten by First Niagara Bank.
Since 1989, this award has been
presented to artists, individuals and
organizations whose outstanding
contributions have significantly
benefited the health of the Arts
Council as well as the cultural life
of Greene County. The GCCA has
been fortunate to have many gifted
supporters over the years.
GCCA is honored to name
Betsy Jacks and Lisa Fox Martin
as dual recipients of the 2014
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Distinguished Service Award for
their respective roles and teamwork
in bringing the Thomas Cole
National Historic Site to national
and international prominence.
Betsy Jacks is Executive
Director of The Thomas Cole
National Historic Site in Catskill,
New York. We join her in
celebrating 10 highly successful
years at the Cole House. Previously,
she was Director of Marketing at
the Whitney Museum of American
Art in New York City. Prior to that,
Ms. Jacks was an Associate with the
management consulting firm BoozAllen & Hamilton in New York
City.
Ms. Jacks received her MBA
with a concentration in marketing at
Northwestern University’s Kellogg
School of Business, and her BA
cum laude in art history from Duke
University. Prior to her graduate
degree, she was a consultant in
marketing for art galleries and
non-profit arts organizations in
New York and Chicago. She resides
currently in Columbia County.
Lisa Fox Martin became
involved with the Cole House soon
after it opened in 2001. Initially
she served on their Advisory
Committee and shortly thereafter
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became the Vice Chair under Carol
Savage’s leadership. She assumed
the role of Chair of the Board of
Trustees in 2006.
Lisa received both her MA
and BA in Classics from New York
University and, until recently,
was an adjunct lecturer in the
Department of Classics at Brooklyn
College, City University of New
York. Her extensive background
in the Classics is matched by her
experience
with
fundraising,
project management and volunteer
activities – as witness her 4th of July
parties to benefit the Thomas Cole
National Historic Site.
Speaking of the Cole House
Lisa says “We move from strength
to strength working with Betsy
and an extraordinary and dynamic
Board of Trustees. Every year
we meet new challenges and are
rewarded by the positive response
and support we receive from the
community and our visitors.”
The Thomas Cole National
Historic Site is the home and
workplace of Thomas Cole
(1801-1848), the founder of the
Hudson River School of art. The
historic buildings that date to
the early 19th century have been
completely restored over the last
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Betsy Jacks (l.) and Lisa Fox Martin (r.) will be honored at
the GCCA 26th Annual Beaux Arts Ball on March 29, 2014
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ten years with over $4 million
in grants, public support, and
private donations. Under Betsy’s
and Lisa’s leadership, the site
has experienced rapid growth
in attendance, membership, and
support. In October 2004 Thomas
Cole’s “Old Studio” was opened
to the public for the first time,
following a complete restoration. In
2005 the site hired its first Director
of Education, and later that year the
Hudson River School Art Trail was
launched, enabling the public to
visit nearby sites where the views
depicted in Hudson River School
paintings can be seen. In 2009, the
site created a new short film about
Thomas Cole which is shown in
its visitor center, and an extensive
online education center at www.
explorethomascole.org. In 2010
and 2011, a $1 million grounds
restoration was implemented,
recreating the landscape features
of Thomas Cole’s time. The paid
professional staff has grown from
one person in 2003 to six in 2012,
and during the same period the
organization’s operating budget
grew nearly six-fold.
GCCA salutes Betsy and Lisa
for their extraordinary work!
Arts Alive Angels
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 518-943-3400 or email: [email protected].
Thank you - FRAN HEANEY &
Marshall & Sterling Upstate