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Published by the Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414 • Issue 111 • July/August 2016
Greene County Council on the Arts’
new group exhibit “Wearable Arts” is about
expressing art through fashion and design
and pushing the boundaries of clothing.
On view July 30 through September 17,
2016, with an opening reception Saturday,
July 30, 2016 from 5-7pm, Wearable Arts
will be co-curated by fashion icons Michele
Saunders and JoJo Americo.
A former representative for the
world’s most innovative fashion and art
photographers, including Art Kane, Steve
Hiett and Uwe Ommer, Saunders had a
first-row seat to cutting-edge creators in
the fashion industry. She also worked for
years in the music industry, creating looks
for such talents as Billy Idol, Pink and Diana
Ross. Today she writes for the fashion and
art magazine Document and is considered
a specialist in “street casting” – the art of
spotting diverse and urban fashionistas
who create their own unique styles, something she started doing for Calvin Klein,
Jean Paul Gaultier and other major fashion
brands.
Michele's advice for
designers is to
remember that what
they’re making is
not just art. “It needs
to be worn. So it has
to have a certain
feeling of comfort,
and like you can also make it your own by
wearing it different ways.” Another criteria:
“You should always be able to dance in
what you wear.”
And
for
aspiring
fashionistas,
Saunders has this to say, “Fashion is an
TWO FASHION ICONS TO CURATE GCCA’S
“WEARABLE ARTS” EXHIBIT.
French-born, Catskill resident Michele Saunders’ attitude towards fashion
can be summed up as follows: “Once it’s trendy, I’m bored.”
expression. It’s not to disguise yourself.
It’s not to appear what you’re not. Let go,
and feel proud of who you are, but within
the parameters of style and elegance and
something artful. Also, you wear the outfit.
Don’t let the outfit wear you.”
JoJo Americo’s passion for fashion
was born when he was born. His mother
was a seamstress and would make him
anything he wanted, including his very own
outfit for his class picture. Having worked
for a jewelry designer Glen Yank, and then
for 17 years as the designer for Patricia
Field’s windows (before Sex and The City
and The Devil Wears Prada). Americo went
on to create his own clothes, shoes and
jewelry (he is the creative director of 1919
- Jewelry For Happy People), in addition to
painting, collecting, and being a singing,
songwriting member of dance music
group The Ones.
“I will do whatever it takes to get it,”
Americo says. “Come hell or high water.
If Vivienne Westwood wasn’t making the
shoes that I wanted, I made them myself.”
Like his muses Patricia Field and
Vivienne Westwood, Americo is attracted
to color, fabrics and textures and looks
like an eclectic Shakespearean thespian
with rich details that put him over the top
in a great way. His signature style includes
vintage capes, loaded up in beaded
Afghan jewelry of his own design, and a
scarf tied beneath a dramatic hat - sometimes with a few piled on top, too. But
it’s his use of pattern on pattern - right
down to his handmade tartan socks - that
is “Flawless,” like the name of his band’s
worldwide hit single. Like his creations,
Americo is one of a kind.
In addition to works on display in
the gallery, the Wearable Arts exhibit
Below Left: Fashion icon Michele Saunders
courtesy of Michele Saunders.
will include a fashion-show fundraiser on
August 13, 2016. Join Michele Saunders,
JoJo Americo and all the Wearable
Arts artists at the opening reception for
Wearable Arts on Saturday, July 30, 2016
from 5-7pm at Greene County Council
on the Arts, 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY.
For more information on GCCA Visual
Arts Program and this exhibit visit www.
greenearts.org.
Faces
and
Facades
Escape from New York
Depicts Weekends in the Hudson Valley
New York Stock Exchange (right) and Hudson Train Station (below) by Laura Loving
on our country gardens” an innocent white
bunny and a sweet faced nine-point buck.
Both portraits are against a gracefully
painted toile pattern background….the
floral and fauna reminiscent of the finest of
French fabric… is it a portrayal of “county”
chaos?
Loving chose to mount her “escape”
on two juxtaposing walls. Chaotic life in
the city….scenes of the New York City
depicting night and day “busyness.”
The New York Stock Exchange, Brooklyn
Bridge, Chrysler Building, Times Square …
busy, busy…lights and noise and people
everywhere painted in multiple layers of
design and vibrant color. Escape! Look
behind you and a trio of large paintings
tell her story; arriving at the Hudson
Amtrak station and jumping off the train
with of others dressed for the "country,"
finding her way to the front door of a well
Above Far left: Fashion designer JoJo Americo.
Photo credit: Miss Guy
GCCA’s Group Exhibit
Laura Loving | Solo Show
Visit Laura Loving’s solo show “Escape
from New York: Weekends in the Hudson
Valley” at the GCCA Catskill Gallery
through July 23, 2016 and you will be
very happy. Laura Loving’s work is, literally,
like a breath of “Upstate New York fresh
air!” New Yorkers have a long history of
escaping to the Hudson Valley for a little
R&R, and artist Laura Loving (also known as
“the artist of happy”) is no exception. Born
in Charlotte, N.C. and a New Yorker for
over 16 years, Laura was a frequent visitor
to the Hudson Valley before becoming a
part-time resident of Hudson, NY in 2014.
“Escape from New York” features
Laura’s favorite city landmarks and her
relaxed rural experiences….as seen
through the “rose-tinted view of a weekender.” Enter the GCCA Upstairs Gallery
and one is greeted by two paintings
portraying “the cute animals who munch
Above: Fashion designer JoJo Americo signature
style includes beaded Afghan jewelry of his own
design. Like his creations, Americo is one of a kind.
mannered colonial style Ghent, NY farmhouse surrounded by silos, green grass, a
few grazing cows and lots of quiet fresh air
and the last scene of pure fun…swimming
in a river, swimmers frolicking and jumping
off ropes to the refreshing waters below.
Laura Loving’s work has shown
at Lincoln Center’s Cork Gallery, Pratt
Institute, LALIQUE, J.M. Weston, New
York Mercantile Exchange, Trunkt Gallery,
the Wonderwall Gallery in Cirencester,
England, and Chaleurs du Sud in Nice,
France. She has received commissions
to create artwork for the Fall Cabaret
Convention of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tony
Dapolito Recreation Center in Greenwich
Village, Saks Fifth Avenue, Microsoft, the
Global Citizen Music Festivals in New York
and Washington. Her work is in collections
in homes and businesses around the
world, including Arnold Palmer Hospital for
Children, The New York Stock Exchange,
International Trademark Association, The
Dow Chemical Company, Amazon, the
office of actress Brooke Shields and Ash
Hollow Winery. Most recently Laura was
one of 15 designers chosen by CNN to
illustrate quotes by powerful women for
their 2015 International Women’s Day
Project.
Greene County Council on the Arts
is located at 398 Main Street in Catskill,
NY. Hours are Monday through Friday 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m.
For more information on GCCA Visual
Arts Program and this exhibit visit www.
greenearts.org.
Presenting Cultural Events &
Opportunities for Greene, Columbia & Schoharie Counties. www.greenearts.org
Explores Themes
of Identity
Article page 16
Inner Truth by Maxine Davidowitz
Hand in Hand, Jerusalem mural by
Joel Artista (complete image page 16)
Page 2
ALIVE
2016 July/August
Sprouts
GREENE
COUNTY
COUNCIL ON
THE ARTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Slutzky, President
Bill Deane, 1st Vice President
Jeff Friedman, Treasurer
Paul Poplock, Assistant Treasurer
Lawrence Krajeski, Secretary
Maggie Fine
Kico Govantes
Liz Kirkhus
Gretchen Binder Mallory
Nancey Rosensweig
Laura Segall
Thomas Silvious
Sheila Trautman
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Karl T. Anis
Jared Aswegan
June Battisti
Susan Beecher
Dick Brooks
Frank Cuthbert
Louise Hughes
Ronnie McCue
Kim McLean
Patrick D. Milbourn
Patti Morrow
James Parrish
Ruth Sachs
Robert Sheridan
Michael Smith
John Sowle
Reginald Willcocks
STAFF
Kay Stamer
Executive Director
Sharon Shepherd
Assistant to the Director;
Membership Coordinator;
Arts Alive Editor
Sara Pruiksma-Rizzo
Community Arts Grant
Coordinator
Renee Nied
Coordinator Community
Arts Grants, Schoharie
Summer Arts Program Registration
Call for Fun & Creativity! | Openings are Limited!
Thanks to corporate, municipal, civic and private donations
Greene County Council on the
Arts is proud to offer its SPROUTS
Program again this summer.
Now in its 30th Year and taught
by professional artists, Sprouts is
FREE for children ages 3 to 7 who
either reside or are visiting relatives in Greene County, NY. Best
of all these week-long “immersion in the arts” workshops for
budding young artists take place
in Windham, Coxsackie, Cairo,
Greenville, Hunter and Catskill.
Program hours are 10:00 to 11:45
in each of the locations. Sprouts
participants will experience two
alternating fun filled 45-minute
fun and creative workshops in
either Art & Music or Theater &
Dance with a healthy snack will
be served between sessions.
Parents or guardians may register
their children in advance by
calling Greene County Council
on the Arts at 518-943-3400.
Classes are limited to 15 children
per classroom, so please register
now as openings are limited. The
program serves 60 children per
week and 360 throughout the
summer.
The Sprouts Program takes
place during the following weeks
and locations. Check out the
impressive line-up of professional
artists teaching the workshops!
July 11-15 at WindhamAshland-Jewett
Elementary
School. Carli Garzoorian teaches
Art, Kate Boyer teaches Music;
Marion Seigal teaches Theater
and Kaitlyn Lane teaches Dance.
July 18-22 at Coxsackie–
Athens High School. Christine
Hughes teaches Art, George
Doody teaches Music, Carmen
Borgia teaches Theater and Tara
VanRoy teaches Dance.
July 25-29 at Cairo-Durham
Elementary
School.
Ruth
Leonard teaches Art, Jim Davis
teaches Music, Donna Trunzo
teaches Theater and Erica Russo
teaches Dance.
August 1-5 at Greenville
High School. Sarah Barker
teaches Art, Jim Davis teaches
Music, Alice Caulfield teaches
Theate and Zoe Rudloff teaches
Dance.
August 8-12 at Hunter
Mountain Learning Center.
Dale Loughran (former Sprouts
Student
and
Co-Director!)
teaches Art & Dance and Donna
Trunzo teaches Music & Theater.
August 15-19 at Catskill
Elementary School. Patti Ferrara
teaches Art, Award winning
children’s music performer and
writer Erin Lee Kelly teaches
Music, Lex Grey teaches Theater
and Erica Russo teaches Dance.
Fun, creativity and working together
making art during the Sprouts
Program.
Children create art, music,
dance and theater in a fun, safe
and welcoming environment as
they develop social and problem
solving skills through the arts. Up
to 100 teen and pre-teen volunteers, many of whom are former
Sprouts students, serve as assistants and role models, resulting
in a program that serves many
age groups in the community.
To enroll for Sprouts contact
the Greene County Council on
the Arts at (518) 943-3400.
There is limited enrollment so
register early to secure your
place.
Teens
and
pre-teens,
Sprouts needs you! Interested
in working with professional
artists, helping teach young
children dance, theater, music
or art, as well as looking to gain
community service hours, can
help with Sprouts! We invite
those interested in volunteering
for our summer workshops to call
GCCA at 943-3400.
SPROUTS has a Facebook
page! Like us on Facebook at
SproutsGCCA and watch for
Sprouts news and important
updates or at www.greenearts.
org/youth-arts.
Thank you to the following
corporate, municipal, civic organization, business and private
donors to date. A special thanks
to our two most recent corporate
sponsors Berkshire Bank and
Columbia-Greene Federal Credit
Union.
American Legion Auxilliary,
American Legion Post 983,
Athens Generating Co., B &
B Forest Products, Baumann’s
Brookside Resort Inc., Berkshire
Bank, Catskill Lodge of Elks
#1314, Catskill Police Benevolent
Association, Columbia-Greene
Federal Credit Union, Elliot House
Thrift Shop, Fortnightly Club,
GNH Lumber, Golub Foundation,
Greene County Youth Bureau/
NYS Office for Children and
Family Services, Helmedach &
Young, Hendricks Alignment
& Auto Repair, Hillcrest Press,
Hudson Valley Foundation for
Youth Health, Hudson River Bank
& Trust, J. Myers Water Services,
Inc., Karen’s Flower Shoppe,
Kiwanis Club of Catskill, Lioness
Club on Catkill, Marine Corps
League, Mid-Hudson Cablevision,
Inc, Nan Guterman Foundation,
Pollace’s Brooklyn House, Porto
Shook Insurance , Rotary Club of
Catskill, Rotary Club of Greenville,
Rotary Club of Windham, Sawyer
Chevrolet, State Telephone Co.,
Stewarts’ Shops, The Guido
Restaurant Group, Tip Top
Furniture, Town of Athens, Town
of Cairo, Town of Catskill, Town
of Coxsackie, Town of Durham,
Town of Greenville, Town of
Greenville, Town of Hunter, Town
of Jewett, Town of Windham,
Trustco Bank, Whitbeck Service
Station and Private Donors;
Anonymous, Jeffrey and Kerry
DeMunn, Tara Scoles and Mary
Warfel. A complete list of Sprouts
donors will be published in the
September/October 2016 issue
of Arts Alive. Thank you!
Niva Dorell
Visual Arts Director
Lex Grey, Ruth Leonard
& Tara Van Roy
“Sprouts” Program Co-Directors
Patricia Britton
Bookkeeper
Carrie Dashow
Grants Consultant
Will Barnds
Catskill Gallery Reception,
courtesy of Experience Works
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ARTS ALIVE CONTRIBUTORS
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Erika Klein, Pat Lemmon,
Dara Trahan, David Hopkins
Andrea Porrazo-Nangle
CATSKILL GALLERY
COMMITTEE & VOLUNTEERS
Deborah Artman, Will Barnds,
Jill Skupin Burkholder,
Kico Govantes,
Ashley Hopkins-Benton,
Carol Swierzowski,
Richard Talcott
FROM THE DIRECTOR:
UPDATE & CALL FOR ACTION - NYSCA CONTRACTING WOES
For the past several months
since our announcement of the
February shift of contract years which
will produce a 6 month gap in our
funding, GCCA has been working
with our colleagues state-wide to
determine a plan of action and
strategy for affecting change.
A quick recap from my article
in the March-April issue: As you may
recall, at least half of the Arts Councils
who run regional Decentralization
throughout the state have fiscal years
beginning in July and ending on
June 30. On February 19 we received
notice that all contracts will be moved
to a calendar year (Jan-Dec) in order
to comply with NYS Procurement
Guidelines. We were given the
option, and took it, to extend our
current contract for one more year.
We were also told that there would be
no funding available for the period
between July – Dec 2017. We refer to
this as “gap” funding. For GCCA this
amounts to a loss of over $100,000!
In partnership with our state-wide
colleagues, we developed a letter to
NYSCA asking for written clarification
of expectations by June 24 as we
confront these serious issues. We
stressed our role as “agents” of the
state providing grants and services to
hundreds of thousands of residents
and visitors to our great state. We
cannot provide these services without
a contract.
The ramifications of this fiscal
year shift will negatively impact, if not
cripple, regranting organizations!
The process for initiating and
determining Community Arts grants
typically takes place during the
six month cycle between July and
December with awards presented in
January/February. Without contracts
and funding, this is what could
happen.
• Valuable, experienced, and
skilled staff will be lost.
• Overhead infrastructure that
supports regrant programs, which are
in turn supported by regrant administrative revenue allocation, can't just
turn-off for half a year, so regrant
organizations will be hit with these
expenses regardless.
• Alternatively, organizations
may have to close for lack of funding.
• And of course the elephant
in the room is what it will mean to
eliminate regranting to artists, organizations, and therefore public audiences for half a year or more if there
will be no funding July - December.
This is a serious issue and as
soon as we receive a reply from
NYSCA we will know more about the
direction we should take to prevent
this happening.
Personally, I am hopeful that
NYSCA will find a way to negotiate
with the Governor and Executive
Chamber to allow for 6 month or 18
month contracts beginning July 1,
2017 to cover this loss of funding we
normally would have received.
The alternative will probably
mean a request to our elected officials in the state house and senate to
provide a “legislative add” to provide
funding to organizations such as ours
to cover the gap.
Either way, it is important that you
communicate your concerns now to
our representatives. If you are writing
or emailing, please copy GCCA at
398 Main St, P.O. Box 463, Catskill, NY
12414 or [email protected].
Contact information for our three
county service area may be found on
Page 4. We have arranged the listing
to reflect the Governor and leadership first (including arts committee
chairs), then representatives for each
county.
To read our first alert, please visit
our webpage at www.greenearts.org,
click Arts Alive on the header, and open
the March-April 2016 issue. The article
entitled “From the Director, NYSCA
Contracting Woes” is on page 2.
- Kay Stamer,
Executive Director,
Greene County Council
on the Arts
Save the Date!
September 17, 2016
GCCA’s
Annual Garden Party
A vibrant school of art
here at home.
Beattie Powers Place, Catskill from 1-5 PM
Great Members & Friends
Fabulous Food & Music
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL
ON THE ARTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Frances Heaney, President
John Cooley, Vice President
Jeff Levin, Treasurer
Arlene Boehm, Secretary
Donna Barrett, Deborah Davis,
Gerald Cooley, Stepan Kubicek,
Daniel Region
STAFF
Renee Schermerhorn, Bookkeeper
Indian Ridge Accounting/
Barbara Beers, CCCA Certified
Public Accountants
Mark Greenberg, Greenberg &
Greenberg, CCCA Counselor at Law
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2016 July/August
Page 3
GCCA Community ARTS GRANT PROGRAMMING NEWS
Hudson Jazzworks
Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
WORKSHOPS AND CONCERT with
Guest Artist Chris Washburne
The Hudson Jazz Workshop
is an annual weekend immersion
in improvisation and composition
with Armen Donelian, a Hudson
resident, and Marc Mommaas, a
Dutch native living in New York
City, held this year from August
9th-14th. Past HJW Participants,
many of them rising professional
musicians, have come from as
far away as Argentina, Armenia,
Brazil,
Canada,
Denmark,
Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway,
Spain and the USA. This August,
Hudson Jazz Workshop host
trombonist and composer Chris
Washburne as the guest artist.
Students are particularly
encouraged to attend Chris’s
morning masterclass at Hudson
Jazzworks Studio on August 14th
(student admission is free) to take
advantage of his expert guidance. Later at the Hudson Opera
House, Armen, Marc and Chris
will present a Meet the Artists
talk and perform several original
pieces. Then, HJW Participants
will follow by playing their original works-in-progress created
during the Workshop. A rousing
closer with all the performers will
round out the concert.
On Sunday, August 14,
2016 Hudson Jazzworks pres-
ents morning masterclass at
10:30 a.m. with trombonist and
composer Chris Washburne at
Hudson Jazzworks Studio located
at 338 Kipp Road in Hudson, NY.
Due to limited seating, advance
reservation is required. Call (518)
822-1640 to reserve a seat and
visit www.hudsonjazzworks.org
for more information about HJW.
Later that same day, August
14, at 3 PM, Chris will perform at
the Hudson Opera House with
pianist Armen Donelian and
saxophonist Marc Mommaas,
the Artistic Directors of the
10th Anniversary Hudson Jazz
Workshop (HJW), and the HJW
Participants. Hudson Jazzworks
invited you to attend a pre-concert “Meet the Artists’ Talk” at
3 p.m. The concert with Armen
Donelian, Marc Mommaas, Chris
Washburne and Participants of
the 10th Anniversary Hudson
Jazz Workshop begins at 3:30
p.m. and is $10 for Adults, $8
Hudson Opera House members
and Seniors and is free to
Students. The Hudson Opera
House is a multi-arts center and
major downtown anchor, housed
in an 1855 building that was once
City Hall. For further information
about this or future programs,
please call (518) 822-1438 or
email Sage Marie Carter at
[email protected]
to reserve seats or visit www.
hudsonoperahouse.org.
Armen Donelian has toured
with Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker,
Paquito D’Rivera and other
renowned performers.A graduate
of the Westchester Conservatory
of Music and Columbia University,
he has produced 13 albums
and recorded with Mongo
Santamaria, Billy Harper, Eddie
Gomez, Billy Hart, Dick Oatts,
Bill Stewart, Night Ark, Thomas
Chapin and Datevik Hovanesian.
Armen’s compositions exhibit
influences drawn from Classical,
Jazz and Middle Eastern music.
His recently acclaimed two-disc
release, Sayat-Nova: Songs Of
My Ancestors (Sunnyside) with
David Clark and George Schuller,
offers distinctive solo piano
and trio arrangements of 18th
Century Armenian folksongs.
A Fulbright Scholar and National
Endowment for the Arts Fellow,
Armen has taught for over two
decades in The New School
for Jazz and Contemporary
Music and at William Paterson
University. He has written several
Hudson Jazzworks’ Armen Donelian (l) and Marc Armen (r) met in 2000 and
immediately established a personal chemistry that is at the heart of their
music making.b
Greene County’s
KAATERSKILL
ACTORS
THEATER
Horton by the Stream presents three, one-act plays by Horton Foote: The Road to the Graveyard,
The Dearest of Friends and Spring Dance! Performances are held on Sunday August 7, 2016 at 2 pm,
Saturday August 13, 2016 at 2 pm and Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 2pm at Carvers Barn in Tannersville.
Weather providing, Horton by the Stream welcomes the public to bring picnics and lawn chairs!
Performances will be held indoors in case of inclement weather. Free Admission! Call 646-206-7172 for
more information. Carvers Barn is located at 27 Green Hill Road, first property on left up green hill road,
first sharp Right at Elka Park Post Office in Elka Park in Tannersville, NY.
These events are made possible in part with funds granted to Horton by the Stream from the
2016 Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered through the
Community Arts Grant Fund in Greene County by Greene County Council on the Arts.
For information on the DEC grants program in Columbia and Greene Counties, please contact our
Community Arts and Arts Education Grant Coordinator Sara Pruiksma-Rizzo at 943-3400 or at [email protected], or, for the Schoharie County Grant Coordinator contact Renee Nied at Schoharieartsgrants@
gmail.com.
Greene County’s Kaaterskill
Actors Theater, which has
presented “Amelia – A Play of the
Civil War,” and the world premieres
of “On the Rocks” and “Scrooge &
Son,” announces its Independence
Day event, “Christmas in July with
Thornton Wilder,” which presents the one-act plays, “Pullman
Car Hiawatha” and “The Long
Christmas Dinner.” The show
will be presented in association
with Petite Productions and the
Schoharie Creek Players.
We all know Thornton Wilder
as the author of “Our Town,” the
classic that is practically a part of
our national DNA. That play is so
popular that, 75 years after its first
production, it is performed somewhere in the world every single
night. K.A.T. takes great pleasure
in presenting two lesser-known
short plays by this most American
of playwrights and three-time
Pulitzer Prize winner.
“The Long Christmas Dinner”
carries the Bayard family through
90 years of Yuletide celebrations,
as we see generations born, grow
up, prosper, age and die, all in the
space of a single meal. “Pullman
Car Hiawatha” carries its comical
sleeping car passengers to
Chicago by way of Ohio, time,
space and the Cosmos, as we
see them (and ourselves) as part
of a great celestial celebration.
Joining in the performance of
“Pullman Car Hiawatha” are the
dancers of Petite Productions
Academy in Catskill.
The show will be performed at
the Doctorow Center for the Arts,
Main Street (Route 23A), Hunter,
NY on Friday and Saturday, July 1
and 2, 2016 at 7PM and Sunday,
July 3, 2016 at 2PM. All tickets
are $15 (cash only please) at the
door, and reservations can be
made at www.wilderjuly.com. Join
Kaaterskill Actors Theater, beat
the heat and have a very merry
“Christmas in July with Thornton
Wilder.”
These events are made
possible, in part, with funds granted to Kaaterskill Actors Theater
from the 2016 Decentralization
Program of the New York State
Council on the Arts, administered
through the Community Arts Grant
Fund in Greene County by Greene
County Council on the Arts.
For information on the DEC
grants program in Columbia and
Greene Counties, please contact
our Community Arts and Arts
Education Grant Coordinator
Sara Pruiksma-Rizzo at 943-3400
or at [email protected], or,
for the Schoharie County Grant
Coordinator contact Renee Nied
at [email protected].
tent, on the green at Jefferson
Maple Museum. Concert is at 7PM
and Free!
July 15, 2016 “TUMBLEWEED HIGHWAY” Inspired by
everyone from Gram Parsons to
W.C. Handy, this group brings a
distinctly Mississippi sound with
them. Come and enjoy a Full
Moon concert at the Meeting
House, an indoor/outdoor venue
with panoramic views of the
Schoharie Valley and beyond.
“BYO” basket, sit back and have a
good time. Admission is $10 per
person and free for 12 and under.
Landis Arboretum in Esperance, NY.
July 15, 2016. SCHA’s
Summer Cultural and Performing
Arts Program presents “SONGS
AND STORIES OF ITALY” with
performances
by
children
participating in program. Depot
Lane Theater in Schoharie,
NY. $5pp/$15 family (mom, dad,
siblings). 6PM.
July 16, 2016. 15th Annual
Summer and Cultural Performing
Arts program presents “SONGS
AND STORIES OF ITALY” with
MUSICAL.” 2:00PM. For tickets
and information contact Ron
Cleeve
at
rcleeve@nycap.
rr.com. Golding Middle School
Auditorium, Cobleskill.
July 29 & 30, 2016. “THE
PLAY’S THE THING!” As part
of the Summer Cultural and
Performing Arts Program, The
Depot Lane Youth Players will
perform an original adaptation
of an Italian folktale- using improvisational theater techniques.
(There may be some singing and
dancing!) Directed by Paul Lamar.
6PM. $5 per person or $10 per
family (mom, dad and siblings). Ice
cream social will follow July 30th
performance. Depot Lane Theater,
Schoharie, NY.
July 31, 2016. KRISTINA
JOHNSON TRIO at the Bandstand
on the Green. 2PM. Free. Jefferson
Maple Museum, Jefferson, NY.
August 1- 5, 2016. DANCE
CAMP FOR KIDS. 9AM-12PM.
Free. Maple Museum, Jefferson,
NY.
August 14, 2016. The Richmondville Historical Society pres-
ents MAGPIE at 6:30 PM. Free.
Bunn Mill, Richmondville, NY.
August 10, 2016. As part of
the “Not So Quiet Music Series”
join dynamic and talented traditional folk performers KIM AND
REGGIE HARRIS whose captivating stage presence and unique
harmonies has earned the respect
and love of audiences throughout
the US, Canada and Europe for
over 30 years. 7PM. Suggested
donation. Middleburgh Library,
Middleburgh, NY.
August 19, 2016.b
RED
HAIRED STRANGERS.
Come
and enjoy a Full Moon concert at
the Meeting House, an indoor/
outdoor venue with panoramic
views of the Schoharie Valley
and beyond as the band plays an
assortment of covers and original
Country-Blues.
“BYO” basket,
sit back and have a good time.
$10 per person and Free to 12
and under. Landis Arboretum,
Esperance, NY.
August 2, 2016. IRIDESENSE.
7PM. Maple Museum, Jefferson, NY.
August
28,
2016.
A
CELEBRATION OF STRINGS.
2PM. Free. Maple Museum,
Jefferson, NY.
For information on the
DEC
grants
program
in
Schoharie County contact Grant
Coordinator Renee Nied at
S c h o h a r i ea rt s g ra n t s @ g m a i l .
com. For Columbia and Greene
Counties, please contact GCCA
Community Arts and Arts
Education Grant Coordinator Sara
Pruiksma-Rizzo at 943-3400 or
at [email protected].
Continued on page 15
HORTON by the
STREAM
Outdoor THEATER
Horton by the Stream players performed The Roads to
Home in 2015 at Carvers Barn Outdoor Theater.
SCHOHARIE
SPOTLIGHT
Plan a visit to beautiful
Schoharie County this July and
August. Experience the region
that is known for its landscape and
is rich in arts and culture! There
are events for people of all ages
to enjoy on the “other side of the
Catskills.” We hope to see you
around the County!
The following events are
made possible, in part, with
funds granted from the 2016
Decentralization Program of the
New York State Council on the
Arts, administered through the
Community Arts Grant Fund in
Schoharie County by Greene
County Council on the Arts.
July 8, 2016.b “BLUES
MANEUVER” takes place in the
Heron
&Earth
design
www.heronandearth.com
performances by children participating in program. Directed
by Lillian Spina-Caza with Sara
Jane Cipperly. $5 per person or
$15 per family (mom, dad and
siblings). Concert is at 4PM with
an Italian Dinner to follow! Depot
Lane Theater in Schoharie, NY.
July 17, 2016. ERIC LEE
performs at 6:30PM and concert
is Free! Bunn Mill, Richmondville,
NY.
July 22 & 23, 2016. The Theater Project of Schoharie County
presents “MOTHERHOOD - THE
MUSICAL” at 7:30PM. Contact
Ron Cleeve for tickets and
information at rcleeve@nycap.
rr.com. Golding Middle School
Auditorium, Cobleskill, NY.
July 24, 2016. UPPER
CATSKILL QUARTET “Tour of
Europe.” 6:30PM. Free. Bunn Mill,
Richmondville, NY.
July 24, 2016. “DOWN WITH
THE RENT!” at 2PM. Free. Jefferson Maple Museum, Jefferson.
July 24, 2016: The Theater
Project of Schoharie County
presents “MOTHERHOOD - THE
Zentangle
Creative Mediations
Classes in the Art of Zentangle
Individual or Group
Andrea Porrazzo-Nangle
518-860-5134
146 Green Lake Road, Leeds, NY 12451
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How to Contact Your Lawmakers
For Columbia, Greene and Schoharie Counties
Governor Andrew Cuomo
Executive Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224
Tel: (518) 474-8390
Senator John J. Flanagan, Majority Leader
Legislative Office Building, Rm. 805, Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2071
email: [email protected]
Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie, Speaker
932 Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-4800 Fax: (518) 455-5103
email: [email protected]
Senator Rich Funke
Chair Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks & Recreation
188 State St., Room 905, Legislative Office Bldg, Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2215 Fax: (518) 426-6745
District Office:
230 Packe 's Landing, Fairport, NY 14450
Tel: (585) 223-1800 Fax: (585) 223-3157
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]
22nd
CATSKILLS
IRISH ARTS
WEEK
July 10-16, 2016
GREENE COUNTY
Senator George A. Amedore, Jr.
(District 46 – Greene)
802 Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2350 Fax: (518) 426-6751
email: [email protected]
Assemblyman Peter Lopez
(District 102: all of Greene + Stuyvesant + 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]
COLUMBIA COUNTY
Senator Kathleen Marchione
(District 43 – Columbia)
188 State Street Legislative Office Building - Room 918
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2381 email: [email protected]
Assemblymember Didi BarreĴ
(District 106: Ghent, Claverack, Greenport, Germantown,
Livingston, Tachkanic, Copake, Clermont, Gallatin &
Ancram in Columbia County)
LOB 553, Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-5177 Fax: (518) 455-5418
District Office: 751 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel: (518) 828-5329 Fax: (518) 828-5329
email: barre [email protected]
The Catskills Irish Arts week
in East Durham N.Y. presented
by The MJ Quill Irish Cultural
and Sports Centre, will celebrate
its 22nd anniversary this July.
The hospitality for which this
charming historically Irish village
is well known awaits all who love
Ireland’s traditional music, song,
and dance.
Set in the scenic
Catskill Mountains of Greene
County, just a couple of hours
away from the great cities of New
York and Boston, East Durham
has been home to the Irish since
the early 1920’s.
Each year master artists/
teachers are invited here from
Ireland, Canada, and all around
America to teach and perform
in this exciting and important
week, in the promotion and
preservation of the Irish culture
abroad. Long time favorites
to the Catskills , Mary Bergin,
Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch
will join such notables as Willie
Kelly, Eileen Gannon and Kieran
Jordan to name but a few of the
nearly sixty exceptional faculty
members. Catskills Irish Arts
week welcomes the great Sean o
Se as Artist in Residence this year.
Workshops in all the arts, high
impact concerts nightly ceilithe,
intimate listening rooms, carefully
selected lectures and presentations as well as sessions galore,
gladden the heart, feed the mind
and nourish the soul of every
one who is fortunate enough to
be a part of this mighty week.
Programs such as Tir Na nOg for
Children and Stepping Stone for
young adults have grown from
strength to strength. The newly
formed Stepping Stone program
saw many parents and family
members join their teenagers
last year, in a bid to sample many
of the arts at beginner and basic
levels.
It takes a village, and none
of this would be possible without
Music and Art Center of Greene County will honor the
90th birthday of its founder, composer Ihor Sonevytsky,
with a memorial/celebratory concert on Saturday,
August 6, 2016.
Senator James L. Seward
(51st District - Schoharie)
430 State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-3131
District Office:
41 South Main Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 607-432-5524
[email protected]
FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES
U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson
(19th District: Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer)
2 Hudson Street, PO Box 775, Kinderhook, NY 12106
Tel: (518) 610-8133 Fax: (518) 610-8135
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
Leo O’Brien Federal Office Building, Room 420, Albany, NY 12207
Tel: (518) 431-4070 Fax: (518) 431-4076
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
478 Russell Senate Office Building,Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-4451 Fax: (202) 228-0882
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the valuable role the community
plays, going so far as to offer their
homes, businesses, school, firehouse for classrooms and accommodation. Last but not least the
Irish hospitality for which the
village is known is in abundance
everywhere.
Registration for all workshops is now open online and
by phone at 518-678-5833. Non
student packages to concerts,
ceili dances, lectures, sessions
and listening rooms are also
available. Discounted prices for
the Children and Youth Programs
are available to all Greene County
Residents. Visit www.catskillsirishartsweek.org for further information and to register
The MJ Quill Irish Cultural
and Sports Centre Catskill Irish
Arts Week is made possible,
in part, by the Greene County
Council on the Arts through the
Greene County Legislature’s
County Initiative Program.
NATURE &
MUSIC –
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin
(District 107: Kinderhook, Chatham, New Lebanon,
Canaan, Austerli & Hillsdale in Columbia County)
LOB 533, Albany, NY 12248
Tel: (518) 455-5777 (518) 455-5576
District Office:
258 Hoosick Street, Suite 109, Troy, NY 12180
Tel: (518) 272-6149 Fax: (518) 272-6313
email: [email protected]
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Donny Golden will lead Irish Dance workshops during CIAW.
The Donny Golden School of Irish Dance has trained scores
of dancers, including several who have placed in world
championships.
The founder of the Music
and Art Center of Greene County,
composer Ihor Sonevytsky, firmly
believed that the essence of
music and nature is intertwined.
This summer, again for the 34th
consecutive year, the audience
at the Grazhda Concert Hall
in Hunter, NY will be able to
experience music in it most
essential natural setting. On
August 6, MACGC will honor
the 90th birthday of its founder
with a memorial/celebratory
concert featuring baritone Oleh
Chmyr, violinist Anna Rabinova,
cellist Natalia Khoma, pianist
Volodymyr
Vynnytsky
and
renowned composer Myroslav
Skoryk. Music by Sonevytsky,
Skoryk, Chopin and Mozart will
be performed.
The Music and Art Center of
Greene County 34th season will
begin July 2, 2016 with a fundraising concert. Soprano Halyna
Sakhnovska, cellist and artistic
advisor of MAC Natalia Khoma,
and pianists Michael Yanovytsky
and the artistic director of MAC
Volodymyr Vynnytsky will perform
works by Mozart, Beethoven,
Lysenko, Verdi and Puccini.
On July 16, 2016 Grazhda
will welcome a new chamber
ensemble of distinguished musicians - violinist Anna Rabinova,
cellist Andrey Tchekmazov and
pianist Margaret Kampmeier.
They will play trios by Beethoven,
Schumann and P. Schonfield.
The noted dramatic actress from
Kyiv Halyna Stepanova will stage
a monodrama on July 30, 2016.
The play “Marriage” is based on
correspondence between the
poet Ivan Franko and his wife
Olha Khoruzhynska. The tradi-
A Spellbinding
Combination
at the Grazhda
tional and the audience’s favorite
Children’s Concert will be held
on August 13, 2016. Music lovers
of jazz will have a treat on August
20, 2016. Trombonist
Peter
Nelson’s JazzTet with Steven
Feifke, piano; Devin Starks, bass;
Darrian Douglas, drums and
vocalist soprano Marta Bagratuni
will play oldies and contemporary jazz pieces. The final concert
of the season will take place on
August 27, 2016. Having already
established themselves as solo
artists, the husband and wife
Piano Duo of Anna and Dmytro
Shelest will play works by Zhuk,
Arensky, Gershwin, Skoryk and
Revutsky.
Three courses in Ukrainian
folk arts will be held in the first
two weeks of August. For the
first time this year, Vasyl Nayda
will conduct five sessions of
basic tapestry weaving on a lap
frame loom on August 1-5. Two
five-day sessions on Gerdany
(traditional
bead stringing)
with instructor Lesia Lasiy and
Ukrainian
embroidery
with
instructor Lubov Wolynets will be
held August 8 – 12, 2016. In addition, actress Halyna Stepanova
will conduct a course in artistic/
dramatic reading and recitation
on August 1 – 5, 2016. All courses
are open to adults and children
age 10 and above. The two-week
singing course for children age
4 -9 under the direction of Anna
Bachynsky and Melanie Serbay
will be held August 1-12, 2016.
The deadline for course registration is July 20, 2016. Please call
Melanie Serbay at 518-263-4670
or [email protected]
The Music and Art Center
invites all music, folk arts and
nature lovers to the gorgeous
Catskill Mountains region. The
Hunter Ukrainian community
is well known for its beautiful
wooden Church, magnificent
music, glorious nature, splendid
art exhibits, stimulating children’s programs and infinite
hospitality including Ukrainian
gourmet food on Sundays. For
more information visit www.
Grazhdamusicandart.org.
MACGC is a non-profit arts
organization. Its programming
is made possible, in part, by the
Greene County Council on the
Arts through the Greene County
Legislature’s County Initiative
Program.
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“wildbraidart”
bead art, jewelry,
fiber art, accessories,
watercolor/collage
handmade poetry
books
ALIVE
2016 July/August
GCCA
Welcomes
THOMAS
SILVIOUS
GCCA SPECIAL EVENTS
AS A BOARD
MEMBER
Thomas
Silvious,
from
Coxsackie, NY, was nominated
and elected to serve on the
Board of Directors during the
GCCA Board Meeting held
on Thursday, April 28, 2016.
Board Members David Slutzky,
President; Jeff Friedman, Treasurer; Larry Krajeski, Secretary;
Maggie Fine, Kico Govantes,
Gretchen
Mallory,
Nancey
Rosensweig, Laura Segall, and
Kay Stamer, Executive Director
were in attendance. A quorum
was established.
Tom Silvious is a Director
in the Civil and Health Services
Group of CSRA, Inc., a governmentfocused
Information
Technology Company based in
Northern Virginia. As a Partner
and policy expert in this company’s global health and human
services consulting practice, he
helps non-profit organizations
incubate and grow their busi-
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Ruby and Tom Silvious pictured at
GCCA’s gala fundraiser, the 2016
Beaux Arts Ball. Photo by Rob
Shannon, Fotopix.com.
nesses by facilitating access to
federal, state and local government grants so they can become
sustainable over time. He also
currently serves as Vice President
of the Board of Trustees of the
Heermance Memorial Library in
Coxsackie.
Silvious’ patronage of the
arts has increased over the last 15
years as his wife, Coxsackie-based
artist Ruby Silvious, continues to
grow her international presence.
He holds a Masters in Business
Administration from the Forbes
School of Business, and a
Bachelor of Science Degree in
Computer Science from Virginia
Commonwealth University.
All of us at GCCA welcome
Tom and look forward to his
volunteer service, leadership and
guidance.
GCCA Catskill Gallery
Call for Exhibit Proposals
& Artist Opportunities
GCCA Gallery:
Exhibition Proposals wanted for GCCA Catskill Gallery for
2016 & 2017 Exhibit Schedules. Send a paragraph describing your
proposals for a solo show, curated group exhibit or a brainstorm for
future exhibitions to GCCA. Include contact information, an image list,
short bio or resume and up to 10 images (72 dpi, 5” jpeg or up to
8x10” photographs) to Niva Dorell, [email protected] with subject
line: 2016-2017 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 St., 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 Niva Dorell, [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 Niva Dorell, GCCA Visual Arts Director,
at 518-943-3400 or [email protected]. To find the listing of the
2016 Exhibit season and guidelines visit http://www.greenearts.
org/call-to-artists/
GCCA Cyber-Security Project Follow-Up
In the May/June issue of Arts Alive GCCA introduced you to
cyber-security startup company Yama Industrials, Inc. and their
generous donation to Greene County Council on the Arts. To date
Yama Industrials has replaced our stock router and firewall with a
commercial grade wireless router and firewall to provide a substantial
increase in protection for our network. As previously mentioned this
is an ongoing project for the year 2016 and next phases will include
adding anti-virus software, strengthening backup and minimizing the
risk of hackers and ransom ware. YAMA Industrials Director Eugene
DeVillamil will be training GCCA staff members on how to use the
software, detect problems in advance and follow best practices. All
measures necessary for keeping GCCA’s information secure. His work
will include ongoing maintenance and monitoring GCCA’s equipment,
remediation and miscellaneous ongoing support for the 2016 year
with extended support and monetary donations to 2020.
DeVillamil acknowledges our community as contributing to his
strength and success in business. Greene County Council on the Arts
is extremely grateful for Yama Industrials, Inc.’s interest in keeping the
organization maintained and cyber secure…and for Eugene, along
with his wife Lana DeVillamill (a Brooklyn native), who is committed to
fully giving back to their local community.
For further information or for cyber-security assistance you may
reach Eugene directly at [email protected] or locally
at 518-303-7507 or outside the local area 888-874-4667.
July & August 2016
July 2, 2016 GCCA SIDEWALK SALE! ART AND CRAFTS FROM THE GCCA INVENTORY.
Dozens of items at a fraction of cost. Buy incredible art for cheap and support GCCA!! From 1 - 4 PM.
Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY.
And at 3 PM: GCCA Reading: LAURA LOVING READING AND ARTIST TALK BACK.
Laura Loving, GCCA current solo artist, will read two of her most popular blog posts and answer
questions about her art and process. 3 PM. GCCA Catskill Gallery.
July 16, 2016 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: IT’S ALL POLITICS. In this election year, it
will be impossible to escape politics. The “It’s All Politics” exhibit won’t be an endorsement of
any particular candidate, party or political system. Rather, it’s an opportunity for artists to share
their angst, questions, hopes and fears about the political system and the future. We want
submissions that engage, provoke and encourage discussion. Open to all mediums. Show dates:
September 21-November 12, 2016 with an opening reception on September 21, 2016. Email
submissions with descriptions and JPEGS to Niva Dorell, GCCA Visual Arts Director at niva@
greenearts.org or [email protected].
July 30 through September 17, 2016 “WEARABLE ARTS” GROUP EXHIBIT is about
expressing art through fashion and design and pushing the boundaries of clothing. Wearable Arts
will be co-curated by fashion icons Michele Saunders and JoJo Americo. Opening reception from
5-7pm at the GCCA Catskill Gallery.
August 13, 2016 SAVE THE DATE!! Wearable Arts Fashion show FUNDRAISER!
If you’ve always wanted to attend a fashion show, here’s your chance! Come watch models wear
pieces by artists exhibiting in the Wearable Arts exhibit in the gallery, as well as other artists. Buy
unique one-of-a-kind fashion statements. Mingle with high fashion designers, artists and personalities. This promises to be a never-seen-before event that you don’t want to miss! Watch for details!!!!
September 17, 2016 SAVE THE DATE!! GCCA ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY! GCCA Annual
Garden Party. Beattie Powers Place, Bridge Street and Prospect Intersection, Catskill, NY. From 1-5
PM. Great Members and Friends, Food and Music for the benefit of GCCA. More details to follow.
Please visit www.greenearts.org
GCCA Catskill Gallery is located at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY. Office and Gallery hours are
Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. -5 p.m. The Gallery remains open on Saturday Noon to 5 p.m. Visit www.
greenearts.org or call 518-943-3400.
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23Arts Initiative
and
Catskill Jazz Factory
2016 SUMMER
MUSIC & JAZZ
FESTIVAL
The 23Arts Initiative and its
regional jazz counterpart, the
Catskill Jazz Factory, announce
the upcoming 23Arts Summer
Music & Jazz Festival, a sevenweek
Tannersville-based
performing arts series kicking off
on the first weekend of July with
the 23Arts Village of Tannersville
Independence Day Parade and a
performance by the Helena Baillie
Trio, the first of five free 23Arts
Sunday classical chamber concerts.
In addition to collaborating on
this season of back-to-back mountaintop events with 23Arts, the
Catskill Jazz Factory will extend their
summer artist residencies to include
two co-presented five-week concert
series with the Bard SummerScape
Spiegeltent and Music Mountain.
The upcoming summer festival
presents five jazz residencies and
thirteen performances in the village
of Tannersville taking place across
ten mountaintop venues, including
the Mountain Top Library, Mountain
Top Arboretum, Last Chance
Antiques & Cheese Café, Villa Vosilla,
Catskill Mountain Foundation’s
Orpheum Film & Performing Arts
Center, Hathaway House, All Souls’
Marc Cary, a pianist new to CJF, has performed with the likes of Betty Carter,
Dizzy Gillespie, Erykah Badu and Abbey Lincoln. Photo Credit Rebecca Meek.
Church, All Angels’ Church, Haines
Falls Methodist Church, and Skip &
Anne Pratt’s ‘Santa Cruz’ in Twilight
Park.
The 23Arts Summer Music &
Jazz Festival will kick off with the
annual 23Arts Village of Tannersville
Independence Day Parade on
Saturday, July 2 followed by a
free concert on Sunday, July 3 at
11:30am at All Souls’ Church with the
Helena Baillie Trio titled Fireworks &
Pageantry: An Introduction to the
String Trio. This event is the first in
a five-event free Sunday classical
concert series on the mountaintop,
with additional performances taking
place at All Angels’ Church and
the Haines Falls Methodist Church
and led by artists including pianist
Babette Hierholzer, violinist Wayne
Lee, trombonist Chris Washburne,
and pianist/conductor Jonathan
Yates. All Souls’ Church, perched
at the intersection of County
Roads 25 and 23C in Tannersville,
is a miniature Gothic cathedral
that provides chamber performances with perfect acoustics and
close-up views of the musicians for
THOMAS COLE:
The Artist as Architect
NEW STUDIO AT TCNHS
The state of the art “New Studio” gallery space at TCNHS. Photo by Peter
Aaron/OTTO.
The New Studio, designed by
Cole in the 1840s, has been reconstructed and is now host to “Thomas
Cole: The Artist as Architect” the
first exhibition to focus on a littleknown but highly significant aspect
of Cole’s contribution to American
art, his architectural achievements
including the design for a significant public building: the Ohio
State Capitol. Curated by Noted
Scholar Annette Blaugrund, the
exhibit includes paintings from
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
The Columbus Museum of Art,
and Toledo Museum of Art, among
others.
Accompanying the exhibition
is the hardcover book of the same
title. The 120-page publication
contains 63 full-color images; an
essay by Dr. Blaugrund about
Cole’s architectural endeavors as
seen in his paintings, drawings,
and realized projects; a contextual
essay on the legacy of Thomas
Cole by Franklin Kelly, Deputy
Director and Chief Curator at the
National Gallery of Art; a preface by
Barbara Novak, Professor Emerita,
Barnard College and Columbia
University, and directors’ forewords
by Elizabeth Jacks and Nannette
Maciejunes.
The New Studio, which
houses the exhibition, has been
reconstructed, after many years of
research and a successful capital
campaign, on its original footprint
across the lawn from the artist’s
home in Catskill, New York. The
exterior of the New Studio is an
exact recreation of the space that
Cole designed for use as his workspace for the last year of his life. The
interior provides a museum-quality
gallery that will now be used to illuminate Cole’s art and to highlight his
extraordinary influence on American
art – past, present, and future.
The exhibition is supported in
part by the National Endowment for
the Arts as part of an over-arching
project entitled “Thomas Cole
and the Roots of the Conservation
Movement,” designed to highlight the 19th-century tradition
of conserving iconic American
landscapes. Additional support is
provided by the County Initiative
Program of the Greene County
Legislature, administered by the
Greene County Council on the Arts.
The accompanying printed publication is supported by the Wyeth
Foundation for American Art and
several individual funders.
The Thomas Cole National
Historic Site is the place where
American art began, as it is the
home of Thomas Cole (18011848), the founder of the Hudson
River School – the first major art
movement of the United States.
Thomas Cole’s original easels and
art-making tools are on view in his
“Old Studio”, and a film about Cole
and the Hudson River School can
be seen in the visitor center. Visitors
especially enjoy the panoramic view
from the west porch to the Catskill
Mountains, which remains strikingly
similar to Thomas Cole’s paintings
of the same view. The site is located
at 218 Spring Street in Catskill, New
York. Current programs and events
can be found at www.thomascole.
org.
audience members.
23Arts will team up with Catskill
Jazz Factory to present headlining
world-class
jazz
performances
on the mountaintop in venues
including the Villa Vosilla, Hathaway,
Last Chance and Orpheum Theater.
Programs range from The Joy of Sax,
a retrospective on the 100 years of
the saxophone, to Fictions: Borges
in Tango, a tribute to Argentinian
author Jorge Luis Borges through
the lens of Villoldo’s El Choclo,
Piazzolla, Strauss and more. Leading
artists range from returning Catskill
Jazz all-star trombonist Chris
Washburne to Marc Cary, a pianist
new to CJF who has performed
with the likes of Betty Carter, Dizzy
Gillespie, Erykah Badu and Abbey
Lincoln. Other leaders include Chris
Pattishall, named by Wynton Marsalis
as one of the top five jazz musicians
under 30 to watch, Peter and Will
Anderson, named “virtuosos on
saxophone” by the New York Times,
and Sammy Miller, a Juilliard School
graduate who leads the “joyful jazz”
of The Congregation. All Catskill
Jazz Factory performances with the
23Arts Initiative in Tannersville are
$25 and tickets can be purchased at
www.catskilljazzfactory.org.
Between the Catskill Jazz
Factory and the 23Arts Initiative,
these sister organizations will
together facilitate nearly twenty-five
events this upcoming summer and
nearly fifty events total throughout
2016. While 23Arts Initiative serves
the Tannersville community, CJF
offers both local and regional school
workshops, concerts, residencies,
lectures, and free world-class performances. Since its founding, the
Catskill Jazz Factory has worked with
over twenty different educational
facilities, presented performances
with nearly 150 jazz musicians, and
partnered with countless venues,
arts and community organizations
across the region.
“23Arts isn’t just presenting
events to the community, this
program is priceless in its dedication to inspiring new audiences
and venues to hear, or present,
events that would otherwise not be
possible,” said Village of Tannersville
Mayor Lee McGunnigle. “Between
their work in schools and around the
village, it’s safe to say that 23Arts is
taking Tannersville to new artistic
heights.”
Outside of Tannersville, the
Catskill Jazz Factory will once again
co-present a five-event concert
series with the Bard SummerScape
Spiegeltent, featuring The Artistry
of Jazz Horn with the Jazzmeia Horn
Ensemble, the Heartbeat of Harlem
with Marc Cary Ensemble, Born from
the Blues with Sammy Miller & the
Congregation, The Joy of Sax with
Peter and Will Anderson Quintet,
and Ragtime and the Birth of Jazz
with Chris Washburne’s Ragtime
Band. For tickets and more information go to at fishercenter.bard.
edu or call the box office at 845-7587900.
A new collaboration this year,
the Catskill Jazz Factory extend
their residencies to include a
five-week Saturday Twilight debut
concert series with Music Mountain,
America’s oldest continuing summer
chamber music festival located in
Falls Village, CT. This new collaboration will feature performances by
Joanna Wallfisch, Dan Tepfer, the
Peter and Will Anderson Quintet,
Chris Washburne’s Ragtime Band,
and the Chris Pattishall Octet.
Saturday Evening Twilight Series
Concerts are $30 at the door, $27 in
advance. Ages 5 to 18 are admitted
free to all concerts when accompanied by a ticket holder. Saturday
Twilight Concerts are at 6:30 p.m.
For details, visit www.musicmountain.org or call 860-824-7126.
“Our goal is to expose audiences of all ages and tastes to all
sorts of different art forms and
creative outlets,” said Piers Playfair,
Founder & Artistic Director of 23Arts
and CJF. “Our program has three
core elements; artistic excellence,
education, and community. We
want to create the unique energy
which comes when these things are
brought together.”
The 23Arts Initiative and Catskill
Jazz Factory are programs of the
Friends of Tannersville Organization,
a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
For all Tannersville events and information, visit www.23Arts.org. For all
local and regional jazz events, visit
www.catskilljazzfactory.org.
23Arts Initiative/Catskill Jazz
Factory programming that will take
place in October 2016 is made
possible, in part, with Public Funds
from the Greene County Legislature
through the Greene County Cultural
Fund administered in Greene
County by the Greene County
Council on the Arts.
Zadock Pratt Museum Exhibit
From Schoharykill to PraĴsville:
1735-1935, Two Hundred Years of
PraĴsville History.
The Zadock Pratt Museum
opened its doors on May 28,
2016 to its newest exhibit,
“From Schoharykill to Prattsville:
1735-1935,
Two
Hundred
Years of Prattsville History.” This
informative exhibit focuses on
“Prattsville” before Pratt, from
Native Americans to pre-Revolutionary European settlers to the
post-Revolutionary War migration
from Connecticut (and other
places) via the Susquehanna Trail
up to and including Pratt’s arrival
in Schohary Kill and the history of
the “Town that Pratt Built” through
the beginning of the 20th century.
The exhibit also attempts to highlight themes of immigration, social
justice, environmental justice and
African-American life in SchoharyKill/Prattsville.
“Patriots All”, a separate exhibit
with a focus on the Revolutionary
War with a tie in to the 240th
Anniversary of the Declaration
of Independence will
open on the Museum’s second
floor with a host of programs on
opening day Saturday, July 2,
2016. The Museum’s Civil War
exhibit will be a natural fit with the
overall Patriots All theme.
On Friday, July 1, 2016 ZPM
hosts a special showing of the film
1776, speaker on the Declaration
of
Independence with an
emphasis on its relevance today.
On Saturday, July 2, 2016
ZPM presents “July 4, 1776 Our
Declaration of Independence:
1,337b words that altered the
course of history.” In addition the
day will feature various activities
including an appearance by Ben
Franklin or Thomas Jefferson,
a music program, a telling of
the story of Zadock Pratt Sr., the
Revolutionary War exhibit focus
on the militia/prison ships, a
public signing of the Declaration
( re-created as a large facsimile
Windham Chamber
Music Festival
THE STAGE IS SET FOR
THE 2016 SEASON
On July 16th the popular Gala Orchestra Concert
features pianist Tanya Gabrielian in her Windham
debut performing Bach, Saint-Saens and Finzi, and
the Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted
by Robert Manno performing Tchaikovsky’s lush
Souvenir de Florence. The program will include Bach:
Concerto in F Minor for piano & strings, Webern:
Langsamer Satz , Finzi: Eclogue for piano and
strings, Saint-Saens: “Wedding Cake” Caprice and
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence.
London Times offers this about Tanya Gabrielian:
“A pianist of powerful physical and imaginative
muscle.” and the Washington Post states “The
Herculean keyboard demands were met with strikingly poised nobility and a commanding presence.”
Tickets to the July 16th Gala Orchestra Concert are
$35 for General, $32 for Seniors, $30 for Contributors
and $5 for Students.
August 13, 2016 brings the return of Trio Solisti
to Windham with Maria Bachman, violin, Alexis Pia
Gerlach, cello and pianist Adam Neiman. As reviewed
by The New Yorker “The most exciting piano trio in
America.” The program is Beethoven: Trio Opus 70
that will have signatures of the
original signers and museum
visitors/townspeople, this will be
framed and hung in the museum
to commemorate the 240th
anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence.), a Militia cannon
dedication in addition to coffee
and guided tour of the museum
exhibits.
The Zadock Pratt Museum
is located at 14540 Main Street
in Pratsville, NY and is open on
Saturday and Sunday from 10
am-5pm throughout the season
and closes on October 30, 2016.
Call 518-299-3258 or visit www.
zadockprattmuseum.com
for
more information.
This exhibit is made possible,
in part, by the Greene County
Council on the Arts through the
Greene County Legislature’s
County Initiative Program.
No. 1 “Ghost”, Ravel: Piano Trio and Arensky: Piano
Trio in D Minor. Tickets are $25 for General, $22 for
Seniors, $20 for Contributors and $5 for Students.
Later on August 20, 2016, WCMF is delighted
to present “Divas Unleashed”, an evening of opera
and comedy with soprano Michelle Jennings and
mezzo-soprano Maria Todaro with Joshua Tanis,
piano. Tickets: $25 for General, $22 for Seniors, $20
for Contributors and $5 for Students.
The Lark String Quartet, described by the
Washington Post as “…a performance of grace,
proportion and burnished brilliance”, returns to
Windham on September 3rd as the 2016 season
comes to a close. WCMF presents Deborah Buck and
Basia Danilow, violins, Kathryn Lockwood, viola and
Caroline Stinson, cello. The great string quartet of
Claude Debussy is the featured work in the program
including Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor and
Beethoven: Quartet #15 in A Minor Opus 132.
Tickets: General: $25, Seniors: $22, Contributors,
$20, Students: $5
Tickets may now be purchased at the following
Main Street Windham locations: Carole’s Gift
Emporium, the Catskill Mountain Country Store or the
Windham Public Library. Mail orders are now being
taken by sending a check (sorry no credit cards) to
WCMF 740 County Route 32C Windham, NY 12496.
Reservations can also be made by calling 518-7343868 or by e-mail at [email protected].
The 2016 Season is made possible in part by
the Willow Springs Charitable Trust Foundation,
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation, Windham
Foundation, Bill & Suzy Vogler, David G. Whitcomb
Foundation and with Public funds from the Greene
County Legislature through the Greene County
Cultural Fund and administered in Greene County by
the Greene County Council on the Arts.
All Concerts at 8PM at the Windham Civic
Centre Concert Hall, 5379 Main Street (Route 23)
in Windham, NY. For more information visit www.
windhammusic.com.
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Dreams, Harmony & Altered
Consciousness
FUGUES: A Solo Exhibit by llona Sochynsky
Terri Mateer in A KIND SHOT. Photo by James Hollywood.
JULY AND
AUGUST AT THE
Bridge Street
Theatre
Catskill’s
“Bridge
to
Anywhere” is a virtual beehive
of activity this summer! In
addition to the regular menu of
entertaining and challenging
performances being presented in
its Speakeasy, major construction
continues on the conversion of
Bridge Street’s “Raw Space” into a
fully-functioning, state-of-the-art,
84-seat Mainstage auditorium,
as does the capital campaign to
raise the $30,000.00 in matching
funds necessary to complete the
process. All donations (tax-deductible) are gratefully accepted
and acknowledged. And naming
rights are still up for grabs! The
theater is looking forward with
wild anticipation to inaugurating
the space this September with
a gala production of George
M. Cohan’s THE TAVERN. In the
meantime…
Bridge Street’s theatrical
offering for July is a three-performance run of Terri Mateer’s
inspiring autobiographical onewoman show A KIND SHOT.
Whether working every angle on
the court or navigating the field
of life, this former pro basketball
player has taken plenty of hits
— but that hasn’t diminished her
drive to score. A KIND SHOT
plays Friday and Saturday July
22 and 23, 2016 at 7:30 pm and
Sunday July 24, 2016 at 2:00 pm.
Tickets are $15, $10 for patrons
age 21 and under, and go on sale
at the door one half hour prior to
the performance.
August brings a special
treat – local legend Flo Hayle
directs Kathleen Devine (ALL
MY CHILDREN, SEARCH FOR
TOMORROW) and Caedmon
Holland (LUCKY LINDY) in a
two-weekend run of Billy Van
Zandt’s THE PROPERTY KNOWN
AS GARLAND, a fictional account
of Judy Garland’s final concert
appearance at the Falconer
Centre in Copenhagen in 1969.
Performances take place on
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30
pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm
August 19-28, 2016 with a special
“Pay-What-You-Can” performance
on Sunday August 21, 2016.
Regular tickets are $20, $10
for patrons age 21 and under,
and can be pre-purchased at
BrownPaperTickets.com or by
calling 800-838-3006. Tickets will
also be on sale at the door one
half hour prior to each performance on a space available basis.
August also brings the third
installment in Tom Andersen’s
WORDS
&
MUSIC:
THE
SONGBOOK SERIES – a riotous
all-Cole Porter evening with
cabaret superstar, Mark Nadler.
Hear Porter’s brilliant words and
music as you’ve probably never
heard ‘em before, as interpreted
by a man Stephen Holden of
the New York Times calls “Mr.
Show Business … An immensely
talented latter day Al Jolson.” And
given the energy he puts out, keep
your fingers crossed that the piano
survives the night! Mr. Nadler’s
LET’S MISBEHAVE: A COLE
PORTER SOIREE takes the stage
on Saturday August 6th at 8:00pm,
and tickets can be pre-purchased
at BrownPaperTickets.com, by
calling them at 800-838-3006,
or at the door on a space available basis. These one-time-only
WORDS & MUSIC evenings have
been extremely popular and tend
to fill up fast, so pre-purchase is
strongly recommended.
Other musical highlights
include a 4th of July weekend
Sadie Hawkins Day extravaganza
with the Ramblin Jug Stompers,
New York State’s premier jug
band, at 7:30 pm on Saturday
July 2, 2016; a musical retrospective of Bob Dylan’s classic
album “Blood on the Tracks”
celebrating the 40th Anniversary
of its release, performed by the
band The Hambones on Saturday
July 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm; an
afternoon recital by the Hearts
Content Ensemble, with musicians from the Catskill Chamber
Orchestra performing works by
Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Ravel, and
Albeniz on Sunday afternoon July
10, 2016 at 3:00 pm; virtuoso
bottleneck guitarist Pete Wagula
layin’ glass on strings on Saturday
evening July 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm;
and talented young singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jon B.
Woodin in an afternoon of original
compositions on Sunday July 18,
2016 at 3:00 pm. For more information about ticketing and prices
for these performances, check the
Arts Alive calendar or visit BST’s
website at BridgeSt.org.
Bridge Street Theatre is also
continuing to compile a list of
volunteers of all types to help
in the day-to-day operations of
its growing arts complex. From
ushers to box office personnel to
seamstresses to backstage crew
to folks with construction abilities
and more, if you’re willing to help
out, now more than ever Bridge
Street can find a way to utilize
your talents. Volunteering is also a
great way for folks on a budget to
see performances either for free
or at a greatly reduced rate. Call
518-943-3894 or send an email
to [email protected] if you’d
like to learn more.
Bridge Street Theatre is
located at 44 West Bridge
Street in the Village of Catskill.
And, as always, all the latest
news and information on what’s
coming up (and how you can
donate, volunteer, or purchase
tickets) can be found online at
BridgeStreetTheatre.org.
The Bridge Street Theatre
performances and events are
made possible, in part, by the
Greene County Council on the
Arts through the Greene County
Legislature’s County Initiative
Program.
“Fugues: A Solo Exhibit by
Ilona Sochynsky” is on exhibit at the
Kaaterskill Fine Arts & Crafts Gallery
in Hunter Village through August 7,
2016. The public is invited to meet
and greet the artist at the opening
reception on Saturday, July 2, from
1-3 pm in the Gallery.
Ilona Sochynsky is a prolific
fine artist, graphic designer, and
educator. A graduate of the Rhode
Island School of Design (1969 ) and
MFA from Yale (1972) Sochynsky
has been exhibiting her works in a
multiplicity of media since the early
1980’s in New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Delaware, Chicago,
Washington, D.C., Maryland and
Rhode Island. She successfully
ran a graphic design firm, Ilona
Sochynsky Associates, until 1979,
at which time she decided to
devote energies to painting full
time. Her initial paintings of this
period address the concerns
of Pop Art and Photorealism,
particularly the work of James
Rosenquist. By the mid-1980s, she
shifted towards more internalized
personal concerns integrating relationships, pop culture, into images
with psychological and emotional
intensity. In the 1990s, she turned
towards formalism, exploring
color and design elements, often
in works made up of small-scale
canvases. Of late, these interests
have become manifest in largescale, shaped canvasses, which
are almost playful in their vibrant
colors.
Currently
Sochynsky
has
embarked on a new series of circle
paintings titled “Fugues”. Using the
circular form she attempts to interweave fragments and textures into
a contrapuntal composition which
aspires to a state of harmony, and
which provokes a dreamlike state
of altered consciousness in the
viewer.
Spanning a career of over forty
years, she exhibited widely in the
U.S. and abroad. Her most recent
exhibitions include Back to the
U.S.S.R., Art Basel Miami (2015); A
Singular Vision: Ilona Sochynsky,
Retrospective of Painting, the
Ukrainian Museum (2012); and
Ilona Sochynsky:Abstract Intrigue,
the Noyes Museum, NJ (2008). Her
work is found in numerous public
and private collections, including
the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers
University, the Noyes Museum of
Art, the Ukrainian Museum, and
Morris Propp Foundation.
The Kaaterskill Gallery is
located at 7950 Main Street (Route
23) in Hunter, NY. Gallery hours
are Friday and Saturday, 10 am
to 4 pm and Sunday, 10 am to 3
pm. Call 518-263-2060 or visit
www.catskillmtn.org for more
information.
Ilona Sochynsky new series of circle
paintings titled “Fugues” are on
exhibit at Kaaterskill Fine Arts & Craft
Gallery. Fugue No. 7. Fugue No.8,
Fugue No. 10.
An
Evening
at the
BRONK
under a
Silvery
Moon
On the evening of Saturday,
August 20, 2016 Maria Ely Bronk
will host one of the highlights of
the social season at Coxsackie.
For several years the family has
chosen the evening of the full
corn moon in August to welcome
visitors to the family residence
at the old Bronk farmstead near
Coxsackie Village. This year Mrs.
Bronk is pleased that the prominent local hotelier, Charles L.
Beach and his lovely wife Mary
Lindsay Beach will be in attendance. During the summer resort
season Mr. Beach, who is the
proprietor of the famous Catskill
Mountain House is seldom able
to find the time to attend social
events. The evening promises to
be an exciting one. The Bronk
residence bathed in light of the
silvery moon provides a lovely
setting for the event. Candles
twinkle from the windows, along
walk ways and on the tables
spread across the spacious east
lawn. There will, of course, be live
music. A spacious serving table
will be filled from end to end with
a large assortment of homemade
deserts as well as pitchers of
the hostess’s favorite summer
beverage ginger shrub. The
evening starts with ghost stories
and ends with a lantern light stroll.
Mrs. Bronk, who generally greets
her guests in the parlor, is known
to engage in lively conversation
and to offer her well considered
and often forthright thoughts on
social and family life.
Guests will be welcome
beginning at 7 p.m. the festivities
are expected to begin around
7:30. To allow Mrs. Bronk to
adequately prepare for her guests
Mrs. Bronk will greet the prominent local hotelier, Charles L. Beach and
his lovely wife Mary Lindsay Beach in a re-enactment of the high-summer
celebration at the Bronk farmstead. The event on August 20 takes place at the
Bronck Museum in Coxsackie, NY.
reservations are appreciated and
members of her staff will take
reservations at 518-731-6490.
Admission for the evening is $8.
The Bronk farmstead is located
just off the old Post Road (US 9W),
south of the intersection of routes
9W, 81, and 385 near Coxsackie
Village, NY. Those coming from a
distance may find it advisable to
travel along the New York State
toll road (NYS Thruway) to exit
21B and then proceed 3.5 miles
south along the Post Road (9W)
to the farmstead.
This event is made possible
in part with public funds provided
by the Greene County Legislature
thru the Greene County Cultural
Fund administered by the GCCA.
Local residents may recall that
Mrs. Bronk’s father-in-law, Judge
Leonard Bronk, was instrumental
in establishing Greene County
and served as both a county
Judge and the county’s representative in the State Legislature for
many years.
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WAVE FARMʼS
WGXC 90.7-FM
Presents
LODGE 2016
At Riedlbauer’s Resort
on August 26 & 27
Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM
is pleased to present “Lodge 2016”
at Riedlbauer’s Resort in Round
Top, NY on Friday, August 26 and
Saturday, August 27, 2016. Lodge
is a Catskills getaway weekend of
music, art, and radio, with proceeds
benefiting non-commercial community radio station WGXC 90.7-FM.
New for 2016, Lodge features two
full nights of live music from Ultraam,
Liv Carrow, Chris Forsyth, Cowboy
Jim, Sauerkraut Seth, Nature Films,
Spectre Folk, Koen Holtkamp, and
more. Site-specific installations,
radio workshops, and crafts from
local artisans will all be on display
throughout the sprawling, bucolic
grounds of Riedlbauer’s. Early-bird
weekend passes are available until
July 1 for $25 at lodge2016.brownpapertickets.com. Weekend passes
are $30 after July 1, 2016 as well as
one-night passes. Saturday daytime
activities are free to all, and a live
broadcast of the event will be heard
on WGXC 90.7-FM, and at wgxc.org.
Lodge 2016 kicks off at 8 p.m.
on Friday, August 26, 2016 with a
country and folk line-up including
Sauerkraut Seth (Wiyos), Jim Wright
(Hayrollers), DJ Charles Ostroskey
(WGXC’s The Neon and the Rain),
Pat Linnan (Nature Films), and Liv
Carrow. Performances and DJs
begin at 8 p.m., with $15 advance
Friday night tickets are available at
lodge2016.brownpapertickets.com.
On Saturday, August 27,
Lodge expands throughout the
Riedlbauer’s grounds. Activities
will include a WGXC DJ round
robin starting at noon; installations
from Victoria Keddie, Elizabeth
Sciore-Jones, Bryan Zimmerman,
the Catskill Maker Syndicate, and
Caiti Hawkins; therapeutic sound
treatments with Lavender Suarez;
the WGXC Trading Post featuring
crafts for sale from local artisans with
proceeds to benefit WGXC; amateur
radio demonstration with John J.
Zimmerman; and the return of Uke
Camp. A full schedule and description of events will be available at
wgxc.org. Live music begins at 7
p.m., and will feature performances
from Ultraam, Chris Forsyth, Koen
Holtkamp, Spectre Folk, and the
Thalia Zedek Band, with more to
be announced. WGXC’s DJ Lunar
Moss contributes interstitial sounds
throughout the evening. $20
advance Saturday night tickets are
available at lodge2016.brownpapertickets.com.
Since 2014, WGXC has
presented Lodge on the grounds of
the beautiful Riedlbauer’s Resort in
Round Top. Past years have featured
performances from Bishop Allen,
ALIVE
2016 July/August
Palm, MV & EE, P.G. Six, Pigeons,
Herbcraft, among others. Lodge
began in 2014 as a one-night
concert under the pavilion at
Nussy’s Bier Garten. Lodge 2015
expanded from mere concert to a
family-friendly afternoon retreat, and
featured Wave Farm artist-in-residence Heidi Neilson’s radio transmitter scavenger hunt in the woods
of Riedlbauer’s, along with Catskill
musicians Carmen Borgia and
Foggy presenting their Uke Camp.
This summer, Lodge 2016 will be the
most expansive to-date; an exceptional destination for those near and
far who seek a truly unique weekend
of sounds and sights.
Discounted room rates at
Riedlbauer’s Resort include breakfast, and are available for all Lodge
ticket-holders. To book a room,
call Riedlbauer’s Resort at (518)
622-9584. Rooms are limited and
available on a first-come-first-serve
basis. For general event information,
please call WGXC at (518) 697-7400
or or write to [email protected].
About the Bands: Liv
Carrow: Liv Carrow explores the
shadowy terrain of Appalachian
melody and traditional balladry in
its many forms, crafting songs both
strange and familiar that invoke
American roots music, the British
folk revival of the 60s, pop crooners
of the 70s, and freak folk of the ages,
with a sprinkling of 90s alt-indie
earnestness. Liv Carrow’s introspective, narrative folk songs draw from
the rich history of the folk song
template to weave poetic wordplay
and reference together with captivating melodies, fingerstyle guitar
playing and a clear, direct voice
that can hush a chattering room.
Currently based in Iowa City, IA,
Carrow has performed internationally and across the US.
Chris Forsyth: Chris Forsyth is
a lauded guitarist and composer
whose work assimilates art-rock
textures with vernacular American
influences. Long active in underground circles, he’s recently released
a string of acclaimed records of
widescreen guitar rock, and in 2013,
he assembled The Solar Motel Band,
who have quickly developed a
reputation as an incredible live act,
provoking ecstatic comparisons to
visionary artists such as Television,
The Grateful Dead, Popul Vuh, Neil
Young & Crazy Horse, and Richard
Thompson. His newest release with
The Solar Motel Band is the double
album The Rarity of Experience (No
Quarter), released in March 2016.
Raves have been universal. Pitchfork
called it “a near-perfect balance
between 70s rock tradition and
present day experimentation,” NPR
Music named Forsyth “one of rock’s
most lyrical guitar improvisors,”
and the New York Times calls him
“a scrappy and mystical historian…
His music humanizes the element of
control in rock classicism (and) turns
it into a woolly but disciplined ritual.”
Koen
Holtkamp:
Koen
Holtkamp is an artist and composer
currently based in Brooklyn, NY. He
co-founded the Apestaartje collective/label in 1998 while studying
at The Art Institute of Chicago.
Holtkamp has released several
albums under his own name on labels
such as Thrill Jockey, Type and Barge
as well as with Mountains, a duo
project with Brendon Anderegg. He
has toured extensively throughout
the US and Europe sharing bills
with artists such as Fennesz, Loren
Connors, Tim Hecker, Oval, Tony
Conrad and Michael Chapman and
has collaborated with Chris Forsyth
and Ben Vida amongst others. A new
solo album of modular electronics
and acoustic instrumentation titled
‘Voice Model’ will be released on the
Umor Rex label in the Fall of 2016.
Pat Linnan: Pat Linnan is a
songwriter based out of Hudson,
NY. His band, Nature Films (with
Louis Munroe), just released its third
full-length album on Sueno Sounds.
He has also released music as Wet
Spell, jack’s empty hours, and Moose
Knuckle Luke.
Spectre Folk: Pete Nolan was
Spectre Folk before drumming and
strumming in Magik Markers was
his main gig, and will be Spectre
Folk long after he shuffles off this
mortal coil. On most recent jams, the
Blackest Medicine 2 and the Ancient
Storm, fellow Michigander Steve
Shelley (Sonic Youth) runs drums,
Peter Meehan (The Grey Lady) glues
guitar and Aaron Mullan (Tall Firs)
slithers bass, creating a shimmering
alchemy.
Cowboy Jim, Sauerkraut Seth
& Friends: Cowboy Jim Wright and
Sarah Gottlieb play and sing classic
country and western from the 30’s to
the 70’s, held down on the bass and
drums by Sauerkraut Seth Travins
and Slink Moss, with the amazing
fiddle of Lukas Schwartz and lap
steel guitar from Scott Camara bookending a great swingy honky-tonk
sound that everyone can dance to.
Ultraam: If necessity is the
mother of invention, then spontaneity and unpredictability are
without a doubt, the foster parents
of Ultraam. Rewind to early 2014,
somewhere in the recesses of an
old brick warehouse in Kingston,
NY. Three long-time friends and
co-conspirators convene to shake
off the icy clutches of winter and
explore sonic possibilities. Sean
“Grasshopper” Mackowiak (bass),
Chris Turco (drums) and Matthew
Cullen (guitar) plug in and drop out
for the first time—Ultraam is born.
This is not the silent birth of an
infant scientologist, but a raucous
and visceral affair. Amps crackle
and pulse, cymbals crush, tinnitus
ensues. Ultraam’s members have
have featured and performed as
principal and touring members of:
Mercury Rev, Chron Turbine, Luna,
Sparklehorse, Trans Am, Pauline
Oliveros and many more.
Thalia Zedek Band: Thalia
Zedek has one of the most enduring
and distinctive voices in modern
rock music that can be heard in her
work with some of the most groundbreaking underground bands, from
Uzi and Live Skull to Come. Since
2001, Zedek has been making music
under her own name, releasing a
string of critically acclaimed albums.
Her latest, Eve, is her most accomplished album to date, building
upon the foundations of her
previous releases. Again the album
features her bluesy, gritty guitar
work and her distinctive vocals
that, when juxtaposed with graceful
viola and piano, give the songs
on Eve a compelling tension. Her
lyrics remain deeply personal and
her emotional fire is palpable, but
she has developed a control in her
delivery that brings new dynamics
to the music and gives room for the
emotions to breathe.
About the artists and installations: Catskill Maker Syndicate:
Moon Fever: Guide moonwalking
avatar Michael Jackson in this
interactive video installation, spread
over an array of CRTs nestled on the
Riedlbauer’s grounds.
Victoria Keddie: Unit 11, A
Mobile Transmission Site: An active
installation with live performance in
the Unit 11 Mobile Transmission Van.
Victoria Keddie is an artist working
in sound, video, and transmission.
Her focus involves analog signal
generation and manipulation, the
performing body, and relationships
of space. For five years, she has
been Co-Director of E.S.P. TV, a
nomadic TV studio that hybridizes
technologies to realize synthetic
environments and deconstruct the
televisual for live performance.
Elizabeth Sciore-Jones, Ipsum
Terra: Ipsum Terra is a video
sequence of water, fire and nature,
looping with developing complexity
from sunset to midnight. It takes into
Catskill Mountain Foundation’s
SUMMER SEASON STARTS
WITH A BANG!
July and August are” grand
old” months at the Catskill Mountain
Foundation’s two performing arts
spaces, the Doctorow Center for
the Arts In Hunter Village and
the Orpheum Film & Performing
Arts Center in Tannersville. We’re
expecting the month off with a bang
on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 7 pm at the
Orpheum featuring a FREE performance of the OMNY Taiko Drummers,
including Grammy Award-Winning
Taiko Master, Joji Nakamura. About
the OMNY Taiko Drummers “Art,
music, connection, these things are
as old as the hills.”-Amanda Palmer.
Join CMF to experience the powerful
vibrations Koji Nakamura and OMNY
Taiko’s traditional Japanese taiko
drumming. Taiko drumming is a
spiritual art. The sound of the taiko
drum is as pure and as fundamental
as the heartbeat and has the power to
cleanse ourselves and our surroundings. It is thought that Taiko drumming
may go as far back as 2,000 years!
Add the National Dance
Institute with a dollop of Mozart
and Mendelssohn mixed in. Top the
summer season off with folk music
duo, Tall Heights on Saturday, August
27, 8 pm at the Doctorow Center for
the Arts in Hunter Village and you’ve
got the perfect recipe for fun in the
arts almost every weekend through
August. Over the course of two
weeks in July, local children from
the Mountain Top region of Greene
County, NY, ages 9-13, will have an
opportunity to experience dance
as part of the 8th annual Mountain
Top Summer Residency program led
by the National Dance Institute. As
a grand finale for this program, the
students will perform in a fully-staged
production accompanied by the NDI
Celebration Team of young dancers
from New York City. Tickets are $10.
Manhattan in the Mountains
Faculty Concert on Saturday, July
30, 2016 at 8:00 pm at the Doctorow
Center for the Arts. The concert is
presented by faculty and students of
Manhattan in the Mountains and is
a program of the Catskill Mountain
Foundation. It offers highly personalized rigorous musical training in
solo and chamber music for violinists,
violists, and pianists, ages 13 and
up working under the guidance of
an internationally renowned faculty.
Nestled in the Catskill Mountains
two hours from New York City, the
festival provides a uniquely individual
approach to developing musicianship. Through concerts, open master
classes, lecture and other events, the
public is invited to join in the process
acknowledging that live performance
is an integral aspect of becoming
a professional musician. Tickets
Purchased Ahead: $25; $20 seniors;
$7 students and at the door: $30; $25
seniors; $7 students.
CMF hosts Igudesman and Joo:
And Now Mozart Hailed as “Mozart
meets Monty Python” on Saturday,
August 6, 2016 at 8:00 pm at the
Doctorow Center for the Arts. “I had
the time of my life when I first saw
For two weeks in July, local children from the Mountain Top region of Greene
County, NY have an opportunity to experience dance as part of the 8th
annual Mountain Top Summer Residency program led by the National Dance
Institute. Photo by Susan Haines.
them live in action, and felt honored
to be put in a cameo in some of their
nutty skits! Take the opportunity to
get a taste of their over brimming
musical imagination!” —Emanuel Ax.
For those who listen to Mozart, live
with Mozart, gave birth to Mozart,
eat, pray, and love Mozart, don’t care
at all for Mozart, never even heard
of Mozart, this show promises you
all that it will contain absolutely NO
Mozart! But that’s giving away way too
much… The world of classical music
has finally entered its future. And
Now Mozart is a show that will change
nothing, except enhance your love
of music and toning your stomach
muscles by hysterically laughing to
and with Igudesman & Joo. Tickets
Purchased Ahead: $25; $20 seniors;
$7 students and at the door: $30; $25
seniors; $7 students.
Piano Performance Museum
Festival Weekend features two days,
two great lectures by esteemed
educators and musicians. This festival
will explore the relatively unknown
but delightful violin and piano works
of Mendelssohn. Rarely performed
as a set, the composer’s three full
sonatas and an unfinished Fragment
are explored by baroque violinist
Abigail Karr and historical keyboard
specialist Yi-heng Yang. The works
tell the story of Mendelssohn’s life
and creative progress, as the first was
written when he was only 11 years
old, the second as he was coming
into his own as one of the great
Romantics, and the third during his
mature period. Using a historic piano
from the Piano Performance Museum
as well as a period-faithful violin, Karr
and Yang also draw the audience into
the sounds and aesthetics of 19th
century music making, demonstrating
and explaining the differences
between older instruments and
the modern piano and violin. This
takes place on Saturday, August 20,
2016 at 2:30 pm. Tickets Purchased
Ahead: $25; $20 seniors; $7 students
and at the Door: $30; $25 seniors;
$7 students. Piano Performance
Museum, Doctorow Center for the
Arts.
The Festival features Ashburnham, Massachusetts Edmund
Michael and Patricia Frederick
accompanied by Fortepianist Yi-heng
Yang on the flowing day, Sunday,
August 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm Edmund
consideration the organic movements contained in the elements of
the earth are an expression of the
origin of all life. Elizabeth J. ScioreJones creates art as way to study the
deeper underlying origins of the
universe and our link to it. She is an
MFA Candidate at the Herron School
of Art and Design in Indianapolis, IN.
Lavender
Suarez,
Sound
Bath: Throughout the day on
Saturday local sound healer, artist
and educator Lavender Suarez
will conduct private therapeutic
treatments high above Lodge with
sweeping views of the Catskill
mountains which will culminate
at sunset with an electro-acoustic
performative “sound bath” featuring
audio created during her July residency at Wave Farm.
Bryan Zimmerman, Interspecies
Radio Shack: A collapsible audiovisual lounge comprised of mixed
sounds and images of amateur
shortwave radio, and those of
local singing insects, amphibians,
birds, weather and water. Bryan
Zimmerman’s interdisciplinary work
draws from relationships with nature,
place, and the outdoors. His unconventional approach to materials and
social space routinely integrates
audio and visual collage, unique
forms of “sculptural photography”/
three-dimensional
decoupage,
outdoor installation, performance,
analog animation, light and shadow
play, sample-based audio composition, lyrics and songwriting, turntablism, ambient “remixes” of field
recordings and shortwave radio
transmissions, and peculiar appropriations of found urban detritus
and other archival audio and visual
ephemera.
Riedlbauer’s Resort is a
German-American
family-owned
resort located on 70 acres in the
scenic Catskill Mountains of Greene
County, NY. Nussy’s Biergarten, an
outdoor pavilion on the grounds of
Riedlbauer’s, provides a selection
of affordable food and drinks in a
traditional Oktoberfest atmosphere.
Riedlbauer’s is located at 43 Ravine
Drive, Round Top, NY 12473.
Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM is
a creative community radio station
based in New York’s Greene and
Columbia
counties.
Hands-on
access and participation activate
WGXC as a public platform for
information, experimentation, and
engagement. WGXC serves more
than 78,000 potential listeners on
90.7-FM and international listeners
at wgxc.org. WGXC is a Program
Division of Wave Farm. Wave Farm is
a non-profit arts organization driven
by experimentation with broadcast
media and the airwaves.
The Wave Farm Residency
Program is supported, in part, by
the New York State Council on the
Arts with the support of Governor
Andrew Cuomo and the New York
State Legislature; the National
Endowment for the Arts; The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts; the Greene County Legislature
through the County Initiative
Program, administered in Greene
County by the Greene County
Council on the Arts; and generous
individual donors.
Michael and Patricia Frederick visit
the Steven E. Greenstein Collection of
Historical Pianos in Hunter to lecture
about their own superb collection
of historical 18th and 19th century
playable pianos and to comment on
the piano collection in the Doctorow
Center. Fortepianist Yi-heng Yang will
demonstrate on the pianos. Tickets:
$10; $7 students.
Tall Heights Folk Music Duo
performs on Saturday, August 27,
2016 at 8:00 pm at the Doctorow
Center for the Arts. It’s been half a
decade since Tall Heights kicked
off their career in Boston’s Faneuil
Hall, busking for more than 100
days to help fund their very first EP.
Paul Wright would play cello, Tim
Harrington would strum the acoustic
guitar, and both bandmates would
sing, their voices cutting through the
noise of shoppers and tourists. Since
those days, the duo’s harmony-heavy
indie folk has taken Tall Heights to
stages across the country. They’ve
toured America, released the critically-acclaimed album, Man of Stone
and earned a spot on the same folk
family tree as Simon & Garfunkel and
Bon Iver.
Tickets Purchased Ahead: $25;
$20 seniors; $7 students and at the
door: $30; $25 seniors; $7 students.
The Doctorow Center for the
Arts located at 7971 Main Street
in the Village of Hunter. For tickets
and more information visit www.
catskillmtn.org.
The Catskill Mountain Foundation performances and events are
made possible, in part, by the Greene
County Council on the Arts through
the Greene County Legislature’s
County Initiative.
ALIVE
2016 July/August
PRESTIGIOUS ENSEMBLES
on Altamura Center Summer Roster
The Altamura Center Dinner
Theater announces four new and
exciting programs for its 2016
summer roster: “Latin Embrace:
Tango, Anyone?”, “Verdi’s Heroes
and Heroines,” “Duck Variations,”
and “Mozart’s Women.”
Opening the season on
Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 2 p.m.
will be “Latin Embrace: Tango,
Anyone?,” featuring Rosa Antonelli,
a specialist in South American
piano classics, including the
popular tango works of Argentine
composer,
Astor
Piazzolla.
Husband and wife dance team,
Victor and Viktoria Gagliardi from
the Gagliardi Studio and Gallery
in Nyack, New York, will perform
tangos infused with a touch of
salsa and cha cha. The audience
can join in the fun as six couples
will be invited to participate in
an impromptu on-stage dance
lesson. Also, by calling the Center
in advance, those interested in
private instruction may arrange for
lessons at $25 for 1½ hours, to take
place on July 24, 2016 before and
after the performance, from 10:30
a.m. to noon, and at 4 p.m. Dinner
and concert are $45 per person
plus a cash bar.
For lovers of Verdi opera, the
Sunday, August 7, 2016 concert,
to begin at 2 p.m., will present
solo arias and duets from the great
composer’s immortal operas: “La
Traviata,” “La Forza del Destino,”
“Un Ballo in Maschera,” and “Il
Trovatore,” conducted by John
Sigerson of the Schiller Institute.
Lyric Opera of Chicago baritone,
Emmett O’Hanlon, and the 2015
Altamura/Caruso
International
Voice Competition’s “People’s
Choice Award” winner, Gabriel
Vamvulescu, bass, will be guest
soloists. A chorus prepared by
Diane Sare will perform selections
from “La Traviata” and “Il Trovatore.”
Setting the scene for each performance will be narrators Camille
Coppola, director of New Rochelle
(NY) Opera, and Leonard Altamura,
actor-producer. Dinner and concert
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Left: Gudrun
Buhler, authorperformer,
“Mozart’s
Women.”
Right: Dancers
Victor and
Viktoria Gagliardi
of the Gagliardi
Studio in Nyack,
NY.
are $45 per person plus a cash bar.
David Mamet’s award-winning
play, Duck Variations, will take place
on Friday evening, August 26, 2016
at 6 p.m. The legendary playwright chooses a city park bench
by a duck pond for the setting of his
14 variations, or short dialogues,
where the protagonists discuss the
realities of life, death, the neverending struggle between heredity
and environment, and happiness.
Actors Leonard J. Altamura, David
Nash, John Shub, Luis WigdorskyCastanon, and Luis WigdorskyVogelsang, all from HB Studio in
New York, share the stage. Light
supper includes sandwiches and
dessert before the play. Tickets are
$30 per person.
A world premiere will bring
the Center’s season to a close
on Sunday, August 28 at 2 p.m.
Performing her unique onewoman show, “Mozart’s
Women,”author
Gudrun
Bühler tells the story of
Mozart’s life through the eyes
of his beloved wife, Constanze.
Wise and mature, Constanze
shares insight into the great
legacy of her husband. In addition, Ms. Bühler will perform
arias from Mozart’s operas, interspersed throughout. The sopr
no-dramatist,
a
native
of
Germany, has toured extensively throughout Europe and
the United States. Dinner and
concert are $45 per person and a
cash bar.
Carmela Altamura, soprano
and Center founder, said, “This
summer we are presenting one
of the most varied seasons ever –
international dance, opera, choral,
instrumental, and drama. Coming
from all over the world, our guest
artists are at the top of their game.
On the table is food for thought,
beauty, just plain fun, and the best
cappuccino this side of the big
pond.”
Reservations may be made at
518-662-0070 or 201-863-8724
or [email protected]. The
Altamura Center for the Arts is
located at 404 Winter Clove Road
in Round Top, NY.
FIRE EXHIBITION
AT THE ATHENS CULTURAL CENTER
Fire, It’s Role in the History and Lives of the People of
the Hudson Valley is a conceptual, multi media exhibition
blending contemporary artworks created by residents of
the Hudson Valley exploring the theme of fire, with artifacts,
documents and contemporaneous information on the
various roles that fire has played in the history of the region.
The exhibition at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second
Street, opens July 9 and runs through August 28, 2016. An
opening reception will be held Saturday, July 16, 2016 from
6-8pm.
The pottery and brick making industries that used to
exist in Athens, both of which fired their products, are investigated as will the Athens shipbuilding industry during the
time of steamships which were powered by fire, the AthensHudson ferry when it was a steam powered vessel and the
Athens lighthouse which was lit by fire for much of its existence. The Athens Volunteer Fire companies which have long
histories and close ties to the communities and even the loss
of homes to fire are explored. Items showing the role of fire
in homes and businesses for lighting, cooking and heating
are included. The exhibition was curated by Diane Michener
with display assistance by Lucy Michener. Contemporary
artists featured in the exhibition include Hilary North, Carol
May, Susan E O’Brien, Susan Beecher, Carol Goebel, Kristen
Bates, Sue-Ann LaCasse, and others.
Gallery hours are Friday, 3-7 PM, Saturday, 2-7 PM and
Sunday 1-4 PM. Resources for this exhibition have included
the Vedder Research Library, the Bronck House Museum,
private collectors of Athens pottery,fireplace accouterments,
images and documents relating to the steamships that
worked the Hudson River, and the Athens Museum. This
exhibition was made possible with public funds from the
Decentralization Program of the NYS Council on the Arts,
administered in Greene County by the Greene County
Council on the Arts through the Community Arts Grants
Fund; the Peckham Family Foundation and the Athens
Community Foundation.
HUDSON VALLEY DANCE FESTIVAL
October 8, 2016
PERFORMANCES AT 2 AND 5 PM
The Chase Brock Experience performed at the 2015 Hudson Valley Dance
Festival. Photo by Daniel Roberts.
Top: After the Fire (Poster) by Carol May
Above:
Painting Workshops with
MARIANNE VAN LENT
Left: “Vaporous” by Marianne Van Lent
The Athens Cultural Center is pleased to offer
acrylic painting classes with artist Marianne Van Lent
this August for adults and teens ages 16 and up.
Marianne taught a very popular painting workshop
series, Communing with the Masters and Paint and
Wine workshops at ACC and we are happy to have
her back in the gallery offering her encouraging and
inspiring painting classes. The workshops will take
place on four Fridays, August 5-26, 2016 from 9:30
AM to 12:30 PM at 24 Second Street, Athens. The fee
for all four sessions (12 hours of instruction) is $100
and the workshop is limited to 12 participants.
Pre-registration is mandatory. Enroll at info@
athensculturalcenter.org. Participants may bring
their own supplies or use our paint and brushes and
purchase canvases at cost at the workshop.
Marianne Van Lent lives and works in NYC and
Athens, NY on the Hudson River. She received her BFA
from Tyler School of Art and her MFA from Cornell
University. Van Lent’s paintings have been exhibited
in the United States and Europe and inhabit many
public and private collections. Recent exhibitions
include Nature Abstracted at The Painting Center,
and Reflected Light, a solo show at Ulla Surland
Fine Art. Her works can be seen online at www.
mariannevanlent.com.
Perceptions of Nature
Ten Mile Creek Rensselaerville by
Barbara McGeachen.
The Agroforestry Resource
Center, 6055 Route 23, in Acra,
NY, is pleased to announce
“Perceptions of Nature” an
exhibit by two Hudson Valley
artists, Barbara McGeachen and
Peter Keitel.
Barbara is from
Rensselaerville, NY and Peter from
South Westerlo, NY. Different
perceptions of nature are shown
using watercolor, pastel, and
graphite to reflect each artist’s
insights and views. The show, which
opens July 6 will continue through
August 28, 2016. There will be an
opening reception on July 16,
2016 from 2-4 pm.
Barbara McGeachen’s inspiration comes from her love of
animals, nature, and capturing
serene and caring moments in
time, both real and imagined that
warm her heart and soul. Art has
been part of Barbara’s life from an
early age and for the past six years
she has worked mainly in watercolor. She has helped beautify
our area with her submissions to
the Cat-n-Around Catskill and the
Quackquack Greenville projects.
She has also been creating custom
stained glass pieces for almost 20
years. Barbara is self-taught and
has attended several watercolor,
drawing, and oil-painting workshops by local artists.
Peter Keitel has been interested in art from early on but
got more serious about drawing
upon retiring a dozen years ago.
Hudson
Valley
Dance
Festival, a world-class dance
experience in the heart of Catskill,
NY, will return for its fourth year on
Saturday, October 8, 2016, to the
Historic Catskill Point. The festival,
produced by and benefiting
Dancers Responding to AIDS,
a program of Broadway Cares/
Equity Fights AIDS, features some
of the most sought-after contemporary dance companies in the
country, all on one program.
To meet growing demand,
this year’s Hudson Valley Dance
Festival (#hvdance) will feature
two performances, at 2 pm and at
5 pm. The festival will again transform the 115-year-old wooden
warehouse at Catskill Point into
a modern-day dance venue,
complete with a stage and raised
seating for 350.
Tickets for are on sale now at
www.dradance.org or by calling
212-840-0770, ext. 229. Tickets
range in price from $40-$250.
Sponsorship opportunities also
are available.
The festival’s program will
be announced this summer.
Past performers have included
Brian Brooks Moving Company,
The Chase Brock Experience,
Dorrance Dance, Jessica Lang
Dance,
KEIGWIN+COMPANY,
Martha Graham Dance Company,
Monica Bill Barnes & Company,
Paul Taylor Dance Company and
Stephen Petronio Company.
In three years, Hudson Valley
Dance Festival has raised an
impressive $323,630 for the most
vulnerable among us. The money
He started with drawing classes
given by Stanley Maltzman at
the Greenville Public Library.
Peter currently works primarily
with pastel, which he sees as an
extension of drawing. Workshops
with Susan M. Story introduced
him to the wonderful color effects
possible with pastel. His current
goal is to bring more contrast into
his work through more effective
portrayal of light and shadow.
Peter often paints buildings and
barns because he likes to bring
geometric shapes into his compositions
Barbara and Peter both create
and exhibit most of their artwork
in Albany, Greene, and Columbia
counties. They are both members
of the Greene County Council on
the Arts, the Columbia County
Council on the Arts, the Bethlehem
Art Association, and Stanley
raised helps Broadway Cares/
Equity Fights AIDS provide grants
to AIDS and family service organizations nationwide, including
seven based in the Hudson
Valley. The area organizations
receiving grants in 2015 were
Alliance for Positive Health in
Albany, Animalkind in Hudson,
Community Hospice in Catskill,
Hudson
Valley
Community
Services in Hawthorne, Hudson
Valley LGBTQ Center in Kingston,
Matthew 25 Food Pantry in Catskill
and TOUCH (Together Our Unity
Can Heal) in Congers.
Hudson Valley Dance Festival
is sponsored by The New York
Times, United Airlines and City
National Bank.
Dancers Responding to
AIDS relies on the extraordinary
compassion and efforts of the
performing arts community to
fund a safety net of social services
for those in need. As a program
of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights
AIDS, DRA supports the essential
programs of The Actors Fund,
including the HIV/AIDS Initiative
and The Dancers’ Resource, as
well as more than 450 AIDS and
family service organizations in all
50states.
For more information, please
visit Dancers Responding to AIDS
at dradance.org, on Facebook
at facebook.com/DRAdance, on
Twitter at twitter.com/DRAdance,
on Instagram at instagram.com/
DRAdance and on YouTube at
youtube.com/DRAdance.
Maltzman’s Tuesday Night Sketcher
Group at the Greenville Public
Library. In addition, Barbara participates in Bill Carbone’s Watercolor
Workshop in Catskill, and Peter is
the President of the Bethlehem Art
Association.
Please call the Acra office,
518-622-9820, of Cornell Cooperative Extension if you are planning to stop by to see the exhibit to
ensure that there is accessibility to
the conference room.
For more information about
educational programs offered by
Cornell Cooperative Extension for
Columbia and Greene Counties,
visit www.ccecolumbiagreene.
org. Cornell Cooperative Extension provides equal program
and employment opportunities.
If you have special needs related
to program participation, please
contact our office in advance.
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A Tasting Of Wines
From Around the World
GCCA Thanks
Our Community
Shakespeare on the Hudson sets the stage for Greene County Council on the Arts’
fundraiser event on June 12 at Shakespeare on the Hudson in Catskill.
GCCA Board President David Slutzky, GCCA Executive Director Kay Stamer
and GCCA Board 1st VP Bill Deane and wife Helen.
The Greene County Council
on the Arts hosted a recent event
“A Tasting of Wines from Around
the World” on Sunday, June 12th
at Shakespeare on the Hudson in
Catskill and it was a really festive
day! Thank you to all of our
attendees!
Co-chaired by GCCA Board
Members Bill Deane (Board
st
1 VP) and Maggie Fine, the
fundraiser was held at one of
the most beautiful and scenic
settings along the Hudson River.
SOH proprietors Maggie Fine
and Owen Lipstein hosted the
event and opened their magnificent venue and grounds to
our members and their guests.
Attendees
were
welcomed
with the best in hospitality and
discovered romantic views about
the property while celebrating
GCCA’s 40 years of service in
promoting the arts. Members
and friends shared an afternoon
and experienced fine wine, great
food, magic, meeting artists and
viewing original their artwork,
live music and performance.
Brick lined pathways about the
sweeping lawns led guests to
nearby woodland’s edge, wildflower gardens and banks of the
Hudson River. Guests of all ages
were delighted by flying kites,
playing crochet and mingling on
the spacious decks and porches
made even more perfect by
surrounding Mother Nature and
a few soaring eagles. Guest were
impressed with the remarkable
renovations (many of the materials used were found on the
property) in the architecture and
landscaping made by host Owen
Lipstein. Happy Jake, Maggie
and Owen’s 12-year old Golden
Retriever, was there to greet and
meet, too! Thank you!
Michael Albin of Hudson
Wine
Merchants
presented
and poured international wines
throughout the afternoon. Dena
Moran of Olde Hudson Specailty
Foods
donated
epicurean
cheeses that were paired with
the fine wines. The Stewart House
provided a superb bountiful feast.
The summer fare was displayed
on a handbuilt 20-foot farm table.
Dani Thompson from the SOH
selected fresh salads, chilled
soups and the bevy of tasty hors
d’oeuvres. Ms. Pamela Badilla’s
was in attendance and prepared
summer crepes and beignets
inspired by Parisian kitchens!
Three lovely young redheaded
girls served fresh squeezed
lemonade, too. In addition to the
feast fresh rhubarb cobbler was
served as dessert compliments of
PaddleHead Boards. Thank you!
The Music and Magic!
Shannon Shober and her trio
started the music during the
afternoon with moving Celtic
tunes. The dramatic beats of
the Kuumba Drummers captivated our guests. The Kuumba
Drummers performed in the
spacious foyer of the house which
opened to the river view. This is
when the dancing began on the
spectacular floor designed in a
distinct brick pattern! Later in the
afternoon The Lex Grey Cabaret
roused attendees to their feet
with Lex singing her sultry blues
and soulful rock music. Michael
DeBenedictus stopped by for
a few and tickled the keys on
SQUARE Grand Piano. Magician
extraordinaire, Sean Doolan,
offered two magic shows with
mysterious tricks adding to the
festive atmosphere. Thank you to
all performers!
The Fine Art & Crafts! A
Silent Auction featured GCCA
Artist Members’ fine art and
crafts as well as select vintage
goods. Items included a pair of
watercolor and ink drawings by
Dot Chast, photography by Scott
Keidong and Geno Rodriguez,
hand built ceramic pieces by
Ruth Sachs and Elizabeth Nields,
three etchings by the late Lester
B. Hornby, a hand dyed silk scarf
by Madeline Berhmann and
vouchers for Paint Away Parties,
Paddle Head Boards, The Painted
Piece and The Print Shop. Vintage
goods included silver plates and
serving platters and a vintage
wicker picnic basket complete
with its own bottle of red. Thank
you for Paula and Philip Forman
for their in-kind donations to the
silent auction. Thank you to all or
artists and donors!
The
Celebrity
Wine
Auction! GCCA Board of
Directors 1st Vice President Bill
Deane took the role of auctioneer
for the live “Local Celebrity”
wine auction. Local celebrities
Bill Deane, MaryEllen Gallagher,
Lex Grey (who donated her
handcrafted Lex Grey Cabernet),
Vinny Seeley, Lori Torgersen and
Hudson Talbott donated bottles
of their favorite wines and signed
the labels for this select and
“vintage” experience! GCCA
Executive Director, Kay Stamer,
always unique, chose to donate
a bottle of Tito’s vodka. Bill got
the crowd’s “grape-rendered
juices” going and over $240 was
raised during the Local Celebrity
Wine Auction! Thank you to our
celebrities!
The Land and Sky! The
Muse! The mystery of the land...
GCCA invited artists to be in
attendance and paint plein aire
about the beautiful lawns, gaining
inspirations from waterscapes
and magnificent vistas seen from
the grounds of Shakespeare
on the Hudson. Prior to the
event, the artists painted on the
property several times. GCCA
Artist Members and Hudson
River Guild plein aire painters
Patti Ferrara, Susan Kukle, Annie
Borgenicht, Linda Nicholls and
Michelle Moran painted on-site
and offered their freshly painted
works for purchase. Cathy
Hennessy from The Painted
Piece, located at 393 Main Street
in Catskill, demonstrated chalk
painting
g techniques using the
remarkable
kable Annie Sloan Chalk
Paint. Thank you to our artists!
Volunteers Sarah Barker
and Ericka M. Klein welcomed
our guests and helped keep Kay
and Sharon straight! Five young
women from the Perfect Ten After
School Program also acted as
ambassadors. Perfect Ten is the
ONLY club for girls in Hudson,
NY. Perfect Ten inspires young
club members the courage to
aspire and the skills necessary for
each girl to achieve their goals.
The program serves young girls
ages 8-18. Find more information
about this incredible organization
by visiting www.perfecttenafterschool.org. GCCA extends a very
special thank you to Bill’s wife,
Helen Deane and his sister, Jo,
who helped out tremendously
from start to finish. Thank you
to our ambassadors for your
support!
“A Tastings of Wines from
Around the World” directly
benefited the operations of
GCCA. Greene County Council
on the Arts is extremely grateful
to event Chairs Bill Deane and
Maggie Fine, Shakespeare on
the Hudson proprietors, Maggie
Fine and Owen Lipstein, Dena
Moran, Olde Hudson Specialty
Foods proprietor and our good
friend, Michael Albin, proprietor
of Hudson Wine Merchants, for
their sponsorship of this very,
very special and very lively event.
THANK YOU!!
Please mark your calendar
for Saturday, September 17,
2016 for GCCA’s Annual Garden
Party at Beattie-Powers Place in
Catskill, NY from 1-5 PM. More
information and tickets for the
Annual Garden Party will be
available soon. Please visit www.
greenearts.org for current
and upcoming events, exhibits,
funds and grants and all GCCA
important programming dedicated to promoting the arts in
Greene, Columbia and Schoharie
Counties. GCCA simply can
not do our service without your
support. Thank you.
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Year End Appeal
Greene County Council on the Arts
We Believe Art Builds Community!
Above: Venue proprietor, Owen Lipstein
Right: Event Host & Chair and GCCA
Board Member Maggie Fine, takes a
break!
At the close of our 2015-16 Fiscal Year
please make a dona on to our Year End Appeal.
Your support will help GCCA con nue its mission to promote
the arts and culture in Greene, Columbia and Schoharie Coun es.
It was a great 40th Anniversay Year and we want to con nue
our important programming for years to come.
Thank you!
Scenes from GCCA’s 40th Anniversary Party 10-3-2015!
Sprouts offers free workhsops in Art, Music , Theater & Dance to children ages 3-7.
The County Ini a ve Program supports world class cultural events in Greene County.
GCCA’s DEC Community Arts Grants Program funds the arts in our community.
The Catskill Gallery features GCCA Artist Members & Hudson Valley artists year round.
Save the Date!
September 17, 2016
GCCA’s
Annual Garden Party
Beattie Powers Place, Catskill from 1-5 PM
Great Members & Friends
Fabulous Food & Music
Enclosed is dona on of $_______to Greene County Council on the Arts
2016 End of the Year Appeal
___ Enclosed is my check for $________ made payable to the GCCA
___ I would prefer to pay by credit card:
Card number____________________________________________
Expira on Date ____________
CV# ______________
Name __________________________________________
Phone: _________________email:_____________________________
Address: _______________________________________
City ____________________State_______ Zip ______
Please mail to GCCA, 398 Main St., PO Box 463, Catskill, NY 12414
518-943-3400
[email protected]
www.greenearts.org
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New Artists’ Opportunities N E A R
IT’S ALL POLITICS
Applications Available
The 69th Annual Twilight Park Art Show takes place om August
13 & 14, 2016. with an opening reception, Saturday, August 13 from
5-7 PM and continues on Sunday, August 14 from 2-5 PM. This show
features the work of over 80 local artists. Artist Scott Balfe will make
a demonstration on Sunday from 3-4 PM. Balfe is a local artist who
paints in the tradition of the Hudson River artist such as Frederick
Church, Asher B. Durand and Thomas Cole. Applications are available for entry are available at twilightpark.com or at the Twilight Park
Gatehouse in Haines Falls, NY. Call for more information at 518-5899855.
Submission deadline: July 16, 2016
Show dates: September 21 – November 12, 2016
Reception – September 21, 2016 from 5-7pm
In this election year, it will be impossible to escape politics.
This show isn’t about endorsing any particular candidate, party or
political system. Rather, it’s an opportunity for artists to share their
angst, questions, hopes and fears about the political system, past and
future. We want submissions that engage, provoke and encourage
discussion. Open to all mediums. E-Mail submissions in JPEG format
to Niva Dorell, GCCA Visual Arts Director at [email protected]
or [email protected]. Include, artist name and short biography,
title, medium, dimensions, year, artist contact information and special
mounting needs/concerns. For more information call Niva at 518-9433400. GCCA Catskill Gallery is located at 398 Main Street in Catskill,
NY. www.greenearts.org
Catskill Fine Art and Antiques
Seeking Artists to Exhibit Work
Catskill Fine Art and Antiques seeks submissions from artists
working in any medium for shows at our new gallery located at
410 Main Street in historic Catskill, NY. The gallery offers a blend
of period and contemporary art both two and three dimensional
and American antiques. We welcome both traditional and “cutting
edge” artwork for shows. Please contact Steve Blendell at info@
catskillfineart.com or 518-943-4530 or stop by Catskill Fine Art and
Antiques. Please include a small group of representative images of
your work. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday noon to 5
PM. Visit www.catskillfineart.com.
Take Time to Make Art and Reduce Stress!! july 13
CALL to Artists
Zentangle Renaissance; Beyond Black on White
Led by Andrea Porrazzo and held at Columbia-Greene Community
College. Drawing meditation class from 6- 8:30 PM.
$40 including materials and supplies. Workshop is limited.
Call to reserve a space at 518-828-4181 x3342.
Columbia-Greene Community College located at 4400 Route 23 in
Hudson, NY.
Third Annual Thomas Cole Art Show
at St. Luke’s Episcopal
Submission deadline: October 1, 2016.
This juried show will be held November 5th and 6th, 2016. This
year St. Luke is making this an arts weekend with a choloral
performance under the direction of Ann Carter-Cox,organist
and vocal teacher.
Athens
Cultural Center
Submissions sought in three catagories: Religious Art in the
Hudson River Style, Open Class and Photography.
FREE SUMMER
WORKSHOPS
FOR KIDS AND
TEENS!
Instagram galleries that everyone
will want to follow. Using photos
taken around Athens the Instagram
app will be used to edit, improve
and enhance pictures. Check out
Tina’s photo gallery on Instagram
@ TINACHADEN
The second week of July 26 28, 2016, ACC offers ZENTANGLE
at 1-3pm for ages 7-11 and 3:305:30 pm for ages 12 and up. Both
groups will enjoy the Zentangle
Apprentice Program teaching a fun
and relaxing way to create beautiful
works of art. Zentangle can be used
as a new way to express thoughts
and emotion without having to
write down words. This is a wonderfully creative and meditative art
form. Students also learn that there
is an artist within all of us and there
are many forms of beautiful! As a
special treat, students will learn to
do this all on wonderful paper they
have learned to dye themselves.
Only non-toxic materials are used
for the dying process. Join in
the fun with Certified Zentangle
Teacher Andrea Porrozzo-Nangle.
GOING BUGGY! happens
August 2 - 4, 2016 and is for
7-11 year olds. Students will create
For application e-mail at [email protected].
There is a nonrefundable ten dollar application fee. At least
one work must be for sale and the sales commission is 10%.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is located at 50 William Street in Catskill, NY.
WRITER’S BLOCK
collage projects drawing insects
and creating a value scale collage,
with an emphasis on complementary colors. Fold up the wings and
they look like they are flying off the
page! And for ages 12 and up,
ACC hosts TRI-HEXAFLEXAGONS
GONE CRAZY. Make a tri-hexaflexagon, (say that three times fast!),
a two-sided, six-edged piece,
constructed by folding strips of
paper that can be flexed or folded
in certain ways to reveal faces
besides the two that were originally
on the back and front. Create your
own designs and learn how to fold
the flexagons. In the end, when you
“flex” it, three sides are revealed.
Very cool! These workshops will
be taught by artist/teacher Wendy
Doney.
From August 9-11, ACC offers
PAPIER MACHE MASKS at 1-3pm
for ages 7-11 and 3:30-5:30 pm for
ages 12 and up. Artist Tina Chaden
returns with papier mache masks.
Using papier mache, French for
“chewed paper”, you will create
and embellish your own alter ego
masks! Will it be an insect, animal,
spirit or ??? The mask will be limited
only by your own creativity.
Left: Silver & Oranges by Maya Farber,
on display July 23 – Septemberb 7,
2016 at Gallery on Main in Windham.
The Place We
Call Home
Two cars come to mind
growing up: a ‘56 Ford and a
‘62 Valiant. Big and burley, the
Ford was meaty and worth days
in the gym. It took stamina and
endurance to park—a muscle
car of sorts. Sweet and resilient,
the Valiant—a push button automatic—was a dream come true. So
when Joseph Keiffer showed us
his recent works of vintage cars,
kitchens, and lazy Catskill days,
my heart and soul were touched.
Home, again. When asked “why
do you do what you do”, artists
respond like anyone else—for
different reasons. “It was a long
winter,” said Maya Farber. Hence
her plethora of flowers, just
brewed coffee, and images from
her life and travels—the Farber
Farm, Romania, China, and Israel.
Uplifting works saturated with
bright, intense color. And so
with Olive Farrell. “It’s the Irish in
me,” she says of her preference
for greens and purples, country
roads, tractors, and milk cows.
F A R
CALL for entries
69th Annual Twilight Park Art Show
Hot off the presses, the 2016
summer workshops for kids and
teens are here! We have exciting
new workshops; sign up early
before they fill up! Workshops
take place at the Athens Cultural
Center, 24 Second Street in Athens,
NY. Workshops are Tuesdays thru
Thursdays from 1-3pm for ages
7-11 and 3:30-5:30 pm for ages
12 and up. Enroll by email at info@
athensculturalcenter.org or call
518-945-2136.
BOOKWORMS! Is from July
19 - 21, 2016 and open to 7-11
year olds. Kids tell their own stories
making books from recycled materials. Learn how to sew soft books
with fabric scraps. Make a used
book your own with paints, found
metal, plastic and cardboard recyclables. Artist Tina Chaden will help
kids bring out their creativity using
words, collage and the book form
as a medium.
HANDHELD DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY with Tina Chaden is also
during July 19-21 and for ages 12
and up. Students will learn how to
take interesting and visually beautiful photos with their personal
hand held devices. We will create
A N D
“It’s what I grew up with, why I
wouldn’t paint them.” Factories
and their significance to families,
one generation after the next, are
recognized by Michael Toole as
he gives us a snapshot of brick
and mortar across the border.
From
our
home
to
yours, the Theb Place We
Call Home exhibit runs July
23 – September 7, 2016 with
an Opening Reception, Saturday July 30, 5 – 7:30 pm,
Gallery on Main located at 5380
Main Street in Windham, NY.
Call 518-734-6850. Gallery Hours
are Friday and Saturday noon
–7 pm and Sunday noon –4pm.
For more information contact
[email protected]
or visit www.windhamfinearts.
com.
Poetry by Maggie Uhalde, Hunter, NY
The Height Difference
You remember the days crushing orange peels,
sprayed across a lunch table; these are your friends,
your world is very small.
You didn’t know much about first class citizenship,
civil movements,
real anger - at 5’ 2” a small girl,
in a smaller school, a small, small world.
Now with your anger like rolling thunder
frustrations like an earthquake, all you want to do
is ball everything up into a pill easy enough to swallow.
Not easy, but easy enough.
That’s all you wish for lately.
Now that the world is so big
and so sharp, all you want
is to shrink it back down to the size it was
when people could still convince you
that you were ever anything but tall.
Sort of Like That 90’s Song
Sometimes there’s a chill at night and it feels like your fingers ghosting over my skin.
Sometimes when I’m lonely, and I get stuck between hell or high water, the rock or the
hard place, I run straight down the middle to get the most of both.
Sometimes I miss the way you smell because the truth is, I’ve forgotten.
Sometimes all my earphones play is your voice, even just the white noise when the song
is paused, even when my iPod is turned off, even when they’re not plugged in.
To the Girl in My Dreams
If you’re cold honey, take my leather jacket
As we walk through an orchard somewhere.
I’ve wanted to un-empty my chest for years now,
and finally I made it here, to you.
Surrounded by the autumn of the mountains
Tucked between the hills of our past;
This place we got out of just to come back to.
This place we survived together.
You’ll never know that once,
I was afraid to even hold hands,
because now I treat my body as a beacon,
Throwing shadows over everyone
Who might feel like putting out a light.
That place poisoned my fingertips,
And I found my fingerprints again,
But it’s funny how we never stop coming back.
Like maybe we always wanted the hurt;
Trusted the lie in every word they said.
Like maybe the things that nearly killed us
Are the things that make us feel most alive.
Writer's Block is a new feature to Arts Alive. Arts Alive is published six times a year
and in future issues one writer/author/poet per issue will be featured. Please limit
your submission to an 800 Word Limit. An Image may be included if 300dpi and
at least 5 inches in width, though not mandatory. Subject matter welcome includes
literature, short-shorts and poetry, parody, fiction, tales, folklore, fantasy and humor.
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your submissions to [email protected].
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TIDAL: PATRICK MADDEN
An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings of an Estuary,
The Hudson, “the River that Flows Both Ways…” at HOH
Patrick Madden brings the Hudson
to lifeat the Hudson Opera House with
a solo exhibition of drawings and
paintings, opening Saturday, July 9,
2016, with a reception with the artist
from 5-7pm. Madden captures the
beauty and haunting majesty of the
Hudson, ‘the river that flows both ways’
in this exquisite collection on display in
the Hudson Opera House Center Hall
Gallery until August 14, 2016.
Patrick Madden was born and
raised in Hudson, Ohio. He started
college as an art major on a golf
scholarship. After wandering into
advertising for a number of years, he
kept his dream alive with thousands
of drawings and nightly sessions in his
studio.
For Madden, the TIDAL exhibition
reflects “… an expedition of discovery--me trying to learn everything
that I can about the Hudson River.
Her serenity, her force, the mountains
she cuts through and runs alongside,
the Lenape, the farms and farmers,
and her operatic sunsets. In all of the
work--the paintings, the drawings, the
prints—that Tidal effect is there. The
estuary of me.”
He notes that in Eastern religion,
a moment drops in the river, gone to
the sea, lost forever. Here along the
Hudson, that moment comes back. It
lingers. “Everything that I paint or draw
has that quality”, says Madden. “Of
now, all of the feelings that shared that
breath with me. Those feelings drive
the nature of my line. They choose the
colors. And, then in waves, the painting
arrives.”
The Hudson Opera House is
a cultural beacon in the Hudson
Valley, offering a dynamic year-round
schedule of music, theater, dance,
literature, workshops for youth and
adults, as well as family programs and
large-scale community events such
as Winter Walk. Located in an historic
landmark that houses New York
State’s oldest surviving theater, the
Opera House is currently undergoing
a complete transformation, starting
with the restoration of its magnificent
performance hall. Opening with an
inaugural season in spring 2017, the
new Hudson Opera House will reflect
Hudson’s rich history in a modern
facility that welcomes residents and
visitors from throughout our local
community, across the nation, and
around the globe. The Hudson Opera
House is located at 327 Warren Street
in Hudson, NY. For further information,
please visit www.hudsonoperahouse.
org or call (518) 822-1438.
Hudson-52 (2015), by Patrick-Madden
Columbia County Council on the Arts
GALA FUNDRAISER AT
CHATHAM MEADOWS
Logo: Chatham Meadows logo design by Arlene Boehm
Join CCCA Members and
friends for a special fundraiser
event for Columbia County
Council on the Arts at Chatham
Meadows! For over 50 years
CCCA has supported the
creative arts community and in
recognition of this, we’re doing
something special. Three dimensional artists will display works in
a season-long outdoor sculpture
show, with a kickoff gala fundraiser opening on Saturday, July
23, 2016. Chatham, Meadows,
located at 101 Harmon Heights
Road in Chatham, NY will feature
sculptural works in fifteen acres of
rolling meadows, wooded paths,
pond and stream–a variety of
micro-environments to complement multiple aspects of varied
works.
The exhibition is on display
July 23 to September 10, 2016.
Open viewing hours throughout
the summer are on Saturdays and
Sundays, from 10 am to 5 pm.
Self-guided tour maps are available on the front porch.
The opening reception takes
place on Saturday, July 23, 2016,
5 pm-7 pm. In case of rain, the
Reading, art, and writing unite
with the Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 word-andimage based art programs. In its
second year of being offered in
community libraries throughout
Columbia County and beyond, the
theme for this year’s program is
“Location: Finding Home.” These
free outreach programs combine
art and reading, using poetry
as a short, visual text form from
which to begin students’ creative
explorations. ASCC faculty, who
are teaching artists who engage
with themes of location and landscape in their own work, will teach
students how to create art inspired
by poems by Emily Dickinson
and Robert Frost, centered on
the themes of landscape, location,
and journeys.
Students from these programs
will receive copies of the poems to
take home to share with family, and
may check out books from special
exhibits related to the programs’
themes. Selected programs will
also feature take-home art kits with
poetry booklets, so that students
may take a lead in teaching and
sharing their creativity with others.
Projects range from watercolor-and-resist landscapes in
which special words children have
selected “magically” appear, to
accordion books with a walk with
Robert Frost on one side, and the
other side depicting a journey
with a friend. All of ASCC’s Art
in the Library Programs are free
and open to children K-12, and
parents, grandparents and older
friends and siblings are welcome
to attend in a supportive role.
The
programs
are
Kindergarten-Grade 2: “I’ll tell
you how the sun rose” (Emily
Dickinson) landscapes & postcards. Grade 3-6: “You Come Too”
(Robert Frost) accordion books
with a journey. Grades 6-8: “The
“Rainbow Pond” by Barbara
McGeachen, watercolor.
Summer
Art Show
at the
GREENVILLE
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
“Summer Perspectives,” a
summer art show, is being hosted
at the Gallery at the Greenville
Public Library through the month
of August. The exhibit includes
the works of twelve local artists
who are members of the Tuesday
Sketchers Club. The public is
cordially invited to meet the
artists at an open reception on
Sunday, July 10, 2016 from 2 to
4 pm.
The Sketchers Club, which
has been meeting at the Library
for thirty years, was founded
and is coordinated by Stanley
Maltzman. Stanley is a highly
acclaimed landscape artist who
hails from Freehold. Stanley is
also an outstanding teacher who
has influenced the artistic lives of
many artists in this area. Please
come and see the creations of
Stanley and his students which
celebrate the joys of summer.
Their artworks are done in a variety
of media and exhibit a range of
interpretations. The following
artists have their work on display:
Charity
Broachler,
William
Carbone, Bunny Detlefsen. Peter
Keitel, Elise Mahan, Stanley
Maltzman, Barbara McGeachen,
Sandra Orris, Philip Provataris,
Susan M. Story, Rosalind Tobias
and Robin Troeger.
The Greenville Library is
located at 11177 NY Route 32
near the intersection of Route
81. The exhibit will be on dispaly
through the end of August and
can be seen during regular hours.
Ten percent of sale proceeds will
go the Greenville Library.
opening DATE is July 24th, 5
pm-7 pm. The opening reception
is a fundraiser for CCCA. Tickets
to the gala are $25 ticket per
person. Children and Exhibiting
Artists will be admitted free. The
evening features a performance
by Ryder and friends. Enjoy
wines courtesy of DRINK and
hors d’oeuvres by D’Arcy Butters
in an outdoor setting of rolling
meadows replete with three
dimensional art! Prize winners
will be chosen by Nicole Hayes,
Sculpture Director at Art Omi and
will be announced at gala fund-
raiser opening reception.
Curators John Cooley and
Stepan Kubicek selected the
outdoor exhibit. John Cooley has
displayed his work in numerous
juried shows in the Hudson
Valley,
Massachusetts
and
Michigan. He earned a BA and an
MA at Syracuse University, with
a PhD in American Studies from
the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst. In reference to his
own work, Cooley says “I am
attracted to three-dimensional art
and typically work with wood and
other natural materials.” Stepan
Kubicek creates welded metal
sculpture in the Hudson Valley.
He is inspired by the natural
and industrial world and utilizes
both new steel and salvaged
machinery. Steve’s work ranges
in size and style, but is almost
always in steel, and allowed to
weather.
Don’t miss your chance to go
for a Summer stroll and see sculpture in a beautiful natural setting!
For more information, call CCCA
at 518-671-6213 or John Cooley
at 518-392-4814.
READ, WRITE & CREATE:
Art School of Columbia County’s
Free K-12 “ART IN THE LIBRARY”
Programs
Road Less Travelled” (Robert Frost)
collaged maps & landscapes.
Grades 9-12: “Far from Home”
(Robert Frost) mapping in handstitched pamphlets.
The “Art in the Library”
Programs will take place at the
Claverack Public Library, Nassau
Free Library , New Lebanon
Library, North Chatham Free
Library, Philmont Public Library,
Roe-Jan
(Roeliff-Jansen)
Community Library in Hillsdale
and Valatie Free Library. Visit
www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.
org for complete information and
additional dates.
ASCC is grateful to our
community’s libraries for their
partnership with ASCC to make
these programs possible. These
programs are made possible
in part with a Stewart’s Holiday
Match Grant and public funds
from the Decentralization Program
of the NYS Council on the Arts,
administered in Columbia County
by the Greene County Council on
the Arts through the Community
Arts Grants Fund.
Additional
funding was received from the
Kinderhook Arts & Humanities
Fund of the Berkshire Taconic
Community
Foundation,
the
Chatham Education Fund of the
Berkshire Taconic Community
Foundation, and the generous
support of community donors.
In its fourth year of offering
high-quality art classes to the
community, ASCC, a non-profit
organization with a vision of
“imagining art for everyone,”
offers free art programs in the
community, affordable fine art
classes for older teens and adults
in its 1842 schoolhouse, and
hosts art lectures and exhibits. For
Top: ASCC faculty member Nancy
Kohler teaching Kindergarteners
with a collage inspired by Emily
Dickinson’s poem.
Above: Student created artwork.
more information, email info@
artschoolofcolumbiacounty.
org, call 518-672-7140 or visit
artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org
2016 Summer Exhibition:
THE FIELDS SCULPTURE PARK
Omi International Arts
Featuring artists Rob Fischer,
Charley Friedman, Folkert de
Jong, Freya Powell, and Andreas
Savva. New sculptures on view
in The Fields this summer
include a gang of squirrels, an
interactive steel zoetrope, a
floating glass house and more!
A solo exhibition of Charley
Friedman’s indoor work will be
on view in the gallery through
July 24, 2016, featuring prints,
drawings and a mechanical
sculpture of whirling beach balls!
Omi International Arts is situated
on 120 acres of land and showcases outdoor sculpture year
round, artist residency programs,
children’s’ camps, dance, music,
special events, lectures and
contemporary art exhibits. Visit
www.artomi.org for more information. Omi International Arts
is located at 1405, County Route
22 in Ghent, NY.
Rob Fischer, Omi Pond House (digital
rendering), 2016
ART SCHOOL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org
Frame & Canvas Sale
Saturday Sept 10 10 am-4 pm
up-cycle & help support your favorite art school: select antiques,
vintage & like-new frames & art supplies at reasonable prices
summer art classes open for registration: enroll today
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ALIVE
2016 July/August
Natural Abstraction
C-GCC Blue Hill Gallery
Photographer and Artist William Shaughnasey presents his third solo show,
“Natural Abstraction”bon display through August 2016 at Columbia-Greene
Community College.
Photographer and Artist
William Shaughnasey presents
his third solo show, “Natural
Abstraction” on display through
August 2016. The show is located
in the Blue Hill Gallery at ColumbiaGreene Community College, with
an opening reception on July 14,
2016 at 5-7 PM. Light refreshments
will be served.
“Natural Abstraction” is a
group of ideas that started in
2011 with “Beyond the Grid” to
the extended adventures with
a camera. The photography in
the show will be separated into
two galleries based on nature
photography and abstract digital
art. In “Experiments in Light”
the artist uses a light source and
other household objects to make
light art, while other abstract art
sourced in nature. The natural
gallery will be based on adventures of William Shaughnasey, and
the various fauna and landscapes,
where some of the images might
have an abstract bent.
Other works will be Yarn Art
where yarn in weaved along a
plastic canvas in a ricochet pattern
following a color code; six photos
of “Warhol Sunflowers” where its
really same photo with changes
in color and mood; and “Beyond
the Grid” works are color pencil on
graph paper.
Being a fan of literature, this
show is based along the sides
of Wonderland, where Bill is
a maintenance porter by day;
who gets to create and explore
in the bigger world. As an avid
hiker with camera, Bill explored
most of Columbia County, and
its surrounding areas. Recent
adventures been taken into the
Massachusetts’ mountains, but
this show will include works from
past adventures in Austin, Texas
and Portland, Oregon.
William Shaughnasey is a
Columbia County resident who
was educated in both Hudson City
and Taconic Hills School Districts,
graduating in 1998 from Taconic
Hills High School. Graduated from
SUNY Columbia-Greene in 2000
and SUNY New Paltz in 2002,
earned a bachelor in Liberal ArtsHistory. He is a Past Exalted Ruler
from Hudson Elks Lodge #787,
and is a member of Columbia
County Council on the Arts and
Columbia County Photo Club.
This show is dedicated
to his parents, Dan and Rose
Shaughnasey, who taught him to
be safe and allow him to dream
his dreams.
Columba-Greene Community
College is located at 4400 Route
23 in Hudson, NY.
Summer Art Exhibits at C-GCC
Columbia-Greene
Community College
fine arts student
Phyllis Normand, of
Germantown, with one
of her oil paintings,
during the recent
opening of the Student
Art Show, in the
Foundation Gallery at
the C-GCC Greenport
campus.
Columbia-Greene Community College will display a variety of
artists in its galleries Columbia-Greene Community College in July
and August. The Kaaterskill Gallery will house works by Louise Ryder
and Friends, while the Blue Hill Gallery will feature Bill Shaughnasey.
The spring student art show, featuring the work of fine arts students
at C-GCC, will be shown in the Foundation Gallery. The Kaaterskill
and Blue Hill galleries are located in the Main Building on campus.
The Foundation Gallery is located in the Arts Center.
In addition, the college’s permanent collections are displayed
in the Robert J. Belknap Memorial Gallery, located in the administrative wing of the Main Building, and the Alumni Gallery, in the
Professional Academic Center. All galleries are open to the public,
without charge, during regular college hours. For more information,
call (518) 828-4181.
Columbia-Greene Community College is located just south of
the City of Hudson at 4400 Route 23 Greenport, NY.
518-943-4530
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July-August Art Classes at the
Art School of Columbia County
With its lush summer gardens
and 360 degree views of conservation farmland, the Art School
of Columbia County is uniquely
situated to offer the perfect
setting from which to create your
own artwork. In its fourth year of
offering high-quality art classes
and programs to the community,
ASCC, a non-profit organization
with a vision of “imagining art
for everyone,” presents a wide
range of hands-on fine art
classes featuring encouraging
instructors
and
one-on-one
attention. Enrolled students from
our summer and fall semesters
are also invited to participate in ASCC’s semi-annual
Student-Faculty Art Show on
November12, from 5-7 pm. Full
class descriptions, plus information about ASCC’s scholarship
program, are on the school’s
website.
Students will be inspired by
the lush greens, brilliant sun, and
deep shadows of the summer
landscape by working outdoors
in HM Saffer’s Plein Air Oil
Painting. Held Thursday mornings from 9 am – 12 pm, Session
I is July 7, 14, and 21, 2016 and
Session II is July 28, August 4,
and 11, 2016. Students seeking
guidance in the fundamentals
of oil painting will benefit from
Kari Feuer’s Explorations in Oil
Painting series, held Thursday
evenings from 6-9 pm. Color
Intensive is offered June 30
and July 7, 2016 and Further
Explorations is held August 4
and 11, 2016.
Drawing is at the root of all
art, and students will find they
have entirely new languages of
drawing after taking Freeing
the Line: Drawing Workshop
with Maj Kalfus on Saturday,
July 9, 2016 from 9 am – 12 pm.
Students seeking guidance in
drawing basics will enjoy Gary
Finelli’s Drawing 1-2-3 held
three Saturday mornings, 9 am
– 12 pm on July 16, 23 and 30,
2016.
Explore the expressive intersection of mixed media and landscape with Tim Ebneth’s Mixed
Media: Abstracted Landscape
held Monday evenings 6-9 pm
on July 11, 18, 25, and August
1, 2016. Revealing the unique
properties of each medium, E S
DeSanna teaches Dynamic Duo:
Pastel & Watercolor on two
Saturdays from 2-5 pm July 16
and 23, 2016. Ebneth also offers
Collage: Exploring Landscape
as a one or two-day weekend
workshop August 20 and 21,
Above Left: “Mountain Vista” oil on
canvas 24” x 30” by HM Saffer, II,
courtesy of the artist, www.hmsaffer.
com
Above: Contour in Brown, Maj Kalfus.
2016 from 10 am – 4 pm each day.
Encouraging students to see
their world in on a grand scale,
Robin Guthridge teaches Think
BIG: Exploring the Monumental
in Oil & Acrylic on Saturday,
August 6, 2016 from 10 am – 3
pm. Jerry Freedner teaches the
Art of Photography Saturday
August 13, 2016 from 10 am – 4
pm, covering composition and
design, use of camera controls,
and the basics of Photoshop
editing.
Classes are held at the
Old Schoolhouse, 1198 Route
21c in Harlemville, NY at the
intersection of Harlemville Road
and Route 21C. Next to the
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store,
the building is centrally located
within Columbia County, a ten
minute drive from Chatham,
and one mile from the Taconic
Parkway, at the Route 21c exit.
To register for classes online, go
to artschoolofcolumbiacounty.
org. More information at info@
artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org
or 518-672-7140.
Hudson Theater Project:
The Legend of the Giant Caterpillar
Hudson Opera House
Director
Carol Rusoff
(center) withbHTP
participants
Jayne Anderson,
Kylie Pecord,
Shaquille St. Clair
& Kulton McCall
Reincarnation is the theme of
the season at the Hudson Opera
House with restoration now
underway of the historic upstairs
performance hall and the return
of director Carol Rusoff’s popular
Hudson Theater Project, a
seven week theater workshop
for teens… or anyone who’s ever
been a teenager.
On June 25th Hudson Theater
Project welcomed participants
to this summer’s adapted and
improvised production of The
Legend of the Giant Caterpillar,
an exciting and evocative
creation myth from the Ivory
Coast of Africa. “Act now! No
prior experience is necessary,
participants’ ages 13 to 113
need only curiosity, courage and
commitment,” said director Carol
Rusoff. “The Giant Caterpillar
has it all: Comedy! Vanquishing
heroes! Victory! There are still
roles for everyone, including
those interested in learning
about
production,
lighting
and scenery.” The workshop is
FREE…and held on Mondays,
Tuesdays 6:30-9 pm and
Saturdays 1-4pm. Thespians
of all ages from 13-113 are
welcome! The workshop will
culminate in a premiere of the
production on Thursday, August
11 at 8pm at the magnificent new
Hudson Area Library, followed
by a weekend of performances
in the Black Arts and Culture
Festival on the Hudson Riverfront
on Friday, August 12 at 7pm and
Sunday, August 14 at 3pm.
For further information or
to register, please visit hudson
operahouse.org, call 518-8221438 or email Sage Carter at
[email protected].
The Hudson Opera House is
located at 327 Warren Street in
Hudson, NY.
Frame & Canvas Sale at ASCC
Up-cycle and help the Art School of Columbia
County! After a very successful sale last year, the
Art School of Columbia County again hosts its
second-annual Frame & Canvas Sale fundraiser on
September 10, 2016 from 10 am- 4 pm. To prepare,
ASCC seeks donations of new or gently used frames
and like-new (not painted on) canvases. Donations
of other art supplies in good condition are welcome,
and accepted only with a staff member’s approval.
Donations may be dropped off on Tuesdays,
August 30 and September 6, 2016 and Thursdays
August 25, September 1 and September 8, 2016
from noon-6 pm, or by prior appointment.
The Frame & Canvas Sale is 10 am-4 pm on
Saturday, September 10 (half-price from 3- 4 pm).
Frames, watercolors, oil paints, a wide selection
of quality brushes, plus select antique furniture,
including an antique 1890s Arts & Crafts easel, are
among the offerings. All proceeds help support
programming at ASCC, including free children’s art
outreach programs and scholarships.
The sale is held at the Old Schoolhouse, 1198
Route 21c in Harlemville, NY at the intersection of
Harlemville Road and Route 21C. For more information, email [email protected] or
call ASCC at 518-672-7140.
ALIVE
2016 July/August
PS21: Performance Spaces for
the 21st Century presents a summer
season of world-class concerts and
dance, film, theater, variety performances, workshops and special
events during their 2016 season.
PS21 is located in a beautiful setting
perfect for presenting the arts at
2980 Route 66 in Chatham, NY. Visit
www.ps21chatham.org for more
information and tickets.
Variety performance at its
best: on July 8, PS21 hosts a staged
reading with Nancy Rothman, Red
Hot Patriot: The Kick-ass Wit of Molly
Ivins at 8 PM. It’s an election year,
so what better time to enjoy a play
based on the famous witticisms of
political columnist and humorist
Molly Ivins? Her satirical insights
into the American political system
still ring true today, and twin-sister
journalists Margaret and Allison
Engel have written a very funny
show celebrating Ivins’ courage and
tenacity. Nancy Rothman has acted
on stages in NYC, regionally and
abroad, as well as on film, television
and radio. She is also a favorite with
local audiences, and has graced
the PS21 stage on numerous occasions. Tickets are $15/$12 PS21
members/$8 students.
Summer Shtick: An Evening
of Comic Mayhem! Comes to PS21
on July 15 and 16 at 8 PM. Nancy
Rothman and Robert Zukerman and
friends return to the scene of their
last year’s crimes for two nights only
of SHTICK ‘EM UP! Summer Shtick,
Volume 2. Comedy, music, costumes
galore! No politics, no taxidermy,
no crude metaphor! Nancy and
Robert have been entertaining the
greater Chatham community in
plays, pantos and palaver for more
than 30 years. They are veterans of
stage, screen and radio, and once
had the same commercial agent in
New York City. Tickets are $20/$15
PS21 members/$10 students
Music performances include
PS21’s Eleventh Annual Paul
Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert:
Jeremy Kittel Band on Saturday,
July 2 at 7:30 PM. The spirit of JS
Bach is woven throughout this
program of wide-ranging works
performed by award-winning fiddler
and violinist Jeremy Kittel and his
exceptional quartet with musical
roots spanning the globe. The
Jeremy Kittel Band has the drive of
Celtic fiddling, spontaneity of jazz,
soul of the blues, and intricacies of
chamber music. Joshua Pinkham
(mandolin), Nathaniel Smith (cello),
and Simon Chrisman (hammered
dulcimer). Tickets are $35/ $30 PS21
members/$18 students.
Sō Percussion performs on
Saturday, July 9 at 8 PM. With its
innovative multi-genre original
productions
and
sensational
interpretations of modern classics,
Sō Percussion has redefined the
scope of the modern percussion
ensemble. Their repertoire ranges
from “classics” of the 20th century, by
John Cage, Steve Reich, and Iannis
Xenakis, et al, to commissioning and
advocating works by contemporary
composers such as David Lang,
Steve Mackey, and Paul Lansky, to
distinctively modern collaborations
with artists who work outside the
classical concert hall. Tickets are
PS21: Performance Spaces
for the 21st Century
2016 Performances &
Workshops
$28/ $23 PS21 members/$14
students.
On July 22 and 23 at 8PM
PS21 hosts Vanaver Caravan’s
Turn, Turn, Turn! Celebrating Pete
Seeger in Dance and Music. Turn,
Turn, Turn! Inspired by Bill and
Livia Vanaver’s 40-year relationship
with the legendary musician and
activist, and his visionary wife,
Toshi. This full-length, multimedia
production features a full cast of
professional dancers and musicians,
with original choreography by Livia
Vanaver and musical arrangements
by Bill Vanaver. Turn, Turn, Turn! is
comprised of more than 20 of Pete’s
beloved songs, from children’s tunes
to activist anthems. Everyone is
encouraged to sing along with their
favorite songs! The show includes
a variety of dance styles, from
clogging to swing to Zulu gumboot
dancing. Tickets are $30/ $25 PS21
members/ $15 students.
The Howard Fishman Quartet
takes the stage on July 30 at 8 PM.
Singer, guitarist, composer Howard
Fishman and his band offer an
evening of New Orleans-inflected
jazz, blues, standards and originals.
Whether Fishman is performing
his own compositions or drawing
on a seemingly endless repertoire
of American popular music, it is all
filtered through a sensibility and
aesthetic entirely his own. Fishman’s
band combines the exuberance and
spontaneity of jazz with a storyteller’s
sense of drama, emotional depth
and play and includes some of the
most talented musicians working
today. Tickets are $25/ $20 PS21
members/$14 students
World class dance performances include Miracle and
Monstah: Dance Omi Alumni
Concert on July 29 at 8 PM. An
evening of dance celebrating 25
years of Art Omi, Alumni Stephanie
Miracle (Dance Omi 2012) and
Monstah Black (Dance Omi 2011),
each present multi-disciplinary solo
dance performances. Stephanie
Miracle is from the US, but currently
living and working in Germany. She
will present Figure Eights (Part 2), an
autobiographical solo that weaves,
darts, and lingers in a memory landscape. Original music is performed
live by David Schulman. Monstah
Black presents Cotton, a dance
performance and film. Black
employs images from slavery as a
point of departure, modifying the
images into positive iconography
to inspire and empower those that
suffered it’s ugly legacy. “In Cotton,
I take something that was originally
cultivated by slaves and turn it into
a conversation piece that can be
seen as an eye candy, but hard to
swallow.” Co-presented by PS21 and
Art Omi. Tickets are $30/ $25 PS21
and Omi members/ $15 students.
PS21 Chatham Dance Festival
begins with Rioult Dance on August
12 and 13 with performances at
8PM. Founded in 1994, RIOULT
Dance NY is an established name in
modern dance with a reputation for
presenting the sensual, articulate,
and musical works of Pascal Rioult.
The program includes On Distant
Shores, based on Euripides’ Helen
in which Helen of Troy’s reputation
is redeemed. Score by Aaron Jay
Kernis. Views of the Fleeting World
was inspired by the woodcut prints
of the Japanese master Hiroshige
and set to J.S. Bach’s exploration of
fugal counterpoint, The Art of Fugue.
Bolero is a bold interpretation of
Ravel’s musical score – a riveting tour
de force. Tickets are $35/$30 PS21
members/$18 students.
PS21 presents The Chase Brock
Experience on August 19 and 20, at
8 PM. The Chase Brock Experience
is the Brooklyn-based contemporary
dance company led by choreographer Chase Brock. Since 2007,
The Chase Brock Experience has
premiered six original scores and
more than 25 original dances. Equal
parts Blue Ridge and Brooklyn,
this restless, sexy, strummy work
employs a dance mash-up of tap,
finger-tutting, clogging, hip-hop,
square dance, step dance, jumpstyle
and jazz. Tickets are $35/$30 PS21
members/$18 students.
Plan on attending Dance
Heginbotham on August 26 and 17
at 8PM. Founded in 2011, Dance
Heginbotham is celebrated for its
vibrant athleticism, humor, and
theatricality, as well as its commitment to collaboration. Well-known
for his 14-year tenure as a dancer
with Mark Morris Dance Group,
Artistic Director John Heginbotham
creates work known for its “tight
formal structure and inventive movement, bolstered by a disarming wit
and strangeness” (The New Yorker).
The program at PS21 includes Easy
Win, a collaboration between John
Heginbotham and jazz pianist and
composer Ethan Iverson, inspired
by John and Ethan’s shared experiences with formal ballet class. Tickets
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are $35/$30 PS21 members/$18
students.
Parsons Dance returns to PS21
with its stunning ensemble work and
virtuosic technique on September
2 and 3 at 8 PM.. Last summer
PS21’s audiences saw Almah, Kate
Skarpetowksa’s new work, in development during open rehearsals.
This year we will now have an opportunity to see the completed work,
which has an original score by Ljova
and premiered at the Joyce Theater
in January 2016. It explores the
connection of an eastern European
childhood juxtaposed with the
urban folklore of adolescence in
NYC. Also on the program will be
David Parsons Union and his stroboscopic masterwork Caught. Tickets
are $40/$35 PS21 members/$20
students
And just for fun PS21 hosts
Free Performances for Kids. Mime
Eddie Allen performs on July 8, at
1 PM. Mime just for the fun of it!
Invisible walls, ropes, ladders and
more created right in front of your
imagination. Audience members
will be invited on stage to learn a
few basic mime moves. KidShtick
follows on Friday, July 15 at 1 PM.
Robert Zukerman, Nancy Rothman,
and friends bring their wacky skits
and shticks to the Just for Fun
stage just for laughs! Livia and Bill
Vanaver and their talented crew of
dancers and musicians will offer a
show of lively American dance styles
including Lindy Hop (Swing Dance),
Charleston, Hip Hop, Clogging,
Body percussion on July 22 at 1PM.
And they’ll get the audience up and
dancing as part of the show! A West
African Dance & Drum Workshop
Performance takes place on July
29 at PM. Now an annual favorite!
Choreographer/dancer
Jamal
Jackson, drummer Frank Malloy
IV, and the kids from the dance
and drum workshop sweep us up
in a high energy display of West
African dance from Mali. The Rioult
Dance Workshop Performance is
on August 5 at 1 PM. Rioult dancers
and workshop participants perform
a program of modern dance pieces
inspired by the work and style of
Pascal Rioult.
From August 1 through 7
PS21 presents a Film Festival:
CONSTRUCT IT! Films are all about
buildings and those who design
them. In addition PS21 hosts Movie
Tuesdays: Music & Dance Film
Series. All films are free and all start
at 8:30 PM. For more information on
this film series visit www.ps21chatham.org.
Workshops for kids include
Theater Arts Workshop July 1821, West African Dance & Drum
Workshop with Jamal Jackson
Dance Company July 25- 29, Rioult
Dance Workshop August 1 – 5 and
Parsons Dance Classes with the
Company August 30-Spetember 1.
There are also workshops
for adults. Summer Sings with
David Smith, Director of Concerts
in the Village on July 11, 18, and 25,
Dances for a Variable Population
Classes on July 11 -15, and a very
special workshop for the whole
family and friends on August 27,
Everybody Dance! with Dance
Heginbotham!
Community events include
Choreographer Chase Brock talk
about making dance at the Chatham
Public Library on August 20 and
Chatham High School Photography
Internship 2016 on August 1 – 27.
This internship gives a Chatham
High School art student the chance
to expand their knowledge of the
art of photography and specifically
the field of dance photography by
working with a mentor taking photos
of professional dance companies
rehearsing and performing at PS21.
The internship culminates in a public
exhibit of their photographs.
Visit www.ps21chatham.
org for associated workshop fees,
tickets and detailed information on
all programs. PS21: Performance
Spaces for the 21st Century is
worth the drive to 2980 Route 66 in
Chatham, NY! Call 518-392-6121 or
[email protected]
MID-HUDSON CABLEVISION
Provides Support to GCCA SPROUTS
WITH DONATION OF A
Fire Kid’s Edition Tablet.
Steve Mortefolio, Sales
Director of MHC with Lex
Grey, SPROUTS Program
Co-Director.
Mid-Hudson
Cable recently donated a Fire
Kid’s Edition Tablet be used
as a raffle item to benefit the
2016 Sprouts Program. This
year marks the 16th year
Mid-Hudson has provided the
Greene County Council on
the Arts “SPROUTS” program
with a donation of a Fire
Kid’s Edition Tablet for its
Annual Sprouts Fundraising
Raffle. Mid-Hudson is pleased
to support the SPROUTS
program once again this year.
HUDSON JAZZWORKS continued from page 3
books on ear training and piano
pedagogy, lectures at leading
academies around the world and
performs internationally in festivals,
concerts and clubs.
Marc Mommaas is a Cum Laude
graduate of Manhattan School of
Music (MSM). A William Borden
Award recipient, Marc is a frequent
lecturer at MSM, New York University,
William
Paterson
University,
Rhythmic
Music
Conservatory
Windham Arts
Alliance
Art Fest 2016
July 2, 2016
Sponsored by Windham Arts Alliance
Original artwork of over 20 Artists
& Photographers 10 AM -5PM.
Christman’s Windham House
Route 23 just one mile west
of the center of Windham, NY.
(Denmark) and the Conservatory of
Amsterdam. Marc co-directs both
Hudson Jazzworks and the New
York Jazz Workshop. He is a faculty
member of The New School for Jazz
and Contemporary Music, leads two
celebrated bands (Global Motion
and Landmarc) and composes
innovative works featured on Global
Motion, Balance and Landmarc (all
on Sunnyside Records). Marc tours
internationally with Amina Figarova,
Tony Moreno, Tim Horner and Armen
Donelian and has appeared in major
venues including the Newport Jazz
Festival and Carnegie Hall. Marc’s
newest CD is a solo project named
Irreversible Momentum. He is
currently preparing for the release of
a new CD of standards and ballads.
Armen and Marc met in 2000
and immediately established a
personal chemistry that is at the
heart of their music making. For 14
years, they have performed their
original compositions and standard
repertoire documented on their critically acclaimed Sunnyside CD, All Or
Nothing At All.
Chris Washburne is one of those
rare musicians whose musical activities cross many styles and cultural
borders. From early in his career
he refused to be pigeon-holed as
just being a jazz or classical player,
but instead has continually pursued
a diverse path. Chris is currently
freelancing as a studio musician and
performing trombone, bass trombone, tuba, didjeridu and percussion
with various classical, jazz, rock and
Latin groups in New York City. He also
tours extensively with various groups
and has concertized throughout the
North America, Europe, Asian, Africa,
South America, Central America
and the Caribbean. Chris received
his Bachelors of Music in classical
trombone performance from the
University of Wisconsin where he
studied with William Richardson,
Richard Davis and Les Thimmeg.
In 1988, he completed a Masters
degree from the New England
Conservatory in Third Stream Studies
where he studied with John Swallow,
Ran Blake and Bob Moses. He was
the winner of the 1988 New England
Conservatory Graduation Concerto
Competition. He spent two months
living in Zambia in 1985, studying
the traditional music of that region,
and in 1993, received a Mellon
Fellowship to travel to and explore
the rich musical traditions of Cuba.
In 1999 he completed his Ph.D.
in Ethnomusicology at Columbia
University. He is currently Associate
Professor of Music and Found
Director of the Louis Armstrong Jazz
Performance Program at Columbia
University in New York. He has
published numerous articles on jazz,
Latin jazz, and salsa.
These events are made possible
in part with funds granted to Hudson
Jazzworks, Inc. from the 2016
Decentralization Program of the New
York State Council on the Arts, administered through the Community Arts
Grant Fund in Columbia County by
Greene County Council on the Arts.
HJW is also grateful for corporate
support from The Bank of Greene
County Charitable Foundation and
the generosity of our individual
donors.
For information on the DEC
grants program in Columbia and
Greene Counties, please contact
our Community Arts and Arts
Education
Grant
Coordinator
Sara Pruiksma-Rizzo at 943-3400
Fine Arts, CraŌs and Jewlery
270 County Rte. 405, So. Westerlo, NY 12083
518-966-5833
[email protected]
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ALIVE
2016 July/August
GCCA’s Group Exhibit
“FACES AND FACADES”
Explores Themes of Identity
Greene County Council on the
Arts’ current group exhibit “Faces
and Facades” focuses on themes
of identity and features work by
conflict-zone muralist Joel Artista.
On viewthrough July 23, 2016,
Faces and Facades features work
by 14 New York artists. While some
artwork represents “faces,” and
other artwork represents “facades,”
all artwork speaks in some way to
issues surrounding identity.
“Man is least himself when he
talks in his own person. Give him
a mask, and he will tell you the
truth.” So said the Irish playwright,
novelist, essayist, and poet Oscar
Wilde and such is the inspiration
behind the works of GCCA’s
current show Faces and Facades. In
this day and age, when questions
of national, political, religious and
gender identity are so prevalent in
the news, it seems fitting that we
take a moment to look deeper into
our collective subconscious to ask,
“Who are we, really?” The artwork
on display in Faces and Facades
attempts to both ask and answer
that question on behalf of each
artist.
The exhibit features the Murals
by Conflict-Zone Muralist Joel
Artista. Themes of identity and
self-empowerment are especially
relevant in Joel Artista’s largescale public murals, which he
creates in some of the world’s most
conflicted areas. Artista’s murals
are not just works of art, but also
social works that explore topics
such as displacement, war, mental/
physical disabilities, and poverty.
For each project, he partners with
local residents and organizations
to give a platform to people in
highly challenging circumstances
to explore issues that are important
to them, learn valuable skills and
uplift their environment through
public art. These social projects
have featured partnerships with
dozens of local and international
institutions, including UNICEF,
Mercy Corps and the Open Society
Initiative, and have been featured
extensively in media, including
Al-Jazeera
English,
National
Public Radio, Arise TV, Reuters,
Agence-France Presse, Voice of
America, the New York Times, TIME
magazine, and the Washington
Post, among many others.
Several of Artista’s most
important murals are displayed in
Faces and Facades, along with the
artwork of 13 other award-winning
New York artists. Collectively, the
group makes a powerful statement
on some of today’s most pressing
issues.
“Faces” are represented by
painters Scott Ackerman, William
Barnds,
Maxine
Davidowitz,
Alessandra Piquero and Jamie
Sanin, mixed media artists Lucy
Blaire and Shelley Davis, ceramic
sculptor Ann Morris and maskmaker Leslie Yolen. “Facades”
are represented by muralist Joel
Artista, sculptor Jackie Branson,
photographer Paul Mutimear,
diorama-maker Matthew Pleva,
and painter Amy Silberkleit.
Greene County Council on
the Arts Catskill Gallery is located
at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY.
Gallery hours are Monday through
Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. For
more information on GCCA Visual
Arts Program and this exhibit visit
www.greenearts.org.
Clockwise from top: Hand in Hand, Jerusalem mural by Joel
Artista, Brothers by Scott Ackerman, Shamir by Jamie Sanin,
Siliguri, mural by Joel Artista.
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OLANA’S 50TH
ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Tour the Exhibits and Views,
Workshops, Hikes and More
Capturing the Cosmos:
Frederic
Church
Painting
Humboldt’s Vision of Nature,
the 2016 exhibition in the Sharp
Family Gallery at Olana, explores
the influence of the great
German Naturalist Alexander von
Humboldt on Frederic Church.
Acclaimed and revered during
his own lifetime, Humboldt is
currently enjoying a renaissance
due to the recent award-winning
bio The Invention of Nature
by Andrea Wulf. Humboldt’s
writings inspired Church’s South
American adventures and the
resulting masterpieces that made
him internationally famous, and
informed Church’s later trips to
Germany’s Bavarian Lakes and
Mexico. Sketches, diaries and
artifacts from these trips trace
Church’s daring escapades to
capture Humboldt’s Cosmos. On
view through October 30, 2016
with tours available TuesdaySunday, from 10am to 4pm.
Historic Landscape and
Viewshed Tours are available
through November 6, 2016
by foot and by car. The Olana
Partnership offers regular public
tours, Landscape Walking Tours
or Landscape GEM Driving Tours,
of Olana’s 250-acre designed
landscape as a parallel and
complementary offering alongside tours of the main house. The
restoration of Frederic Church’s
picturesque landscape and stewardship of its dramatic 360 degree
views has been a primary focus of
the Partnership’s work, and now,
in Olana’s 50th Anniversary year,
visitors will have the opportunity
to experience first-hand the full
breadth of Church’s vision for
Olana on hour-long tours by foot
and electric vehicle.
Mystery Box: Student Artists
at Work takes place through July
31, 2016. The Coachman’s House
Gallery has been transformed
into an experimental workspace
for Bard College undergraduate
and MFA students who have
been selected to experiment with
research-based art-making practices at Olana. These students will
be available for questions and
conversations throughout the
summer weekends, and visitors
can watch their artwork develop
over time. A Closing Reception is
on July 30, from 3-5pm.
Save the date for The Olana
Summer Party: Olana “66” on
Saturday, July 9, 2016 from 5-8pm.
Join The Olana Partnership for
a mind-bending trip of food,
music, and movement as we flash
back to 1966 and celebrate the
50th Anniversary of the saving
of Olana. Enjoy delicacies with
an “OLANA ‘66” twist from top
Hudson Valley restaurants and
chefs as you watch the sunset
behind the Catskills and move to
the music of the past and future.
Public welcome! Tickets are Host
Committee $250, Member $100,
Non-Member: $125. This event is
for ages 21 and above.
For a full roster of events,
inspirational hikes, really fun
and informative workshops and
classes for art patrons of all ages,
visit www.olana.org. Olana is
located at 5720 State Route 9G in
Hudson, NY.
ALIVE
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.
NEW! The Art School of Columbia County, centrally located in
Columbia County in Harlemville NY is a not-for-profit [501(c)3] art
school dedicated to “art for everyone.” ASCC is seeking applications
for the following positions: developing and teaching art programs
for children, art therapy and teaching art to adults. Please send
your resume/CV with educational background, exhibitions (if
applicable), and teaching experience with your contact information
to: [email protected] Subject Line: application.
Please mention in the body of the email in which position(s) you are
interested.
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. Call 518-943-7465. [email protected]
Volunteers…Docents to lead tours of exhibitions & other museum
volunteer opportunities. Amy Morrison, Development Assistant,
(518) 463-4478, ext. 408 or [email protected] for more
information. Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave.,
Albany, NY 12210 www.albanyinstitute.org 2/16
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. updated 02/16
Ceramic Grants…awards from $200 -$5,000 for original research
in ceramics history, be based on primary source materials. Susan
Detweiler, ACC Grants Chairman. Suite 12, 8200 Flourtwon Avenue,
Wundmoor, PA 19038 [email protected] www.amercercir.org
updated 02/16
Dance Grants…Administers a variety of grantmaking programs. The
Harkness Foundation for Dance, Inc. 145 E. 48th St, Ste. 26C, NY, NY
10017-1259. Contact: Theodore S. Bartwick, Treas. 212-755-5540
02/16
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 02/16
Grants…Communities,
small/mid-sized,
culturally-specific,
community-based arts institutions. Programs showing issues,
experiences of underrepresented social justice issues, community
concerns of national or 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, 212-787-7300, 787-7377. [email protected] www.
nathancummings.org 02/16
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, [email protected],
www.preservenys.org 02/16
Grants... $500 for age under 30 creating new project, continue existing
project. Specific issue, show concrete action plan, budget, adequate
supervision, accountability. Give weekly grants to young people in US,
Canada. Do Something, 24-32 Union Square East, 4th Fl. South, New
York, NY 10003 [email protected]. www.dosomething.org
Updated 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/16
Film, Video Grants... Average $25,000 to support international
documentary films and videos: current, significant issues in human
rights, expression, liberties, social justice. Diane Weyermann, Dir. of
Soros Documentary Fund, Open Society Institute, 400 W. 59th St., New
York NY, 10019 Info. 212-548-0657, Fax 212-548-4679 sdf@sundance.
org www.soros.org/sdf. Ongoing Updated 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/16
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 - 617-9269519, email [email protected] web site www.der.org/ 800-569-6621.
Ongoing 02/16
*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 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/16
Music Grants… Fostering of musical ideas, new projects promoting
original programming & new performers, rather than supporting
performances, tickets or tuition.. www.sparkplugfoundation.org.
Sparkplug, 877-866-8285. Spring & Fall deadlines. Updated 02/16
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 02/16
Music Grant... Supporting young composers of classical or chamber
music. The BMI Foundation, Inc., Carlos Surinach Fund and Boudleaux
2016 July/August
Bryant Fund. 212-830-2520. [email protected]
Updated 02/16
Ongoing.
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. 212-6456949 x102. 75 Ninth Ave., 3R Suite C, New York, NY 10011. 02/16
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].
02/16
*Music Grant…Music Alive with Meet the Composer supports
residencies with professional youth orchestras. Short Term Residencies
2-8 weeks, one season; Extended Residencies multi-year, full-season-3
years. Available: composer fees, travel, musician fees, some related
activities. $7,000-$28,000, Short Term, $30,000-$100,000 year. www.
meetthecomposer.org/musicalive/ 02/16
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 02/16
Performing Arts Production Fund… Program of Creative Capital, for
original new work, all disciplines, traditions in live performing arts, to
assist artist exploring, challenging dynamics. Special focus on projects
bringing insight, critique to cultural difference in class, gender,
generation, ethnicity or tradition. Awards range from $10,000-$40,000.
www.creative-capital.org. Updated 02/16
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 02/16
Performing Arts Grants… To individuals in theater arts, opera, theater
stage, set and costume design projects are eligible. Tobin Foundation,
PO Box 91019, San Antonio, TX, 78209. 21-828-9736 tobinart@
mindspring.com www.manta.com/c/mmcqn8p/tobin-foundation-fortheatre Updated 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/15
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] 02/16
*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. 02/16
*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]
02/16
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 02/16
Visual Artist Grants… based on artistic merit, financial need for painters,
sculptors, print-makers, and artists who work on paper are eligible. The
Pollack-Krasner Foundation 863 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
(212) 517-5400 [email protected] www.pkf.org 02/16
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 inkind services. Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Box 838, Montpelier, VT
05601. 802-229-2306. www.craftemergency.org 02/16
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. 02/16
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/ 02/16
Financial Assistance… Emergency grants to visual artists of color.
Eligible are Native American, African American, Asian American, Latino
21+, living in tri-state greater New York City area to help meet urgent
financial needs. The Wheeler Foundation, P.O. Box 300507, Brooklyn,
NY 11230. 718-951-0581. www.nyfa.org Updated 02/16
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.
02/16
Financial Assistance... Up to $5,000 grants for writers and playwrights
with AIDS. Candidates must be published. Fund for Writers and Editors
with AIDS, PEN American Center, 568 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
212-255-7740 [email protected] www.salmagundi.org 02/16
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 info@
salmagundi.org www.salmagundi.org 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/16
Internships
New! Internships…Greene County Council on the Arts is looking for
an intern to assist with design, social media and exhibitions. The ideal
candidate has experience in graphic design, writing, and social media.
An ability to work both independently and closely with the Visual Arts
Director on creating graphics and posters for exhibitions, managing
media deadlines and installing shows is highly valued. Please email
Niva Dorell, Visual Arts Director at [email protected] with a resume
and cover letter outlining skills and interests. Go to www.greenearts.
org for more information on Greene County Council on the Arts.
Ongoing 02/16
New! Internships…Freehold Art Exchange is looking for an intern to
assist with fundraising, web development, organic gardening and barn
renovations. The ideal candidate has experience with web design,
social media campaigns, fundraising, gardening and/or carpentry.
Freehold Art Exchange is an artist residency program for visual and
interdisciplinary artists invested in social justice, environmental
sustainability, and community engagement. Our facility is on 57 acres
of land in the Catskill Mountains of NY, including a vegetable garden
and hiking trails. We are looking for someone dependable, able to
work alone and collaborate, and not afraid to get dirty! Please email
Molly Stinchfield, Co-Founder and Director, at freeholdartexchange@
gmail.com with a resume and cover letter outlining skills and interest.
Go to www.freeholdartexchange.org for more information on Freehold
Art Exchange. Updated 02/16
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 02/16
Internships… Arts Administration in exchange for housing on the
studio complex four miles from beaches of central Florida. Awardwinning 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,
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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 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/16
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.
02/16
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 02/16
New! Fellowships… The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
online application for 2015 Artist Fellowships is now open. Please
go to nyfa.org to apply and review application guidelines. The
following categories will be reviewed: Choreography, Music/
Sound, Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, Playwriting/
Screenwriting and Photography. See the website for important
deadlines and fellowship details. Updated 02/16
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. 02/16
Residencies…. No application needed. Organization to preserve land,
create space to recognized, emerging artists. 104 acres in Cazenovia.
Sculpture strives to show relationship between humans and nature.
Workspace, stipend, housing for professional sculptors. Artistic
resume, 20 slides, proposal of intent. SASE to return slides. Stone
Quarry Hill Art Park, 3883 Stone Quarry Road, Box 251, Cazenovia, NY
13035. [email protected]. 315-655-5742. Ongoing. 02/16
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. 02/16
Residencies... Self-directed for research, experimentation and
production of visual, television, new media arts. Banff Centre
for the Arts, Office of Registrar, Box 1020, Stn. 28, 107 Tunnel
Mtn. Dr., Banff, Alberta, Canada TOL OCO. 403-762-6114/6302.
[email protected], [email protected].,
www.banffcentre.ca Ongoing. Updated 02/16
Residencies... Ranging from 2 weeks to 2 months for screenwriters
and film/video makers October to May. Yaddo, Box 395, Saratoga
Springs, NY 12866-0395. www.yaddo.org 518-584-0746. Deadlines,
August 1 and January 15 each year. 02/16
Residencies... Year-round, in photography, painting, ceramics, textiles,
etc. Contact: Nantucket Island School of Design and Arts. 508-2289248. [email protected], www.nisda.org 02/16
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. sculptur@borg.
com. www.sculpturespace.org Ongoing. 02/16
Residencies...Cooperative residencies/retreats for emerging or
established artists in drawing, painting, sculpture, writing, poetry. Yearround. 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. 02/16
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. 02/16
Residencies… Established and emerging artists of all disciplines may
create, present, and exhibit experimental work involving sound and
technology, with the option of integrating any combination of other
disciplines including visual and/or performance art. Artists work with
staff audio engineer. Jack Straw Media Gallery, www.jackstraw.org.,
Steve Peters, [email protected]. Updated 02/16
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 02/16
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 02/16
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. 02/16
CALL FOR ENTRIES, ETC.
Arts & Crafts/Folk Arts
Arts & Crafts… Art Instructors Needed. The Art School of Columbia
County, centrally located in Columbia County in Harlemville
NY (a 20 minute drive from Hudson), is a not-for-profit [501(c)
(3)] art school dedicated to “art for everyone.” ASCC is seeking
applications for the developing and teaching art programs for
children or seniors, art therapy and teaching art to adults. Send
your resume/CV with educational background, exhibitions (if
applicable), and teaching experience with your contact information to
[email protected] Subject Line: application.
Please mention in the body of the email in which position(s) you are
interested. (Ongoing)
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 02/16
Arts & Crafts... Greene County, NY craftspeople: Marketing Crafts
and Other Products to Tourists, North Central Regional Extension
Publications brochure #445, $1.50. Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Greene Co., Greene County office building, Mountain Ave., Cairo, NY
12413. 518-622-9820. [email protected], http://arc.cce.cornell.edu/
Query sent 02/16
Arts & Crafts… hive, owned and operated by Theresa Spinelli at 321
Main Street in Schoharie, is looking for artists (of all mediums) who
wish to show and sell at this unique shop: a bit out of the ordinary,
this up and coming venue offers an unusual mix of antiques, vintage,
modern, industrial, organic, hand-crafted and local. hive supports
local businesses and artists and strives to find American-made items
and use recycled products. hive is a continuing work in progress and
will begin a regular concert series in conjunction with their ongoing
“Meet the Artist” events. hive offers opportunities to display, lecture
and more. Contact Theresa Spinelli at www.hive321.com or email
theresa@hive 321.com for details. 02/16
Arts & Crafts…New!! Catskill Fine Art and Antiques seeks submissions
from artists working in any medium for exhibitions at new gallery opening at
410 Main Street in Historic Catskill, NY. The gallery features a blend of period
and contemporary original artwork, both two and three dimensional and
American antiques. Catskill Fine Art and Antiques welcomes both traditional
and "cutting edge" artwork for shows. Please contact Steve Blendell at info@
catskillfineart.com or 518-943-4530 or stop by the gallery space at 410 Main
Street, Catskill Thursday –Sunday from 12 to 5 PM. Please include a small
group of representative images of your work. 7/2016 ongoing
Arts & Crafts…New!! Call to Artists: Third Annual Thomas Cole Art Show
at St. Luke's Episcopal. Submission deadline: October 1, 2016.This juried
show will be held November 5th and 6th, 2016. Submissions sought in
three categories: Religious Art in the Hudson River Style, Open Class
and Photography. E-mail at [email protected] for application. There is a
nonrefundable ten dollar application fee. At least one work must be for sale
and the sales commission is 10%. St. Luke's Episcopal Church is located at
50 William Street in Catskill, NY. end 9/2016
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. [email protected], www.
junecotner.com 02/16
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. 02/15
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 02/16
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 97280-1430. 503-221-0837. Online submission page: https://www.
glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp 02/16
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 02/16
Poets & Writers... Literary Horizons, new program is dedicated to
professional development of writers at all stages of their careers. Poets
& Writers, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. 212-226-3586, fax 212226-3963, www.pw.org. 02/16
Music
New! Open Audition for Young Singers 8-18. St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church at 50 William Street in Catskill, NY announces the formation
of a Treble Choir for young people, male and female in the English
cathedral tradition. This is an audition only choir under the direction
of Ann Carter-Cox, M.F.A. In addition to weekly group instruction and
practice, every young person accepted into the program will receive an
additional half hour individualized voice lesson each week. The entire
program is offered at no charge. Prior musical training or experience
is not necessary in order to audition. Call 518-943-4180 or use the
contact form on the church website www.stlukescatskill.org. 02/16
New! Music…Music instructor needed for youth ages 7-18 years. 3-6
students per week. Must teach piano, other instruments welcome. Call:
Elena Mosley 518 -828-3612. Updated 3/2016
New! Music…Wanted Male Singers, Tenors, Basses for Male Chorus
Volunteer Group. Call 518-943-2914. Updated 3/2016
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 InterCities Performing Arts, Inc. 4000 Bergenline Ave, Union City, NJ 07087.
Info. (201) 863-8724 Fax (201)866-3566 [email protected] 02/16
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, 518-580-1206. www.facebook.
com/pages/Capital-Area-Flute-Club Updated 02/16
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. 02/16
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, 212-2470247 [email protected], www.musicalartists.org 02/16
Performing Arts
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 02/16
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. 02/16
Performing Arts... Private classes available in Dance and Music. Dance
studio available for rent, 518-851-5150, [email protected], www.
abblappen.com. 02/16
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].
02/16
Visual Arts
Visual Arts…Art Instructors Needed. The Art School of Columbia
County, centrally located in Columbia County in Harlemville
NY (a 20 minute drive from Hudson), is a not-for-profit [501(c)
(3)] art school dedicated to “art for everyone.” ASCC is seeking
applications for the developing and teaching art programs for
children or seniors, art therapy and teaching art to adults. Send
your resume/CV with educational background, exhibitions (if
applicable), and teaching experience with your contact information to
[email protected] Subject Line: application.
Please mention in the body of the email in which position(s) you are
interested. (Ongoing)
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
02/16
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 02/16
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 [email protected]. Updated
02/16
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 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 02/16
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. info@thomascole.
org, www.thomascole.org. 02/16
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
[email protected].
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. [email protected].
VA… Publications: The Artist Workspace: A Guide for Artists; and The
Artist Workspace Residency: A Guide for Organizations. (845) 6589133, [email protected], www.nysawc.org. Updated 02/16
VA... Seeking proposals for exhibitions at Greenville Branch, The Bank
of Greene County. All Arts Matter, POB 513, Greenville NY 12083. 518966-4038.
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 518-6229820 ext/36. www.agroforestrycenter.org 02/16
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 02/16
OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUED from page 17
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]. 02/16
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 02/16
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
11:30 AM and Mondays 6- 7 PM. 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. [email protected]
Classes: RIVERTIDE AIKIKAI, Martial Arts Instruction For All Ages.
3198 Old Kings Rd. just off of Rt. 23A in Catskill. Call 518-943-4000,
email [email protected] or visit www.rivertideaikikai.org.
Mondays, July 11 thru August 8, Music & Movement for
Toddlers Toddlers and their caregivers join singer, songwriter and
choreographer Abby Lappen for weekly fun exploring the arts through
music and movement. Free- Preschoolers to age 5. 10-11am Hudson
Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson. (518) 822 1438
Mondays
Hudson Juggling Club: OPEN TO ANY AND ALL YOUTH AND
ADULTS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE MANIPULATIVE ARTS OF
JUGGLING, FLOW, AND OTHER CIRCUS SKILLS. Juggling clubs, balls,
scarves, spinning plates, diabolos, and unicycles are just some of the
items we share. FREE. 6-8pm, Montgomery Smith Intermediate School,
102 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson NY. Email stephanie@bindlestiff.
org, or call 518-828-7470.
Photography
Tuesdays
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 718-409-6445 www.enfoco.org 02/16
Workshop:bKUUMBA LATIN FEVER FOR WOMEN: 6 to 7:45PM. A Latin
dance fitness class for women with Elena Mosely of Kuumba Dance &
Drum. Adults: $2. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson,
NY. Call 828-3612 for more info.
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 02/16
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. 02/16
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 morninglight1@verizon.
net; Nora Adelman (518) 945-2866 or [email protected] or www.
gccameraclub.com. 02/16
Photography… Offer of workshops with speakers, competitions,
discounts on supplies and processing, newsletter. Greene County
Camera Club, POB 711, Greenville, NY 12083. 518-797-3466, 518966-4411.
Photography... Critical Needs Fund for Photographers with AIDS.
Initial requests by phone: 212-929-7190. Ongoing.
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 122111057. 518-242-2241 [email protected] 02/16
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 02/16
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
02/16
Rentals... Lighting and audio system packages. LSL
Productions, Box 63 Windham, NY 12496-0063. 518-734-5117.
2016 GCCA
Calendar of Events
Club: LEGO CLUB FOR ALL AGES, 4:00 PM every Tuesday. Come,
explore the world of building with legos, and meet new friends at your
library! Catskill Public Library, 1 Franklin St, Catskill NY. For more info:
www.catskillpubliclibrary.org OR call (518) 943-4230.
Wednesdays thru August 31
Hudson Community Book Club for Kids, Led by teacher Ellen
Heummer, the group reads Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan, winner of the
Newbery Medal in 2015. A free copy of each book is provided to every
young reader. Ages 8-12, Free. 5:30-7 PM. Hudson Opera House, 327
Warren St, Hudson. (518) 822 1438
Classes: RIVERTIDE AIKIKAI, Aiki Movement Drop-in Class, open to
public for $10. Wear clothing appropriate for movement or exercise.
3198 Old Kings Rd. just off of Rt. 23A in Catskill. Call 518-943-4000 or
[email protected] or visit www.rivertideaikiai.org.
Classes: SKETCH. Drop in Figure Drawing. SKETCH is hosting figure
drawing sessions with instructor Amy Lavine. $15 per session. 7:30 –
9:30 PM. Hudson Opera House 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
518-822-1438
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.
Thursdays
Gathering: AFTER-HOURS TEEN TIME, 5-7 PM every Thursday.
Ages 12-17 welcome. Spend an hour on Academic and/or Creative
pursuits followed by an hour of relaxed socializing, games, music, etc.
Catskill Public Library, 1 Franklin St. Catskill NY. For more info: www.
catskillpubliclibrary.org OR speak to Jesse at (518) 943-4230.
Class: QI GONG FOR ADULTS. 11:30 AM. Free and open to the
public. Palenville Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For
more info: www.catskillpubliclibrary.org OR call (518) 678-3357.
Second Thursday
The Greene County Camera Club is a friendly group of intermediate
and advanced photographers who meet twice monthly at the
Greenville Library Art Gallery located at the intersection of routes
81 and 32 in Greenville. On the second Thursday, we hold a “digital
critique” in which members submitting images in advance receive
constructive feedback on their work. Friendship and networking,
occasional field trips, an e-Newsletter, member shows and exhibition
opportunities and social gatherings are all benefits of membership. For
more information: Eileen Camuto [email protected] or Nora
Adelman [email protected].
Fourth Thursday
The Greene County Camera Club is a friendly group of intermediate
and advanced photographers who meet twice monthly at the
Greenville Library Art Gallery located at the intersection of routes
81 and 32 in Greenville. On the fourth Thursday, a competition and
critique take place. Friendship and networking, occasional field trips,
an e-Newsletter, member shows and exhibition opportunities and
social gatherings are all benefits of membership. For more information:
Eileen Camuto [email protected] or Nora Adelman
[email protected].
Third Fridays
Artist Community Potluck. POTLUCK DINNER AND SHARE
ARTWORK. Each artist has five minutes to project a PowerPoint of 20
slides the artist has prepared. Free. First Presbyterian Church, 369
Warren Street, Hudson, NY. Email [email protected]
GCCA Catskill Gallery: ARTFUL HAND BOUTIQUE - The Greene
County Council on the Arts invites you to visit our gallery boutique, The
Artful Hand, in Catskill. Open year-round, we offer fine arts and high
quality crafts by local and regional artists, and books by area authors.
Send boutique inquiries to [email protected] or niva.gcca@gmail.
com. The GCCA Catskill Gallery, located at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY.
Open Monday through Saturday, 10AM-5PM. For more information,
contact [email protected] or 518-943-3400.
Saturdays
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. 518-263-2036. Hours: 12-4,
Friday and Saturday, or by appointment. Groups welcome. 518-2634908. www.catskillmtn.org
Fourth Sunday
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 (wheel throwing, hand building),
painting and more. For info, visit our website: BannerHillLLC.com;
email: [email protected], or call (518) 929-7821.
Classes: ART SCHOOL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. Arts program for
adults and children. Classes are held at the Old Schoolhouse, 1198
Route 21c in Harlemville, at Harlemville Road & County Route 21,
next to the Hawthorne Valley Farm Store, one mile from the Taconic
Parkway, at the Harlemville/Philmont/217/21c Exit. Call 518-672-7140
or visit www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org.
Performance, Dance, Workshops and more! PS21: PERFORMANCE
SPACES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY presents a full summer season
of performances for people of all ages, concerts, movies and film,
staged readings, dance and dance workshops and much more. Call
518-392-6121 or [email protected] for information. Visit www.
ps21chatham.org. PS21, 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY 12037
Exhibition: FUNCTIONAL ART FOR THE HOME By local and regional
Fine Crafts Artists. Custom orders, shopping services, gift-wrapping.
Mon/Thurs/Fri 10-5, Sat 10-7, Sun 11-5, Closed Tues/Wed. Kaaterskill
Fine Arts Gallery at Hunter Village Square, 7950 Main St., Hunter, NY.
518-263-2060, www.catskillmtn.org.
Omi International Arts Center. PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC EVENTS.
Outdoor Sculpture Park, Summer Camps. The Fields Sculpture Park,
Architecture Omi, and Education Omi - Omi contributes to a vibrant
arts culture locally, regionally, and internationally. For more information
visit:www.omiartscenter.org 1405 County Route 20, Ghent NY 12075
Film & Events: GREENVILLE DRIVE-INA full season of movie and film
screenings, Biergarten, food and special events. 10700 Route 32,
Greenville, NY. 518-966-2177, drivein32.com, [email protected]
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, 1405
County Route 20, Ghent, NY 12075. 518-392-7656/392-2848.
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.
HUDSON OPERA HOUSE. Classes, Workshops, Exhibits, Concerts,
Music, Programs and Specail Events. Year round roster of activities
for people of all ages. Hudson Opera House, Warren Street, Hudson,
NY518- 822-1438. hudsonoperahouse.org
OLANA Events & Workshops: Public Programming for Adults &
Children. Exhibits, Classes & Workshops, Hikes and Special Events.
Wagon House Education Center at the Olana State Historic Site, 5720
State Route 9G, Hudson, NY 12534 .For more information, registration
or to purchase tickets visit www.olana.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
Class: FOLLIES WITH BOBBY: Ballet and other smooth moves
for women of a certain age and confident men. Saturdays, 10:30-
Adult Ballet: ATHENS PRESQUE BALLET:Ballet and other smooth
moves for women of a certain age and confident men. 10:30 -12 noon.
Improve balance and flexibility and transform your body awarenessth
using techniques from ballet, modern dance, jazz, soft shoe, and 4
grade Physical Education class. Taught by Bobby Lupone. FREE Dropins welcome. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens, NY.
Email to be notified of class cancellations or changes.
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.
nd
FREE Drop-ins welcome. Athens Cultural Center, 24 2 Street, Athens,
NY. Email to be notified of class cancellations or changes.
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: vdombrowski@
catskillpubliclibrary.org http://catskillpubliclibrary.org/ (518) 6783357.
Exhibits, Special Events: Movies-SUBJECTS VARY. $8/6/4.
Spencertown Academy, Rt. 203, POB 80, Spencertown, NY 12165. 518392-3693.
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 2016
Events noted (DEC) have been supported through a Decentralization
grant from the NYS Council on the Arts through the Community Arts
Program in Greene County or Columbia County.
Events noted (CIP) have been supported through a grant from the
County Initiative Program of the Greene County Council on the Arts
with public funding from the Greene County Legislature.
Thru July 6
Exhibit: Human Impact: LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE AGE.
Works selected by Valerie Richmond. Opening Reception Saturday,
May 28, 5-7pm. CCCA Warren Street Gallery, 209 Warren Street,
Hudson NY. artscolumbia.org
Thru July 4
Exhibit: WATERFRONT FUTURE: DESIGNING RESILIENCE FOR
AN EPOCH OF RISING TIDES exhibition, Masters of Landscape
Architecture students in Cornell’s Climate-Adaptive Design (CAD)
studio exhibit their designs for Hudson’s South Bay waterfront. Hudson
Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson. (518) 822 1438
Thru August 31
Exhibit: Summer Perspectives. Featuring twelve local artists who are
members of the Tuesday Sketchers Club which has been meeting at
the Library for thirty years and founded and coordinated by Stanley
Maltzman. Open reception on Sunday, July 10, from 2 to 4 pm.
Gallery at the Greenville Public Library, 11177 NY Route 32 near the
intersection of Route 81, Greenville, NY.
July 1, 2 & 3 (DEC)
Theater: CHRISTMAS IN JULY WITH THORNTON WILDER. Kaaterskill
Actors Theater. July 1 & 2 at 7 PM and July 3 at 2 PM. $15 cash at
the door, Doctrow Center for the Arts, Main Street, Hunter, NY. www.
wilderjuly.com.
July 2
GCCA Reading: LAURA LOVING READING AND ARTIST TALK
BACK. Laura Loving, GCCA current solo artist, will read two of her most
popular blog posts and answer questions about her art and process. 3
PM. Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St.,Catskill, NY, 518943-3400 ww.greenearts.org
GCCA Sidewalk Sale! Art and Crafts. 1-4 PM. Dozens of items at a
fraction of cost. Buy incredible art for cheap and support GCCA!!
Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St.,Catskill, NY, 518-9433400 ww.greenearts.org
(CIP) Concert: MACGC FUND RAISING CONCERT. Soprano Galina
Sakhnovskaya, cellist Natalia Khoma, pianists Michael Yanovitsky
and Volodymyr Vynnytsky will perform music by Mozart, Beethoven,
Lysenko, Puccini, Verdi. 8 PM. Reservations 518-989-6479, www.
GrazhdaMusicandArt.org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, NY.
(CIP) Music: THE RAMBLIN JUG STOMPERS SADIE HAWKINS DAY
EXTRAVAGANZA! Funky American string band music at its finest!
7:30 PM, $15, $10 for patrons age 21 and under, and go on sale at
the door one half hour prior to the performance. Bridge Street Theatre
Speakeasy, 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. www.BridgeSt.org or
518-943-3818.
Event: THE 5TH ANNUAL 23ARTS VILLAGE OF TANNERSVILLE
INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVITIES! A full day of festivities, kicking off at
noon with live music by the mountaintop blues rock band WYLD BLU,
plus craft and food vendors lining the street. 3 PM Parade will feature an
appearance by the Pipe Band of Greene County. All businesses, groups
and organizations welcome to join the parade. 3pm. FREE. Make sure
to stick around afterwards for free hot dogs and refreshments at the fire
station! Main Street, Tannersville, NY
Event: WINDHAM ARTS ALLIANCE ART FEST 2016. Displayed works
of over 20 Artists, all of whom will be present to talk about their
creative process, methods and works of art. Silent Auction & Raffles.
10 AM - 5PM. Look for the tents at Christman’s Windham House,
one mile west the Village of Windham, Route 23, Windham, NY
July
3
(CIP) Concert: OMNY TAIKO DRUMMERS. Grammy Award winner Koji
Nakamura and OMNY Taiko’s traditional Japanese taiko drumming. 7
PM, Free Admission. Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center, 6050
Main Street, Village of Tannersville. Catskillmtn.org
23Arts Church Chamber Series: FIREWORKS AND PAGEANTRY.
Featuring Helena Baillie (violin/viola), Maurycy Banaszek (violin/viola)
and Robert Burkhardt (cello). 11:30 AM. FREE! All Souls’ Church,
Junction of Co Rd 23C and 25, Tannersville, NY. www.23Arts.org or
[email protected]
July 5 & 6 (DEC)
Workshop: Surrealist Portrait; With Teaching Artist Mary Young. Ages
8-11. Students will create surrealist portraits in the style of veggieobsessed painter; Guiseppe Arcimbaldo using paint and collage
techniques. Reservations required. 1-2:30PM. FREE. Located at the
Chatham Public Library 11 Woodbridge Ave, Chatham. For more
information visit: [email protected] to make
reservations, call 518-392-3666.
July 6 thru August 28
Exhibit: PERCEPTIONS OF NATURE. Hudson Valley artists Barbara
McGeachen and Peter Keitel. Opening reception on July 16, from
2-4 pm. Call 518-622-9820 if you are planning to stop by to see the
exhibit to ensure that there is accessibility to the conference room.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Agroforestry Resource Center, 6044 RT
23, Acra, NY.
July 8 (DEC)
Concert: BLUES MANEUVER. 7PM. Free. In tent on Green. Jefferson
Maple Museum, Jefferson, NY.
Event: BOUNTY OF THE COUNTY farmers and artisans market. Live
music from MIKE AND THE MONSTERS. 4-8PM. Free. Lasell Hall, Main
and Spring Streets, Village of Schoharie, NY.
July 8 & 9
Event: WEST FULTON PUPPET FESTIVAL. July 8 from 5-8PM & July 9
from 10AM-7PM. . West Fulton, NY.
July 9
(CIP) Music: THE HAMBONES: “BLOOD ON THE TRACKS”.
Retrospective of Bob Dylan’s greatest album in celebration of the 40th
Anniversary of its release and also his 75th birthday. 7:30 PM $15, $10
for patrons age 21 and under, and go on sale at the door one half hour
prior to the performance. Bridge Street Theatre Speakeasy, 44 West
Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. www.BridgeSt.org or 518-943-3818.
Hike: Park naturalist Nancy Engel for a 3 hour hike through John Boyd
Thacher State Park in Voorheesville. Meet in the Paint Mine parking
area, south side of Rt. 157 at 10:30 AM for an 11:00 AM start. If that
lot is full, the Mine Lot parking area is across the street. Bring a lunch,
water and wear good hiking shoes. No dogs or no cats. Register at
[email protected] or call 518-589-6657.
July 9 thru August 14
Exhibit: TIDAL: Patrick Madden. An Exhibition of Drawings and
Paintings of an Estuary, The Hudson, “the River that Flows Both Ways…”
Opening reception July 9, from 5-7pm. 518-822-1438. Hudson Opera
House, Warren Street, Hudson, NY. www.hudsonoperahouse.org
July 10
(CIP) Music: HEARTS CONTENT ENSEMBLE. Musicians from the
Catskill Chamber Orchestra perform works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Ravel,
Albeniz, and Mozart. 3 PM. Tickets $10 and go on sale at the door one
half hour prior to the performance. Bridge Street Theatre Speakeasy,
44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. www.BridgeSt.org or 518-943-3818.
Music: 23Arts Church Chamber Series: DUELING FIDDLES. Violinist
Wayne Lee & violinist Jasmine Lin for a chronological survey of music
written for double violin. 11:30 AM. FREE ADMISSION. All Souls’
Church, Junction of Co Rd 23C and 25, Tannersville, NY. www.23Arts.
org or [email protected]
July 11-15
(DEC) Workshop- Performance: Puppet Camp with Carapace
Farm Puppetry. Ages 8-11. Participants will be immersed in
the world of puppetry by watching puppet shows each day
and making their own puppets using a variety of methods
and techniques. 1-4PM. FREE. Reservations required.
Located at the Chatham Public Library 11 Woodbridge Ave,
Chatham. For more information visit: chathampubliclibrary@
chatham.k12.ny.us to make reservations, call 518-392-3666.
July 11
(DEC) Workshop: “You Come Too” (Robert Frost) accordion
books with a journey. Read, write & create: Art School of
Columbia County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open
to Grades 3-6. 2:30-4:30 PM at Nassau Free Library, Nassau, NY
July 13 - August 17
Exhibit: POINT OF DEPARTURE: ART BEGETS ART. Work selected by
Kiyoshi Ike. Opening Reception: July 16, 5-7 pm. CCCA Warren Street
Gallery, 209 Warren Street, Hudson NY. artscolumbia.org
July 13
Drawing Meditation Class: ZENTANGLE RENAISSANCE; BEYOND
BLACK ON WHITE. Led by Andrea Porrazzo, 6- 8:30 PM. $40 including
materials and supplies. Call 518-828-4181 x3342.
Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23 in Hudson, NY.
July 14 thru August 31
Exhibit: NATURAL ABSTRACTION. Photographer and Artist William
Shaughnasey. Opening reception July 14, 2016 at 5-7 PM. Blue Hill
Gallery. Columba-Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23 in
Hudson, NY.
July
15
(DEC) Concert: TUMBLEWEED HIGHWAY, Full Moon concert at the
Meeting House, an indoor/outdoor venue with panoramic views of the
Schoharie Valley and beyond. BYO basket. $10/under 12 FREE. Landis
Arboretum, Esperance, NY
(DEC) Theater: SONGS AND STORIES OF ITALY. Summer Cultural
and Performing Arts Program presents: Performances by children
participating in program. $5/$15 family. 6PM. Depot Lane Theater,
Schoharie, NY.
(DEC) Lecture: ARTISTS AND FRIENDS COMMUNITY POTLUCK
DINNER AND SLIDE SHARE located at the First Presbyterian Church at
369 Warren Street, Hudson. 6PM. Bring a dish, and a friend! For more
information email [email protected]
Catskill Jazz Factory: HEARTBEAT OF HARLEM. Led by composer,
pianist and producer Marc Cary, and featuring an ensemble of today’s
finest musicians. 8 PM. Admission by Donation. Last Chance Tavern,
6009 Main Street, Tannersville, NY. www.23Arts.org or [email protected]
July
16
(CIP) Gala Concert: WINDHAM CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. F features
pianist Tanya Gabrielian in her Windham debut performing Bach,
Saint-Saens and Finzi, and the Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Robert Manno performing Tchaikovsky’s lush Souvenir
de Florence. Tickets: General: $35, Seniors: $32, Contributors, $30,
Students: $5. Windham Civic Centre Concert Hall. 5379 Main Street
(Route 23) Windham, NY 12496. Reservations and Information: 518734-3868 [email protected] or www.windhammusic.com.
(CIP) Concert: CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT. Anna Rabinova, violin;
Andrey Tchekmazov, cello; Margaret Kampmeier, piano will play
trios by Beethoven, Schumann and P. Shoenfield. 8 PM. $20 , seniors
$15; members $12; students free. Reservations 518-989-6479. www.
GrazhdaMusicandArt.org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y.
(CIP) Music: PETE WAGULA, GUITAR. Virtuoso bottle neck guitarist
7:30 PM. Tickets are $15, $10 for patrons age 21 and under, and go on
sale at the door one half hour prior to the performance. Bridge Street
Theatre Speakeasy, 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. www.BridgeSt.
org or 518-943-3818
(DEC) Theater:bSONGS AND STORIES OF ITALY-15th annual Summer
and Cultural Performing Arts Program. Performances by children
participating in program. $5/$15 family. 4PM with an Italian Dinner to
follow! Depot Lane Theater, Schoharie, NY.
July 16 thru August 28
Exhibit: FIRE: Its role in the history and lives of the people of
the Hudson Valley. Opening reception July 16 from 6-8 PM.
Gallery hours Friday, 3-7 PM, Saturday, 2-7 PM and Sunday
1-4 PM. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens, NY.
July 17
23Arts Church Chamber Series: REDISCOVERING MOZART’S
PIANO. Violinist Wayne Lee returns to Tannersville for an afternoon of
chamber music at All Angels Church alongside fortepianist Mike Lee.
All Angels’ Church. 11:30 AM. FREE ADMISSION. Twilight Park, Haines
Falls, NY. For more info: www.23Arts.org or [email protected]
(CIP) Event: BRONCK FAMILY AT HOME – AMUSEMENTS, Parlor
Prose, Enjoy readings of three historic tales from the Greene County
Catskills, 1pm – 4pm, Adults $7, GCHS Members & Children $3.50.
Bronck Museum, 90 County Route 42, Coxsackie, NY. 518-731-6490
or www.gchistory.org
(DEC) Concert: ERIC LEE, 6:30PM Free. Bunn Mill, Richmondville, NY.
(DEC) Workshop: The Road Less Travelled” (Robert Frost) collaged
maps & landscapes. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to grades 6-8,
from 1-3 pm at Roe-Jan (Roeliff-Jansen) Community Library, RT 22,
Hillsdale, NY
July 19
(DEC)Workshop: “I’ll tell you how the sun rose” (Emily Dickinson)
landscapes & postcards Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to grades K-2,
from 1:30-2:30 pm. New Lebanon Library, New Lebanon, NY.
July
19-21
(DEC)Workshop: Marble Painting & Book Binding with Artist Ulrike
Grannis. Ages 8+. 1-3PM. FREE. Reservations required. Located at
the Chatham Public Library 11 Woodbridge Ave, Chatham. For more
information visit [email protected] to make
reservations, call 518-392-3666.
July 21
Class for Kids: THE SWEETEST SLICE - COOKIE ART. Join culinary
artist Theresa Corrigan in a fun and creative way to design pizza
cookies. 10 AM – 12 PM at the Greenville Library, Route 32, Greenville,
NY. 518-966-8205.
July 22
Catskill Jazz Factory: BORN FROM THE BLUES. 7:30 PM. $25
Admission. Hathaway House, 791 County Road 25, Tannersville, NY.
www.23Arts.org or [email protected]
July 22, 23 & 24
(DEC) Theater: MOTHERHOOD- THE MUSICAL, Theater
Project of Schoharie County. July 22 & 23 at 7:30PM.
July 24 at 2 PM. Tickets thru [email protected]
Golding Middle School Auditorium, Cobleskill, NY.
July 22-24
(CIP) Theater: A KIND SHOT. Former professional basketball player,
model, stripper, and designer Terri Mateer’s autobiographical onewoman show. July 22 & 23 at 7:30 PM and July 24 at 2 PM. Tickets $15,
$10 for patrons age 21 and under, and go on sale at the door one half
hour prior to the performance. Bridge Street Theatre Speakeasy, 44
West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. www.BridgeSt.org or 518-943-3818.
July 23
(CIP) Performance: MOUNTAIN TOP SUMMER RESIDENCY
PERFORMANCE. As a grand finale for this program, the students
will perform in a fully-staged production accompanied by the NDI
Celebration Team of young dancers from New York City. 7 PM, Tickets
are $10. Orpheum Film and Performing Arts Center, 6050 Main Street,
Village of Tannersville.Catskillmtn.org
Concert: PROFESSOR LOUIE OF THE BAND & THE CROWMATIX.
23Arts Jammin’ Blues at the Arboretum. 2 PM. FREE.. Mountain Top
Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville, NY www.23Arts.org
or [email protected]
Hike: WOODLAND VALLEY HISTORY AND GEOLOGY HIKE. Paul
Misko and Bob Titus team up once again for a great hike in Woodland
Valley.Moderate/difficult bushwhack of about 4 miles, 10-4 PM. No dogs
please and absolutely no cats. Register at [email protected]
July 24
(CIP)Talk: KAZIMIR MALEVICH: THE KYIV PERIOD 1928-1930 (2016)
by Tetyana Filevsk presents Malevich’s theoretical legacy, which is first
and foremost connected to the time he spent in Kyiv and in Ukraine.
Kazimir Malevich: The Kyiv Period is unique in that it includes not only
the artist’s well-known publications, but also texts of his that were only
discovered in 2015, when they were found in Kyiv in the archive of artist
Marian Kropyvnytsky. Published in Ukrainian only; the presentation will
be conducted in Ukrainian. 1:30 PM Reservations 518-989-6479. www.
GrazhdaMusicandArt.org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y.
(DEC) Concert: DOWN WITH THE RENT! 2PM. Free. Jefferson Maple
Museum, Jefferson.
Concert:
UPPER
CATSKILL
QUARTET
“Tour
of
Europe.” 6:30PM. Free. Bunn Mill, Richmondville, NY.
Event: THE BEAUTY OF SONG. Acclaimed pianist Babette Hierholzer
returns to the mountaintop for a performance of Schumann’s
‘Dichterliebe’ alongside Swiss baritone Äneas Humm. 11:30
AM, FREE ADMISSION. Haines Falls Methodist Church, 45 North
Lake Road, Haines Falls, NY www.23Arts.org or [email protected]
Opera: LATIN EMBRACE: TANGO, ANYONE? A solo program of Latin
American music performed by Argentine pianist, Rosa Antonelli. 2pm.
$45 per person, includes buffet dinner and performance. Reservations
at 201-863-8724 or 518-622-0070. www.altocanto.org or icpainc@
optonline.net. Altamura Center for the Arts, 404 Winter Clove Road,
Round Top, NY.
July 25
(DEC) Workshop: Hunter Stone Carving Seminar. ONGOING through
August 6th. A FREE, 2 WEEK Stone Carving Seminar located on the
grounds of the Hunter Town Hall. No reservations required. 9-6PM.
Come for an afternoon, or the entire two week workshop! Personal
Safety gear not provided. Plan to bring eye and ear protection, and
dust mask. For more information visit [email protected]
or call 518-989-6356.
(DEC) Workshop: “The Road Less Travelled” (Robert Frost) collaged
maps & landscapes. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to graded 6-8.
From 4-6 pm at Nassau Free Library, Nassau, NY
July 26
(DEC) Workshop: “You Come Too” (Robert Frost) accordion books
with a journey. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia County’s
free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to grade 3-6, from 1:303:30 pm. New Lebanon Library, New Lebanon, NY.
July 29
Catskill Jazz Factory: THE JOY OF SAX. Jazz organist Pat Bianchi,
guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Kenny Washington 7:30pm,
$25 Admission. Villa Vosilla, 6302 Main Street, Tannersville, NY.
www.23Arts.org or [email protected]
July 29 & 30
(DEC) Theater: THE PLAY’S THE THING! As part of the Summer
Cultural and Performing Arts Program, The Depot Lane Youth Players
will perform an original adaptation of an Italian folktale- using
improvisational theater techniques. Directed by Paul Lamar. 6PM.
$5/$10 family. Depot Lane Theater, Schoharie, NY. Ice cream social will
follow July 30 performance.
July 30- September 17
Exhibit: WEARABLE ARTS group exhibition.Opening Reception, July 30,
from 5-7 pm. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY.Gallery
Hours: M-F 10-5, Sat. 12-5. FREE. www.greenearts.org, 518-943-3400
July 30 thru September 7
Exhibit: THE PLACE YOU CALL HOME. Featuring Maya Farber, Olive
Farrell, Joseph Keiffer, and Michael Toole. Opening Reception, July
30 from 5– 7:30 pm. Hours Friday & Saturday noon-7 PM, Sunday
noon-4 PM. Call 518-734-6850, [email protected], www.
windhamfinearts.com. Gallery on Main, 5380 Main Street, Windham, NY.
July 30
(CIP) Concert: MANHATTAN IN THE MOUNTAINS FACULTY
CONCERT. Concert presented by faculty and students of Manhattan
in the Mountains. 8 PM. Tickets purchased ahead: $25; $20 seniors; $7
students; Tickets at the door: $30; $25 seniors; $7 students. Doctorow
Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter. Catskillmtn.org
(CIP) Theatre: MARRIAGE. Halyna Stefanova, the noted actress
from Kyiv, will stage a monodrama based on the correspondence
between the renowned Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko and his wife
Olha Khoruzhynska. Presented in Ukrainian.Tickets $20; seniors
$15 members $12; students free. For reservations and additional
information, please call (518) 989-6479. 8 PM. www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.
org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y
Event: EVERYBODY DRUM, EVERYBODY DANCE: SPECIAL EVENT
WITH KUUMBA DANCE & DRUM, Fmily Kuumba dance and drumming
workshop. Free and open to the public. 11am – 1pm Hudson Opera
House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson., NY. hudsonoperahouse.org
July 31
(DEC) Workshop: “You Come Too” (Robert Frost) accordion books
with a journey. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia County’s
free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to Grades 3-6, from 1-3
pm at Roe-Jan (Roeliff-Jansen) Community Library, RT 22, Hillsdale, NY
(DEC) Concert: KRISTINA JOHNSON TRIO. 2PM. Free. Bandstand
on the Green, Jefferson Maple Museum, Jefferson, NY.
August 1 thru 5
Thank you to our
Members & Donors
As a not-for-profit, community-based 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 AuxillaryMohican 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; HunterWindham 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;
(CIP) Courses in Ukrainian Folk Arts: DRAMA TECHNIQUE.
Actress Halyna Stefanova will focus on the proper elocution, diction
and expressiveness of Ukrainian language in performance (poetry
recitation, stage plays, public speaking etc.). Open to adults and
children above the age of 10. 10 AM- Noon. Conducted in Ukrainian.
$75. Registration deadline July 20. 518-263-4670 or melanieserbay@
yahoo.com. Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y www.
GrazhdaMusicandArt.org.
(CIP) Courses in Ukrainian Folk Arts: WEAVING. Instructor Vasyl Nayd
teaches the basics of tapestry weaving on a lap frame loom a 10.a.m.12:30 p.m. in. All materials will be provided. Open to adults and
children above the age of 10. $75. Registration deadline July 20. Call
518-263-4670 or [email protected]. www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.
org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y.
(DEC) DANCE CAMP FOR KIDS. 9AM Noon. Free. Maple Museum,
Jefferson, NY.
August 1-12 (CIP)
Concert: MUSIC AT GRAZHDA – MEMORIAL CONCERT. Dedicated
to the 90th birthday of MAC Founder, composer Ihor Sonevytsky.
Featureing Oleh Chmyr, baritone; violinist Anna Rabinova; cellist
Natalia Khoma; pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky; composer Myroslav
Skoryk will perform music by Sonevytsky, Skoryk, Chopin and Mozart.
$20; seniors $15; members $12; students free. For reservations and
additional information, 8 PM. www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org, Grazhda
Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y.
August 2
(DEC) Workshop & Performance: The Tortoise and the Hare with
Carapace Farm Puppetry, with life sized marionettes! Participants
will also make their own paper puppets. Ages 5-7. 10:15AM.
FREE. Reservations required. Located at the Chatham Public
Library 11 Woodbridge Ave, Chatham. For more information visit:
[email protected] to make reservations, call
518-392-3666.
August 5
Concert: RAGTIME AND THE BIRTH OF JAZZ. 7:30 PM, $25 Admission.
Catskill Jazz Factory, Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center, 6050
Main Street, Tannersville, NY 12485. www.23Arts.org, [email protected]
August 6
(CIP) Music: LET’S MISBEHAVE: A COLE PORTER SOIREE. 8 PM.
Tickets are $20, $10 for patrons 21 and under. BrownPaperTickets.com
or 800-838-3006 or at the door one half hour prior to the performance
on a space available basis. Bridge Street Theatre Speakeasy, 44 W.
Bridge Street, Catskill. www.BridgeSt.org or call 518-943-3818.
(CIP) Concert; IGUDESMAN AND JOO: AND NOW MOZART. Mozart
meets Monty Python. 8 PM. Tickets purchased ahead: $25; $20 seniors;
$7 students; Tickets at the door: $30; $25 seniors; $7 students. CMF.
Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter.
www.catskillmtn.org
Family FRIENDLY EVENT: HUNTER FIRE COMPANY 4TH ANNUAL
BLOCK PARTY. Old time carnival event featuring a local D.J., local live
band; 90 Proof. Food, beverages, raffles, and games, and fire company
souvenirs. FREE 3-10 PM. D.J. from 3 to 6:30 PM and Live Band, 90
Proof 7-10 PM. Hunter Fire House. 17 Bridge St. Hunter, NY. 518-5894012.
(DEC) Workshop: Far from Home” (Robert Frost) mapping in handstitched pamphlets. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to grades 9-12,
from 1-3 pm at Roe-Jan (Roeliff-Jansen) Community Library, RT 22,
Hillsdale, NY
Hike: HUNTER MOUNTAIN HIKE. Catskill 4000 Club hike leader
Paul Misko will lead us up the Catskill’s second highest peak,. VERY
strenuous hike of about 8 miles. 9:30 AM – 5 PM. No dogs or cats.
Register at [email protected]
August 7
(DEC) Theater: Horton by the Stream presents: Three, One-Act Plays
by Horton Foote: The Road to the Graveyard, The Dearest of Friends
and Spring Dance! Performance begins at 2PM at 2pm at Carvers Barn
in Tannersville. Free Admission! Carvers Barn is located at 27 Green Hill
Road, first property on left up green hill road, first sharp Right at Elka
Park Post Office in Elka Park, Tannersville. 12427. Call 646-206-7172 for
more information.
Concert: 23ARTS CHURCH CHAMBER SERIES: SOUNDS OF BRAZIL.
Featuring Chris Washburne, André Mehmari, Evan Christopher. 11:30
AM, FREE ADMISSION. All Souls’ Church, Junction of Co Rd 23C and
25, Tannersville, NY 12485 www.23Arts.org, [email protected]
Opera: HEROES AND HEROINES. John Sigerson will conduct the
Inter-Cities Chamber Ensemble in Verdi’s famous operatic arias. 2 pm.
$45 per person, includes buffet dinner and performance. Reservations
at 201-863-8724 or 518-622-0070. www.altocanto.org or icpainc@
optonline.net. Altamura Center for the Arts, 404 Winter Clove Road,
Round Top, NY
Exhibit: FUGUES: A Solo Exhibit by llona Sochynsky is on exhibit at the
Kaaterskill Fine Arts & Crafts Gallery in Hunter Village through August
7, 2016.The public is incited to meet and greet the artist at the opening
reception on Saturday, July 2, from 1-3 PM. Hours thereafter are Friday
and Saturday, 10 AM - 4 PM; Sunday, 10 AM - 3 PM. Kaaterskill Gallery
7950 Main Street, Hunter, NY 12442.; 518-263-2060; www.catskillmtn.
org.
August 8-12
(CIP) Courses in Ukrainian Folk Arts: EMBROIDERYWORKSHOP.
Various skill levels from beginner to expert. 10 am-12:30 pm.
Instructor Lubow Wolynetz. Open to adults and children age 10
and above. All materials provided. $75. Registration deadline July
25. Please call (518)293-4670) [email protected]. www.
GrazhdaMusicandArt.org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, NY.
August 8
Class for Kids: DECORATED POETIC RABBITS. After being read a
poem from the book “Runny Babbit” by Shel Siverstein children will
create and embellish there own rabbit and poem. 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
at the Greenville library, Route 32, Greenville, NY. 518-966-8205
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 Advisory Groups
of NY; Peter Margolius, Esq.; Mark Bronstein-Markertec; Marshall & Sterling
Upstate, Inc; Massage ‘n Mind; Merko Motion Pictures, Inc.; Mental Health
Association of Columbia-Greene Counties, 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.
In Memoriam
Anonymous in Memory Rev. Richard Pruiksma
Todd Whitley in Memory Enrique Govantes, father of Kico Govantes
Lifetime Members (for Distinguished Service)
Sue Bain, Stephan Bardfield, Athena Billias, Nettie Brink, Teri PassarettiDrumgold, Judith Gomory, John Griffin, Robert Hervey, Eve & James
Hines, Elizabeth Jacks, Kathleen Johannesen, Pamela Jones, Kathy Kenny,
Erika M. Klein, David Kukle, Deborah J. Kulich, Keith A. Lampman, John
Lees & Ruth Leonard, Terez Limer, Frank & Trudy Litto, Norman Mackey,
Ellen & Henry Mahnken, Fawn Potash, Vivian Ruoff, Kiki Smith, Karl Anis &
Kay Stamer, Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation
Patrons and Benefactors
Alan Gosule & Nina Matis, Anne Miller & Stuart Breslow, Maya M. Farber,
Lisa Fox Martin, James A. & Phyllis W. Parrish, Daniel N. Arshack & Nancey
Rosensweig, Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Royce, David & Jean Slutzky
Supporters
Gilbert & Mary Ann Bagnell, Susan Law Dake-Stewarts Shops, Stephen &
Jackie Dunn, Peter & Sarah D. Finn, Tom & Linda Gentalen, Michel Goldberg,
Robert & Ann Hallock, Keith A. Lampman, Wayne D. & Veronika H. Marquoit,
Charles Rosen & Duke Dang, Charles B. & Natasha Slutzky, Michael & Sandy
Smith, Robin & Marty Smith, Robert & Judith Sheridan
August 9
(DEC) Workshop: “You Come Too” (Robert Frost) accordion books
with a journey. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia County’s
free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to Grades 3-6, from 2-4
pm. Valatie Free Library, Valatie, NY
August 10
(DEC) Workshop: “I’ll tell you how the sun rose” (Emily Dickinson)
landscapes & postcards. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program.Open to grades K-2 ,
from 2-3 pm. Valatie Free Library, Valatie, NY
(DEC) Concert: KIM AND REGGIE HARRIS part of Not So Quiet Music
Series. 7PM. Suggested donation. Middleburgh Library, Middleburgh, NY.
August 12
Concert: FICTIONS: BORGES IN TANGO.Join the Catskill Jazz Factory
for this musical tribute to Borges’ fictions within the romance, flair, and
mythical violence of tango. 7:30 PM, $25 Admission. Orpheum Film
& Performing Arts Center, 6050 Main Street, Tannersville, NY 12485
www.23Arts.org, [email protected]
August 13
GCCA Event: WEARABLE ARTS FASHION SHOW! Fundraiser Event
for Greene County Council on the Arts Visual Arts Program. If you’ve
always wanted to attend a fashion show, here’s your chance! Come
watch models wear pieces by artists exhibiting in the Wearable Arts
exhibit in the gallery, as well as other artists. Buy unique one-of-a-kind
fashion statements. Mingle with high fashion designers, artists and
personalities. This promises to be a never-seen-before event that you
don’t want to miss! Watch for Details!! Greene County Council on the
Arts, 398 Main St.,Catskill, NY, 518-943-3400 ww.greenearts.org
(DEC) Theater: HORTON BY THE STREAM PRESENTS: THREE, ONEACT PLAYS BY HORTON FOOTE: THE ROAD TO THE GRAVEYARD.
The Dearest of Friends and Spring Dance! Performance begins at
2PM Carvers Barn in Tannersville. Bring picnics and lawn chairs!
Performances held indoors in case of inclement weather. Free
Admission! Carvers Barn is located at 27 Green Hill Road, first property
on left up green hill road, first sharp Right at Elka Park Post Office in
Elka Park, Tannersville. 12427. Call 646-206-7172 for more information.
(CIP) Concert: Trio Solisti. WINDHAM CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL..
Maria Bachman, violin, Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello, Adam Neiman,
piano, Jennifer Higdon: Trio #1, Ravel: Piano Trio Arensky: Piano Trio
in D Minor.Tickets: General: $25, Seniors: $22, Contributors, $20,
Students: $5. Windham Civic Centre Concert Hall. 5379 Main Street
(Route 23) Windham, NY 12496. Reservations and Information: 518734-3868 [email protected] or www.windhammusic.com.
(DEC) Workshop: “I’ll tell you how the sun rose” (Emily Dickinson)
landscapes & postcards. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to grades K-2 from
1-2 pm at Roe-Jan (Roeliff-Jansen) Community Library,RT22,Hillsdale,NY.
(CIP) Concert: MUSIC AT GRAZHDA – CHILDREN’S RECITAL. Pupils
of the two-week Ukrainian singing course under the direction of
Anna Bachynsky will perform songs and recitations. All tickets
$5. 7 PM. Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y. www.
GrazhdaMusicandArt.org,
Dance: MONUMENT, Hudson Opera House field trip to Jacob’s Pillow
and dance performance by Hudson-based choreographer Adam H.
Weinert, with music by Chris Garneau. Tickets $85, includes round trip
coach transportation, a center orchestra seat, and a reception with the
artists. Performances 2.15 pm & 8.15pm, Call Hudson Opera House for
tickets and departure information 518-822-1438
August 13 & 14, 2016
Exhibit: TWILIGHT PARK ARTISTS HOLD 69TH ANNUAL ART
EXHIBITION. Free to exhibiting Artists and children. $10 Public which
includes all the weekend’s Art Show events. Visit www.twilightpark.com
for more information.
August 13 – 20
Concert: ETHEL, the string quartet of now, building connection and
community through innovative collaborations, ETHEL is this summer’s
artist-in-residence. During their residency, ETHEL will be working on
Circus!, a new work inspired by the magic of the Big Top through a
seamless interaction between original music and the animating forces
of new technology. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson.
(518) 822 1438
August 14
(CIP) Film: AQUARIUM IN THE SEA. Meet the filmmaker! Premiere
of the documentary film Aquarium in the Sea.” Filmmaker Oleksandr
Fraze-Frazenko presents his documentary on the Literary New York
Group of the 1960s and 1970s. www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org,
Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, N.Y.
(DEC) Workshop: 10th Annual 2016 Hudson Jazz Workshop. Jazz
Master Class with Chris Washburne. Located at Hudson Jazzworks
Studio, 338 Kipp Road Hudson. 10:30-12:30. $10 Adults, Free for
Students, Reservations required. For more information call 518-8221640 pr visit: www.hudsonjazzworks.org
(DEC) Theater: Horton by the Stream presents: Three, One-Act Plays
by Horton Foote: The Road to the Graveyard, The Dearest of Friends
and Spring Dance! Performance begins at 2PM at 2pm at Carvers
Barn in Tannersville. Weather providing, we welcome you to bring
picnics and lawn chairs! Performances will be held indoors in case
of inclement weather. Free Admission! Carvers Barn is located at 27
Green Hill Road, first property on left up green hill road, first sharp
Right at Elka Park Post Office in Elka Park, Tannersville. 12427. Call 646206-7172 for more information.
August 14
(DEC) Concert: 10th Annual Hudson Jazz Workshop Concert with
Armen Donelian, Marc Mommaas and Guest Chris Washburne. With
Pre-Concert Symposium FREE! Event located at the Hudson Opera
House, 327 Warren Street Hudson. 3:00-5:30PM. Concert $10 Adult
admission, Students Free. Reservations recommeneded. For more
information call 518-822-1438 or visit www.hudsonoperahouse.org
(DEC) Concert: MAGPIE presented by The Richmondville Historical
Society. 6:30PM. Free. Bunn Mill, Richmondville, NY.
Sponsors
Donna L. & William Barrett, Deborah Allen & Robert Hoch, Ava Barbour,
June Faulkner Battisti, Ernest & Naomi Blum, Marianne Lockwood & David Bury, Clesson & Jean Bush, Samantha F. Butts, Dina Bursztyn & Julie
Chase, Richard & Rosalie Churchill, Ann L. Clapper, Frank Cuthbert, William
L. Deane, Pat Doudna, Owen Lipstein & Maggie Fine/Shakespeare on the
Hudson, Yechiam Gal, Ginnie Gardiner, Barry & Gloria Garfinkel, Tom &
Linda Gentalen, Frank Guido, Warren & Eden Hart, Olivia Stebbins-Hopkins & David Hopkins, Karen A. Hopkins, Patricia Feinman & Arthur Klein,
Eleanor B. Alter & Dr. Allan M. Lans, Paul & Cynthia LaPierre, Anna Contes
& Doug Maguire, Ronnie McCue, Mrs. Clarence B. Moon, Tod Ottman,
Jennifer Houston & Lawrence Perl, Richard Philp, Planet Arts, Penelope
Queen, Thomas F. Rowe, Robert & Judith Sheridan, David Slutzky, Robin A.
Stapley, Paul & Sheila Trautman, Guy and Dale Loughran & Donna Trunzo,
Nancy Ursprung, Patrick & Stephanie Walsh, Barbara L. Walter, Mary C. &
Sheldon Warshow
Friend/Business
Yechiam Gal/Atelier Progressif, Sue Chapman & Robert Brooke, Butler/
Dr. Prokchop, Kimberly Darling/Empowered Body, Hedy & Martin Feit,
Elizabeth Gioja/Pine Ridge Farm LLC, Frank Giorgini, Jim Hallenbeck,
Chris & Jenny Post, Tom Sardo, Thomas & Joan Satterlee, Carol SlutzkyTenerowicz, Steven Patersen & John Sowle/Kaliuga Arts, Brent D. & Donna
C. Wheat
Family/Non-Profit Organization Members
23Arts Initiative, Kara Thurmond & Andrew Amelinckx, Terry Lamacchia
& Tom Bellino, Albert Scott & Tracy Berwick, Matina, Athena & Chris
Billias, Stephanie Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Dan & Jill Burkholder, E.A.
Kafkalas and Rita & John Carver, Dot & Joe Chast, Clarion Concerts in
Columbia County, Inc., Ian & Becky Corcoran, Walter Lee & Eleanor Coyle,
Thomas Culp, Lawry Swidler & Ulla Darni, Christine & Sean Doolan, Esq.,
Gail Dorrance, Dan & Lee Fenn, Marty Birnbaum & Patti Ferrara, Katie
Hartsough & Tristan Fitch, Vera Gaidoch, Janis Pforsich & Larry T. Gillaspie,
Emanuel A. & Marie C. Greco, Greene County Historical Society, Linda
& Charles Greene Room Players, Sandra HRC Showcase Theatre, Cheryl
Jazz in GTown, Joseph & Mary Pesez Kames, Scott, Jean, Zoe & Ania
Keidong, Daniel M. & Liz Kirkhus, Dana Pielet & Dan Kohn, Lawrence J.
& Pam Krajeski, Mary Lackaff, Millicent LeCount, Larry Tompkins & Mara
Lehmann, Sandra Levey, Jeffrey Rovitz & Barbara Lubell, M. Golczewski &
R. Manno/ WCMF, Cathy Morris & Daniel Marcus, Gwenn Mayers, Dennis
Aquino & Richard Milstein, James and Michelle Moran, Patti & Richard
Morrow, Elin Menzies & Debra Moskowitz, Joyce Lissandrello & Edward
Nettleton, Dennis & Judy O’Grady, John Garofalo & Peter I. O’Hara, Don
McKinney & Ken Polinskie, Paul & Cathy Poplock, Kenneth Tsukada &
Cynthia A. Putorti, Lori & Dan Rothstein, Charles & Ruth Sachs, Daniela
Schoharie Creek Players, Lucia Scull-Ennassef, Vincent & Gwen Seeley,
Laura and Peter Segall, Colleen & Justin Shull, Jeanette Fintz & D. Jack
Solomon, David & Judy Spring, Richard Perreault & Brenda Taylor, Kevin
Van Hentenryck, Marion Hunter & Uel Wade, Water Street Arts Studio,
Chad Weckler, Richard & Lou Wengenroth, Reginald & Lois A. Willcocks,
Leslie & Daniel Yolen
Senior, Student Individual
Cindy R. Adams-Kornmeyer, Nora Adelman, Eunice Agar, Carol Allen,
Dave Allen, Alfred Al’s Gazebo’s, Else M. Andersen, Theodore O. Anderson, Jr., Janet Angelis, Maureen & Steven Anshanslin, Guy Apicella, J.H.
Aronson, Deborah Artman, Ritva Babcock, Drew Baldomar, Beverly A.
Barber, Francine Barbet, Sarah Barker, Theresa Barth, Paul Barton, Joshua
Bate, Kirsten Bates, Winifred P. Behrendt, Madeline Behrmann, David Bernstein, Lois Binetsky, Kristy Bishop, Thomas Bonville, Annie Borgenicht,
Kenneth E. Bovat, Jr., Amanda Boyd-Grout, Charity K. Brauchler, Dawn
Breeze, James M. Brisciana, Patricia Britton, Emily Brooks, Richard F. &
Janet Brooks, Allen Bryan, Ross Burhouse, Alicia Burnett, Rita Buttiker,
Concert: 23 ARTS TRI-PARK CONCERT. An Afternoon of Great
Piano Trios! Featuring Jonathan Yates (piano), Charles Yang (violin),
Clancy Newman (cello). 11:30 AM, FREE ADMISSION. Pratt’s Place,
26 Santa Cruz Road, Twilight Park, Haines Falls, NY. www.23Arts.org,
[email protected]
August 19
(DEC) Lecture: Artists and Friends Community PotLuck Dinner and
Slide Share located at the First Presbyterian Church at 369 Warren
Street, Hudson. 6PM. Bring a dish, and a friend! For more information
email [email protected]
(DEC) Concert: RED HAIRED STRANGERS. Assortment of covers and
original Country-Blues. BYO basket. $10pp /under 12 Free. Meeting
House, Landis Arboretum, Esperance, NY.
August 19-28
(CIP) Theater: FLO HAYLE DIRECTS KATHLEEN DEVINE AND
CAEDMON HOLLAND In this wickedly witty and touching trip down
the yellow brick road of Judy Garland’s legendary life. Fridays and
Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. Special “Pay-What-YouCan” performance Sunday August 21. $20, $10 for patrons age 21.
BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006. Tickets on sale at the
door one half hour prior to each performance on a space available
basis. www.BridgeSt.org or call 518-943-3818. Bridge Street Theatre
Speakeasy, 44 West Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill, NY.
August 20
(CIP) Concert: MUSIC AT GRAZHDA – JAZZTET CONCERT. Peter
Nelson, trombone; Steven Feifke, piano; Devin Starks, bass; Darrian
Douglas, drums; Marta Bagratuni, vocalist, perform oldies and
contemporary jazz works. $20; seniors $15; members $12; students
free. 8 PM. Reservations 518-989-6479. www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.
org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett, NY.
(CIP) Concert: DIVAS UNLEASHED. WINDHAM CHAMBER MUSIC
FESTIVAL. Michelle Jennings, soprano, Maria Todaro, mezzo-soprano,
Joshua Tanis, piano. Tickets: General: $25, Seniors: $22, Contributors,
$20, Students: $5. Windham Civic Centre Concert Hall. 5379 Main
Street (Route 23) Windham, NY 12496. Reservations and Information:
518-734-3868 [email protected] or www.windhammusic.com.
(CIP) Event: BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON, the pleasures
& perils of the night life in times past, period refreshments &
entertainment, 7:30pm, Adults $8, GCHS Members & Children $4.
Bronck Museum, 90 County Route 42, Coxsackie, NY. 518-731-6490
or www.gchistory.org
(CIP) Performance: MENDELSSOHN: HIS LIFE IN VIOLIN SONATAS,
featuring violinist Abigail Karr and forte-pianist Yi-heng Yang. 2:30 PM.
Tickets Purchased Ahead: $25; $20 seniors; $7 students; At the Door:
$30; $25 seniors; $7 students. CMF. Piano Performance Museum,
Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter, NY.
Catskillmtn.org
(DEC) Concert: IRIDESENSE, 7PM, Maple Museum, Jefferson, NY.
August 20 – September 25
Exhibit: LIGHTFIELD: A FESTIVAL OF VISUAL ART, Photography, film,
video, virtual reality and computational art, curated by Anna van Lenten
and Joanna Lehan. Free and open to the public. Opening reception
Saturday, August 20, 5-7pm. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St,
Hudson, (518) 822 1438
August 21
(CIP) Lecture: THE FREDERICK COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL
PIANOS with Patricia Frederick and Edmund Michael, accompanied by
forte-pianist Yi-heng Yang. 2 PM. Tickets: $10; $7 students. CMF. Piano
Performance Museum, Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street,
Village of Hunter, NY. Catskillmtn.org
August 23
(DEC) Workshop: “The Road Less Travelled” (Robert Frost) collaged
maps & landscapes. Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to grades 6-8,
from 1:30-3:30 pm. New Lebanon Library, New Lebanon, NY.
August 27
(DEC) Workshop: “I’ll tell you how the sun rose” (Emily Dickinson)
landscapes & postcards Read, write & create: Art School of Columbia
County’s free K-12 “Art in the Library” Program. Open to K-Grade 2.
9-10 AM. Claverack Public Library, Claverack, NY.
(CIP) Concert: MUSIC AT GRAZHDA – DUO PIANO CONCERT.
Husband & wife piano-duo Anna and Dmytro Shelest play works by
Lysenko, Revutsky, Gershwin, Zhuk and others. Tickets $20; seniors
$15; members $12; students – free. 8 PM. Reservations 518-989-6479.
www.GrazhdaMusicandArt.org, Grazhda Concert Hall, Rt. 23A, Jewett,
NY.
(CIP) Concert: TALL HEIGHTS FOLK MUSIC DUO, featuring cellist
and vocaist Paul Wright and guitarist and vocalist Tim Harrington.
8 PM. Tickets purchased ahead: $25; $20 seniors; $7 students;
At the door: $30; $25 seniors; $7 students. Doctorow Center for
the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter, NY catskillmtn.org
Hike: LOWELL THING PRESENTATION & BOOK SIGNING. Black Dome
Author Lowell Thing, will speak about his book Jervis McEntee. His
books, Jervis McEntee, Kingston’s Artist of the Hudson River School and
The Street That Built a City will be available for sale and for signing by
Mr. Thing at the reception following his presentation. 7 PM, a donation
of $5 is suggested. Ulster & Delaware Train Station, 43510 NY-28,
Arkville, NY.
August 28
Concert: MOZART’S WOMEN, featuring actress/soprano Gudrun
Bühler, mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna, pianist Rosa Antonelli, and soloist
Francisca Mendoza, 2 PM, $45per person. Includes buffet dinner
and performance, 10% discount on groups of 10, 5% discount on
early reservations. Call 201-863-8724 or 518-622-0070, or visit www.
altocanto.org, [email protected]. Altamura Center for the Arts,
404 Winter Clove Road, Round Top, NY.
(DEC) Concert: A CELEBRATION OF STRINGS.2PM. Free. Maple
Museum, Jefferson, NY.
Heather F. Butts, Laura Cannamela, Jen Cannel, William A. Carbone, William Cash, Yolanda Cataldo, Helen Caunitz, Virginia Chakejian, Denise B.
Chandler, Nicole Furnee & Tom Chulak, Ann Cooper, Theresa Corrigan,
Liza Corsillo, Donn Critchell, Linda Cross, Regina Daly, Carrie Dashow,
Regina C. Davis, Shelley Davis, Nancy Delaney, Nicole Lemelin & Terrance
DePietro, Tasha Depp, Amanda Devine, Brian DeWan, Thomas Dobbins,
Claudia Dollerd, Wendy Doney, Francis X. Driscoll, Sandra Dutton, Philip
Eberlein, Timothy Ebneth, Anne Emerman, Christina Plattner Evola, Carrie
Feder, Lorri Field, Susan Fowler-Gallagher, Reidunn Fraas, David Fried,
Jeff Friedman, Stuart Friedman, Suzanne Gardner, Laura Garramone, Page
C. Ginns, Daniela Marino Goldberg, Mildred Goldberg, Maximilian Goldfarb, Harry Gottlieb, Donna Gould, Enrique Govantes, Judith Graham,
Martin & Carolyn Gresack, Martin & Carolyn Gresack, Allen Grindle, Nancy Groff, Paul W. Gromadzki, Jane Guterman, Marilyn H. Hagberg, Sonia
Hairabedian, Christine Simoneau Hales, Karen Halvorsen, Kate Hamilton,
Jeannine Hanibal, Elizabeth Hansen, Robert Hayden, Charles Heckheimer,
Jeanne Heiberg, Mary Ann Heinzen, Ginny Herdick, Joanne Herdick, Mary
Ellen Hern, Heron and Earth Design, Rebecca Hoff, Django Houston,
Adam Hoyt, Christine Hughes, Paige A. Ingalls, Caitlin Ippolito, Nina Rosa
Irwin, Robert L. & Sherell Jacobson, Ellen Jahoda, Annette Jaret, David
Jeffery, Diane & Bill Johns, Galen Joseph-Hunter, Ellen Jouret-Epstein,
Sandy Dea Jue, Theo Kamecke, Linda Karlsson, Peter Keitel, Gretchen
Kelly, Tina A. Kiernan, Pamela King-Belfor, Hanna Kisiel, Paul Kmiotek,
Itoko Kobayashi, Maria Kolodziej-Zincio, Kathryn Kosto, Anna M. Kostro,
David Krein, Susan Kukle, Jene Laman, Rita J. Landy, Claudia Lane, Eleanor T. Lane, John Laurenzi, Lori A. Lawrence, Meryl Learnihan, Louise
LeBrun, Joanna Fay Shaughnessy Leis, Lisa Leone-Beers, J. David Lesenger, Kay Levine, Ellen Levinson, Joan Blazis Levitt, Peter C. Liman, Harriet
Livathinos, Suzenne Gwen Lizst, Sally Lyon, Arlene Nashman Maben, Susan
Martin Maffei, Norm Magnussen, Susie Maguire, Walter Mahar, P.J. Maisano, Gretchen Binder Mallory, Susan Mangam, Gail Marowitz, Heather
Martin, Joy Martin, Al Massa, Barbara L. Masterson, Alan Maurer, Barbara
McGeachen, Kathy McGlone, Marcus McGregor, Donna Williams & Kim
McLean, Jean Meadow, Chris Meehan, Marie Meehan, Eva Melas, Susan
Miiller, Alyson & Patrick Milbourn, Carol K. Miller, Janet D. Miller, Ron Miller, Laura Morgan, Mike Morrill, Ann Morris, Grey Ivor Morris, Michael & Judith Moss, Slink Moss, Wendy Moss, Owen Mower, Mary Mundy, Barbara
Nadler, Susan Nicolini, Renee Nied, Steven Nielsen, Susan Nowogrodzki,
Nancy Orr, Jerry Orter, Nancy Marie Payne, Catherine Penna, Ellen Perantoni, Regine Petrosky, Elissa Pignataro, Lynda Pisano, Alban Plotkin, Andrea Porrazzo-Nangle, Sharon Poucher, Beverly Prest, Phillip Provataris,
Sandra Pysher, Sharon K. and John Quinn, Joan Razickas, Joseph Reilly,
Monica Restaino, Judy Reynolds, Gunnel Reznikoff, Karen F. Rhodes,
Leah Rhodes, Valerie Richmond, Patrick Rickson, Christin Ripley, Ruth
Robbins, Katherina Renee Roberts, Linda Romanchuk, Larry Russ, John C.
Russell, Louise Ryder, Helen Sacco, Charles & Ruth Sachs, Arlene Santana,
Carole Sayle, Kenneth Schiff, Carol Schilansky, Paul Schneck, Julianne M.
Schofield, Paul Schuchman, Brad Schwebler, Sam Sebren, Gary Charles
Shankman, Emily Sheffer, Arlene Sibley, Ave Siecinski, Amy Silberkleit,
Ruby Silvious, Denis Sivack, Paul Smart, Leigh Ann Smith, Cheryl Snyder,
Donna L. Speenburgh, Stephen St. John, Joan Starr, Jaroslawa Stasiuk,
Robert Stauffer, Jeanne Strausman, Draga Susanj, Candy Systra, Hudson
Talbott, Carol Swierzowski & Richard Talcott, Norma Tan, Ken Tannenbaum,
Debra Teator, Rosalind Tobias, Marianne Tully, Willard Ulmer, Maureen
Van Deusen, Joanne Van Genderen, Tara M. Van Roy, Marlene Y. Vidibor,
Marie Villavecchia, Karl J. Volk, Jersey Waltz, Donna Wasilewski, Carol
Watkins & Tim Watkins, Jacqueline Weaver, Amy White, Valerie A. White,
Todd Whitley, Susan S. Williams, Wendy Ide Williams, Jonathan Wilner,
Shebar Windstone, Marcia Witte, Joy Wolf, David Woodin, Jonathan B.
Woodin, Woodstock Graphics Studio, Eric Wybenga, Audrey Wyman,
Arthur Yanoff, Joan W. Young, Mary Young, Eugenie Barron Ytarte, Edna M.
Zelasko, Lawrence L. Zinno, Jeannine Zwoboda
THANK YOU ARTS ALIVE ANGEL:
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Helping to underwrite production of this publication
Landis
Arboretum
hosts
Tumbleweed Highway on July
15, 2016 at 7 PM in The Meeting
House. The concert takes place at
The Meeting House at 174 Lape
Road in Esperance, NY. Tickets for
members and non-members are $10
and kids 12 and under are FREE!
Inspired by everyone from
Gram Parsons to W.C. Handy,
Tumbleweed Highway brings a
distinctly Mississippi sound with
them wherever they play. There’s a
hearty dose of Memphis shuffle, a
little Muscle Shoals boogie-woogie,
and at the delta, a good liberal
sprinkling of creole zydeco powder.
Sprinkle on a heavy dash of Outlaw
Country and Southern Rock, and.....
BAM!!
You have Tumbleweed
Highway, and a music genre they call
Cosmic Country!! Though the inspiration is the diminutive Chenango
River in Upstate New York, not the
Big Muddy, its still river music: laid
back, welcoming, and a little bit
wistful. You can’t step in the same
river twice, after all. Tumbleweed
Highway is partial to songs about
tarnished love, barroom travails and
triumphs, truckin,’ and good drinking
weather. The verses are apt to make
you think, the choruses tend to soar
with beery optimism, and when the
lines are all sung, the Telecaster
and pedal steel strings heat up fast.
Check out their sounds on line at
www.tumbleweedhighway.com.
The Full Moon Series continues
on August 19 and September 16. For
more information call 518-875-6935
or visit www.landisarboretum.org.
This event is made possible,
in part, with public funds provided
by the NYS Council on the Arts
Decentralization Program, administered through the Community Arts
Grants Program at Greene County
Council on the Arts.
For information on the DEC
grants program in Schoharie County
contact Grant Coordinator Renee
Nied at Schoharieartsgrants@gmail.
com. For Columbia and Greene
Counties, please contact GCCA
Community Arts and Arts Education
Grant Coordinator Sara PruiksmaRizzo at 943-3400 or at sara@
greenearts.org.
The Chatham Dance Festival is a month-long celebration of American Dance
held at PS21’s splendid 100-acre outdoor venue in Chatham, NY. The festival
features dance companies RIOULT Dance, The Chase Brock Experience,
Dance Heginbotham, and Parsons Dance. Pictured is RIOLT Dance “Views of
the Fleeting World.” Photo by Basil Childers.
Grey Fox
Bluegrass
Festival
A Gathering of
Music, Community,
Family & Friends
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
features 40+ Bands, Five Stages,
Workshops,
Emerging
Artist
Showcase, Dancing, Children’s
Performers, Bluegrass Academy for
Kids, Camping, Jamming, Food,
Crafts and a whole lot more! The
festival takes place July 14 through
17, 2016 on the Walsh Farm located
at 1 Poultney Road in Oak Hill, NY.
A Who’s Who Of Bluegrass
Music In The Beautiful Catskill
Mountains including Joe Craven,
Bela Fleck, Steep Canyon Rangers,
The Earls of Leicester, David Grisman
Bluegrass Experience, Dustbowl
Bela Fleck at 2015
Grey Fox Bluegrass
Festival. Image courtesy of
Grey Fox Bluegrass.
Revival, Lonely Heartstring Band,
Mollie O’Brien and many, many
more artists and bands. There will
be plenty of vendors and seminars,
dancing and children’s programs,
too. On Sunday, July 17, 2016 help
feed the hungry in Greene County.
With your help we can stock food
banks in the area and enjoy bluegrass music at the same time.
For tickets and the complete
line up of music, seminars, information and pure fun visit www.
greyfoxbluegrass.com or call
888-946-8495.
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the best musicians I’ve ever met. I’ve
been blown away by their creativity,
spontaneity and commitment to their
craft.”
The
eleventh
Annual
Paul
Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert
featuring the Jeremy Kittel Band will
take place on Friday, June 25, 2016 at
7:30 pm. Tickets are $35 general admission, $30 for PS21 members and $18
for students. Tickets can be purchased
at www.ps21chatham.org, by calling
800-838-3006, or at the door until the
show sells out. For other information
about this or any other event at PS21,
please call 518-392-6121.
PS21: Performance Spaces for the
21st Century is a not-for-profit organization in Chatham, NY, dedicated to the
performing arts and to serving a diverse
community with concerts, programs
and residencies by professional artists
and ensembles, youth and children’s
programming and cultural education
opportunities for all ages.
PS21 performances are made
possible in part by the New York State
Council on the Arts with the support
of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the
New York State Legislature, business
sponsors Metz Wood Insurance, Ed
Herrington, Inc., Mario’s Home Center,
Main-Care Energy, and the Lofgren
Agency, and PS21 members.
PS21 PRESENTS THE CHATHAM DANCE FESTIVAL
FOUR AMERICAN DANCE COMPANIES,
DANCE WORKSHOPS AND AFTERNOON DANCE
PROGRAMS FOR KIDS
PS21: Performance Spaces for the
21st Century is thrilled to present the third
annual Chatham Dance Festival, a monthlong celebration of American Dance at
the splendid 100-acre outdoor venue
in Chatham, NY. The festival includes
evening dance performances, afternoon
children’s programs, dance workshops
and discussions. Showcasing some of
today’s most entertaining and imaginative dance companies, the festival takes
place throughout the month of August
and features RIOULT Dance, The Chase
Brock Experience, Dance Heginbotham,
and Parsons Dance.
“We’re delighted with the range and
quality of this season’s dance offerings,”
said PS21 President Judy Grunberg.
“Over the years, it’s been rewarding to
watch our audiences deepen their understanding and appreciation of so many
forms of contemporary dance. We try to
encourage them to stretch a little and go
behind what they’re most comfortable
with.”
PS21 is located at 2980 Route 66,
one mile north of the village of Chatham.
Visit www.ps21chatham.org or call (518)
392-6121 for more information. To order
tickets, please visit the website or call
(800) 838-3006.
PS21 presents RIOULT Dance on
August 12 and 13, 2016 from 8 to10 pm.
For more than 20 years, RIOULT Dance
NY has presented some of the most
sensual and articulate modern dances
in the world. The company is committed
to supporting the creation of works by
founder and choreographer Pascal Rioult,
a one-time member of Martha Graham’s
company. Rioult’s dances have been
set to a variety of genres, from masterpieces of classical music to edgy works
by contemporary composers to French
cabaret. “…there are few choreographers currently creating who can rival
Pascal Rioult for musicality, structure and
dramatic nuance.” Tickets are $35/$30
PS21 members and $18 students.
The Chase Brock Experience
performs on August 19 and 20, 2016
from 8 to 10 pm. The Chase Brock
Experience is a young, high-energy, and
upbeat Brooklyn-based contemporary
dance company. Choreographer Chase
Brock aims to create a body of work that
melds dance performed by a multi-faceted collection of dancers with a strong
focus on visual elements, using live music
whenever possible. The New Yorker wrote
“Whoa, Nellie! has a good time with the
wide-ranging pastiche of Nellie McKay’s
album ‘Obligatory Villagers’.” Equal parts
Blue Ridge and Brooklyn, this restless,
sexy, strummy work employs a dance
mash-up of tap, finger-tutting, clogging,
hip-hop, square dance, step dance, jumpstyle and jazz. Tickets are $35/$30 PS21
members and $18 students.
Dance Heginbotham comes to
PS21 on August 26and 27, 2016 from 8
to 9:30 pm. Dance Heginbotham is one
of the most adventurous and exciting
new companies on the American
contemporary dance scene. Founded in
2011, Dance Heginbotham is celebrated
for its vibrant athleticism, humor, and
theatricality, as well as its commitment to
collaboration. After a successful 14-year
tenure as a dancer with Mark Morris
Dance Group, Artistic Director John
Heginbotham founded his own company
creating work known for its “tight formal
structure and inventive movement,
bolstered by a disarming wit and strangeness” (The New Yorker). The program at
PS21 includes Easy Win, collaboration
between John Heginbotham and jazz
pianist and composer Ethan Iverson,
inspired by John and Ethan’s shared
experiences with formal ballet class.
Tickets are $35/$30 PS21 members and
$18 students.
Parsons Dance returns to PS21 with
its stunning ensemble work and virtuosic
technique on September 2 and 3, 2016
from 8 to10 pm. Last summer PS21’s audiences saw Almah, Kate Skarpetowksa’s
new work, in development during open
rehearsals. This year audiences have the
opportunity to see the completed work,
which has an original score by Ljova
and premiered at the Joyce Theater
in January 2016. Almah explores the
connection of an eastern European childhood juxtaposed with the urban folklore
of adolescence in NYC. “This is a ‘dance
your heart out’ (at all times, no excuses)
kind of enterprise” reviewed The New
York Times. Tickets are $40/$35 PS21
members and $20 students.
Most Friday afternoons in July and
August PS21 presents free 45 minute
performances especially for kids and
their families. West African Dance & Drum
Workshop Performance takes place on
July 29, 2016 from 1 to 1:45 pm. Now an
annual favorite! Choreographer/dancer
Jamal Jackson, drummer Frank Malloy
IV, and the kids from the dance and drum
workshop sweep us up in a high energy
display of West African dance from Mali.
RIOULT Dance Workshop Performance
is on August 5, 2016 from 1-1:45 pm.
RIOULT dancers and workshop participants perform a program of modern
dance pieces inspired by the work and
style of Pascal Rioult.
PS21 also hosts dance workshops
for kids. The RIOULT Dance Workshop is
August 1 through 5, 2016 from 8:30 am-1
pm and is for ages 8-14. Participants learn
modern dance technique and choreography from the renowned RIOULT Dance
Company of New York City. As part of the
daily activities kids take a cooking class in
which they make their own lunches using
local food. The workshop culminates in
a performance on the PS21 stage. This
workshop is made possible in part with a
grant from the Hudson Valley Foundation
for Youth Health. The workshop fee is
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Parsons Dance Classes with the
Company presents a three-day workshop
on August 30, 2016 from 1 to 2:30 pm
and August 31 and September 1, 2016
from 10 to11:30 am. This is a wonderful
opportunity to take a series of classes
with members of the acclaimed Parsons
Dance Company! Workshops are
designed for students of all levels ages 13
to 18. Participants learn the Parsons style
of movement through fun combinations
set to popular music. The three-class
package fee is $30 or one class at $15.
Everybody Dance! with Dance
Heginbotham! An inter-generational
dance class for all ages and abilities in
which students have the opportunity to
learn Dance Heginbotham repertory led
by members of the company takes place
on August 27, 2016 from 10 to11:30 am.
This is a fun chance for the whole family to
dance and move together. The company
is performing at PS21 August 26 and
27.There is a $10 suggested donation.
On August 20, 2016, at 3:30 pm,
Choreographer Chase Brock talks about
making dance at the Chatham Public
Library. Chase Brock works in every genre
from Broadway (Spiderman Turn Off the
Dark; Picnic) to ballet to video games
to modern dance. New York Magazine
praised his ability to “mix a witty
Broadway sensibility with rock-and-roll
zest.” Admission is free. The Program is
co-sponsored by Chatham Public Library
and held at Chatham Public Library
located at 11 Woodbridge Avenue in
Chatham, NY.
Performance are made possible by
the New York State Council on the Arts with
the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo
and the New York State Legislature, business sponsors: Metz Wood Insurance, Ed
Herrington, Inc., Mario’s Home Center,
Main-Care Energy, and the Lofgren
Agency, and PS21 members. The Dance
Heginbotham performances are part of
The New York State Presenters Network
Presenter-Artist Partnership Project made
possible through a regrant from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a state
agency with the support of Governor
Andrew Cuomo and the New York State
Legislature. Just for Fun programs are
made possible by the New York State
Council on the Arts with the support of
Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New
York State Legislature, Stewart’s Holiday
Match Fund, and PS21 members. The
West African Dance and Drum Workshop
and the RIOULT Dance Workshop
cooking classes are made possible by a
grant from the Hudson Valley Foundation
for Youth Health.
PS21 is located at 2980 Route 66,
one mile north of the village of Chatham.
Visit www.ps21chatham.org or call
518-392-6121 for more information. To
order tickets, please visit the website or
call 800-838-3006.
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music. “It is the sound, the music, and
the expression that is most important and instruments are really a means to
those ends,” Kittel said. “One thing that’s
a little bit different about us in regard to
Bach is that we’ve decided to embrace
our own natural rhythmic approach
when interpreting his music. Our band’s
rhythmic approach is more informed by
modern non-classical music (which in
turn is connected to African/American/
Celtic folk forms) and it can be a very
subtle difference to the listener, but has
proven to be worthwhile.”
With musical roots spanning the
globe, the Jeremy Kittel Band has the
drive of Celtic fiddling, spontaneity of
jazz, soul of the blues, and intricacies
of chamber music. Kittel has a master’s
degree in jazz performance from the
Manhattan School of Music, received
the 2010 Emerging Artist Award
from his alma mater, the University of
Michigan, and has received numerous
other awards over the years. Band
mates include Joshua Pinkham (one
of the outstanding mandolinists of his
generation), Simon Chrisman (dubbed
a “dulcimer wizard”), and Nathaniel
Smith (a cellist who has collaborated
with Yo Yo Ma).
Julio Elizalde, the Olympic Music
Festival Artistic Director said of the
Jeremy Kittel Band, “They are some of
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Performance Spaces for the 21st
Century presents the eleventh Annual
Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert
featuring award-winning American
violinist, fiddler, and composer Jeremy
Kittel and his exceptional band. The
group has the drive of Celtic fiddling,
spontaneity of jazz, soul of the blues,
and intricacies of chamber music.
The concert will be held Saturday,
June 25, 2016 at 7:30 pm at The Tent at
PS21 located at 2980 Route 66 in the
town of Chatham, NY.
The spirit of JS Bach is woven
throughout this program of wideranging works. “Bach is, without a doubt,
one of my personal top five favorite
composers, so there may be somewhat
of a natural, long-standing influence
from Bach in my own compositions and
arrangements,” explained Jeremy Kittel.
“At least, I hope and strive for the kind
of brilliant resourcefulness I hear in his
music, and most importantly, the spiritual heights he so often attains… While
perhaps the majority of the music will
not be Bach, we will also be performing
Bach’s music and interpreting it through
our 21st-century rhythmic and tonal
sensibilities.”
Many instruments have been
invented or developed significantly
since Bach’s time, some of which are
now commonly associated with Bach’s
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