Inside: Raleigh on Film; Bethune on Theatre; Behrens on Music; Cole on Picasso; Gallery Night on NYC’s 57th Street; Seckel on the Cultural Scene; Lille on the Tango; New Art Books; Short Fiction & Poetry; Extensive Calendar of Events…and more! ART TIMES Vol. 26 No. 6 May/June 2010 52 on 57th that were established long before the By RAYMOND J. STEINER Art Students League moved onto the FOR ALMOST AS long as New York Street, Babcock Galleries for instance, City wrested the title of “art capital among the oldest still surviving that of the world” from Paris in late 19th/ opened some forty years before that early 20th-Centuries, it has been 57th school opened its doors to students Street in its midtown location that from around the world. The fact is, it took the reins as the epicenter of the was this street and its environs that “artscene”. To have one’s work exhib- became the goal of artists the world ited in Manhattan is to have arrived; over and the symbol of success if they to have one’s work on 57th Street, the could make it. (I hear strains of Sina- coveted goal of most serious artists. tra’s “If I can make it there…” from The mid-town artscene — roughly New York, New York thrumming in between 8th Avenue and Lexington my head.) and including a short distance up “Gallery Night on 57th Street”* was or down 5th Avenue — has been a inaugurated last year, but this time — steadily shifting scene of prestigious with fifty-two galleries keeping their exhibition spaces as galleries have doors open to the public from 5:00 to come and gone, some closing perma- 8:30 pm on Thursday, May 6th — it nently, others morphing into “newer” heralds a city-wide “Gallery Night” manifestations (and new names) as that includes Chelsea, SoHo, and both economics fluctuated, all the while Lower and Upper East Sides of Man- steadily increasing in number as the hattan, a four-day event of exhibitions, years have gone by. Hard to believe tours, films, talks, performances, and that there was a time when there were book signings, which will begin on the but a handful of galleries in all of New following day, Friday, the 7th, and run York City — not so hard to see that it on through Monday, May 10th. To be has fully grown into its “art capital of featured, then, in any of these “hap- the world” status. penings” — even if not on the coveted Why clustered in an easily-reached sidewalks of 57th — would be quite a walking distance? And why 57th feather in the cap of aspiring artists. Street? The first is easy — to make it In our own quarter-century-plus simpler for art buyers and patrons to presence on the New York City “shop”. The second? Perhaps because artscene, we’ve personally witnessed the Art Students League of NY has a lot of its history, a lot of its ongoing been on 57th since October of 1892, transformation, with places like SoHo moving in for business at 215 West — and now Chelsea — vying for status 57th just a bit short of its 18th Birthday that competes with Midtown Manhat- — and already attaining a world-wide tan. We’ve noted galleries — and, for reputation as a formidable addition to that matter, arts publications — come the world of art-instruction. As the old into being, blossom, and fade away. joke goes about how to get to Carnegie Some of the galleries listed on the 57th Hall — also on 57th Street — “Practice, Street May 6th event are new to us, practice, practice! — so also young many old and familiar places. I’ve been art students at the League had their And, of course there were galleries dreams of some day having a show 57th Street, New York City Continued on Page 3 just down the street and practiced, practiced, practiced under teachers was seen by most artists as a “special who shared the same dream. Rosina place” and to have one’s work seen in CSS Publications, Inc. the window of a gallery on 57th was, Support the Arts; Florio, the late director of the League, PO Box 730 once had a dream of convincing the for many, a sign of growing reputation Enrich your Life — to have a solo show in one of these Mt. Marion, NY 12456-0730 municipal planners of transforming www.arttimesjournal.com 845-246-6944 the length of 57th Street into a French- galleries, the sure stamp of having style Boulevard complete with a cen- become a “star”. ter mall of greenery — a bona fide art On the other hand, maybe it was th promenade to outshine all others. It just because 57 Street sat plump in Subscribe to ART TIMES never happened, but still, the street the middle of a burgeoning metropolis.

ART-LITERATURE-DANCE-MUSIC-EXHIBITIONS-THEATRE-FILM-ART-LITERATURE-DANCE-MUSIC May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 2 Peeks and Piques! ART TIMES WHILE VIEWING THE exhibit, ground that underlies all art criti- of their careers as arbiters of cultur- Commentary and Resource for the Fine & Performing Arts “Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist cism — in brief, that it is an art and al taste, it is not difficult to imagine ART TIMES (ISSN 0891-9070) is published bi- monthly by CSS Publications, Inc. with copies Paris” at The Sterling and Francine not a “science” — and, as I often do what they might have in store for us. distributed along the Northeast Corridor primarily Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, in my presentations, made it a point Who can fault the confused woman throughout the Metropolitan and Hudson Valley up at The Clark Institute who sim- Regions, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Massachusetts, I overheard a wom- to remind people that we give pic- Jersey each month. Copies are also available by an say, “I know I’m not supposed to ture books to children because they ply did not want to come across as mail to subscribers and arts organizations through- do not know how to read — because “fusty”, “stuffy”, or “sleepy”? Since out the US and abroad. Copyright © 2020, CSS like them, but I love Boldini’s paint- Publications, Inc. ings!” I kid you not! How did we get looking at pictures is an inheritance Boldini is anything but “cutting Publisher: Cornelia Seckel to this pass? Just how far have we all humans enjoy. Why have we for- edge” it would be gauche — or even Editor: Raymond J. Steiner undermined the confidence of ordi- gotten that picture-making precedes worse, “old-fashioned” — to admire Contributing Writers: nary people to make them think that by centuries word-making? Or that his work, would it not? But, I wanted Henry P. Raleigh Robert W. 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Phone or Fax (845) 246-6944; simply more hesitant to boldly state sight of the fact that looking at im- egories…but then I am that. Still, I email: [email protected] ages (“art”) is a “built-in” skill we all was 30 once — knew infinitely more Web site: www.arttimesjournal.com opinions and views on art — espe- Deadline for Advertising is June 15 for Jul/Aug; cially on art that they do not quite enjoy? As I emphasize in my lecture than I know now — so who am I to Aug 15 for Sep/Oct; Oct 15 for Nov/Dec; Dec 15 for understand, or “get”. In fact, in the on Art Criticism, there simply are point a finger? Of course there are Jan/Feb; Feb 15 for Mar/Apr; Apr 15 for May/Jun. new trends, new tastes, new things Items for inclusion in the Calendar and Oppor- past 25 years or so that I’ve written no infallible “experts” in the busi- tunities section must be emailed, mailed or faxed to for ART TIMES, I come across an in- ness. Kathleen Arfmann, Executive to engage the mind. And our institu- the ART TIMES office by the 12th of the preceding Director of the Salmagundi Club, tions are correct to allow for these publication month. Email for guidelines. creasing number of people who have NYC, recently directed my attention new points of view to be encour- ART TIMES solicits short fiction and poetry — see opted out of dropping into art gal- our listing in Writer’s Market, Fiction Writer’s leries and museums altogether sim- to an article in the New York Times aged, touted, even supported. But is Market, Poet’s Market and other trade magazines ply because they claim to feel “con- (March 13, 2010), which featured the it necessary to peremptorily invali- or send a legal-sized Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) for Guidelines. Guest articles on fused”, if not, at times, downright “New Guard” of curators that pres- date the past as “fusty”, “sleepy” or the arts are also considered but must be preceded “intimidated” by the exhibitions they ently hold sway at many of our most “stuffy”? Ought we make it neces- by a written Query. Our “Speak Out” section is a sary for viewers to be embarrassed forum for reader’s relevant opinions on art-related see. So, where did this woman — and prestigious art museums. Hailed matters; viewpoints expressed in the “Speak Out” many of her counterparts — get the by the Times’ writer as “The New by their choices? I offer a resounding section are not to be construed as positions held Breed”, most are just breaking into NO! And let’s hope that poor woman by the publisher, editor or staff of this publication. notion that we “ought” not trust our Queries, Mss. without SASE included will not be own eyes — that we “ought” not their ‘30s, hardly seasoned enough regains her birthright of confidently acknowledged. We do not accept electronic submis- like or prefer a certain style of art to warrant the title of “expert” in looking at pictures once again. Let’s sions. Sample copy: 9x12 SASE. or, conversely, espouse something matters of cultured taste. Granted also hope that, as they grow into ART TIMES welcomes your letters and comments. their responsibilities, these curators Nothing in this publication may be reproduced else? Where else, but having read they have an ever-growing audience without written permission of the publisher. it somewhere, presumably written for their tastes and anything-goes with their ready-made categories by someone who was an “expert” in punditry, but comments like “fusty will eventually recognize that great the business of looking at art! And academics” in institutions that are art is timeless and that opinions, just who, we might ask, are these “stuffy” or a “bit sleepy” coming from fads, and trends are only of their Letters so-called “experts”? I recently gave their “long years” of expertise stark- times, relevant only as long as the To the Editor: a talk on “The Art of Art Criticism”, ly tell the tale. With such studied current tastes prevail. Many thanks for the fine copies of a mini-lecture on the insubstantial mindsets in place at the very dawn Raymond J. Steiner your new issue of ART TIMES, ef including my poem, “JHD”. 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Art Times AdV3.indd 1 4/21/10 3:49:04 PM May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 3 Art 52 on 57th By RAYMOND J. STEINER leries, Jui Guliang at China 200 Fine had a show at the Pace and, as if this Open Studio Tours, mini-arts/crafts Continued from Page 1 Art, Matthew Daub at Sherry French, was not enough to gain him some fairs, joint showings at refurbished been summoned time and again to 57th or Clarice Smith at Kennedy — some attention, arranged to have his work factories cum artists lofts, town and Street to cover an exhibition — some- becoming long-time friends with hoisted up from the sidewalk into one village galas, and on up to regional times of someone “new” to me, more whom I maintain contact. Some of of its windows rather than putting affairs such as the recent Hudson often than not, however, of an artist these galleries have persisted; some it on an elevator so that more could River Quadricentennial up and down I’d already met. Jack Levine, Paul now lost to history. Most recently, it’s witness the splash he was making. the length of the river continually Cadmus, Will Barnet, for example, all been Richard Segalman at Katerina There has always been a mix — from filling the ever-expanding bill. It all artists I’d already profiled in our pag- Rich Perlow, Timothy Clark at the galleries that remained steadfast in works — but still, it’s just not the es, who were showing their work at Hammer Galleries, and I dropped its showing of the old standards to Street— it’s not 57th — it’s not Mid- such places as Midtown Payson Gal- into D.C. Moore to visit Jack Levine those that always seemed to have the town Manhattan — and let’s face it: leries (now morphed into D.C. Moore at his 95th year birthday retrospec- very latest, “cutting-edge” innovators when it comes to outright prestigious Gallery), Terry Dintenfass Galleries, tive. There are probably more places on the scene. There are “specialists”, location, Manhattan’s 57th Street Alexandre Gallery, and Marlborough I’ve covered — and, of course, just like Galerie St. Etienne for example remains the ultimate goal for artists Gallery. Then, there were those visited — including numberless gal- that features European art. Some the world around. As conventional whom I’d “discovered” on 57th — Pier leries, museums, schools, art clubs, stuck with the tried-and-true (the wisdom advocates, it’s “location, loca- Augusto Breccia at Arras, Bernarda art institutions and private studios in “saleable” artists); others — in spite tion, location” that, in the end, is all Shahn and Walt Kuhn at Midtown other parts of the city at one time or of the prohibitive rents the area de- that really counts. Payson, Leonora Carrington at the another over the past 26 years — but manded — to show the unknown, the *“Gallery Night on 57th Street”, Brewster Gallery, Adam Straus at now lost to memory. up-and-coming (hoping that, by their Thursday, May 6th, 2010 , 5-8:30pm. the Nora Haime Gallery, Carolyn Though individual galleries along showing them “here” on 57th, that (212) 888-3550 for full list of gal- Plochmann at Kennedy Gallery, 57th have been coming and going for they also would soon become all the leries and artists on 57th and Frederic Amat at Galeria Joan Prats, as long as its existence, the Street rage — “saleable”). www.newyorkgalleryweek.com Mark Swartz at Gallery 84, Harvey still retains its vibrancy, its excite- The concept of a “made-to-order” for all others. ef Dinnerstein at Gerold Wunderlich & ment as the destination to see what location for communal art showings Co., Moses and Raphael Soyer and was going on in the art world. Some has pretty much spread over the Visit our website: www.arttimes- landscape, with “Saturday Strolls”, journal.com to read previously pub- Richard Pousette-Dart at ACA Gal- might even remember when Dali lished essays with photos in color.

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The Fairfield Public Library The Ridgefield Library Bruce S. Kershner Gallery May 23 - July 11 May 30 - June 29 Reception: Saturday, May 29, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Reception: Sunday, June 13, 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 472 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT (203) 256-3315 or www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org (203) 438-2282 or www.ridgefieldlibrary.org May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 4

Because our Calendar of Events is prepared two months in ad- International Women Artists Exhibit: The World of Artists National vance dates, times and events are subject to change. Please call Association of Women Artists, Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main St., Beacon, NY (845) Calendar ahead to insure accuracy. The county (and state if not NYS) where the event takes place is noted in bold at the end of each listing. 831-4988 Opening Reception 2-5pm (thru June 13) www.nawanet.org Dutchess Additional calendar listings online at www.arttimesjournal.com KATHERINE GRAY: Paintings Ulster Savings Bank, Gardiner Branch, 2201 Rte Ongoing 44/55, Gardiner, NY (thru Jun 3) Ulster May 1 -Jul 3 “SUGAR” May 15 & 16 “13” Lighthouse Youth Theatre Westches- LUCIO FONTANA PGartventure Gallery, 2130A Boston Post Rd., Larchmont, NY (914) ter Broadway Theatre, 1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford (914) 592-2222 charge charge 834-5100 (thru May 29) Westchester Westchester LYNNE TOBIAS Piermont Fine Arts Gallery, 218 Ash St., Piermont Landing, Piermont, May 13-June 6 “THE IMAGINARY INVALID” The Schoolhouse Theater, 3 Owens NY (845) 398-1907 (thru May 31) www.lynneTobias.com Rockland Road, Croton Falls, NY (914) 277-8477 charge Westchester MARY MUGELE SEALFON & DENNIS FANTON Exhibition Wallkill River School, May 29-31 WOODSTOCK NEW PALTZ ART & CRAFT FAIR Ulster County Fair- 232 Ward St., (17k), Montgomery, NY (845) 457-ARTS (thru May 31) www.mugele- grounds, 249 Libertyville Rd., New Paltz, NY charge Ulster sealfon.com Orange Saturday, May 1 MASTERWORKS: Photography Photosensualis, 15 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY photosensualis.com Ulster 19th ANNUAL REGIONAL JURIED HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION The Hyde Collection, Wood Gallery,161 Warren St., Glen Falls, NY (800) 639-5868 (thru May 23) OF A BOTANICAL NATURE Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, www.hydecollection.org Warren 660 Rte 25A, St. James (631) 862-6575 (thru May 28) www.stacarts.org Suffolk ADA MARGOHES: CUMMINGS AND GOINGS Saugerties Pro Musica, Saugerties PRUE SEE: Vermont Reflections / SQUARE DEAL Art Society of Kingston (ASK), 97 United Methodist Church, Washington St. cor of Post Rd., Saugerties, NY (845) 473-2273 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0331 Opening Reception 5-8pm (thru Jun 1) Ulster x1109 7:30pm Ulster THE ARGYROS COLLECTION: SILVER YEARS Photography Center, of the Capital AMERICA’S KITCHENS The Long Island Museum, 1200 Rte. 25a, Stony Brook, NY District, 404 River St, Troy, NY (518) 273-0100 (thru June 14) www.photocentertroy. (631) 751-0066 x248 (thru Oct 17) www.longislandmuseum.org Suffolk org Albany AMERICAN WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 143rd INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT Sal- THE ART OF SPRING Cornell Street Studio, 168 Cornell St., Kingston, NY 12401 (845) magundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (thru May 2) www.americanwater- 679-8348 Artist’s Reception 5-8:30pm charge (thru May 28) Ulster colorsociety.org NYC THE INS AND THE OUTS Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Rd., ANDREA ALVIN: Dime Store Dreams Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz Plaza, New West Nyack, NY (845) 358-0877 x17 (THRU JUN 13) Rockland Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 (thru Jun 2) Ulster THE SETTLEMENT OF CLOSTER: 300th Anniversary Belskie Museum of Art & Sci- ART SHOW Lou Spina’s 721 Loft Gallery, 721 B’way, Kingston (thru May) Ulster ence, 280 High St., Closter, NJ (201) 768-0286 (thru May 9) www.belskiemuseum.com NJ BEHIND THE CAMERA: Norman Rockwell use of the Camera(thru May 31) and WOMEN ABOUT WOMAN: A Broad Introspective Retrospective Blue Door Gal- TO ROCKWELL WITH LOVE (thru May 16) Norman Rockwell Museum, Rte. 183, lery, 13 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, NY (914) 375-5100 (thru May 8) www.bluedoorgallery. Stockbridge, MA (413) 298-4100 (thru May 31) www.nrm.org Berkshire, MA org Westchester BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS Seven 21 Gallery, seven 21 media center, B’way, Sunday, May 2 Kinston, NY (845) 331-1435 Opening Reception 5-7:30 pm (thru May 31) Ulster ADA MARGOHES: CUMMINGS AND GOINGS Saugerties Pro Musica, Saugerties DOUBLE DUTCH a group exhibit of installation and video art/ IN.FLEC.TION: United Methodist Church, Washington St. cor of Post Rd., Saugerties, NY (845) 473-2273 13 Artists’ work Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA), 1701 Main x1109 3pm Ulster Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 788-0100 (thru Jul 26, 2010) www.hvcca.org Westchester DIANE GRANT MELNIK: Petals and Wings LaBella Bistro, 194 Main St., New Paltz, ELLEN PERANTONI: Recent Paintings Green, 92 Partition St., Saugerties, NY (845) NY 845-255-2633 Opening Reception 4-6pm (thru Jun 2) Ulster 247-3812 (thru May 23) Ulster FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANA Kaatsbaan International Dance Ctr., 120 EXHIBITION: Local Women Artists A.I Friedman, 495 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester, Broadway, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5107 2:30pm charge Dutchess NY (914) 937-7351 (thru May 31) www.aifriedman.com Westchester GAGA ARTS FESTIVAL 2010 GAGA Arts Center, 55 West Railroad Ave., Garnerville, FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANA Kaatsbaan International Dance Ctr., 120 NY (845) 947-7108 11am-6pm Open Studios, film, dance, music, food Rockland Broadway, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5107 7;30Pm charge Dutchess JUDITH MONTEFERRANTE: In Full Bloom Flat Iron Gallery, 105 S. Division St., FRED CRAY H’75: Photography Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Peekskill, NY (914) 734-1894 Opening Reception 1-5pm (thru May 30) Westchester Rd., Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 (thru Jun 13) www.hotchkiss.org/AboutHotchkiss/ MARY RANKIN / JO ZALON MEER Upstream Gallery, 26B Main St., Dobbs Ferry, TremainGallery.asp Litchfield,CT NY (914) 674-8548 Opening Reception 2-5pm (thru May 23) www.upstreamgallery.com GAGA ARTS FESTIVAL 2010 GAGA Arts Center, 55 West Railroad Ave., Garnerville, Westchester NY (845) 947-7108 11am-6pm Open Studios, film, dance, music, food www.gagaartscen- Monday, May 3 ter.org Rockland CURATOR’S EXHIBITION Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 Continued on Page 6 Jo Zalon Meer Mary Rankin Mother Daughter Given limited space we have placed many Upstream Gallery additional calendar listings on our website: April 29th- May 23rd Susan Donnellan www.arttimesjournal.com 54 North Avenue 26 Main Street There you can also see Montvale, NJ 07645 Dobbs Ferry NY previously published es- 201 573.9685 Thursday-Sunday 12:30-5:30 says and resources. 914 674 8548 ART TIMES May/June 2.38 x 4.78 Judith Pestronk Piermont Flywheel Gallery 223 Ash Street Retrospective Piermont, NY 10968 Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Jewelry 845 365-6411 Hrs: Thur.& Sun.1-6, Fri.& Sat.1-9 www.piermontflywheel.com

Night and Day June 28th – July 11th 2010 Susan Trommler Donnellan May 5 - May 23 Lynne Tobias Opening Reception: July 9, 6 – 8pm opening May 9, 2-4 il aintings Exhibition open to the public daily 1-5pm O P Judy Pestronk is truly a renaissance woman, working happily May 13 — May 31 and beautifully in a variety of areas--painting, drawing, sculp- There will be a raffle to raise money for Breast Cancer ture, and jewelry. Her accomplished sculptures, both abstract Research throughout the show. The winner will be chosen and realistic, are especially fine, regardless of the medium used. Among my particular favorites are Judy's fascinating creations of on the final day of the show, Monday, May 31. insects, animals, and dragons in gold, silver, and precious jewels. These are flies, bees, and bats anyone could love!! Claudia Seymour, President Salmagundi Club Piermont Fine Arts Gallery 218 Ash Street, Piermont Landing, Piermont NY 10968 Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Avenue, NYC 845-398-1907 Hrs: Thurs. & Sun. 1-6pm; Fri. & Sat. 1-9pm; 212-255-7740 • www.salmagundi.org Linda Longo-Muth Mon. May 24 & 31, 2-6pm; Wed, May 19 & 26, 2-6pm judithpestronkartworks.wordpress.com May 27 - June 13 [email protected] • www.lynnetobias.com May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 5 Art Pablo Picasso: The Development of a Peace Symbol By Ina Cole This year global interest in the ing the war the Nazi occupiers of Paris work of Picasso is rekindled, due in did not arrest Picasso - he was well part to the temporary closure and known as the most important artist refurbishment of the Picasso Museum of the style Hitler had condemned as in Paris. This inimitable repository ‘degenerate art’. The Nazis attempted represents pieces that the artist re- to beguile French intellectuals with tained with the intention of shaping food and coal - again, this was refused his own artistic legacy, and its closure by Picasso, who characteristically presents an opportunity for his works reminded them that “a Spaniard is to travel to exhibitions around the never cold”. Following the emancipa- world. As these exhibitions reveal, tion of Paris in 1944, Picasso - previ- Picasso had an innate ability to evolve ously the leading practitioner of an art through time and history, creating denounced by the fascists - became a formidable works that mirrored the hero of the liberation. political and social context in which Motivated by idealistic and hu- they were created, yet simultaneously manitarian concerns, Picasso joined transcended the ideological and aes- the French Communist Party, be- thetic oppositions of East and West. lieving Communism offered a path During his long life Picasso wit- removed from the fascist atrocities nessed both World Wars, the Span- of World War Two and the Spanish ish Civil War and Korean War, and Civil War. His decision met with considerable controversy, generating Pablo Picasso Dove (La Colombe), 1949 Lithograph on paper an ongoing debate 54.7 x 69.7 cm Tate © Succession Picasso/DACS 2009 regarding his affili- work was one of the most technically subject matter, the studio had been ation and the poten- astute and beautiful lithographs ever a particularly strong motivation for tial impact of this on achieved through this medium. Matisse, and it has been suggested his work. Certainly, Later that year the poet Louis that this series was instigated by after 1944 Picasso Aragon, a staunch supporter of the Picasso as a result of Matisse’s death became a figurehead French Communist Party, visited Pi- the previous year. for left-wing causes, casso’s studio to choose a lithograph Picasso died in April 1973 and was and it was during of the dove. The image was to become buried at the entrance to the Château this period that the a universal phenomenon - it was de Vauvenargues at the foot of Mont political content of his selected for the poster of the First Sainte Victoire. Although springtime, practise rose to the International Peace Congress in Paris heavy snow began to fall uncannily, fore, with works that in 1949, with Picasso later providing covering the landscape in a soft white referenced crucial variations on the theme for the Peace blanket, as though an avalanche of historical moments, Congresses in Wroclaw, Stockholm, white feathers had fallen from the chronicling human Sheffield, Vienna, Rome and Moscow. sky. Picasso had, without question, conflict and devasta- The Peace Movement distributed im- led an exceptional, multi-faceted life, tion, albeit exerting ages signed by Picasso, which were and his development of a peace sym- a strong desire for then multiplied throughout the bol is only one facet of an unparalleled peace. world, creating an aura of notoriety body of work. Picasso was fortunate In January 1949 around the artist and catapulting in being able to work to the end, con- Picasso created Dove, him to new heights of recognisabil- stantly re-inventing himself over nine an image that be- ity. However, the dove remained a decades through his clearly defined came an iconographic personal as well as a political emblem periods of creativity, well-document- symbol of the period, for Picasso - an enduring childhood ed personal life, numerous studio frequently utilised reminder of his father, a painter, who residences, and passionate views on in the propaganda had drawn doves kept at the family life - all of which contributed to his Pablo Picasso The Studio (L'Atelier), 1955 war of the left and home in Málaga in the 1880s. Oil on canvas 80.9 x 64.9 cm Tate © Succession Picasso/DACS 2009 unyielding position as the resilient the Peace Movement, After World War Two, Picasso forerunner of his generation. each conflict exerted a powerful and one that became an emblem of spent increasing pe- ef presence in the development of his hope during the Cold War. The dove riods of time in the work. In 1937 he painted the uni- in question was actually a Milanese South of France, closer versally acclaimed Guernica, one of pigeon - presented to Picasso as a gift to his native Spain. In the most gut-wrenching depictions from his contemporary Henri Matisse 1955 he moved to La of the Spanish Civil War, which still - and its resulting depiction became Californie, a commodi- retains its pre-eminence amongst universally known as the ‘dove of ous Art Nouveau villa the most hotly debated paintings of peace’. The image was a lithograph, overlooking Cannes, the twentieth-century. However, it created in the studio of the printmak- surrounded by palms is worth remembering that Picasso er Fernand Mourlot in Paris, and was and eucalyptus trees. had been essentially apolitical before published by the Galerie Louise Leiris It was here that Pi- the Spanish Civil War; it was the in an edition of five artist’s proofs and casso built a dovecote, German and Italian aerial attack on fifty signed and numbered prints on so he could closely ob- the Basque village of Guernica that white Arches wove paper. Picasso in- serve the daily activi- contributed to his altered perspective stinctively captured the essence of the ties of his feathered on life, resulting in this apocalyptic dove’s form in pared down simplicity, companions. That year interpretation of a widely condemned creating a potent image of great physi- Picasso avidly depicted terror bombing. cal vibrancy. The image portrays his new studio twelve Picasso spent most of the occupa- the exquisite white dove on a black times, sometimes with, tion in Paris, refusing offers for exile background, rendered in lithographic sometimes without the from the US and other countries. Dur- ink wash. According to Mourlot, this resident doves. As a

2010 exhibitions: Picasso, Pushkin Museum of Art, Moscow (to 23 May); Picasso in the Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art, US (to 1 August); Picasso: Themes and Variations, MoMA, US (to 30 Septem- ber); Pablo Picasso: In the Artist’s Studio, Graphik Museum Picasso, Münster, Germany (28 August – 21 November); Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, Seat- tle Art Museum, US (8 October – 9 January 2011); Picasso: Peace and Freedom, Tate Liverpool, UK (21 May – 30 August; touring to the Albertina, Vienna, 22 September – 16 January 2011); Picasso, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland (15 October – 30 January 2011). Small Dove, March 1949 (La petite colombe) Lithograph 263 x 208mm Sprengel Museum, Hannover ©Succession Picasso/DACS 2009 May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 6 Continued Additional listings online: Calendar from Page 4 www.arttimesjournal.com Artists Christina Meares & Robert Bunch Tuesday, May 4 LIZ EHRLICHMAN: Studies for Ulalume / BARBARA GREY EXHIBITS b.j. spoke gallery, 299 Main St., Huntington, NY (631) 549-5106 (thru May 30) www.bjspokegal- lery.com Suffolk RICHARD SCHMID Drawings Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (thru May 17) www.salmagundi.org NYC ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, JR. / WILL KEFAUVER: Landscape Exhibition Hudson Valley Hospital Ctr, Main Floor, 1980 Crompond Rd., Cortlandt Manor, NY (914) 737- 9000 (thru Aug 30) Cortland Wednesday, May 5 AMERICAN MASTER’S EXHIBITION AND SALE Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (thru May 16) www.salmagundi.org NYC SUSAN TROMMIER-DONNELLAN Piermont Flywheel Gallery, 223 Ash St., Pier- mont Landing, Piermont, NY (845) 365-6411 (thru May 23) www.piermontfinearts.com Rockland Friday, May 7 6th ANNUAL SMALL WORKS SHOW Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 126 Larchmont Ave., Larchmont, NY (914) 834-1117 (thru May 29) www.mamaroneckartistsguild.org Westchester CREATE ART GROOVE: A Celebration of Music and Dance Mill St. Loft, 260 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie (845) 471-7477 6:30pm Dutchess JUST FOR SQUARES! Hudson Valley Gallery, 246 Hudson St., Cornwall-on-Hudson, IN THE DIGITAL AGE NY (845) 401-5443 Opening Reception 5-8pm (thru Jun 20) www.hudsonvalleygallery. AT THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE com Orange CENTER FOR THE DIGITAL ARTS KAY WALKINGSTICK Solo Exhibition National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) Gallery, 80 Fifth Avenue(@ 14th St.), Suite 1405, New York, NY (212) 675-1616 • 3-credit Digital Arts (thru Jun 14) www.nawanet.org NYC • 3-credit Music Technology Saturday, May 8 • 2-credit Studio Arts 2010: PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT New Century Artist Gallery, 530 W. 25th St, Suite • Non-credit Adult Arts Offerings 406, NYC (212) 367-7072 Opening Reception 3-6pm (thru May 29) NYC • Non-credit Quickstart to software training EXHIBIT A.R.T.S. 4 W Cross St., Croton Falls, NY (914) 276-2209 Opening Reception • Day/evening general education 3-6pm (thru May) Westchester • English as a Second Language EXHIBITION: Local Women Artists A.I Friedman, 495 Boston Post Rd., Port Ches- OPEN ter, NY (914) 937-7351 Opening Reception 3-5pm (thru May 31) www.aifriedman.com • Pre-college Digital Arts Westchester HOUSES Located in the downtown arts district of the City of FRED CRAY H’75: Photography Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken May 10 Peekskill, this center offers over 100 Apple post- Rd., Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 Artist’s Reception 4-6pm (thru Jun 13) www.hotchkiss. production stations dedicated to graphic design, org/AboutHotchkiss/TremainGallery.asp Litchfield,CT & June 22 digital imaging and illustration, digital filmmaking, LIZ EHRLICHMAN: Studies for Ulalume / BARBARA GREY EXHIBITS b.j. spoke 5:30-7:30pm animation, interactive design, and music technology. gallery, 299 Main St., Huntington, NY (631) 549-5106 Opening Reception 6-9pm (thru Integrate technology into your portfolio and join a May 30) www.bjspokegallery.com Suffolk community of artists working in the digital age. MARY MUGELE SEALFON & DENNIS FANTON Exhibition; THOMAS BOLGER Exhibit Wallkill River School, 232 Ward St., (17k), Montgomery, NY (845) 457-ARTS 914-606-7300 Westchester Community College Opening Reception 5-7 (thru May 31) www.mugelesealfon.com Orange Center for the Digital Arts METAMORPHOSIS Woodstock Artists Assoc Museum, (WAAM), 28 Tinker St., Wood- www.sunywcc.edu/Peekskill stock (845) 679-2940 Opening Reception 4-6pm (thru Jun 6) Ulster REMEMBER THE LADIES: Women Artists of the Hudson River School Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Temple Israel, 218 Spring St., Catskill, NY (518) 943-7465 Greene www.arttimesjournal.com STUDENT EXHIBITION Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock, NY for more calendar listings and resources (845) 679-2388 Opening Reception 3-5pm (thru Jun 5) Ulster Continued on Page 8

Pastel Society of America lucio fontana America's Oldest Existing Pastel Society april 28th - May 29th Call for entries The Pastel Society of America 38th Annual Open Juried Exhibition

at the National Arts Club, New York City, September 7 to October 2, 2010 Open to soft pastel painters only. Over $20,000 in awards with a new $5000 award. Accepting digital and slide entries. opening reception Post marked deadline for slides and digital entries May 28, 2010. Prospectus --SASE (#10) to: The Pastel Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park S., Wednesday, april 28, 6 - 8pM New York City , NY 10003 • www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org Info: 212 533 6931 • [email protected] PSA Sunday Workshops 2010 lecture: fontana, founder of spatialisM May 2 ~ Claudia Seymour ~~ thursday May 13, 5pM May 16 ~ Maceo Mitchell ~~ The magic of light in still life rsvp: 914.834.5100 [email protected] May 23 ~ Christina Debarry ~~ How to draw accurately PSA Classes 2010Create fabulous florals p gartventure gallery Tuesday 1-4:00 ~ Bill Creevy ~~ Wednesday 6:30 to 9:30 ~ Janet A Cook ~~ 2130a boston post rd, larchMont, ny 10538 Pastel Basics and beyond Thursday 1-4 ~ Maceo Mitchel ~~ p.914.834.5100 • [email protected] Intro to still life Thursday 6:30 to 9:30 ~ Suzanne Young ~~ l Comp and Color WWW.pgartventure.coM Friday 11 -2 ~ Charles Gottlieb ~~ Portrait and figure Saturday 9:30 -12 :30 ~ Jeff Webb ~~ Birds and flowers Sunday 1:30 - 4 ~ Open studio with model; no instructor Portrait and still life gallery hours: Wed - sat 12pM - 5pM 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003 and by appointMent 212-533-6931; email: [email protected] May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 7 Dance Two For Tango, Tango for Millions By Dawn Lille The sensual, focused and to create a place, a community, a home complex dance called tango, long as- for tango. sociated with Argentina, was the rage Amy, born in Argentina, danced of the American social dance scene in tango before an automobile accident the early 20th century, gathered more that left her unable to walk, and, with and different fans as a form of enter- fierce determination, later returned tainment with the 1985 Broadway pro- to dance, winning wide acclaim. She duction Tango Argentina, and now has lived, competed and taught in Michi- millions of ardent followers all over the gan for many years. Ray was born in world who think nothing of pursuing Alabama, raised in Indiana, gradu- it several nights a week or travelling ated from Purdue and went to work half way across the world to study it. for Ford. They met in a class at Arthur Tango as we know it today devel- Murray’s in Dearborn in the mid-80’s oped in the late 19th century in the and were active in ballroom dance. area around the Rio de Plata in South They joined to form the Latin and Ar- America, specifically Argentina and gentine Dance Club of Detroit in 1993. Uruguay. The term “tango” derives The first thing seen upon entering from the Bantu language of Africa and the Conventillo is the life size statue can mean “drums” or “a social gather- of two tango dancers. As one goes up ing with drums.” At the end of the 18th the stairs past the sienna colored walls century African Argentines comprised to the different apartments, there are a large segment of the population of dozens of photos of tango dancers, Amy their country. Both they and European and Ray included, as well as posters, Argentines danced condombe, tambo more statues and green plants. and tango, all soon prohibited, due to On the first floor the glass roof, the influence of the missionaries, who which is on the level of the third story, considered them indecent. covers a large area that is part large By the end of the 19th century Eu- open kitchen, part dining room with ropean immigrants, mostly Spanish one big table and part sitting and and Italian, became the majority who computer room. Adjacent and open to brought with them such dances as it is the mirrored dance studio, with a the waltz, polka and mazurka, which smooth wooden floor, round red pillars were then absorbed into the dances of and an excellent sound system. During African origin. a hearty breakfast one can gaze at the Danced in the suburbs as well as yellow, green, gold and blue walls or Amy Laraignee and Ray Hogan urban areas such as Buenos Aires the assortment of ceramics and green- solid, intense and gentle Argentine, And what dancing shoes – high heeled and Montevideo, tango was originally ery, while listening to the tango music, who stressed the element of smooth, t-strap sandals for the women, often seen in brothels as danced by young, to which a couple may be practicing or elegant walking in learning the tango. elaborately decorated in a myriad of poor male immigrants. But it was also a class being taught. The four of us took a private class with colors, and slick, often two-toned foot- enjoyed outside on the patios of the For many in the large Canadian him later in the week and in-between wear for the men. crowded conventillos or tenements, contingent there with us, this was a took one with Ricardo (a Chilean who The party held the next night where the Spanish, Italian and Polish repeat to study and learn more. They lives in Calgary and for whom this at Conventillo was smaller, but still newcomers lived. Like so many things not only dance at home, but some of is an avocation) and another with filled the studio. It began with Omar originally considered immoral or im- them teach as well. We also met guests Omar, a tall Argentine who looks like teaching the Zamba, a flowing court- proper, it attracted the sons of upper from France, England and Australia. a flamenco dancer and was assisted ship dance in which the woman uses class Portenos (inhabitants of Buenos The South Africans came after we left. by his very pregnant wife and dance a long scarf. In some ways it reminded Aires), who frequented the brothels The tango is a dance of close em- partner, Veronica. We were instructed us of a Renaissance court dance, from and also danced at the outdoor parties. brace in 4/4 time that moves counter- to breathe, to move only our lower bod- which it is probably descended. After In 1907 it went to Paris and by 1915 clockwise. The man leads firmly and ies and to glide. Exhausted by the deep a few hours of tango we were enter- it was the craze of Europe and eventu- absolutely. His moves create many concentration required, we persisted tained by a group of seven men called ally the United States. In both places dance figures or patterns and the even though we were told it takes at Tres al Toke, La Cuerde Condombe, it became more proper and stylized, woman must intuit his steps, adding least six years to make a really good who played African style drums. One leaving out the suggestive body move- her own embellishments and twirls. tango dancer. of them was Julio, a taxi driver who ments, pauses and complicated leg She must feel the cadences, especially The term milonga originally de- lives at Conventillo and is a marvel- variations of the original dance. When the pauses, which are an integral part scribed an improvised song to which ous dancer. it returned to the dance halls of middle of the dance, interpreting the mes- movement was added. Today it refers The outdoor milonga a friend took class Buenos Aires it still had the el- sages her partner sends. to both a tango-like dance, which pre- us to on a Friday night was held in a egance and studied walk, rhythm and The stylistic basis for all tango ceded the tango and was considered circular covered space in a large park tempo of its ancestor, but it was much movement is the figure eight (ocho), indecent, and to a dance party, usually in the Belgrano district and was free to smoother. Contemporary Argentine which comes from the African con- in a dance hall, dominated by tangos all. The DJ played many milongas and, tango has brought back some of those dombe. Not only do the legs often cre- and milongas. The latter is a bit faster, at times, we were practically running early movements. ate this shape, but every step passes with a six count basic step. to catch up with the adept and fast Recently my partner and I went through the center of the body, knees We went to four milongas, three in moving dancers. with friends to Argentina and Uru- and ankles briefly touching, much like Buenos Aires and one in Montevideo. In Montevideo we participated in guay. We had envisioned experiencing the center off a figure eight. Amy and Ray took a group to the a milonga held on the upper floor of a bit of tango ’midst our touring, but There is a basic eight count step first, held in the neighborhood com- a 19th century market with soaring were not prepared for our immersion that stresses posture, elegance and munity hall, to celebrate Amy’s birth- leaded glass ceilings. Here there were in this infectious cauldron of physical exactness. The structure is non-rigid day. When we arrived someone was two rooms, one that seemed to contain prowess, technique, determination – and allows for much improvisation, teaching a folk dance to the younger the under 50 crowd and the other the and fun. but that is in the order of the steps members of the crowd. This was fol- over 50 group. Again, the sartorial We stayed at Conventillo de Lujo. and the embellishments, not the steps lowed by a brief class in salsa. The rest splendor (shoes worthy of Vogue ads Owned by Amy Laraignee and Ray themselves. of the evening was devoted to tangos and outfits from elegant to outré) and Hogan, it has been in existence for five Two of the best know musicians and milongas. gliding confident movements, often years. To some extent it was influenced associated with tango are Carlos What amazed us was that the excel- subtly and seductively decorated, were by the idea of the original conventillos, Gardel, the singer and song writer lent dancers of all ages were, for the a cause for admiration. which were actually a series of airless and Astor Piazzolla, the composer who most part, just ordinary people from The Argentine writer Jorge Luis single room dwellings, mostly for men, fused tango, jazz and classical styles. the neighborhood who were very seri- Borges once called the tango “a way of who danced in the open-air patio to Instruments have come to include the ous about their dancing. There were walking,” but it can also be both poetic escape these rooms. Amy and Ray violin, guitar, flute, clarinet, mando- some, in their eighties (we asked) who, and emotional, and many of those in bought two buildings, converted them lin, piano and the bandoneon, a form off the floor looked old and frail, but the dance halls are authentic artists. into apartments and connected them of accordion. once their dancing shoes touched the For them, it is almost a religion. via a glass roofed patio. Their aim was Our first class was with Xavier, a sacred place they were transformed. ef May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 8

Continued Additional listings online: Saturday, May 22 Calendar from Page 6 www.arttimesjournal.com BRUCE WEBER: Lecture on WAAM and National Academy Woodstock Artists Sunday, May 9 Assoc Museum, (WAAM), 28 Tinker St., Woodstock (845) 679-2940 4pm charge Ulster SUSAN TROMMIER-DONNELLAN Piermont Flywheel Gallery, 223 Ash St., Piermont centennial tribute to Anna Sokolow Linda Diamond & Co., Landing, Piermont, NY (845) 365-6411 Opening Reception 2-4pm (thru May 23) www. Woodstock Diamond Sokolow Dance Theatre, 1766 Glasco Tpke, Woodstock, NY (845) piermontfinearts.com Rockland 679-7757 6:30pm charge Ulster Monday, May 10 FREDERIC HAND: Classical Guitar Photosensualis, 15 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY 7:30pm photosensualis.com Ulster OPEN HOUSES Center for the Digital Arts, Westchester Community College, 75 Grass- lands Rd. Valhalla, NY (914) 606-7867 5:30-7:30pm Westchester KAYA DECKELBAUM: Sculpture; AMY BILDEN Mixed Media; ED CHAPLIN Drawing: Artists’ Demos Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, NY (914) Wednesday, May 12 375-5100 1:30; 2:30; 3:30 Westchester CHERYL RICE: Random Writing Workshop AIR Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil St., LYDIA BEHR SUGARMAN Exhibit Pleiades Gallery, 530 West 25th St., 4th Fl. Kingston, NY (845) 331-2662 6-8pm charge Ulster NYC (646) 230-0056 Opening Reception 3-6pm (thru June 12) NYC KAY WALKINGSTICK Solo Exhibition National Association of Women Artists SPRING ART EXHIBIT Arts on the Lake 640 Route 52, Kent Lakes, NY (845) 228- (NAWA) Gallery, 80 Fifth Avenue(@ 14th St.), Suite 1405, New York, NY (212) 675-1616 2685 Opening Reception 1-5pm (thru May 31) www.artsonthelake.org Putnam Opening Reception 6-8pm (thru Jun 14) www.nawanet.org NYC Sunday, May 23 Thursday, May 13 CORINNE LAPIN-COHEN: Discoveries-Botanical Explorations Ward Pound LUCIO FONTANA: Lecture PGartventure Gallery, 2130A Boston Post Rd., Larchmont, Ridge Reservation, Rts. 121 & 35, Cross River, NY (914) 864-7319 Opening Reception NY (914) 834-5100 5pm RSVP (914) 834-5100 Westchester 2-4pm (thru Sep 6) Westchester Friday, May 14 Monday, May 24 ARTS BASH & OPEN STUDIOS Westchester Arts Council, The Arts Exchange, 31 56TH NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION National Society of Painters in Casein Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY (914) 428-4220 x223 Opening PREVIEW 6-9pm and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, NYC (610) 264-7472 (thru Jun 11) NYC (thru Aug 14) Westchester THE NOBLE NOCTURNE: Theme Show Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC BETSY JACARUSO: At Home & Abroad / CROSS RIVER ARTISTS: New Works (212) 255-7740 (thru June 4) www.salmagundi.org NYC The Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery, The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth St., Red Hook, Wednesday, May 26 NY (845) 758-9244 (thru Jul 14) Dutchess CHERYL RICE: Random Writing Workshop AIR Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil St., Saturday, May 15 Kingston, NY (845) 331-2662 6-8pm charge Ulster BIENNIAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY Hopper House Art Center, 82 N. Broadway, NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN ACRYLIC & CASEIN: Annual Exhi- Nyack, NY (845) 358-0774 Opening Reception 5-7pm (thru Jul 11) Rockland bition Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (thru June 11) www. LISA DELORIA WEINBLATT: SCHOOL LUNCH Sand Lake Ctr for the Arts, 2880 nationalsocietyofpaintersincaseinandacrylic.com NYC Rte 43, Averill Park, NY (518) 674-2007 (thru Jun 30) Rensselaer Thursday, May 27 LIVE ART AUCTION & SILENT ART AUCTION Garrison Art Center Gallery, 23 FINE ART AUCTION Preview Benefit for Arts in Education Program at Garrison’s Landing, NY (845) 424-3960 3:30 Preview; 5:00 Live Auction Putnam Woodstock Day School, Fletcher Gallery, Kleinert/James Art Ctr., 34 Tinker St., SHOW & TELL 2 Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, NY (914) 375-5100 Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 10-6pm www.fletchergallery.comUlster Opening Reception 12-1:30; Music by Wally Levis & Martin Gewirtz, Demo by Pat Hick- LINDA LONGO-MUTH Piermont Flywheel Gallery, 223 Ash St., Piermont Landing, man, Mark Gilliland, and Michael Hayes. (thru Jun 19) Westchester Piermont, NY (845) 365-6411 www.piermontfinearts.com (thru Jun 13) Rockland Sunday, May 16 JOYCE KANYUK, GINNY FRIEDMAN AND ADELE GRODSTEIN: Group Exhibit BENEFIT AUCTION FOR CHILDREN’S CANCER FUND The Gallery at the Kent in the South Gallery of Piermont Fine Arts Gallery, 218 Ash Street, Piermont Landing, Art Association, 21 South St. (RT 7), Kent, CT (860) 927-3989 1:30-5pm www.kentart. Piermont, NY 10968. 845 398-1907. Gallery hours are Thurs. & Sun. 1-6:00 pm and Fri. org Litchfield,CT and Sat. 1-9:00 pm. (thru June 20) www.piermontfinearts.com. Rockland PORTFOLIO DAY Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA), 1701 Main Friday, May 28 Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 788-0100 12-6pm www.hvcca.org Westchester FINE ART AUCTION Preview Benefit for Arts in Education Program at Tuesday, May 18 Woodstock Day School, Fletcher Gallery, Kleinert/James Art Ctr., 34 Tinker St., JOHN C. TRAYNOR EXHIBIT AND FUND RAISER EXHIBIT Salmagundi Club, 47 Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 10-6pm www.fletchergallery.comUlster Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (thru May 23) www.salmagundi.org NYC THE ARGYROS COLLECTION: SILVER YEARS Photography Center, of the Capi- LYDIA BEHR SUGARMAN Exhibit Pleiades Gallery, 530 West 25th St., 4th Fl. NYC tal District, 404 River St, Troy, NY (518) 273-0100 Closing Reception 5-9pm (thru June (646) 230-0056 (thru June 12) NYC 14) www.photocentertroy.org Albany Continued on Page 10

Gallery Nite Returns a virtual gallery at YoHo, (212) 317 - 1423 x 601 on Friday, June 4, ever moving,.. or (917) 682 - 5172 6 - 8 PM always evolving YOHO Center of the Arts 540/578 Nepperhan Avenue, Yonkers, NY see the works, meet the artists, Shared Artist Space Available: & mingle with the arts community at only $250/mo + Storage 24/7 access | 16' high ceilings WINE l MUSIC l ENJOY Enormous windows | Bright light a networking event series devoted to art and their enthusiasts on a 1st friday Onsite Mgmt • New Burner/Boilers 540/578 Nepperhan Avenue 5th Floor go to YOHOartists.com to RSVP New Roof • New Passenger Freight Elevator will kefauver painting LANDSCAPE photography robert rodriguez jr.

The Barrett Art Center’s 7th Annual Spring Plein - Air Paint-Out & Art Auction in Beacon, New York Saturday, June 12, 2010 40 professional artists paint Beacon Street Scenes, countryside and river views for the day; the paintings are auctioned off that evening! Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010 (Rain or Shine) Painting Area: Beacon and vicinity Corinne Lapin-Cohen Hudson valley “Discoveries...Botanical Explorations” Auction Site: Hudson Valley Auctioneers Building Hospital Center at 432 Main Street in Beacon, opposite and one block May 23 - Sept 6, 2010 Main gallery West of the Howland Cultural Center and directly across from the old Beacon Theater and Zuzu’s Coffee House. Opening Reception May 23, 2-4 pm 1980 Crompond Road • Cortland Manor, NY Artists Check-in 8:30am -11:00am Gallery in the Park May 4th through August 30th Paint-Out 9:00am – 3:00pm Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY tHrougH tHe art for HealtH prograM Auction Viewing 4:00 – 5:15pm www.corinnelapincohen.com This exhibition is supported in part with funds from SOS Program through NYFA and NYSCA, info: www.kefauverstudio.CoM/HvHC Live Auction 5:30 – 7:30pm administered in Mid-Hudson by Garrison Art Center. May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 9 Music Scientific Studies in the Effect of Opera on Babies Since there is no more April issue child in specific ways not necessarily of 300 heard only the parts of the of this journal, I wrote a May Fool connected with intelligence. For now, score sung by the Countess. Of article, going on the proposition that let us concentrate on operas—mostly the first group, 200 of which anyone who can be fooled in April can Mozart, as they say in Lincoln Center. could be interviewed, 158 had still be fooled in May. An experiment carried out at some become hairdressers, while institution that refuses to be identi- 57 males became or posed as By FRANK BEHRENS fied worked like this. 700 babies of Spanish Counts. Of the second Some time ago, publicity people both genders were subjected to noth- group, 24 of the females had for recording companies came up with ing but “The Magic Flute” throughout (by the age of 18) a younger the idea—and this is not made up-- most of their waking hours. 18 years boy hidden in their closet, 49 that playing Mozart for babies would later, out of the 213 of those who of the females found that their make them smarter. (The babies, not were still alive and/or could be found, husbands had maids hidden in the recording publicity people.) All no less than 187 either played wind the gardens, and none of the this without defining “smart”; but if instruments or collected bird cages males seem to be affected at all. the publicists define their terms, their (some with birds, mostly without). Even more interesting are claims would be too obviously loopy. Also 170 were Masons, although one the comments of Dr. X (who After all, who knows if these babies of them was invited to leave after he either refuses to be identified would have been just as smart had claimed that he was the Queen of the or has the shortest name of the parents never played Mozart? Night. anyone I know) of the Got- Couldn’t there be a Louis Armstrong Now this should be remarkable terdammerung Institute for Effect as well as a Mozart Effect? enough; but what follows is even more Things Like That. He no- Ah, but would one Effect affect fascinating. Using a recording of “Don ticed that among the babies babies in the same way as another Giovanni,” a control group of 300 subjected to the last two Effect? And one must not fall into male babies were played only those Mozart works, not a single the post-hoc-ergo-propter-hoc fallacy: sequences sung by Don Giovanni one ever had the slightest after it, therefore because of it. How- himself. Results: out of the 110 who inclination to learn Italian! ever, for the purposes of this essay, could be located 18 years later, 38 had (Those that were Italian let us agree that wee ones hearing been arrested for rape, divorced for refused to speak it.) Mozart often in their early years do abusing their wives, or had subscrip- Golly, how did the re- become smarter than they would have tions to naughty magazines. That is cord companies miss all been had no Mozart been played at all. a 34.5% result, plus or minus a 33% that? We can suppose that? We can suppose On a smaller scale, I know of one error. sel und Gretel”); Ram O’Days, who anything, so why not that? case in which a male baby heard his Similar results were obtained formed pyramid clubs until he was Where the publicists fell short was parents playing “Siegfried” every day when “The Marriage of Figaro” in its suffocated by the amount of mail he in not realizing how SPECIFIC music for years. As a young adult, he was entirety was played to 300 male and received (“Aida”); Bib Lickal, who cut can influence the development of ANY notorious for setting fires around female babies, while a control group off his hair and tried to pull down young girls and walking through the Shirley Temple (“Samson et Dalila”); flames, all the while shouting “Noth- Linguine Alfredo, who fell in love only A Day in the Country ing, Nothing” in a Heldentenor sort of with terminally ill women (“La Bo- Mary Mugele Sealfon way. However, he did keep the area heme” and “La Traviata”); and Gypsy free of dragons, for which the neigh- & Dennis Fanton Rose Mezzo, who only dated men who bors were grateful. May 1-31, 2010 threw the biggest bull (“Carmen”). Further cases of the influence of Please join us for refreshments at our I could go on and on, but why beat OPENING RECEPTION particular operas on babies include a dead horse? (Unless that’s your Saturday, May 8 • 5-7pm the following: Humphrey Dink, who idea of a good time.) Of course music 232 Ward St. (17K), Montgomery NY sought out little old lady bakers and affects people, especially pre-people 845-457-ARTS (2787) Hrs: 9am-6pm Tu.-Sun. tossed them into their ovens (“Han- www.WallkillRiverSchool.com (viz., babies). That granted, it should stand to reason that specific music might very well affect certain people Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc. in specific ways. 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Martin Lerner Gallery 53470 State Highway 30 Roxbury, New York • 607-326-6090 Fri 2 – 6; Sat & Sun 12 - 5 www.mlernergallerycom May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 10 Culturally Speaking By Cornelia Seckel I was in Oxnard, California visit- setup — group exhibit and solo shows. ing Heidi (my friend since we were 10 There is also a gallery shop where years old) and enjoying her company, artists can sell their smaller works her new friends and community as and crafts. well as learning about Oxnard and From the Art Association we went the nearby towns of Ojai and Ven- to the town’s Post Office and the tura (just an hour or so North of LA). WPA Mural depicting the History My exploration of Ojai was limited of Ventura County that was done to visiting several of the interesting in 1938 by Gordon Kenneth Grant shops featuring artists and craft- and restored in 1966 by F. Trevors. speople from the surrounding area. In The Works Progress Administra- particular I enjoyed my time at Hu- tion (renamed during 1939 as the man Arts, a gallery of contemporary Work Projects Administration; WPA) crafts, jewelry, furniture and paint- created by President Franklin Dela- ings. Owners Hallie and Stan Katz no Roosevelt, was the largest New were able to fill me in about the town Deal agency, employing millions and I hope to return there on a press to carry out public works projects, trip and be able to explore all the including the construction of public places that were closed on that Easter buildings and roads, and operated Heidi Robertson and Cornelia Seckel at the beach, Oxnard, CA Sunday. Ojai gained fame when the large arts, drama, media, and literacy and not-for-profit. OwnersJosh Ad- ago. Well that was fun, there I was area was photographed to represent projects. Almost every community in dison and family established this 3,000 miles from my regular life and Shangri-La in the 1939 movie The the United States had a park, bridge art collective and center with private yet the art world makes it a small Lost Horizon. Since that time Ojai or school constructed by the agency, money. The Community Room is the community. has maintained the reputation of a which especially benefited rural and not-for-profit component and has Before leaving town Moses offered “magical place”, a haven for artists, Western populations. Expenditures a governing board. The for-profit to take us over to see WAV, a live musicians and health enthusiasts. As from 1936 to 1939 totaled nearly $7 component is the rental of what has work space for artists. The Working grown to be 40 studios including an Artists Ventura (WAV) project is a arts school. Next to the factory build- $59 million, state-of-the-art commu- ing was an old house that has been nity designed for artists and creative reconverted to more studios and the businesses and completed in Decem- Vita Art Center, a school offering ber 2009. The WAV community, in art classes for children, teens and the heart of Ventura’s Downtown adults. (www.vitaartcenter.com). Cultural District, offers affordable The entranceway opens into a large living and working space for over a space that has a kitchen area which hundred artists – painters, sculptors, also serves as a “living room/commu- dancers, poets, musicians, filmmak- nal room for the artists and people ers and more. The artists bring to in the creative arts who are the ten- life a theater/gallery with perfor- ants renting spaces of varying sizes. mances, art openings and neighbor- There are mailboxes set up for the hood gatherings. Arts-friendly small tenants and even showers — quite businesses, including coffee houses, handy when you have been working galleries, cafes, wine bars and jazz all day and need to switch roles and clubs, are expected to draw foot traffic get to open school night. As we toured and contribute to the vitality of the the building we stopped in to sev- community. eral of the artists’ studios. Johanna Right nearby are the Tortilla Johanna Spinks, artist, with Cornelia Seckel in Johanna's studio at the Bell Arts Factory Spinks (www.johannaspinks.com) Flats Murals. The original murals seemed quite familiar and her excel- were done in 1994-95 by Moses & I understand it, the intrigue of this billion. Across the country millions lent portrait paintings also got my MB Hanrahan of life in this part of town brought numerous people who of people had work from the WPA re- attention. After a brief exchange we town — Tortilla Flats, a community wanted to experience its other world- sulting in families having a roof over realized that we had a friend, Ever- removed by the Freeway. The murals liness. Film people from Hollywood their heads, clothing on their backs ett Raymond Kinstler (one of, if deteriorated over time and just a few continued to come long after the film- and food on their table. not the finest portrait painters in the years ago the city asked Moses and ing was over; spiritual teachers held The next stop was the Bell Mat- US having painted over 50 cabinet MB to re-construct the murals and retreats and communities developed. tress Company. I had called earlier members and presidents www.ever- they were installed along the walls of The artists came for the ambiance in the day and spoke with Moses ettraymondkinstler.com) in common the underpass of the Freeway. Moses and for the landscape. Today there Mora, VP of the Board, and he turned and had spent quite a bit of time at grew up in that community and as he are spiritual retreats, The Beatrice out to be a most excellent guide. Bell Ev’s birthday party a number of years showed us the murals I could hear Wood Center for the Arts, numer- Arts Factory (www.bellartsfactory. ous galleries, and museums. com) was created in October 2004 Ventura (on the coast and just with the decision to transform an 12 miles West of Ojai) took on the historic 20,000 square foot former overflow and developed into its own mattress factory on Ventura Avenue popular destination and artists’ com- into a mixed-use community arts cen- munity. I went online and the city’s ter. When opened in April 2006, over site had a listing of the galleries, 20 artists worked in their studios, artist studios, associations, muse- and 70 children per week, ages 6 to ums, schools, theatres, and historic 12 participated in the multicultural sites. Heidi and I figured that the Bell Arts Factory After-School and Buenaventura Art Association Saturday Youth Arts Program. 27 would be the place to start and gallery Artist Studios are open to the public assistant Regina Raalsdkjflasdjf on First Fridays of each month where was very helpful. The Association, artists can be seen working or dis- established in 1955, has about 200 playing their art. In the Community members. There are juried group Room there are poetry readings, play shows of their members and each productions, exhibition and special year solo artists are juried for a solo events. Bell Mattress Factory was show. They began a 1st Friday Gal- a custom manufacturer for more lery Stroll, which continues to be very than 67 years, making mattresses in popular. The association has another nonstandard sizes. This Arts center gallery in the harbor with a similar is an interesting mix of the for-profit Heidi Robertson and Ragina Raalsdkjflasdif at the Buenaventura artAssociation in Ventura, CA. May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 11 the nostalgia as he told us about the I could hardly believe the number of different members of the community gorgeous pianos spread over several depicted on the mural. What an in- rooms of Craftsman Piano, a full- teresting and full day we had. The service piano restoration facility sensibility of the community to the that specializes in Steinway, Mason, arts is apparent throughout the city. and Hamlin pianos . Owner Joe It seems to be an excellent place for Hanerfeld treated me to a brief creativity to flourish. concert on a Rosewood Steinway D, Meanwhile, I came back East to 1886. It is one of the most beautiful the 7th Annual Open Studio for pianos I have seen and has a hand YOHO Artists Studios located in rubbed satin finish and a price tag Yonkers in the former Alexander of $120,000.00. I video-taped quite a Smith Carpet Mill and now bit of my tour and will make a short for many years studio space for movie and post it on our website and some 55 + artists and art related YouTube in the next few weeks. professionals. George Huang is I was pleased to get to see Alex the owner/manager of what he hopes Kveton’s prints and Jeffrey Mil- will become a Center for the Arts. stein’s photographs at Oriole 9 in When I asked George if he was an Woodstock, NY. Alex, a well-known artist he smiled and said, “This (as and highly accomplished sculptor, he waved his hand to include the has recently explored printmaking. entire space) is my art.” For the past Raymond J. Steiner has written an George Huang, manager (forefront) outside YOHO Artists studios housed in the former number of years George and a group introduction to Alex’s soon-to-be-pub- Alexander Smith Carpet Mill, Yonkers, NY of “tenants” have been working to this lished monograph. Jeffrey Milstein’s Croton Falls. The gallery will feature in our contemporary world. The Gal- end. I have visited several times and photographs are quite extraordinary paintings, sculpture, pottery, photog- lery will reach out to its audiences each time there is something new. and a recent monograph entitled raphy, fiber art, jewelry, artist made/ through innovative exhibitions and Recently they opened a Community Cuba has just been released. It is a designed clothing and furniture. shows in the spirit of conveying a A.R.T.S. operates through renting sense of and encouraging participa- display and sale space to vetted art- tion, appreciation and understanding ists and artisans. Dyan Rosenberg of art on all levels through different said: “My hope is that the gallery artistic mediums and styles.” The becomes a ‘clubhouse’ for artists and Grand Opening will be Sunday, patrons alike and provides a space for June 19th with celebration from noon the exchange of ideas. We hope the till 8pm. Take a look at their site public will join us for wine and cheese at www.martinlernergallery.com between 3-6 pm on the first Saturday where you will find additional infor- of every month.” Artists interested mation not only about the gallery but in joining this venture should call the inns, restaurants and resorts in 914 276-2209 or take a look at; www. and around Roxbury, NY. arts6gallery.com In my April online Culturally Karen Whitman and Richard Speaking Column I posted several Pantell have opened their own gal- videos: The Concert at Kaatsbaan lery, Bearsville Graphics Studio International Dance Center, Gallery, at 68 Tinker Street, in Tivoli, NY and the Chili Bowl Fi- Woodstock, NY. In addition to show- esta, a fundraiser for the Women’s ing their own prints and paintings, Studio Workshop in Rosendale, they will be exhibiting the works NY. Take a look. They give a flavor of prominent printmakers William of the events and Hollywood filmmak- Outside the Bell Mattress Factory, Ventura, CA. Behnken, Michaael Di Cerbo, Ste- ers should have no fear of competi- tion. Take a look at our ever-evolving Gallery Space where tenants beautiful little book with exquisite ven Hazard, Bill Murphy, Carol website www.arttimesjournal.com can have exhibitions. Every other photographs “portraits” of Cuba. Wax, and ceramic artist Randi and while you’re online become a month there is a Gallery Night Several new galleries have come to Martin Kish. Periodic theme exhibi- facebook fan of ART TIMES. Use this with discussions and classes offered. my attention in the last few months. tions, lectures, demonstrations, and page to let us know about the things I wandered throughout the several A.R.T.S (ARTISTS READY TO concerts will be announced. you’re doing. Soon to come (when I floors and sections talking with SELL) is a gallery and marketplace The Martin Lerner Gallery was learn how to do it) is a blog form our many of the artists who heartily in Croton Falls, NY whose focus is to founded in the spring of 2010 in Rox- Editor . Here expressed how much they enjoy exhibit and sell an extensive range of bury, New York in the Catskill Moun- Raymond J. Steiner you can read his Piques! working in the space. “It is like original works of art. It was founded tains with the mission “of promoting, Peeks and and other thoughts he has. camp,” one artist told me. Tenants by artists Dyan Rosenberg, Carol collecting, and preserving great See you out and about and be sure are respectful of each other’s privacy Carpentieri, Phyllis Smith, Alex works of art that recognize and re- flect diversity and the many different to say hello. and at the same time available for Tureaud, Marjie Kern and Su- ef socializing and helping one another. zanne Ashley, all local residents of forms of expression and viewpoints

(L) Alex Kveton, printmker & sculptor, with Rick Pantell, master printmaker, (R) Jeffrey Millstein, photographer, with Lenny Kislin, curator at their exhibits at Oriole 9, Woodstock, NY May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 12 Continued Additional listings online: from Page 8 www.arttimesjournal.com Calendar Saturday, May 29 FINE ART AUCTION Preview Benefit for Arts in Education Program at Woodstock Day School, Fletcher Gallery, Kleinert/James Art Ctr., 34 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 10-6pm www.fletchergallery.comUlster NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: ALEX KVETON featured artist Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., Saugerties, NY charge (thru Jun 6) www.faywoodstudio.com Ulster WASHINGTON SQUARE OUTDOOR ART EXHIBIT Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Wash. sq. E. & Univ. Pl. (212) 982-6255 www.wsoae.org NYC Sunday, May 30 FINE ART AUCTION Benefit for Arts in Education Program at Woodstock Day School, Fletcher Gallery, Kleinert/James Art Ctr., 34 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 2pm (Previews: 5/27; 5/28; 5/29 10-6pm) www.fletchergallery.comUlster LISA DELORIA WEINBLATT: SCHOOL LUNCH Sand Lake Ctr for the Arts, 2880 Rte 43, Averill Park, NY (518) 674-2007 Opening Reception 1-3pm (thru Jun 30) Rensselaer NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: BASHA RUTH NELSON fea- tured artist Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., Saugerties, NY charge (thru Jun 6) www.faywoodstudio.com Ulster OSAMU KATO / ELEANOR GOLDSTEIN Upstream Gallery, 26B Main St., Dobbs Ferry, NY (914) 674-8548 Opening Reception 2-5pm (thru Jun 20) Westchester WASHINGTON SQUARE OUTDOOR ART EXHIBIT Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Wash. sq. E. & Univ. Pl. (212) 982-6255 www.wsoae.org NYC Monday, May 31 NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: FAY WOOD featured artist; RAYMOND J. STEINER featured speaker (4pm) Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/ Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., Saugerties, NY charge (thru Jun 6) www.faywoodstudio.com Ulster WASHINGTON SQUARE OUTDOOR ART EXHIBIT Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Wash. sq. E. & Univ. Pl. (212) 982-6255 www.wsoae.org NYC Tuesday, June 1 GABRIEL CESLOV Solo Show Teatown Lake Reservation, 1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining, NY (914) 762-9212 (thru Jul 31) Westchester NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: RUTH EDWY featured artist Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., Saugerties, NY charge (thru Jun 6) www.faywoodstudio.com Ulster Wednesday, June 2 NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: ANGELA GAFFNEY-SMITH featured artist Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., Sau- gerties, NY charge (thru Jun 6) www.faywoodstudio.com Ulster Thursday, June 3 NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: SHELLEY PARRIOTT fea- tured artist Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., Saugerties, NY charge (thru Jun 6) www.faywoodstudio.com Ulster OPEN STUDIOS 2010 WCC Center for the Arts, 27 North Division St., Peekskill, NY (914) 606-7300 Opening Reception 5-7pm (thru Jul 30) www.sunywcc.edu Westchester Friday, June 4 ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW Barrett Art Center, Hudson Valley Auctioneers Building, 432 Main St., Beacon (845) 471-2550 Opening Reception and Pot Luck dinner 7-9pm (thru Jun 26) www.barrettartcenter.org Dutchess NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: JEFFREY SCHILLER fea- tured artist Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., Saugerties, NY charge (thru Jun 6) www.faywoodstudio.com Ulster ULA EINSTEIN, LESLIE MADIGAN, JODY RICHARDS, KAREN SHAW GAGA Arts Center, 55 West Railroad Ave., Garnerville, NY (845) 947-7108 6-9pm (thru Jun 27) Rockland YOHO ARTISTS GALLERY NITE YOHO, 578 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, NY (917) 682-5172 6-8pm Westchester Continued on Page 14

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E. & Univ. Pl. (212) 982-6255 www.wsoae.org NYC 7-9pm Ulster Monday, June 7 DONALD ELDER Elena Zang Gallery, 3671 Rt. 212, Shady, NY 845-679-5432 Opening Reception 2-5pm (thru June 29) www.elenazang.com Ulster 121st ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS National Arts Club Galleries, 15 Gramercy Park South, NYC (212) 475-3424 (thru June FROM THE BRONX TO “THE” WOODSTOCK Bearsville Graphics Studio Gallery, 28) www.nawanet.org NYC 68 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY (845) 684-5476 (thru Jun 20) Ulster IN THE NEWS: Theme Show Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 GABRIEL CESLOV Solo Show Teatown Lake Reservation, 1600 Spring Valley Rd., (thru July 9) www.salmagundi.org Ossining, NY (914) 762-9212 Artist’s Reception 3-5pm (thru Jul 31) www.gabrielceslov. NYC com/paintings.html Westchester Friday, June 11 IN SEARCH OF PEOPLE Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, 660 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN ACRYLIC & CASEIN: Annual Exhibition Rte 25A, St. James (631) 862-6575 (thru Jul 2) www.stacarts.org Suffolk Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 Reception 6-8pm; Awards Ceremony LILY SCHOR: Ceramics, RANDY FROST: Fiber, CHRIS HAMPTON: Wood: Art- 7pm (thru June 11) www.nationalsocietyofpaintersincaseinandacrylic.com NYC ists’ Demos Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, NY (914) 375-5100 1:30; Saturday, June 12 2:30; 3:30 Westchester 7th ANNUAL SPRING PLEIN-AIR PAINT-OUT AND ART AUCTION Barrett Art NINE/9: An Invitational Sculpture & Painting Exhibition: ANTHONY KRAUSS Center, Hudson Valley Auctioneers Building, 432 Main St., Beacon(845) 471-2550 Art- featured artist Fay Wood’s Clove Church Studio/Gallery/Gardens, 209 Fishcreek Rd., ists paint from 9-3pm; Reception 4-5:15; Live & Silent auctions from 5:30-7:30pm www. 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Ulster 43rd ANNUAL ART IN THE PARK Art League of Long Island, Heckscher Museum DIANE MITCHELL: Photography; FLO SUERIG: Ceramics; MIA DEBETHUNE: Park, 2 Prime Ave Huntington (631) 462-5400 10-5pm www.artleagueli.net Suffolk paintings; Artists’ Demos Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, NY (914) 375-5100 1:30; 2:30; 3:30 Westchester MICHAEL VEITCH & JULIE LAST Photosensualis, 15 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY 7pm photosensualis.com Ulster REGIONAL EXHIBITION 2010 Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2388 Opening Reception 3-5pm (thru Aug 7) Ulster WHITMAN & PANTELL CONCERT & OPEN MIC Kleinert/James Art Center, 34 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 845- 679-2079 8pm charge Ulster Continued on Page 24 Blue Door Gallery 13 Riverdale Avenue • Yonkers 10701 • (914) 375.5100 •[email protected] • www.bluedoorgallery.org Gallery Hours: Thursday: 12-5pm, Friday: 1-6pm, Saturday: 12-5pm

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May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 15 Fiction Southern Girl By PHILIP LOYD Sass novel.” She swallowed hard. “Yes, Mother.” met,” I said, “next to you.” “Well, at least she’s no damn “Sounds like your father and I.” “I mean, not for the sake of being “Mature woman,” said Mother, Yankee,” said Mother, and that was “I know.” Jewish, per say. But go ahead and and I think she actually blushed. the closest thing to a compliment I “So,” said Mother, “when do I get tell me how I was wrong about her. ” “I suppose you two are already could have expected. “That girl you… to meet this future daughter-in-law “You were right about her, living together, like you did with that while you were at Princeton, the one of mine, this Southern girl?” She Mother.” one from New York?” with the, with the nose, you know, touched my hand and smiled. “Tell me how I didn’t warn you “Not a chance,” I said. “Mary the…” “Well, I said, “how about right about her.” wouldn’t have it. As far as things “The Jewish girl,” I said. now?” “You warned me about her, like that go, she say’s ‘I don’t’ until “Don’t you use that tone with “Excuse me?” Mother.” we both say ‘I do’.” me,” she said. “This new girl, she’s “She’s just outside, in the car. I’ll “It’s not that I want to gloat. God “Impressive,” said Mother. Moth- not…“ go and get her.” forbid I should want to see you happy. er was rarely impressed. Mother stopped breathing. “Here, she’s here now?” said But like I’ve told you a thousand I grabbed Mother by the hand. “No Mother, she’s not Jewish.” Mother, and she began searching for times, you need—“ I could see she was a bit startled by She started breathing again. a mirror. “But I don’t even have my “A Southern girl.” this. No one ever grabbed Mother by “She’s a Southern girl,” I said. face on.” Absent a mirror, she set to “So tell me about this new girl,” the hand. “Watch your mouth,” said my fixing her hair by her reflection in the said Mother. Mother loved being “I have to tell you, Mother,” I Mother. “You watch your manners silver tea set. I hadn’t seen Mother right almost as much as she loved said, “Mary, her whole family, there in my house.” this out of sorts since President Clin- sounding magnanimous. is something so quaint about them, is I had to give Mother the benefit ton came to console her at my father’s “Well, like I said, she’s a Southern almost as if they were from another of the doubt. Before lunch today she funeral. girl,” and thinking about Mary made time and place. Is just like the sto- didn’t even know I had a girlfriend, I gave Mother the few extra mo- my eyes light up. “You’re just going ries you always tell me, about how it much less that I was engaged. ments I knew she’d want, and even to fall in love with her.” was growing up with Grandma and My girlfriend, my fiancé, I’d knocked first. Mother grunted. Grandpa. There is something about known for only three months now. “Come in,” she said. “She’s everything that’s splendid her that reminds me of, well, of you.” I met her in Houston. As far as I I opened the door. Mother was about a Southern girl. She has big Mother had never heard me talk was concerned, she was as much a standing stiff as a board, smiling wide beautiful brown eyes, dewy skin that this way before. Southerner as any belle from Savan- with starched hair and the scent of glistens, pouty lips, a loving smile, “Mary is nothing like any of the nah or debutante from New Orleans. freshly sprayed perfume all around. and long straight hair that falls down girls I’ve dated before, nothing like But Mother didn’t regard Texans as It was the biggest smile I ever saw her past her shoulders.” women today at all. She doesn’t Southerners. Mother believed all la- make, and it lasted all of one second. “I see,” said Mother. drink, doesn’t smoke, doesn’t go out dies west of the Sabine River crowned At two seconds, the arch in her back “And with Mary, family means dancing all night, doesn’t wear scant their curtilage with cactus roses, and gave way and her shoulders slumped everything.” clothing, has no tattoos; hell, she that all men moussed their hair with forward. In the third second, all the “You don’t say. Is she from a large never even had a steady boyfriend motor oil. color went out of her face and she family?” before me. The only beau she ever had “Now, you know my problem with was as white as a ghost. At least she “Eight sisters, six brothers.” was when she was fifteen and they that last girl was not that she was looked bleached white, especially in “Oh my, that is a healthy clan. only had two dates and they never Jewish,” said Mother. contrast to Mary, who wrapped her And what does her father do?” got any further than her front porch. caramel-colored arms around Moth- “He’s a doctor.” “And now this, you’re just not go- er, hugging her like she was family “What’s his specialty?” ing to believe,” I said. Mother almost already, saying “Mamá, finalmente “He’s a GP.” looked frightened. “We’ve had a doz- nos conocemos, aunque parece que ya “I didn’t know there were any old en dates altogether, and that’s count- te conociera.” country doctors still around,” said ing the times I’ve been to her house. Mother should be happy, I Mother. Never, not once, have we been alone. thought. Mary, Maria, reminds me ”He even makes house calls.” Either her father or her mother or her of her in so many ways. She is the “You don’t say. And her mother?” grandmother has always been there very definition of a Southern girl: “Where do you think Mary gets to chaperone. I’m not kidding. That’s a natural-born beauty; ladylike in her exquisite eyes? She’s the most how old-fashioned she is.” manner and style; devoted to hard beautiful elderly woman I’ve ever “My word,” said Mother, “sounds like someone straight out of a Herbert work; dedicated to family; and as old- SCHOOL LUNCH fashioned as they come. She is from Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt the small town of Cardenas in south- ern Mexico. And oh yes, one thing May 15 - June 30, 2010 Audubon Artists Mary most certainly is not: she’s no th Opening Reception 68 Annual National damn Yankee. Sunday, May 30, 1-3pm All Juried Exhibition (Philip Loyd lives in Houston, TX.) Sand Lake Center for the Arts for Active Members & Non-Members

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Upcoming Events Come just enjoy or learn to sail May 5 ~ 16 a traditional schooner on LI Sound. American Masters Exhibition & Sale May 4 ~ 17 Painters, Songwriters, Musicians Richard Schmid Drawings Agile Dancers May 3 ~ 16 Photographers welcome, skipper would Curator's Exhibit Early Works love to have great images and maybe May 18 ~ 23 portraits under sail. John Traynor Fundraising Exhibit & Sale Demo May 21,6pm Send intro & art link to: [email protected] May 13, 7pm Richard McKinley Demo OSAMU KATO (Tickets Available at Theatermania.com) May 24 ~ June 4 Theme Show: Noble Nocturnes Collage and Relief May 26 ~ June 11 56th Annual National Society Painters Casein & Acrylic (Revisited) June 7 ~ July 9 Theme Show: In the News May 27 – June 20, 2010 June 28 ~ July 9 Thurs–Sun, 12:30–5:30 pm En Plein Air Classes Non-Member Photo/Graphics Join us at Hidden Pond on Tuesdays in July June 15 ~ 26 Tues July 6 & 20 – paint with HM Saffer, II COGAP Exhibit Artist’s Reception: Tues July 13 & 27 – draw with Maj Kalfus Sunday, May 30, 2-5 pm June 28 ~ July 11 9:30am-4pm • $60 per session includes lunch Retrospective Works by Judith Pestronk For information or to reserve a space please call 518-828-2939 UPSTREAM GALLERY www.ddfagallery.com 47 Fifth Avenue, NYC 26B Main Street Located in Mid-Columbia County, 212-255-7740 Dobbs Ferry NY 10522 on a rise in a clearing surrounded by trees, Hidden Pond provides a serene environment www.salmagundi.org www.upstreamgallery.com in a beautiful rural setting just five short miles (914) 674-8548 from Hudson, NY May/ June 2010 ART TIMES page 20

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