Outside the Lines” Exhibition Pre-K Through Grade 12 Students Cairo-Durham, Coxsackie-Athens, to Their Already Busy Schedules
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ALALBANYY, NY PERMIT #486 Published by the Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414 • Issue 115 • March/April 2017 GCCA’s Annual Youth & Student Arts Exhibition: OUTSIDE the ShowcasING LINES Greene County’s Rising Stars Greene County Council on the creative talent. 2017’s exhibit Greene County’s art teachers Arts is proud to present their 37th promises to be a “tour de force” and administrators deserve a annual youth arts exhibit “Outside with youth art pouring in from all huge thank you for adding the the Lines,” featuring artwork by over Greene County, including “Outside the Lines” exhibition pre-K through Grade 12 students Cairo-Durham, Coxsackie-Athens, to their already busy schedules. from Greene County public, Catskill, Greenville, Hunter- The students, their families and private and home schools. Outside Tannersville, and Windham- the Arts Council depend on their Clockwise from top left: Student work the Lines 2017 will be on view Ashland-Jewett. generosity and creative energy to Annual Teacher’s Tribute. from Greenville Middle School in March 4 through April 15, 2017. During the exhibit, the gallery mount this extraordinary annual GCCA’s gallery, located at 2016 Exhibit; “The Root” by Julianna The opening reception will be bursts with a kaleidoscope of student art exhibit. 398 Main Street in Catskill, is open Place. Catskill High School Grade 10; held on March 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. at colors and designs found in Greene County Council on the Monday through Friday from 10 “Marilyn Monroe” by Molly Conway. 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY. students’ paintings, drawings, Arts is especially grateful for the a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from Catskill High School Grade 10; The “Outside the Lines” gives collages, photographs and mixed support of the following donors noon to 5 p.m. The exhibit is free artwork on display in the Upstairs Greene County students the media works displayed “salon to our youth arts programs: The and open to the public. More infor- Gallery just before the cookies unique opportunity to exhibit their style” from fl oor to ceiling. In addi- Nan Guterman Foundation, the mation is available by contacting disappeared during the 2016 Opening Reception!; Flag Collage by artwork in a professional gallery tion, this year GCCA is offering Town of Catskill, Stewart’s Holiday 518-943-3400, gcca@greenearts. Greenville Middle School Student in and allows visitors to see a wide its new fl at screen television to Match, Hudson River Bank & Trust org or www.greenearts.org. 2016 Exhibit; “The City Sky” by Talula cross-section of the diversity and display short fi lms and videos by Foundation, and private donors Houston, Catskill High School Grade 10. promise of our county’s young students. who contribute through GCCA’s Sculptor WILLIE COLE to Guest Curate GCCA’s "Off the Walls: From Junk to Art” Exhibition Greene County Council on mensional works that become a the Arts is proud to announce vehicle for commenting on serious that sculptor Willie Cole will be issues like consumerism and race, guest curator for its upcoming often in a playful way. His work, “Off the Walls: From Junk to Art” he has said, is about creating exhibit. On view April 22 through new ways to see old things. Three May 27, 2017, Off the Walls will years ago, long after his sculpture be dedicated to 2D and 3D had earned him an international artwork made of recycled/re-pur- reputation; Cole began collecting posed materials, with the goal of discarded plastic water bottles, would deem useless junk or trash bringing the environment to life in melding them into fanciful, often to create meaningful, thought-pro- Honorary Hosts ways previously unimagined. 3D dazzling sculptures. In taking voking art. JEAN AND DAVID work will be presented both inside discarded objects and turning In conjunction with the SLUTZKY the GCCA gallery and in nearby them into something beautiful, opening of Off the Walls, GCCA invite you to attend private and public spaces in and the artist is asking us to think will conduct a live interview with “The Party of the Year.” around Catskill NY. Willie Cole before we throw something away, guest curator Willie Cole just is an internationally renowned to reconsider how we use and prior to the opening reception GCCA 29TH sculptor who works exclusively dispose of items. for the exhibit on Saturday, April ANNUAL with recycled materials and has Cole’s sculptures can be 22nd at 4:00 PM. The interview BEAUX ARTS extensive experience with large found in the permanent collec- will be moderated by sculptor and BALL installations, both indoors and tions of the Museum of Modern Art Catskill resident Robert Tomlinson, outdoors, making him the perfect (MOMA), in New York, the National and recorded for broadcast on Masked Ball & guest curator for this exhibit. Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., Mr. Tomlinson’s monthly radio Black Tie Bistro As John O’Rourke wrote in and many other institutions across show “Purple House,” which airs Transforming Everyday Objects the globe. Cole studied briefl y at the fi rst Tuesday of every month April 1, 2017 into Works of Art (BU Today), most the BU School of Visual Arts in the from 2:00 to 3:00 pm on Catskill’s people looking at a discarded 1970s before transferring to the creative community radio station The Copper Tree pair of women’s high heel shoes, School of Visual Arts, New York, WGXC (90.7 FM). The live Willie Restaurant, an iron, or an old hair dryer would graduating in 1976. His numerous Cole interview will take place Hunter Mountain. likely dismiss them as junk. But for honors over a nearly four-decade at HiLo, a new cafe/bar/gallery sculptor Willie Cole, these ordinary career include the David C. space located at 365 Main Street Please See Page 9 for objects are alive with artistic possi- Driskell Prize, the fi rst national in Catskill, a few doors down from more information! bility. In his hands, old hair dryers award to honor contributions in GCCA’s gallery, and be free for the are transformed into a Buddhist African American art. public. wheel of life, a heated iron’s scorch While Cole is based in New After the interview, attendees marks on canvas or paper become Jersey, he has a strong connection will head over to the opening emblematic of African shields, and to the Hudson Valley (his daughter reception for Off the Walls from women’s shoes morph into exotic attends Bard College) and upstate 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Greene County blossoms, chairs, even a sculpture New York, where he visits often. Council on the Arts, 398 Main of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. He agreed to guest curate Off Street, Catskill, NY. Other events Considered one of today’s the Walls in part because of to commemorate this important most infl uential sculptors, Cole his interest in getting to know exhibit are in development. For describes himself as a “percep- more artists in the region, and is more information on those events, tual engineer”—taking everyday committed to choosing work that the GCCA Visual Arts Program, and objects and through repetition shows ingenuity and creativity in the Off the Walls exhibit please creating visually stunning three-di- how artists use what most people visit www.greenearts.org. From Top Left: Willie Cole; Aquahollic by Willie Cole. Above Right: Sole-Brother Number 1 by Willie Cole; Water to Light by Willie Cole. Photo credit: fotopic.com Photo credit: Presenting Cultural Events & Opportunities for Greene, Columbia & Schoharie Counties. www.greenearts.org 4 ALIVE Page 2 2017 March/April Young artists GREENE in the Sprouts COUNTY REGISTRATION FOR SPROUTS - Begins May 1st Program at COUNCIL ON Work making THE ARTS FREE Arts Program for Children Ages 3 to 7 a back drop. Greene County Council on teachers in a fun, safe and welcoming program. After the fi rst day, I came BOARD OF DIRECTORS the Arts’ SPROUTS Program is environment as they develop social out of class and told my mom that a FREE summer arts workshop series and problem solving skills through I wanted to be a dance instructor. David Slutzky, President with sites in Windham, Coxsackie, the arts. Often teachers, volunteers, Fast forward to present day and I register early to secure your place. Bill Deane, 1st Vice President Cairo, Greenville, Hunter and and students work collaboratively am lucky enough to be teaching Can’t come to the program at your Jeff Friedman, Treasurer Catskill for children ages 3 to 7 to produce joyful end of the week and passing along my passion to closest location? You are welcome to Paul Poplock, Assistant Treasurer who reside in Greene County, NY. performances. Up to 100 teen and others. The SPROUTS program sign up at another location. Multiple Lawrence Krajeski, Secretary Beginning May 1, 2017 parents or pre-teen volunteers, many of whom helped me to discover my love for week registration is also available; Maggie Fine guardians may register their children are former SPROUTS attendees, not only dance, but also the arts as a we may need to put you on a wait list Kico Govantes so we can enroll as many children as Liz Kirkhus for workshops in either the Art & serve as assistants and role models, whole. If you are looking for a way to possible. Gretchen Binder Mallory Music workshops or the Theater & resulting in a program that serves encourage and foster the discovery of Nancey Rosensweig Dance workshops. Classes are limited many age groups in the community.