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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. the arts for your child, the SPROUTS SPROUTS has a Face-book Laura Segall to 15 children per classroom so The SPROUTS Directors program is a wonderful place to page! Like us on Facebook at Sprouts Thomas Silvious advanced registration is necessary. comment on their personal ex- start.” - Erika Russo GCCA and watch for SPROUTS Sheila Trautman The program serves 60 children periences with the SPROUTS “When I was invited into the news and important updates or at www. every week and 360 throughout the program, now in its 31st year! SPROUTS program I was honored. greenearts.org/youth-arts. BOARD OF ADVISORS summer. Program hours are 10:00 to “If you have never enrolled your Soon after that I enrolled my own Teens and pre-teens, SPROUTS Karl T. Anis 11:45 a.m. in each of the locations. children in SPROUTS before I recom- children. They have shared such needs you! Interested in working Ava Barbour SPROUTS participants will experience mend you work it into your summer wonderful experiences with amazing with professional artists, helping Dick Brooks two alternating 45-minute work- schedule. The teachers are great with local artists. I can not think of any teach young children dance, theater, Frank Cuthbert shops with a healthy snack served young children and share their love of other programs for my children to music or art, as well as looking to gain Michel Goldberg community service hours, can help Ronnie McCue between sessions. Specifi c locations the arts through imaginative learning, grow up through.” Tara VanRoy and dates for SPROUTS 2017 will be an essential element in today’s To enroll for SPROUTS contact with SPROUTS! We invite those inter- Kim McLean ested in volunteering for our summer Patrick D. Milbourn available by early April 2017. complex world.” Ruth Leonard the Greene County Council on the workshops to call GCCA at 518-943- Patti Morrow Children have the opportunity “Over twenty years ago, my Arts at 518-943-3400 after May 1, 3400 after May 1, 2017. Ruth Sachs to work with professional artists and parents enrolled me in the SPROUTS 2017. There is limited enrollment so Robert Sheridan Michael Smith John Sowle GCCA Announces 2017 Cultural Fund Awards Through the County Initiative Program (CIP) STAFF Kay Stamer The Greene County Council on the process was challenging, and GCCA is reach and performances in a vaiety of awarded $2,450 for six to eight Summer Executive Director Arts (GCCA) is pleased to announce the extremely grateful to these panelists for venues throughout the mountain top Concerts featuring live performances of Sharon Shepherd recipients of regrant awards through their hard work and dedication to the areas of Greene County. After taking one national and international distinguished Assistant Director; the Greene County Initiative Program arts in Greene County. year away from the application process musicians and rising young performers, Membership Coordinator; (CIP). Twelve not-for-profi t organiz- The Greene County Council on the Altamura Center for the Arts returned in the Classical Music Series, and tradi- Arts Alive Editor ations in Greene County have been Arts congratulates all grant recipients. again this year and was awarded $1300 tional Ukrainian folk arts workshops for awarded $26,000 in funding in support The intent of these awards is to ensure for the program”G. Verdi, in Search of adult and children. Planet Arts was Margaret Uhalde of cultural programming and activities a wide range of exciting, high caliber, Desdemona: A Quest into the Human awarded $1,350 for Music Mix Initiative Community Arts Grants for 2017. and innovative cultural programs for Heart” which encompasses associated which includes one2one jazz series Coordinator The County Initiative Program our communities. The activities of these workshops involving local performers and Tone Structure Lab project. Planet Renee Nied (CIP) was established in 1983 to organizations provide a positive and and visiting voice students developing Arts intends to develop an educational Coordinator Community provide funding from the Greene substantial impact on local economies thier talents, network with established component with live performances to Arts Grants, Schoharie County Legislature to major Greene and on the quality of our lives. The GCCA artists and perform live in front of include pre-concert lecture/workshop Niva Dorell County cultural institutions that offer and the Greene County Legislature local and visiting audiences. Bridge and creative artistic process. Thomas Visual Arts Director quality professional services and are committed to the continuation of Street Theatre was awarded $3020 Cole National Historic Site – Cedar Ruth Leonard, Tara Van Roy programs. With invaluable support quality arts programming and related for general operating support to assist Grove in Catskill was awarded $3,000 and Erika Russo from the County, this funding continues activities for the benefi t of our residents in continuing to present theatre, art for an exhibition “Sanford R. Gifford in “Sprouts” Program Co-Directors to promote the development, growth and visitors. Please keep these organiz- events and musical productions, which the Catskills” featuring depictions of the and viability of major Greene County ations in mind when planning activities include original BST productions and Hudson Valley and Catskill landscapes. Patricia Britton organizations. and check local media sources for latest outside presenters, bringng relevant Included will be an exhibition catalog, Bookkeeper Funding awards are competitive information on up-coming events. and affordable theatre to diverse lectures, both guided and self guided Colette Lemmon and are determined by a select panel of audiences. BST 2017 programs will hikes, website and audio tours. Wave Grants Consultant artists, arts professionals, and commu- 2017 GREENE COUNTY INITIATIVE include instructional classes, lectures Farm was awarded $2,700 for their Will Barnds nity members. Deepest appreciation PROGRAM GRANTS and workshops in theatre and related Wave Farm Residency Program provi- Catskill Gallery Reception, goes to this year’s panelists for the GCCA received requests from disciplines for students of all ages. The ding artists with space and resources to courtesy of Experience Works Greene County Initiative Program (CIP). twelve cultural institutions totaling Bronck Museum of the Greene County create new transmission art works and Our six panelists were: Deborah Allen, $42,172 – more than $16,000 the Historical Society, awarded $2300 then conduct multiple public programs CONSULTANTS former Publisher of Black Dome Press, amount of available regrant funds. to continue, expand and promote including workshops, exhibits/events Hensonville; Peter Keitel, Formerly Twelve CIP awards were awarded as cultural, educational, arts program- and broadcasts that are also to be stre- Anthony Rago Apogee Webmaster SUNY Albany Assistant Director of follows: ming, including Music of History series, amed online. Zadock Pratt Museum Financial Aid and Program Associate First time applicant Prattsville Art Heritage Craft Fair and Chilly Willy was awarded $1,675 for a full season of YAMA Industrials, Inc. at State Education Department, Center was awarded $1700 for the Next Tours. The Bronck will develop current community and educational programs Computer Technology Visual Artist, Greenville; Deena Generation Art Project to establish an programming suitable for young for all ages including the exhibit Kate Boyer Lebow, Creator NY Communal Table- expanded program offering art, music students and present a season long “Pratt’s Five Wives”: a unique look at Design & Layout – Arts Alive Art+Talk+Food & Blog; Catskill; Judith and dance programs March-September celebration of Pieter Bronk’s 400th the role of women from the Colonial Ruby Silvious Moss, Choreographer and Modern 2017. Project is a collaboration between birthday in 2017 in collaboration with period through the 19th Century and 40th Anniversary Logo Design Dancer who has toured internationally, four Artists/Teachers interns and their traditional programming. Catskill the struggle for women’s suffrage. The a recipient of National Endowment young local residents with the goal of Mountain Foundation was awarded season includes a roaming lecture VOLUNTEER GALLERY for the Arts fellowships and state Arts building leadership skill and service $3000 for year-round performing arts series monthly from May to September & OFFICE Council grants in New York, Wisconsin, to the community. Students and Artist/ programming, including dance, theater, 2017 in four various locations in Greene Andrea Porrazzo-Nangle and Pennsylvania and on the faculty at Teachers will be included in “Headed classical, jazz/blues/pop,folk music, and County. Editor, Calendar & Opportunities Queensborough Community College; for the Hills” music and art festival in family performances. Also included will Congratulations again to these & Volunteer Coordinator Prattsville, Michael Moss, Musician, August 2017 on Prattsville Town Green. be artists in residence free outreach twelve not for profi t cultural organiz- William Carbone Jazz; Prattsville and David Woodin, Returning applicants include programs for local schools and commu- ations that make such a difference in Donna Christensen Attorney, Conductor of Catskill 23Arts Initiative was awarded $1450 nity events for local residents at the the quality of life in Greene County and David Hopkins Community Orchestra; Catskill. The to continue its Catskill Jazz Factory Doctorow Center for the Arts and the the surrounding region. Please take a Adele Moran panel spent four hours jointly reviewing programming and outreach events to Orpheum Performing Arts Center. MJQ moment to thank the Greene County Chuck Pierce and discussing the 12 applications and students and community members of Irish Cultural & Sports Centre was Legislature for its invaluable support comparing them against the criteria the Tannersville area. Sup- awarded $2,055 for Irish Arts Week through the Greene County Initiative ARTS ALIVE CONTRIBUTORS before making their recommendations. port for artists and general support consisting of workshops, faculty master Program. Write to Chairman Kevin Jeanne Heiberg & Requests for funding exceeded avai- in the 2017 autumn jazz program, concerts and music sessions, with over Lewis, Greene County Legislature, 411 Wayne Sheridan lable regrant monies by over $16,000. Autumn Blossoms: A Tribute 100 events by more thab 60 world class Main Street, P.O. Box 467, Catskill, NY CATSKILL GALLERY Final recommendations for funding Blossom Dearie (working title) with performers, throughout East Durham in 12414. Thank the Legislature and let COMMITTEE & VOLUNTEERS were reached through clear consensus multiple installments including various venues during July 2017. Music them know what these programs mean Deborah Artman, Kirsten Bates, on February 13, 2017. This year’s award workships, rehearsals, education out- & Art Centre of Greene County was to you. Ashley Hopkins-Benton, Kico Govantes, Erika M. Klein, Dara Trahan Will Barnds, Natalie Charles Use your to see their Donna Christensen, David Hopkins Agnieszka Maksys . . . and a host of people like you!

A vibrant school of art Appreciate the Arts to the fullest...call for your appointment today Dr. Christine M. Scrodanus - Optometrist GREENE COUNTY COUNCIL here at home. ON THE ARTS, INC. (GCCA) 518-943-3691 - 383 Main St., Catskill, NY is a tax exempt, not-for-profi t, arts service organization whose purpose is to broaden and enrich the quality of life in Greene County and our surrounding region through the development and strengthening of all the 398 Main Street, PO Box 463, Catskill, NY 12414 • 518-943-3400 arts. GCCA also serves as the Decentralization regrant Arts Alive is published by the Greene County Council on the Arts agency for Greene, Columbia and Schoharie Counties. for members and others interested in the arts. Since 1975, the GCCA has PROGRAMS IN... In fact, there’s a whole world Deadline for submission of materials for arƟ cles, arƟ st provided information and to discover at C-GCC, with opportuniƟ es and calendar lisƟ ngs is April 6, 2017 essential services to artists, Fine Arts more than 41 dynamic arts organizations, cultural for publicaƟ on in the May /June 2017 issue. and educational institutions, Computer Design programs, including teacher Please email submissions to: education, environmental civic groups, community And classes in agencies and the general studies, and classes in [email protected], AƩ : Arts Alive. public. The GREENE COUNTY 3D graphics writing, literature, local Business and individuals interested in adverƟ sing in Arts Alive COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, INC. and animation. history, and much more. should call 518-943-3400, or email: [email protected]. is supported in part with public funds from the New York State Call us today to learn more. AD DEADLINE for the May /June 2017 issue is: Council on the Arts with the Route 23 | Hudson, NY April 6, 2017 support of Governor Andrew 518-828-4181 Cuomo and the New York State MyCommunityCollege.com /ColumbiaGreeneCC Legislature, and the Greene Sharon Shepherd, Editor @ColGreeneCC County Legislature. Kate Boyer, Heron & Earth Design, Layout TOMORROW, TODAY. ALIVE 2017 March/April Page 3

2017 GCCA COMMUNITY ARTS GRANT NEWS ARTS EDUCATION, INDIVIDUAL ARTIST AND COLUMBIA COUNTy PROJECT SUPPORT ANNOUNCED!

Greene County Council on the residents are encouraged to apply, David McDonald for his project for HRC Showcase Theater; yard. Please congratulate these Arts is pleased to announce the and serve as panelists. Please “Harry Belafonte/Odds Against Hudson Valley Choral Society for organizations and individuals on 2017 recipients of the Community send your inquiries to Margaret Tomorrow Documentary/Day Out the Hudson Valley Choral Society their dedication to excellence and Arts Grants. The Community Uhalde, GCCA Community Arts in Hudson.” Spring and Winter Concerts 2017; show them you appreciate their Arts Grants program is funded Grants Coordinator, at margaret@ Jazz in GTown for Jazz in GTown efforts by participating in their by the New York State Council greenearts.org. 2017 Columbia County Project Concert Series; Kingdom Arts exciting medley of 2017 offerings. on the Arts (NYSCA) through its Support Awardees Ministry for Artists and Friends If you, your friends or family Decentralization program. This 2017 Arts Education Awardees Columbia County received 21 Community Potluck Dinner; Kite’s have participated in or enjoyed program provides support for Columbia and Greene coun- applications with requests totaling Nest for The Neighborhood Mural any of these programs, you local not-for-profi t organizations ties received 7 applications with $66,315 – almost $29,000 more Project (A Week-Long Youth Public know their immeasurable value. and artists working with commu- requests totaling $17,416 for Arts than the amount of monies avail- Arts Camp); Melissa Sarris for Sewn To help ensure future funding nity partners. These funds are Education. The funded proposals able to redistribute. The funded Together: Quilts, Incarceration, for these programs, please take intended to reward and bring shared $15,301. Arts Education proposals shared $37,548 for and Community, North Chatham a moment to write or call your growth to local programming with received six new applicants. Project Support. Columbia County Free Library for Literature And The State Representatives (listed on strong artistic merit directly bene- Recipients are: Art School received three new applicants. Arts; Operation Unite for Rhythm page 4) and give them a hearty fi ting our tri-county residents. of Columbia County for Art Recipients are: Ancram for Life Experience; Two of Us thank you for their support for Columbia, Greene and & Intersections; Coarc, The Opera House Theater for Real Productions (RARE) for Rumors, the arts in New York State during Schoharie Counties have been Columbia County Chapter People Real Stories; Art School The Sound of Music and Multiple this diffi cult economic climate awarded a total of $123,900 this of NYARC, Inc. for Building of Columbia County for Art in the Small Productions; Valatie and encourage them to continue year through NYSCA. Re-grant Ability through Art; Donna C. Library: A Pop-Up Program; Bend Community Theatre for Valatie their efforts. For information on monies have been dispersed as Christensen, partnered with the the Knotted Oak for 4 Musicians, Youth Theatre Program and Winds the DEC grants program, please such: Arts Education received Catskill Community Center, for 7 Hands; Chatham Public Library in the Wilderness Concerts for contact our Community Arts and $15,301; $7,500 has been allo- GRANDS CAMP Intergenerational for Chatham Library Ukulele Winds in the Wilderness Concerts. Arts Education Grant Coordinator cated for each county to receive an Portrait Project; Edward J. Arthur Weekend Jamboree; Applications for Greene Margaret Uhalde at 943-3400 or Individual Artist Award of $2,500 Elementary Parent Teacher Clarion Concerts for the County Project Support Grants at [email protected], or, each; and $101,099 has been Organization for Farm to Fabric Leaf Peeper Concert in Copake; are currently under review by the for the Schoharie County Grant awarded for Community Project and More; Germantown Student Classics on Hudson for Explore panel and not available at the time Coordinator contact Renee Nied Support amongst the tri-county Education Foundation (GSEF) Music Made by Very Young for press. Announcements will at Schoharieartsgrants@gmail. area. The Greene County Project for Memoirs of Place: Writing Composers; Columbia County be made very soon, please visit com. Support Panel had not convened the Movie in Our Minds; and Youth Bureau for Undercover www.greenearts.org for updated The 2018 Guidelines and as of press time. Operation Unite, New York for Playground; announcements. applications will be made avail- Funding is determined ChoreoPhysics: Demonstrating Concerts in the Village Please see Schoharie able in the near future on GCCA’s by panels of regional artists, Science Concepts through Dance. for the Concerts in the Village Spotlight section for the website at www.greenearts.org non-profi t professionals and 2016-2017 Season; Hudson Community Arts Grants programs where you will fi nd “Funds & community members comprising 2017 Individual Artists Area Association Library for Your funded by the New York State Grants” listed on the top menu. a well-rounded roster of invested, Awardees Turn, A Collaborative Art Project; Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Greene County Council on the creative persons. Applications for The Greene County Individual Hudson JazzWorks for Hudson through its Decentralization Arts is located at 398 Main Street the 2018 cycle will be available Artist Award goes to Jennie Allen Jazz Workshop Master Class, program in Schoharie County. in Catskill, NY with offi ce hours later in the year, with deadlines, to for her project “The Mystical Pre-Concert Meet the Artists The intent of these awards is Monday-Friday 10AM to 5PM. be determined, in late Fall of 2017. Clinic.” The Columbia County Talk and Concert; Hudson River to foster high quality, accessible Please call to let Margaret know Greene, Columbia and Schoharie individual Artist Award goes to Classics (HRC Showcase Theater) cultural programs in our own back- you are coming in!

SCHOHARIE Upper Catskill String Quartet SPOTLIGHT Creative Meditations “Where Art & Meditation Meet” The Greene County Council on An award reception will be held the Arts has administered the New in April where recipients can meet, York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) learn more about funded projects, Decentralization Grants since 1986. brainstorm about future projects as For Class Off erings Visit With the support of Governor Andrew well as enjoy light refreshments and a Cuomo and the New York State live performance. www.creativezenart.com Legislature, these funds help New On March 11 and 12, 2017 the York citizens access arts and cultural Theater Project of Schoharie County programming throughout every will perform Thornton Wilder’s “Our county in the State and allow local awarded to: Deborah Hecht for “Tiny Town” at 7PM at the Sharon Springs producers, programmers and artists Arts Day in a Tiny Town,” The Depot Central School. The performance will to contribute to the vibrancy and Lane Singers for their 2017 season, then move to Cobleskill where it can diversity of their communities. The George Landis Arboretum for be seen at the Golding Middle School Requests for the FY17 their “Full Moon Concert Series,” Greg at 7PM on March 18, 2017 as well as Decentralization Grant funding cycle Zeh’s “Old Tyme Reunion Jam,” The at 2PM on March 19. For tickets and in Schoharie County totaled just over Jefferson Historical Society for the information contact director, Julia $70,000 and we are pleased to award “Maple Museum Free Music and More” Walter, at [email protected] $39,246 to the following: series, The Richmondville Historical Additional event listings as well Individual Artist Neil Driscoll Society’s “Music at the Mill” summer as information about the Schoharie for his project titled “Town of Fulton live music series, The Schoharie County arts and culture scene can Little Free Libraries” which will use Colonial Heritage Association that always be found here as well as via input from the community to inform offers “Summer Performing Arts email from Grant Coordinator, Renee three sculptural installations that also Workshops,” The Sharon Joint Youth Nied. To receive Schoharie County become lending libraries located in Commission and its “STOMP the arts event information, please contact Fulton. music” workshop and The “Not So Renee Nied, Schoharie Arts Grants An Arts Education grant to The Quiet Music Series” hosted by Sonny Coordinator, at schoharieartsgrants@ West Fulton Puppet Festival who, in Ochs. For its 2017 season, the Theater gmail.com and ask to be placed on working with Middleburgh school Project of Schoharie County received the email list. science teacher Becky Shaul, will funds (see event listing below), the With thanks to Governor Andrew present “The Science in Puppetry- Upper Catskill String Quartet will Cuomo and the New York State Simple Machines” which explores how present “Let’s Dance” in various Council on the Arts as well as a BIG energy and matter interact by visiting locations throughout the county and thank you to the GCCA, the citizens the classroom to design and create an the West Fulton Puppet Festival was of Schoharie County have another operational puppet. awarded funds for a two-day event exciting and rewarding season to look Project Support grants were scheduled for July. forward to.

Wave Farm Presents WGXC Record + Media Fair Spring 2017 Mark your calendar for Sunday April 30, 2017 for the WGXC Record + Media Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Basilica Hudson Back Gallery located at 110 S. Front Street in Hudson, NY. The WGXC Record and Media Fair features eclecƟ c vinyl, CDs, casseƩ e tapes, DVDs, plus books, musical instruments and radio-related ephemera. The fair will overlap Basilica Hudson’s annual 24-Hour Drone: Experiments in Sound and Music, which gathers hundreds of serious music fans for a 24-hour fesƟ val. Food and beverage will be available on the Basilica grounds throughout the day. Those interested in selling at the Fair are encouraged to contact WGXC at [email protected] for more informaƟ on. Take advantage of “early-bird” admission from 10 to 11 a.m. Regular admission begins at 11 a.m. unƟ l 5 p.m. Admission and table fees benefi t creaƟ ve community radio staƟ on WGXC 90.7-FM.

Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM is a creative community radio station based in New York’s Greene and Columbia counties. Hands-on access and participation activate WGXC as a public platform for information, experimentation, and engagement. Wave Farm, located in Acra, NY is a non-profi t arts organization driven by experimentation with broadcast media and the airwaves. Our programs— Transmission Arts, WGXC-FM, and Media Arts Grants—provide access to transmission technologies and support artists and organizations that engage with media as an art form. Visit wavefram.org for more information. Wave Farm programs are supported, in part, by the Greene County Legislature through the County Initiative Program, administered in Greene County by the Greene County Council on the Arts. ALIVE Page 4 2017 March/April

How to Contact Your Lawmakers Catskill Jazz Factory For Columbia, Greene and Schoharie Counties and 23Arts Initiative: Governor Andrew Cuomo Executive Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224 Jazz in Tel: (518) 474-8390 Senator John J. Flanagan, Majority Leader the Legislative Offi ce Building, Rm. 805, Albany, NY 12247 Tel: (518) 455-2071 Snow email: fl [email protected]

Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie, Speaker The 23Arts Initiative and Catskill Jazz Factory 932 Legislative Offi ce Building, Albany, NY 12248 continue their Jazz in the Snow series with three Tel: (518) 455-4800 Fax: (518) 455-5103 back-to-back weekends at the Mountain Top Library email: [email protected] this March; Modern Gospel on March 10, Les Belles Senator Rich Funke Chansons Francaises on March 17 and Deconstructing Chair Cultural Aff airs, Tourism, Parks & Recreation Gershwin on March 24, 2017. Led by emerging jazz 188 State St., Room 905, Legislative Offi ce Bldg, Albany, NY 12247 artists, these events are presented in conjunction Tel: (518) 455-2215 Fax: (518) 426-6745 with an ongoing year-round series of educational District Offi ce: outreach sessions at various Greene County public 230 Packe 's Landing, Fairport, NY 14450 schools including Hunter-Tannersville Central and Tel: (585) 223-1800 Fax: (585) 223-3157 Cairo-Durham Central Elementary Schools. Jazz in email: [email protected] the Snow events take place at 7 pm on Fridays at the Mountain Top Library located at 6093 Main Street in Assemblywoman Margaret Markey Tannersville and admission is free and all ages. Chair Tourism, Parks Arts and Sports Development On Friday, March 10, 2017 vocalist Brianna 712 Legislative Offi ce Building, Albany, NY 12248 Thomas, joined by a trio of today’s top names in the Tel: (518) 455-4755 emerging NYC jazz scene, presents a free night of email: [email protected] modern gospel and jazz standards at the Mountain GREENE COUNTY Top Library. This event will feature an artist talk and Bassist Barry Stephenson teas up with songstress Martina performance followed by a brief Question & Answer. DaSilva and pianist Steven Feifke for a night of American Senator George A. Amedore, Jr. The Wall Street Journal has named Thomas “the best Songbook classics on Friday, March 24, 2017 at the (District 46 – Greene) young straight-ahead jazz singer of her generation,” Mountain Top Library. 802 Legislative Offi ce Building, Albany, NY 12247 while the New York Times describes her voice as Tel: (518) 455-2350 Fax: (518) 426-6751 “descended from Sarah Vaughan and Betty Carter and concerts, artist residencies, and performances email: [email protected] and routed through Dianne Reeves, with clarity and throughout the Hudson Valley. By partnering with Assemblyman Peter Lopez confi dence and a little dirt.” educational facilities, arts organizations, and a variety (District 102: all of Greene + Stuyvesant + Stockport In preview of their world premiere at the Fisher of local non-profi ts and businesses, the Catskill in Columbia County; Rensselaerville, Westerlo & Center for Performing Arts at Bard College with the Jazz Factory encourages audiences of all ages to Coeymans in Albany County; Saugerties in Catskill Jazz Factory, French vocalist Camille Bertault participate in community building through jazz. For Ulster County & all of Schoharie ) and Franco-American virtuoso pianist Dan Tepfer an ongoing list of Catskill Jazz Factory’s year-round LOB 402, Albany, NY 12248 join 23Arts on Friday, March 17, 2017 to perform and regional jazz programming, visit catskilljazzfactory. Tel: (518) 455-5363 Fax: (518) 455-5856 deliver a short artist talk on the enchanting music org. 45 Five Mile Woods Road, Catskill, NY 12414 of the French Songbook, from Edith Piaf to Jacques The 23Arts Initiative presents year-round Tel: (518) 943-1371 Brel to Serge Gainsbourg. DownBeat calls Bertault programming in addition to the annual 23Arts email: [email protected] “a singer who carefully coaxes the emotional impact Summer Music and Jazz Festival, taking place this July out of a melody.” The New York Times calls Tepfer and August in Tannersville, NY. For more information COLUMBIA COUNTY “riveting and inspired.” on the 23Arts Initiative and the upcoming summer festival, visit www.23Arts.org. Senator Kathleen Marchione Songstress Martina DaSilva, pianist Steven Feifke, and bassist Barry Stephenson team up for a night of 23Arts/Catskill Jazz Factory 2016 program, The (District 43 – Columbia) Spiritual Side of Duke, was supported, in part, by 188 State Street Legislative Offi ce Building - Room 918 American Songbook classics on Friday, March 24, 2017 for Deconstructing Gershwin, an exploration of the Greene County Legislature through the County Albany, NY 12247 Initiative Program, administered in Greene County Tel: (518) 455-2381 email: [email protected] the Golden Era of Musical Theater Writing stemming from Gershwin with standards like “The Man I Love,” “I by the Greene County Council on the Arts. 23Arts/ Assemblymember Didi BarreĴ Loves You Porgy,” and “Embraceable You.” Catskill Jazz Factory is also a 2017 County Initiative (District 106: Ghent, Claverack, Greenport, Germantown, Jazz in the Snow is a new series presented by the Program recipient for an upcoming program in Livingston, Tachkanic, Copake, Clermont, Gallatin & 23Arts Initiative alongside the Catskill Jazz Factory, autumn 2017. Ancram in Columbia County) a non-profi t program offering in-school workshops LOB 553, Albany, NY 12248 Tel: (518) 455-5177 Fax: (518) 455-5418 District Offi ce: 751 Warren Street Bridge Street Theatre BRIDGE STREET Hudson, NY 12534 presents SOUVENIR: Tel: (518) 828-5329 Fax: (518) 828-5329 A FANTASIA ON THEATRE email: barre [email protected] THE LIFE OF FLORENCE FOSTER Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin JENKINS running (District 107: Kinderhook, Chatham, New Lebanon, March 16-26, 2017. LAUNCHES ITS Canaan, Austerli & Hillsdale in Columbia County) LOB 533, Albany, NY 12248 2017 SEASON Tel: (518) 455-5777 (518) 455-5576 District Offi ce: 258 Hoosick Street, Suite 109, Troy, NY 12180 erished pianist and the two team premiere at Stageworks in Hudson Tel: (518) 272-6149 Fax: (518) 272-6313 up. Their bizarre partnership leads back in 2012 (and returned by email: [email protected] to a series of hilariously off-key popular demand during the SCHOHARIE COUNTY recitals that become the talk of the summer of 2014) is back with a town, culminating in a standing- scathing new comedy about a Senator James L. Seward room-only concert at Carnegie playwright named Kieron Barry (51st District - Schoharie) Hall! “Souvenir” plays Thursdays who is obsessed with creating 430 State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12247 through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and a play about the collapse of his Tel: (518) 455-3131 Sundays at 2:00pm from March relationship with a singer named District Offi ce: After spending January 16-26, 2017. Special “Pay-What- Jade Hendrix. A dazzling Chinese 41 South Main Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 607-432-5524 completing renovations on its You-Can” performances Thursday puzzle of a play written in the [email protected] dressing room, green room, and March 16 and Sunday March 19, rapid-fi re dialogue style of a 1930s offi ce areas and February hosting 2017. screwball comedy. “Kieron and FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES hugely successful presentations Saturday, April 8, 2017 marks Jade” plays Thursdays through of Lynda Blackmon Lowery’s the return of Tom Andersen’s Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays U.S. Congressman John Faso inspiring “Turning 15 on the Road (19th District: Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer) immensely popular Cabaret Series at 2:00pm from April 20-30, 2017. to Freedom,” a full weekend of to BST’s intimate Speakeasy. And Special “Pay-What-You-Can” per- 2 Hudson Street, PO Box 775, Kinderhook, NY 12106 magic featuring Jason Ladanye, Tel: (518) 610-8133 Fax: (518) 610-8135 award-winning performer, and formances Thursday April 20 and ‘EvilDan’ Terelmes, Colleen the part time Catskill resident, Mr. Sunday April 23, 2017. U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer Sideshow Queen, and Sean ‘The Andersen himself will headline the For ticket information, Leo O’Brien Federal Offi ce Building, Room 420, Albany, NY 12207 Prankster’ Doolan, and Ryan initial offering! “My Favorite Sings” including how to subscribe to Tel: (518) 431-4070 Fax: (518) 431-4076 Haddad’s hilarious and touching is a breezy night of tunes from both Bridge Street’s entire Theatre “Hi, Are You Single?”, Catskill’s U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Broadway, the Great American Season and Cabaret Series, visit Bridge Street Theatre is preparing Songbook, and world of Country their website at BridgeSt.org. 478 Russell Senate Offi ce Building,Washington, DC 20510 to launch into 2017 with the fi rst Tel: (202) 224-4451 Fax: (202) 228-0882 Music. Joining Mr. Andersen The theatre is located at 44 West two productions in its Theatre onstage will be BST’s resident Bridge Street in the Village of Subscription Season and the fi rst “diva” Alison Davy and Catskill’s Catskill. And, as always, be sure evening in its popular Cabaret own ukulele virtuoso extraordi- to check at the website above THOMAS COLE Series, curated by Tom Andersen. naire Carmen Borgia. A special for any last-minute additions to Opening on March 16, 2017 Catskill-centric evening not to be programming, all the latest news NATIONAL is Stephen Temperley’s hysteri- HISTORIC SITE missed! “A meltingly beautiful and information on what’s coming cally funny two-character musical voice. Tom Andersen makes you up, and how you can donate or “Souvenir”, directed by Flo Hayle realize why cabaret is so special.” volunteer. SUNDAY and featuring soprano Alison – New York Daily News. The Bridge Street Theatre Davy as Florence Foster Jenkins April 20, 2017 brings the 2017 season performances and SALONS (portrayed in the recent fi lm World Premiere of Kieron Barry’s events are made possible, in part, biography by Meryl Streep) and “The Offi cial Adventures of Kieron by the Greene County Council IN MARCH pianist Jay Kerr as her accompa- and Jade”. Mr. Barry, whose play on the Arts through the Greene nist Cosme McMoon. It’s 1932 and “Tomorrow in the Battle” was County Legislature’s County Painted frieze in East Parlor at Thomas Cole’s a wealthy socialite with a dubious a monster success in its world Initiative Program. Cedar Grove. AND APRIL sense of pitch meets an impov-

Now in its 14th year, the Salon painting. The interiors include recently Restoration, as they reveal the real “A Painter’s Paradise”: Thomas Cole place Cole’s biographer called “next to series presents engaging speakers discovered original decorative painted story behind the amazing discovery and His Transformative Experience in home itself, the happiest place in which exploring the impact of the Hudson borders by Cole himself and reveal of Thomas Cole’s detailed decorative Florence, 1831-3 will be presented he ever lived,” and where he produced River School. Lectures take place once another facet of his artistic vision that paintings on the walls of his home that at 2pm with John F. McGuigan, Jr. some of the fi nest paintings of his per month on Sunday at 2pm through was previously lost to history. Tours will had been hidden from view for over Although Cole’s fame as a largely self- career. Winter Tours take place at 1:00 April 2017 in Thomas Cole’s New be held in the Main House at 1:00pm a century and will be uncovered with taught American artist was launched in and 3:30 p.m. Studio at the Thomas Cole National and 3:30pm on the same days as the the completion of the Parlors Project 1825, it was his tutelage in Florence in Tickets for the Sunday Salons and Historic Site. This year, the site is excited Sunday Salons. Please note, tours are opening May 2017. These experts, with 1831-2 with two of the most eminent the Winter Tours are purchased sepa- to offer new Winter Tours on the same for your eyes only and photography is a combined 100 years of experience in artists then working in Tuscany – rately. Enjoy just a tour, or just a lecture, days as the Sunday Salons. Visitors will not permitted. The Parlors Project will the fi eld, have painstakingly brought Giuseppe Bezzuoli, who became his or enjoy the afternoon at the historic get a sneak preview into the installation be completed and open in May 2017. Cole’s original design to life, while drawing master, and Pietro Benvenuti, site and purchase tickets for both at of the Parlors Project, which integrates On Sunday, March 12, 2017 establishing Cole’s reputation as the president of the Accademia delle thomascole.org/events. Tickets for the a meticulous historic restoration with the series presents Buried Treasure: foremost interior decorator among Belle Arti – and the seminal infl uence Salons range from $10-12 and tickets interactive audiovisual technology Thomas Cole’s Decoration of Cedar 19th cen tury American painters. Please of Scottish landscape painter George for the Winter Tours are $10. Located to bring to life the two main parlors Grove at 2pm with Jean Dunbar, join them as they recount their journey Augusts Wallis, that heralded Cole’s at 218 Spring Street in Catskill, NY, of Thomas Cole’s home. The project Matthew Mosca, Margaret Saliske. Meet of uncovering these fascinating new shift from being a gifted artist to his Thomas Cole’s home, studios, special will reveal the only known interiors the trio of historic interiors experts, discoveries about Cole’s home in emergence as a great one. Join inde- exhibitions, and grounds are open designed by Thomas Cole, the founder Jean Dunbar, of Historic Design, Inc.; Catskill. Winter Tours take place at 1:00 pendent scholar John McGuigan as May – October, Tuesday – Sunday 9:30 of the fi rst American art movement, Matthew Mosca, of Artifex, Ltd.; and and 3:30 p.m. he explores the critical twelve months to 5pm. For details visit: www.thomas- the Hudson River School of landscape Margaret Saliske, of IN SITU Furniture Later on Sunday, April 9, 2017 Cole lived and worked in Florence, the cole.org. ALIVE 2017 March/April Page 5

Upcoming Winter Salon 2017 and GCCA SPECIAL EVENTS deadlines for Holiday GiŌ s March & April 2017 November 18, 2017 – GCCA Gallery January 6, 2018 March 1, 2017 Event: Creative Freelancer Networking Event, 5:30-7:30 pm at Hilo, 365 Main Exhibits Drop off dates: Street, Catskill, NY. Forum hosted by Upstate Alliance for Creative Economy, Freelancers Union, GCCA, November 9, 10, 11, 2017 Mainly Greene, Masters on Main Street, Zadock Pratt Museum, Catskill Mountain Foundation and The The highly anticipated salon show Prattsville Art Center. FREE! Register at upstatecreative.org. Summer Salon - Makers featuring original artwork and Dates: June 3 – July 22, 2017 handmade giftsby GCCA Artist March 4 through April 15, 2017 Exhibit: “OUTSIDE THE LINES” youth and student arts exhibi- Drop off dates: Members. Entries are limited to tion. Opening Reception, Saturday March 4, 2-4 p.m. 2017’s exhibit promises to be a “tour de force” with May 25, 26, 27, 2017 24 inches in length and width. pre-K through Grade 12 youth art pouring in from all over Greene County public and private schools, GCCA suggests all work be including Cairo-Durham, Coxsackie-Athens, Catskill, Greenville, Hunter-Tannersville, and Windham- The New York Times recently priced at $300 or less. All works Ashland-Jewett. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street, Catskill. dubbed Catskill “a mecca for are by current GCCA Members. artisans.” This is our chance to Save the Date!!! April 1, 2017 GCCA Annual Beaux Arts Ball th show the world what we can do QuesƟ ons: Call Greene County GCCA fabulous black tie bistro and masked ball, now in its 29 year and billed “The Party of the (and make). Summer begins with Council on the Arts at 518-943- Year!” at the Copper Tree Restaurant at Hunter Mountain. 6:30 to Midnight. Live Cabaret, Silent Auction, a second members-only salon 3400 or email Niva Dorell at Fine Dining and Dancing to one of the best NYC bands, Nite-Time! GCCA honors Robert Hoven, Galen show featuring original hand built [email protected]or niva. Jospeh-Hunter and Ritamary Montano-Vining with the Distinguished Service Awards for their individual crafts made by GCCA members. [email protected] contributions to the arts and culture in Greene County. For reservations call GCCA 518-943-3400 for Open to current GCCA Members tickets. Watch for updates at www.greenearts.org. only. We want to see your best Exhibition Proposals wanted crafts! for GCCA Catskill Gallery April 22 through May 27, 2017 Exhibit: “OFF THE WALLS” group exhibition.b Opening Reception, 2017/2018 Schedule. Send a Saturday April 22, from 5-7 p.m. Off the Walls will be dedicated to 2D and 3D artwork made of recycled/ The Co-Lab Lab paragraph describing your solo re-purposed materials, with the goal of bringing the environment to life in ways previously unimagined. Dates: show, curated group exhibit, 3D work will be presented both inside the GCCA gallery and in nearby private and public spaces in and July 29-September 23, 2017 brainstorm for future programs around Catskill NY. Curator Willie Cole is an internationally renowned sculptor who works exclusively Submission deadline: with contact information, an with recycled materials and has extensive experience with large installations, both indoors and outdoors, May 27, 2017 image list, short bio or resume making him the perfect guest curator for this exhibit. GCCA Catskill Gallery and surrounding outdoor and up to 10 images (72 locations. This exhibit is not about any one dpi, 5” jpeg or up to 8 x 10” particular artist—rather, about photographs) to Niva Dorell, GCCA Catskill Gallery is located at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY.bOffi ce and Gallery hours are collaboration and working [email protected] or niva. Monday-Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. The Gallery remains open on Saturday Noon to 5 pm. together. Submissions will be [email protected], with subject Visit www.greenearts.org or call 518-943-3400. accepted from groups of artists line: 2017-2018 VAP Review. Mail (two or more). At least one Follow GCCA at hard copy to Visual Arts Director, www.facebook.com/greenearts Twitter.com/greenearts Instagram.com/greenearts person in the group must be a GCCA Catskill Gallery, P.O. Box GCCA member OR live in Greene 463, Catskill, NY 12414. Hand County. Other than that, the show deliver proposals to the GCCA is open to all mediums, including Catskill Gallery located at 398 music, dance and fi lm. Main Street, Catskill, NY. 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The Artful Hand Boutique Needs More Inventory!! Bring Us Your Newly Created Goods!! Be inspired GCCA’s second fl oor boutique is seeking to replenish its inventory with a new batch of locally with what NBC made crafts by GCCA member artists. Seeking fi ne crafts, ceramics, wearable art, jewelry, toys, prints, watercolors, pastels, and holiday cards made by GCCA member artists as well as books, can do for you. CDs and fi lms by area authors and musicians. Please call and make an appointment to deliver your goods. GCCA Catskill Gallery is located at 398 Main Street, Catskill,NY. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10AM to 5PM and Saturdaysfrom noon to 5PM. For more information www.nbcoxsackie.com on upcoming exhibits and events, artists’opportunities, grants and funds visit www.greenearts. org or call518-943-3400. ALIVE Page 6 2017 March/April

The Athens Cultural Center and Brian Melick Present: One World Music Series

If you like your music up and jazz writer/historian. For a around on those six strings and close and personal, the Athens sneak peek and listen visit www. twenty-odd frets. She can set bass Cultural Center and Brian Melick heardmusic.net to get a taste of notes rumbling like an avalanche are presenting a series of concerts what is in store on April 29th. and treble passages fl ying like melding musical roots and infl u- The second concert in the sparks off a blowtorch if she’s ences from around the world. series on Saturday, May 20, 2017 so inclined. Around here, she is The series kicks off Saturday, will feature Maria Zemantauski, unmatched for both chops and April 29, 2017 featuring Elizabeth Flamenco/Classical Guitarist; the power to telegraph emotion Woodbury Kasius & Heard, high- La Nina, Flamenco Dance; and that all art aspires to.” To hear lighting original music inspired by Brian Melick, Percussion.. Maria’s what all that sounds like visit www. West African, Caribbean, Brazilian programs are a dynamic blend mariazemantauski.com. and Classical sounds and textures. of artistic freedom, innovation “La Niña” aka Rebeca Byam, a Here’s what the critics are and tradition, highlighting both high school Spanish teacher for 33 saying about Elizabeth Woodbury traditional music and dance years, has been teaching fl amenco Kasius & Heard: “Karibu is yet forms as well as original compo- and tap for II years. A native of another musical postcard from sitions inspired by the traditional Colombia, South America, she Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius forms. Zemantauski is one of studied fl amenco in NYC with Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius and Heard who will be performing at the Athens as she and her muse continue the world’s few heralded female master dancers Jose Molina, Cultural Center April 29th. their journey to far off lands and fl amenco-style guitarists, and one Jorge Navarro and Mariano Parra, cultures-some of which have yet to of even fewer female fl amenco and in Spain at the Academia to drawing on all the different recorded works and has been have been discovered-and to the composers. She has performed de Flamenco de Mariquilla in infl uences that have come to be produced by major as well as outer reaches of her awe-inspiring in Spain, Italy and across the Granada. “La Niña”, Zemantauski the main ingredients of that style. independent record companies. imagination. Once again she and continental United States to great and Melick’s collaboration on May No one that I work with only does Concerts start at 7PM, doors her talented bunch of co-conspira- acclaim. 20th will be sure to delight and one thing which of course makes open at 6:30, and the suggested tors have conjured up new worlds, Voted Best Guitarist in NY’s energize the audience. their body of music so much more donation is $10. The Athens new mysteries, and new musical Capital Region! METROLAND The Athens Cultural Center interesting.” Actively involved with Cultural Center is located at pathways. I treasure the music of Magazine raves, “She may play is pleased to have percussionist music for the past thirty fi ve years, 24 Second Street, Athens. Visit Elizabeth & Heard because in it I a nylon-string guitar rather than Brian Melick performing and as Brian has developed a wide range www.athensculturalcenter.org hear and feel an unbounded joy the more common steel-string curator for this music series. As he of experience as a drummer, multi for information on programs, and an irresistible optimism that fl at-top, but don’t be fooled explains, “Most every artist that I hand percussionist, and as an workshops, exhibitions and never fail to surprise, delight and -- classical/fl amenco ace Maria work with has similar connection educator. He has been a featured updates on the fall concerts in this uplift me.” - Hal Miller, drummer Zemantauski doesn’t pussyfoot with their music with respect artist on over 375 commercially series.

CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION The Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded in Moscow in the late 1980s by the legendary Bolshoi principal dancer Elena A F - Radchenko, when many of the great dancers and choreographers of the Sugarloaf Mountain: Soviet Union’s ballet institutions were An Appalachian Gathering in MARCH exercising their new-found creative freedom. According to Pam Weisberg, and S L in APRIL director of programming at the Catskill Mountain Foundation, “We Classical music returns to the to the baroque ideal that music are thrilled to host the revered Catskill Mountain in March with the should evoke the various Affekts or Russian National Ballet Theatre’s USA’s hottest baroque orchestra passions in the listeners. Apollo’s Fire riveting rendition of Swan Lake. Apollo’s Fire, under the leadership is a collection of creative artists who Patrons attending the show can of Jeannette Sorrell. The group is set share Sorrell’s passion for drama and expect an unforgettable evening of to ignite the stage at the Doctorow rhetoric. dance in the Catskill region, as they Center for the Arts in Hunter, NY with Hailed as “one of the pre-eminent experience one of the greatest love a riveting and compelling cross-over period-instrument ensembles” by stories and beloved classical ballet in performance of Sugarloaf Mountain The Independent in London, Apollo’s a great setting.” – An Appalachian Gathering, which Fire made its London debut in 2010 This esteemed Russian company debuted at #5 on the Billboard in a sold-out concert at Wigmore Hall brings to the Catskill Mountain stage Classical Chart in 2015. with a BBC broadcast. Subsequent one of the most magical and well- Patrons attending the show on European tours took place in 2011, known works from the classical ballet Saturday, March 25 at 8:00 PM will be 2014 and 2015. European perfor- repertoire. With choreography by enthralled by the Cleveland-based mances include sold-out concerts Petipa and Ivanov and an unforget- international baroque orchestra, at the BBC Proms in London (with table score by Tchaikovsky, it is easy making its stop in Hunter as part of live broadcasts across Europe), the to see why Swan Lake continues to the Apollo’s Fire 25th anniversary tour. Aldeburgh Festival (UK), Madrid’s earn the adulation of classical ballet Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 Royal Theatre, Bordeaux’s Grand enthusiasts. seniors if purchased in advance while Théàtre de l’Opéra, and major venues Prepare to be mesmerized in the if purchased at the doo rare $30 for in Lisbon, Metz (France), and Bregenz Catskill Mountains on Saturday, April 8, adults and $25 for seniors. Tickets for (Austria), as well as concerts on the 2017 by the highly acclaimedRussian students are $7. Birmingham International Series National Ballet Theatre’s stunning For this performance Apollo’s (UK) and the Tuscan Landscapes rendition of Swan Lake, which Fire will blend their classical tech- Festival (Italy).In the U.S., Apollo’s theWashington Postboasts is a “cut niques and training with the reels, Fire has played to sold-out crowds above its rivals.” Swan Lake offers a jigs and storytelling of Appalachian in New York, Boston, Washington, captivating and memorable evening folk music. “We were inspired by the San Francisco and the prestigious of dance through the retelling of the Appalachian music,” said Jeannette Tanglewood Festival in the Berkshire fairytale story of a beautiful princess, Sorrell, “Long ago, the sparkling fi ddle Mountains, Massachusetts. a passionate prince and the evil tunes and haunting ballads of the Russian National Ballet spell that threatens their happiness British Isles came across the water— Theatre-Full-length Ballet Swan together. taking root in the hills of Virginia, Lake For more information on Catskill mingling with southern hymns and Classical ballet enthusiasts are in Mountain Foundation programs or to purchase tickets, please visit www. Top: Apollo’s Fire takes the stage on March 25, 2017 at the Doctorow Center African spirituals, creating the soulful for a treat this spring when the Catskill for the Arts in Hunter, NY. Photo Credit Sis Burns. music we call Appalachian.” Mountain Foundation presents the catskillmtn.org. Catskill Mountain Foundation Above: CMF hosts The Russian National Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, one of the According to Pam Weisberg, 50-member Russian National Ballet director of programming at the Theatre in the full-length ballet Swan is funded in part by the New York most beautiful and magnifi cent ballets for the entire family, on April 8, 2017. State Council on the Arts, Greene Photo Credit Alexander Daev. Catskill Mountain Foundation, “We Lake on Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 PM at are delighted to host the interna- the Orpheum Film & Performing Arts County Legislature through the tionally renowned baroque orchestra Center in Tannersville. This classic Cultural Fund administered by the Apollo’s Fire, which fi ts in perfectly production which debuted in 1877 Greene County Council on the Arts, Greene County Youth Fund, the T T C "P E" with our mission of bringing the very is often called the “national ballet of best in the artsto our area and to the Russia” and tells the story of Odette, a Jarvis and Constance Doctorow greater Catskill region. We encourage princess turned into a swan by an evil Family Foundation, the Samuel and Re-Opening with a New classical music lovers and those with a sorcerer’s curse. Esther Doctorow Fund, the New passion for the arts to experience this Stylish choreography and York Council for the Humanities, The Immersive Installation special cross-over Appalachian folk masterful storytelling make Swan Royce Family Foundation, Charles B. performance.” Lake one of the most beautiful and and Natasha Slutzky, The Windham The Thomas Cole National Historic nation. The multimedia installation will be Named for the classical god of magnifi cent ballets the entire family Foundation, Bank of Greene County Site will open in May 2017 of the artist’s the fi rst of its kind in the restored rooms music and the sun, Apollo’s Fire was will enjoy. Tickets are $25 for adults Charitable Foundation, All Soul’s home with a new immersive installation of an historic home and will feature the founded in 1992 by the award-win- and $20 seniors if purchased in Church, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, that combines technology and metic- artist’s own words and artworks. Instead ning young harpsichordist and advance. Tickets purchased at the Stewarts Shops, and by private dona- ulous historic restoration, featuring of viewing period rooms from behind conductor, Jeannette Sorrell. Sorrell door are $30 for adults and $25 for tions. the earliest-known, interior decorative velvet ropes, visitors will enter the rooms envisioned an ensemble dedicated seniors. Tickets for students are $7. painting by an American artist. Through and participate in the events that took hidden audio and moving-graphics place there. presentations, visitors will be able to hear Over a decade in the making, Thomas Cole Site at the forefront of framing sponsor of the installation and recently approved funding for “Skywalk”, the thoughts of Thomas Cole (1801-1848) the installation is informed by research 21st-century presentations of historic the art printing sponsor is Geoff Howell an enhanced pedestrian walkway on and the historic conversations that took conducted by the Cole site staff properties,” said Elizabeth B. Jacks, Studio. the Rip Van Winkle Bridge that will soon place in the parlors of his 1815 home, with distinguished art historians and Executive Director of the Thomas Cole The installation will dramatically connect the Site with the Bridge, enabling where America’s fi rst major art movement, other experts. They include Elizabeth National Historic Site. “It combines enhance the experience of visiting Cole’s visitors to walk directly from the Cole Site the Hudson River School of painting, was Kornhauser, Alice Pratt Brown Curator meticulous scholarship with immersive Main House and will augment the other and across the Hudson River. A second founded. of American Paintings and Sculpture at storytelling to bring history to life for offerings at the Site. They include Cole’s phase of the “Skywalk” will connect the The carefully researched restoration The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Nancy contemporary audiences.” 1839 “Old Studio” building and his Cole Site with the Olana State Historic has transformed the fi rst fl oor of Cole’s Siegel, author, curator and professor of The installation has been made majestic 1846 “New Studio” building, Site, home of Cole’s most famous student, home to his original design, as visitors American art; and Alan Wallach, consid- possible in part by a major grant from the which was recently reconstructed, and Frederic Church. The “Skywalk” funding in his day would have experienced it. ered the foremost Cole scholar in the National Endowment for the Humanities: related displays of Cole’s art and that of was also part of the latest round of New It extends from carpets and other fl oor world. The restoration has been directed Exploring the human endeavor. It was his many followers who comprise the art York State’s REDC awards. coverings to wall colors to newly uncov- by leading historic interiors experts made possible in part by the Institute of movement now known as the Hudson Visit Thomas Cole’s home, studios, ered, elaborately painted borders in both Jean Dunbar and Carrie Feder and Museum and Library Services MA-10-15- River School. special exhibitions, and grounds are parlors. Those painted borders were implemented by historic paint specialist 0116-15. The project is supported by a The Thomas Cole Site also provides open May – October, Tuesday – Sunday, designed and painted by Cole himself – Matthew Mosca and acclaimed conser- grant from Empire State Development’s a starting point for the innovative walk- 9:30 am – 5:00 pm. The Thomas Cole revealing another “fi rst” in American art vator Margaret Saliske. The multimedia Market NY program, and was recently ing-and-driving experience called the National Historic Site is located at 218 history – and had been hidden for more installation, including the audio and announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo Hudson River School Art Trail which Spring Street in Catskill, NY. For details, than a century under layer upon layer of moving graphics, has been designed and in the latest round of Regional Economic reveals nearby settings in the Hudson visit: www.thomascole.org. modern paint. implemented by the nationally renowned Development Council (REDC) awards. Valley where visitors can experience the The Thomas Coles National Historic The restoration is combined with design fi rm Second Story with the The project is also sponsored in part same views that appear in 19th-century Site’s 2017 season is made possible, in the latest techniques in immersive acclaimed theater director Warner Shook, by Hudson River Valley Greenway. The paintings by Cole and other Hudson part, with Public Funds from the Greene storytelling developed in partnership also a Cole Site trustee. historic paint fi nishes are sponsored River School artists. Visit www.hudsonriv- County Legislature through the Cultural with some of the leading experts in the “This re-opening positions the by Herzog’s of Kingston. Eli Wilner & erschool.org for more information. Fund administered in Greene County by Company of New York City is a historic Additionally, the State of New York the Greene County Council on the Arts. ALIVE 2017 March/April Page 7 Athens Cultural Center AGROFORESTRY Coxsackie Athens School District RESOURCE K-12 Student Art Exhibition CENTER Enduring Spirit: Pastel Paintings by Susan M. Story

The Cornell Co-operative Waning Light, by Susan M. Story, Pastel, 17 x 14 inches. Susan M. Story’s Extension, Agroforestry Resource pastels, “Enduring Spirit”, will be on display the months of March and April Center is pleased to announce at eh Agroforestry Center in Acra, NY. the return of one of the area’s A group of ceramic heads by Mr. Olstad’s ceramic class were some of the art most noted artists, Susan M. Story. work displayed during the 2016 C-A exhibition at the Athens Cultural Center. fortunate to watch, and to have Medal of Honor. She has been “Enduring Spirit”, is an exhibit of the opportunity to try and capture invited by the Pastel Association Susan’s recent pastel paintings the “Enduring Spirit” of nature of Taiwan to exhibit her work The Athens Cultural Center will be ablaze in color and alive with created from observation and is and record “her” history.” Pastel at the 2017 International Pastel energy thanks to artwork from Coxsackie-Athens School District on display through April 2017. is a most immediate medium to Artists Invitational Exhibition students, kindergarten through high school. The students’ work will be Nature’s spirit endures over help me work with speed and in Taiwan. Her work was also on display in ACC’s gallery in Athens, NY from March 4 through 26, 2017. the many challenges of the fl exibility, to paint the sensuality of selected to be included in “Pure This annual exhibition of students work is a wonderful opportunity for seasons and those brought on nature with a wide range of colors Color 2”, a hardcover book, by the community to view the budding and accomplished talents of their by man. All things in nature must and techniques.” F&W Publications, expected to be young friends and neighbors. respond to thrive. “Observing Susan M. Story is a Signature available late summer. From delicate graphite and pen and ink on paper to bold splashes the effects and changes on the Member of the Pastel Society of The exhibition of Susan M. of color, the exhibition includes drawings, paintings, photography, environment is a source of inspi- America, an elected member of Story’s pastels, “Enduring Spirit”, sculpture, ceramics, collage and computer graphics. Special thanks to ration to me. No two days are the both Audubon Artists and the will be on display the months of the Coxsackie-Athens art teachers Mary Finneran, Lori Morris, Dawn same. Each path and fi eld has its historic Salmagundi Club located March and April. All are invited Mueller and Martin Olstad for their dedication, inspired instruction and own magic and time. Every tree in Greenwich Village in NYC. to the artist’s reception, Saturday, the installation of the exhibition. Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday will bend and twist away from She also serves on the Board of March 18, from 3:00-5:30 pm at from 1-4pm. The Athens Cultural Center is located at 24 Second Street the wind and reach for the sun Governors for the Pastel Society the Agroforestry Resource Center, in Athens, NY. and water. There is beauty in the of America and Audubon Artists. Cornell Cooperative Extension of blooms of spring, strength in In 2016, Susan was honored Columbia & Greene Counties. The the abundance of summer, the to be the recipient of the Richard Center is located at 6055 Route splendor in the last fi ery show of McKinley Mentorship Award in 23 in Acra, NY. Visiting hours are Poet, author and autumn and peace in the deep Memory of Margret Stahl-Moyer Weekdays 9 am to 4 pm. Call educator D. Colin. slumber of winter. I am fortunate and the Audubon Artists Silver 518-622-9820 for weekend hours. to live in the Catskill region,

Catskill Public Library Hosts Workshop Poetry Blast with D. Colin The Catskill Public Library will host a have the opportunity to work with poet, County, with Robert Tomlinson, to be aired workshop, Poetry Blast with D. Colin on author and educator D. Colin to explore the the following Tuesday, April 4, from 2-3pm, in March 28 and 29, 2017 on both evenings craft of writing poetry with special attention celebration of National Poetry Month. from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. The workshop is pants, and those interested will have For more information call the library at free and appropriate for ages 12 and older. the opportunity to read an original work 518-943-4230 or email jdubois@catskillpub- For more information on D. Colin visit dcolin. created during the Poetry Blast on the WGXC liclibrary.org. Catskill Public Library is located com. Community Radio program Purple House: at 1 Franklin Street in Catskill, NY. On day one, March 28, participants will A Monthly Forum for the Arts in Greene

retrospective Hudson River walking-and-driving experience School Visions: The Landscapes called the Hudson River School Art THE THOMAS COLE of Sanford R. Gifford for The Trail, at www.hudsonriverschool. NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Metropolitan Museum of Art and org, which reveals nearby settings the National Gallery of Art. In the in the Hudson Valley where th Exhibition of Paintings by 19 -Century upcoming exhibition, he sharpens visitors can experience the same his focus onGifford’s paintings of views that appear in 19th-century Landscape Painter Sanford Giff ord, the Catskills, the mountains and paintings by Hudson River School valleys near Catskill that so inspired artists. Those six views are located Whose Work Was Inspired by Cole Cole. Gifford’s enchanting, in Greene and Ulster counties seductive – sometimes even stark – and are represented in 10 of the interpretations of Kaaterskill Clove Gifford paintings in the exhibition. The Thomas Cole National Kevin J. Avery, Senior Research and Falls, High Peak and Round The opening of the exhibition Historic Site announced its Scholar at The Metropolitan Top, as well as Hunter Mountain will coincide with the recently upcoming exhibition “Sanford R. Museum of Art, and will be the and the Hudson Valley prospect announced opening of a new Gifford in the Catskills,” will open fi rst of this magnitude to be held will be richly represented. immersive installation that to the public on Tuesday, May 2, so close to Gifford’s childhood “This exhibition brings to combines technology and the in the gallery of Cole’s home in Hudson, NY, directly Catskill a remarkable set of meticulous historic restoration of Sanford Gifford, Ledge on South Mountain, in the Catskills, ca. 1861- 1846 “New Studio” and run across the Hudson River from paintings that were created by the parlors in Cole’s 1815 Main through Sunday, October Catskill. The exhibition will consist 62. Oil on canvas, 12 7/8 x 10 ¾ in. one of the leaders of the Hudson House, just yards from the “New Framed: 17 1/4 x 15 x 2 1/4 in. Harvard 29, 2017. Sanford Robinson of about 20 paintings, which are River School and that depict Studio.” The meticulous restoration being loaned by such renowned Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Gifford (1823-1880) was an nearby views that can be visited has transformed the fi rst fl oor of Sanford Gifford, M.D, 2006.1. Photo © American landscape painter and institutions as the Yale University today on the Hudson River School Cole’s home to his original design, Imaging Department, president and one of the leading members of Art Gallery, Harvard University Art Trail,” said Elizabeth B. Jacks, as visitors in his day would have Fellows of Harvard College theHudson River School, the fi rst Art Museums, Portland Museum Executive Director of the Thomas experienced it, and reveals the major art movement in America, of Art, and Albany Institute of Cole National Historic Site. “The earliest-known interior decorative Spring Street in Catskill, New York. which was founded by Thomas History and Art, as well as private reconstruction of Cole’s ‘New painting by an American artist. Current programs and events can Cole (1801-1848). Gifford credited collections, including those of Studio’ unveiled last year, with its The technology will enable visitors be found on the website, www. Cole’s works with stimulating his the artist’s descendants. The climate-controlled environment, to join the historic conversations thomascole.org. interest in landscape painting. exhibition will be accompanied by made it possible for distinguished that took place in the parlors of The Thomas Coles National Also on May 2, 2017 an Opening a fully illustrated catalogue and is curator Dr. Kevin Avery to assemble the home that so infl uenced the Historic Site’s 2017 season is Lecture with Dr. Kevin J. Avery, made possible by a grant from the these works and for the Site to course of art in America. made possible, in part, with Public curator of “Sanford R. Gifford in the National Endowment for the Arts secure their loan for this exquisite Thomas Cole’s home, studios, Funds from the Greene County Catskills” takes place at 2 p.m. at and the support of Michael Altman exhibition.” and special exhibitions are open Legislature through the Cultural the Temple Israel of Catskill which Fine Art & Advisory Services. Six of the views depicted in the April 30 through October 29, Fund administered in Greene is adjacent to the historic site. In 2003, Dr. Gifford paintings in the exhibition 2017, Tuesday-Sunday from 10 County by the Greene County The exhibition is curated by Avery co-organized the major can be visited on the innovative to 5pm. The site is located at 218 Council on the Arts.

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29th Annual GCCA BEAUX ARTS BALL: MASKED BALL & BLACK TIE BISTRO

Greene County Council on businesses and non-profi ts for buds with a delectable haute the Arts members and friends façade and interior designs. cuisine menu, including a full will celebrate the arrival of spring And wrapping it all up, we entrée followed by an exquisite and the regions’ abundance of honor Galen Joseph-Hunter, dessert. arts and culture this April 1, 2017 Executive Director of Wave So “No fooling!” break out (no fooling!) with an evening of Farm. Founded 20 years ago in your dancing shoes and plan to art, fi ne food, and dancing at the Brooklyn, as free103point9, they attend this extraordinary gala 29th Annual Beaux Arts Ball. This expanded their operations to honoring Bob, Galen and Rita is GCCA’s 41st year of promoting Greene County in 2005. Wave with an evening of live music, the arts and service in our commu- Farm is sited on 30-acres in Acra fi ne dining, a lot of fabulous fun nities! and is home to an international with great friends and fellow The Beaux Arts Ball is the Arts transmission art residency patrons of the arts! Individual Council’s primary fund raising program, research library, instal- Benefactor tickets begin at $175 event, supporting the many lation park, and broadcast studio. and Benefactor Tables of Ten start programs and services we offer to Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM went at $1750. Based on availability, the community. This special event on air in 2011 and brings creative, regular tickets may be purchased will be held at The Copper Tree community, hands-on radio to at $150. Restaurant at Hunter Mountain our airwaves. Wave Farm is also For those who do not want from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Bring a NYS Council on the Arts regrant to travel after the ball, a special your own mask or buy one of the partner for electronic media and rate for studio suites is available masterpieces handcrafted by fi lm state-wide. at the Kaatskill Mountain Club & GCCA artists and friends. Unmask GCCA is delighted to honor Spa at Hunter Mountain starting your secret self, confound your these three outstanding individ- at $160. For information on rooms friends (Who is that masked man/ uals who have contributed so and guest services call the reser- lady?), and support the arts. much to our creative economy. vation staff at 518-263-5580 daily One of the highlights at the The Distinguished Service Award between the hours of 8 a.m. and Ball is the presentation of the is presented annually for steadfast 10 p.m. and mention the Beaux Distinguished Service Awards, commitment and unselfi sh contri- Arts Ball. underwritten by The Bank of butions to the quality of cultural Call the Greene County Greene County. This year, as part life in Greene County. Council on the Arts at 518-943- of the festivities, we cover Greene The Beaux Arts Ball evening 3400 or email gcca@greenearts. County with our Distinguished begins at 6:30 p.m. with the org to check seating availability Service Awards. opening of the silent auction and reserve your tickets. Tickets Starting on the Mountaintop, accompanied by fabulous hors may also be purchased online at we honor Ritamary Montano- d’oeuvres, an open bar and www.greeenarts.org. The Beaux Vining, art teacher extraordinaire Cabaret. The silent auction Arts Ball is a magical night and one and department Director at the features original works of arts and to remember! For more informa- Hunter-Tannersville MS/HS for 25 crafts donated by our talented tion about the Beaux Arts Ball and years, Art Explorers Education artists, as well as wonderful all other GCCA programs, exhibits Director at Sugar Maples Center specialty items donated by area and events visit www.greenearts. for Arts In Education and student businesses. While you contem- org. The Greene County Council advocate for all things good. plate your bids, in the Main on the Arts is located at 398 Moving down the mountain Ballroom, New York’s premier Main Street in Catskill, NY. GCCA to Catskill we honor Bob Hoven of party band, Nite-Time, will entice Catskill Gallery and offi ce hours Robert Hoven, Inc, an internation- you onto the dance fl oor with an are Monday though Friday, 10 ally acclaimed interior designer impressive repertoire from a wide AM to 5 PM. The Catskill Gallery who has generously donated his variety of musical traditions and remains open on Saturday from expertise in our County seat as dance rhythms from 8 p.m. until noon to 5 PM. Chair of the Friends of Beattie- midnight! Powers Place for twelve years, an Dinner is served at 8 p.m. active partner in Cultivate Catskill, in a dining room magically a pro-bono consultant to our transformed by designing diva County Courthouse make-over, Jean Slutzky. The Copper Tree and a contributor to many of our Restaurant will tantalize your taste

Counter Clock-wise from top right: Artisan Masks created for the Ball; Marie Case and masked friends, Fotopic.com.; GCCA Executive Director and Board President David Slutzky, Fotopic.com.; Nite Time Band; Attendees and GCCA Members Bob Johnson and Astaire Selassie, Fotopic.com.; Cabaret musician Lex Grey joins in the fun, Fotopic.com. ALIVE 2017 March/April Page 9

Counter Clock-wise from top right: Ballroom in 2015 decorated by Jean Slutzky; Beaux Arts Ball Honorary Hosts Jean and David Slutzky, Fotopic.com.; Lex Grey and Bridge Street Theatre’s John Sowle and Alison Davy, Fotopic.com.; GCCA Board Member Sheila Trautman and husband Paul,Fotopic.com; Guests make their Silent Auction bids.

GCCA IS VERY PROUD TO HONOR ROBERT HOVEN, GALEN JOSEPH-HUNTER & RITAMARY MONTANO-VINING At the 29TH ANNUAL BEAUX ARTS BALL With the 2017 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

ROBERT HOVEN

Robert Hoven has had his own Place as president of the board, a company Robert Hoven, Inc. for position he holds today. His efforts over 30 years. His early career was have made Beattie-Powers a signifi - as a decorative artist. In this capacity, cant partner in the cultural scene of he taught Surface Decoration at Catskill, presenting chamber music Parsons School of Design at The and lectures that are mostly free New School University for 14 years, and open to the public. creating a complete program of He was one of the initial over 12 courses. It was an easy tran- creators of Cultivate Catskill 5 years sition into Interior Design that led ago, and responsible for planning to his work being published twice 3 Catskill Main Street parks and the on the cover of ElleDecor and in “greening” of Main St. As a member British House and Gardens. of America in Bloom, Cultivate After moving to Catskill in 2003 Catskill continues to be a source of he became involved in pro bono planting trees, fl owers and serving work. In 2005 he became involved to enhance our public areas in the with the Friends of Beattie-Powers village of Catskill.

Photo Credit: Rob Shannon, fotopic.com

GALEN JOSEPH-HUNTER University Sound Arts MFA spring Galen Joseph-Hunter has exhibitions. She has produced served as Executive Director of numerous radio programs for Wave Wave Farm since 2002. Located in Farm’s WGXC and stations interna- Acra, NY, Wave Farm is a non-profi t tionally including Climactic Climate arts organization driven by exper- for Kunstradio Vienna in 2015. imentation with broadcast media Joseph-Hunter is the author of the and the airwaves. Wave Farm’s book “Transmission Arts: Artists and programs—Transmission Arts, WGXC Airwaves” (PAJ Publications: 2011,) 90.7-FM, and Media Arts Grants— as well as “Transmission Arts: the air provide access to transmission that surrounds us” (PAJ: A Journal technologies and support artists of Performance and Art, September and organizations that engage with 2009: MIT Press). media as an art form. From 1996 to She is the administrator 2015 Joseph-Hunter worked closely of a Regrant Partnership with with the venerable video art organi- the New York State Council on zation Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), the Arts Electronic Media and serving as Assistant Director and Film, providing distribution and then Executive Consultant. exhibition support to New York- Over the past two decades, based media artists and technical Photo credit: Alon Koppel. she has organized and curated assistance to New York media arts numerous exhibitions and events organizations. Joseph-Hunter has internationally. She was the co-or- served as a panelist/reviewer for the ganizer of “Groundswell” an annual National Endowment for the Arts, exhibition event featuring broad- New York State Council on the Arts, cast, performance, sound, and Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, installation works by contemporary Experimental Television Center, artists conceived within the 250 Meet The Composer, New Music acres of the Olana State Historic USA, Harpo Foundation, and the Site from 2013 to 2015. In 2015 Greene County Council for the Arts, and 2016 she curated the Columbia among others.

RITAMARY MONTANO-VINING

Beloved teacher and respected Slutzky Chapter of the National Art mentor, Saugerties native Ritamary Honor Society, which is part of the Montano-Vining, started her artistic Hunter-Tannersville Central School schooling at the Woodstock School District. The Board of Directors of of Art and studied privately under the Wise Individualized Student Jean Wrolsen. She is the Art Director Experiences has inducted her into of the Hunter-Tannersville MS/HS the WISE Hall of Fame. where she has taught for the past Ritamary devotes much of her 25 years. In addition, she is the Art time to her students in and out of Explorers Program Director for the classroom. She has introduced the Sugar Maples Center for Arts her students to a number of visiting in Education which she started 10 artists in the classroom, she and years ago. She received her B.A. her students have trekked from in Commercial Art and Graphic The Clove, and many other Catskill Design from Endicott College. Mountain Trail vistas, to the galleries Subsequently she attended the in regional museum with sketch- State University of New York at New books in hand and has led students Paltz where she earned her B.S. and by traveling abroad to study the Masters in Art Education. She is work of masters including learning the founding Advisor of the Ethel and exploration excursions to Italy. ALIVE Page 10 2017 March/April

New Artists’ Opportunities NEAR AND FAR Call for Entries CALL FOR SCULPTURE Twilight Park Artists 70th Annual Art Exhibition AiO ‘17 - ART IN THE ORCHARD The 70th Annual Art Exhibition sponsored by Twilight Park Artists at the Twilight Park Art In the Orchard (AiO) is seeking sculptures and installations for its fourth biennial outdoor Clubhouse in Haines Falls, NY will open to the public on August 12 and 13, 2017. The Exhibition exhibit in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Applications are due April 1, 2017 and can be down- is open to artists and photographers on the Mountain Top, surrounding areas, and invited guests. loaded at ArtInTheOrchard.org. Entry forms for the show can be obtained at the Haines Falls Free Library, Twilight Park’s The biennial is expected to draw 25,000 visitors from August 13 through November 26, 2017 gatehouse, by calling Rachel Roll at 518-589-9855, or by visiting www.twilightpark.com and and will feature 25 to 30 works. Selected artists will receive a $500 honorarium (totaling $15,000). clicking just above the LOG IN site on ART SHOW. Entries due by Wednesday, July 12, 2017- AiO ‘17 is funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as private no exceptions. Only hand carried entries are accepted the day before the show opens and must donations. The fi rst edition of AIO was awarded the prestigious Gold Star Award for exemplary be delivered to the Twilight Park Clubhouse between 9:30 am and noon on Friday, August 11. community arts project by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Admission is free to exhibiting Artists and children. AiO ‘17 will commence with an opening party, host performances and events every weekend, and wrap up with a closing extravaganza. Artists will be invited to all events and parties. The sculptures will be installed on the grounds of a thriving New England orchard with spec- tacular vistas. The site offers exhibitors wide open spaces as well as more intimate settings. Kinetic Ajkun Ballet Theatre and site-specifi c work encouraged. Trees can be used to hang a mobile or as a background prop. Easthampton is located in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts; close to the inter- section of Interstate I-91 and the Mass Pike I-90, attracting visitors from Boston, New York, the CHILDRENS CALL FOR Berkshires, Vermont, New England and Canada. PERFORMANCES OF CARMEN Ajkun Ballet Theatre is looking for enthusiastic young dancers, pre-K to young teens, to Exhibit Space Available to Rent perform alongside the Company in its summer production of Carmen. Rehearsals and perfor- mances will run from July 31 throughout August 12, 2017 at The EGG Performing Arts Center in Exhibit space available for showing artwork at Empowered Body Dance Studio located just Albany, NY. behind the Mountain Tees space at 8 West Bridge Street (Unit 2) in Catskill, NY. The dance studio Participation in New York City performance, on August 18, 2017, is optional. Early space is in use during Wednesday Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday mornings so all other Registration Fee is $165 (including $65 Registration Fee to cover insurance cost and tuition time would be able to schedule showings and or receptions for mounted artwork.Wall space is vast of $100) if children sign up by April 15, 2017. To learn more about this opportunity, please and vacant, looking for weekly or monthly rental. Renter must have insurance to cover damages as Empowered Body will not accept any responsibility. Contact Kimberly Darling at Empowered Body email us at [email protected] and information about Company can be found online Studios at 518-965-7791 or [email protected] for more information. at www.ajkunbt.org.

WRITER’S Position Opening Executive Director BLOCK Poetry by Douglass DeCandia Delaware Valley Arts Alliance The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) seeks an innovative, inspirational individual to assume the position of Executive Director. DVAA, now in its 40th The Absence Whole by Darkness The Pull Between Us year, is a Narrowsburg, NY-based nonprofi t membership organization that supports artists and arts organizations in the Upper Delaware Valley and Sullivan If the fi elds before you seem barren, If it is loneliness We are made whole County, NY. The DVAA offers an array of visual, performing, literary and media arts forgive them you suffer from, by darkness; that serve a county- and valley-wide constituency of artists, arts groups and the and look deeper into the eyes befriend the absence through the depth public. The DVAA sponsors fi ne arts and cultural programs in two galleries and of their barrenness. that scares you. and brevity two performance spaces in its historic facilities, and through major annual events of night. such as Riverfest and The Big Eddy Film Festival. See there, Come into night. The DVAA serves as the re-granting organization in Sullivan County for New how the pull Into the quiet For moments at a time York State Council on the Arts and Sullivan County arts grants, and provides essen- between Earth and still the world tial services to individual artists, arts organizations, and the area’s arts community and the heavens within, lets us such as technical assistance, collaborative project incubation, fellowships, space, go, promotion support, commissions, and fi scal sponsorship. Has leŌ its paƩ ern in the snow; Knowing that The DVAA Executive Director (ED) reports directly to the President and the the circles you, To wander, Board of Directors, and collaborates with members, artists, staff, and the board to and soŌ , like the hollow center of a drum, to dream advance the mission and vision, building on a strong foundation and leading the uneven lines, convey a song and become DVAA into a bright future. Candidates must have an extensive background in, the stars and understanding of, at least one arts discipline. A baccalaureate and Master’s That lead, That this world again. Degree or equivalent experience in a related fi eld or equivalent background like footsteps, is longing required, in addition to fi ve to ten years’ experience in positions of increasing back to responsibility in a related fi eld. Strong communication skills required orally and to the beauƟ ful forest hear. in writing. Capable of generating new ideas and innovative solutions, the ED will have good leadership, team-building and analytical skills, sound judgment, the Inside ability to take action as needed, and will delegate effectively to staff, volunteers you. and committees to perform tasks or handle responsibilities based on their skills. Please submit a letter and resume (electronic submissions preferred) with Writer’s Block Guidelines: Open to current GCCA members only. 600 Word Limit. Subject matter: literature, short-shorts a summary of demonstrable accomplishments and salary requirements to and poetry, parody, fi ction, tales, folklore, fantasy and humor. Racism, Bigotry, Commentaries on Religion or Politically Mr. Jeffrey Allison, President, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and email at In-Correct writings will NOT be accepted. Publishing the work is the sole right of Arts Alive editor Sharon Shepherd. [email protected]. Visit delawarevalleyartsalliance.org Please email to [email protected].

Artist’s Profi le Guidelines: Artist’s Profile This feature is open to GCCA Artist Members who reside and work in Greene, Columbia or Schoharie Counties. All art forms will be considered. To submit a profi le, write about your  artistic background, inspirations, creative process, credits and learning experiences with past and/or current projects. Please limit profi le to a 600 Word Count and include an image (300 Stream #17 by dpi) of yourself, your art form or you engaging in your work. (Future publications will be limited Robert Robert Tomlinson, to one artist featured in Artist Profi le.) Publishing the work is the sole right of Arts Alive news- 2015, mixed media letter editor Sharon Shepherd. Please email your submissions to [email protected]. Tomlinson on paper, 53 x 38inches. Linda Robert Tomlinson joined the Catskill art scene Cross after moving from Oregon in the spring of 2016. Over the course of his career, his work has been featured in 35 solo shows and over 50 group exhibitions, appearing most rec- ently in GCCA’s “Fresh” exhibition. He has cur- ated and installed more than 100 exhibitions and Linda Cross, who lives in created a gallery for the developmentally disabled, the Hudson River Valley, and has served as executive director and curator studied Fine Art at the for The San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago Gallery One Visual Arts Center, and the Oregon and Syracuse University Arts Alliance. He was a founder and served and received her M.F.A. on the board of the Ash Creek Arts Center in from the University of Independence, Oregon, and in 2015 and 2016 was New Mexico. Raised in the“Artist Vision” curator for the Lake Oswego Arts and around Chicago, she Festival. moved to New York City Both visual artist and poet, Tomlinson frequently in 1961 to continue her Thicket by Linda Cross, 2012. Mixed materials on explores the intersection between images and studies at the Art Students’ League. After her paper, 23 x 29 inches. words. The quarterly arts and literary journal Tomlinson is more interested in asking questions marriage in 1962 to John Cross, she and her Picture Sentence, which he co-founded and co-ed- family divided their time between New York than fi nding answers. With the Stream series, his to using paper mache and collage. The result ited, brought these interests together, featuring City and Columbia County, and later settled questions relate to water and fl uidity, the liquidity of has led to a way of working dimensionally that visual art alongside poetry. He now hosts a radio full time in the country. Around this time both motion. The idea of a stream fl owing in a riverbed combines aspects of both painting and sculp- program at WGXC, Purple House: A Monthly Linda and John were involved in founding Omi becomes the idea of a stream of consciousness ture. Sculpted rocks and natural terrain are Forum for the Arts, on the fi rst Tuesday of each International Arts Center in Ghent, NY and moving through the mind, a metaphor for unal- integrated with areas of transparent washes or month from 2:00-3:00 p.m., and moderates poetry Linda was the director of the artists’ residency tered or unabated feelings or thoughts actively in thickly textured paint. The continual interplay readings at the Catskill café and wine bar 394 Main for its fi rst ten years. motion. between abstraction and verisimilitude refl ects on the last Monday of each month. “Do all rivers begin underground?” he wonders. After many years of working in her Elizaville, both a deep personal affi nity for the land Working with a wide range of materials, Tomlinson Then, “Is there an original thought? What do I want NY studio, Cross has become more and more and the artist’s ongoing interest in sculptural may mix painting, drawing, collage and photog- to know?” infl uenced by the surrounding Hudson Valley complexity. The critic Robert C. Morgan wrote raphy in a single piece, or incorporate found landscape. Her long time tendency is towards in a recent review: “What has intrigued me over “Do all rivers marry into the sea? Is there a objects into his three-dimensional works. Each an overall abstract format that incorporates the years in looking at the work of Linda Cross communal archetypal consciousness? Are we image in his Stream series of paintings grew out of details of the water-washed shores and rocky is her extraordinary sensitivity in transforming always alone?” a sound poem. With this type of poem, sometimes creeks along the Hudson River, resulting in our conventional idea about perspective into quite short–many of Tomlinson’s consist of two During a residency at Playa, in eastern Oregon the interplay between abstraction and realism. a new synthesis between realism and the or three words–the sound of the spoken word is where migratory pathways converge on a remote Always focusing on painting and drawing, abstract.” paramount, the meaning more mysterious, usually she fi nds working on paper an ongoing, lake, he wondered whether the alphabet might Since a fi rst solo exhibition in 1961, her work emerging through unconscious or subconscious meditative activity. When asked if the drawings have been created by people who had watched the has continually been shown in galleries and associations. In the context of a painting, the legi- are preparatory studies for larger works, she patterns of migrating birds in the sky. Incorporating national exhibitions including The Butler bility of the words may be less important than their replies that no, they are an independent but words into the abstract colors and forms of his Institute of American Art, the American appearance as visual mark-making. paintings, he asks, “Does the way in which a word related series, that the smaller scale promotes a more spontaneous approach. Academy of Arts & Letters and the Allan Stone Collaboration is another element that recurs in is written contain part of its meaning?” Gallery. Her many solo shows include the art Tomlinson’s work. In 2011 he co-founded 13 Hats, Tomlinson works intuitively, putting marks on paper Moving away from her early paintings on galleries at the State University of Plattsburg, a group of artist and writers that collaborated for without a preconceived idea or planned destina- canvas, Cross developed paper and acrylic The New Jersey City University, Vassar College two years on a wide range of creative projects tion. The strength of the gesture carries the power based reliefs that combine hand-formed and Hudson Valley Community College. Cross and exhibitions. He also works with “anonymous of the painting, he believes; a spontaneous dialog dimensional elements with areas of painting. is currently represented by the Carrie Haddad collaborators.” His Take Cover series begins with can manifest within chaos, revealing moments of The reliefs are constructed of a variety of Gallery in Hudson, NY, where she will be the inside front covers of second-hand books, insight and beauty. materials, such as paper, Styrofoam and found included in the upcoming show, Paintings and often old children’s textbooks, in which previous objects. Various methods were explored over Photographs, May 3-June 18, 2017. owners have drawn, scribbled or colored. time, as she developed personal approaches ALIVE 2017 March/April Page 11

ASCC’s need-based scholarship Art School of Columbia County - Spring 2017 program funds up to 90% of class tuition. Full information is on the school’s website. Classes are held at the Old Schoolhouse, STUDENT-FACULTY ART SHOW, 1198 Route 21c in Harlemville, at the inter- section of Harlemville Road and Route 21C. SEED SALE & SILENT AUCTION, Next to the Hawthorne Valley Farm Store, the building is centrally located within Columbia ART CLASSES & ARTALKS County, a ten minute drive from Chatham, and one mile from the Taconic Parkway, at the Route 21c exit. To register for classes at artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. For Now entering its fi fth year of offering March Art Classes at the Art School of more information, email info@artschoolof high-quality art classes to the community, Columbia County columbiacounty.org or call 518-672-7140. ASCC, a non-profi t organization with a vision March brings longer days and changing of “imagining art for everyone” hosts its sixth light, and even a bit of green: start your Art as Intersection: ARTalks at ASCC semi-annual Student-Faculty Art Show on spring renewal early with an art class at the May 20, 2017 from 5-7 pm. Enrolled students The Art School of Columbia County Art School of Columbia County. In its fourth from ASCC’s winter and spring semesters are will hold its third annual ARTalks series of year of offering high-quality programs to the invited to exhibit and the public is welcome panel discussions and pop-up exhibits, community, ASCC, a non-profi t organization to attend. Stroll the Art School’s spring continuing this popular series this coming with a vision of “imagining art for everyone,” gardens, view both student and faculty art spring. Inspired by a three-way intersection offers the following classes this March. work, enjoy a bountiful reception, and bid where the Art School’s historic 1842 school- “Landscape Mastery” presents a step- on art and art-history themed silent auction house is situated, the theme for 2017 is Art by-step approach to landscape with ASCC packages, featuring gift cards and donations as Intersection: Geographies, Time, and faculty member E S DeSanna. She explores from community businesses and cultural Medium. “Color: Mood & Mixing” on Saturday March organizations. An on-line version of the Held Sunday afternoons at the Art 11, 2017 from 2-5 pm. Students may auction will also be available. ASCC will also School, located at 1198 Rt 21 C in Ghent continue their study the following week with be offering its Seed Sale Fundraiser again, NY, from 2-4 pm, each ARTalk features three “Landscape Elements” on March 18th. Snow featuring heirloom seeds harvested from nationally-exhibiting artists from our region date for both classes is April 1, 2017. ASCC the Art School’s own gardens, ready to plant. exploring a given theme in a guided panel faculty member Kari Feuer teaches “Water & The event is free and open to the public. discussion along with a special exhibit of Sky in Oil or Acrylic” on Saturday March 25, The event is held at the Old their work. The talks will be presented March 2017 from 10 am – 4 pm (snow date April 1). Schoolhouse, 1198 Route 21c in Harlemville, 26, April 9, and April 23, 2017 and include Students can learn how to quickly and fl uidly NY at the intersection of Harlemville Road Columbia County artists. Invited artists and express these two fundamental elements and Route 21C. Next to the Hawthorne ASCC faculty will be featured and a recep- of landscape as a building block for their Valley Farm Store, the building is centrally tion accompanies each ARTalk. Top: ASCC Instructor Kari Feuer’s work, Hidden Pond, oil on further explorations, and the class is a great linen. www.karifeuer.com Image courtesy of the artist. located within Columbia County. A list of Visit artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. choice for both beginning and intermediate silent auction donors and more information For more information call 518-672-7140 or Laura Cannamela, Yume No Ukihashi (The Floating Bridge students. is found at artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org/ email [email protected]. of Dreams), 8” x 5” x 2”, paper relief, 2012. Image courtesy student-faculty-art-show-may-20-2017. of the artist.

Windham Fine Arts: Gallery On Main KALEIDOSCOPES - A Kind of Eye Candy That Unleash Primal Subconscious

A New York View: Country gers reveal the mind and soul Romanian Poppies by Maya Landscapes by Robert to the viewer.” Mixed media Farber, Mixed Media: Gold Leaf Magenta Eclipse by Marko Schneider is an exhibition collages by Maya Farber with Oil on Canvas, 24 x 22 inches. Shuhan, Archival Digital Print directly from the Fenimore Art push perception to its limit, Evolution, 24 x 24 inches. Museum of Cooperstown, New evoking the question: What cast glass, manipulated and York and curated by Michelle is preconceived versus what expressed through vibrant versus Non-Being and the Murdock. “In the tradition of is created through a series of color. New to the gallery, transitory nature of form. the Tonalists, this work recalls still life dialogues? “Painting is Color Field Sculpture by Visit windhamfi nearts. many late 19th and early 20th still life in collages is like Shelley Parriott. Miniature inte- com for information on century American landscape working a jigsaw puzzle, fi tting rior to large-scale installations framing services and current paintings and reveals a pieces which must combine, simultaneously present visual and upcoming shows. uniquely personal view of our including light and shadow, and perceptual dichotomy; Windham Fine Arts: Gallery region.” The exhibit is on view size and perspective, color an integration between the On Main is located at 5380 at the Windham Fine Arts, and subject, into seamless corporeal and the intangible Main Street in Windham, NY. South Gallery through April 2, blends of painted and cut-out of the physical and spiri- Hours are Friday and Saturday 2017. images and objects, ultimately tual. Monumental in size and 12-7pm, Sunday 12-4. Contact Kaleidoscope is on display achieving a photorealist work.” impact, yet illusory, transparent the Gallery Director Karen Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts presents in the North Gallery. What will Abstract glassworks by Glenn layers play in the changing LaMonica at 518-734-6850. Jomama Jones on March 18, 2017. Photo by Michal we see in the world to come? Abel allow us to see the world light as they describe Material Daniel How will perspectives shift/ through his vision of fused and versus Immaterial, Being be shifted for us? How will we process information expe- rienced through a variety of fi lters incorporated into our Atelier Progressif lives, voluntarily or involun- tarily by the algorithms that Creative Space follow us through our days... This exhibit will continue HOSTS DIGITAL ART over the next few months, bringing new and changing PRINT EXHIBIT THE MARCH PARTY views to still life, sculpture and “Abstract” by Raya Grinberg. abstraction by an assembly of Join the Lumberyard Contemporary artists. Evolutions, by Marko The Atelier Progressif Creative Space essays, fi lm, artwork, design, and process Performing Arts as they kiss the dark days of Shuhan, pushes oil painting to hosts a digital art print show March 4 through pieces that employ the tools of digital culture. explore metaphor and illusion March 31, 2017. The opening reception is They believe the new generation of artists has winter goodbye and anticipate the coming through digital manipulation. on Saturday, March 4, 2017 from 6 to 8:30 a unique perspective as it engages digital spring with food, drink, and a soul-stirring “Kaleidoscopes are a kind p.m. Prints for this show are provided by the culture socially, professionally, creatively, and performance by Jomama Jones. The March of eye candy that unleash Museum of Computer Art from the Donnie theoretically. Young thinkers and creators fuel 2017 Contest and Exhibit. These prints are the process of digitization and the subse- Party is on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 6:00 primal subconscious... trig- winning and Director Choice images from quent culture erupting from these processes, pm until??? The event will be held at Joe’s an online contest held during the month of and many of their decisions will impact the Garage located at 443 Main Street in Catskill, January, 2017. future of our creative perspective.” This show, arranged by the Museum of Atelier Progressif was founded and is NY. Computer Art in collaboration with the Atelier directed by Yechiam Gal, an Israel-born artist, Info and tickets available www.thelum- Pratttsville Progressif gallery, is a live print exhibit of 20 animator and curator. He teaches video art at beryard.org/march-party, Tickets start selected images from this contest. This print Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY. Atelier Progressif at $175, with sponsorship and premium Art Center exhibit will include eight winning images and Creative Space is located at 75 Bridge Street All Ages Music Club 12 Director’s Choices from the contest. in Catskill, NY with gallery hours Thursday packages available. Call 212-587-3003 There’s a new music club at the Atelier Progressif Creative Space in through Sunday from noon to 4:30 p.m., and for more information or email development@ Prattsville Art Center, programmed by Catskill, NY, pushes the boundaries of digital by appointment. Visit atelierprogressif.com thelumberyard.org. young people and featuring young art and technology. The gallery solicits critical for more information. bands who are touring New York. There will be art exhibitions, vendors, free food and coffee, too. Admission is FREE although donations for Fine Arts, CraŌ s and Jewlery WOOD-FIRED bands are welcome. Tell your friends! Tell your kids! Take a trip to the beau- STONEWARE POTTERY tiful Catskill Mountaintops and hang with the locals! Interested in being a www.susanbeecherpottery.com VOLUNTEER? E-mail Nancy Barton at [email protected]! Kids can get community service credit for Perfect gifts for all occasions, helping us set up. It’s a clean and dry in all price ranges space, good vibes strictly enforced! 270 County Rte. 405, So. Westerlo, NY 12083 Open weekends by appointment or by chance Here is the March 2017 line up! March 5-Indie and Alt Rock with 518-966-5833 Call Susan at (917) 658-5288 bands Evvergreen and Where’s [email protected] Walden from 7-9 p.m. 2070 Route 23C, East Jewitt, NY 12424 March 10-Pop, Funk, Emo with www.facebook.com/BigIGallery bands My Dice, My Heart and My Anchor from 8-10 pm. HINTERLAND DESIGN March 28-Alt Rock, Emo with bands RUTH SACHS CERAMICS www.ruthsachs.us Tie Goes the Rnner and Isn’t It Alaways from 8-10 pm. Graphic March 31-Acoustic, Folk, Country 630 County Rt 17, Jewett , NY 12442 with bands Rick and Marilyn, Floyd Design Armlin, JVX and Schmave. 1 Treeview Drive, Melville, NY 11747 Color Printing The Prattsville Art Center is located ONE OF A KIND CERAMICS for at 14561 Main Street in Prattsville, Postcards NY. Visit prattsvilleart.org for infor- Business Cards • Brochures mation and updates. The Prattsville Booklets • Fliers • Posters Art Center is funded, in part, by the 516-443-2847 Fax 631-659-3174 Programs • Catalogs New York State Council on the Arts, Note Cards • Raffle Tickets Greene County Legislature through [email protected] Artist Owned and Operated the Cultural Fund administered by the One Mansion Street, Coxsackie • HinterlandNY.com • 518/731-2895 Greene County Council on the Arts. ALIVE Page 12 2017 March/April

BEND THE Concerts in the Village Concludes Seventh Season: KNOTTED OAK HAYDN AND CHERUBINI – 18TH CENTURY CHAMBER ELEGANCE MEETS 19TH CENTURY DRAMA

MUSIC David Smith, Artistic Director, Concerts in the Village. Four Musicians Photo Credit: Michael Fredericks. With Only Concerts in the Village (CITV) Seven Hands? concludes its seventh season with Haydn and Cherubini – 18th c. Elegance meets 19th c. Drama at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 2, Violinist Mitsuko Suzuki 2017 at the Kinderhook Reformed Church in Kinderhook, NY, The Broad Street Chorale, Broad Street In its latest example of The compositional challenge has Orchestra, and soloists celebrate unusual programming, BKO intrigued some composers. With one of the most exciting periods (Bend the Knotted Oak) Chamber music for only one hand, how in music history, as the elegantly Music will present works for four does one create that piano sound balanced musical world of late musicians, but only seven hands. with multiple melodic lines and Classicism is disrupted upon the report circulated that the great –although none other than Arturo It includes string trios (by Françaix harmonic interest? Technical and dawn of the Romantic Age – a Joseph Haydn had died. At that Toscanini programmed and and Bach), a quartet that combines virtuosic showing-off in piano transformation making possible time the stature of no composer recorded Cherubin's Requiem the peculiar number of hands (by music often draws the ear to the the contributions of Beethoven, was more highly held and an in c minor in 1937 and Riccardo Korngold), and piano music for right hand. But in these works, Schumann and Brahms to follow. appropriate musical tribute was Muti has done so more recently, left-hand-alone (by Reger, Bridge, the left hand has no place to No other composer, except commissioned. The-well known performances are not common. Schulhoff, and Ponce). hide. The history of performance possibly Mozart, conveyed Italian- born, but Paris-based Listeners will experience both In the fall, Wade had surgery with solo left hand is fi lled with Classical style and form as Luigi Cherubini was approached fi erce tempest and remarkable on his right hand, which, of course, fascinating characters, monsters perfectly and consistently as to do the honors. His Cantata calm − in the span of a mere 35 has temporarily decommissioned of the keyboard who would not Joseph Haydn. And no work on the Death of Joseph Haydn minutes. This fascinating piece it. While it heals, he has been give up their careers after losing of Haydn confi rms this more was the remarkable result. There has it all, even a gong! I believe prompted to explore the surpris- an arm. Wade will tell some of convincingly than his Sinfonia was, however, one important the response of CITV listeners will ingly large cache of works for left- their stories, along with string-trio Concertante in B-fl at of 1792. In it miscalculation, two centuries be a resounding ‘thank you’ for hand-alone. At the Spencertown stories that put the music into symphonic breadth is ingeniously later something that would have bringing this great, but neglected Academy on Sunday, April 30, historical context. combined with the virtuosity of a been regarded as “fake news”: work to us.” 2017, at 2 pm, he is joined by BKO Admission is $20 for adults, concerto. But this is no ordinary Haydn was still very much alive, Suggested contribution is regulars Mitsuko Suzuki, violin, free for students 18 and under. concerto, rather one for multiple not to die until four years later! $20. Reception to follow and the Ron Carbone, viola and violin and Spencertown Academy is instruments presented in contin- According to Smith, “However venue is handicapped acces- Robert Reed, cello, to bring some located on NYS Route 203 in uously changing combinations. wrongly motivated, the colorful sible. For further information of it together. Spencertown, NY. For its upcoming program CITV Cantata on the Death of Joseph and assured seating, please visit Piano music for left-hand- This concert is made possible Artistic Director and Conductor Haydn for full orchestra, soprano www.concertsinthevillage.org. The alone was created over the last in part with public funds from David Smith has not had to and two tenors, well deserves a Kinderhook Reformed Church is 150 years for a variety of reasons: the Community Arts Grants/ look far to fi nd ideal soloists. 21st century performance. And I at 21 Broad Street, Kinderhook, obviously, injury to the right Decentralization Program of the Featured will be principal players assure you the work is anything NY 12106. hand, but also compositional NY State Council on the Arts, from CITV’s own Broad Street but funereal. Its rich instrumental Concerts in the Village is challenge and virtuoso display. administered in Columbia County Orchestra: Elizabeth Silver, and vocal color, and melodic made possible, in part, with public Modern audiences may know by the Greene County Council on concertmaster; Erica Pickhardt, sweep will be broadly appealing funds from the Decentralization some of them via performances the Arts. cellist; Karen Hosmer, oboe: and to our listeners.” Program of the New York State by revered pianist Leon Fleisher. Cornelia McGiver, bassoon. Smith Cherubini’s great Requiem Council on the Arts, adminis- observes, “Bringing these four in c minor is in a class with the tered through the Community outstanding musicians together better-known requiems of Mozart, Arts Grants Fund in Columbia is guaranteed to produce very Brahms, Verdi and Fauré. Written County by the Greene County exciting results, and in the to memorialize the dramatic Council on the Arts. Generous process we will honor our orches- deaths of Louis XVI and Marie funding has also been received tra’s impressive depth of talent. I Antoinette during the French from the Hudson River Bank know we will make this lively work Revolution, this work was so and Trust Company Foundation, sparkle.” highly regarded that it was chosen Kinderhook Bank, and Stewart’s Something special follows, as for performance at the great gath- Holiday Match, as well as from the second work on CITV’s April ering memorializing Beethoven many individual and business program may well be having its immediately following his death in supporters. American premiere. In 1805 a 1827. David Smith points out that

The Ghent HRC Showcase Theatre Playhouse

A Sublime Situation by Chloe Zerwick presents Mothers Hudson Opera House and INSIDE THE BOX- Sons

Sculptural Work Mothers and Sons,’ a HRC Showcase Theatre will present its third and fourth staged readings timely and touching new play of its 26th Season. by Chloe Zerwick about change, reconciliation and becoming a family, opens Hudson Opera House delves into the surreal with a solo exhi- on Friday, March 17 and runs HRC Showcase Theatre, the premier theatre company in the bition of sculptural work by Hudson-based artist, Chloe Zerwick. through Sunday, April 2, 2017 Hudson River Valley solely dedicated to staged readings of new Chloe Zerwick: Inside the Box surprises, delights and intrigues in its with performances Fridays and plays, will present the third and fourth staged readings of its 26th transformation of everyday objects into enigmatic three-dimensional statements. The exhibition will be on display in the Hudson Opera Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday season on March 18 and April 16, 2017. House Center Hall Gallery until March 26, 2017. The small sculptures afternoons at 2 p.m. On March 18, 2017, Garden of Memories by Jessica Bashline of Inside the Box enshrine associations of discarded possessions and “Words are the bridge will be presented. This original play revolves around one family in reveal, as the artist states, “secrets from an alternate reality (or from this we build across the void that which three siblings plan their mother’s funeral, and discover the one), disruptions of meaning concealed in thoughts, feelings, dreams- separates us.” A Dallas matriarch woman they barely knew. anointing the mise-en-scène with an unexpected spirit.” On Saturday, April 22, 2017 Up from Stardom by award winning Chloe Zerwick is a Hudson-based artist, author and copywriter. A pays an unexpected visit to her native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Zerwick is the author of A Short History of late son’s former partner, who playwright and lyricist Lawrence DuKore will be presented. Four of Glass (1990), a contributor to Major Engraved Works from Steuben: A is now married to another man DuKore’s original songs will be sung by one of the talented actors. Postcard Collection (1988) and is the co-author of science-fi ction novel, and raising a young son. Forced The setting for this play is Hollywood in 1944. A middle-aged The Cassiopeia Affair (1968). She has also written for The Metropolitan to consider the life her son may reporter falls for a young actress in segregated America. What are Museum of Art, New York; The Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, have had, the woman must now their chances? Delaware; Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York; Stuben Glass, New York, and Hoya Museum Crystal, New York. come to terms with her own life The staged readings of Garden of Memories and Up from For information visit hudsonoperahouse.org or call 518-822-1438. choices and how society has Stardom will be performed by professional actors in the audito- The Hudson Opera House is located at 327 Warren Street in Hudson, NY. changed around her. rium of the First Reformed Church, located at 52 Green Street in Written by award-winning Hudson, NY. Each reading begins at 7:30 pm. The performances playwright of “Love! Valor! will be followed by a reception and a discussion session with the at Petite Productions Dance and Arts Academy Compassion!”, Terrence McNally, playwright, actors, and director. Admission to each reading is $15. 491 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL, NY this was a 2014 Tony Award For reservations call 518-851-2061. Nominee for Best New Play. The These readings are made possible, in part, with public funds A Ghent Playhouse production is from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Song Sound directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher, Program administered by Greene County Council on the Arts. Additional funding is provided by a grant from the Hudson River PRE-K who is also designing the set. PlayShops Tickets are $20 each, $17 for Bank and Trust Foundation. Members of the Playhouse and Songs, Percussions & Nature Themes $10 for Students with ID. Tickets may be reserved by calling Heron 1-800-838-3006 or going to & the website at www.ghentplay- Earth Graphic Design Services house.org. Be sure to reserve your tickets early, especially for the Sunday matinees! The Ghent [email protected] Playhouse is located at 6 Town www.heronandearth.com P.O. Box 445 Catskill, NY 12414

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For photographers or related media. One Bartwick, Treas. 212-755-5540 02/16 organizations commissioning new works. Support composer, month, $2,000 stipend, apartment, private darkroom, 24-hour librettist fees, copying, range, support services. Rotating Grants… Offering fi nancial, administrative assistance to Financial Assistance... Up to $5,000 grants for writers and facility access. Send resume, artist statement, letter of intent, basis. www.randallgiles.org/commissioning.html Eddie individual artists’ special projects, help develop collaborative playwrights with AIDS. Candidates must be published. Fund slides, proofs or prints of recent work. Light Work Artist-in- Fiklin, Senior program Manager. 212-645-6949 x102. 75 projects, assist locating venues for presentation, sponsor for for Writers and Editors with AIDS, PEN American Center, Residence Program, 316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244. Ninth Ave., 3R Suite C, New York, NY 10011. 02/16 public presentations. 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Programs showing issues, Emergency Aid, c/o Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NY, Box 1020, Stn. 28, 107 Tunnel Mtn. Dr., Banff, noncommercial popular music: alternative rock, country, hip experiences of underrepresented social justice issues, NY 10003. 212-255-7740 [email protected] www. Alberta, Canada TOL OCO. 403-762-6114/6302. hop, others. Supports school, community educational programs. community concerns of national or multi-state impact: salmagundi.org 02/16 [email protected], jennifer_woodbury@ RPA to hold meets to explain process. www.rockpa.org/music. residencies; new performing art, or visual art, cross cultural, banffcenter.ab.ca., www.banffcentre.ca Ongoing. 02/16 (212) 812-4337 [email protected]. 02/16 Financial and Management Services... NYFA’s new Works multi state collaborations, dissemination of existing works and Management Services offer assistance to individual Residencies... Ranging from 2 weeks to 2 months for affecting communities. Nathan Cummings Foundation, 475 *Music Grant…Music Alive with Meet the Composer artists and small arts groups. New York Foundation for the screenwriters and fi lm/video makers October to May. Yaddo, th Tenth Ave., 14 Fl., New York, NY 10018, 212-787-7300, 787- supports residencies with professional youth orchestras. Arts, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (212) 366-6900 x 225 Box 395, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-0395. www.yaddo.org 7377. [email protected] www.nathancummings. Short Term Residencies 2-8 weeks, one season; Extended or 230.FAX (212) 366-1778 www.nyfa.org Updated 02/16 518-584-0746. Deadlines, August 1 and January 15 each org 02/16 Residencies multi-year, full-season-3 years. Available: year. 02/16 composer fees, travel, musician fees, some related activities. Financial Assistance... For artists in need of emergency aid Grants…Municipalities, non profi ts -$15,000. Public $7,000-$28,000, Short Term, $30,000-$100,000 year. www. to avoid eviction, cover medical expenses, unpaid utility bills, Residencies... Year-round, in photography, painting, buildings; historic landscape or municipal parks, cultural meetthecomposer.org/musicalive/ 02/16 other. Submit description, copies of bills or eviction notice, ceramics, textiles, etc. Contact: Nantucket Island School of resource of downtowns, residential neighborhoods. Emily resume, two letters of recommendation: Change Inc., PO Box Design and Arts. 508-228-9248. [email protected], www. Curtis, Program Coordinator, Preservation League of New Music Grant…Global Connections Program with Meet 705, Cooper Station, NY 10276. 212-473-3742. innercity.org/ nisda.org 02/16 York State, 44 Central Ave., Albany, NY 12206. 518-462- the Composer supports living composers in sharing their columbiaheights/agencys/change.html Ongoing. 02/16 5658, 462-5684, [email protected], www.preservenys. work with a global community. 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An ability to work both Residencies...Cooperative residencies/retreats for emerging Something, 24-32 Union Square East, 4th Fl. South, New York, live performing arts, to assist artist exploring, challenging independently and closely with the Visual Arts Director on or established artists in drawing, painting, sculpture, writing, NY 10003 [email protected]. www.dosomething.org dynamics. Special focus on projects bringing insight, critique creating graphics and posters for exhibitions, managing poetry. Year-round. Private living space, modern art studio, Updated 02/16 to cultural difference in class, gender, generation, ethnicity media deadlines and installing shows is highly valued. Please reasonable fee includes some mentoring assistance. SASE or tradition. Awards range from $10,000-$40,000. www. email Niva Dorell, Visual Arts Director at niva@greenearts. #10 to High Studios, RR1 Box 108N, Bolton Landing, NY Grant… Newman’s Own Charitable Giving Program. Areas creative-capital.org. 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Freehold Art Exchange is an artist residency program disciplines may create, present, and exhibit experimental Francisco, CA 94121 (415) 751-2202 [email protected] 21-828-9736 [email protected] www.manta.com/c/ for visual and interdisciplinary artists invested in social work involving sound and technology, with the option of www.WomenArts.org 02/16 mmcqn8p/tobin-foundation-for-theatre Updated 02/16 justice, environmental sustainability, and community integrating any combination of other disciplines including visual and/or performance art. Artists work with staff audio Film, Video Grants... Average $25,000 to support Photography Grant…Alexia Foundation award for individual engagement. Our facility is on 57 acres of land in the Catskill Mountains of NY, including a vegetable garden engineer. Jack Straw Media Gallery, www.jackstraw.org., international documentary fi lms and videos: current, professional photographer to produce a substantial picture Steve Peters, [email protected]. Updated 02/16 signifi cant issues in human rights, expression, liberties, social story that furthers the foundation’s goals of promoting and hiking trails. We are looking for someone dependable, justice. Diane Weyermann, Dir. of Soros Documentary Fund, world peace & cultural understanding. Alexia Foundation, able to work alone and collaborate, and not afraid to get Residencies… The Platte Clove program provides a retreat Open Society Institute, 400 W. 59th St., New York NY, 10019 116 Oceanport Ave., Little Silver, NJ 07739. www. dirty! Please email Molly Stinchfi eld, Co-Founder and for artists from June through October. Painters, sculptors, Info. 212-548-0657, Fax 212-548-4679 [email protected] alexiafoundation.org Updated 02/16 Director, at [email protected] with a resume writers, and composers are invited to apply for residency. www.soros.org/sdf. Ongoing Updated 02/16 and cover letter outlining skills and interest. Go to www. Artist interested in applying should download the application Photography Grant... Given annually to a U.S. photographer freeholdartexchange.org for more information on Freehold from the Catskill Center website,www.catskillcenter.org who aspires to perpetuate the spirit and dedication that Art Exchange. Updated 02/16 Inverna Lockpez, Director, [email protected]. 02/16 Residencies… The National Park Service offers residency NY 12075. 518-392-6264, [email protected], www. Every other Thursday programs to artists working in various disciplines. Contact the ghentplayhouse.org . Ongoing. 02/16 Playshop: SONG AND SOUND PLAYSHOP. Pre-K, Ages specifi c site for further info: Amistad National Recreation Area 2017 Cultural 1-5 (1-3 with Adult). 10:00-11:00am, $12, $20 for 2 children. in Texas, Badlands National Park in South Dakota, Bearlodge Performing Arts... Private classes available in Dance and Petite Productions Dance & Art Academy, 491 Main Street, Catskill, Writers’ Devils Tower Residencies in Wyoming, Joshua Music. Dance studio available for rent, 518-851-5150, Calendar of Events NY 12414. Contact Kate Boyer at 410-274-1092 to register. Tree National, Klondike Gold Rush National Park in Alaska, [email protected], www.abblappen.com. 02/16 Email: [email protected] Check web for updates: www. GCCA Gallery Boutique - The Greene County Council on the Arts Mammoth Cave National Park, Peters Valley Craft Education Performing and Visual Arts… Deep listening programs, heronandearth.com, "New Music" page. Songs, Percussions and Center’s Delaware Water Gap Residencies in New Jersey, invites you to visit our gallery boutique, The Artful Hand, in Catskill. Nature Themes. March dates: March 2, 16, 30. and in the gallery, painting, sculpture and workshops. For Open year-round, we offer fi ne arts and high quality crafts by local Saint Gaudens National Historic Site in New, Sapelo Barrier schedule: The Pauline Oliveros Foundation, POB 1958, Island in Georgia, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and regional artists, and books by area authors. Send boutique Fourth Thursday Kingston, NY 12402, 845-338-5984. Fax: 845-338-5958. inquiries to [email protected]. The GCCA Catskill Gallery, Weir Farm National Historic Site. www.nps.gov/archive/ www.artwire.org/pof, [email protected]. 02/16 The Greene County Camera Club is a friendly group of volunteer/air.htm 02/16 located at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY. Open Monday through intermediate and advanced photographers who meet twice Saturday, 10AM-5PM. For more information, contact gcca@ Visual Arts monthly at the Greenville Library Art Gallery located at the Workshops, Seminars greenearts.org or 518-943-3400. intersection of routes 81 and 32 in Greenville. On the fourth Visual Arts…Art Instructors Needed. The Art School of Jurying for all media... For new members. Application, Museum: CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION PIANO Thursday, a competition and critique take place. Friendship Columbia County, centrally located in Columbia County MUSEUM. 18 beautiful examples of piano making from 1783 to and networking, occasional fi eld trips, an e-Newsletter, member guidelines. SASE: The National Association of Women Artists, in Harlemville NY (a 20 minute drive from Hudson), is a 80 Fifth Avenue, Ste. 14045, New York, NY 10011. 212-675-1616 the present, plus fascinating related ephemera, includes pianos shows and exhibition opportunities and social gatherings are all not-for-profi t [501(c)(3)] art school dedicated to “art for benefi ts of membership. For more information: Eileen Camuto www.nawanet.org . Deadlines, Sept. 15, March 15 yearly. 02/16 from Liberace, Sir Roland Hanna’s and a rare Clementi that everyone.”ASCC is seeking applications for the developing was played by the Maestro himself. Besides the Museum, the [email protected] or Nora Adelman brickrowphoto@ and teaching art programs for children or seniors, art Doctorow Center includes 3 movie theaters and a performance icloud.com. therapy and teaching art to adults. Send your resume/CV space. Across the street is a newly revised restaurant, a fi ne Art and Third Fridays CALL FOR ENTRIES, ETC. with educational background, exhibitions (if applicable), Craft gift gallery and an excellent Bookstore. Doctorow Center, and teaching experience with your contact information to Main Street, Hunter, NY. 518-263-2036. Hours: 12-4, Friday and Artist Community Potluck. POTLUCK DINNER AND SHARE Arts & Crafts/Folk Arts [email protected] Subject Line: Saturday, or by appointment. Groups welcome. 518-263-4908. ARTWORK. Each artist has fi ve minutes to project a PowerPoint application. Please mention in the body of the email in Arts & Crafts… Columbia County Chamber of Commerce is www.catskillmtn.org of 20 slides the artist has prepared. Free. The Hudson Library. 400 which position(s) you are interested. (Ongoing) State Street, Hudson, NY. Email[email protected] establishing a rack of post cards and/or note cards by artists Ongoing and photographers of images of Columbia County points of VA… Life Drawing... weekly sessions of life drawing with Saturdays interest and historic sites.Artist is responsible for production model at the Hudson Opera House. Artists work independently Year Round Activities & Education Programs: WORKSHOPS, of cards.Pricing between $2 and $5 each with artist receiving in a disciplined environment; No instructor or specifi c method CLASSES, OUTDOOR HIKES & ADVENTURES, SPECIAL EXHIBIT Adult Ballet: ATHENS PRESQUE BALLET: Ballet and other smooth moves for women of a certain age and confi dent men. 10:30 is followed. $15 per session. Offered throughout the year on AND EVENTS. Visit www.olana.org. Olana State Historic Site. 5270 70% of the proceeds. Put contact information (i.e. web Route 9G, Hudson, NY. -12 noon. Improve balance and fl exibility and transform your address) on back of card for purchaser to access and view Sundays from 10am to 1pm, check hudsonoperahouse.org for body awareness usingth techniques from ballet, modern dance, more work for possible sale directly from the artist. Call (518) current session dates. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St., Reading: TINY TOTS PROGRAM. Free and open to children jazz, soft shoe, and 4 grade Physical Education class. Taught by 828-4417 or visit www.columbiachamber-ny.com 02/16 Hudson, NY 12534. 518-822-1438. hudsonoperahouse.org, ages birth to pre-K, along with their caregivers, Tuesdays, 1030- Bobby Lupone. FREE Drop-ins welcome. Athens Cultural Center, [email protected] 02/16 1130AM. Songs, fi ngerplays and rhymes, books, a simple craft, Arts & Crafts... Greene County, NY craftspeople: Marketing 24 Second Street, Athens, NY. Email to be notifi ed of class and free-play time. Come, have fun, and meet neighbors and cancellations or changes. Crafts and Other Products to Tourists, North Central Regional VA… Looking for sculptors, painters ad photographers who friends, old and new! Palenville Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Extension Publications brochure #445, $1.50. Cornell would like to exhibit their work year round in Palenville, NY. Palenville, NY. For more info: [email protected] http:// Saturdays, through June 18 (no class 4/15, 4/22) Cooperative Extension of Greene Co., Greene County offi ce Very reasonable commission. Contact Al or Kathy at 58-678- catskillpubliclibrary.org/ (518) 678-3357. Workshop: KUUMBA DANCE & DRUM: AFRICAN DRUM building, Mountain Ave., Cairo, NY 12413. 518-622-9820. 3110 or www.catskillmtlodge.com 02/16 Classes: BANNER HILL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS AND INSTRUCTION. Bring a drum or share one of Kuumba’s. Ages 12- [email protected], http://arc.cce.cornell.edu/ Query sent VA… Indoor and Outdoor Art… Unison Arts Center in WOODWORKING classes in woodworking, ceramics (wheel 18. 10:30-11:30am Free; Adults $5. Hudson Opera House, 327 02/16 New Paltz seeks proposals from artists to exhibit their wall- throwing, hand building), painting and more. For info, visit our Warren Street, Hudson. Visit hudsonoperahouse.org or call 518- Arts & Crafts… hive, owned and operated by Theresa Spinelli hung artwork in our gallery at Unisonand also from artists to website: BannerHillLLC.com; email: BannerHillWindham@mac. 822-1438 for more information. at 321 Main Street in Schoharie, is looking for artists (of all exhibit their sculpture in our outdoor sculpture garden. Call com, or call (518) 929-7821. Saturdays through June 18 (no class 4/15, 4/22) mediums) who wish to show and sell at this unique shop: a Unison at 845-255-1559. www.unisonarts.org or the Exec. Classes: ART SCHOOL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. Arts program Workshop: KUUMBAb DANCEb & DRUM: FAMILY AFRICAN bit out of the ordinary, this up and coming venue offers an Dir. Christine Crawfi s at [email protected]. 02/16 for adults and children. Classes are held at the Old Schoolhouse, unusual mix of antiques, vintage, modern, industrial, organic, DANCE. Ages 8-18 Free; Adults $5. 11:45am-1:00pm Hudson VA… Columbia County Chamber of Commerce is 1198 Route 21c in Harlemville, at Harlemville Road & County hand-crafted and local. hive supports local businesses and Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson. Visit hudsonoperahouse. establishing a rack of post cards and/or note cards by artists Route 21, next to the Hawthorne Valley Farm Store, one mile from orgor call (518) 822 1438 for more information. artists and strives to fi nd American-made items and use and photographers of images of Columbia County points of the Taconic Parkway, at the Harlemville/Philmont/217/21c Exit. recycled products. hive is a continuing work in progress and interest and historic sites.Artist is responsible for production Call 518-672-7140 or visit www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. Fourth Sunday will begin a regular concert series in conjunction with their of cards.Pricing between $2 and $5 each with artist receiving PERFORMANCE AND MORE! PS21: Performance Spaces for the Chorus: ATHENS COMMUNITY CHORUS. Anyone who loves to ongoing “Meet the Artist” events. hive offers opportunities 70% of the proceeds. Put contact information (i.e. web 21st Century presents a full summer season of performances for sing is welcome to join the Athens Community Chorus. There are to display, lecture and more. Contact Theresa Spinelli at address) on back of card for purchaser to access and view people of all ages, concerts, movies and fi lm, staged readings, no auditions or membership dues. All that we require is a little www.hive321.com or email theresa@hive 321.com for more work for possible sale directly from the artist. Call (518) dance and dance workshops and much more. Call 518-392- bit of talent and a big appreciation for good music. We will get details. 02/16 828-4417 or visit www.columbiachamber-ny.com 02/16 6121 or [email protected] for information. Visit www. together once a month to share our talents and to sing a rich and ps21chatham.org. PS21, 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY 12037 Arts & Crafts…New!! Catskill Fine Art and Antiques VA… On-line art gallery NARtisticCreations.com. Funded diverse selection of vocal works, from classical to jazz standards, and Broadway to madrigals. FREE Drop-ins welcome. Athens seeks submissions from artists working in any medium for nd by NAR Productions. Showcases work of Nick Roes and Exhibition: FUNCTIONAL ART FOR THE HOME By local and Cultural Center, 24 2 Street, Athens, NY. Email to be notifi ed of exhibitions at new gallery opening at 410 Main Street in local artists. Will feature a Visiting Artist each quarter regional Fine Crafts Artists. Custom orders, shopping services, class cancellations or changes. Historic Catskill, NY. The gallery features a blend of period in separate room at no charge. Contact NancyBenett@ gift-wrapping. Mon/Thurs/Fri 10-5, Sat 10-7, Sun 11-5, Closed and contemporary original artwork, both two and three NARtisicCreations.com. Tues/Wed. Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery at Hunter Village Square, Third and Fourth Saturdays dimensional and American antiques. Catskill Fine Art and 7950 Main St., Hunter, NY. 518-263-2060, www.catskillmtn.org. VA… Seeking member artists, a few openings available Art: ART CLUB FOR KIDS. Free and open to children of all ages. Antiques welcomes both traditional and "cutting edge" for visual artists. Members staff the gallery, perform Omi International Arts Center. PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Come, have fun, and be creative! Palenville artwork for shows. Please contact Steve Blendell at info@ administrative duties. Art in all media welcome. Established EVENTS. Outdoor Sculpture Park, Summer Camps. The Fields Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For more info: catskillfi neart.com or 518-943-4530 or stop by the gallery mailing list of 1,300 asking to receive show notices. Sculpture Park, Architecture Omi, and Education Omi - Omi [email protected] http://catskillpubliclibrary.org/ space at 410 Main Street, Catskill Thursday –Sunday from Interested? Susan Kotulak, New Member Coordinator, Tivoli contributes to a vibrant arts culture locally, regionally, and (518) 678-3357. 12 to 5 PM. Please include a small group of representative Artists’ Co-op Gallery, 518-537-5888. [email protected]. internationally. For more information visit:www.omiartscenter.org images of your work. 7/2016 ongoing 1405 County Route 20, Ghent NY 12075 Movies: SUBJECTS VARY. $8/6/4. Spencertown Academy, Rt. 203, VA… Publications: The Artist Workspace: A Guide for POB 80, Spencertown, NY 12165. 518-392-3693. Literary, Folklore, Storytelling Artists; and The Artist Workspace Residency: A Guide for Exhibit: SCULPTURE. More than 40 contemporary sculptures in landscape. Daylight hours all year, guided tours, children’s Exhibits, cinema: TIME AND SPACE. Exhibits, classical movies Poets... Seeking teen works for book. Love and affection, Organizations. (845) 658-9133, [email protected], www. workshops. The Fields, Sculpture Park Art Omi International on weekends. Time and Space Warehouse Cultural Center. 434 friendship, heartache, pressure, etc. as themes. SASE: June nysawc.org. Updated 02/16 Arts Center, 1405 County Route 20, Ghent, NY 12075. 518-392- Columbia St., Hudson, NY. 518-822-8448. www.timeandspace.org Cotner, Poems by Teens, Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370. VA... Seeking proposals for exhibitions at Greenville Branch, 7656/392-2848. [email protected], www.junecotner.com 02/16 The Bank of Greene County. All Arts Matter, POB 513, Film Program: SELECTED FILMS. Popular Hollywood, EVENTS 2017 Writers… nth position is a free online magazine/e-zine with Greenville NY 12083. 518-966-4038. independent; foreign screenings. Lobby café: espresso, Events noted (DEC) have been supported through a Decentralization politics & opinion, travel writing, fi ction & poetry, reviews & VA… Seeking art work for exhibitions at the Agroforestry cappuccino, tea, desserts; light suppers Saturday, open 1/2 hour before show. Catskill Mountain Foundation Film and Performing grant from the NYS Council on the Arts through the Community Arts interviews, and some high weirdness. http://www.nthposition. Resource Center (ARC) in Acra, NY. Original art work only. Program in Greene County or Columbia County. com/links.php offers listings for calls for submissions to Arts Center, Rt. 23A, Hunter, NY 12442. 518-263-4702 www. This will be a juried process. For more information, please catskillmtn.org. writers. Free to subscribe. 02/15 contact Marilyn Wyman at the ARC and Cornell Cooperative Events noted (CIP) have been supported through a grant from the Extension of Greene County at 518-622-9820 ext/36. www. Classes, Workshops, Exhibits, Concerts, Music, Programs and County Initiative Program of the Greene County Council on the Books... Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Village Square Arts with public funding from the Greene County Legislature. Bookstore & Literary Arts Center has over 10,000 titles in agroforestrycenter.org 02/16 Special Events: HUDSON OPERA HOUSE.. Year round roster of activities for people of all ages. Hudson Opera House, Warren Thru March 26 stock including books on the visual arts, crafts, fi lm, poetry, VA... Paint outdoors in nature with state organization, New Street, Hudson, NY. 518- 822-1438. hudsonoperahouse.org drama, children’s storybooks, cooking, gardening and fi ction York Plein Air Painters Society. Will sponsor paint-outs, Exhibit: CHLOE ZERWICK: INSIDE THE BOX. Exhibition of and non-fi ction. Visit them online at http://www.catskillmtn. exhibitions around NYS. NYPAP, J.Baldini, P.O. Box 2332, Tours, lectures, programs: A living museum. Arts, local history, sculptural work by local Hudson artist, Chloe Zerwick. Hudson org/retail/bookstore.html to see their Schedule of Literary Niagara Falls, NY 14302-2332. [email protected], http:// horticulture, botany, environment. Individual, group tours, plant Opera House Center Hall Gallery, on display until March 26. Visit Events. Updated 02/16 ipap.homestead.com/ Updated 02/16 sale. Change of landscape in four seasons. Photogenic woodland hudsonoperahouse.org or call 518-822-438 for more information. walk, native trees, plants. Call for calendar. THE MOUNTAIN TOP Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson. Writers... Seeking entries for Very Short Fiction Award. VA…NEW! CALL FOR ENTRIES - The Catskill Mountain ARBORETUM, Maude Adams Road, POB 379, Tannersville, NY $1,200 and publication of work less than 3,000 words. Award Foundation - Kaaterskill Fine Arts and Crafts Gallery and 12485. 518-589-3903. www.mtarbor.org Thru March 30 granted twice a year with submission deadlines in January Bookstore in Hunter, NY seeks local & regional authors, Class: FOLLIES WITH BOBBY: Ballet and other smooth moves Exhibit: “THE EARTH FROM ABOVE” paintings by Joy Wolf and and July. Online submission page: Glimmer Train Press, fi ne artists, and crafters in all media. Send link to work for women of a certain age and confi dent men. Saturdays, 10:30- “HOW IT HAPPENED” mixed media works by Molly Stinchfi eld. 4763 SW Maplewood, PO Box 80430, Portland, OR 97280- or 5-7 JPEG images plus artist statement to - Fine Art 11:30 AM and Mondays6- 7 PM. Improve balance and fl exibility Opening Reception, March 9, 2017 from 5 to 7 pm. Columbia 1430. 503-221-0837. Online submission page: https://www. & authors: [email protected] - Crafts: keatore@ and transform your body awareness using techniques from ballet, Greene Community College Blue Hill Gallery, 4400 Route 23, glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp 02/16 catskillmtn.org Updated 02/17 modern dance, jazz, soft shoe, and 4th grade Physical Education Hudson, NY. FREE, Visit www.sunycgcc.edu or 518-828-4181. Writers... Lists of contests, grants, fellowships for fi ction, class. Taught by Bobby Lupone. Drop-ins welcome. Athens Cultural April 1 Center, 24 2nd Street, Athens, NY. [email protected] poetry, drama/fi lm, non-fi ction, published bi-monthly. All Media Event: GCCA 29TH ANNUAL BEAUX ARTS BALL! Masked Bal Awards for Writers, PO Box 437, Ithaca, NY 14851. www. Classes: RIVERTIDE AIKIKAI, Martial Arts Instruction For All Ages. and Black Tie Bistro. Live Music, fi ne Dining and lots of Dancing! ithaca.edu 02/16 All Media... Seeking admissions to slide viewing program. 3198 Old Kings Rd. just off of Rt. 23A in Catskill. Call 518-943-4000, Siletn Auction. Proceeds benefi t Greene County Council on the Possible inclusion in group exhibitions. Applications for email [email protected] or visit www.rivertideaikikai.org. Poets & Writers... Literary Horizons, new program is Arts Programs. 6:30 to midnight. Benefactor tickets start at $175. membership and curated shows also considered. Slides, CV Mondays dedicated to professional development of writers at all Reservations required. Call Kay Stamer at 518-943-3400 or gcca@ cover letter. The Painting Center, 51 Greene St., New York, NY stages of their careers. Poets & Writers, 72 Spring St., New Hudson Juggling Club: OPEN TO ANY AND ALL YOUTH AND greenearts.org. Gala at The Copper Tree restaurant, Hunter 10013. 212-343-1060. Ongoing. York, NY 10012. 212-226-3586, fax 212-226-3963, www. ADULTS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE MANIPULATIVE ARTS OF Mountain, Hunter, NY. www.greenearts.org. pw.org. 02/16 All Media… The Sugar Maples Center for Arts and JUGGLING, FLOW, AND OTHER CIRCUS SKILLS. Juggling clubs, Thru April 2 Education. Historic church for gatherings, readings, small balls, scarves, spinning plates, diabolos, and unicycles are just Music musical performances, art studio. Art study vacation, some of the items we share. FREE. 6-8pm, Montgomery Smith Exhibit: A NEW YORK VIEW: COUNTRY LANDSCAPES by Robert stay in hotel room, dorms on property. Two to four week Intermediate School, 102 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson NY. Schneider is an exhibition directly from the Fenimore Art Museum New! Open Audition for Young Singers 8-18. St. Luke’s residencies include retreat for performing arts groups. Ellie Email [email protected], or call 518-828-7470. of Cooperstown, NY. Michelle Murdock-Curator. Windham Fine Episcopal Church at 50 William Street in Catskill, NY Arts, Gallery on Main, 5380 Main Street, Windham NY. Gallery Cashman, Dir., Catskill Mountain Foundation, 7967 Main St., Mondays through June 19 (no class 4/17, 5/29) announces the formation of a Treble Choir for young people, Rte. 23A, POB 924, Hunter, NY, 12442. 518-263-4908. www. hours Friday & Saturday 12-7 pm, Sunday 12-4 pm. Visit www. windhamfi nearts.com or 518-734-6850. male and female in the English cathedral tradition. This is an catskillmtn.org. [email protected]. 02/16 Music & Movement for Toddlers: Bring your tiny dancers to the audition only choir under the direction of Ann Carter-Cox, Hudson Opera House for a weekly creative exploration of music Thru April 30 M.F.A. In addition to weekly group instruction and practice, All Media... Art Licensing 101: Selling Reproduction Rights and movement with singer, songwriter and choreographer Abby every young person accepted into the program will receive for Profi t. 224-page book de-mystifi es industry. Action plan Lappen. Free; Pre-schoolers to Age 5. Hudson Opera House, 327 Exhibit: ENDURING SPIRIT. Pastel Artist Susan M. Story. Artist an additional half hour individualized voice lesson each in easy to read form. Author Michael Woodward has worked Warren Street, Hudson. Visit hudsonoperahouse.org or 518-822 Reception on March 18, 3-5:30 PM. FREE Agroforestry Resource week. The entire program is offered at no charge. Prior in industry for 25 years. Art Network, POB 1360, Nevada City, 1438 for more information. Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia & Greene Counties. 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY. 518-622-9820. musical training or experience is not necessary in order to CA 95959. 800-383-0677. [email protected] , www. Last Monday audition. Call 518-943-4180 or use the contact form on the artmarketing.com . Updated 02/16 March-April 15 church website www.stlukescatskill.org. 02/16 Event: POETRY READINGS moderated by visual artist and poet, All Media... Info hotline sponsored by American Council for Robert Tomlinson. Open Mic at 5:30. Readings 6-7:30 pm. 394 Exhibit: OUTSIDE THE LINES 2017. Greene County Council on New! Music…Music instructor needed for youth ages the Arts has referral service, provides information on a wide Main Café, 394 Main Street, Catskill, NY the Arts’ 37th annual youth arts exhibit featuring artwork by pre-K 7-18 years. 3-6 students per week. Must teach piano, other variety of programs and services. Call Mon.-Fri, 2-5PM EST: through Grade 12 students from Greene County public, private instruments welcome. Call: Elena Mosley 518 -828-3612. 1-800-232-2789 Tuesdays and home schools, will take place. An opening reception will be Updated 3/2016 Club: LEGO CLUB FOR ALL AGES, 4:00 PM every Tuesday. Come, held March 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. Gallery hours Monday-Friday 10 am Photography explore the world of building with legos, and meet new friends at to 5 pm and Saturday noon to 5 pm. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 New! Music…Wanted Male Singers, Tenors, Basses for Photography…Nueva Luz, photographic journal of En Foco, your library! Catskill Public Library, 1 Franklin St, Catskill NY. For Main Street, Catskill NY. www.greenearts.org or 518-943-3400. Male Chorus Volunteer Group. Call 518-943-2914. Updated Inc. ($45 membership) produces exhibitions, publications more info: www.catskillpubliclibrary.org OR call (518) 943-4230. 3/2016 March 4-May 14 and events which support photographers of Latin/Am, Workshop: HIP HOP DANCE. Free kids workshop with African/Am, Asian, Pacifi c Islander and Native American Exhibit: KALEIDOSCOPE featuring work by Marko Shuhan , Maya Music… International Voice Competition in Canada, USA. choreographer Anthony Molina. Ages 6 and up. 5:30- Farber, Glenn Abel and Shelley Parriott, Artist Reception March Altamura/Caruso Study Grants Audition. $30,000 cash grant heritage. View current issue before submitting portfolios 6:30pm. Hudson Youth Center, 18 South Third Street. Visit of 20 unmounted prints or slides for consideration in 4 from 5 to 7:30pm. Windham Fine Arts, Gallery on Main, 5380 prizes. Performances with orchestra. Requirements: 5 (fi ve) hudsonoperahouse.org or call 518-822 1438 for more information. Main Street, Windham NY. Gallery hours Friday & Saturday 12-7pm, arias in the original key and language. One aria will be chosen future Nueva Luz. Subscription $30 USA. Membership, First Tuesday Sunday 12-4. Visit www.windhamfi nearts.com or 518-734-6850. by the contestant and a second aria by the jury. Aria with subscriptions, donations, all tax deductible. En Foco, Inc., 1738 Hone Ave, Bronx, NY 10461. 718-931-9311 FAX 718- cabaletta must be presented in its entirety. One chamber Radio: WGXC, PURPLE HOUSE: A MONTHLY FORUM March 4-26 409-6445 www.enfoco.org 02/16 literature work of contestant’s choice. Contestant must be FOR THE ARTS, hosted by visual artist and poet, Robert Tomlinson Exhibition: STUDENT EXHIBITION featuring student work ready to sing a full recital upon 24-hour notice. Information Photography… Salons monthly, preceded by a potluck meal, who frequently explores the intersection between images and Coxsackie Athens School District K-12. FREE. Weekends 1-4 p.m. & application: www.altocanto.org. Sponsored by Inter-Cities bring something to share. Conversations, sharing, seeing, words. 2-3 pm. 90.7 FM. Athens Cultural Center 24 Second Street, Athens, NY. Performing Arts, Inc. 4000 Bergenline Ave, Union City, NJ discussions on photography. The Center for Photography at Wednesdays March 4-31 07087. Info. (201) 863-8724 Fax (201)866-3566 icpainc@ Woodstock, 59 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498. 845-679- optonline.net 02/16 9957. [email protected] www.cpw.org Updated 02/16 Classes: RIVERTIDE AIKIKAI, Aiki Movement Drop-in Class, open Exhibit: DIGITAL ART SHOW. Opening reception March 4, at to public for $10. Wear clothing appropriate for movement or 6-8:30 p.m. FREE. Museum of Computer Art and the Atelier Music…Capital Area Flute Club for fl utists of all abilities, Photography… Seeking contemporary and traditional exercise. 3198 Old Kings Rd. just off of Rt. 23A in Catskill. Call 518- Progressif Creative Space. 75 Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. wide variety of music played to expand opportunities for work by Native artists. American Indian Community House 943-4000 or [email protected] or visit www.rivertideaikiai. ensemble playing. Monthly meetings, Delmar NY. 518-383- Gallery, 708 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. 212-598-0100. org. March 5 www.aich.org. 02/16 6480, 518-580-1206. www.facebook.com/pages/Capital- Classes: SKETCH. Drop in Figure Drawing. SKETCH is hosting Concert: ETHEL: Family Concert. Classics on Hudson and Hudson Area-Flute-Club Updated 02/16 Photography… Seeking curators to present exhibition/ fi gure drawing sessions with instructor Amy Lavine. $15 per Opera House invite the Hudson Valley’s little clowns, tiny fi re- Music... Programming sought by Society for New Music, publication programs focusing on aesthetic issues. Proposals session. 7:30 – 9:30 PM. Hudson Opera House 327 Warren Street, breathers and ringmasters-in-training for an afternoon of music. professional organization in Upstate New York dedicated to should include names of possible artists, program summary, Hudson, NY 12534 518-822-1438 3pm Free for students under 13; Adults $10. Seating limited and reservations encouraged. Visit hudsonoperahouse.org or call 518- performing and commissioning the music of today’s composers. curator’s resume. Kathleen Kenyon, 59 Tinker St., Woodstock, Workshop: WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS for adults with painter NY 12498. 914-679-9957. [email protected]. 822-1438 for more information and to reserve your seat. Hudson Fees range from $1000 to $4000 depending on the concert and William A. Carbone, Washington Irving Senior Center, Catskill, NY, Opera House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson. number of performers. Society for New Music, 438 Brookford 10AM to Noon. Free. Bring own supplies or purchase through Photography… Offer of workshops with speakers, Concert: EVVERGREEN AND WHERE’S WALDEN. Indie and Alt Rd., Syracuse, NY 13224. 315-446-5733, [email protected] competitions, discounts on supplies and processing, instructor. www.societyfornewmusic.org Ongoing. 02/16 Rock. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Prattsville Art Center, 14561 Main Street, newsletter. Greene County Camera Club, POB 711, Hudson Community Book Club. In partnership with the Prattsville, NY. Visit prattsvilleart.org for information. Music... Information Hotline for grants, auditions, Greenville, NY 12083. 518-797-3466, 518-966-4411. Hudson City School District, students read together in this free ongoing book group facilitated by teacher Ellen Huemmer. Join March 10 competitions, seminars, health, tax info and more. Contact: Photography... Critical Needs Fund for Photographers with th us this winter in reading Holes, by Louis Sachar. Each student The American Guild of Musical Artists, 1430 Broadway, 14 AIDS. Initial requests by phone: 212-929-7190. Ongoing. (CIP) Concert: JAZZ IN THE SNOW: Modern Gospel featuring Fl., New York, NY 10018, 212-247-0247 agma@musicalartists. receives a free copy of the book. 5:30 – 7pm. 3rd-6th graders; Brianna Thomas Quartet. 7pm. Free! Mountain Top Library, 6093 org, www.musicalartists.org 02/16 Sculpture Free. HUDSON OPERA HOUSE, 327 Warren Street, Hudson. Main Street, Tannersville, NY. Contact [email protected] or visit Visit hudsonoperahouse.org or call 518-822 1438 for more 23Arts.org. New! Catskill Glee Club, Male Chorus Founded 1927.Join Sculpture… Call for sculptors living within 150-mile radius information. of Albany for large-scale works appropriate for high traffi c Concert: MY DICE, MY HEART AND MY ANCHOR-Pop, Funk, Emo. Us in Song! Sing men’s 4-part harmony, stimulate your mind, Thursdays improve aerobic capacity, lower stress, relieve anxiety, make terminal. Prospectus, info: Sharon Bates, Director, Art& 8-10 pm. FREE. Prattsville Art Center, 14561 Main Street, Prattsville, new friends, enjoy camaraderie. Join CGC for rehearsal Culture Program, Administration Building Ste. 200, Albany Gathering: AFTER-HOURS TEEN TIME, 5-7 PM every Thursday. NY. Visit prattsvilleart.org for information. Monday evenings 7:00 – 9:15 starting September 12, 2016 International Airport, Albany, NY 12211-1057. 518-242-2241 Ages 12-17 welcome. Spend an hour on Academic and/or March 11 at the Community Life Church, 20 West Main Street, Catskill. [email protected] 02/16 Creative pursuits followed by an hour of relaxed socializing, games, music, etc. Catskill Public Library, 1 Franklin St. Catskill NY. Performance: BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS (adult oriented show) Visit catskillgleeclub.org or call Marty Wallace at (518) 943- Miscellaneous 2719 for more information. For more info: www.catskillpubliclibrary.org OR speak to Jesse at brings a rotating cast of world-class circus artists and musicians to New Website... The Whitney Museum of American Art has (518) 943-4230. Hudson for an intimately-scaled show that’s big on surprises and Performing Arts portal to Internet art and digital arts worldwide as an online wow factor! Tickets and info at www.helsinkihudson.com. Visit Second Thursday www.bindlestiff. gallery space. Details, scope: www.artport.whitney.org Performing Arts… Dance classes for children, teens, adults. The Greene County Camera Club is a friendly group of The Hudson Valley Academy of Performing Arts features Updated 02/16 Concert: TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE. Cabaret with Lizabeth intermediate and advanced photographers who meet twice Malanga. Songs by Weill, Bolcom, Gershwin and more. 5 p.m. a distinguished faculty of professionally and academically Weekly Electronic Digest... New York Foundation for monthly at the Greenville Library Art Gallery located at the accomplished instructors. 957 Route 82, West Taghkanic, Admission: $15. Beattie-Powers Place, Prospect Ave. & Bridge the Arts features news updates on social, economic, intersection of routes 81 and 32 in Greenville. On the second Street, Catskill, NY, beattiepowersplace.blogspot.com. NY 12502. Call 518-851-5501. www.HVAPA.com. Updated philosophical, political issues affecting arts and culture, job Thursday, we hold a “digital critique” in which members 02/16 listings and opportunities for artists and organizations. Free submitting images in advance receive constructive feedback Workshop: LANDSCAPE MASTERY presents a step-by-step on-line subscription: www.artswire.org Updated 02/16 on their work.Friendship and networking, occasional fi eld trips, approach to landscape with E. S. DeSanna. 2-5 pm. Snow date Performing Arts... Always seeking new actors for future an e-Newsletter, member shows and exhibition opportunities April 1, 2017. Art School of Columbia County, 1198 Route 21c, performances and volunteers to help each production, Rentals... Lighting and audio system packages. LSL and social gatherings are all benefi ts of membership. For more Harlemville, NY (at the intersection of Harlemville Road and Route throughout year in Columbia County. Watch for audition Productions, Box 63 Windham, NY 12496-0063. 518-734-5117. information: Eileen Camuto [email protected] or Nora 21C.). Call 518-672-7140 or [email protected]. notices: Ghent Playhouse, Town Hall Rd, POB 64, Ghent, Adelman [email protected]. Register at artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. March 11-September 9 March 24 Tickets at thomascole.org/events or 518-943-7465. View the river and give nice view of the Catskill Mountains. Lighthouse and drive south to The Walkway over the Hudson for Exhibit: CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. Paintings, drawings, (CIP) Concert: JAZZ IN THE SNOW: Deconstructing Gershwin. Talk: ARTalks. Art as Intersection: Geographies, Time, and Medium. another Hudson River view. Easy with little or no climb and the photographs, collages, framed art and small sculpture depicting Featuring Steven Feifke, Martina DaSilva and Barry Stephenson. Guided Panel Discussion and Special Exhibits. FREE . Reception to opportunity to walk at own pace. Meet at 9 am at the Thruway the Catskill Mountains. Opening Reception March 11, 2017, 5-7 7pm. Free! Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main Street, Tannersville, follow each event. Art School of Columbia County, 1198 Route 21C, parking area across from the Southbound Thruway entrance on pm. Frisbee Agency Gallery, 384B Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414 NY. Contact [email protected] or visit 23Arts.org. Ghent, NY. www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. Route 32 (Exit 20 Saugerties-Woodstock).Register by calling MTHS March 12 March 25 Concert: BARD AT BEATTIE. 2 p.m. Admission: FREE. Beattie- at 518-589-6657 or[email protected]. Powers Place, Prospect Ave. & Bridge Street, Catskill, NY, April 30 (CIP) Sunday Salons: BURIED TREASURE: THOMAS COLE’S (CIP) Concert: SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN: AN APPALACHIAN beattiepowersplace.blogspot.com. DECORATION OF CEDAR GROVE. Meet the trio of historic interiors GATHERING. Presented by Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra. 8:00 (DEC) Concert: FOUR MUSICIANS, SEVEN HANDS. BKO (Bend the experts – Jean Dunbar, of Historic Design, Inc.; Matthew Mosca, of p.m. Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, NY. Tickets are $25 for April 15 Knotted Oak) Chamber Music. 2 p.m. Admission is $20 for adults, Artifex, Ltd.; and Margaret Saliske, of IN SITU Furniture Restoration adults and $20 seniors if purchased in advance while if purchased Concert: BLUEGRASS AT BEATTIE. C.B.Smith & The Lucky Devils. 5 free for students 18 and under. Spencertown Academy is located – as they reveal the real story behind the amazing discovery of at the door are $30 for adults and $25 for seniors. Tickets for on NYS Route 203, Spencertown, NY. Thomas Cole’s detailed decorative paintings on the walls of his students are $7. www.catskillmtn.org for more information. p.m. Admission: $10Beattie-Powers Place, Prospect Ave. & Bridge home that had been hidden from view for over a century. 2 pm. Street, Catskill, NY, beattiepowersplace.blogspot.com. Event: WGXC RECORD + MEDIA FAIR SPRING 2017 features Thomas Cole National Historic Site, New Studio, 218 Spring Street, Workshop: WATER & SKY IN OIL OR ACRYLIC with Kari eclectic vinyl, CDs, cassette tapes, DVDs, plus books, musical Feuer. 10 am – 4 pm (snow date April 1). Art School of Hike: Overlook Mountainb Led by Bob Gildersleeve and Robert Catskill, NY. Tickets at thomascole.org/events or 518-943-7465. Grubsmith. The Overlook Mountain House.Trails around the Hotel instruments and radio-related ephemera. The fair overlaps Basilica Columbia County, 1198 Route 21c, Harlemville, NY (at the Hudson’s annual 24-Hour Drone: Experiments in Sound and Music. Performance: BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS Family matinee intersection of Harlemville Road and Route 21C.). Call 518- featured outlooks and romantic locations such as Turtle Rock, Lover’s Cave, and the Duke’s Profi le. Meet 9 amReturn around 4 Early Bird and regular admission. 10 am to 5 pm. Basilica Hudson featuring a pre-show by Bindlestiff’s Cirkus After School students 672-7140 or [email protected]. Register at Back Gallery, 110 S. Front Street, Hudson, NY. brings a rotating cast of world-class circus artists and musicians to artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. pm. Bring lunch, water, and appropriate hiking shoes. Register by Hudson for an intimately-scaled show that’s big on surprises and calling MTHS at 518-589-6657 or email at[email protected]. April 30-October 29 March 26 wow factor! Tickets and info at www.helsinkihudson.com. Visit April 20-30 www.bindlestiff.org. (CIP) Exhibit: SANFORD R. GIFFORD IN THE CATSKILLS. Talk: ARTalks. Art as Intersection: Geographies, Time, and Medium. American landscape painter and one of the leading members Guided Panel Discussion and Special Exhibits. FREE . Reception to (CIP) Theater: THE OFFICIAL ADVENTURES OF KIERON AND March 16-26 JADE. Written by Kieron Barry. Thursdays through Saturdays at of the Hudson River School, Gifford credited Cole’s works with follow each event. Art School of Columbia County, 1198 Route 21C, stimulating his interest in landscape painting. Thomas Cole (CIP) Theater: SOUVENIR written by Stephen Temperley. Directed Ghent, NY. www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Special “Pay-What-You-Can” performances April 20 & April 23. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 Bridge National Historic Site. Tuesday-Sunday 10 am to 5pm. 218 Spring by Flo Hayle. Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Street, Catskill, NY. Visit www.thomascole.org for info. Special “Pay-What-You-Can” performances March 16 and March March 28 Street, Catskill, NY. www.bridgestreet.org. 19. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 Bridge Street, Catskill, NY www. Concert: TIE GOES THE RUNNER AND ISN’T IT ALWAYS-Alt Rock, April 22-May 27 May 2 bridgestreet.org. Emo. 8-10 pm. FREE. Prattsville Art Center, 14561 Main Street, (CIP) Opening Lecture: TALK WITH DR. KEVIN J. AVERY, CURATOR Prattsville, NY. Visit prattsvilleart.org for information. Exhibit: OFF THE WALL: From Junk to Art.. Group exhibit. Guest March 17- April 2 Curated by sculptor Willie Cole. Opening Reception, April 22, 5-7 OF SANFORD R. GIFFORD IN THE CATSKILLS. 2 pm at the Temple Israel of Catskill which is adjacent to the Thomas Cole National Theater: MOTHERS AND SONS. Written by award-winning March 28 & 29 p.m. FREE! Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY. www.grenearts.org, or 518-943-3400. Historic Site located at 218 Spring Street, Catskill NY. Tuesday- playwright Terrence McNally. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Workshop: POETRY BLAST WITH D. COLIN. Catskill Public Library Sunday 10 am to 5pm. 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY. Visit www. Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $20 each, $17 Members and $10 for hosts 2 day workshop. 5-8 p.m., Admission: Free Questions: Call April 22 thomascole.org for info. Students with ID. Tickets at www.ghentplayhouse.org or 800-838- 518-943-4230 or [email protected]. Catskill Public 3006. Ghent Playhouse 6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY 12075 Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill, NY. (DEC)Reading: UP FROM STARDOM, by Lawrence DuKore. May 6 Staged Reading presented by HRC Showcase Theatre. 7:30 PM. March 17 March 31 A reception and talkback with the actors, playwright, and director Concert: DAN TEPFER, JAZZ PIANIST. 5 p.m. Admission $15. Beattie-Powers Place, Prospect Ave. & Bridge (CIP) Concert: JAZZ IN THE SNOW: Les Belles Chansons follows. First Reformed Church, 52 Green Street in Hudson, NY. For Concert: RICK AND MARILYN, FLOYD ARMLIN, JVX AND additional information call Sandra Gill at 518-851-2061. Street, Catskill, NY, beattiepowersplace.blogspot.com Francaises. Featuring Camille Bertault & Dan Tepfer. 7pm. Free! SCHMAVE -Acoustic, Folk, Country. 8-10 pm. FREE. Prattsville Art May 20 Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main Street, Tannersville, NY. Contact Center, 14561 Main Street, Prattsville, NY. Visit prattsvilleart.org for Lecture: LOST CATSKILL. Presented by Ted Hilscher. 2 p.m. FREE [email protected] or visit 23Arts.org. information. Beattie-Powers Place, Prospect Ave. & Bridge Street, Catskill, NY, (DEC)Reading: FRANZI IN LOVE, by James Rosenfi eld. (Winner of beattiepowersplace.blogspot.com. the W Keith Hedrick Playwriting Contest)Staged Reading presented March 18 April 2 by HRC Showcase Theatre. 7:30 PM. A reception and talkback with Event: THE PROPRIETORS BALL. Hudson Opera House celebrates (DEC) Reading: GARDEN OF MEMORIES, by Jessica Bashline. (DEC) Concert: Concerts in the Village (CITV) concludes its seventh the actors, playwright, and director follows. First Reformed Church, Staged Reading presented by HRC Showcase Theatre. 7:30 PM. the Grand Reopening of its newly restored historic upstairs theater. 52 Green Street in Hudson, NY. For additional information call season with HAYDN AND CHERUBINI – 18TH C. ELEGANCE MEETS Co-chaired by Jean Hamilton and Richard McCarthy. Visit www. A reception and talkback with the actors, playwright, and director 19TH C. DRAMA. Performed by the Broad Street Chorale, Broad Sandra Gill at 518-851-2061. follows. First Reformed Church, 52 Green Street in Hudson, NY. For hudsonoperahouse.org or 518-822 1438 for more details and Street Orchestra, and soloists. 3:00 p.m. Suggested contribution ticketing. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson. May 20 additional information call Sandra Gill at 518-851-2061. $ 20. Reception to follow. For further information and assured Concert: ONE WORLD MUSIC SERIES. Maria Zemantauski, Workshop: explores COLOR: MOOD & MIXING with E. S. seating, visit www.concertsinthevillage.org. The Kinderhook April 23 Reformed Church, 21 Broad Street, Kinderhook, NY. Flamenco/Classical Guitarist; and Brian Melick, Percussion. 7 p.m. DeSanna. 2-5 pm. Snow date April 1, 2017. Art School of Talk: ARTalks. Art as Intersection: Geographies, Time, and Medium Donation $10.Athens Cultural Center 24 Second Street, Athens, NY. Columbia County, 1198 Route 21c, Harlemville, NY (at the April 7-May 31. . Guided Panel Discussion and Special Exhibits. FREE . Reception to www.athensculturalcenter.org. intersection of Harlemville Road and Route 21C.). Call 518- follow each event. Art School of Columbia County, 1198 Route 21C, 672-7140 or [email protected]. Register at Exhibit. FROM A HOUSE ON A HILL. Oil paintings by Juliet Teng. Ghent, NY. www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org. Exhibit: STUDENT-FACULTY ART SHOW, SEED SALE & SILENT artschoolofcolumbiacounty.org Reception April 7, 5-7 p.m. Chatham Bookstore, 27 Main Street, ACTION. FREE! Art School of Columbia County. Old Schoolhouse, Chatham, NY. Call 518-392-3005. April 29 1198 Route 21C, Harlemville, NY. www.artschoolofcolumbiacounty. Event: THE MARCH PARTY. Lumberyard Contemporary Performing org or 518-672-7140 Arts. 6 pm until??? Joe’s Garage, 443 Main Street, Catskill, NY. Info April 8 Concert: ONE WORLD MUSIC SERIES. Musicians Elizabeth Wood- and tickets at www.thelumberyard.org/march-party, Tickets start bury, Kasius, & Heard. 7 p.m., Donation $10Athens Cultural Center (CIP) Music: MY FAVORITE SINGS. Tom Andersen’s Cabaret 24 Second Street, Athens, NY. www.athensculturalcenter.org. at $175. Call 212-587-3003 or [email protected] Series. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. www. forinformation with sponsorship and premium packages available. bridgestreet.org for time and ticket information. Concert: THE NEAVE TRIO. 5 p.m. Admission: $15Beattie- March 19 Powers Place, Prospect Ave. & Bridge Street, Catskill, NY, (CIP) Performance: SWAN LAKE. Russian National Ballet beattiepowersplace.blogspot.com. Event: FARM FILM FEST 9. Sponsored by the Chatham Agricultural Theatre-Full-length Ballet Swan Lake. 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Film & Partnership, the Columbia Land Conservancy, and the Chatham Performing Arts Center, Tannersville, NY. Tickets are $25 for adults April 29,Concert: MALCOLM CECIL’S 80TH BIRTHDAY BASH. Film Club. The festival shows fi lms that focus on farms, farming, and $20 seniors if purchased in advance. Tickets purchased at the Featuring Malcolm Cecil and friends. 7 p.m., in the Arts Center and farming issues. Starts at 1:00 p.m. at Crandell Theatre, 46 Main door are $30 for adults and $25 for seniors. Tickets for students are Theater at Columbia-Greene Community College. $20 for the Street, Chatham, NY. Followed by the “Meet Your Maker” reception $7. www.catskillmtn.org for more information. general public, $18 for students and senior citizens. Tickets at Greenport campus, Greene County Council on the Arts in Catskill at the nearby People’s Pub at 4:00 p.m. The event will include a April 9 panel discussion with local farmers moderated by the Columbia or at 518-828-4181, extension 0. Columbia-Greene Community Land Conservancy’s Executive Director, Peter Paden. No charge for (CIP) Sunday Salons: A PAINTER’S PARADISE”: THOMAS COLE College4400 Route 23 Hudson, NY the event, but people are encouraged to bring a cash donation or AND HIS TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE IN FLORENCE, 1831- April 29 non-perishable food item for the Chatham Food Pantry. 32 with independent scholar John McGuigan. 2 pm. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, New Studio, 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY. Hike: Saugerties Lighthouse and Walkway over the Hudson.

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As a not-for-profi t, community-based organizations, the Greene David Bury, Marianne Lockwood & David Bury, Clesson Aronson, Deborah Artman, Ritva Babcock, LaThoriel Badenhausen, County Council on the Arts depends upon the on-going support NY ZipLine Adventure Tours; The Open Studio; Alfred A. & Jean Bush, Samantha F. Butts, Dina Bursztyn & Julie Maureen Bagshaw, Drew Baldomar, Scott Balfe, Marty Bannan, Sarah of our members to help us maintain our core programs through Parr; Planet Arts; Peckham Family Foundation; The Mountain Chase, Dot & Joe Chast, Richard & Rosalie Churchill, Ann Barker, William Barnds, Theresa Barth, Paul Barton, Terrice Bassler, which we provide a variety of services. A continually growing Pennysaver; Petite Productions; Pioneer Lumber; Pollace’s L. Clapper, Frank Cuthbert, William L. and Helen Deane, Joshua Bate, Kirsten Bates, Keith Batten, Madeline Behrmann, David membership is crucial to our efforts to deliver these services so Brooklyn House inc.; Pro Ski Shop; Poncho Villa; Port of Pat Doudna, Owen Lipstein & Maggie Fine, Yechiam Gal, Bernstein, Simon Berson, Casey Biggs, Athena Billias, Lois Binetsky, that we may better serve our communities through all the arts. Kristy Bishop, Natalie Boburka, Thomas Bonville, Annie Borgenicht, Call Restaurant; Pro Ski & Ride; Radio 810 WGY; Jonathan Ginnie Gardiner, Barry & Gloria Garfi nkel, Barry & Gloria We at the GCCA would like to take this opportunity to thank Struthers & Mary Racine; Rip Van Winkle Realty; Robert Kelly Bortoluzzi, Donald Boutin, Kenneth E. Bovat, Jr., Rev. 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Above Left: “Robin Disappears.” Molly Stinchfi eld. Digital C Print on Bamboo Rag Paper, Ink Drawing. 2017.

Above Top:“Swan Song.” Molly Stinchfi eld. Digital C Print on Bamboo Rag Paper, Ink Drawing. 2016. Above: “I told You Not to Call Me Here.” Molly Left Top: “11 pond capturing heavy metals Stinchfi eld. Digital C Print on Bamboo Rag Paper, Ink and sulphids from mining, Portugal” Joy Wolf. Drawing. 2016 Wax and Oil Painting on Canvas. Left Bottom: “3 islets and seabed in keys, Bahamas” Joy Wolf. Wax and Oil Painting on Canvas

Above: “1 irrigated terraces in Bali, Indonesia” Joy Wolf. Wax and Oil Painting on Canvas.

Molly Stinchfi eld is a New York based multi- media photographer who investigates the body and JOY WOLF & memory as sites for power imbalances and how social categories can lead to discrimination and injury. Her MOLLY STINCHFIELD photographs in “How it Happened” depict common- will unveil new works that each deal with the impact place domestic interiors and exteriors. The light and of human actions on the earth and in the psyche March the color are soft and still, seemingly benign. On the surface of the photograph, Stinchfi eld draws black 1 through March 30, 2017 at ink lines of plants, ropes, a telephone; Stinchfi eld Columbia-Greene Community College wields lines as visual maps of memories drawn onto Blue Hill Gallery. bodies and photographs. The imagery conveys the The reception on March 9, 2017 is from sense of constriction and dark silences through the 5:00 - 7:00 pm and is free and open to the public. repetitive, obsessive line-making. Her work invites Columbia-Greene Community College is located us to look beyond what is presented, to witness at 4400 Route 23 in Hudson, NY. the unseen in a moment where millions are sharing personal stories to expose larger imbalances in our Wolf and Stinchfi eld’s new works each wrestle society and government. with how to depict complicated facets of the human Wolf holds a PhD in anthropology from the experience. In these works, they have employed University of Michigan. She has received a National beauty as an invitation to consider harsh realities. Science Foundation grant and an American Association for the Advancement of Science postdoc- Joy Wolf’s recent wax and oil paintings appear toral fellowship. She currently is a Sociology Professor abstract, but are direct representations of aerial at Columbia Greene Community College, teaching photographs. Wolf selects landscapes that have been subjects such as gender, race, class, immigration, altered by human intervention: irrigated rice fi elds in income inequality, violence, and globalization. While Bali, ancient fi elds and crescent dunes in Egypt, tail- she comes from a family of artists, her inspiration ings ponds at the Neves-Corvo mine in Portugal. The to paint has happened since retiring from the State colored patterns and repeating dust squares reveal Department. Her early subjects were her horses: the the ways farmers have struggled to carve an unfor- most readily available models. She displays some giving terrain into fertile ground both contemporarily of these equine paintings alongside the aerial land- and as far back as the second century A.D. Several scapes. interventions are less direct: the melting glaciers Stinchfi eld received her MFA in Photography fl ooding La Leona River in Patagonia, Argentina and and Media from California Institute of the Arts, BFA the rising tides slowly subsuming the Exuma Keys in in Art+Design from SUNY Purchase. Her artwork has the Bahamas. been exhibited nationally in venues such as the Roy Wolf has explored other societies as a profes- and Edna CalArts Theater (REDCAT), Accola Griefen sional anthropologist; living in Nepal for two years Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery, West Wave Festival and IMPACT while researching the use of space in meaning Festival. Art Voices, Z!NK, Whitehot Magazine, systems, working for the Africa Bureau of the State Misadventures Magazine have published her writing ARTSR ALIVE ANGEL and images. Stinchfi eld was the former Visual Arts Department, and conducting research in India, Contributions from the following donor is helping to Director of Greene County Council on the Arts in underwrite the cost of producing our bi-monthly newspaper Arts Alive. As Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, Malawi, Namibia, and South Africa. Her research and international perspective 2015 and 2016. She is currently the Co-Founder and production costs escalate, we owe our continued ability to publish to the Director of Freehold Art Exchange, an artist residency advertisers you see on these pages and to the generous support of our Angels. have informed this recent body of work. At a time when environmental concerns are at program in the Catskills for environmental and social To become an Arts Alive Angel contact Kay Stamer the forefront of national debates, Wolf’s paintings justice artists. An activist for nearly two decades, she at 518-943-3400 or email: [email protected]. remind us to consider our personal role. She does organizes with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) in Hudson, NY. THANK YOU - this with the unassuming, observational voice of an anthropologist. In fact, she shows the physical beauty Marshall & Sterling Upstate that human interventions have caused through the accumulation of stories that accompany each site she chose. MALCOLM CECIL’S ‘80TH BIRTHDAY BASH’ CONCERT SLATED AT C-GCC

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