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Inside: Raleigh on Film; Bethune on Theatre; Behrens on Music; Marvel’s ‘Art Byte’; Trevens on Dance; Drawings at The Met; th Seckel on the Cultural Scene; Year! Critique: Timothy J. Clark at Hammer Galleries; W.E. Reinka ‘Speaks Out’ on the writing game; Our 25 New Art Books; Short Fiction & Poetry; Extensive Calendar of Events…and more! ART TIMES Vol. 25 No. 7 March 2009 Timothy J. Clark at Hammer Galleries All photos courtesy of the Hammer Galleries By RAYMOND J. STEINER PAINTERS WHO HAVE tried their in the use of colors and how they hand at representational art in the work one against (or for) the other, a medium of watercolor know that it fluidity of brushstroke, and lastly, an takes more than the will to succeed... innate instinct for just what makes a much, much more. First and foremost 'good' picture. The 30+ paintings in the accomplished watercolorist needs this solo exhibition at the Hammer a sure hand, since each stroke of the Galleries* certainly reveals Timothy brush is not only telling but perma- J. Clark as firmly in charge of all of nently "on record" for all to see, each the intricacies of this most demand- misstep a glaring distraction from the ing of mediums...without doubt, motif and/or effect desired. In short, Clarke's "Sense of Solace" reflects the it takes the confidence of a mature craft of a master watercolorist. draftsman, one with a seasoned eye It ought to be noted that there were for light and form, a sure sense of com- several oils in the show - "McSorley's position, a sensibility that is trained Bar", "Serenity", and the charming little study, "Stu- dio Sink" - but, for this viewer, it was the watercolors that consistently drew me onward through the several galleries that housed the show. If the two paintings displayed in Hammer's front Study for My Garage 2001 watercolor on paper windows - "The Bicycle" and "San Carlos al Corso tools, tubs, fan belts, cans, jugs, vises, as a finely-crafted panorama of mini- Crepuscular" - of- machines, and whatever flotsam and still lifes, each separate and fully- fered a 'sneak pre- jetsam has been banned from the realized, each perspectively 'correct', view' of the range house (including a pin-up hanging on each comfortably nestled alongside of motifs that lie in the far wall), Clark's skillful handling its neighbor. store for the viewer of color, form, and composition never Range - from portraits of homely inside, a large wa- allowing this incredible hodge-podge hand tools (among my particular tercolor hanging on of objects to remain - well, a hodge- favorites, reminding me of John the right wall as podge - but, instead, presenting them Carlson who, while teaching at the Continued on Page 9 you entered set the stage for the complexity of Clark's CSS Publications, Inc. Support the Arts; overall aesthetic vi- PO Box 730 Enrich your Life sion. "Study for My Mt. Marion, NY 12456-0730 Garage", a painting www.arttimesjournal.com 845-246-6944 of the interior of a workshop, is liter- ally crammed from floor to ceiling with Subscribe to ART TIMES Family Reunion, 2008 watercolor on paper

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By W.E. Reinka Prepublished With some pride I recently dis- that my first novel has been upgraded revolved around a writer’s disap- publishers how friends and family covered that the writing community, from rejected to prepublished, I again pearance. Talk about ear candy to a love your book. in which I’ve claimed membership look forward to the day when it an- prepublished novelist, a New York To be honest, I did write a fifth for nearly twenty years, is following chors The Portable Reinka. agent told me she was “desperate novel that is not prepublished. Actu- the business world’s lead in expand- Not realizing that my debut novel to represent my novel.” I visualized ally second in my writing order, it was ing language beyond Webster’s staid was merely awaiting publication, bicycle messengers dodging Man- a thriller about a guy who gets away confines. For years, writers stood I decided that literary novels from hattan traffic to deliver trim white with killing his boss. I got as far as a handcuffed by tradition while busi- first-time authors were tough sells manuscript boxes to the pantheons first draft before I threw the manu- ness brains relabeled “problems” and followed a safer route for my sec- of publishing. As luck would have it, script into the fireplace. After that, as “opportunities” and transformed ond book, an old-fashioned two-kids- all of those bicycle errands turned I erased it from my computer. Then “impact,” “mentor” and “partner” into in-the-woods children’s adventure. into round-trips. But now that that I threw the computer in the fire. It’s verbs. Imagine my delight, therefore, Perhaps my mistake was not includ- book has been upgraded to prepub- an incident we never speak of, sort of when I recently learned through a ing wizards, noisy bodily functions lished, I’m again looking forward to like when my teenage cousin Anita writers’ website that I am not a “re- or real-life historical figures that all cyclists cutting downstream against went away to spend the summer with jected” novelist as I had harshly mis- seem so popular today. Instead, I Broadway’s spawning yellow taxis. a relative I’ve never heard of before branded myself, but “prepublished.” modeled it after the endless stream The fourth book was a post- or since. Four prepublished novels jam of mysteries with titles like The Trea- apocalyptic time travel Young Adult Now that I’m no longer rejected, the second drawer of my file cabinet. sure of Cougar Cave or The Tunnel to epistolary novel. No surprise that I’ve changed my job description from My first novel was a literary effort, the Tree House I read when I was kid. few agents read past that descrip- “freelance writer” to “novelist.” And of course. Like many new authors, I Don’t kids always latch on to books tion to the rest of my query letter don’t think I don’t deserve the title. envisioned myself as my generation’s with caves, tunnels and tree houses? because that book remains not only Unlike all those (published) novel- Faulkner. After dozens of tries, I Apparently not. I found a sober agent prepublished but “preagented.” The ists who whine about writer’s block, found an agent who agreed to repre- for that book, one with considerable awful truth is that we might even say I never lack for ideas. Give me five sent it. Advised at a writers’ confer- success for other children’s authors that it’s “pre-read” because no agent minutes and I’ll give you ten plots. I ence that authors should leave their but not with me. Wisely, I did place asked for the standard three sample must have twenty novels fighting for agents alone because most assuredly a Lake Superior lighthouse near chapters. My teenage daughter liked space in my head. This isn’t the time agents would contact us when they the kids’ cabin—lighthouses being it better than the two-kids-in-the- to list them all but perhaps I’ll start had good news, I left my agent alone another perennial hook—which may woods book. But I didn’t mention to tag my reviews along the following for six months. When I finally called lure readers to future installments her praise in my queries to agents lines: “W.E. Reinka is the author of her, she responded drunkenly as I when my prepublished adventure because the same writing conference twenty-four novels.” tried to refresh her memory about grows a cover. experts who advised about leaving Now that problems are opportuni- both me and my novel. However dis- My third novel was a cozy adult agents alone also cautioned against ties and partner is a verb there’s no appointed I felt back then, now that mystery set in San Francisco that ever telling prospective agents or need to elaborate that four are prepublished and twenty prewritten. (W.E. Reinka of Eugene, OR is the author of twenty-four novels). InView ef Center for the Arts at The Landgrove Inn *** 2009 Workshop Schedule *** March – July Peter Fiore March 26 -29~ Louise Minks:

A Creative Artist’s Retreat in Acrylics & Oils McCormack W. Paul May 20-23 ~ Martha Stevenson’s Mystic mountain Folk Art: Vinegar Graining art, InC May 29-31 ~Gerd Hirschmann Art Workshops, New Woodstock, NY The Art of Argentine Tango Summer 2009 June 8-12 ~ Judi Wagner www.mysticmountainart.com On Location Watercolor Workshop 315 622-7346 June 16-18 ~ Martha Stevenson The Best Artist/Instructors The Style of Rufus Porter In January & February 2010 we will June 22-25 ~ Cathy Taylor Mixed Media Collage be at the Turning Stone Resort and July 13-17 ~ Barbara Seuling Casino in Verona, NY Writing Children’s Literature July 20-23 ~ Robert K. Carsten, PSA Paired Paintings in Pastels July 20-24 ~ Barbara Seuling Writing Children’s Literature July 26-31 ~ Barbara Seuling Advanced Fiction Writing July 27-30 ~ Louise Minks Plein Air Painting in Acrylics & Oils More to Come … Look for August – October Events Right Here. Soon! For information call: (802) 824-6673 or 800-669-8466 www.landgroveinn.com March 2009 ART TIMES page 4 Because our Calendar of Events is prepared a month in advance GROUP EXHIBIT OF DRAWINGS The Clement Art Gallery, 201 Broadway, Troy, NY dates, times and events are subject to change. Please call ahead (518) 272-6811 (thru Mar 25) Rensselaer Calendar to insure accuracy. The county (and state if not NYS) where the event takes place is noted in bold at the end of each listing. HOWARD GOODMAN: Photographs The Bean Runner Gallery, 201 S. 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François Boucher (French, Paris, 1703–Paris, 1770) Bust of a Young Woman in a Shift with Her Hair Tied Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus, Up, Seen from Behind Jean-Antoine Watteau 1725–Paris, 1805) Pouting Girl (Valenciennes, 1684–Nogent-sur-la-Marne, 1721) Three Studies of Female Heads be a dwindling population (at least SOME 120 WORKS, all from the in the U.S.) — but it is precisely Farm Buildings on a Ridge, a Hay- impressive private collection of Mr. in the pages of private workbooks stack, and a Flock of Birds Circling Jean Bonna (Geneva) and each a that we most often see the artist Above”). master work that demands slow and — great or otherwise — at his/ Strong stuff, this! It is difficult careful scrutiny, make up this won- her most intimate moments of — at least for this viewer — to com- derful exhibition in The Metropolitan aesthetic reflection. prehend why good draftsmanship Museum’s Galleries for Drawings, Such sketchbooks are, in fact, has so fallen out of favor with mod- akin to private diaries, many erns…ironically the beginning of its with annotations on proposed deterioration writ large in this very motifs not meant for the rude exhibition when we come to the more and untrained eyes of pub- “modern” works of, say, Manet, Cé- lic viewing — or comment. zanne, Renoir, Gauguin and their Indeed, in my many years of fellows. interviewing and profiling art- My hat is off to George R. Goldner ists, it was rarely without some and Carmen C. Bambach for ‘beard- inner struggle that they were ing the lions’ and the Gail and Park- willing to hand over tucked- er Filbert Fund for helping to make away sketchbooks for my pe- this exhibition possible. rusal. “They are just jottings *“Raphael to Renoir: Drawings to myself,” most would say as from the Collection of Jean Bon- they reluctantly placed their na” (thru Apr 26): The Metropol- dog-eared, smudgy, workbooks Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, Italian, itan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth in my hands. Yes! But what Urbino, 1483 Rome, 1520) Ave., NYC (212) 535-7710. A fully- Study of Soldiers in The Conversion of Saul those intimate ‘note-takings’ illustrated catalogue is available revealed! Here you would meet croix, Watteau, to name but a hand- (see New Art Book Listing this the mute artist unable to translate ful among other masters, as well Issue). his “jottings” into clumsy words, as some lesser-known but equally ef un-self-conscious, spontaneous, talented artists as one-on-one with a budding motif, Carlo Dulci (see his exploring a nascent vision sans angelic “Young Boy artifice, technique, flourish, or in Left Profile, Eyes formula — in brief, images naked François Clouet (Tours, about 1515–Paris, Raised”), Giulio Ce- 1572) Portrait of François II and true, as close to that original sare Prosaccini (with creative impetus that we can only his lovely “Female Prints, and Photographs.* Comfort- hope to share in. Figure Seen from Be- ably spaced for viewing in three And, these are not the drawings of hind with Two Put- well-lit galleries, this is surely an just any artists — the list includes a ti”), Théodore Chas- opportunity that drawing aficiona- four-hundred-year range of the work seriau (who could not dos will not want to pass up. An all- of such giants as Carracci, Canaletto, fall in love with the too rare experience, the exhibition del Sarto, Tiepolo, Rembrandt (don’t eyes in his “Portrait of drawings — especially old mas- miss his miniature townscape “View of Berthe de Prail- ter works — seem often to get short of Sloten from the East”), Jordaens, ly as a Child, Bust shrift, most museums and galleries Greuze, Lorrain, Chardin, Boucher in Three-Quarter preferring crowd-pleasing “block- (see especially his “Bust of a Young View”?), and, finally, buster” shows of paintings and/or Woman in a Shirt with Her Hair Baccio della Porta sculpture since they draw the big- Tied up, Seen from Behind”, a lovely (Fra Bartolommeo) gest crowds. Granted that drawings sketch revealing that most sensu- (especially his exqui- appeal mostly to the delicate tastes ous part of a woman, the nape of sitely detailed villag- Vittore Carpaccio (Venice, 1455/65–Capo d’Istria, 1525/26) of the connoisseur — which seem to her neck), Fragonard, Ingres, Dela- escape, “Landscape: Kneeling Figure in Prayer March 2009 ART TIMES page 6

Continued from Page 4 CUBATA: PAINTINGS BY CORSO DE PALENZUELA Palmer Gallery, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 437-5632 (thru Mar 19) Dutchess Calendar Friday, March 6 Sunday, March 1 continued 31st ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY REGIONAL Opalka Gallery at Sage Colleges, 140 STUDENT SHOW The Gallery at the Kent Art Association, 21 South St. (RT 7), Kent, CT New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY (518) 292-7742 Opening Reception 5-9pm (thru Apr 12) (860) 927-3989 (thru Mar 9) Litchfield,CT Albany THE BEST TALENTS OF THE LAST DECADE at the Belskie Museum Belskie Mu- ARiTmetic: a group exhibit Albany Center Gallery, 39 Columbia St., Albany, NY (518) seum of Art & Science, 280 High St., Closter, NJ (201) 768-0286 (thru Mar 8) NJ 462-4775 Opening Reception 5-9pm (thru Mar 28) Albany THE ECONMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE SHOW: Multi Media, Multi-Artist Show FASHIONING FELT and WORK FROM PERMANENT COLLECTION Cooper- G.A.S Visual Art and Performance Space, North Main Gallery, 196 N. Main Street, Pough- Hewitt, 2 East 91 St, NYC (212) 849-8420 charge (thru Sept 7) NYC keepsie 845-486-1378 (thru Mar 29) Dutchess FREIDA WRIGHT: Photographs East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, THE MIGHTY HUDSON RIVER Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Hopewell Junction, NY (845) 226-2145 Opening Reception 7pm (thru Mar 31) Dutchess Ave., Albany, NY (518)463-4478 (thru Jan 2010) Albany MARIA PIA MARRELLA: Painting; IVAN CHERMAYOFF: Mixed Media Garrison THOMAS CHAMBERS (1808-1869): American Marine & Landscape Painter The Art Center Gallery, 23 Garrison's Landing, NY (845) 424-3960 Opening Reception 6-8pm Hyde Collection, Wood Gallery,161 Warren St., Glen Falls, NY (800) 639-5868 (thru Apr (thru Mar 29) Putnam 19) Warren N.A.W.A. 120th ANNIVERSARY HISTORICAL EXHIBIT Noyes Museum of Art, Lily THOMAS TORAK PAITINGS Southern Vermont Arts Center, Wilson Museum, West Lake Rd., Oceanville, NJ (609) 652-8848 (Aug 30) NJ Rd., Manchester, VT (802) 362-1405 (thru Mar 10) VT PATRICK GORMAN PETTIS Exhibit and N.FOX LANCASTER: Through the Eyes WCO CHAMBER SPECIALS: Trout Quintet and more Woodstock Chamber Orches- of the Vulpine Boy Romaine Brooks Gallery, 332 Hudson ve., Albany, NY 12210 (518) tra, Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston, NY (845) 246-7045 3pm charge 462-6138 x 15 Opening Reception 5-9pm (thru Mar 31) Albany Ulster STUDENTS of PETER CLAPPER, JAMES GARVEY & ANTHONY PADOVANO: WHAT’S THE WORD Exhibition Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New Class Show Art Students League, The Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery, Vytlacil Campus, London, CT (860) 443-2545 (thru Nov 30) CT 241 Kings Highway, Sparkhill, NY 10976 (212) 247-4510 Opening Reception: 5-7pm (thru WILLIAM SILLIN Landscape Paintings Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren St., Hud- Apr 1) Rockland son, NY (518)828-1915 (thru Mar 29) Columbia Saturday, March 7 WOMEN: Portrait and Figure Group Show; BROOKE NOBLE Solo Show Ferrin 46th ANNUAL MEMBERS’ SHOW Putnam Arts Council, Tilly Foster Farm, the Lodge Gallery, 69 Church St., Lenox, MA (413) 637-4414 (thru Apr 18) MA (Bldg #8), 100 Rte 312, Brewster, NY (845) 278-0230 Artist's Reception 2-5pm (thru Mar WOMEN’S STUDIO WORKSHOP: Collaborations a Group Show Islip Art Museum, 27) Putnam Carriage House, 50 Irish Lane, East Islip, NY (631) 224-5402 (thru April 19) Suffolk A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island’s North Fork The Long Island Museum, WORK BY WSA INSTRUCTORS: A Sense of Place Woodstock School of Art, 2470 1200 Rte. 25a, Stony Brook, NY (631) 751-0066 x248 (thru Jul 12) Suffolk Route 212, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2388 (thru Mar 7) Ulster AIR FORCE LIBERTY BIG BAND The Grand Montgomery Chamber & Theatre Series, X FACTOR AS INSPIRATIO: Group Exhibit Media Loft, 50 Webster Ave., New Rochelle, New Senior Center, 36 Bridge St., Montgomery, NY 7pm Orange NY (914) 235-9027 Opening Reception 1-5pm (thru Apr 4) Westchester CLASSIC LUMINISM: Group Exhibit Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz Plaza, New YOUTH ART MONTH Harrison Public Library, Bruce Ave., Harrison, NY (914) 835-0324 Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 Opening Reception 6-8pm thru Apr 15) Ulster Opening Reception with Student Performance: 2pm (thru Mar 29) Westchester ELIZABETH ENDERS: Landscape/ Language/ Line Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Monday, March 2 Williams St., New London, CT (860) 443-2545 (thru Apr 23) CT SCNY SPRING AUCTION & EXHIBITION and THEME SHOW: SALMAGUNDI KATE OKESON,MONICA GOLDSMITH, LISA ZUKOWSKI Exhibition Good Ques- OBJECT PROJECT Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (THRU MAR tion Gallery, 210 East Harford St., Milford, PA (570)296-5066 Opening Reception 7-9pm 27) NYC (thru Mar 29) PA Tuesday, March 3 KEVIN HALL: “Taking Off!” Flat Iron Gallery, 105 S. Division St., Peekskill, NY (914) 734-1894 Artist's Reception: 4-7pm (thru Apr 26) Westchester ASIAN JOURNEYS: Collecting Art in Post-War America (thru Aug 9) SEVEN SAGES in a Bamboo Grove (thru Apr 26) YANG FUDONG: Seven Intellectuals in LIA VAN ENGELENHOVEN: Exhibit Canfin Gallery, 39 Main St., Tarrytown, NY (914) a Bamboo Forest (thru Sep 13) Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., NYC (212) 327-9271 (thru 332 4554 Opening Reception: 4-8pm (THRU MAR 29) Westchester Apr 26) NYC MARIANNE HEIGEMEIR: Pastels Art Society of Kingston (ASK), 97 Broadway, Kings- INNISFREE McKenna Theatre, SUNY New Paltz, (845) 257-3844 8pm charge Ulster ton, NY (845) 338-0331 Opening Reception 5-8PM (thru Mar 28) Ulster KARL SODERLUND: Seascapes, Landscape & Small Paintings Karl Soderlund Gal- PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE: Artists of the Hudson Valley Cornell Street Studio, 168 lery and Studio, 1657 Post Road, Fairfield, CT (203) 319-1929 (thru May 30) CT Cornell St., Kingston, NY 12401 (845) 679-8348 Opening Reception: 6-9:30pm (thru Mar 31). Ulster N.A.W.A. NATIONAL OPEN SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) Gallery, 80 Fifth Avenue(@ 14th St.), Suite 1405, New York, NY RECENT WORK: Group Show; DINA BURSZLYN Solo Show; HEATHER PAR- (212) 675-1616 Artist's Reception: 6-8pm (thru Mar 20) NYC OUBEK “Small Works” Active Member Wall Woodstock Artists Assoc Museum, (WAAM), 28 Tinker St., Woodstock (845) 679-2940 Opening Reception 4-6pm (thru Mar Wednesday, March 4 29) Ulster ASSOCIATE AWARDS SHOW Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 126 Larchmont Ave., Larch- TOMORROW’S ARTISTS Gallery Link, Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 center mont, NY (914) 834-1117 (thru Mar 21) Westchester St., Ellenville, NY (845) 647-5530 Opening Reception: 12-2pm (thru Apr 1) Ulster DON FREEMAN: Prints Art Students League, 215 W 57th St., NYC (212) 247-4510 ULSTER COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB EXHIBIT Duck Pond Gallery, Esopus (thru Mar 31) NYC Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen, NJ ()338-5580 Opening Reception: 5-8pm (thru Mar Thursday, March 5 28) Ulster ART INTO LIFE/ LIFE INTO ART: Celebrating Women’s History The Pen and Brush, WORKS ON PAPER: Group exhibit Tivoli Artists' Co-op, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, NY, (845) 16 E. 10th St., NYC (212) 475-3669 (thru Mar 29) NYC 757-2667 Opening Reception 6-8pm (thru Mar 29) Dutchess Continued on Page 19

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By HENRY P. RALEIGH predictability by 10% you win the up their digits in despair. NOW YOU DON’T get many chances million. The company reckons that But there is a solution and to make an easy million dollars and that much of a jump is worth a lot I have it. I think I’ve got a good shot at this more than a million in profits. To begin with, I discard one. It’s a contest, you see, set up by Up till now its been mostly math- all algorithmic approaches Netflix, the Web-based DVD rental ematicians who have been puzzling to the problem and pro- company, back in 2006 and yet with- over the data gathered up from a pose instead — now get out a winner although plenty have half-million Netflix customers who this — the Ciné Alienation tried and are still working on it. You have scored 18,000 films with plenty Mentale rule or, as I like have to be a subscriber, of course, more to go. These math types keep to say, the CAM (I use the but for $16.99 a month Netflix will fiddling around with something French, more or less, to mail to you the number of films you called algorithms, which I’m sure, is keep up that fine tradition select from its over 100,000 titles a big mistake. I don’t actually know in film-speak like montage — postage paid return as well. Cur- what an algorithm is; I didn’t in high and mise-en-scene). This mudgeon that I am, I figure 99,000 school either, which is why I decided takes several obvious ob- of these titles are most likely los- to become a cineaste — it’s common servations into account ers from the past and considering knowledge that cineastes have no use and it’s surprising those that four to six-hundred films are for algorithms. They also toss about algorithm fanatics never produced yearly and most of these mind-boggling terms like ‘collabora- thought of it. Let’s begin are buried even before they hit tive filtering’ and ‘singular value de- with the basics: the graveyard of DVD distribution composition ‘ which, to put it plainly, 1. People who subscribe — well sir, that doesn’t leave you means nothing more than finding a to film rental services are much to choose each month, does it? sure-fire pattern of what each and most likely hooked on film, And who is going to search through every Netflix customer will order and and may even be under the 100,000 titles to find something they keep those $16.99’s rolling in. illusion their critical judg- might recognize, I ask you? So far 9.94% of the desired 10% ments are informed and Right there you have Netflix’s has been reached by the leading worthy. problem. Customers sign up for a contestant — pretty good but short 2. Such people, unfortu- few months, run through their fa- of grabbing off a million. The other nately, have only a tenu- vorite films, gamble unhappily on top contenders are nearly as close, ous relationship to reality some unknowns and then throw in churning out algorithms a mile a and unknowingly suffer the towel. The company’s tracking minute but all have hit a mysterious CAM. To put this another engine, Cinematch, does its digi- point beyond which it seems impos- way, they aren’t playing tal best to second-guess what each sible to go. It’s called the “Napoleon with a full deck, yet are customer likes or dislikes based on Dynamite” factor and it has them harmless in all other re- available viewer’s ratings and make dumbfounded, a film that polls all spects. helpful recommendations for further over the place, from lowest score to 3. Through no fault of orders — with about 60% success. highest and never settles into a rea- their own, the judgments It’s the missing 40% that hurts. Sup- sonably predictable position. I know of these mentally disad- pose you had gobbled up Woody Al- just how this works. I couldn’t get vantaged film lovers are len films like “Take the Money and through my first viewing of “Napo- about as reliable as you Run” and “Bananas”. Cinematch, leon Dynamite” — damn, another are of being absolutely become. A thoroughly trained post insidiously recording this (person- teenage high school flic, nerdy, goofy sure to draw to an inside straight. modern deconstructivist can find ally I don’t want my taste in films kid beset by bullies — these clunkers 4. The above applies equally to enough significantly deep meanings inscribed in a data bank for history are a dime-a-dozen. Endlessly mak- amateur and professional film goers in “Teenagers From Outer Space” to to snigger at), smugly tries to pile on ing its way through cable film chan- alike. In any given year, it is a fact make your head swim. Adam Sandler films — that’s enough nels, I watched a bit more a second that working film critics across the So my proposal to Netflix is to go to do you in, I think. No, Cinematch time, tried again — hey, not bad, country agree on the best and the for the CAM rule. Cinematch looks needs a better way to zero in on quirky, some original stuff in there worst of the year’s films less that over the renter’s previous picks, de- what you really want in the way of all right — maybe I even liked it, al- 60% of the time — what can you ex- cides his next selections will make satisfying films without prying into beit reluctantly. There’s the rub, you pect of the average film goer, I ask no rational sense whatsoever and your ancestry, medical records, or see, films like “Napoleon Dynamite”, you? recommend accordingly. neighbors’ gossip. Here’s where the usually indies, produce such an er- 5. The smarter anyone gets about I will wait for my winner’s check contest comes in. If you can come up ratic, capricious reaction among film film the more erratic to the point of in the mail, thank you. with a scheme to boost the odds of renters that the algorithms throw total lunacy his or her assessments ef

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But that lesson has sensitive to reasons is the ill-advised decision to to be learned over and over again. criticism, felt take a Super Star and build a show Another comedian known to be his music around that luminary. As the recent uncontrollable but still cast to bring was running history of the American musical the- in audiences was Jerry Lewis. Now a poor third atre can abundantly demonstrate in the old Olsen and Johnson “Hellza- to lyrics and three words: It don’t work! poppin” is not exactly an intellectual book, and Take this case in which a Super evening in the theater and it can lacked in- Star was contracted to play a second- bear a star whose unpredictability spiration to ary character. might be an asset. However, Lewis produce any- One of Eugene O’Neill’s lighter plays decided he could dictate what should thing really is “Ah, Wilderness” (1933); and be done about the show that had lit- good for the some decades later, David Merrick tle to do with his role. For example, show. thought it might be ripe for musical- there was his insistence that a young The show ization. Once the idea gelled, Walter female protégé of his be cast in place ran 290 per- Pidgeon and Eileen Hurlie were cast of more seasoned performers. f o r m a n c e s (both excellent actors but really non- Although we must never second- and would be singers) along with the immensely guess what motivated a person to do only of his- popular Jackie Gleason in the role of this and that, his connection with the torical inter- Uncle Sid. This character was a sort female concerned might have caused est if revived of comedy relief role, but Gleason the more-than-just-friction between today. Co- was the Great One, as he liked to be Lewis and his co-star, the excellent han, of course, is still Mr. Broadway Sources called, and secondary roles were too Lynn Redgrave. Rumor had it that in the annals of the American Musi- (1) The program notes for the RCA Vic- small for him. Redgrave’s fine performance was cal.3 tor CD of “Take Me Along.” Gleason also insisted that he get putting the younger woman into the There is one more danger that (2) Second Act Trouble by Steven $50 more than the then highest paid background—which was almost cer- must be mentioned in the context Suskin (Applause Theatre & Cinema actor on Broadway and wound up tainly true. of the troubles of building a show Books, 2006) with $5050 a week! As his role took It is also true that incompetence around a Super Star. When the im- on more importance, the balance of (3) Somewhere for Me: a Biography of was shown by others on other levels. mensely popular Lucille Ball was the show went all out of kilter; but he Richard Rodgers by Meryle Secrest But the fact remains that the show’s given the lead in “Wildcat,” the crit- did draw audiences. However, when (Knapp, 2001) Broadway opening was cancelled ics pointed out that she was the only ef the audiences dwindled, the Great and that was that.2 positive factor in a less than medio- One got bored and began to deviate Even worse is the story of Rodg- cre musical. The show ran only 171 from the script and from the dance ers and Hart’s “I’d Rather be Right.” performances, but there were many routines. When he pulled a liga- Egos did not come larger than that nights in which Lucy was simply ment on stage, he left the show, but of George M. Cohan, who was coaxed too exhausted to appear—and who Merrick hired a detective to be sure into playing President Franklin wanted to see a rotten show without Gleason really was incapacitated. Delano Roosevelt. For starters, he the star, who was the only reason for His replacement was the less flam- detested Roosevelt. 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Culturally Speaking get a virtual tour at www.parkwest- lectures, gallery tours, and studio gallery.com art classes. More at www.bocamu- By Cornelia Seckel margaritas we were left to enjoy the The Artists’ Guild of the Boca seumartistguild.org music at the piano bars, the lounges Economy being what it is we Raton Museum is enjoying its new It was probably in the early 70’s with excellent guitarists, the the- are attempting to give our print and home on Atlantic Boulevard, Del- when I was last in Coconut Grove, ater with entertainment every night online advertisers even more for ray Beach, Florida and it was here a time of wandering and hanging which included a Cirque du Bijoux their dollars and make advertising I had the pleasure of catching up out with free spirits (now I hang out show (a take off of Cirque du So- on our website (www.arttimesjour- with Lorrie Turner, teacher art- with artists who are also free spir- leil) a talent show by the crew, and nal.com) easy and very affordable. ist and signature member of Pastel its!). Michael J. Brody of TALEO a performance by The Second City All print advertisers will have a link Society of America and now gal- Arts in Woodstock, NY, invited me Comedy Show. I was curious about to their website and for those not lery director (I first met her many to come to his winter home and say the Art Gallery and visited several advertising in print we are offer- years ago via phone when she did hello and meet up with artists Fred times. Located next to the Internet ing hotlinks from the calendar and the publicity for one of our advertis- Hunt and AnnaMaria Windisch- Café, it certainly had most every- opportunity listings (per month or ers) as well as artists John and Te- Hunt whom I had met at TALEO one on the ship (2400 passengers for the year) in addition to our now resa Frazee, formerly of Kingston, and wrote about in the Nov ’07 is- NY. These 3 artists are long time sue of ART TIMES. TALEO, ac- friends of ART TIMES since nearly cording to Michael, is derived from the beginning. What a pleasure to the ancient Nomadic expression see them and to see how the Guild for “Creativity” and is housed in a continues to evolve and succeed (15 former Trinity Baptist Church works sold in the first 2 months!). now a multi-use studio for Medi- Currently there are 426 members; tation, Music, Art, Drama and 230 of them signature members Film with 2 theater spaces, a full eligible to show and be part of the kitchen, office space, and wonderful Guild Gallery. Each show is juried mountain views. When I saw An- by outside juror and they have 10 naMaria this past summer she also exhibits a year. The work I saw at encouraged me to visit and prom- the Juried Exhibition was excellent ised a tour of The Grove. Quoting and comparable to some of the Na- from the Grove’s website: “Coconut tional Organization shows I see in Grove is best known for its quietly NYC. I first learned about the guild breathtaking natural beauty, a lush and the museum in the late 80’s on green landscape bordered by the one of my January trips to Florida shimmering blue waters of Biscayne when I visited them at their first Bay. From its beginnings in the late home. In 1950, Boca Raton, Florida, 1800’s, this magical place has at- had a population of less than 1000 tracted tycoons, artists, writers, and and the library was the cultural musicians galore, and—truth be A Cha-Cha lesson on board the Norwegian Cruise Line's The Jewel. center. Community members began told—more than its share of kooks, well-established banner ads. Many and 1000 crew) passing through of you noticed that the J/F issue was and therefore potential customers available as a pdf on our website (location, location, location). There and I will do that with each issue. were 2 auctions over the 5-day pe- Given the continuing rising cost of riod (seemed out of proportion, but paper, printing, postage and deliv- what do I know) and I stopped in to ery we will move to a bi-monthly for- see if I could get a better handle on mat beginning with our 26th year the the attraction to what I thought was Jul/Aug 2009 Issue. We will publish not exceptional work that was sell- six times a year as opposed to our ing from $50-$250,000 by Dali, Pi- present practice of publishing ten is- casso, Renoir, Chagall, Kinkade, sues. Months that we don’t have a Max, Agam, Ritto, Tarkay and print issue we will be uploading new many others — I did like the Rem- opportunity and calendar listings brandt etchings a lot. Being curi- as well as new essays. Last year we ous as to why purchase art in this had over 750,000 hits to our website. environment I spoke with several This is an exciting new direction and people who had been to auctions and one that I believe will provide our bought paintings on other cruises. readers with good resources and fine What I learned is: there is no tax on writing. With so many publications the paintings, it is a friendly easy folding their tents, I just wanted you atmosphere, paintings can be re- to know that our long-established turned, they are easily shipped and advertisers and growing readership mostly they are at leisure to look. (L to R) Artists John and Theresa Frazee with Lorrie Turner have insured that we will not be Additionally, I think that people Artist & Gallery Director at the Art Guild of Boca Raton Gallery, Delray, FL. among them. are on vacation “living it up”, in a an “Open House,” to exhibit their in- eccentrics, and free spirits.” Sounds It was a delightful month of R&R spending mode, alcohol is prevalent dividual arts and crafts and in 1951, like a lot of places artists end up! I which included a family cruise, ex- and served at the auction, and that the Art Guild of Boca Raton was met AnnaMarie at her gallery, Win- ploring the arts in Coconut Grove, buying art was something they felt organized and later incorporated. In disch-Hunt Fine Arts on Grand seeing what old (long-standing) art- good about and bringing it home as the early 60’s the group had their Avenue where she shows a dozen or ist friends are up to, and of course a “souvenir” showed their sophisti- first home where they could teach so artists’ work, has a gift shop, and some fishing and hanging out on the cation. This is a way that brings art classes and hold exhibitions. In rents out some wall space to artists. beach. to people who would otherwise not 1975, the Center changed its name to We began the tour and as we walked This was the first time I had been be buying art, not be going into a Boca Raton Center for the Arts, I learned about the evolving arts on a cruise, a 5 day trip with my gallery where they feel intimidated, and then, 10 years later, the Boca community. In the 60’s there may mother, sister and niece, with stops and not even sure what to wear or Raton Museum of Art of which have been 20 galleries; now just 8 in Cozumel and Grand Cayman— how to behave. Park West seems the Guild is still an integral part. and some artist studios as well as where we watched the presidential to have the monopoly on all cruise Look what a small group of artists many high-end clothing, jewelry inauguration from a beach bar. In ships and also has auctions on land. and craftspeople did and can do. The shops, and restaurants. About 15 many ways the ship is a floating Las According to their publicity it is their museum is one of South Florida’s years ago AnnaMaria began a gal- Vegas hotel— lots of entertainment, mission to make good art available finest cultural attractions, present- lery that then became a coop and a huge casino, drinks and food. Once to middle America. Their headquar- ing changing exhibitions of national is now The Heart of the Grove, the waiters knew we weren’t inter- ters is in Southfield Michigan where and international importance, and a a group of about 30 members that ested in hourly piña coladas and there are 23 galleries to explore or wide range of educational programs, came out of the One Ear Society, March 2009 ART TIMES page 11

a tour of the Holbrook Arts Cen- a critical mass of artists in Down- ter. The center has a large theater town it will work with these artists (groups might inquire about rent- to help them promote their work ing out the space for productions), and to organize activities to bring dance studio, photography studio the public to Main Street. For more and pottery studio all with top qual- information: Ralph DiBart 212-866- ity equipment. Founded in 1931 by 0191 or [email protected]. In Edward Pulling as a coeducational some ways I think it was Judith independent high school, Millbrook Weber of Media Loft that laid the offers a rigorous college preparatory foundation for turning unused space education to its 255 boarding and into studios for artists. Founded in day students. 1978, Media Loft was established to Also noteworthy: Art Calendar provide a unique working environ- announced the launch of The Al- ment for artists, designers, crafts- liance of Professional Artists. men and a variety of art-related The APA is a national artist orga- businesses. In 1983 it moved to its nization committed to supporting present site in the historic Knick- and educating art-driven individu- erbocker Press building complex in als and groups, while serving as an New Rochelle, NY and expanded to advocate for the art community. For create affordable live-work space more about APA: www.allproartists. for its artist community. In 2003, org • Ralph DiBart, Executive Di- Media Loft converted to an Artist’s AnnaMaria Windisch-Hunt (L) with Chloe Burke (R) discussing an upcoming rector of the New Rochelle Busi- in Residence Condominium offer- visit by the students of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart ness Improvement District (BID) ing, in addition to affordable space, announced a new development ini- the security of ownership. See their an organization that continues to porting the work of unknown, emerg- tiative, the “BID Artist Spaces site for more information www.me- find opportunities for artists. www. ing, and mid-career artists, working Program” that will bring together dialoftarts.com • I was pleased to oneearsociety.blogspot.com. We across a wide range of disciplines.” property owners with long-term va- see a column by Maureen Morgan continued on our way to Focaccia, For more information 570-296-5066 in the journal HV biz (Jan 19, 2009) a delightful bistro which features, about the role of the arts in the age along with fine food and an excellent of frugality. She is reminding all of cup of coffee, “Breakfast with the us about some very impressive num- Artist”, the Grove’s answer to what bers. Art in its many forms brings is often the overdone Art Stroll, 2nd in $25 billion a year in economic ac- Friday, 3rd Sunday etc. which seems tivity in NYS alone; nationally it is now to be in every city. Another in- $166 billion and nearly $30 billion novation I came across is Art Hap- in revenue to local, state and feder- py Hour at the Blu Moon Studios al government. “… contributions of where Sheri A. Friedman works the arts are many and include mak- and teaches. Each month she invites ing a community more desirable for a different artist to give a workshop. economic development. As the arts A fee covers the materials and class flourish so will creativity and in- where refreshments are also served. novation - the fuel that drives the www.sheraif.com. Lots of good ideas global economy.” A way we can all coming from the Grove as well as support the arts is to buy, subscribe the Coconut Grove Arts Festival and participate in whatever ways presented by Blue Cross and Blue we can. Shield of Florida which is held an- See you out and about as we wel- nually (and for the last 46 years) in come Spring and a time of growth the streets of Coconut Grove, Flor- and revitalization. ida, and produced by the Coconut Grove Arts & Historical Asso- Sheri A Friedman, Blu Moon Studios, Coconut Grove, FL with Cornelia Seckel Just to remind you to visit our ciation, Inc., a non-profit organiza- website www.arttimesjournal.com tion that receives no commission for or visit online at www.goodquestion- cant upper floor space and artists where you can read previously pub- the sale of artwork. A portion of the gallery.com • Antonia’s Academy and arts businesses seeking to lease lished essays with pictures in color! proceeds from Festival admissions for the Performing Arts located affordable studios in downtown New ef benefits the Coconut Grove Arts in Peekskill, NY opened by Scarlett Rochelle. Once the BID establishes and Historical Association’s Build- Antonia, an accomplished dancer ing Fund. The Festival attracts and choreographer whose connec- more than 150,000 people annually tions with NYC dancers and dance to view the works of over 330 of the companies will create a bridge be- finest artists and craftsmen in the tween the Peekskill Community world and, according to the business and NYC talent and arts resources. people of the Grove, generates for Antonia said, “it was an opportunity most the same $ as the week before for her to give back to the Peekskill Christmas. Community in a manner that best And back to the Northeast: A few utilizes my talents and connections places have recently opened up in- and fulfils a need in Peekskill.” She cluding: Good Question Gallery, a has already invited NYC guest in- new gallery located at 210 East Har- structors and dance companies to ford Street in Milford, PA and will present to her students in Peek- open with “The Art of Numbers” skill and has brought her Peekskill th a group exhibit, on March 7 and students to NYC to attend work- th runs through March 29 . Accord- shops in prestigious dance training ing to Richard Cutrona, director schools. For more information www. of the gallery, “we are a commercial antoniaarts.com • Peter Charlap art gallery with an academic core drawings and paintings and a belief in the ability of visual at the Millbrook School, Millbrook art to serve as a catalyst for critical NY, will be at their Warner Gallery thought that has led us to create a through April 18. (www.peterchar- program of exhibitions both visually lap.com) There is a free-flowing gen- There's more than just fishing and hanging on the beach in Florida: Musicians John compelling and intellectually engag- tle movement in his work and I was Melnick (L) and Matt Stanley (R) at the 33rd Street Wine Bar, Ft Lauderdale, FL ing. The gallery is committed to sup- pleased to see his show and to get in the background are paintings by Mark Vose. March 2009 ART TIMES page 12 Fiction By J. A. Pollard Troy I’d never heard a man plead Not there, by god! Not in New their own reckless ways, raft.) He’d—sauntered off— oblivi- before. Never seen his face. Never York! Prey, perhaps, but never compound their pains beyond ous per usual, notebook in his back- seen eyes beg, eyebrows question, ‘fields’! And you, oh righteous ones? their proper share.”’ (12) pack, map, a hammer for collecting body droop: a slender bow sans ar- Righteous ever since Mohammed. I have a fine memory for pain! rocks: geologist. Did he seem foolish: row. “Please, Madam?” in French, Ever since— As, apparently, had Homer. a husband striding, forgetful of his although my French was long-ago But wasn’t this Tunisia? Libya? But wasn’t the soil I stood on the wife (Penelope?) behind a dune some- forgotten. But I understood. Land of the lotus-eaters where Od- bread basket where the Greeks had where along the edge of Africa where “Avec— moi? Madam?” ysseus—? Long ago— long, long landed and Rome grew its grain? Oh desert touched the sea and clusters And I could see a line of light ago— Before Islam? Before—? Yes. yes. And weren’t there tesserae from of prickly pear clambered over what along his shoulders like a narrow After decimating Troy? The hero villas everywhere along the coast, had been mud walls— maybe a Ro- golden wire, opened shirt (a western wandering all those years still seek- and sometimes ancient coins and man’s villa— where we were quite shirt), dark trousers tied with rope ing home, until— little figurines? Maybe of Athena? alone, this Arab man and me? (dark blue or maybe brown); his up- ‘The wind lifting his spirits With another name? And wasn’t I “Moi— moi l’homme—” I tried per body risen like a sculpted torso high, royal Odysseus free to breathe it all in? again. just above the dune grass shimmer- spread sail— gripping the You fool! Can anyone breathe air “Ah— ah, oui, madam. Mari.” So ing with wind and sun. tiller, seated astern— without the weight of history come sad. “Plaisir?” His hands were raised, and now the master mariner swirling in the sand? And hadn’t “Oui. Yes. Mari!” I gestured palms up. steered his craft, I learned, like royal Odysseus, to toward the sea. “My husband. Plaisir? Where did you come sleep never closing his eyes, groan like a ghibli, like the rust-red L’homme!” I shrugged again, half- from! forever scanning sandstorm when Sahara flings it at smiled. You want me— so polite— “S’il vous plait?— Madam?” the stars, the Pleiades and the sea? Like the sherji blowing out In spite of Zeus or Allah or Jehovah, You’re asking?— Of an infidel? the Plowman late to set of Persia always burying Babylon? or— whatever names we give to When the Koran warns that ‘he that and the Great Bear that man- Over and over. Burying ME— over God, whatever rules we think God (7) lusts after other than wife or slave- kind also calls the Wag on...’ and over. Drowning us all in ‘the wants— “I would— but there’s my girl— is a transgressor?’ (1) Are you Odysseus! Brave man. But still, wine-dark sea’— Better yet, beach- husband—” gesturing. Half mean- transgressing? Although it also says Poseidon, savage, wrecked him ing us in forgetfulness— Land of the ing it. that “women are your fields: go, thus: Lotus Eaters. Right? “Oh. Oui, Madam.” then, into your fields as you please” ‘ ...he rammed the clouds to- I escaped them then by screaming I’d never seen such eyes, such (2) (Trembling). Yes. But that’s for gether— both hands “Imshi! Dogs! You’re dogs!” Know- yearning. Suitor for Penelope? And wives. And slave girls. Who am clutching his trident— ing that Arabs hated dogs. Stoned she? He bowed and backed away, a I?— a slave?— where “men have churned the waves into chaos, whip- dogs. The way they stoned me sculpture sinking down behind the authority over women because Allah ping once— I never found out why. sand till only dune grass rippling in has made the one superior to the oth- all the gales from every quar- But there he was, this Arab in the light remained. er—”? (3) And we’re not talking about ter, shrouding over in thunderheads his western shirt, the line of light You want me— not to destroy— male inferiority! Are you superior to the earth and sea at once— along his shoulders like a thread of but to enjoy. I stood quite rooted. ME? and night swept down from the gold, his trousers belted with a rope, Sun licked down my neck, my shoul- Flush of anger washing my mind. sky— his stance so hopeless, helpless. ders, folded warmth around my bel- I felt my baby move inside, a delicate, East and South Winds “Please— madam?” So yearning. ly. Yes. It happens: kindness. Now tight squirming, pictured tiny hands clashed and the raging West and Madam? Yes, I’m married. and then. Even— sometimes—after and feet, soft lips, closed eyes, while North, “Oooh— “ Troy. sun like silken gold slid down my sprung from the heavens, And he was waiting there, hands (J. A. Pollard lives in Winslow, (8) hair, my dress—my blue-and-white, roiled heaving breakers up— raised, palms up. But then he Maine) long-skirted, long-sleeved dress that Oh yes! clasped them to his breast, beseech- blew around me like a flag in clouds ...’At that a massive wave ing, bowing slightly, body slumped, 1 The Koran. trans. by N. J. Dawood, of scent and heat. Haven’t you heard came crashing down on his head, face slack with need. p. 58. that women ‘guard their unseen parts a terrific onslaught spinning My baby moved. Hush, little one. 2 Ibid, p. 347. (4) his craft round and round— because Allah has guarded them’? Your mummy is Odysseus-trained! 3 Ibid, p. 360. And that I’m surely guarding! Did he was thrown clear of the “Merci, monsieur, mais—” Tilt of 4 Ibid, p. 360. you smell me? Did you smell my ‘se- decks— head, slight shrug, my body, now, no 5 cret parts’? the steer- Homer. The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fa- longer rigid. “Ah— merci, mais—” gles, Penguin Books, NY, 1996, p.159. “Mais— monsieur!” I said, and ing-oar wrenched Twirl of wrist. (I thought of Troy.) 6 Ibid, p. 159. quivered in the scalding sun, ensor- from his grasp— What was the word for husband? celled by the memory of eyes. And and in one lightning at- Hector? I, Andromache? L’homme? 7 Ibid, p. 159. hands. For they had touched me— tack the brawling L’amour? Where was he anyway? 8 Ibid, p. 161. men. Pushed fingers in between my galewinds struck full-force, Off wandering! (Odysseus, Penelope 9 Ibid, p. 162. snapping the mast mid-shaft legs, clutched at my breasts. North awaits! Odysseus—? Enjoying, in 10 Ibid, p. 83. Africa. Beside the ‘wine-dark sea’. and hurling the sail and sail- his mind, the nymph Calypso? Or 11 Ibid, p. 462. The wine-dark sea—Odysseus: ‘And yard far across the sea. her island? Maybe sailing on his 12 if a god will wreck me yet again...’ (5) He went under a good long Ibid, p. 78. ef If God will wreck me— while, no fast way out, ‘I can bear that too, with a no struggling up from under spirit tempered to endure. the giant wave’s assault... Much have I suffered, la- his clothing dragged him bored long and hard by now down— divine Calypso’s gifts— Speak Out in the waves and wars.’ (6) but at last he fought his way Ah! Waves! And wars! And all to the surface spewing is your forum! of it so— typical— the probing, leer- bitter brine, streams of it ing males, the squint-eyed youths, pouring down his head. (9) ART TIMES seeks your opinions, viewpoints, ideas and Even Athena said at last, ‘the mouths gaping— like the gangs I’d complaints on any aspects of the arts. If you have a point met in New York City! gods thwart his passage!’ (10) For a moment I was back there And Penelope, holding Odysseus to make—no matter how controversial—all we ask is that it later: ‘The gods, it was the gods who in the subway racing for the train, be well reasoned and professionally presented. (No adver- up stairs and down again, nearly sent us sorrow—’ (11) retching in the dust, the sparks, the But ‘Zeus harangued the immor- torials, please). Limit yourself to three (3) double-spaced tal powers’: squeal of brakes, of iron rubbing iron, typewritten pages and send with a SASE to: “Speak Out,” reaching for the doors, which closed ‘”Ah how shameless— the as I squeezed through, and left my way these mortals blame the gods. ART TIMES, PO Box 730, Mt. Marion, NY 12456-0730. From us alone, they say, come would-be rapists hooting on the plat- A by-line and tag-line identifying the writer accompanies form: “Fuck you, bitch!” all their miseries, yes, But ‘Women are your fields—’ but they themselves, with all “Speak Out” articles. March 2009 ART TIMES page 13 Dance What Next for a Broadway Baby? By Francine L. Trevens expecting any. A fourteen year old girl, Mary So when one day in school she was Claire Miskell, who has taken danc- called to the office, she wondered if ei- ing lessons since she was four, “more ther her mom or dad were ill, or what like calisthenics then,” she recalls, was wrong that she had a phone call moved into modern dance and move- important enough to take her out of ment which introduced her to “the class. musical thing.” After the call she rushed down- “My mom always liked musicals, stairs to call her mom. my dad was not a big fan.” “I was not emotional, I thought, When she was six, Mary Claire ‘are they kidding?’ I was surprised. It wanted to style food for magazines opened up so many things. Don’t or the food network. At seven-ish know if another call for the rest of my she found TADA! children’s theatre, life could make me so happy.” where her mom took her to see dif- Her reaction was as much a sur- ferent plays. Then she entered their prise to her as the call itself. Maybe summer program and enjoyed it im- it was only then that she realized she mensely. Later she joined the regular really wanted this. Her mom was school year program and even played thrilled and her dad totally support- the lead in one production. She really ive. Both parents had to put them- enjoyed it. selves out to help Mary Claire getting At thirteen, she realized “I can’t to and from rehearsals and perfor- Caption: (L to R) Mary Claire Miskell as Princess Phooey and Jasmine Perez as keep doing this. I can’t rely on it. So mances and sometimes picking up Princess Phooey in TADA! Youth Theater's 2008 World Premiere of Princess Phooey I wanted to be a teacher, teach little and delivering homework when Mary (Photo Courtesy: TADA! Youth Theater) kids, connect with younger kids in a Claire had to miss classes. thrown off. Getting all of this straight lotte on Nov.16. I had to go on as way they can understand.” Mary Claire learned she had been in her head and memory, while keep- Lucy right away on Nov. 11!” Working at the kids theatre had hired to understudy five roles in “13.” ing up with schoolwork was indeed a Charlotte is the one who spreads shown her she had a flair for dealing “Each role was more difficult than challenge. gossip, more part of the ensemble with the younger children. It also had anything I had ever done,” she said. “After performances began, we got than a major role. Lucy is a stereo- shown her being in a musical was lots She was tentative before her first our understudy rehearsals, we worked typical wealthy girl, everyone praises of hard work. Still, when an audition rehearsal, because she was used to on stage and they concentrated on us.” her, she takes control. She was like a notice was posted and a lot of her the warm, supportive atmosphere All understudies were assured little Napoleon as she was the small- cast mates decided to audition notice of TADA! and feared she’d feel out they would get to go on Broadway at est in the group and she was bossing for “13”, a musical to be produced on of place at the “13” rehearsals. The least once. Still it was boring sitting a girl 5’ 9”. Broadway, she decide to audition too. other kids were mostly strangers to at the theatre during performances, a Mary Claire was much taller than She never dreamed she’d end up each other also, and they were all major part of the understudy routine. the original Lucy, but she played it just fine. “That first performance I was on auto pilot. I had so much adrenaline. I was so focused. It all went by really fast. ‘What just happened?’ I asked myself. Getting into the high heels the buckle went through my finger, it was throbbing all through the performance. I held my hand at an odd angle and almost lost my balance. I was so relieved when it was over.” All of the understudies did go on at least once, one went on twelve times. Mary Claire went on again as Lucy Jan 3 for both performances, four times on Broadway total. The kid with the most previous experience went on the least often. Christopher Gattelli, the choreographer was very different than cho- reographers Mary Claire had worked with before. “It was an honor to work with him. He was always serious and worked faster than the ones I was used to working with. Lots of drilling and correcting us constantly.” The cast of 13 (Photo credit: Joan Marcus Photo courtesy of TADA! Youth Theater) She reports all her friends at school and TADA! were delighted on Broadway as 2008 drew to a close. friendly. When told what day she was and excited for her. They came to her “I was really surprised during my She attended rehearsals, followed scheduled to go on Broadway, she performances. It made no difference audition: everyone was so profession- the various actors, writing down their told pals, and 50 people made a group in their relationships with her at the al and calm and assured. Many had blocking. Occasionally, there’d be a from TADA! to attend her Broadway children’s theatre. “We’re all close been on Broadway before. I didn’t call, “Understudies, kick into gear,” debut. there and happy for each other,” she think I stood a chance. One smart move she made, among But something happened before summed up their reactions. “I said to myself, ‘just do this, countless others, “I used a different that date. Her plans for the future – she’ll get through it, you can’t compete,’” color to write down each person’s She was sitting around in her p.js go back to TADA! and continue her recalled the longhaired youngster. blocking.” doing homework when the phone call training and old routine. She went to several callbacks with It’s often hard enough for an ac- came, she was going on sooner than Who can predict what her life’s the same lack of expectation as she tor or dancer to remember her place expected – right away - and in a dif- goals will be when she’s seventeen? learned of the impressive credits of on the stage – but remembering for ferent role! Maybe we have a clue in her remark, the others auditioning. Mary Claire 5 different people was indeed a chal- “We called everyone in our phone “Don’t know if another call for the rest had only performed with children’s lenge. Writing it all down and being books. I kept playing the music as I of my life could make me so happy.” theatre, while one kid auditioning able to figure it out at a glance was was getting ready. Mom did my hair. Whatever the future holds, Mary had been on Broadway 4 times. especially important in terms of the I was so overwhelmed, I had no time Claire Miskell has been on Broadway, Convinced she didn’t have a many dance numbers, for one misstep to be nervous. It was days before I an experience she will never forget. chance, she wasn’t awaiting word or and a whole group of dancers could be was scheduled to go on to play Char- ef March 2009 ART TIMES page 14

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By Robert W. BethuneThe sickness of the standing O The standing O. The ultimate Have we suffered from approval ovations that were done by audienc- When I’m performing, I would seal of approval, greater even than inflation, such that the currency of es that wanted to plant the thought rather have the solid, warm, lasting, Good Housekeeping. The actor’s praise is no longer worth what it in their own minds of having seen thoughtful applause of a genuine dream, worth all those actor’s night- was, and we must now pay out more something very special even if they crowd than the perfunctory, soggy, mares. The solidarity of joining in of it to deliver the same quantum hadn’t. Having invested the time shuffling rise and clap and go of the with the group that has been around of adulation? If it’s true that work and money in coming to the show, insincere one. When I’m in the audi- you all evening and speaking with is still work, and beer is still beer, they find the way to give themselves ence, I’ve taking to planting my tush one emphatic voice. but the money has definitely gone to their money’s worth. The slight self- solidly in my seat until the nasty It should be a rare thing, the hell, is it also true that art is still deception is essentially bullet-proof display dies out, and then getting standing O. A precious and unusual art, and quality is still quality, but — who’s going to tell them they’re out of there at a decent pace while I thing, one that sticks in the memory the way we express admiration has wrong? mentally wash out my ears. as an instant of true beauty, a mo- gone a bit off, like cheese kept too The giveaway is the tempo. The The audience is, after all, the ul- ment to be kept and cherished in the long? real thing happens two ways—intimate arbiter, the final judge. Judg- memory, perhaps even embellished I have been seeing standing ova- stantaneously, like an explosion, or es have a great responsibility, and a bit—after all, standing ovations do tions for performances that were not slowly, with a gathering force like so do audiences. If theater matters, tend to get longer as they live on in rare champagne, or even good wine, a cloudburst. The phony version then audiences matter as part of the remembrance. that were really not even beer. I is always the same—lackadaisical package. The highest accolades need It’s getting cheap. In recent years have seen seeing standing ovations lumbering to the feet, followed by to be sincere, in good earnest, and I have learned that audiences would that I think were led by informal slightly puzzled awkwardness—OK, rare. Have we reformed it indiffer- rather stand than sit while they ap- claques — such things develop in we’ve stood and clapped, can we go ently? O, reform it altogether! plaud. I wonder—does it make get- the small and incestuous world of home now? I hate it from both sides ting out the door a little quicker? theater. I think I have seen standing of the footlights. ef

JOB DESCRIPTION Poets’ Niche MARIGOLDS Some suspect that I’m a hack, I’ve inhaled roses petal by petal. THE SOPRANO scribbling lines on cue, Sniffed gardenias until there’s inspired by a myth-like muse, Your voice! nothing left. Lost myself in cups then sitting back to collect Was it stolen? Was it found? Was it given? of jasmine, honeysuckle, lilacs. the big and easy money writers earn. Whispers say you made a Faustian deal. It is the yellow blooms that forever But here I am on a Friday night You embody envelope me, mind, body and soul. soaking in a sudsy tub, Lucia’s despair, Violetta’s anguish, Juliette’s devotion. Like sweet meringue, sugar on compulsively noting details like Don’t end up like Gilda. candied blossoms, dripping in the immensity of my toe A voice like no other, not maze colored buds. Warm honey mirrored in chrome bath fixtures, To be duplicated, to be abused, to be gifted. puffs, bright orange bunches tightly fishing for a metaphor for sullied snow Please, hide it from Baron Scarpia. scrunched. in the crooked strip of mildewed caulk, Sing! Ruffled lemon trinkets that speak as I listen to the rain drum against the pane With lust, with joy, with passion, to me, lined along fences and paths. in synchrony with my fingers strumming restlessly And add a dash of Musetta. No one can disturb their peace, nothing against the edge of the tub. can compare. Interminable stenographer, We will never cease to listen. Golden nuggets shining in light, I wait for the next poem to float to the surface. Heather Nicaise treasures emerging in my curulean And you couldn’t — and don’t — —Azusa, CA garden. pay me enough to do this job. Cheryl DeVieau Shari O’Brien —Lancaster, CA —Toledo, OH

COLORING BOOK DOWN ON DURANT I’d try with burnt umber the whores are in full bloom. pressed hard or soft to shade Half a block from Krispy-Kreme, EPIGRAPH just the right places so no other they lounge against my brownstone. crayons were needed to color Their masked animal smells The moss has covered o’er my face, it in—a landscape once, mingle with the scent of doughnuts. The candle long burned out, But you may come upon my trace or a circus scene—then They pick impatiens from my window box Somewhere here about. that color gone, used up first, to compliment violet eyelids, From flame to ember, will to did, move to another, my monochrome art the rose of a little girl’s cheek, And wax to wax, we write only gaudy tacked on a wall, or the leopard-print purse That something pierce this coffin lid the colors clashing where one on the transvestite And novices ignite. hung too near to another. who, when I see her on the street, Matthew J. Spireng always asks if I’m a cop. James B. Nicola —New York, NY —Kingston, NY David Higginbotham —Reno, NV

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Linda Malmendier, MS, CASAC To the Editor: question of what is “good”, or what Letters President, It is deeply satisfying to find my is worth looking at for more than a Continued from Page 2 Pine Bush Area Arts Council story [“The Good Daughter”, Jan/Feb few seconds. They are hoping to nar- Pine Bush, NY 2009] in ART TIMES, so profoundly row the field of works vying for their To the Publisher: celebratory of all the arts… attention by applying an abstract, I would like to put in writing the To the Publisher: This event, along with the election mechanical definition. significance of your newspaper to me MANY THANKS!! I really appreciate of Senator Obama, has cast a happy, Each of us has a store of personal personally. the wonderful coverage [Jan/Feb Is- hopeful light on the New Year for encounters with art from which we Six years ago, I moved to the Mid- sue, “Culturally Speaking”]! Happy me. have fashioned our own concept of Hudson area from Syracuse, unfamil- New Year! 2009 will be a good one. May you have a profusion of rea- what belongs in that category. It is iar with any art organizations or any Pia Haas sons to rejoice. like a large mental edifice onto which other communities for that matter. Director, Press/Public Relations Joyce Fuller we keep adding wings and gables, While working out of my office Kings- Westchester Broadway Theatre NYC, NY dormers and turrets, which alter the ton, I happened upon your paper at Elmsford, NY structure and enhance it. the art supply store there. In that To the Editor: The critic’s mental “building” will paper was an ad by Shawn Dell Joyce To the Editor: I have subscribed to ART TIMES for probably be larger than most because for her art classes in Montgomery. Thank you very much for Ginger Bal- many years and have derived great he or she has a broader experience of As it was located near to my house, I izer-Hendler’s recent article about pleasure from your editorials (“Peeks the history of art and the contempo- called and began my art reeducation the exhibits at the Long Island Muse- & Piques!) and from the articles on rary scene. We expect critics to dis- with her. Having graduated from um. Everyone at the museum agreed the various aspects of the art scene. cuss how a newly created piece of art Syracuse University’s art program that it was one of the best reviews However, the Jan/Feb 2009 Issue fits into and alters the vast castle he twenty years ago, I was eager to start we’ve received for an art show in a was, for me, really special. Thank calls “art”, and from that discussion, painting again and thought this was long time. We receive several copies you very much for your kind words we will see how it might fit into and the way to do it. each month of Art Times, which we about my show at the Barrett Art alter ours… Shawn and I came to know and distribute amongst staff and visitors Center [Critique: “Life”: Sam Rein Alan McKnight respect each other and when the Pine to the museum. Our next scheduled Solo Exhibition]. Willow, NY Bush Area Art Council president left, art exhibit is A Shared Aesthetic: I was especially elated to see the (Editor’s Note: With all due respect, Shawn asked if I would consider the Artists of Long Island’s North Fork, photograph of my painting “Killing I think by definition all definition is position. I accepted and the result which will open March 7. Time” on Page One because my late “abstract, mechanical” — else what’s has been very gratifying. As I am Julie Diamond wife, Joanne, was the model for the an OED for? In any event, I do not responsible for finding exhibitors for Director of Communications figure in the painting. Again, thank think it is entirely “up to anyone” to the Crawford Gallery, I have collected The Long Island Museum you, Raymond and Cornelia. make such definitions on art (least a very large data base of local artists of all, critics, who came on the scene Stony Brook, NY Have a healthy and happy New and have become involved with other Year — hundreds of thousands of years after organizations in the area. I coordi- art was being created)….Confucius To the Editor: Sam Rein nate artistic venders for the Walker warned centuries ago how, by using Thank you for publishing my poem Poughkeepsie, NY Valley Enhancement Committee’s language ‘loosely’, we slowly erode “Femmes Fatales” in the December ‘Art in the Park’ event, am involved civilization. ‘A rose by any other 2008 Issue of ART TIMES, and for To the Editor: name’, etc. But thanks for taking the in the River Valley Art Partnership sending several issues to share. Your essay on defining “art” (“Peeks time to read my stuff.) consortium in Bloomingburgh, and Yours is a first-class publication. & Piques!” Jan/Feb 2009) reminds me effective next year, will be on staff at Nancy Riggan of a debate my English department To the Editor: the Wallkill River School, teaching Orange City, IA had in the 1960s about the definition Your book, The Mountain, arrived fashion illustration. of the “novel”. The conclusion we and I am halfway up it now! I can’t express enough how impor- To the Editor: came to was, “A novel is whatever is At a dinner party yesterday, which tant magazines like yours are to net- Great article about Sam [Rein: Jan/ published as a novel”, the author be- included a theater critic, concert pia- work and lend support to all artists in Feb 2009]! So glad you gave him ing free to produce whatever would be nist, theater lyricist/librettist, a com- the region. The degree of talent in the something to smile about! bought and read as a novel — whether poser, an actress and various others, Mid-Hudson region always astounds Claudia Gorman in the form of letters, recitations, I extolled the book saying that any me and I am proud to be a promoter Education Coordinator etc. creative person would automatically and contributor to it. Again, thank DCAA/Barrett School of Art By that criterion, “art” is whatever empathize and fascinated with your you so much for the ART TIME’s Poughkeepsie, NY is displayed as art, and what the crit- ‘Jake’. I certainly am. facilitation in my artistic life. ics you quoted are avoiding is the real I feel about Manhattan the way he does about Overlook [Mountain]… Francine Trevens, ART TIMES Dance Correspondent, NYC, NY The Hudson Valley Art Association, Inc. 78th Annual Exhibition July 6 - July 26 CALL FOR ENTRIES (Editor’s Note: Thanks for the at Ridgewood Art Institute Kent Art Association’s feedback! Apropos your comments, 12 East Glen Ave. Ridgewood, NJ my friend Michael Bassano, opera th singer, remarked that the book “was Jury of Awards 86 Season Early Member Show not about a painter, but a singer!” Oil: John Traynor High praise, indeed!) 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Continued from Page 6 HARRY WILKS: Hudson Valley Photos Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Wash- Calendar ington Ave., Albany, NY (518)463-4478 (thru Jun 7) Albany Sunday, March 8 HILDA GREEN DEMSKY: The Lure of the Land Sheldrake Environmental Center, ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Guild of Creative Art, 620 Broad St., Shrewsbury, 685 Weaver St., Larchmont, NY (914) 834-1443 Opening Reception 2-5pm (thru Jun 12) NJ (732) 741-1441 Opening Reception: 3-5pm (thru Apr 1) NJ Westchester BERENICE PLISKIN: “Taking the Silk Road’ Hiram Halle Memorial Library, 271 MARK MACKINNON: Photography The Photographer’s Place, 508 Main St., Beacon, Westchester Ave-Rte. 124, Pound Ridge, NY (914) 764-5085 Opening Reception: 3-5pm NY (917) 478-7620 Opening Reception: 4pm Dutchess (thru Apr 18) Westchester Sunday, March 15 BLACK AND WHITE Phoenix Fine Arts Gallery, 139 South Country Rd., Bellport, NY AN AFTERNOON WITH GARRISON KEILLOR Bardavon Opera House at UPAC, 601 (631) 776-0811 Opening Reception: 1-3pm (thru Mar 28) Suffolk Broadway Theatre, Kingston, NY (845) 339-6088 (845) 473-2072 3pm charge Ulster GEORGE DIROLF and DAVID ARSENAULT Exhibit The Oakroom Artist's Gallery, ANNUAL SAINT CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA PHOTO, ART AND POETRY EXHIBI- First Unitarian Church, 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady, NY Opening Reception: 12-3:pm TION Parish Center, 112 Erskine Rd., Ringwood, NJ (570) 878-6146 11-4pm NJ (thru Mar 31) Schenectady DA CHEN; PADMA VENKATRAMAN Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Philipse Manor Herb youner Exhibit Upstream Gallery, 26B Main St., Dobbs Ferry, NY (914) 674- Railroad Station, 300 Riverside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY (914) 332-5953 4:30pm charge 8548 Opening Reception 2-5pm (thru Mar 29) Westchester Westchester ISTAR SCHWAGER: “Artist of the Month” Barnes & Noble, Cafe, Kingston, NY Artist's EARLY MEMBERS SHOW The Gallery at the Kent Art Association, 21 South St. (RT 7), Reception 2:30-5pm (thru Mar 31) Ulster Kent, CT (860) 927-3989 (thru APR 12) Litchfield,CT THE MANHATTAN STRING QUARTET The Ulster Chamber Music Series, The FANNIE MENDELSSOHN: A Room Of Her Own Close Encounters with Music, Ma- Church of the Holy Cross, Pine Grove Ave., Kingston, NY (845) 340-9434 3pm charge haiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA (800) 843-0778 2pm charge Berk- Ulster shire, MA WORK BY: LOUIS N. RICCIO, VINCENT J. NARDONE, MIKLOS L. SEBEK Tycoon GARY T. ERBE: 40 Year Retrospective The Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Galleries, 2428 Bridge Ave, Point Pleasant Boro, NJ (908) 670-9041 Reception 2-8pm (thru Ave., Youngstown, OH (330) 743-1107 charge (thru June 7) OH Apr 30) NJ MOëT TRIO Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society, Church of the Messiah, Montgomery St. YOUNG ARTISTS 2009 Katonah Museum of Art, Route 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY (914) (Rt. 9), Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2870 4pm Dutchess 232-9555 (thru Mar 15) Westchester Phoenix bach choir & kansas city chorale Chromatic Concerts, Troy Sav- Monday, March 9 ings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY 518-273-0038 3pm charge Rensselaer DEBORAH MARTIN: Photography Exhibit Warner Library, 121 North Broadway, Tar- RECLAIMED: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker The Jewish rytown, NY (914) 631-7734 Opening Reception 6:30-8:30pm (thru Mar 30) Westchester Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 423-3271 (thru Aug 2) NYC Tuesday, March 10 SEASONAL SHIFT a group exhibit Katonah Museum Artists’ Association (KMAA) THE ROMANTIC OBOE McKenna Theatre, SUNY New Paltz, (845) 257-3844 8pm Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Halpin Lane, Ridgefield, CT (203) 438-8863 Opening Reception charge Ulster 4-7pm (thru Mar 29) CT Wednesday, March 11 THE SIMON QUARTET The Grand Montgomery Chamber & Theatre Series, New Senior Chris Kaczmarek, Sarah Millman and Michael Rivera Fellowship Exhibit West- Center, 36 Bridge St., Montgomery, NY 3pm Orange chester Arts Council, The Arts Exchange, 31 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY (914) Tuesday, March 17 428-4220 x223 Opening Reception 5-7 (thru Apr 22) Westchester ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION 2009 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc., Thursday, March 12 Broome Street Gallery, 498 Broome St., NYC (thru April 5) NYC JENNY HOLZER: Protect Protect Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison CAST IN BRONZE: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution Metropolitan Ave., NYC (212) 570-3633 (thru May 31) NYC Museum of Art, 82nd St. & Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 535-7710 (thru May 24) NYC MARY REILLY: Urban Woodlands Arsenal Gallery, The Arsenal, 3rd Fl.,; Fifth Ave at Wednesday, March 18 64th St., NYC (212) 360-1311 9-5, Mon thru Fri. (thru Apr 30) NYC CONTEMPORARY PRINTS FROM SCOTLAND Center for Contemporary Printmak- Friday, March 13 ing, 299 West Avenue, Norwalk CT (203) 899-7999 Opening Reception 4-7pm (thru May ANNUAL SAINT CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA PHOTO, ART AND POETRY EXHIBI- 16) CT TION Parish Center, 112 Erskine Rd., Ringwood, NJ (570) 878-6146 6-11pm NJ Thursday, March 19 ART & ECOLOGY EXHIBIT Pelham Art Center, 155 Fifth Ave, Pelham, NY (914)738- JUDY CLIFFORD: Solo Show New Century Artist Gallery, 530 W. 25th St, Suite 406, 2525 Opening Reception 6:30-8pm (thru Apr 25) New Rochelle NYC (212) 367-7072 Opening Reception: 5-8pm (thru Mar 28) NYC CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & I PAGLIACCI Bardavon Opera House, 35 Market St., Friday, March 20 Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-5288 8pm charge Dutchess ALL-FRENCH PROGRAM Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, Bard College, Olin Hall, KATE LIGHT; MATT SCHWARTZ Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Philipse Manor Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 246-7045 8pm charge Dutchess Railroad Station, 300 Riverside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY (914) 332-5953 7:30pm charge ART AS SOCIAL AWARENESS—PAINTING Manhattanville College Gallery of Fine Westchester Art, 2900 Purchase St., Purchase, NY (914) 323-5331 Opening Reception 6-9pm (thru Apr SCNY SPRING AUCTION & EXHIBITION Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 10) Westchester 255-7740 8pm (thru Mar 27) NYC EARLY MEMBERS SHOW The Gallery at the Kent Art Association, 21 South St. (RT 7), Saturday, March 14 Kent, CT (860) 927-3989 Opening Reception 5-7 (thru APR 12) Litchfield,CT ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP EXHIBIT Wet Paints Studio Group, BAFFA Art Gallery 47 HIP HOP THEATRE Bardavon Opera House, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie, NY (845) Gillette Ave., Sayville (631) 589-7343 Opening Reception 7-9pm Suffolk 473-5288 7pm charge Dutchess ALUMNI EXHIBITION Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock, NY (845) MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS 1543-2008 William Benton Museum of Art, University of 679-2388 Opening Reception 2-4pm (thru May 2) Ulster CT, The East Gallery, 245 Glenbrook Rd., Storrs, CT (860) 486-4520 Opening Reception ANNUAL SAINT CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA PHOTO, ART AND POETRY EXHIBI- 5-7:30pm (thru May 10) Tolland, CT TION Parish Center, 112 Erskine Rd., Ringwood, NJ (570) 878-6146 3-11pm NJ OPEN MIKE Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Philipse Manor Railroad Station, 300 Riv- ASSOCIATE AWARDS SHOW Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 126 Larchmont Ave., Larch- erside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY (914) 332-5953 8pm charge Westchester mont, NY (914) 834-1117 Artist's Reception 3-5pm (thru Mar 21) Westchester SCNY SPRING AUCTION & EXHIBITION Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) BLAKE BAILEY and MAX RUDIN in Conversation Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 255-7740 8pm (thru Mar 27) NYC Ossining Library, 53 Croton Ave., Ossining, NY (914) 941-2416 4:30 Westchester Continued on Page 20 March 2009 ART TIMES page 20 Continued from Page 19

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