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Page 1 ALBANY, NY PERMIT #486 Published by the Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414 • Issue 105 • July/August 2015 GCCA’s Encourages GiveCommunity and Take Interaction & Participation through Susan Wides, Claudia McNulty and Maria Kolodziej-Zincio, has the Arts been awarded a Decentralization Individual Artist Grant (DEC/ by Valerie Ohm IA), a local regrant program of New York State Council on the Arts administered by GCCA to , provide support for artists in the a provocativeGive andanddTk Takeinspiring production of original work. collection featuring the work of DEC/IA awards are intended artists exploring the impact of to benefi t artists by creating heard and unheard community a dialogue with a community voices, will be on view at the that inspires or impacts the Greene County Council on the artist’s creative process and by Arts from August 1 through encouraging personal artistic September 5, 2015 with an growth. Proposals are sought from opening reception on Saturday, the areas of music composition, August 8 from 5-7 pm at the choreography, literary arts, GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 playwriting, fi lm, and visual arts. Main Street, Catskill, NY. The GCCA reviews and awards the exhibit will coincide with the grant annually to one Greene GCCA’s showing of Jill Skupin County artist and one Columbia Burkholder’s Hidden Worlds in County artist. This show marks the Catskills and launches GCCA’s GCCA’s 40th anniversary of serving th 40 anniversary year. the local community through “Give and Take” presents the arts. GCCA administers the stimulating perspectives of Cultural Fund, a multi-source Greene and Columbia County program that regrants an artists who encourage dia- average of $120,000 each year logues and engage viewers with to arts organizations, individual historical and contemporary artists, and local not-for-profi t issues, stimulating refl ection organizations for quality public upon modern society. The projects arts programming and activities. demonstrate the power of art and Our County Initiative Program, its impact on the community, funded by the Greene County serving as an expressive vessel for Legislature, provides support conversation and enlightenment, to Greene County’s established giving an outlet to the experiences cultural organizations. of both individuals and groups. Acclaimed photographer This ongoing discourse provokes Susan Wides has exhibited contemplation of the world we throughout the U.S. and Europe live in, questioning its moral and in solo shows at The Center Above: Sunset Rock [October 8th, 2007], Susan Wides. C-print, 50” x 40”; societal structures. Each of the for Creative Photography, AZ; Above Right: Corn Porn, Claudia McNulty; Corn Porn, Step Right This Way Claudia McNulty. artists in the show, including continued on page 12 GCCA’s Hidden Worlds in the Catskills Reveals Where the Wild Things Really Are by Valerie Ohm and Molly Stinchfi eld The Greene County Council with a process combining sur- On most images, she reverses the Above left: Rabbit Disappearing, Jill Skupin Burkholder, photography with on the Arts is proud to unveil Jill veillance-style snapshots of wild- images as negatives: shadows, digital enhancement and encaustic beeswax; Skupin Burkholder’s solo show life and hand-worked, stylized plants and animals appear white, Above right: Fox on Hillside, Jill Skupin Burkholder, photography with digital Hidden Worlds in the Catskills, photographic prints. To capture while the highlights and sun enhancement and encaustic beeswax. on view from Saturday, August 1 the images, Burkholder collabo- patches are black and grey. The through September 5, 2015 with rated with hunters and wildlife imagery is bewitching: selectively an opening reception on Saturday, enthusiasts in Greene County blurred forms of animals fl oat On view through August 8 from 5-7 pm at the to select locations in known across the woodlands like appa- GCCA Catskill Gallery located at wildlife habitats in the Catskills. ritions. July 25th 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY. The Local forest animals triggered Since 1985, Burkholder has at the GCCA exhibit, which features a selection the motion sensitive camera, studied both analog and digital of photographs that Burkholder recording a high resolution photography, exploring other Catskill Gallery made with funds received from a digital image to the camera’s uniquely unconventional tech- Decentralization Individual Artist memory card and simultaneously niques and experimenting with Greene County Council on the Grant, a local regrant program transmitting a preview image to texture and surface dimension Arts presents Sarah Barker’s of NYSCA, and administered an iPhone. with the specialized bromoil and succulent and contemplative paintings “Plant Spirit Series” by GCCA. Burkholder’s exhibit These blurred photographic encaustic processes. These alter- in her solo exhibit on the second fl oor. The themes of nature, obser- will coincide with GCCA’s group moments, with composition and native methods contribute to the vation and healing in Barker’s work inspired the intimate group show, “Give and Take”, a select subject matter dictated entirely distinctively ghostly yet hypno- exhibition “Microcosm,” also currently on view in the downstairs group of past recipients of the by chance, become elevated to tizing aura that characterizes her gallery. Pictured is Wild Carrot, by Sarah Barker, 2015. 20 x 20 DEC Individual Artist award. fi ne art as Burkholder prints work. in., Mixed Media. Burkholder’s series Hidden them with a combination of inter- The artist intends to foster The GCCA Catskill Gallery is located at 398 Main Street Worlds in the Catskills uncovers pretive digital enhancement and more intimate connections Gallery with hours Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday the natural wonders of the region encaustic beeswax techniques. continued on page 13 noon to 5 p.m. See page 15 for more information. 4400 GCCA IS CELEBRATINGNGG yyears e a r s OF PROMOTING ARTISTIC & CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREENE COUNTY RESIDENTS & GUESTS. Presenting Cultural Events & Opportunities for the Twin Counties. www.greenarts.org Page 2 July/August 2015 ALIVE GREENE Ciao Colette, Salutations Sara! COUNTY COUNCIL ON The GCCA welcomes Sara Pruiksma as THE ARTS DEC Community Arts Grant Coordinator BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Greene County Council consultant to museums, galleries, State University of New York in Assistant at May and Watkins David Slutzky, President on the Arts is delighted to and schools). 2011. Design. Bill Deane, 1st Vice President announce Sara Pruiksma as the You may already be familiar Sara has previously served While attending graduate Jeff Friedman, Treasurer new DEC Community Arts Grant with Sara Pruiksma through on the Board of Directors for The school, Pruiksma founded, Paul Poplock, Assistant Treasurer Coordinator, as Colette Lemmon her 12 years of non-profi t arts, Athens Cultural Center, and the directed and curated a gallery Lawrence Krajeski, Secretary departs from her 13 years in the and visual arts experience in the Contemporary Artists Center in in Albany, NY. She now looks Jeff Friedman position. Lemmon will continue region. Sara received her BFA, Troy, NY. She recently taught an forward to supporting some of the Kico Govantes to be active in the arts, as Curator Magna Cum Laude, from Alfred intermediate mixed media course same talented artists through her Liz Kirkhus of Exhibitions at the Iroquois University School of Art and “How to Speak Botanically” at the new position as DEC Coordinator, Nancey Rosensweig Laura Segall Museum (Howes Cave, NY), and Design, and graduated with her Art School of Columbia County, and meeting many new creatives John Sowle as a “gun for hire” (independent Masters in Fine Arts from the is an active artist, and a Design in the area. Brenda Taylor “Art is greater than the indi- Sheila Trautman vidual artist” says Pruiksma, “we need to celebrate creativity as a BOARD OF ADVISORS community.” “Part of the creative Casey Biggs, Chairman cycle is getting your art and your- Karl T. Anis self out into the world, and there’s Jared Aswegan June Battisti no better place to start than in Susan Beecher your own community.” Dick Brooks To reach Sara and inquire Andrea Cunliffe about this year’s Community Frank Cuthbert Grant Opportunities, email: Louise Hughes [email protected]. Ronnie McCue Kim McLean Patrick D. Milbourn Patti Morrow James Parrish Far left: Newly-wed and newly Ruth Sachs hired Sara Pruiksma rides on Robert Sheridan horseback the day after her Michael Smith wedding, three weeks after being Reginald Willcocks hired at GCCA and 29 days after her birthday. Sara and husband, Mike Rizzo, enjoyed their STAFF honeymoon in Vermont. Kay Stamer Left: Colette Lemmon embarks Executive Director on a new adventure as Curator Sharon Shepherd of Exhibitions at the Iroquois Assistant to the Director; Museum after 14 years at GCCA. Membership Coordinator; Arts Alive Editor Sara Pruiksma-Rizzo Community Arts Grant Coordinator Renee Nied Coordinator Community It is not too late to Register for Arts Grants, Schoharie Molly Stinchfi eld GCCA ‘Sprouts’ Program Visual Arts Director Fawn Potash Registration is still available for Sprouts, the Greene County Masters on Main Coordinator Council on the Arts summer arts program throughout Greene County. Dale Loughran & Donna Trunzo Best of all and thanks to corporate, municipal and private donations “Sprouts” Program Co-Directors the Sprouts Program is free for children ages 3 to 7 who live