AALBANYY, NY PERMIMIT #486 Published by the Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414 • Issue 120 • January/February 2018 GCCA Launches 2018 with Ginnie Gardiner & Martin Katzoff CONVERSATIONS IN COLOR A TWO- PERSON EXHIBITION Left: Venice Beach, 1999, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 60 inches by Ginnie Gardiner Right: Untitled Exploration #2, 2016, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 72 inches by Martin Katzoff Greene County Council on the Conversations in Color are from her “Talking http://ginniegardiner.com/visual-thinking/. anxieties with the objective of moving Arts (GCCA) launches its 2018 season with Tiepolo” series that she created in the Ginnie Gardiner graduated from through time, some fi gural elements repre- with “Ginnie Gardiner & Martin Katzoff: late 1990’s. Inspired by Baroque master Cornell University with a Bachelor of Fine sent interpreted personal experiences, Conversations in Color.” The concept of the Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770), this Arts in 1974. In 2005, Ginnie and her but the main objective of the series was to exhibition came from a pairing of the two series resulted in two solo exhibitions in husband moved to Catskill, where they loosen up and go along for the ride.” artists works at the Patricia Field ArtFashion New York and Minneapolis in 2000, and purchased, renovated and restored the Katzoff is originally from Providence, show in October 2017 by production depicts images fusing Baroque references Catskill Lyceum, a Federal era building, Rhode Island, and has been living in Catskill designer Geoff Howell. GCCA’s Visual Arts with a range of contemporary images in where Thomas Cole gave his lectures on for the past few years as he studies for his Director, Niva Dorell, was struck by the layered pictorial spaces, producing paint- American Scenery in 1836. Gardiner’s recent Bachelor of Fine Arts at Bard College. He similarities in gesture and fl ow between ings rich in color and dramatic fi guration. paintings will be featured in a solo exhi- cites the beautiful nature of the Hudson the two artists’ vibrant paintings. The paint- Gardiner cites a passage from ‘Tiepolo and bition titled “The Color Prophecies” at the Valley as a major infl uence on his recent ings seemed to be talking to each other the Pictorial Intelligence,’ written by Svetlana Woodstock Artists Association and Museum artwork. He is currently involved in a project from across time and canvases. Gardiner Alpers and Michael Baxandall, as a perfect from October 20– November 25, 2018. with Freehand Hotels, painting murals at their and Katzoff, both Catskill residents, will summation of her personal approach to Martin Katzoff’s paintings in soon-to-open location in Gramercy Park. participate in an Artist Talk about painting creating these images: “The mind plays Conversations in Color, from his Untitled The Greene County Council on the and color during the exhibition. They will with images, and they can take different Exploration series, are more abstract than Arts Gallery is located at 398 Main Street also be present at the opening reception, forms: fi gures can drift between two and Gardiner’s, but no less vibrant or rich in in Catskill,b NY.b Gallery hours are Monday which will be held on Saturday, January 27, three dimensions before full recognition; texture. A printmaker as well as painter, through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 2018 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at the GCCA’s they are curiously medium-free; they can Katzoff primarily creates from a place of p.m. and Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 Catskill Gallery immediately following the move in slow motion…the array displays a intuition. With this series, he says he was p.m. GCCA is closed on Sundays. For more GCCA Annual Membership Meeting. The coherence, but is strange or bizarre; time attempting to access a roadmap to a information on upcoming exhibits, events, GCCA Catskill Gallery is located at 398 Main is not an issue.” Tiepolo’s amazing frescos, subconscious perception of experience of artist and grant opportunities, visit www. Street,bCatskill,bNY.bBoth events will be free and Gardiner’s connection with them, can reality, and conveying a sense of freedom greenearts.org or callb518-943-3400. and open to the public. be explored further on her website’s ‘Visual and openness in how they are interpreted. Gardiner’s large-scale oil paintings in Thinking’ blog ‘Time Traveling With Tiepolo’: “Each painting represents the release of GCCA Annual Membership SSAVEAVE TTHEHE DDATE!ATE! Meeting AAprilpril 77,, 22018018 GCCA’s 30th Annual Beaux Art Ball January 27, 2018 Masked Ball & Black Tie Bistro Fine Dining, Live Music & Dancing Copper Tree Restaurant, Hunter Resort, Hunter, NY Above: GCCA Board Member Nancey Rosenswieg and Dan Arshack. Please join GCCA Staff and Members Please visit page 16 for more information! Below: GCCA Artist members Dan and Jill Burkholder. on the Board of Directors on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at our Catskill Gallery in Catskill, NY for the Annual Membership Meeting of the Greene County Council on the Arts, now in its 42nd year of service to the communities in Greene, Columbia and Schoharie counties. The offi cial meeting will take place at 4 pm just before the opening reception (5-7 pm) for the fi rst of the 2018 exhibits "Ginnie Gardiner & Martin Katzoff: Conversations in Color" whose works will be on display through March 10, 2018.b Meet the artists and join your fellow GCCA members in viewing the inaugural 2018 exhibit, too. All current members possessing a valid GCCA membership are urged to attend. If your membership has lapsed, come and renew it by calling GCCA at 518-943-3400 or online atb www. greenearts.org/membership/. For those interested in becoming a member for the fi rst time, this meeting will introduce you to the Council’s work, so please plan to attend and watch for updates, too. All of us at the GCCA look forward to seeing you at the 42nd Annual JEAN AND DAVID SLUTZKY Membership Meeting Saturday, January 27, 2018, 4PM, at our Catskill Gallery will host GCCA’s 30th ANNUAL located at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY. BEAUX ARTS BALL Happy New Year! Photo by fotopic.com Presenting Cultural Events & Opportunities for Greene, Columbia & Schoharie Counties. www.greenearts.org 4 Page 2 2018 Janurary/February ALIVE GREENE COUNTY Editor’s Note: COUNCIL ON THE ARTS The image of model Eve in a Suzan Pitt design that appeared on the cover of the 2017 November/December Arts Alive issue was inad- vertently credited to Chuck Pierce Photography. In fact this image was BOARD OF DIRECTORS taken by Emily Haliotis whose photographs at GCCA’s Patricia Field ART Fashion event were also outstanding and impressive. I apologize for the David Slutzky, President Bill Deane, 1st Vice President mistake and will take this opportunity to show our readers another great Jeff Friedman, Treasurer moment captured by Emily Haliotis during the event; model Matel in Paul Poplock, Assistant Treasurer Jodi Morlock design. Lawrence Krajeski, Secretary Sharon Shepherd, Editor. Kico Govantes Liz Kirkhus Nancey Rosensweig Laura Segall Left: Eve in Suzan Pitt. Right: Matel in Jodi Morlock. Images by Emily Haliotis. Thomas Silvious Sheila Trautman BOARD OF ADVISORS Karl T. Anis Ava Barbour Meet Dick Brooks Frank Cuthbert Dennis Michel Goldberg Ronnie McCue Kim McLean Shaw Patrick D. Milbourn Patti Morrow Coordinator Ruth Sachs Robert Sheridan Community John Sowle Arts Grants, STAFF Kay Stamer Schoharie Executive Director Sharon Shepherd Assistant Director; You may have noticed the shock of Renee moving wore off Membership Coordinator; picture is not of Renee Nied, and the notices for the Coordinator Arts Alive Editor please meet Dennis Shaw, GCCA’s Community Arts Grants, Schoharie Margaret Uhalde new Coordinator Community Arts were posted I realized this might Community Arts Grants Grants for Schoharie County. not only be a position I would Coordinator Dennis writes, “Renee, my enjoy and be challenged by, but Dennis Shaw good friend and associate in the arts, one that I have experience in and Coordinator Community stepped down from her position as am qualifi ed. So here I am, much Arts Grants, Schoharie Community Arts Grants Coordinator to learn, but determined that I Niva Dorell for Schoharie County to move will make the same commitment Visual Arts Director to Vermont. My fi rst reaction those who came before me. I when I heard the announcement will continue to assist the many Ruth Leonard, Tara Van Roy was shock. I worked with Renee Schoharie County artists seeking and Erika Russo through the Greene County support through the Community “Sprouts” Program Co-Directors Council on the Arts and before that Arts Grant Program so they will Patricia Britton the Schoharie County Council on receive the promotion and recog- Bookkeeper the Arts for many years. In addition nition they deserve.” Will Barnds I was the recipient of two Individual Dennis and his wife, Posie, Catskill Gallery Reception, Artist Grants and three Community reside in Richmondville, NY where What Has The Sprouts Program Been Up To courtesy Associates for Training Project Support Grants, so I had he is the owner/operator of Shaw Since the End of Our Summer Session? and Development the opportunity to work closely Video Productions. He currently with Renee. is on the Board of Directors of CONSULTANTS For the past nine years I Theater Project of Schoharie CREATING A TREE WITH Anthony Rago wrote the grant application for the County, Richmondville Historical Apogee Webmaster Richmondville Historical Society’s Society and serves on the Village THOUGHTS ABOUT PEACE! YAMA Industrials, Inc. Music at the Mill Summer Concert of Richmondville Planning Board.