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ARTSCAPE: Art in a Landscape Studio Tour

ARTSCAPE: Art in a Landscape Studio Tour is offered this year on Saturday and Sunday, May 17 & 18, 2008, from 10 AM – 4 PM. ARTSCAPE features the work of 14 artists from Columbia County and offers a unique opportunity for art lovers to see outstanding works of art in the studios in which they were created. These are private spaces that are open to the public exclusively for this event.

Various approaches to painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media installations come to life with this singular group of artists.  This year's tour brings together the talents of Allyson Strafella (Hudson), Dawn Breeze (Hudson), Georgia Ranney (Valatie), Dan Devine (At Art Omi, Ghent), Fred Jones (Hudson), Giovanni DiMola (Hudson), Ieva Mediodia (Hudson), Karen Halverson (North Chatham), Ken Polinskie  (North Germantown), Martha Lloyd (Germantown), Mimi Czajka Graminski (Red Hook), Mona Mark (Malden Bridge), Myron Polenberg (Hudson) and Sarah Sterling (Hudson). Many of these artists are well known and show in New York and around the country.  All are enthusiastic about sharing their work in their studios with visitors on the tour and engaging in dialogue about their art. Most of the work in the studios is available for purchase.

Artscape Studio Tour tickets are $25 per person. (Visit www.artscapestudiotour.com for all the details.) with a 10% discount for CCCA members.

"I try to bring collectors and art lovers to the artists in their own environment," says Tour Chairman and CCCA Board Member Susan B. Anthony. " Artscape is the only event of it's kind in the county. It is a magical way to see the work of significant artists and enjoy and the work of nature along the way…"

As a part of Artscape 2008, Greg Lock, a sculptor and professor, will be creating a sculptural installation and video artwork based upon the annual studio tour event. This will be a study of the entire tour in Virtual Reality. Greg is planning to create a 3D computer model of each and every participant's studio, be it a building or room. These modular sketches, formed on the computer, will have minimal architectural detailing yet act as a recognizable signature of each creative space. From the computer models he will generate actual forms using a 3D printer. A LOM (Layered Object Manufacture) printer will produce small white sculptures (in a vinyl/plaster compound) of each studio space. These will be the base element of the installation. Within a simulated environment at the CCCA office (209 Warren) the studios will react to gravity wind and momentum.  This installation will be ready to be experienced in early May.

Artscape After Hours, a benefit celebration, provides another opportunity to meet with participating artists.   It will be hosted by CCCA and Dennis Wedlick at Hudson River Studio, at 17 North 4th Street in Hudson at the corner of Columbia Street on Saturday evening May 17th From 5-7 pm. Festivities will feature action painting by Chelle Mayer and musician Slink Moss.  Curator Melissa Stafford, a will offer an introduction to her latest effort, Plugged In, which features 25 new media installations by 15 artists, throughout the city of Hudson.  Plugged will be premiering the same evening. . Tickets for Artscape after are available at $75 per person, $125 per couple.

Please visit www.artscapestudiotour.com for more details, an online tour catalogue and to purchase tickets for both Artscape Studio Tour and Artscape After Hours.

Tickets may also be purchased at Chatham Bookstore, The Hawthorne Valley Farm Store in Harlemville, Boulay Antiques, 530 Warren Street, and the CCCA, 209 Warren Street, Hudson and by phone from the CCCA at 518 671-6213.

This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.

Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts 4th Annual Summer Institute in the Berkshires

Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts (SVA) and Darrow School, of New Lebanon, New York, presents its fourth annual Summer Institute in the Berkshires, a series of week-long and weekend intensive artists’ workshops. Roberto Juarez, Nancy Chunn, Nicolas Touron and other accomplished artists based in New York City join their Columbia County counterparts to teach painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, woodworking and copper working. This year the Summer Institute introduces a new workshop, Sculpture: Bronze Casting, taught by Chatham resident and chair of the SVA Art Education program, Rose Viggiano. To accommodate busy schedules, the 2008 curriculum also includes new weekend Copper Working and Kinetic Sculpture Workshops.

The Summer Institute is a great opportunity for members of the community to study with SVA’s distinguished faculty.  The program is designed to foster experimentation in art-making, providing a stimulating environment for artists to create, discuss and develop their artwork.

Week-long sessions are scheduled for July 7 through 25 and start at $470; weekend sessions cost from $330 to $375 including tuition and materials fees. Participants may elect to receive one undergraduate credit per course from SVA at the rate of $620 per course (additional materials or lab fees may apply).

For more information contact Akiko Aubel, Associate Director, Division of Continuing Education at (212)592.2052, e-mail aaubel@sva.edu or visit: www.sva.edu/berkshires

Established in 2005 by the School of Visual Arts and Darrow School of New Lebanon, the Summer Institute in the Berkshires offers a challenging and stimulating environment for artists to come together to create, discuss and develop their artwork while enjoying all that makes the Berkshires a summer haven for the arts. Participants enjoy the opportunity to work and exhibit in a community of their peers under the guidance of an outstanding faculty of working professionals.

School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City is an established leader and innovator in the education of artists. From its inception in 1947, the faculty has been comprised of professionals working in the arts and art-related fields. SVA provides an environment that nurtures creativity, inventiveness and experimentation, enabling students to develop a strong sense of identity and a clear direction of purpose.

Darrow School is a co-ed, college-preparatory boarding and day school for grades 9-12, offering active, hands-on learning in a close-knit community. The School is located at the Mt. Lebanon Shaker Village, a unique mountainside setting of unparalleled beauty and historic significance. The newly constructed Joline Arts Center provides an ideal environment in which students can create and exhibit their artwork. The 12,000-square-foot facility, with panoramic views of the Lebanon Valley, offers spacious studios, workrooms and classrooms that support and inspire creativity.

The Catskill Community Center Art Exhibition and Wine Tasting

Please join the Catskill Community Center as it introduces its newly renovated Gallery/Program space with an Art  Exhibition, Lecture, and Wine Tasting.  Susan Wides and Fawn Potash will  show their photography and mixed-media artwork while Michael Albin of Hudson Wine Merchants hosts a Wine Tasting.  Susan Wides will present A Sense of Place, which is the story behind her critically-acclaimed Kaaterskill and Mannahatta series of photographs.  This special event is a benefit in support of the Community Center's Photography Program for children, led by Fawn Potash. 

The event takes place Friday, May 9th, with the following schedule: 

Wine Tasting:  7pm - 8pm

Photography Lecture:  8pm

Location: the Catskill Community Center, 344 Main Street, Catskill Space is limited.

  Tickets ($20) will be on sale at the door, but reservations will help us plan.  Paid reservations may be made in person at either City Lights, 365 Main St, or Hood & Co., 432 Main Street, Catskill.

This benefit is the first part of a big celebration weekend at the Community Center.  On Saturday May 10th, we will also hold an Open House, officially unveiling our new Welcome Center and introducing upcoming programming with tours, a program fair featuring information and sign-ups, teen poetry reading, food and MUCH, MUCH more!!

Catskill Community Center
Engaging Our Youth, Strengthening Our Community

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