Opus 40 celebrates monolith’s 50th anniversary this Saturday
The nine-ton monolith at the heart of Opus 40 is more than the centerpiece of Harvey Fite’s massive work in stone, according to Tad Richards, Fite’s stepson and current artistic director of the…
Philippe Petit, Peter Schickele & Jane Bloodgood-Abrams to receive “The ASKar”
The Art Society of Kingston (ASK)’s upcoming gala at the Steel House on Saturday, May 19 honors three very different artists: Philippe Petit, the “poet laureate” of the highwire, most famous for his…
Vogue venture at Cornell Street Studios
“Passion for Fashion” opening to spotlight Helen Schofield and more than 40 local artists this Saturday at Kingston’s Cornell Street Studios Cornell Street Studios in Kingston will launch their spring exhibit “Passion…
Sparkle Park installation in Bearsville to raise awareness of human trafficking
Recording artist Sarah Fimm and friends are going to hang thousands of tiny mirrors and place hundreds of solar hummingbirds in the trees and shrubs behind the Bearsville Theatre next month and illuminate…
Artworks by Louis Rémy Mignot at Cedar Grove in Catskill
The new season’s underway up at Cedar Grove, the Thomas Cole home in Catskill that has become a treasure-trove of the Valley’s academic art world. More than just a museum of one celebrated…
What’s the buzz? New exhibit at Storm King Art Center features apiary
Nora Lawrence, associate curator at Storm King Art Center, was so taken with Peter Coffin’s piece Music for Plants at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris that she approached the artist about possibly…
Tribe vibes
Talk about a talented family: Jerry Teters is a professional drummer, art teacher and painter who lives in New Paltz. His wife, Betty Marton, is a writer who just started a business specializing…
Electronic tonic: Bob Lukomski and experimental music in the Hudson Valley
On a spring day in the late ‘80s, I took a rowboat out to Esopus Island with Mark Marinoff, Phil Farber and some other friends. After exploring the rocky little island – a…
In mineral time: Vly artist Tim Rowan’s stone sculptures
A walk into Tim Rowan’s studio at the end of a long, rocky driveway, situated deep in the woods above Stone Ridge, will give you the immediate impression that this guy communicates with…
Saugerties Performing Arts Factory opens this weekend
When Erica and Gerard Price first visited the abandoned 55,000-square-foot factory off Ulster Avenue just west of the village of Saugerties in 2010, the roof was caving in, puddles covered the floor and…
