Astrid Fitzgerald show at pop-up gallery in High Falls
Recently vacated storefronts in a business district are a sad reminder of our tough economy. The empty windows once filled with eye-catching merchandise now showcase an empty and barren room – one that…
Bob Draffen retrospective
I hadn’t seen Bob Draffen in close to 20 years when I ran into his wife Ann at a show in High Falls of works by the late Jan Sawka. Draffen, Sawka and…
A whale to unveil this weekend in Saugerties
Saugerties is bounding, culturewise. With its gallery scene suddenly revived, growing crowds of regular visitors coming to town via the regular Horseshows in the Sun (HITS) venue, as well as the new and…
Photographer Roberta Price’s work on communes at Bethel Woods
The concept of communal living has been around a long time – probably as long as people have, although the so-called American Dream of owning a private home has made it less fashionable…
New exhibitions open this Saturday in Kingston
Independence weekend in the heat of early July: What a great time to head down to the Rondout section of Kingston for some art openings and the heady cultural climate of a hip…
Expert botanical artists host exhibit at Accord’s Hollengold Farm this Saturday
Students from Patty Mooney’s advanced art class at Saugerties High School sit around a couple of tables in the upstairs studio of botanical artist Wendy Hollender, bent over paper, staring at single blossoms,…
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…
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…
Nora Scarlett’s “Trunks of the Gunks” at Unison
When we’re out hiking in the Gunks together, my Significant Other is always looking at the big picture, shooting the kind of thrilling landscape shots that his Nikon and his collection of…
