Henry Hudson spawns Dutch art invasion
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The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) in Poughkeepsie, in celebration of the quadricentennial, is preparing an exhibition of contemporary Dutch installation art titled “Double Dutch,” which will open Sept. 13 and run through July 26, 2010.
The show features 16 top Dutch installation artists. The space consists of 11,000 square feet, with 24-foot-high ceilings. The exhibition will extend to the Hudson River waterfront where several major site-specific works will be placed.
Much of the work has been created just for this exhibition, including work by three artists who came to Peekskill for the HVCCA artist-in-residence program, which provides artists with the opportunity to create long-term installations, as well as the opportunity to interact through panel discussions and dialogues with the community. To date the program has been limited to artists who have never before exhibited in a U.S. institution.
Founded by the Straus family, HVCCA, launched in 2004, acts as a major exhibition space for presenting challenging works of contemporary art from the international community. The institution”™s education and outreach programs are dedicated to creating an understanding, through works of art, that human beings worldwide have common needs and desires channeled through variations of cultural, ethnic and religious practices.
The exhibition, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson”™s voyage, is meant to explore our nation”™s Dutch roots.   For more information, contact Irma Jansen, HVCCA associate director, at irmajansen@hvcca.org or call 273-6618.
The river in (very good) art
The Hudson River School artists”™ exhibition from the New-York Historical Society
opened at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz July 11.
Titled “The Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th-Century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society,” the collection of paintings in the exhibit includes several recently conserved paintings not shown in more than 50 years.
This headliner exhibition “Art & The River” coincides with New York state”™s Hudson 400th and will showcase 45 landscape paintings by Hudson River School artists selected from the permanent collection of the New-York Historical Society featuring paintings executed between 1818 and 1892.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for the Dorsky Museum and also for Hudson Valley residents and visitors,” said Sara Pasti, museum director.
Curated by Dr. Linda S. Ferber, historical society senior art historian and organized by the museum and the historical society, the exhibit will be on view through December and will appear only at The Dorsky Museum. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Important landscape paintings by Albert Bierstadt, John W. Casilear, Thomas Cole, Jasper Cropsey, Asher B. Durand and George Inness will be organized geographically, starting at the mouth of the Hudson in New York”™s harbor and following the river”™s course northward and eventually westward along the Erie Canal.
The series will also present a complete photographic panorama of the Hudson River, including both banks and stretching from Manhattan to Albany titled “Panorama of the Hudson River” by Monroe-based landscape photographer Greg Miller.
The exhibition was made possible with a $143,449 Federal grant from U.S. Rep. and New Paltz alumnus Maurice Hinchey and the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
Support was also received from M&T Bank, Jacobowitz & Gubits, Timely Signs of Kingston Inc., the Friends of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, and SUNY New Paltz.
Suggested admission to The Dorsky Museum is $5. For event details, reservations, accessibility or directions, call 257-3844. The museum will be open Wednesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed Mondays, Tuesdays and national and university holidays. Â
Other events at the museum include:Â
”¢ July 18 – a reception celebrating “Art Along the Hudson””Third Saturdays in New Paltz.” 5 to 8 p.m. Â
”¢ Sept. 19 – public opening of “The Hudson River: A Great American Treasure” by Greg Miller. This will be the second Miller show in the Art & the River series. 4 to 6 p.m.
”¢ Sept. 19 – public opening of “Riverbank: Philippine Hoegen and Carolien Stikker.” 4 to 6 p.m.Â
”¢ Nov. 7 – Hudson River School symposium “Revisiting the Hudson: 19th-Century Landscape Painting in Context,” organized by SUNY New Paltz professor Dr. Kerry Dean Carso. 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Â
Call for Kingston 2010 calendar entries
The Arts Society of Kingston (ASK) is calling for photos to be considered for the 2010 Kingston wall calendar titled “A Photographic Celebration of Kingston,” which will be professionally produced with photo credits for the photographers and captions for the photographic sites.
Specifications:
1. Deadline is Aug. 5. Deliver submissions to the Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston 12401 by Aug. 5 or mail them postmarked by the same date. ASK hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 6 pm. This date is firm.
2. Three entries per photographer.
3. Photographs must have been recently taken at locations within the city of Kingston limits, depicting the “Celebration of Kingston.”
4. Macro (close-up) images will not be accepted, unless such effect can be viewed as in keeping with “Celebration of Kingston” in a recognizable way.
5. Submit a printed copy of your image(s), not matted but in a protective sleeve and labeled on the back with:
Ӣ ArtistӪs name
Ӣ Email and phone number
Ӣ Title of photo(s)
Ӣ Location of photo
 Photos will be printed at 9×12” on the calendar pages. Therefore photos, which should be submitted at 7.5×10”, will maintain their same proportions.
6. Submissions must also be accompanied by a CD containing image(s) 9×12” at 300 dpi as a .tiff or a very high-resolution jpeg. CDs must be labeled and an accompanying text document must contain:
Ӣ ArtistӪs name
Ӣ Email and phone number
Ӣ Title of photo(s)
Ӣ Location of photo(s)
Ӣ Brief description of photo(s)
Ӣ Brief artist bio.
7. Fill out the Photo Release Form and return to ASK with your submission. It can be downloaded at ASKforArts.org.
8. Notification of winning photos will take place by Aug. 31, by email. Photos and accompanying materials will not be returned.
For more information call ASK at 338-0331.
Locust Grove free concerts
The grand veranda of the Italianate mansion Locust Grove is transformed into a stage for the 10th annual free Lawn Concert Series, live music performances titled “Celebrating 400 Years on the Hudson – A Musical Journey through Time.”
Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse Historic Site, is a 180-ace estate located at 2683 South Road in Poughkeepsie, just two miles south of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
The concerts will take place Sundays, from 1 to 3 p.m., July 19Â to Aug. 23.
In commemoration of the 2009 quadricentennial, the concert series will showcase music genres from the past 400 years, baroque to rock. Bring lawn chairs, food, drink and a blanket.
The concerts are made possible through title sponsor MVP Health Care with support from Ulster Savings Bank, Dutchess County Arts Council and Palmiter Benefits Group.
Concert schedule:
Sunday, July 19: The Tudor Brass Players: Baroque compositions to celebrate the 1600s and contemporary favorites.
Sunday, July 26: Cambiata Chamber Players: Mozart to Tchaikovsky celebrating the 1700s.
Sunday, Aug. 2: Spirit of Unity Gospel Ensemble: Singers and musicians perform traditional and contemporary African-American gospel music.
Sunday, Aug. 9: The Saints of Swing: Swing, jazz, Dixieland, Motown, R&B, ballroom, Gospel, Latin and Klezmer classics with a seven-piece band is led by David Winograd.Â
Sunday, Aug. 16: Jazz Pioneers: A big-band presentation featuring a unique and enjoyable blend of swing and big-band favorites with the best of modern jazz.Â
Sunday, Aug. 23: Crawdaddy: A six-piece band focusing on roots rock and R & B with a distinct New Orleans flavor. Instrumentation includes keyboard, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, saxophone and trumpet.
For more information, call 454-4500 or visit www.lgny.org.
Mill Street Loft scheduleÂ
The Mill Street Loft Gallery, 45 Pershing Ave., Poughkeepsie has posted its schedule through September. All events are free and open to the public.
”¢ Wednesday, July 15, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. HBO documentary “The Memory Loss Tapes,” and a discussion program regarding the loft”™s Alzheimer”™s project and exhibit.
”¢ Wednesday, July 22, 4 to 7 p.m. Summer Art Intensive at Marist College”™s Steel Plant Studio, Route 9, Poughkeepsie. Representative from Savannah College of Art Design will review students”™ portfolios, talk with family, teachers and friends about the school”™s programs and admissions procedures.
”¢ Wednesday, July 22, 5:30 to 7 p.m. HBO documentary “Grandpa Do you Know Who I am” and discussion program
Ӣ Thursday, July 23, 4 to 7 p.m. Summer Art Intensive, at Marist CollegeӪs Steel Plant Studio. Representative from New Hampshire Institute of Art will review studentsӪ portfolios, talk with family, teachers and friends about the schoolӪs programs and admissions procedures.
The Mill Street Loft is also under way with its award-winning summer arts program ”“ in its 28th year ”“ for children.
For more information on all events, call 471-7477.
Viola summer school and concert
Lifebridge Foundation operates the Lifebridge Sanctuary, a 12,000-square-foot green facility on 95 acres of forest on the northern crest of the Shawangunk Ridge in Rosendale, is hosting a two-week Summer School for Violists taught by visiting artist, internationally acclaimed violist and teacher Ivo-Jan Van Der Werff. The visiting artist program at Lifebridge Sanctuary is the foundation”™s collaboration with artists who promote the concept of the interconnectedness of all life and one humanity. Â
For 24 years Van Der Werff was the violist for the Medici String Quartet, playing in more than 1,700 concerts all over the world and recording more than 40 CDs. He was recently appointed to the music faculty of Rice University. Â
A benefit concert will be held Friday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. featuring works of the classical viola repertoire as a culmination of the two-week master class.
Cambridge-trained pianist Simon Marlow will accompany the students and Van Der Werff at the concert.
           For more information and reservations, contact Lifebridge at 658-3439 or visit www.lifebridge.org -“what”™s new.” Â
The photographer”™s Hudson
In celebration its sixth anniversary, RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main St. in Beacon, is featuring an exhibit titled “Salute to the Hudson River: Through a Photographer’s Eye,” from now through Aug. 3.
Robert Rodriguez Jr., Linda T. Hubbard, Mike Sibilia, Claudia Gorman, Karl LaLonde and Brian Tervenski, are the artists whose works are showcased in the exhibit.
Ӣ Rodriguez is an award-winning andscape photographer. His work has been used by many nonprofit organizations, including the Mohonk Preserve, Audubon Society and Scenic Hudson.
”¢ Hubbard says, “I love to capture the beauty, peace and serenity of the river and its changing light and seasons. I also love to include an element of architecture, a chair, something that states how humans and the river interrelate.”
”¢ Sibilia has been practicing the art of photography for more than 30 years. He brings a definitive point of view to his photography of the Hudson River. Â
”¢ Gorman says, “Photography is an art form that I have always enjoyed studying and creating with alternative processes such as hand-coloring black and white photographs, platinum/palladium printing, and creatively working with Polaroids.”
”¢ LaLonde is a photographer and painter who uses both of these talents in taking river photographs and then enhancing them, highlighting a color or a shape to bring out the uniqueness of the river. Â
”¢ Tervenski brings charming images of people using the river for commerce and enjoyment to the show.  A Beacon resident, he is a retired English teacher.
Gallery hours are Wednesdays to Mondays, noon to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Second Saturday.
For more information visit www.riverwindsgallery.com or contact MaryAnn Glass at 632-2174 or Linda Hubbard at 221-3662.
Art show winners announced                                                                                 Â
Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh has announced the winners of its 34th annual Artists on the Campus Show. Painter and Mount art instructor Cynthia Harris-Pagano served as judge of the 67 participating artists in the show, which paid tribute to Sister Sylvia Bielen O.P., a long-time member of the Artists on the Campus committee, who recently retired from the Mount as a professor of art.
The show also had a special category, “Celebrating the Hudson River,” in honor of the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Celebration.
The winners were:
”¢ First: Ann Marie Silvani of Central Valley for “Storm King Over Hudson;” Second: Stan Miller of Fishkill for “Rain Over Storm King;” and honorable mention: Michael Strouth of Wappingers Falls for “Hudson River Day.”
”¢ Kathy Kuryla of Cornwall won the Sister Francis Joseph Egan Best in Show Award for “Piermont Marsh.” Roberta Rosenthal of Bloomingburg won the Bethlehem Art Gallery Award for “Iwanagara Orchid.” Elaine Ralston of Olivebridge won the Gayle Clark Fedigan Hudson Valley Landscape Award for “Morning Light.”
”¢ Winners in other categories: First in oil/acrylic: Chris Stevens of Cornwall for “Girl with Umbrella,” Second: Fanny Copeland of Newburgh for “Sun Kissed” and honorable mention: Joel McKible of Newburgh for “In a Park in Tokyo.”
 ”¢ First in black and white photography: John Fasulo of Beacon for “The Engineer,” Second: Randy Chisholm of Chester for “Ellington”™s Grace” and honorable mention: Tim Staley of Newburgh for “Ambience II.”
”¢ First in color photography: Christopher Cariola of Bloomingburg for “Main Street,” Second: Alvin S. Chioppolini of Pleasant Valley for “The Light Through the Window” and honorable mention: Courtney Scalzo for “White Stigmus.”
”¢ First in drawings and prints: Judith Beringer Hraniotis of Walden for “1872 Highland Cottage,” Second: Joe Pimentel of Newburgh for “Majestic Gaze” and honorable mention: David Valentin of Goshen for “Grace”™s Lily.”
”¢ First in mixed media: Carol Flaitz of Newburgh for “Nanobeemer”™s World,” Second: Jimmy Conway of Middletown for “Cliffs” and honorable mention: Carol Flaitz of Newburgh for “Nanobeemer”™s Gone Down Under.”
”¢ First in watercolor: Mary E. Whitehill of Newburgh for “Lobster Point,” Second: Len DeVirgilio of Newburgh for “3 Amigos” and honorable mention: John Gordon of Mohegan Lake for “Wet Lands at St. George”™s Chapel.”
”¢ First in pastels: Fanny Copeland of Newburgh for “A Young Girl,” Second: Carol Muise of New Windsor for “On the Mantel” and honorable mention: Jane Lawrence of Newburgh for “Roses.”
”¢ First in sculpture: Robert Getz of Newburgh for “The Dance” and Second: Jimmy Conway of Middletown for “Rocks & Water.”Â
For more information visit www.msmc.edu.
Searching for artists
The search is on to find artists to take part in the countywide Open Studio Tour sponsored by the Orange County Arts Council. Open Studio Weekend is a countywide event during which Orange County artists and craftspeople open their studios to the public for the sale and demonstration of their work the weekend of Oct. 17-18.Â
Visitors will find their way to artists studios by using the Orange County Open Studio Tour Map, which locates and contains directions to the studios. The map will be available throughout the county in galleries, local lodging businesses and tourist information centers, and is also on the arts council web site.
If an artist does not have a space or the studio is inappropriate for visitors, the Studio at the Seligmann Estate will be available for up to six artists to display and demonstrate their work that weekend. If you are interested in being part of this group, contact the arts council on a first come, first served basis.
The arts council is working with Orange County Tourism to promote this event via ads and weekend and overnight packages and distribution of save-the-date postcards and tour maps.
On the weekend prior to the Open Studio Tour, Oct. 9-11, there will be a preview where each artist can submit one piece and promotional materials for display. There will be a reception, free to the artists, Friday evening and the exhibition will continue throughout the weekend, which is the designated Sugar Loaf Arts and Crafts Weekend.
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