Author Archives: Claire Lambe

With spring officially sprung, the Hudson Valley’s sleepy towns are waking up for the season with an assortment of art events and exhibitions opening this month. In Beacon, Post-​​​​magic Symbiosis is the intriguing title of a new exhibition at the Matteawan … Continue reading →

It wasn’t an uncommon sight, for those of us raised in Europe, to spy brightly dressed Americans gazing in rapt concentration at old gravestones in churchyards in search of their “roots.” In the not terribly distant past, when people immigrated … Continue reading →

One of the Hudson Valley’s most anticipated summer art events is the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art’s annual showcase of Hudson Valley artists. This year’s exhibition entitled, CAMPSITE: Hudson Valley Artists 2016, opens in the museum’s Alice & Horace Chandler and North Galleries … Continue reading →

By the time this article comes out, it will be clearer who will be the nominees for President and, hopefully, we can all take a break from election hyperbole and ad nauseam trumpeting of the Republican candidate by the media, and … Continue reading →

Ellen Kozak’s nearest neighbor, for a good deal of the year, is that great body of water, the Hudson River. Her relationship with the river, has, for the last eighteen years, been the source and inspiration for her art, in painting, … Continue reading →

Prima Materia or Primal Matter is a term for the starting material for all things – matter that is fundamental and profound — which alchemists seek in order to actuate their alchemical transformations. The primal matter – sometimes referred to as the “Philosopher’s Stone”- is so valued … Continue reading →

Lenny Kislin, a Woodstock/​​Bearsville-​​​​based assemblage artist, has been a guitar player in a band, a law student, a flea-​​​​market stall-​​​​holder, and an antiques dealer. In other words, he is a typical Woodstock guy. From his years in the antiques business, Kislin has assembled a studio full of … Continue reading →

It is six years since the “Great Recession” officially ended and that time honored  litmus test of the state of the economy, the real estate market, does appear to have gotten the message —albeit delivered by snail mail. The other … Continue reading →