Author Archives: Claire Lambe

Years ago at art museums, in order to keep the security guards at bay, I would instruct my small daughter to keep her hands clasped behind her back. Then, if a guard approached, I could say, “Look, look, hands behind back.” Now, as … Continue reading →

Claudia McNulty has become an increasingly visible presence in the Hudson Valley with her eclectic work that focuses on and draws our attention to the corporatization of our food, our interaction and effect on our animal co-​​​​habitants, and the environment. … Continue reading →

With the unwillingness of established publishing houses, music production companies, and art galleries to take on and mentor artists who haven’t already proven that they can bring in the spondulicks, haven’t already created their own platform via social media with … Continue reading →

WFG (Woodstock Framing Gallery) on Mill Hill Rd. in Woodstock opens its 2014 fall season on Saturday, September 20 with “50/​​50”, an exhibition of the work of painters Heather Hutchison and Mark Thomas Kanter, who share a home, a studio building, a child, … Continue reading →

One of the most anticipated art events in the Hudson Valley region is the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art’s annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition, now in existence for over twenty years. This year’s exhibition entitled, Worlds of Wonder: Hudson Valley … Continue reading →

As we hurtle through July’s final thunder-​​​​stormy dog days, and just as the wider art world is cooling down and packing for summer vacations, the Hudson Valley art scene is hotting up with new galleries opening, first Fridays and Saturdays … Continue reading →

With summer now well established, like my Tickseed Moonbeams (Coreopsis verticillata) in the garden which will provide my family with a long summer of golden entertainment at no cost, the latest crop of art exhibitions has proliferated all over the valley … Continue reading →

Late last year, Matthew Leaycraft resigned his position as Executive Director of the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild and Art Colony, AKA “Byrdcliffe” or simply “The Guild,” to concentrate on his vocation as a pastor. Leaycraft, a former board member, stepped into the breach … Continue reading →