February
Art Highlights
Through 3/2- SNOW/WINTER, HAPPY HOUR, RECENT
WORKS, KRISTY’S CREATIVE KIDS, and AMERICAN SCENES:
LIFE IN THE CITY, at Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
(WAAM), Woodstock. SNOW/WINTER is a new exhibit juried by
award-winning WAAM active artists Bobby Blitzer and Frank
D’Astofolo, to be shown in the Founder’s Gallery.
HAPPY HOUR is a show of works in the Solo Gallery by Rei Frass,
daughter of Norwegian artist Pronk Torjusen and alumni of
the Fashion Institute of Technology. RECENT WORKS occupies
the Main Gallery, a collection of members’ works completed
within the last year, juried by Scott Richter. The YES! Youth
Exhibition Space features KRISTY’S CREATIVE KIDS, 60
small works by members of the Kristy Bishop Studio, all by
students between 6 and 16. The Towbin Museum Wing presents
AMERICAN SCENES: LIFE IN THE CITY (through 6/8), featuring
drawings, paintings, and prints of all aspects of city life,
from park benches and soup kitchens to skyscrapers and society
portraits, curated by Josephine Bloodgood. Woodstock Artists
Association and Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock, www.woodstockart.org,
845.679.2940. Fr/Sa 12-6 PM, Su 12-5 PM
Sa 2/23- Women’s Studio Workshop presents
their 11th Annual Chili Bowl Fiesta, Rosendale Recreation
Center, Rosendale. This popular local mid-winter fundraiser
operates on a simple, yet effective premise: buy a bowl, and
it shall be filled with spicy goodness. The bowls (over 700
of them) are all hand-crafted by the skilled hands of members
of the Women’s Studio Workshop, the “spicy goodness”
is donated by high-quality local chefs from Main Course, Bacchus,
The Egg’s Nest, New World Home Cooking, Red Brick Tavern,
Rosendale Café, and Mohonk Mountain House (to name
a few). Vegan and Vegetarian options will be available. General
admission is free, early admission (2 PM) is $5. Rosendale
Recreation Center, Rte. 32, Rosendale, www.wsworkshop.org,
845.658.9133. 4-7 PM
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