Barrett
Arts Center
When Creativity
Knocks….Let It Come On In
by Claire Fountain
..Forget about your worries, the cold weather,
the mid-winter blues and retreat to a little world of clay.
Barrett Clay Works is looking into artist slide slams or pot
luck gatherings on Sunday afternoons for later this winter
and spring. More Saturday art programs or events for children
and youth are also being developed as a way to offer even
more opportunities for families in the area to participate.
If wandering around a gallery is more your speed, both Barretts
are always offering something worth checking out. An upstairs
gallery showcases a select solo exhibitor, and national exhibitions
come through three or more times a year. Coming up at Barrett
Clay Works is a photography exhibit by Decora, a member of
the ReadNex Poetry Squad, a regional hip-hop poetry group
who work to show young people there are alternatives to violence
and negative stereotypes. This show starts February 16 in
honor of Black History Month, with a return on April 12 with
the whole band workshopping at Barrett Clay Works. Barrett
Art Center has a Faculty Art show running from February 2
until early March, and coming up in the spring are many workshops,
including some in April with well known Hudson Valley potter,
Steve Fabrico.
The main galleries aside, Barrett functions for the community,
and is reaching out to their surrounding by working with area
schools, boy and girl scout troops, Grace Smith House, and
Miles for Hope, to name a few.A membership basis is established,
but not required, where for a flat rate you can secure an
individual, family, student or senior membership. Upon joining
you will receive the Barrett Art Center Newsletter and Art
School Brochure, which is printed quarterly, and keeps you
abreast of the latest Barrett happenings and events... CONTINUE...
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