July
Art Highlights
Art
Along the Hudson-The Hudson Valley region is fortunate to have excellent
cooperation between arts organizations. Four in particular: Arts
Society of Kingston (ASK), Beacon Arts Community Association (BACA),
Poughkeepsie Weekend on Main, and the River Art Walk of Newburgh
(RAW), have joined forces to create Art Along the Hudson, which
focuses on each town in succession, with receptions, openings, music,
theatre, and dining experiences. Kingston: First Saturday; Beacon:
Second Saturday; Newburgh: Last Saturday; Poughkeepsie: all weekends.
2007 kickoff event at ASK, Kingston, 97 Broadway, 7/14, 5:30-7:30
PM. www.artalongthehudson.com.
Bard- Hessel Museum of Art- The first North American survey of the
work of British artist Martin Creed comes to Bard this summer. Creed
seems to delight in the odd juxtaposition of simple, sometimes literarily
throwaway objects, over a variety of generally neutral spaces. Working
through a variety of mediums, Creed pushes boundaries and buttons.
CCS Bard Presents “Feelings”, We- Su, 7/7 thru 9/16,
Opening 7/7, 5-7:30 PM; Martin Creed and Band gives a bonus show
at the Spiegeltent 7/7, 8:30 PM. Bard College, Rt 9G, Annandale-On-Hudson,
845.758.7900, www.bard.edu.
Art
Society of Kingston-The Kingston Sculpture Biennial is firing up
all around the city of Kingston, as 45 artists start installing
50 sculptures into its parks, storefront windows, and interior spaces,
notably the main gallery of the Arts Society of Kingston, the Livingroom
Gallery on N. Front St., and the former Ulster County Jail on Golden
Hill. Performance artist Linda Montano performs a special 7 hour
event at the former jail on Sa 7/7, from noon to 7 PM. Main gallery
at A.S.K opens at 1 PM, featuring works by Mimi Czjaka Graminski,
Lyndon Preston, Raquel Rabinovich, and Pamela Wallace, with reception
at 5 PM. Regular hours at the former jail start Su 7/8, Fr-Su through
Labor Day, 1-6 PM. 97 Broadway, 45 N. Front St., 845.338.0331, www.ask-forarts.org.CONTINUE....
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