September Art Highlights

Opening 9/16: Maider Bilboa Echeverria at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill— In collaboration with Sala Rekalde, a non-profit art space in Bilbao, Spain, HVCCA welcomes Maider Bilboa Echeverria as Artist- In-Residence. Echeverria is an interdisciplinary artist who combines sculpture, photography, performance, video, and sound into fascinating combinations. Also, on Su 9/16, HVCCA will present family events throughout the day in association with the Hudson Ferry-Go-Round, linking Hudson River towns with continuous ferry service and shuttle buses from downtown Peekskill from 11 AM- 6 PM. 1701 Main Street, www.hvcca.com, 914.788.0100.

Through 10/21: hudson River School Trilogy: a focused Collection; drawings from dia; selections from the permanent Collection at the Frances lehman loeb art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie— The Hudson River School of painters, an outgrowth of the Romantic Movement, was a dominant school of landscape painting in the 19th century, whose influence is still felt even today. For this exhibition, Vassar dips into its private collection, as well as those of Maryann (Vassar ‘55) and Alvin Friedman, and the Dia Art Foundation. Evocative works by Frederic Edwin Church, Sanford Gifford, and Jasper Francis Cropsey are featured. If you’ve ever wondered what all the fuss about the Hudson River School was about, this is your chance to find out. 124 Raymond Ave, http://fllac.vassar.edu, 845.437.5632.

9/7 through 10/8: Craig J. Barber’s “BOHEMIA” at Gallerie BMG, woodstock— Over the last 20 years, photographer (and Woodstock resident) Craig J. Barber has been traveling around the world (and the Catskills, too) examining rapidly changing cultures, creating bodies of works he refers to as “cultural landscapes,”....

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