Category Archives: Art

The Hudson Valley attracts a great many people, many of them are artists, many are talented and some are internationally-​​​​renown. This weekend at Stone Ridge’s relatively new and very upscale gallery PS209, opening attendees are in for a rare and what promises … Continue reading →

A 10-​​​​story inferno erupts the desert sky, ignited by an orgiastic display of fireworks, washing a massive spasm of human flesh in a blaze of raw heat. Beaming smiles, teary faces, guttural roars and primal hoots accent the excitement of the moment … 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 →

Athens, New York, is as picturesque a river town as you will find in Upstate New York and definitely worth the detour it would involve if going to Hudson from the southern counties. Athens is on the west side of the … 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 →