Category Archives: Art
The Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre
The Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (VRDT), the resident company at Vassar College, will span ballet, jazz, and modern dance in its 34th annual gala weekend at Poughkeepsie’s Bardavon Theater, with performances on Saturday, March 5th at 8:00pm and Sunday, March … Continue reading
Dancing in My Underpants: On the Emergence of Leah Guadagnoli
The road to fame is a complicated one, particularly today. In our digital age, the rise to stardom tends to look something like this: your favorite band shares the song you recorded as a tribute to them on their social media, propelling … Continue reading
About Face at DVAA
The Alliance Gallery of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) in Narrowsburg, NY, kicks off the 2016 gallery season with a group exhibition of artworks titled About Face. The exhibit opens on Saturday, February 6, with a reception from 2 – 4 pm, and will … Continue reading
Young Guns: Madison Emond — Photographer
This is the first in a series of profiles of some of the new young talent living in the Hudson Valley. We begin with Madison Emond of Bard College. For college students in today’s world, declaring one’s self an art major … Continue reading
Lenny Kislin Talks to Claire Lambe
Lenny Kislin, a Woodstock/Bearsville-based assemblage artist, has been a guitar player in a band, a law student, a flea-market stall-holder, and an antiques dealer. In other words, he is a typical Woodstock guy. From his years in the antiques business, Kislin has assembled a studio full of … Continue reading
“Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument” at the Lehman Loeb Art Center
An intent young man holds a brick, waiting for something to happen. Kids play in the spray of a fire hydrant. Two young men fight, fists in the air, while others look on. These images of Harlem in 1948 were the result … Continue reading
Jervis McEntee: Painter-Poet of the Hudson River School at The Dorsky
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz is currently displaying an important exhibition entitled “Jervis McEntee: Painter-Poet of the Hudson River School.” It is the first museum retrospective of McEntee’s 40-year career. Organized by independent curator and … Continue reading
Ulysses Revisited: The Ulysses Cylinders at Vassar College
Vassar will be the first U.S. college to present Ulysses Cylinders by Dale Chihuly and Seaver Leslie with Flora C. Mace & Joey Kirkpatrick. This collaborative exhibition combines magnificent glass sculptures created by renowned artist Dale Chihuly, with pen and … Continue reading