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Folklife Center 30th Anniversary Festival

In City Park, the Folklife Center celebrated its 30 year Anniversary from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Tuesday, July 25th. Live music played at the Bandstand as people sat and listened, content to enjoy the summer day surrounded by friends and neighbors… Artisans explained their crafts, and food trucks set up along Maple Street. 

The lawn at City park was dappled with bear sculptures made by Peter Winters Bears and Signs and artisans setup under white tents to show and explain their crafts. Carrie Hill of the Akwesane Mohawk Territory was on hand to explain Black Ash and Sweet Grass Basket Making – she teaches her own classes, performs demonstrations, and even offers restoration services. 

“I got an invitation from Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY) to attend. So I worked with them a few times and they thought that I would be a good fit for this event… I’m showing and explaining basket making. This is a traditional art form that has been in my family for many many many generations,” Carrie said. 

TAUNY is a nonprofit organization dedicated to showcasing the folk culture and living traditions of New York’s North County. This organization collects, preserves, interprets and presents the customs and traditions of the Mohawk River from Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River to Lake Champlain, including the Adirondack Mountains.

Rickele Lomax and Amy Hughes, both librarians in the children’s department of Crandall Library, were on hand to help with events for children: “We have fun activities for children to do along with the Folklife Festival,” Rickele said. 

Librarians Rikele Lomax & Amy Hughes

The Folklife Center partnered with New York Folklore of Schenectady and Traditional Arts in Upstate New York of Canton to organize the event. Friends of Crandall Public Library donated additional funds. 

Crandall Library Folklife Center Festival

The Folklife Center located on the lower level of Crandall Library will be celebrating its 30th anniversary on Tuesday, July 25th, 2023! This free festival will take place outside of Crandall library in City Park from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and will feature live music, crafts, and specialty food.

Entering Crandall Library and walking down the stairs to the Folklife Center hooks you into the history and culture of our region instantly… The folklife gallery surrounds you with an intimate knowledge of the lives of the people who lived and worked in our communities. The gallery’s pieces harken back to a time not so long ago, and traditions both long forgotten and still engraved in our hearts and minds.

The Folklife Center was founded in 1993, as a place to catalog research culture, traditions and history in the southern Adirondacks and upper Hudson Valley. During the celebration, folk artists will be demonstrating their crafts and food traditions… There will be music all day, and hands-on activities for the entire family. 

Todd DeGarmo – Founding Director for the Folklife Center – said: “It’s our 30th anniversary as a department at the library. I have been here since 1986. I started out doing projects, like festivals, quilt shows and children activities on and off through grant funding… 30 years ago the board decided that we should consolidate all of this work into a department. We had a consultant come in from RPI, and he showed us the potential of growing the collection,” Todd said.

DeGarmo is an anthropologist/ folklorist who has been the director of the Folklife Center since its inception… The center began with a part-time archivist, and has only grown from there. Currently, DeGarmo works with Amanda Franzoni, who specializes in research and special collections; Trisha Dalton, who is a historian and librarian; and Kevin Rogan, a media specialist. 

In 1993, the Folklife Center took over an underutilized area in the library and created archives based on the local research, cultures, traditions, neighbors, and music… This research was consolidated and stored in the same space, and made available to the public. 

A portion of DeGarmo’s work is grant writing. Through grants, the Folklife Center has been able to shine a spotlight on cultural aspects of this area… For instance, “Battenkill Inspired”, a series of mini-video documentaries that tell the story of life and work along the Battenkill River. This series examines the impact of the Battenkill River on the history, local art and activities of the region, and features grassroots history with stories of the local communities.

Currently, the Folklife Center is featuring the Champlain Canal Stories: 200 Years from Waterford to Whitehall. This series is located in the main Folklife Gallery, and will be on display until December of 2023. 

“We like to sponsor a variety of events… Some big events, some more intimate. We seem to kind of fly under the radar… We have film festivals, we are starting a Ukulele Club, (and) we have the Shutter Squad,” DeGramo said. The Shutter Squad is a workshop for kids between the ages of 10 to 13… Over the course of six weeks, they learn the principles of photography.

For more information, please visit crandalllibrary.org

Music in the Museum: European Baroque Chamber Music at The Hyde

On Sunday, July 2nd, 2023, from 6:30PM to 8:00 PM, a baroque chamber music concert will be held in The Helen Froehlich Auditorium at The Hyde Museum. This is a collaboration with The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls Symphony, and the De Blasiis Chamber Music Series led by Music Director Charles Peltz. This concert features a gallery of brilliant musical miniatures, written by the giants of the European Baroque: Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and George Frideric Handel.

The Hyde Collection is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary by featuring Songs of the Horizon: David Smith Music and Dance. This exhibit opened on June 24th and will be on exhibit through September 17th, 2023.  This exhibit – curated by Dr. Jennifer Field, Executive Director of the Estate of David Smith – is the first museum exhibit to focus on the indelible influence of music and dance on Smith’s work in painting, drawing, and sculpture. David Smith was Hyde’s first guest curator, a trustee on the board, and Charlotte Pruyn’s friend… He died in a car accident in 1965, leaving behind nearly 100 large sculptures in the grass outside of his studio in Bolton Landing.

This Baroque performance honors the great friendship between David Smith and Hugh Allen Wilson – a driving force behind the creation of the Glens Falls Symphony. Baroque – which is derived from the Portuguese “barroco” or “oddly shaped peal” – is a term that has been widely used to describe European art music, and has come to encompass one of the richest and most diverse periods in music history.

Tickets are $35 for general admission, $25 for museum members, and $10 for students or children. For more information, please visit hydecollection.org

The Hyde Collection’s 60th Anniversary Celebration Brings Bolton Landing Sculptor Back Home

David Smith
Untitled (Home of the Welder), 1946
Gouache on paper
23 x 29 ¼ in. (58.4 x 74.3 cm)
The Estate of
David Smith, New York

GLENS FALLS, NY – In honor of its sixtieth anniversary, the Hyde Collection is pleased to announce the exhibition Songs of the Horizon: David Smith, Music, and Dance. Curated by Dr. Jennifer Field, Executive Director of the Estate of David Smith, this is the first museum exhibition to focus exclusively on the indelible influence of music and dance on Smith’s work in painting, drawing, and sculpture. The exhibition features thirty-five pieces loaned by major private and public collections, including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Harvard Art Museums, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Estate of David Smith, in addition to archival materials from the Estate and works from the Hyde’s permanent collection. The Hyde aims to draw scholars, collectors, and enthusiasts to celebrate Smith’s legacy as well as the enduring traditions of dance and music in the southern Adirondack region. 

David Smith (1906-1965; b. Decatur, IN) is recognized as one of the great sculptors of the twentieth century. Smith began spending summers in Bolton Landing, New York, in the late 1920s and settled there permanently in 1940. “The Adirondack region that encompasses Bolton Landing and Glens Falls was inseparable from Smith’s artistic practice,” says Field. “A dialogue with nature—the mountain landscape, the change of seasons, the flight of birds—is reflected in his artwork in every medium.” In the 1940s, inspired by performances in the region and in New York City, Smith initiated an exploration of dancers and musicians rapt in song. 

Jason Ward, Hyde Collection Board of Trustees Chair, notes, “As part of his commitment to the area, Smith became deeply involved with the foundation of The Hyde Collection before his premature death in 1965. Charlotte Hyde, the founder of the Museum, was a friend of David Smith and fond of his artistic creations. David Smith was one of the Collection’s earliest trustees and curated The Hyde’s very first summer exhibition, installing his own sculptures on the lawn. In the spirit of that inaugural event, Songs of the Horizon: David Smith, Music, and Dance will feature two graceful, vertical sculptures from later in Smith’s career, measuring up to twelve feet tall that poetically evokes the essence of music, dance, and nature. This intimate association with David Smith,” Ward continues, “is what the museum seeks to highlight with this anniversary exhibition.” 

In 1926, Smith moved from the Midwest to New York City. There he met artist Dorothy Dehner; they married the following year. Beginning in the mid-1930s, Smith photographed Dehner in dance poses. These images, along with photographs by Barbara Morgan of Martha Graham, spurred Smith’s sustained study of the female figure in motion. Songs of the Horizon features Smith’s sculpture Boaz Dancing School (1945; Private collection)—a stylistically radical interpretation of Franziska Boaz’s Bolton Landing dance studio, and a rare example of Smith explicitly referencing a particular historical and autobiographical moment. This sculpture has been publicly displayed only once since 1947.

Smith cited music as essential to his life and work, particularly classical and jazz from his radio: “I use  music as company in the manual labor part of sculpture, of which there is much.” He regularly traveled to New York City to attend concerts and jazz clubs. Locally, he enjoyed the lively summer concert season in Lake George. A trio of drawings depicts a 1946 performance by harpsichordist Sylvia Marlow, reunited here for the first time. These works in turn, engendered an ambitious group of drawings, paintings and sculpture inspired by the two ancient Greek muses of music and dance, represented here by the innovative, abstract sculptures Euterpe and Terpsichore (1946; the Estate of David Smith) and  Terpsichore and Euterpe (1947; Harvard Art Museums). 

Concurrently, Smith created a series centered on renowned cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, who briefly settled in the Adirondacks in the 1940s. Smith captured the psychological intensity and geometry of the cellist and his instrument in a painting series and in the sculpture Cello Player (1945; Private collection). These works, reunited in the exhibition for the first time in nearly 20 years, are accomplished examples of the  complex, abstract direction in which Smith took his paintings and sculptures in the mid-1940s.  

Of this exhibition, David Smith’s daughters, Rebecca and Candida Smith, state: 

“We are thrilled to see our father’s work back at the Hyde Collection. Our father wanted his sculptures to be experienced in relation to nature, to changing light, weather, and seasons. He always said that an artist is a person of their time. There was a vibrant community of artists and performers in the southern  Adirondacks, and our father’s work responded to contemporaneous performing arts and music and was inspired by the wild beauty of the mountains and the lakes.”  

– Rebecca and Candida Smith 

Additional Information Regarding David Smith 

David Smith married artist Dorothy Dehner in 1927. Dehner encouraged Smith to enroll at the Art Students League and introduced him to modern dance. In acknowledgment of the vital role Dehner played in Smith’s early career and his life in the Adirondacks, Songs of the Horizon: David Smith, Music, and  Dance include a selection of artworks by Dehner. She left the marriage in 1950, returning to New York City. Smith’s works became increasingly large and inventive, his sculptures spreading into the fields of his mountain home. 

Accompanying Educational Program Offerings 

  • June 24, 11 AM: Exhibition Tour with Guest Curator Jennifer Field 
  • June 24, 4 PM: Conversation with the Daughters of David Smith 
  • July 2, 6:30 PM: The Sculptor and the Musician: European Baroque Chamber Music
  • July 20, 5:30-7:30 PM: Adult Workshop: Modern Dance with Ginny Martin & Dana Yager
  • July 22, 7:30 PM: “A Tribute to David Smith” with Hub New Music 
  • July 25, 27 & August 1, 3, 10-11:15 AM: Youth Workshop: Earth Movement with Ellen Sinopoli  Dance Company 
  • July 27 & 28, 12-4 PM: Youth Workshop: Modern Dance with Ginny Martin & Dana Yager
  • July 28, 5:30 PM: Performance: Modern Dance with Ginny Martin & Dana Yager
  • August 6, 10 AM-5 PM: Community Day  
  • August 17, 6 PM: Lecture: David Smith, Music, Dance and Community with Paula Wisotzki
  • September 8-10, 9 AM-4 PM: Welding Workshop with Salem Art Works: Inspired by David Smith

Thank You to Our Sponsors 

Special thank you to: The Charles R. Wood Foundation and The Hoopes Family Foundation  

Leading Sponsors: The Glens Falls Foundation, Anne and George Morris, Francine and Robert Nemer, Franklin and Mary Renz, Charnell H. Thompson, and Jason C. Ward and Heather M. Ward 

Major Sponsors: Mr. Mark Behan, Tenée and James Casaccio, The Chateau On The Lake, Ellen-Deane Cummins, D.A. Collins, Carl and Terry DeBrule, Tom and Sally Hoy, The Robert Lehman Foundation,  J.M. McDonald Foundation, and Wilmington Trust 

Supporting Sponsors: India and Benjamin Adams, Atherton Painting & Renovations, Giorgio and  Maureen DeRosa, KEENA Staffing Inc., Mrs. Joan Lapham, Mr. John J. Nigro, Dennis J. Phillips and Patricia Smith Phillips, The Queensbury Hotel, Chelsea and Joshua Silver, StoredTech IT Consulting,  Sarah Parker Ward and Chris Ward, Warren County Bar Association, and Domenique and Dmitriy Yermolayev 

A SECOND EXHIBITION OPENING 

The 1960s: Beyond Op and Pop 

The 1960s are understood as the dawn of widespread progressive social views, from the civil rights movement to war protests and the sexual revolution. The visual arts as well experienced the advent of radical styles, including Op Art, Pop Art, and countless new approaches to what it meant to work abstractly. 

Notwithstanding the allure of novelty, not all artists shunned the “real world”—and the sixties also saw the development of the painting style known as Photorealism. The 1960s: Beyond Op and Pop draws from The Hyde’s permanent collection of 1960s painting, sculpture, and works on paper in a wide range  of styles.  

About David Smith 

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative sculptors of his generation, David Smith (1906-1965) was pioneering in his ability to fuse Surrealist and Cubist influences, redefining what sculpture could be for the modern world. David Smith’s sculptures, paintings, and drawings have been exhibited internationally since the 1950s. Smith represented the United States at La Biennale di Venezia in 1954 and 1958.  Numerous solo exhibitions of his work have been mounted in the decades since, including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1965, 2011), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1969,  2006); the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1982); Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (1994);  MNCA, Reina Sofia, Madrid (1996); Tate Modern, London (2006); Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (1997-99, 2017), and Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2019-20), among many other venues.

About The Hyde Collection 

The Hyde is one of the Northeast’s exceptional small art museums with distinguished European and  American art collections. The core collection, acquired by Museum founders Louis and Charlotte Hyde,  includes works by such artists as Sandro Botticelli, El Greco, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Edgar Degas, Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and American artists Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, and James McNeill Whistler. The Museum’s Modern and  Contemporary art collection features works by artists including Josef Albers, Dorothy Dehner, Sam Gilliam, Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, George McNeil, Robert Motherwell, Ben Nicholson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Bridget Riley. Today, The Hyde offers significant national and international exhibitions and a packed schedule of events that help visitors experience art in new ways. Visit www.hydecollection.org.

Charles R. Wood Theater Updates Signage

The Charles R. Wood Theater, located in the heart of downtown Glens Falls, is updating their signage. This 300-seat production theater offers cutting-edge music, theater, dance, comedy, lectures, meetings, and seminars. Their mission is to promote cultural and artistic endeavors, fostering economic development and improving the quality of life within the Glens Falls area. 

Parking was partially blocked off on Glens Street as the new signage went up… The previous signage had Charles R. Wood in smaller letters on the top of the sign, and “Theater” as the predominant word, featured in lowercase letters vertically against a maroon background.

The new signage has “Wood Theater” as the predominant focal point, in large black letters against a white backdrop with “The Charles R. Wood Theater” written on the bottom. The panels behind the sign have been updated to a checkered red and white design.

The Charles R. Wood Theater opened in 2004, after the former Woolworths Department Store was renovated into a theater space.

 What’s Next at The Hyde Museum?.. The Exhibition Tour, Songs of the Horizon

Beginning on June 24th, in honor of the Hyde Collection’s 60th anniversary, the museum will be featuring an exhibition focused on the influence of music and dance on David Smith’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures. This exhibition features works of art from both the private and public collection, and the Estate of David Smith, in addition to a selection of rare archival materials!

This exhibition – curated by Dr. Jennifer Field, Executive Director of The Estate of David Smith – is organized to commemorate The Hyde Collection’s 60th anniversary as a public museum. It features approximately thirty loans from major private and public collections, including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Harvard Art Museums, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Estate of David Smith; along with a selection of archival materials from the Estate, and works from The Hyde’s permanent collection.

David Smith (1906-1965) settled permanently in Bolton Landing, New York, in 1940, with the artist Dorothy Dehner. The Adirondack region that encompasses Bolton Landing and Glens Falls became inseparable from Smith’s artistic practice… A dialogue with nature – the mountain landscape, the change of seasons, the flight of birds – is reflected in his artwork in every medium. In the 1940s, inspired by modern dance and concerts held both locally and in New York City, he made inventive works of art that depict dancing figures and musicians playing instruments. Music was intrinsic to Smith’s life and work: “I use the music as company in the manual labor part of a sculpture,” he later explained.

As part of Smith’s commitment to the area, he became deeply involved with the foundation of The Hyde Collection prior to his death in 1965… Mrs. Charlotte Hyde, founder of the Museum, was a friend of David Smith. There were very close bonds between the sculptor and Mrs. Hyde’s curators – Otto Wittman and Jerry Dodge – as well as her longtime friend and Chair of her trustees, artist and experimental filmmaker Douglass Crockwell. Smith was one of the Collection’s earliest trustees – he curated The Hyde’s very first summer exhibition, installing his own sculptures on the lawn. In the spirit of that inaugural event, Songs of the Horizon: David Smith, Music, and Dance will feature two graceful, vertical sculptures from later in Smith’s career… Measuring up to twelve feet tall, they poetically evoke the essence of music, dance, and nature.

This exhibition also includes a selection of works by Dorothy Dehner, in acknowledgment of the vital role she played in Smith’s early career and his life in the Adirondacks… Dehner and Smith married on Christmas Eve, 1927, and bought a farm in Bolton Landing, where they spent much of their married life. Dehner’s subject matter consisted of natural forms, such as shells and aquatic life, while her style was influenced by cubism. The couple divorced after over two decades of a tumultuous marriage… However, the twenty-three year marriage still contributed to each of the artists’ work.

For more information, please visit hydecollection.org

Wiawaka Center for Women Celebrates 120 Years 

Wiawaka was created in 1903, and is located at 3778 Route 9L in Lake George, NY… It was created by and for women! It is the oldest and longest continuously operating retreat for women in America. Nestled within the breathtaking Adirondack Park, the property spans nearly 60 acres of waterfront and wooded hills at the base of French Mountain. Wiawaka is celebrating their 120th year this summer, and the upcoming season will be filled with an array of enriching workshops, retreats, events, and programs.

Wiawaka Center for Women is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, committed to enhancing the lives of women through wellness programs, workshops, events, and artistic celebrations. In 1908, renowned artist Georgia O’Keeffe became one of the first artists to stay at Wiawaka, and her room remains one of our most sought-after accommodations on the property! Wiawaka remains dedicated to preserving this historic property, and fulfilling the mission established by their founders – Katrina Trask, and Mary Wiltsie Fuller.

Doreen Kelly is the Executive Director of Wiawaka Center for Women: “We take great pride in this historical milestone, and express our deep gratitude to all our supporters who have been instrumental in helping us reach this significant achievement,” Doreen said.

In addition to overnight stays, Wiawaka offers offer daily healthy meals, day passes, season passes, and a host of programs… As the oldest continuously operating retreat for women in America, Wiawaka takes great pride in honoring this cherished tradition while embracing the future. In recognition of its historical significance, Wiawaka was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It stands as one of the Places Where Women Made History, and is featured on the travel itinerary compiled by the National Park Service, showcasing National Register properties in Massachusetts and New York associated with significant events in women’s history.

Noteworthy highlights of their programming include the Georgia O’Keeffe Week, Artists in Residency Week, and SWIM Week – honoring the remarkable woman swimmers of Lake George. Diane Struble will be one of the swimmers honored; she made history as the first woman to complete the full lake swim. Additionally, there will be a captivating Storytelling weekend planned, and many other exciting offerings!

Every Monday at 5:00 PM, there will be Historical Tours, and an invitation to enjoy dinner after the tour. To participate in dinner, it is requested that you make reservations in advance by contacting the front desk at (518) 668-9690.

Come experience the beautiful historic property, and discover how it can enrich your life, empower your outlook, and rejuvenate your spirit! Join the ranks of thousands who have shaped the history of this extraordinary place.

Learn more about Wiawaka’s upcoming events at wiawaka.org, or call (518) 668-9690.

LARAC’s June Arts Festival 2023

On Saturday, June 17th, and Sunday, June 18th, the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council – fondly known as LARAC – held their 52nd annual Junes Arts Festival at the Glens Falls City Park. This event ran from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, and 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Sunday. LARAC is a year-round, non-profit arts organization which was founded in 1972 to enhance cultural services in Warren, Washington, and Northern Saratoga Counties. The LARAC June Arts Festival features over 130 exhibitors, offering a variety of products from jewelry, home items, food, fine art, and textiles, and more. 

All fine artists and artisans – with no geographic or membership restrictions – were invited to apply for a booth space by juried entry. All work submitted for consideration must be original design and handcrafted by the artist. Reproductions of original work must involve hand work or direct supervision by the artist.  

A gentle but persistent rain fell on Saturday as visitors opened up umbrellas and donned their rain gear to wander through CIty Park and enjoy the art, music, and food offerings. A visitor’s map was provided with a layout of all of the vendors and their corresponding locations in and around the park. 

Ritvik Sharma – an artist from the Schenectady/Rotterdam area – works primarily in oils and watercolors. He has been coming to the LARAC Arts Festival for the last few years to exhibit and sell his art: “I’ve been doing this festival for a few years and I enjoy coming here and I enjoy the people,” he said. He works out of his home studio and his garage, and felt that the turnout in the rain was surprisingly good! 

Artist Ritvik Sharma at LARAC Art Festival

Jessica Rogers Landry also had a booth to promote her business – “A Sense of Wonder Studio”. Her store – located at The Shirt Factory – opens three days a week year round, and she also attends festivals and has an online store to promote her business: “So my art starts with my photography and then I make what I call ‘functional art’ out of it. I get my images transformed into fabric and sew them into things like tote bags and pillows and coasters and clutches, and I also dabble in a few paper products, greeting cards and calendars,” Jessica said. 

Jessica Rogers Landry at the LARAC Arts Fest

LARAC is run by Executive Director Phil Casabana and Community Outreach Director Alyssa Shiel. Their board of directors is made up of President Will Siegel-Sawma, and members Carol Ann Conover, Susan Ford, Pamela Green, Jessica Landry, Anne Nelson, and David H.B. Thomas.

LARAC is located at 7 Lapham Place which sits on the edge of Glens Falls City Park. For more information, please visit larac.org.

LARAC’s June Arts Festival

The annual Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) June Arts Festival will be held June 17th & 18th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM… Rain or shine! This is the 52nd Annual June Arts Festival, and it will be held in Glens Falls City Park on Maple Street in Glens Falls. 

This is a juried outdoor arts and crafts festival featuring over 100 artists and musicians! There will be jewelry, fine art, textiles, home & garden decor, ands even specialty foods.

LARAC’s mission is to enrich the quality of life in Warren, Washington, and Northern Saratoga County by supporting arts and culture. This nonprofit organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that works to support art and culture through sponsorship, networking, and providing art activities and services. 

LARAC was founded in 1972 to unify the arts community and establish a cultural identity for the region. It supports local artists and local art traditions while cultivating the community vision of what art is, and how it enriches our lives.

For more information visit larac.org

Calling ALL Artists! Warren County Historical Society Call For Art

Warren County Historical Society has announced A Call For Art!

This exhibition, titled “Inspired by History – Art Reflections of Warren County, New York” will take place on Friday, August 18th through Sunday, August 20th, in the “Visual Arts Gallery in Dearlove Hall” at SUNY Adirondack; 640 Bay Road, in Queensbury. It will be a juried exhibition, and the artwork can be in all forms, as long as it’s inspired by the human history, landscape, or historical architecture of Warren County.

All artists are welcome to submit pieces regardless of their experience! Sculpture entries will be limited to a maximum height of six feet. The entry fee is $15.00 per work of art, and each artist is limited to two submissions. To participate, the artists must agree to have their work photographed, and possibly included on the Warren County Historical Society (WCHS) website. 

The jurors for this exhibition are: 

  • John Rittner, Executive Director, Warren County Historical Society
  • Teri Rogers, Co-President, Warren County Historical Society
  • Gerri Groff, Artist
  • Patricia Dolton, Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
  • Rebecca Pelchar, Assistant Professor of Art History, Director of the “Visual Arts Gallery in Dearlove Hall”, and Curator of the SUNY Adirondack Art Collection

The reception and silent auction will take place on Sunday, August 20th, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at SUNY Adirondack. There will be a silent auction fundraiser for the Warren County Historical Society (WCHS)… 50% of commissions will go to the WCHS, and 50% will go to the artist! The reception will also have food and drinks available, as well as door prizes.

For more information, please visit The Warren County Historical Society’s Facebook Page, or email mail@wcnyhs.org.