Image (left to right): Katelyn Foley, Curator of Education and Engagement, The Hyde Collection, John Lefner, Chief Executive Officer, The Hyde Collection, Kate Nelson, PR Specialist, Stewart’s Shops, Kate Wilkins, Director of Development, The Hyde Collection, Jennifer Frame, Director of Corporate Philanthropy, Stewart’s Shops with a donation of $25,000.
Glens Falls, NY — The Hyde Collection has received funding from long-time supporters of the arts community and museums – Stewart’s Shops and The Dake Family. Representatives from Stewart’s Shops recently visited The Hyde in Glens Falls to present a donation of $25,000 that will fund the 2023 educational offerings.
As lead education sponsors for the season, Stewart’s Shops and The Dake Family are the signature underwriters of the overall programming calendar for 2023, which is designed to offer enriching opportunities to all guests, from children and families to art enthusiasts of all interests.
Kate Wilkins, Director of Development at The Hyde Collection commented, “Our educational programs affirm The Hyde’s commitment to enriching the lives of children of all ages and backgrounds throughout our region, and we are thrilled to celebrate Stewart’s Shops and The Dake Family as champions of these efforts.”
Susan Dake, President of Stewart’s Foundation, commented, “Stewart’s Shops is committed to supporting and giving back to all our Shops’ communities. We are proud to be supporting the educational programs at the Hyde Collection which provide opportunities for local children and families to participate in painting and performing arts classes. At Stewarts, we like to say the arts are an important part of all of us!”
Highlights of 2023 programming underwritten by Stewart’s Shops and The Dake Family, which will occur on-site and off, include:
Artful Afternoons, which invites families with children five and older to examine artwork and engage with materials.
Art After Hours, which will pair local entertainment with art and leverage community partnerships every third Thursday of the month.
A performing arts series based around The Hyde’s upcoming exhibition Songs of the Horizon: David Smith, Music, and Dance, featuring partnerships with regional performing arts organizations
On Screen @ The Hyde: A series of performances streamed live from the National Theatre stage.
Summer Art Explorations: Summer classes for third to sixth graders where children visit exhibitions and partake in special demonstrations and art making.
Fashion Lab New York-Upcycle Couture Fashion and Sewing Camp: A summer program for teens focused on art, sustainability, sewing, and fashion inspired by famous paintings of women.
Creative Play at (g)row for kids, which takes place at (g)row for kids on Exchange Street in Glens Falls, and will allow students to play with different elements of art and create an original piece of art.
Painting with Patrice: A class led by local artist Patrice Jarvis-Weber in which participants are directed through the creation of acrylic painting.
Free admission every second Thursday for everyone.
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
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has compiled a number of statistics on how distracted driving affects people nationwide. The Administration reports that a total of 3,522 people were killed in distracted driving accidents in the year 2021. This number is out of nearly half a million total accidents that involved distracted driving. Estimates are that millions of drivers are making use of their phones while driving during daytime hours.
Clearly we have a major problem here.
Distracted driving cases in New York
New York has specific laws for traffic offenses that involve distracted driving. Under New York law an officer may stop someone simply because they see them making use of a phone while driving. The offense itself may carry up to 5 points on a person’s license and has very steep penalties for persons with provisional licenses or learner’s permits. In addition, these laws place significant restrictions on how operators of commercial vehicles may interact with their phones. The penalties for these offenses increase with each offense, and can potentially result in a loss of license if a person accrues enough points.
While these violations are generally considered small traffic offenses and handled in a municipal or state court, the acts that constitute these offenses are often the cause of accidents that result in severe injuries or death. A person, or in some cases, a company, may be held civilly liable for injuries caused by a distracted driving accident. Often the same evidence used in court to convict a distracted driver on a traffic offense can be used in a civil case to show that the distracted driver was negligent, and that his or her negligence contributed to the accident.
In addition to criminal/traffic matters, an individual who suffers serious injuries as a result of a distracted driving accident is often entitled to compensation. This can be broken down loosely into economic and non-economic loss. (Some minor injuries may be dealt with through New York’s No Fault system).
Economic loss
Economic damages are financial losses associated with an accident that a plaintiff can prove to a court. In distracted driving accidents these often include medical costs, such as hospitalization and/or surgery, as well as costs for follow-up treatment such as physical or occupational therapy. Future medical costs (to the extent that the treatment is reasonably likely) may be estimated and included in available compensation.
Lost wages are another type of economic damage that typically accompany serious injuries or death from a distracted driving accident. In addition to the period of time an individual is out of work in the immediate wake of an injury, there might be additional missed work due to follow-up care, or in severe cases and cases involving a death an inability to sustain employment into the future. This loss of income is an often substantial element of damages in a lawsuit following a distracted driving accident.
Non-economic loss
Non-economic damages are losses that can be more challenging to translate into a dollar figure, yet can be substantial. These include categories such as physical pain and suffering and mental anguish. Testimony from physicians, psychiatrists and other experts can help to attribute a monetary figure to these types of losses.
How do we stop this epidemic?
Distracted driving is one of the things that keeps us, as parents, up at night. It has to stop. But how?
First, we educate. We believe that we must all make efforts to educate both teenagers and adults about the real world risks associated with distracted driving. Because this is not limited to teenagers. Many of us have, at times, been guilty of looking at our phones when we should be focused elsewhere.
We have also joined the organization End Distracted Driving, and have made the commitment to reach as many individuals in New York’s Capital District as possible to address this problem, through speeches, presentations and leadership.
Second, we litigate. Reality is that some people don’t learn from education, they need to see real world examples of the risks of distracted driving. To that end, we represent victims and their families who have been injured or killed by distracted drivers. We will use every tool available to change the behavior and culture surrounding distracted driving, and sometimes that will mean making examples of those who choose to continue to take this unnecessary risk despite the clear evidence of the danger this behavior presents.
If you have questions about what you can do to help, visit our distracted driving page at www.ignorethephone.com.
Glens Falls, NY – Crandall Public Library will host their annual Award Dinner & Auction on Friday, September 29, 2023, at The Queensbury Hotel. The event includes the presentation of the Library’s Henry & Betsy Crandall Award. This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated the values and legacy of Library founder Henry Crandall (1821-1913) and his wife, Betsy, including generosity, perseverance, loyalty, compassion, civic pride, and philanthropy. Recipients have affected the improvement of the community and demonstrated a commitment to Crandall Public Library. Manifesting these qualities and selected by the Board of Trustees for this year’s award is Dr. Jacquiline Touba.
Dr. Jacquiline Touba is the founding executive director of the World Awareness Children’s Museum, an educational institution which fosters knowledge and appreciation of world cultures through exhibitions, interactive programming, the International Youth Art Exchange and educator-led tours. Dr. Touba’s diverse and extensive experience, both here and abroad, as a curator, published author, independent scholar, university professor and sociologist inspired her to initiate the International Youth Art Exchange and to help create the Museum in 1995 with a mission to foster awareness and understanding of worldwide cultural diversity for children and adults.
Beyond being a sociologist and museum professional, Dr. Jacquiline Touba is an accomplished artist. Dr. Touba is the co-founder of the Arts District of Glens Falls and has been an active member of the North Country Arts board for many years, serving previously as president and now as current treasurer. For 50 years, she has created pen and ink drawings inspired by her world travels. Additionally, Dr. Touba designs one-of-a-kind necklaces and earrings and has a series of coloring books. From July 7 – August 9, watercolors of Dr. Touba’s based on Persian Miniatures will be on exhibit at LARAC in Show V: The World We Live.
Along with her husband, Dr. Riza Touba, they founded the Touba Family Foundation which has graciously supported many not-for-profits in the Greater Glens Falls area. “The Library and many other community institutions have greatly benefited from the generosity of the Touba Family Foundation” stated Library Director Kathy Naftaly. “Their philanthropy has enabled us to have purchased computers for the Children’s Department and Hearing Loop Listeners for the Community Room, supported our Library-by-Mail program, partially funded our Birding Backpack Program, and the seed money for a new Ukulele club.”
The Henry & Betsy Crandall Award will be presented to Dr. Jacquiline Touba during the September 29th Treasures of the Community Dinner. This event, also a major fundraiser for the Library, aims to raise more than $30,000 in support of the programs and services that promote literacy, provide educational opportunities, and expand cultural horizons for area residents. With tax dollars covering 70% of the Library’s $5.3 million annual budget, fundraising is crucial to bridge the budget gap to continue meeting all of the community’s needs.
The event will be held at The Queensbury Hotel starting at 6:00 PM. For more information or if you would like to sponsor or be a member of the honorary committee, please call 518-792-6508, extension 284. www.crandalllibrary.org/support/ways-to-give/henrycrandallaward
SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY — In order to drive growth of its global-leading Tork professional hygiene brand, Essity has made the difficult decision to close its tissue manufacturing operations in New York state and consolidate production at its other U.S. sites. This closure will include the South Glens Falls paper mill, Greenwich converting facility and Saratoga warehouse/distribution center.
“It is never easy to decide to close a manufacturing operation,” said Michael Olive, plant director for Essity’s sites in New York state. “Our operations in upstate New York have had a long, productive history and have always benefited from the extraordinary commitment of our employees. This decision is in no way a reflection on the skills, capabilities or dedication of our employees here. We are grateful for their decades of service and the support we have always received from the surrounding community.”
In recent years, Essity has launched successful, high-demand innovations under the Tork brand, such as Tork PeakServe. Essity will continue focusing on manufacturing and selling these value-adding proprietary products while sunsetting products that are not as relevant in today’s market. This action will support the growth of Tork-branded products and innovative solutions, positively impacting Essity’s ability to continually reinvest in North America.
The South Glens Falls paper mill will cease papermaking operations immediately, while the Greenwich converting facility and Saratoga Springs warehouse/distribution center will remain open and continue to operate as long as needed to ensure a smooth transition for customers. There are approximately 300 employees across the three locations. Layoffs of employees at the South Glens Falls location will begin on or around Oct. 20, 2023. Layoffs at the Greenwich and Saratoga Springs locations will begin at later dates. All employees will receive at least 90 days’ notice of the date of their layoff. In addition, Essity will provide impacted employees with a severance package and an opportunity to apply for and transfer to other Essity manufacturing facilities.
Essity remains committed to breaking barriers to well-being through its products and services, while contributing to a healthy, sustainable and circular society. Manufacturing of Essity’s health and hygiene products will continue uninterrupted at facilities in Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama.
About Essity
Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 48,000 employees. Net sales in 2022 amounted to approximately SEK 156bn (15.5bn USD). The company’s headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society. Find more information at essity.com.
On June 26, 2023, Michael Doud was elected President of the Board as former President, Michael Gestwick, concluded his 5-year term.
“It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve on the Board of Habitat for Humanity and watch it grow and serve the community. Doud has served as a Board Member since July of 2022 and has shown a great deal of passion to continue the work as President,” said Gestwick.
In addition to his role as President, Doud will be serving as Acting Executive Director with the departure of former Executive Director, Adam Feldman, who served for 7 years.
“I look forward to working with the Board and HFH staff, meeting more of our supporters and partners, making sure our current and future builds are on track, and most important, serving more people in the community in the future,” said Doud.
For more information, please call (518) 793-7484 or email mdoud@glensfallshabitat.org. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states and in more than 70 countries around the world. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works towards this vision by building and improving homes in partnership with individuals and families in need of a decent and affordable place to live.
Date: July 1, 2023 Contact: Michael Doud, President, Board of Directors Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties Phone no.: (518) 793-7484 Email: mdoud@glensfallshabitat.org Website: https://www.habitat.org/ny/moreau/glens-falls-area-hfh
GLENS FALLS, NY – The Veterans Business Network (VBN) of the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce (ARCC) is once again hosting their annual Veteran Suicide Awareness & Prevention Walk in downtown Glens Falls, NY. The event will be held, rain or shine, on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 13th beginning in downtown Glens Falls City Park.
“As Chair of the ARCC’s VBN I have a small ask from our already supportive community. We Veterans have a saying – All gave some; Some gave ALL,” said Sean Dion, ARCC Veterans Business Network Chair. “This should not hold true once home from the battlefield. Many Veterans are either too proud, or do not know who to trust with their depression or PTSD. They are supposed to be free from danger once home! My small ask is to join the ARCC Veterans Business Network in City Park, Glens Falls, NY on 9/13/23 at 1600 and participate in our Suicide Awareness & Prevention walk. On average 22 Soldiers take their lives daily, and in my humble opinion, one is too many. Please come and support them!”
In 2021, the VBN partnered with the VFW Post 2475 to organize what was then known as the “Stop 22 Walk”. Stop 22 was an initiative, started in 2018, between the Department of NY Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies HUMANA, to increase awareness of Veterans committing suicide – 22 Veterans are lost each day.
In its third year, the walk has grown in attendance and offerings. Last year saw the addition of informational tables featuring resources and services for Veterans. This year, the plan is to offer the same, and even increase the number of tables.
“The leaders of the ARCC’s VBN have worked tirelessly to reach Veterans in our community to provide valuable connections to resources, business opportunities and each other. This will be the third year the VBN has hosted a walk to raise awareness of the epidemic of Veteran suicide. I am proud to help organize this vital initiative to support our veterans in need and raise funds to invest in prevention. I invite our community to walk with us and share this opportunity to raise awareness with your Veteran friends and colleagues. Even one lost life is too many,” said Carol Ann Conover, ARCC Liaison to the Veterans Business Network.
After brief greeting remarks, participants will walk a circuit around Downtown Glens Falls for 22 minutes in remembrance of those lost and to raise awareness of the need for prevention.
About the Veterans Business Network
The purpose of the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Veterans Business Network is to promote and to serve the affinity group of Veteran and military service personnel, veteran and military member sole proprietorships, and veteran and military service professional members of the ARCC and to encourage increased business and collaboration among its ranks.
The bottom line, no matter what you currently do for work, if you are a Veteran and an ARCC member or a Veteran who is employed by an ARCC member, we would love for you to join the ARCC Veterans Business Network.
About the ARCC
Founded in 1914, the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce (ARCC) is a 100% membership funded organization representing in excess of 23,000 people predominantly in New York State’s Washington, Warren, Essex and Northern Saratoga Counties. The ARCC is a 501c6 not-for-profit corporation, governed by volunteer Board of Directors, and does not receive any funding from local, county or state governments. Our mission is to serve our members and business community through our advocacy efforts, education opportunities and the power of connection and collaboration.
Longtime executive with the firm will oversee operations and provide strategic support for all ADNET locations.
ALBANY, NY – ADNET Technologies, a managed IT services, cloud, and cybersecurity provider with offices in Rocky Hill, Connecticut and Albany, New York, announced it has appointed Lynette Maffei to become its new President, taking on an expanded role in which she will continue to drive the firm’s work to deliver client success, develop technology talent and maintain operational excellence.
Maffei joined the firm in 2015 as Controller and has served on ADNET’s Executive Leadership Team as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for the past three years – contributing directly to the firm’s growth and transformation.
In a strategic move, ADNET is separating the roles of Chief Executive Officer and President within the firm. This decision is rooted in the belief that having both positions will allow the organization to scale in unprecedented ways. Christopher J. Luise will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer for the firm and provide strategic guidance and growth planning, with Maffei becoming President and overseeing operations. This new leadership structure will optimize ADNET’s delivery of client technology solutions and further equip the firm to quickly adapt and capitalize on emerging opportunities, while adhering to its longstanding, people-first approach to business.
“Lynette Maffei’s leadership has been instrumental in helping ADNET become the award-winning organization it is today,” said Christopher J. Luise, CEO of ADNET Technologies. “Her dedication to our culture and growth has truly transformed how we do business. I’m so proud of how she has evolved as a leader and helped us shape the future of the firm. I can’t wait to see what she accomplishes as President.”
“I’m thrilled to be part of ADNET’s journey, and I look forward to continuing working alongside such a great team. We’ve had an unparalleled period of growth and innovation over the last few years – expanding geographically, hiring more talent, reimagining our services, and becoming part of the New Charter Technologies national platform,” Maffei said. “I’m excited for the next chapter and to continue supporting clients and our local business communities in this new role.”
“It’s always exciting to see a new leader emerge in one of our operating companies,” said Mitch Morgan, CEO, New Charter Technologies. “New Charter is proud to support Lynette Maffei in her new role, and we’re looking forward to her continued commitment to driving growth and innovation at ADNET Technologies.”
In her tenure at the firm, Maffei has managed the firm’s day-to-day finance, accounting and purchasing functions, while also contributing to organizational growth objectives such as acquisitions and partnerships. Throughout her career, she has focused on operations, administration, finance and human resources.
Formerly the head of finance and operations for the Americas’ region of a global company, she has years of experience with leadership and client service on a global scale. Having worked closely with both small and large organizations, Maffei has a unique perspective on the market. Her focus and experience will benefit ADNET clients, employees, and the local business communities ADNET serves.
About ADNET Technologies
Founded in 1991, ADNET Technologies is a SOC 2, Type II Compliant IT management and cybersecurity firm with offices in Rocky Hill, CT and Albany, NY. ADNET works closely with clients to provide industry-leading service across three core areas—Managed IT Services, Cybersecurity and Cloud—and is distinguished by its human-centered approach to client engagements. From providing seamless access to a vast support network to a dedicated local Engagement Team, ADNET is proud to be both recognized globally and loved locally.
Recognized regionally as one of the Best Places to Work by the Hartford Business Journal and Albany Business Review, ADNET Technologies ranks nationally and globally among the top Managed Services Providers (MSPs) in Channel Futures’ MSP 501 list, ChannelE2E’s Top 250 Public Cloud MSP list and the CRN MSP 500 2022 award. In 2021, ADNET joined the New Charter Technologies national platform of locally led MSPs, which works collaboratively to grow their people-first workplace cultures, create opportunities for technology and cybersecurity professionals and drive innovation within the IT industry. For more information, visit thinkadnet.com.
GLENS FALLS, NY – Local restaurant New Way Lunch will be hosting a visit from America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) in mid-June 2023.
America’s Best Restaurants, a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently-owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to the Glens Falls location of the restaurant on July 12th. Popular dishes will be highlighted, along with an extensive on-camera interview with the Gazetos family about the restaurant’s special place in the community. The episode will be aired extensively on social media channels at a later date.
Open since 1919, New Way Lunch has expanded to three locations in the area, building their success on the humble hot dog topped with a homemade secret recipe meat sauce. The restaurant started as a quick, inexpensive (5 cent dogs) option for the nearby mill workers needing a hot lunch during the workday. Now the iconic eateries are run by the third and fourth generation of the family who started it all at the original Glens Falls location.
Although the menu has expanded to include hamburgers, salads and other items, New Way Lunch continues to be a popular dining destination for locals and travelers alike. The hot dog remains a custom-made pork and beef dog, served with mustard, onions, and the special ‘dirt dog’ meat sauce on a steamed bun.
After being closed for two years during the pandemic, the Glens Falls location underwent a major renovation and also began selling the meat sauce in jars – without the full ingredient list, as it’s a secret – for retail sale.
America’s Best Restaurants will be filming on location on Wednesday July 12th from 2 pm to 5 pm EST. The press is invited to attend. The restaurant’s finished episode premiere date will be announced on their Facebook page and will be featured on America’s Best Restaurants’ website at https://americasbestrestaurants.com/rests/new-york/new-way-lunch.
Restaurants featured on the ABR Roadshow are found through customer nominations or by a restaurant applying to be featured at www.americasbestrestaurants.com.
About New Way Lunch:
Open Tuesday through Saturday, New Way Lunch is located at 21 South St, Glens Falls NY 12801. Other locations include Queensbury and Warrensburg. Telephone is (518) 792-9803. For more information visit www.newwaylunch.com.
About ABR:
America’s Best Restaurants, a national media and restaurant marketing company based in Florence, KY, travels the country telling the stories and highlighting the unique food of locally owned independent restaurants as part of their ABR Roadshow. Restaurants are featured not only on ABR’s Restaurant Network of social media channels and website, but also each individual establishment’s Facebook page. With over 800 episodes filmed, America’s Best Restaurants is the premier marketing agency for restaurant owners and operators to have their story broadcast coast-to-coast. Visit AmericasBestRestaurants.com to learn more and to view the episodes and profiles of hundreds of America’s Best Restaurants!
Herzog Law Firm PC is pleased to welcome Phillip K. Vacchio, Esq. to the firm as a Senior Associate.
Phillip will provide comprehensive legal counsel to existing and new clients in the areas of Estate Planning, Elder Law, Estate Administration and Guardianships and will work out of Herzog’s Albany, Clifton Park and Saratoga Springs offices.
Phillip was formerly a partner of a Long Island-based law firm handling the same areas of law and brings his extensive experience to the Capital Region and the North Country. Phillip is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Behavioral and Social Sciences in 2009 and Hofstra University School of Law where he graduated cum laude.
Phillip has been named to the Super Lawyers Rising Star list for the last three years, and he will be an incredible addition to our team.
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.
