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ART GALLERIES

SEASON ART GALLERY OPENINGS Summer season Gala Gallery Openings at most of the areas numerous art galleries. The galleries will be open to the public all day with special emphasis placed on their individual public receptions starting at 4 PM and running into the evening.

ALL OVER TOWN

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PUBLIC SPACES

ART IN PUBLIC SPACES  While strolling the streets of Woodstock guests will see numerous "sidewalk" artists both in the process of creating as well as, selling their works of art.

ALL OVER TOWN

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Woodstock Artists Association

28 Tinker Street

Woodstock, NY  12498

(845) 679-2940

http://www.woodstockart.org

WOODSTOCK PAINT-OUT local artists are going to record and interpret, in a variety of media, the unique visual character of Woodstock.   The Main Gallery has an exhibition titled "Botanica" juried by Anita & Spider Barbour.  In the Downstairs Gallery: "Continuity of Vision", work by photographer Bernard Gerson.  The Towbin Museum Wing features "from Sweden to Woodstock: The Art and Career of Carl Eric Lindin" curated by Tom Wolf, and a talk by him on Sunday, May 29th.

Woodstock Artists Association

28 Tinker Street

ALL DAY

Blues Festival

BLUES FESTIVAL at various venues but specifically at the Woodstock Playhouse

Woodstock Playhouse

Intersection of 212 and 375

9:00am – 4:00pm

Woodstock School of Art

2470 Route 212

P.O. Box 338
Woodstock, N.Y. 12498

845.679.2388
www.woodstockschoolofart.com

EXHIBITION of paintings, prints, sculpture and drawings from the collection of the Woodstock School of Art, culminating in a Silent Auction on June 4. Bids will be received until 3 PM on that date at a reception in the Gallery from 2 to 4 PM.

FREE TOURS of the School’s Historic Landmark buildings will be given. Sponsored by the National Youth Administration, the stone and timber buildings were handcrafted in 1939 provide a campus for the training of young men and women in various crafts.

SCULPTURE PARK will be open to the public and tours available. The wooded 30 acre site is studded with sculptures created from native bluestone quarry tailings and other natural materials.

Woodstock School of Art

2470 Route 212

10:00am

Woodstock Arts Consortium

www.woodstockartsconsortium.org

KINGSTON TROLLEY BEGINS CONTINUOUS TOUR Kingston's famous red trolley makes the rounds of vibrant arts sites away from Woodstock center. Originating at the Woodstock Playhouse the trolley will travel to Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, will then travel to the Woodstock School of Art and Maverick Concert Hall.  At all sites, the trolley will allow guests to depart and explore for as long as they choose, as it will continually loop the scheduled route. 

Beginning at Woodstock Playhouse, looping around town

10:00am

2:00pm

Live music

Maverick Concerts

Friends of Maverick
PO Box 9

Woodstock, NY 12498
(845) 679-8217

www.MaverickConcerts.org

MUSIC AT MAVERICK The Maverick Concert Hall will be open for visits from 10:00 AM and will be alive with a variety of music throughout the afternoon.  Live performances begin at 2 PM and refreshments are available all day.  Beautiful, historic Hall built by hand  in 1916.

Maverick Concert Hall

Maverick Road, 1  mile from route 375 and 1 mile from Route 28 and only 2 miles from the center of town

11:00am

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild

34 Tinker Street
Woodstock, New York 12498
(845) 679-2079
wguild@ulster.net

BYRDCLIFFE GUIDED WALKING TOUR.  (Self-guided tour all day)

Starting at the Byrdcliffe Theatre, Upper Byrdcliffe Road

Noon to Noon (May 28 and 29)

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild

MUGATHON.  24 hours of mug-making; Benefit for

Byrdcliffe Ceramic Studio; Exhibit July 9

Byrdcliffe Barn, Upper Byrdcliffe Road

12:00 pm – 6:00

Woodstock Film Festival

WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL OPEN HOUSE

Woodstock Film Festival Headquarters

86 Mill Hill Road Woodstock NY 12498 845.679.4265

12:00pm – 8pm

Center for Photography at Woodstock

59 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498

(845) 679-9957

www.cpw.org

EXHIBITIONS

Photograph Now 2005, selections by W.M. Hunt.

American Stripper, a solo exhibition by Charise Isis

Center for Photography

59 Tinker Street

1:00pm

The Historical Society of Woodstock

81 Tinker St
Woodstock, NY 12498

(845) 679-2256

www.woodstockhistory.org

WALKING TOUR  Woodstock Historical Society will conduct its own "Historic Walking Tour' of town to include pointing out homes of the famous past & present, and a visit to the Artists Cemetery. The Historical Society will also have an exhibit on hand all day at the Firehouse in town….

Tour begins at Village Green

2:00pm – 6:00pm

Woodstock Fringe

PO Box 157
Lake Hill, NY  12448

(845) 679-0167

www.woodstockfringe.org

PLAY SLAM  Playwrights, actors, directors and theatre lovers will assemble at the Byrdcliffe Theatre, site of the annual WOODSTOCK FRINGE Festival of Theatre & Song in August.  Scripts will be distributed to the assembled, rehearsed briefly and performed.  Come join a celebration of plays, theatre arts and the beautiful spirit of the Byrdcliffe Theatre.  All are welcome, pros and non. . . . 

Byrdcliffe Theatre, Upper Byrdcliffe Road

2:00pm

Center for Photography at Woodstock

SENSUAL DANCE CLASS.  Free belly dancing/ exotic movement class given in conjunction with the exhibition "American Stripper." Free and Open to the Public

Center for Photography

59 Tinker Street

2:00pm

Poetry Festival

Woodstock Poetry Festival
PO Box 450
Woodstock, N.Y. 12498

www.woodstockpoetryfestival.org

POETRY READING

Maverick Concert Hall

Maverick Road, 1  mile from route 375 and 1 mile from Route 28 and only 2 miles from the center of town

2:00pm

Maverick Concerts

MUSIC AT MAVERICK.  Live performances begin at 2 PM and refreshments are avail able all day.  The historic Concert Hall, built by hand in 1916, is open  to visitors from 10:00 AM

Maverick Concert Hall

Maverick Road, 1  mile from route 375 and 1 mile from Route 28 and only 2 miles from the center of town

2:00pm

Woodstock School of Art

PAINTING DEMONSTRATION  -- Materials and Techniques representative from Da Vinci Paint Company will discuss various painting    materials, and WSA instructor Staats Fasoldt will demonstrate their use. Free samples will be distributed.

Woodstock School of Art

2470 Route 212

3:00pm

Colony Cafe

Mariann, Jeff Harrigfeld

(845)679-5342

mariann@colonycafe.com

mailto: mariann@colonycafe.com

FIVE MINUTE OPEN MIC.  Host:  Phillip Levine

22 Rock City Road

Woodstock, NY

4:00pm -6:00 pm

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild

CELEBRATION OF BYRDCLIFFE’S SECOND CENTURY  Music, poetry, artists

Kleinert/James Gallery

34 Tinker Street

5:00pm

Poetry Festival

POETRY READING AND GALLERY OPENING

opening: "Hands"; host: Michael Perkins

Poets: Saul Bennett, Will Nixon, Susan Hoover, Philip Pardi

Photosensualis Gallery Sally Russ & Michael Williams

70 Rock City Rd

(845)679-5333

mailto:photosensualis@earthlink.net

5:00pm

Poetry Festival

POETRY READING

Woodstock Library

5 Library Lane (just off Tinker Street)

6:00PM

Woodstock Artists Association

SILENT AUCTION The exciting results for the Woodstock Paint-out will be sold at a 'wet paint' silent auction. 

Woodstock Artists Association

28 Tinker Street

7:00pm

Poetry Festival

POETRY READING.  show: outdoor street performers, etc

host: Robert Milby

Poets: Rosalyn Clark, Dominic Melita, Christopher Wheeling, Josie Peralta, Ted Gill

VARGA Gallery Christina Varga

130 Tinker Street

(845) 679-4005

gallery@christinavarga.com

mailto:  Gallery@christinavarga.com

7:30pm

Woodstock Arts Consortium

RAFFLE DRAWING

Woodstock Community Center

Rock City Road

8:00pm

Woodstock Film Festival

“CAN FILM FESTIVAL” --  “Playing For Change”:  A Cinematic Discovery of Street Music, celebrating the freedom and lives of street musicians existing in America today.  Pre-movie entertainment:  Musician Jerry Mitnick (of Tinker Street Café fame) will play. (Bring some change).

Woodstock Community Center

Rock City Road

9:00pm

Poetry Festival

POETRY READING.  host: Shiv Mirabito

Poets: Dina Pearlman, Shiv Mirabito, Louise Landes Levi & open mic

DharmaWare Patio

54c Tinker Street