Second Saturdays 2005

OCTOBER 8

Center for Photography at Woodstock

27th Annual Benefit Auction of Contemporary & Historic Photography:  Join CPW at our 27th Annual Benefit Auction and help support CPW's year-round programs for artists, including exhibitions, workshops, lectures, artists’ residencies, publications, internships, gallery talks, community darkroom, library, regional fellowship, collections, and more. All proceeds from the photographs for auction, many of which have been donated by artists CPW has worked with, fund next year’s offerings.

Newly relocated to the Bearsville Theater, one of the area’s premiere entertainment venues. From classic and rare historical finds to cutting edge contemporary prints, the Auction offers 220 fine contemporary & historic photographs by world-renowned and up-and-coming photographers alike, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lewis Hine, Kenro Izu, Michael Kenna, Andre Kertesz, David Maisel, Mary Ellen Mark, Gordon Parks, Eduard Steichen, Weegee, William Wegman, Garry Winogrand, & more.

PRINT PREViEWS: Prints can be viewed at the Center for Photography September 23 - October 7, Wed-Sun, 12-5pm. Lots will also be posted online at www.cpw.org & on the day of the sale can be viewed at the Bearsville Theater, Rt. 212, 12-4:30pm.  Admission to the live October 8th sale is by catalog, which admits two guests to the benefit and contain absentee bid forms for those unable to attend. Fully illustrated catalogs are available for purchase in advance or at the door ($20/$23 post-paid).

A PRE-AUCTION BENEFIT DINNER at BEARSVILLE THEATER, Woodstock, NY will be held Saturday, October 8, 5-7pm which includes a private print preview from 5-6pm; dinner, drinks, and dessert catered by the Bear Cafe; catalog, and admission to live sale. $75 per person, advance RSVP is required, 845-679-9957 or info@cpw.org

Exhibition: Thru Sunday October 23.  Ambigious Icons a solo show of photographs by San Francisco-based new media artist Jim Campbell and the Inaugural Regional Triennial of Photographic Art - a group exhibition of nine regional artists from the extended Hudson Valley Region using photography, video, and electronic art, selected by nine leading figures in the field. Open till 8pm
LOCATION: 59 Tinker Street

WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD

11am - GUIDED TOUR OF BYRDCLIFFE ART COLONY AND FOUNDER'S HOME

Noon- 6pm, October 8-10 CERAMIC STUDIO SALE AT BYRDCLIFFE BARN
Noon- 5pm - October 8-10 PORTRAIT Exhibition at Kleinert/James Art Center.  Curated by Carol March featuring portraits by Chuck Close, Darla Bjork, Martha Hughes, John Lees, Richard March, Lindsay McCrum, Alice Neel, Lucille Nurkse, Sara Pasti; Angelika Rinnhofer, Jane Smaldone, Lenore Tawney, Carl Van Brunt and Melissa Zexter

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART

1pm - 4pm - Go Figure: A Madcap Painting Party - How many artists can we fit in a studio with naked models? Bring your own supplies and paint from live models with Staats Fasoldt and Kate McGloughlin. Join us on Saturday, October 8 from 1 to 4 PM in Studio 3 for a fabulous afternoon of making art and making merry. Free party favors. Admission: A bottle of champagne or a covered dish to share. The School is located on Route 212, one mile east of the Village Green. To reserve an easel, call 845-679-2388 or e-mail wsart@earthlink.net.

SEPTEMBER 10

Center for Photography at Woodstock

12pm - Currently at CPW, two exhibitions - Ambigious Icons a solo show of photographs by San Francisco-based new media artist Jim Campbell and the Inaugural Regional Triennial of Photographic Art - a group exhibition of nine regional artists from the extended Hudson Valley Region using photography, video, and electronic art, selected by nine leading figures in the field. Open till 8pm
LOCATION: 59 Tinker Street

5pm - Opening reception for Inaugural Regional Triennial of Photographic Arts (including Tim Davis, Jeri Eisenberg, Barbara Ess, Kahn/Selesnick, Chad Kleitsch, Eric Lindbloom. Zachary Powell, Angelika Rinnhofer, and Olivia Robinson) and Ambigious Icons a solo exhibition of work by Jim Campbell.
LOCATION: 59 Tinker Street

8pm - CPW is pleased to present an engaging artist talk with Shelby Lee Adams, an educator, author, and photographer whose career spans over thirty years. His latest book, Appalachian Lives, presents over twenty-five years of photographs made in his home state of Kentucky that document the lives of the people there and enrich and challenge outside perceptions of Appalachia. A photographer in the ranks of Dorothea Lange and Philip Lorca Di Corcia, Adams’ work is internationally exhibited at venues including Yossi Milo Gallery in NYC, and is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, and the Museum of Fine Art in Houston. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant and has been published in Artforum, New York Times Magazine, and Mother Jones.
Open to the public - $7/ $5 members, students, seniors.
LOCATION: 59 Tinker Street

FLETCHER GALLERY

12pm - LAST TWO DAYS of exhibition of work by Lublin (Russian Poland)-born painter Josef Presser. Presser came to Boston, MA at the age of 12 where he received a scholarship to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Following studies in Europe, he set up a studio in Philadelphia, PA where his concern for the poor and socially deprived grew with the urgency of the Great Depression. In 1940 Presser moved to a studio on 14th Street in the Union Square District, New York City. In 1941 he married Agnes Hart and they acquired summer studios in Woodstock, NY, becoming members of the Maverick Artist Colony and the Woodstock Artists Association. Josef Presser spent his last 3 years living and working in Paris. In 1965 he became an Honorary member of Cercle Litte’raire et Artistique, Bruxelles, Belgium. 12-5pm
LOCATION: 40 Mill Hill Rd (same road as Tinker Street)

GALERIE BMG

5pm - Opening reception for exhibition of work by Lori Nix. 5 - 7pm. Show runs from October 3, 2005. Gallery Hours: Friday through Monday, 11am to 6pm or by appointment.
Location: 12 Tannery Brook Road

Woodstock Artist Association

4-6pm - "The Beat Goes On" juried by Garry and Diane Kvistad

Woodstock Poetry Festival and Woodstock Poetry Society

 2pm - Woodstock Poetry Society Presents "In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief"-Book Release (edited by Amy Ouzoonian) Poetry reading with: Steve Dalachinsky, George Wallace, Alan Semerdjian, Irene O'Garden, Amy Ouzoonian, Donald Lev, Maryjo Martin, Sparrow. Open mic before & after. Hosted by Phillip Levine, Free and open to the public

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CATION: Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker Street

3:30pm - Woodstock Poetry Festival presents Marta & Fred Szabo who are staging a reading with participants from the Authentic Writing series and are presenting a selection of their pithiest works.    Admission: by donation.

LOCATION: Kleinart/James Art Center, 34 Tinker Street

5pm - Voices for Peace Event with 50+ local and non-local poets, writers, musicians.  Admission: $5 suggested donation;

LOCATION: Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road

7pm -  Carolyn Forche.  The Woodstock Poetry Festival in keeping with its tradition of presenting renowned National & International voices and the best of our region is bringing to Woodstock as a part of the continuing Second Saturday series Carolyn Forche.  A "poet of witness," a powerful, vital voice, her poetry "bears witness to the sins of the world and shows people how to live through them," according to Dianna Savage. Forche has long been a human rights activist, beginning in El Salvador and later in Beirut for NPR. Her human rights work lead to socially engaging poetry. Her book, "The Country Between Us" was considered controversial at the time in its awakening of political consciousness.  Woodstock poet laureate, Edward Sanders will introduce Forche and read from a selection of his recent works. Admission: $5 suggested donation
LOCATION: Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road

8pm - Voices for Peace Event (continues) with 50+ local and non-local poets, writers, musicians.  Admission: $5 suggested donation
LOCATION: Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART

Regional Exhibition, Opening and Reception, 2 - 4 PM.  A Regional Exhibition of work by artists from New York and contiguous states, juried by internationally known painter, HongNian Zhang, will open with a reception from 2 to 4PM. Over $1500 in prizes will be awarded.  The exhibition will continue in the WSA Gallery on Route 212 through October 1. Gallery hours are 9 to 3, Wednesday through Saturday. For further information call the school at 845-679-2388.

AUGUST 13

CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK

8:00 pm

CPW is pleased to present Baltimore-based photographer CONNIE IMBODEN who will give an artist slide talk entitled " Beauty of Darkness".  Ms. Imobedn has been photographing the nude exclusively for the last twenty years. Her graceful explorations in form reveal light, reflection, metaphor, and poetry. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is represented in museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in NY, the Philadelphia Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.  Open to the public - $7/ $5 members, students, seniors.

Also our current exhibitions, PLAY a group show curated by Ariel Shanberg and Haunted a solo exhibition of work by Lisea Lyons (NYC). The gallery is open from 12-8pm Free and open to the public.

MAVERICK CONCERTS, “Music in the Woods”

90th ANNIVERSARY GALA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT & RECEPTION, Maverick Concert Hall at 8 PM.  Special guests Peter Schickele and Susan Sindall, reciters; Garry Kvistad, percussion; Willetta Warberg and Scott Dunn, piano appear with Maverick Music Director Alexander Platt conducting the Sequitur Chamber Orchestra in a festive and fun evening featuring Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals with new text by Schickele; Constant Lambert’s Jazz Concerto for Piano and Nine Instruments, and Walton’s Façade, an ebullient setting of poetry by Edith Sitwell.  Tickets for gala concert & reception: $90 (tax deductible as allowed by law) For further info call: 845-679-8217

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION

 **The exhibition */In the Realm of Imagination /*will be on display * through October 30* in the Woodstock Artists Association (WAA) Towbin Museum Wing. The exhibition features paintings, prints, and sculptures from the WAA Permanent Collection that reveal a range of artistic journeys of the imagination – including surrealistic, expressionistic, and abstract works – guiding viewers through an overview of some of the major trends of 20th century art. Also on view is a juried show entitled */Woodstock/**/ Life: People, Places, Things /*in the WAA Main Gallery and a solo exhibition of works by *Hatti Iles* in the downstairs gallery. Both of these exhibitions end August 28. The Woodstock Artists Association is located at 28 Tinker Street in the center of Woodstock and is open Friday and Saturday, 12 – 6 pm and Sunday, Monday, and Thursday, 12 – 5 pm. For more information, call 845-679-2940 or visit www.woodstockart.org

WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD

Byrdcliffe Theatre

1 pm Guided Walking Tour of Byrdcliffe-free; White Pines Open 1-3pm

Kleinert/James Art Center

5pm- 8pm Opening Reception.  Passionate About Art curated by Sonia Sudak.  An exhibition of contemporary paintings and drawings by area artists on loan from local private collections. New works by the artists will also be on display.  Gallery Hours: 12-5pm Fri-Sun or by appointment

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART

Student Exhibition, (Closing Reception - August 27, 2-4 PM)
An exhibition featuring the work of WSA students will open on August 13 and continue for two weeks when there will be a closing reception on the final day, August 27 from 2 to 4PM. The public is invited to the WSA on Route 212 during gallery hours from 9 to 3, Monday through Saturday. Call 845-679-2388 for information or to receive a free, illustrated catalog of classes

Saturday Noon Slide Lecture:
Professional photographer, Ben Caswell, will show slides and talk about his work and career at noon in the WSA Gallery.

Workshops - Artists will learn helpful strategies to enhance their careers by joining Elisa Pritzker's two 2-hour workshops:

10 am to 12 noon:  10 Steps to Prepare an Effective Portfolio

1 to 3 pm:  10 Steps to Exhibit Your Art

Fees are $40 each, or take both for $70. 

Call the WSA at 845-679-2388 for more information or to request a free, illustrated catalog of classes. Visit the website at woodstockschoolofart.com

WOODSTOCK FRINGE

Byrdcliffe Theatre

5pm - 7pm.  ART MOSAIC -  Beginning Saturday August 13 at 5pm to 7pm at the Byrdcliffe Theatre and continuing throughout the two-week run of the play, “’Art’”  -  ART, ART and more ART. Woodstock Fringe is producing the great comic play, “’ART’” by Yasmina Reza. We invite theatergoers, artists, kids of all ages, and everyone else who wants to make some ART. Come to the Byrdcliffe theatre and be part of ART’s Art Mosaic. Supplies will be provided. Each participant will have a choice from a brilliant array of magic markers and a 3" square of posterboard upon which to create a piece of art expressing a view of friendship. The square will then be positioned on a larger piece of posterboard, thereby creating a mosaic. Each individual square can be created by drawing, collaging, poeting, writing, et al. Art’s Art Mosaic will available for your participation until the final performance of Art on August 28 at 8 p.m. Creativity rules with fun as it's handmaiden.  Art and friendship. These universal concepts are the intertwining themes of the play, ART, which will be directed by Woodstock Fringe favorite, Nicola Sheara for the Woodstock Fringe featuring Wallace Norman, James Prendergast and Lou Trapani. Performances are August 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, and 28 at 8 p.m. with an additional performance August 8 at 2 p.m.  www.woodstockfringe.org

8pm.  FISH & CHIPS, A Musical Revue.  A charming singer, raconteur, and brilliantly versatile vaudevillian, Malcolm Gordon has created this delightful musical revue of songs, poems and monologues from the streets, pubs & music halls of London (1860-1960) and a dash of Noel Coward. It is a product of his lifetime love affair with these wonderful theatrical songs. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious Best Actor Award at the Ontario Drama Festival and the revue has won four awards including Best Musical Revue, Best Performance (Male) in a Musical.  “Malcolm Gordon bills his program – ‘a light, bright fun filled evening’…this program lived up to its billing”… Off Broadway Review.  Four performances. 8/12 and 8/13, 8pm, 8/19 and 8/20, 5pm. www.woodstockfringe.org

WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE

JULY 9

MAVERICK CONCERTS, “Music in the Woods”

SATURDAYS AT SIX: Frederic Chiu, piano, Maverick Concert Hall at 6 PM, Works by Debussy, Ravel, Griffes, and Prokofiev

Tickets: $20 for adults, $5 for students with ID, children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult.  For further info call: 845-679-8217

WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD

Kleinert/James Arts Center

NOON- 8p.m. MUGATHON SALE (proceeds go toward Byrdcliffe Ceramic Program)
NOON-5pm B5 EXHIBIT Continues Through August 7

Byrdcliffe Theatre

1pm  GUIDED TOUR OF BYRDCLIFFE ART COLONY

Kleinert/James Arts Center

4pm MIRABI -a celebration of the Rajasthani princess sponsored by Woodstock Poetry Festival
8pm RUMI -a celebration of the life of the Sufi poet sponsored by Woodstock Poetry Festival

Byrdcliffe Theatre

3pm OPEN REHEARSAL of BEN MUNISTERI DANCE PROJECT
8pm BEN MUNISTERI DANCE PROJECT; $15/$10

WOODSTOCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Old FireHouse/Town Hall:  Exhibit is: Glimpses of Maverick - 100 years of creative spirit. 1-8PM. 

3PM meet at Village Green for tales & stories of Woodstock.

Opening gathering 6 - 8 PM. Listen to original Maverick music from the 1950's stored with the Historical Society.

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART

Instructors and Lecturers Exhibition

The work of twenty-four artist-instructors and six Saturday Noon lecturers will be on view from 9 to 3 from July 9 through August 6, Monday through Saturday in the WSA Gallery on Route 212. Contact 845-679-2388 for a free catalog or further information.

Saturday Noon Slide Lecture.  Christine Debrosky, WSA instructor and nationally acclaimed painter whose work has been featured in "American Artist", "The Pastel Journal" and other periodicals will give a slide presentation and talk about her work at noon in the WSA Gallery. This is the first of six weekly lectures in the 2005 season of slide lectures by professional artists, and kicks off the twenty-fourth year of the Saturday Noon Slide Lectures.

WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE

JUNE 11

CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK

along with our current exhibitions, Photography Now 2005 and American Stripper, a solo show of work by Charise Isis (Kingston, NY)

we will be hosting the following event...

Indie Lab Screening at the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW)

Indie/ Channel Thirteen HR101 Project (40 Min.)

Screening followed by a Q&A with educators and students

A film by four Indie students who through the course of a year explored life in their community and what human rights means for their daily lives as well as the world around them. Through trips to New York, Albany, New Paltz, Springfield, MA, and around the area these students learned how to work together and express their own personal concerns on jobs, the economy, the president, working together, and skateboarding in Woodstock.

for more information contact:

Peter Griffen, Director of Education, Indie Lab peterg@jucms.org

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION

Gallery at 28 Tinker st., Woodstock. Open on Saturday June 11th, 12 - 8pm.
New shows opening reception 4 - 6.30 pm.
Main Gallery: "STILL LIFE" Members show juried by Lois Woolley & Hong Nian Zhang.
Middle Gallery: Active Member Wall shows by Jim Adair, Lynn Friedman, Kristen Ploucquet, Michelle Moran and Roberta Sickler.
Towbin Museum Wing: The Art & Career of Carl Eric Lindin

WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

Open House 12-4pm with screenings of award-winning and "best of" short films and animation, refreshments, and sales of all festival merchandise and memorabilia. 86 Mill Hill Road

WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD

11 a.m. FREE Guided Walking Tour of Byrdcliffe (White Pines will be open).  Starts at the Byrdcliffe Theatre weather permitting

7:30 pm - Byrdcliffe Theater Group-Staged and directed new plays with local, NYC and Hudson Valley actors.  ByrdcliffeTheatre, 7:30 p.m., $10 at the door.  At Sea Between the Wars, by David Gilman; A Low Lying Fog, by John Yearly; The Dark Unfolding, by Katherine Burger; Scattered by Stephanie Lehman; Tom & Junior, by Brian O’Neill; No One You Know by Neal Bell

"B5" - Five artists--Simon Draper, Thomas Huber, Laura Moriarty, Alison Moritsugu and Jaanika Peerna--who all have studios in Beacon, NY. 

Curated by Carol March 

OPENING RECEPTION

Saturday, June 11, 4-6:30pm at the Kleinert/James Art Center, 34 Tinker Street

June 11-August 7, 2005

Gallery Hours: Fri-Sun 12-5 or by appointment

“Over the river and through the woods” is the subtext of the show as Woodstock, Beacon, Hudson and Kingston are examples of the many thriving discreet artistic communities along the Hudson River.  In fact, each town is now listed in John Villani's "100 Best Art Towns in America: A Guide to Galleries, Museums, Festivals Lodging and Dining" which was published by Countryman Press last month.

Each town has it’s own particular flavor and artistic vision. The "B5" Show is a cultural visit by artists from Beacon, to the artists and audience of Woodstock. Ultimately such interchanges will lead to a larger, more inclusive Hudson valley art community where artists benefit from the energy of others working nearby and where ideas are exchanged freely. Audiences for art will increase and become more sophisticated. All of the participants in this show either have studios in Beacon or have shown there often.

WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART

Alumni Exhibition, Opening and Reception, 2 - 4 PM

An opening reception to which the public is invited will be held from 2 to 4PM in the WSA Gallery on Route 212. The exhibition will continue through July 2. Gallery hours are 9 to 3 Monday through Saturday. For further information contact the school at 845-679-2388.