ArtWalk Kingston Open Studio Tour, Kingston, NY, September 22-23, 2018

2018 KINGSTON CELEBRATES ITS ARTISTS

Celebrate the arts and artists in their own environments at the ArtWalk Kingston Open Studio Tour, September 22 -23, 2018.

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Over the course of two days, visitors and local residents are invited to explore 3 distinct areas of the City of Kingston and immerse themselves in a range of art and events.

Paintings, photographs, drawings and sculptures are just some of the mediums that will be on display at home studios and galleries across the City. Performers are invited to schedule performances to include during the tour.

SOME OF THE MANY 2018 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Whether you have a few hours or a full day, ArtWalk Kingston will offer a broad range of art and activities for all.

The walk will be held from 12 - 5pm each day and will feature over 100 artists in private studios, galleries and special events.

Visit the ONLINE MAP while you’re out visiting the studios and galleries.

Riverside Galleries, Garrison Art Center, 2 Opening Exhibitions: "Some Stories" Melinda Stickney & "BassWood Bodies" Victoria Thorson

The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center in Garrison, New York, announces Two Exhibition Openings, August 11 - September 9, 2018 with a public reception for the artists on Saturday, August 11 from 5 -7pm.

The artists include Melinda Stickney-Gibson and Victoria Thorson.

Melinda Stickney-Gibson, Smooch,  60 x 80 inches

Melinda Stickney-Gibson, Smooch,  60 x 80 inches

Melinda Stickney-Gibson's paintings and painted “tapestries”  involve a diaristic, personal and often graphic approach. Her paintings and sculptural pieces literally incorporate tiny bits of writing from her own journals, favorite fragments of writing by others and universal words such as “yes," “maybe," “no?," “her,” “ummm….,” etc. This aspect of the work is absolutely in relationship to her longtime love of the physical act of painting and her visceral love of the paint itself.

One work that will be featured in the exhibition is LOSING LARSEN C, a painting that is a personal commentary on a gigantic ancient ice cap, named Larsen C, which is rapidly losing mass.

Stickney-Gibson has been living and working as an artist in New York for over 25 years. In addition to painting, she creates sculptural work incorporating steel, glass, concrete and wire often resting on steel wall-mounted ledges or installed on the floor itself.

Melinda Stickney-Gibson, Losing Larsen C

Melinda Stickney-Gibson, Losing Larsen C

Victoria Thorson’s sculptures tread a line between recognizable form and pure abstraction. She has been seduced by basswood. Its softness of touch when smooth, evokes the human body. Starting with lumber or recycled wood, Thorson sees potential shapes and feels her way along the cracks, knots and grain, following the lines of energy. She carves and refines to create slits of light between masses and discovers abstract forms to express life’s silences and vibrations.

Her work is often anchored by a re-purposed metal industrial find that is the right weight, proportion and aesthetic to be part of the piece, not a separate base. Most pieces can rotate 360 degrees or swing out to recompose, while the initial core and plumb line stay intact. This exhibition will also feature several ceramics Thorson created in the 90s working with sculptor Peter Gourfain, who taught her to sharpen a wood tool and cut clear planes when the clay was right to the touch. Gallery visitors will see the evolution as Thorson brought her fluid form-language from clay to wood.

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Victoria Thorson, 08 Bosnia Wood 1

Victoria Thorson, 08 Bosnia Wood 1

Two Exhibition Openings:
Some Stories, Melinda Stickney-Gibson and BassWood Bodies, Victoria Thorson

August 11 – September 9, 2018
Public reception for the artists: Saturday, August 11, 5-7pm

The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center
23 Garrison’s Landing
Garrison, NY 10524
845-424-3960
www.garrisonartcenter.org

Garrison Art Center in Collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art Presents Remo Salvadori, Marco Bagnoli, Domenico Bianchi, Saturday, March 10, 2018

This is a special collaborative curated opportunity with Magazzino Italian Art to experience selected works from these artists on exhibit at The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center. The exhibition will be on view March 10 -April 8, 2018, with an opening reception on Saturday, March 10 from 5 - 7pm.
 

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Remo Salvadori (b. 1947) Origine 1982-83, Colors, wax, gold on lead, 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 inches

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Marco Bagnoli (b. 1949) L’anello mancante alla catena che non c’è 1989, Steel, glass and alabaster, Height 72 inches x 28 3/8 inches. Base height 31 7/8 x 8 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches

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Domenico Bianchi (b. 1955), Untitled 2013, Watercolor on paper, 14 x 9 1/4 inches

Remo Salvadori, born in 1947 in Cerreto Guidi, near Vinci in the province of Florence,  currently lives and works in Milan. Salvadori’s important solo exhibitions include those at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (2005); Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (1997); Magasin,Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble (1991); and the Italian Cultural Institute and The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (1987).

Marco Bagnoli, born in 1949 in Empoli, has long been a presence at major international exhibitions including the Venice Biennial (1982, 1993, 1997), Documenta in Kassel (1982 and 1992) and Sonsbeek in Arnhem (1986).

Domenico Bianchi, born in 1955 in Rome, lives and works there today. Bianchi attended the city’s Accademia di Belle Arti, and at age 22 made his debut with a solo exhibition at Salvatore Ala Gallery in New York. In the years that followed, his work was shown at the Galerie Swart in Amsterdam, Yvon Lambert in Paris, Gian Enzo Sperone in Rome and New York, LA Louver Gallery in Los Angeles and Galleria Christian Stein in Turin and Milan.

The materials utilized by Marco Bagnoli, Domenico Bianchi and Remo Salvadori do not stray far from the commonplace pre-industrial objects that defined the “poor art” movement, but these pieces seem to transcend - adding allusions to the spiritual, the cosmic and the soul.

 

 

 

This exchange is the first between the two Hudson Valley arts organizations. Garrison Art Center and Magazzino Italian Art are dedicated to promoting the exhibition and enjoyment of art through educational and cultural experiences. This exhibition will feature select works on loan from the Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Collection. Olnick and Spanu founded Magazzino Italian Art, which opened in 2017, and is home to one of the most comprehensive collections of Post-war Italian Art and Design in the United States.

Salvadori, Bagnoli and Bianchi represent the next generation, following the Arte Povera movement, and are examples of the artistic talent flourishing in Italy today. These three artists were featured during the Magazzino Italian Art inaugural season. This exhibition at Garrison Art Center is an opportunity to view additional works by these prominent contemporary artists.

Garrison Art Center Presents Remo Salvadori, Marco Bagnoli and Domenico Bianchi in Collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art
March 10 through April 8, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION: March 10, 5-7pm

Garrison Art Center
23 Garrison’s Landing
Garrison, NY 10524
845-424-3960
www.garrisonartcenter.org

Writer Residency in Paris Accepting Applications for its Summer Term, July 1 - August 31, 2018

The Georgia Fee Artist | Writer Residency | Paris is accepting applications for its 2018 Summer Term.

The Residency provides recipient with:

  • A classic Parisian courtyard apartment/studio in the 15th arrondissement for 2 months
  • Travel to and from Paris
  • $1000/month stipend

Deadline: March 19, 2018.  Apply here

The Georgia Fee Artist | Writer Residency

The Georgia Fee Artist | Writer Residency was established in memory of ArtSlant’s Founder, Georgia Fee, who passed away December 8, 2012. Georgia was dedicated to supporting and investing in artists and writers and had a deep connection with the city of Paris.

The Residency selects artists and writers who critically engage with the city of Paris, its history and its potential. It provides an opportunity for awardees to explore the cultural landscape of the city, to deepen their practice through experimentation and research and to increase exposure of their work to an international audience.

Visual artists of all mediums, art writers, and critics, 24 years or older are welcome to apply.

Selection is made based on the merit of past work, the potential for future success, the ability to independently develop new work and the proposed project’s relevance to the city of Paris. Recipients will be required to produce a serial, web-based component (blog, visual essay, hyper-textual experiment, etc.) which will be hosted on ArtSlant.com.

Deadline: March 19, 2018 - Apply here

Ann Street Gallery's "ANTHROPOCENE " Opens February 24, 2018

Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery in the City of Newburgh, New York, is pleased to announce the opening of Anthropocene with an Artist Reception on Saturday, February 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. The show runs through April 7, 2018

Susan Hoffman Fishman, Rising Tides

Susan Hoffman Fishman, Rising Tides

Natalie Tyler, Honeycomb

Natalie Tyler, Honeycomb

Anthropocene explores the impact of the changing climate and its devastating results on the environment, while acknowledging that humans are the dominant force of this global catastrophe and the Earth’s current transformation.

Inspired by a variety of ecological disasters, the works featured in the exhibition are the creative response of 24 artists working in variety of disciplines. In visually compelling ways, these artists utilize their art as a powerful vehicle to impact the viewer and raise awareness of the wide-ranging issues related to anthropogenic climate change: flooding, tropical storms, droughts, desertification, vanishing species and human pollution.

Cass, Keeping Things in Order

Michael Fischerkeller, An Omen (Bee Colony Collapse Disorder)

Featured Artists: Darcie Abbatiello, Michael Asbill, Brigitte Amarger, Caitlin Cass, Reenie Charriere, Mariah Conner, Michael Fishcherkeller, Susan Fishman, Stephanie Garon, Helen Glazer, Eloisa Guanlao, Colleen Keough, Dakotah Konicek, Rena Leinberger, Jonathan Barry Marquis, Gregory Martin, Daniel W. Miller, Sarah Misra, Itty Neuhaus, Maye Osborne, Elaine Quave, Jamie Rodriguez, John Shlichta, Gianna Stewart, and Uros Weinberger.

This exhibition was curated by Virginia Walsh, Gallery Director. The Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery is a nonprofit art gallery specializing in contemporary emerging and established artists. 

Anthropocene
February 24 - April 7, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 24, 2018
6:30 – 8:30pm

Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery
104 Ann Street
Newburgh, New York 12550
845.784.1146
www.annstreetgallery.org