The Woodstock Writers Festival just concluded its seventh season – read my article at Upstater.com. The festival was co-sponsored this year by The New School. © 2016 Simona David Continue reading At the Woodstock Writers Festival
Stephen M. Silverman, author of The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America, published by Knopf in 2015, spoke at the Erpf Center in Arkville, Saturday, April 2 in front of an audience of about forty animated Catskills fans. Co-written with Raphael D. Silver, who passed away in 2013, the book covers all the turning points that shaped the region and made it into … Continue reading The History of the Catskills: Book Talk with Author Stephen Silverman
The Erpf Center in Arkville is hosting The Poetics of Space, an art show featuring the works of abstract painter Fred Guyot. Guyot, who received his MFA from Brooklyn College, studied with famous Philip Pearlstein in the 1960s, and developed a style characterized by rich, bold colors. The Poetics of Space includes works produced between 1990 and 2010, and will remain on view through May 27. … Continue reading The Poetics of Space with Fred Guyot at the Erpf Center
Writers in the Mountains (WIM) invites authors residing in, working in, or otherwise connected to the Catskills and Hudson Valley regions to a literary arts and community event and celebration we call “Meet the Authors,” the third in our series of annual book festivals. This year the event takes place on Sunday, April 24, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the Union Grove Distillery … Continue reading Writers in the Mountains Announces “Meet the Authors” Third Annual Catskills Book Festival
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Everything we do is a matter of taste and training – I’m paraphrasing physicist Brian Greene, author of “The Elegant Universe.” How we then form appreciation for and understanding of aesthetics? The individual journey to learning and self-discovery is what forms and cultivates one’s taste. What is art? Roy Lichtenstein argued that “Organized perception is what art is all about.” Émile Zola thought that art … Continue reading What Is Art All About?
Fine Art in Roxbury: three artists – sculptor Brian Tolle, who teaches at Parsons School of Design, painter Glenn Goldberg, who teaches at Cooper Union, and painter Angela Dufresne, who teaches at Rhode Island School of Design, hosted a group show this past weekend at Roxbury Abbey in Roxbury, Delaware County, New York. © 2015 artinthecatskills.com Continue reading Fine Art at Roxbury Abbey
This weekend is filled with art in Roxbury. Several artists affiliated with the AMR Open Studios Tour, which traditionally takes place the last weekend in July, will once again open their studios Saturday and Sunday, October 10 – 11. Peter Yamaoka is a ceramic artist living and working in the Catskills. He maintains a fully equipped ceramic studio in Roxbury, New York, where he teaches … Continue reading Columbus Day Weekend in Roxbury
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The AMR Open Studios Tour took place Sat and Sun, July 25 – 26 in Roxbury, Margaretville, and surrounding area. OPEN STUDIOS SMALL TOWN AMERICA ROS WELCHMAN’S ENGLISH GARDEN © artinthecatskills.com Continue reading Impressions from the AMR Open Studios Tour 2015
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