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Shows We Love: East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters

The exhibition featuring the works of 21 artists affiliated with the East Branch Plein Air Painting Group is on view at Roxbury Arts Center until July 3, 2026. It includes works by Robert Axelrod, Patrice Lorenz, Margaret Leveson, Helene Manzo, Tabitha Gilmore-Barnes, and others, and is dedicated to Lisbeth Firmin and Richard Kathmann. Lisbeth Firmin, Margaret Leveson and Tabitha Gilmore-Barnes are featured in our book … Continue reading Shows We Love: East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters

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Shows We Love: Amy Masters: Interior Life

Amy Masters: Interior Life show is on view at Hawk and Hive Gallery in Andes, NY until October 19. Peonies, oranges, April, September, Parisian cafes, these are some of the subjects that inspire the artist in her approach to still life that borders abstraction. Giorgio Morandi, Pierre Bonnard, Richard Diebenkorn and Jane Freilicher are cited among her influences. Vessels, flowers, fruits, and shadows appear both … Continue reading Shows We Love: Amy Masters: Interior Life

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Shows We Love: Between the Mountains and the Mayor: Paintings by Robert Schneider

Robert Schneider has been painting the Catskills and the Hudson Valley area for over 40 years closely following the tradition of the Hudson River School of Painting. Both Schneider and his wife Susan Goetz, who is also a painter, studied at the Art Students League of New York, and also privately with accomplished painters. Their work was featured in American Artist in November 2007. Between the Mountains … Continue reading Shows We Love: Between the Mountains and the Mayor: Paintings by Robert Schneider

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Shows We Love: Farms, Farmers, and Farming at Longyear Gallery

Longyear Gallery is hosting Farms, Farmers, and Farming: A Tribute to Local Agriculture, a group show on view through April 23. Featured artists include Ann Lee Fuller, Margaret Leveson, Gary Mayer, Helane Levine-Keating, Hedi Kyle, Patrice Lorenz, Gail Freund, Robert Axelrod, Ron Macklin, Elaine Grandy, and others. The Gallery is located at 785 Main Street in Margaretville, NY. It’s open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 … Continue reading Shows We Love: Farms, Farmers, and Farming at Longyear Gallery

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Featured Destination: Andes Academy of Art

A group of Catskills creatives led by William Duke, Peter Mayer, and Erwin Karl launched the Andes Academy of Art during the summer of 2022 to bring together artists working in all disciplines and nurture creativity in a way that forges camaraderie and recognition. Artists need both solitude – to distill new ideas and create new works of art, and companionship – to receive feedback, … Continue reading Featured Destination: Andes Academy of Art

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Newly Opened Arts Inn Participates in the AMR Open Art Studios Tour This Weekend

Arts Inn opened earlier this year as a bed and breakfast and events venue, and defines itself “as a place to restore, renew and connect.” The owners, Randy Leer and Heidi Stonier, have had family connections to the area since the 1940s when Kitty Leer, the matriarch, arrived in Fleischmanns with her parents as refugees from WWII; the family opened an eatery, and bed and … Continue reading Newly Opened Arts Inn Participates in the AMR Open Art Studios Tour This Weekend

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Paint The Town

As its first post-pandemic program, AMR Artists Inc. presents Paint The Town, a series of five events spanning over five months (from June to October), and taking place in a different town each month: Arkville – June 26; Roxbury – July 24; Halcottsville – August 14; Fleischmanns – September 5; and Margaretville – October 9. The fee for participating artists is $25 for all five … Continue reading Paint The Town

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Pandemic Art – Heartfelt Stories from The Catskills

by Simona David “I have a feeling that in art the need to understand and the need to communicate are one,” remarked Hedda Sterne, revered Surrealist painter.  Coming out of a 14-month once in a century pandemic, we take a moment to reflect on this monumental experience and make sense of the changes we have witnessed around us thus far. Artists have extraordinary perceptual abilities, … Continue reading Pandemic Art – Heartfelt Stories from The Catskills

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Women Take Center Stage in Museums This Year

As we’re coming out of the pandemic, 2021 appears to be a year dedicated to women in the arts as several museums and art centers in Europe and the United States are hosting programs devoted to female artists, far too long left out of the history books. When speaking with art historians and scholars, the often-cited reasons that left women behind were: they had no … Continue reading Women Take Center Stage in Museums This Year

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Featured Destination: The Hyde Collection

The Hyde Collection Art Museum in Glens Falls, Warren County, includes a wide array of artworks and antiques – paintings, sculptures, pottery, books and furniture – spanning from the early Renaissance to modern and contemporary era. The collection was established by Charlotte Pruyn Hyde and her husband Louis Fiske Hyde, who acquired art from the Renaissance to the 19th century. Later on, the collection expanded … Continue reading Featured Destination: The Hyde Collection

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