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Weekend in the Catskills – 1/22/2016

This weekend: The Marcel Proust Project at the Fisher Center at Bard College, conceived and directed by Sarah Rothenberg, costume design by Marina Draghici; Ruby Silvious’ Tea & Alchemy Art Show at the Greene County Council on the Arts’ Gallery; And, Writers in the Mountains’ Creative Nonfiction Reading at the Pine Hill Community Center. Read more at Upstater.com.   Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 1/22/2016

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Weekend in the Catskills – 12/25/2015

This weekend: Stamp artist Molly Rausch is showing at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM); Samuel F. B. Morse’s Locust Grove Mansion is open for holiday tours; And, the Open Eye Theater in Margaretville presents A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Read more at Upstater.com.   Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 12/25/2015

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What Is Art All About?

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?

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