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Amy Masters
abstract art, art, Contemporary Art, galleries, News, painting, still life, still life painting

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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art, Contemporary Art, galleries, Hudson River School, landscape painting, painting

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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architecture, Contemporary Art, featured artist

Interview with Architect Ted Sheridan

Ted Sheridan is an architect and artist based in New York City and the Catskills. As an artist, he uses combinations of oxidized and pure metals as a marking medium on paper that is then transformed through immersion and corrosion of the metals. An instrument maker, and musician he has instructed courses on architectural acoustics and the physics of musical instruments at the Parsons School … Continue reading Interview with Architect Ted Sheridan

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Humans of the Catskills

Humans of the Catskills: Gloria McLean

Feature Photo by Steven Pisano Journey to the Catskills: I will admit that I did not find the Catskills. The Catskills found me after my husband the stone sculptor Ken Hiratsuka found the Catskills and the reservoir and the trout streams and the bluestone and then the amazing barn and old farmhouse that has become our own little bit of heaven in Andes. Then, right … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Gloria McLean

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art, Contemporary Art, galleries, landscape painting, multi-media, painting, plein air painting, textile arts

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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art, Contemporary Art, drawing, Featured Destination, galleries, multi-media, News, painting

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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Humans of the Catskills

Humans of the Catskills: Clover Archer

Journey to the Catskills: I came to the Catskills on an artist’s residency at the Prattsville Art Center in 2019. I decided it was fated to be when I found out that the director of the Prattsville Art Center is the amazing Nancy Barton, with whom I studied at NYU twenty years ago. Vocation: In my “day job” I am the director of an academic … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Clover Archer

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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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Upstate Art Weekend, July 22 – 24

Over 145 participants will take part this weekend in Upstate Art, an initiative launched in 2020 by Helen Toomer to showcase art projects in the Hudson Valley and the Catskills region of New York State. Some of our favorite organizations, galleries and museums such as Dia:Beacon, The Dorsky Museum, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Olana, Opus 40, Storm King Art Center, Thomas Cole National Historic … Continue reading Upstate Art Weekend, July 22 – 24

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