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books, illustration, the catskills

BOOKS WE LOVE: THE QUARRY FOX AND OTHER CRITTERS OF THE WILD CATSKILLS BY LESLIE T. SHARPE

The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills originally published by The Overlook Press in 2017 was re-published by Golden Notebook Press in 2026, given the popularity of the first edition and the public interest in the beloved stories about the Catskills’ wildlife. For the 2026 edition, the publisher has paired author Leslie T. Sharpe with illustrator Will T. Lytle to incorporate delightful … Continue reading BOOKS WE LOVE: THE QUARRY FOX AND OTHER CRITTERS OF THE WILD CATSKILLS BY LESLIE T. SHARPE

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abstract art, art, Contemporary Art, drawing, featured artist, painting

Interview with Painter and Muralist Bea Ortiz

Bea Ortiz is a Spanish-American artist whose practice is rooted in painting and drawing, and expands through participatory installation and interdisciplinary collaboration. She studied fine art and art education in Spain before moving to New York City in 1998, where she built an international career as a decorative painter and muralist while developing her personal studio work. While in New York, Ortiz completed large-scale commissions … Continue reading Interview with Painter and Muralist Bea Ortiz

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art, Contemporary Art, landscape painting, News, painting, plein air painting

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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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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literary events, News, writing

The Amherst Method Creative Writing Workshop

Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents The Amherst Method, a generative writing workshop with poet Sharon Israel, the last Friday of the month from 3 to 5 pm at the Roxbury Library, 53742 State Hwy 30, Roxbury, NY. The first session will be held on March 29. Advance registration is recommended. Never written before?  Know you have a writer’s soul but haven’t yet been able … Continue reading The Amherst Method Creative Writing Workshop

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books, literary events, News, writing

Rebecca Rego Barry Book Reading and Signing Event

Rebecca Rego Barry reads from and signs copies of her latest book The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells (2024) at the Emerson Resort in Mt. Tremper, NY. You can read about Rebecca’s book in the Saturday Evening Post at https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/01/considering-history-americas-forgotten-women-writers-carolyn-wells/ and Publishers Weekly at https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/editorials/article/94384-rebecca-rego-barry-on-mystery-author-carolyn-wells-and-the-erasure-of-women-in-literary-history.html Barry’s articles and essays about books, history, and collectibles have appeared in Financial Times, Literary Hub, CrimeReads, Atlas Obscura, Lapham’s Quarterly, Smithsonian Magazine, The Guardian, … Continue reading Rebecca Rego Barry Book Reading and Signing Event

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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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books, Gilded Age, history, museums, News, writing

Edward Renehan, Biographer of Jay Gould and John Burroughs, to Speak at the Zadock Pratt Museum

The Zadock Pratt Museum hosted a lecture by Edward Renehan, author of Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons (2006), and John Burroughs: An American Naturalist (1992) on Saturday, May 27, 2023. In his lecture, Renehan explored the tangled and calamitous tale of Gould’s first large business venture of the 1850s, a venture transacted in league … Continue reading Edward Renehan, Biographer of Jay Gould and John Burroughs, to Speak at the Zadock Pratt Museum

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