bau bulletin

what is bau ?

2006-08-17T07:57:00.000-07:00

b a u = b e a c o n a r t i s t u n i o n

bau exists as the collective effort of artists to broaden a path toward greater exposure for their own work, and the artistic community of which they are a part. As a mechanism for generating an audience, bau intends to be a center of creative, collaborative engagement, and intellectual exchange.

bau is being formulated as a stage for creative exploration that is liberated from the constraints of overly polished presentation for the sake of public consumption. Though not a new concept by any means, such “pure” endeavors are currently lacking in the cultural landscape of Beacon, NY. A main premise of the intent of bau is to serve as an extension of the artist’s studio. A venue, that carves out a space somewhere in between the workshop and the showroom. An environment that more strongly manifests the internal machinations of the artist’s mind and hand while mixing in the wild card of public scrutiny.

bau strives to build a structure for creating and exhibiting artwork that will engender a network within the local creative community that will spawn artist led actions promoting a robust artistic ecosystem in Beacon, and the surrounding areas. Collaboration is at the heart of the existence of bau. bau is an interaction; a series of intersections where individual efforts meet in alignment to push forward an agenda that feeds the participants creatively.
The very effort of bau is one of organic pressure. Preferences of the individual artists conjoin, and collide to form this entity, the character of which will be long in developing. With this collective quality already present in its core, bau will seek to promote collaborative exchanges among the artistic community both practically and aesthetically.

By means of forming, and strengthening the network of artists within the region, bau will support and produce programs of interchange, and discussion among producers, and audiences…

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The inaugural opening of bau took place on January 8, 2005, with a group installation by the six founding members Chris Albert, Kathy Feighery, Peter Iannarelli, Gary Jacketti, Harald Plochberger, Angelika Rinnhofer.

bau MISSION STATEMENT

2006-08-17T06:50:00.000-07:00

bau exists as the collective effort of artists to broaden a path toward greater exposure for their own work, and the artistic community of which they are a part. As a mechanism for generating an audience, bau intends to be a center of creative, collaborative engagement, and intellectual exchange.

bau is being formulated as a stage for creative exploration that is liberated from the constraints of overly polished presentation for the sake of public consumption. Though not a new concept by any means, such “pure” endeavors are currently lacking in the cultural landscape of Beacon, NY. A main premise of the intent of bau is to serve as an extension of the artist’s studio. A venue, that carves out a space somewhere in between the workshop and the showroom. An environment that more strongly manifests the internal machinations of the artist’s mind and hand while mixing in the wild card of public scrutiny.

bau strives to build a structure for creating and exhibiting artwork that will engender a network within the local creative community that will spawn artist led actions promoting a robust artistic ecosystem in Beacon, and the surrounding areas. Collaboration is at the heart of the existence of bau. bau is an interaction; a series of intersections where individual efforts meet in alignment to push forward an agenda that feeds the participants creatively.
The very effort of bau is one of organic pressure. Preferences of the individual artists conjoin, and collide to form this entity, the character of which will be long in developing. With this collective quality already present in its core, bau will seek to promote collaborative exchanges among the artistic community both practically and aesthetically.

By means of forming, and strengthening the network of artists within the region, bau will support and produce programs of interchange, and discussion among producers, and audiences…

bau membership

2006-08-14T21:14:00.000-07:00

P R O S P E C T U S
F O R
M E M B E R S H I P

bau is growing

bau/beacon artist union, the artists’ collective (currently 8 members) operating a gallery space on Main Street in Beacon, NY is expanding its membership.

Since January 2005 bau has been organizing and curating exhibitions of member and guest artists every month. These critically acclaimed shows have been accompanied by numerous auxiliary events, such as film/video screenings, art talks, theatrical and music performances and socio-critical presentations. Thus bau became a meeting place for the art community in the Hudson Valley area, attracting a growing number of visitors from the city.

bau’s success is based on its mission as an independent exhibition space run by its member artists.

To operate the gallery space continuously and professionally, incurring cost are divided among all members, and are determined for each upcoming year (approx. $100/month per member).
A bau membership requires a commitment for one full year. Meetings are held regularly every month. All members participate in administrative roles.

bau is a profit oriented incorporated enterprise where a percentage of sales - currently 10% of members’ sales - are reinvested to help bau grow. Members' financial contributions are used for bau's operating expenses. Any additional assets from sales, donations or fundraising are used for bau's development.

A bau membership offers members the opportunity to present their projects in one solo show and one optional group show each year. Besides the possibility of mounting shows bau provides a stage for the realization of experimental projects, opportunities for voluntary curatorial tasks, and becoming connected to a fast growing network of artists, curators, galleries, media and collectors.

A bau membership is not limited to artists working in the field of visual arts.

If you are interested in a bau membership and would like to become part of the bau project please let us know about you.

Send your submission package to:

bau/ beacon artist union
161 Main Street
Beacon, NY 12508

845 440 7584
bauinfo@optonline.net
www.beaconartistunion.com

Submission deadline: October 1, 2006

After reviewing your information we will respond within 4 – 6 weeks. We will be happy to arrange a personal interview.
To help us with the reviewing process, please send us your package earlier than the 1st of October, if possible.

Submission package:

• Current artist resume with exhibition history
• Artist statement describing your work
• Your expectations of being a bau member and the skills you want to bring to bau
• 6 – 8 images of recent work, 300 dpi jpegs (max size 8x10) on a CD
• Printed numbered image list

bau/beacon artist union
Beacon, July 2006

John Fasulo

2006-05-08T16:37:00.000-07:00

Mike Aquaviva, barber, 1972

JOHN FASULO

"For the best part of the last twenty years, my career has been as a cameraman in the TV industry in NYC. Images flew by my eyes, some were worthy of capturing; most were not... But it was a great job and paid the bills. Photography, on the other hand, was always a passion.
At the age of nine or ten, my grandfather gave me a Kodak box camera that he had used for years. One of the first images that I captured with that simple camera was of a electric engine at the Harmon Shops of the NYC RR. My grandfather was a machinist there and we would often visit the shop on the weekend.

I have been photographing in Beacon for many years. My on going project and one that encompasses all of my work is entitled, " Beacon and Beyond: Photographs from Around the Corner and Around the World". While I have a passion for trains and the sea, I have taken some of my best images here at home. The photos of Mike Aquaviva, my barber when I was a young boy; Dave Knapp in his paint and glass store; Izzy Stone the jeweler; all capture a sense of time and place that is Beacon.

My photographs of trains in Hof, West in 1974 Germany also have a lot of meaning for me.
These images were taken in the fall of 1974. They portray the end of an era. This was the alst division of German railways to still be all steam. A year after these images were taken steam power came to an end and the facility at Hof was torn down.”

Dave Knapp's Paint Store

Izzy Stone, Beacon, NY 2005

Waitress, Alps Sweet Shop

John Spurr, iceboater, Tivoli Bay

Poughkeepsie, NY, Rail Road Bridge Fire 1974

Livonia, NY, The Engineer 1974

An Era Ends in Germany, Hof, 1974

I first went to visit relatives in Germany in September of 1974. It was the first of many trips back to my roots. My grandfather had left Germany in 1923 along with my grandmother and my mother who at the time was a year old. An uncle that I met on that first trip told me, “You have to go to Hof”. When I asked why, I was told that Hof was the terminal for the last division of German Railways to still be all steam and that it would soon be gone with modernization of the line. I left the next day for Hof on an early morning train. It was an all day trip, with a change of trains and short lay-over in Munich. That evening my train entered the rail yard at Hof and snaked past yard engines and the roundhouse where at least six engines could be counted in the dim light. Steam was everywhere. The tracks glistened in the light rain that fell and whistles echoed in the distance. The air had a pungent smell of burning coal. In front of my eyes was a dream come true. Here in the middle of the 20th century were some of the last real working steam engines in the world. This was not a tourist railroad, this was the real McCoy! As my train pulled into the Station at Hof, I gathered my things together. I found a small Pension to spend the night at. As I tossed and turned in my bed, the sounds of the nearby rail yard kept me awake. I listened as long freights moved through the yard and disappeared in the night. The next morning I dressed and ate quickly. I walked back to the train station and found out that the division Superintendents office was a short walk away. When I entered the office, I was confronted by a clerk asking me what I wanted. I explained that I had come a long way and wanted permission to photograph the steam engines in the yard... I was told, rather bluntly, that, “it is verboten, you can’t go in the yard, it’s too dangerous’. That seemed to be the end of the conversation as far as this surly clerk was concerned. I, however, had not come all this way to be turned away by a nasty clerk. Back at the train station, I sat on a trackside bench and pondered what to do next. A railway policeman came up to me and asked about my camera equipment, and if I was interested in photographing the trains. I told him about my encounter with the railroad clerk. He frowned and told me to follow him. We went into the superintendent’s office and passed the clerks desk without stopping. I gave him a glance and a slight smile. Upstairs, we entered the superintendent’s office. I was introduced and was welcomed with coffee and cake. It seems that he was a big fan of the New York Central Railroad and was delighted to find out that I had come all this way to take photos of his steam engines. We talked about the railroad here and I told him that my grandfather was a machinist for the NYCRR and had worked on the engines that pulled the famous 20th Century Limited. After about a half hour, the head machinist was called and asked to give me a tour and to be allowed to photograph in the train yard. I had a wonderful tour of the roundhouse. After about twenty minutes, I was told that I could take all the photos that I wished and go where I pleased. But I was told, “Remember, this is a working rail yard. ... Be careful”
With that, I was on my own. I spent the day taking photos and talking with the workers in the roundhouse. It was a day that I wouldn’t forget. It seemed that I was transported back in time to another era. All around me, steam prevailed. It could have been Germany in 1930. Not long after my visit, the facility was demolished and the last scheduled steam on German railways vanished forever. Steam power, except for tourist railway and smaller, narrow gauge lines had disappeared from the landscape.
In 1995, I was in Germany again and not far from Hof. I decided to take a look at what had become of the railyard there. It was unrecognizable. The roundhouse and turntable were gone, as was the coaling station and watering towers and ash pits. In place was a modern steel diesel shed. I Left without taking a photograph. Returning had been a mistake. I was comforted, however, with the knowledge that more than twenty years before I had captured images that would endure.
In 1998, after months of discussions with the director of the German Railway Museum in Nuremberg, the museum purchased a number of photographs from my series in Hof. They were some of the last images taken that portrayed the end of the steam era at Hof. I had been in the right place at the right time. Like my friend and mentor, American photographer David Plowden, I was, ‘One step ahead of the wrecking ball’.

A footnote. I continue to photograph railroads. Now that I am retired from the television industry, I have more time to devote to photography. I traveled across Canada by rail on the Canadian Pacific in the 70’s, and recently on Amtrak to Montana. I now have a digital camera but still prefer to shoot black and white and work in a traditional darkroom.

John Fasulo
2005

Hof, West Germany 1974

Fishkill Creek, Beacon, NY 2006

Charlotte Schulz @ Para/site 12.10.05

2005-12-07T07:35:00.000-08:00

ParaSite @ The Iron Fish Trading Company Presents:

Charlotte Schulz
Object Lesson: Drawings & Notebooks
Dec 10th - Jan 28th, 2006

Opening Reception Saturday December 10th, 5 - 8pm.
*Music provided by Mr. Roboto.

Please join me for the opening of "Object Lesson: Drawings & Notebooks" by Beacon based artist Charlotte Schulz. On display will be drawings, books, sketchbook pages, photographic references and notebooks the makes evident the complex vocabulary and process that lie behind Schulz beautifully rendered drawings.

Schulz drawings begin with words; seeds of ideas discovered in books and then translated into pictures. From this initial idea, a story develops that weaves these written ideas together with her own thoughts and feelings. Events, memories, transformations, and insights are all set down. Through the careful blending of charcoal and delicate erasure, Schulz knits together diverse images and spaces selected from photographic and art historical references. Evolving into a complex web of vignettes that merge into one another or dissolve into white. A world is created where a plane flies through a room, a sheep stands elevated on a platform, a book gives off vapor, a city lays on a stretched piece of cloth. We view this world as if seen through an inverted telescope-a partial version of the macrocosm on a sheet of paper.

Charlotte Schulz has exhibited her work in a number of galleries and museums including Brooklyn Fireproof gallery, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa Museum of Art, The John and Mable Ringling Art Museum, and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Honors and awards include a New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists Fellowship, a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, The Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and MacDowell Colony residency programs. Charlotte Schulz has a MFA and BFA from the University of South Florida, in Tampa, Florida.

Dec 10: Spire Studios Hosts Benefit Auction & Quarterly Open Studio

2005-11-22T19:34:00.000-08:00

Spire Studios: Quarterly Open Studios, Auction and Fund Raiser for Grace Smith House

Saturday, December 10- 7:00pm

Spire Studios - 45 Beekman Street - Beacon, NY 12508 - 845.231.3275

Spire Studios will host a silent auction on Saturday, December 10^th,in conjunction with its well known quarterly open studios, to benefit the Grace Smith House of Poughkeepsie. Benjamin Krevolin, Director of the Dutchess County Arts Council, will serve as host and auctioneer to sell art works donated by local artists. 100% of the proceeds will go to Grace Smith House, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides shelter and social services for victims of domestic violence. Its Executive Director, Judy Lombardi, will be in attendance to introduce visitors to the agency’s benefits.

Bidding for the “small works,” which include both emerging and well known artists from throughout the region, will begin at $50. Photos of works and silent bids can be placed online at www.spirestudios.org.

Spaces for artists interested in donating work to the exhibit are still open. Please contact the studio for more information.

About Grace Smith House - www.gracesmithhouse.org

The mission of Grace Smith House, Inc. is to enable women and their children to live free from domestic violence through:

- Providing shelter and apartments, advocacy, counseling and education;

- Raising the consciousness of the community regarding the extent, type and seriousness of domestic violence; and

- Initiating and taking positions on public policies in order to provide options which empower victims of domestic violence.

About Spire Studios - www.spirestudios.org

Spire Studios is the first artist studio complex devoted to keeping affordable studio space available to artists in the City of Beacon. Now occupying over 8500 square feet on 3 floors the facility has ten studio spaces, two exhibition spaces, a yoga studio and a design studio. Open studios are held quarterly and have become one of Beacon's premier arts events. 17 artists currently occupy the space and work in a wide range of media including painting, sculpture and photography.

Spire Studios offers a number of continuing free events open to the public including, bi-weekly movie screenings, a weekly open house and a monthly critique series.

If you are an artist interested in donating a small piece to this worthy cause, please contact info@nynarts.com or info@maykr.com

Gallery talk at Dia:Beacon, Oct 29 1pm

2005-10-26T07:24:00.000-07:00

Please join us this weekend at Dia:Beacon for the latest in our series of free monthly Gallery Talks

Rhea Anastas, Faculty at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, on Fred Sandback

Saturday, October 29, 2005, 1pm

Dia:Beacon
Riggio Galleries
3 Beekman Street
Beacon, New York 12508

Gallery Talks at Dia:Beacon are a series of presentations that take place the last Saturday of every month at 1 pm and are free with admission to the museum. Focused on the work of the artists in Dia's collection, the one-hour presentations are given by curators, art historians, and writers, and take place in museum's galleries. Reservations are suggested. Please call Dia:Beacon at 845-440-0100 ext 44.

Current hours at Dia:Beacon are 11 am to 4 pm, Thursday through Monday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday). The museum is easily reachable via Metro-North Railroad (the MTA's Hudson Line station in Beacon is within walking distance of the museum). Trains leave Grand Central Terminal for Beacon every hour. Full schedules are available on the MTA’s website at http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/. The museum is also reachable by major roadways. Driving directions are available on Dia's website at http://www.diaart.org/dia/visitor/index.html.

This series is made possible through the generosity of The Dyson Foundation, The Karan-Weiss Foundation, and Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust.

A portion of November admissions will be donated to Museums Helping Museums: A National Relief Effort for the Gulf Region.

Opening @ Collaborative Concepts, Oct 15 5-8 pm

2005-10-15T10:39:00.000-07:00

Flow: Navigating the Super Paradigm

curated by Karlos Carcamo

October 15^th - Nov 13^th, 2005

Reception: Saturday, October 15^th, 5 – 8pm

*Music by DJ Sleeper

Collaborative Concepts

@ Bulldog Studios

52 Fishkill Ave (Entrance to CC on Verplank Ave.)

Beacon, NY 12508

845.528.1797

Gallery Hours: Thu – Sun, 12 – 5 or by Appt.

Directions: Train – Metro North Hudson River Line to Poughkeepsie, get off at Beacon Stop. 15 minute walk along Main Street to Fishkill Ave, one block north to Verplank Ave. Driving – Route 9D to Beacon, I-84 west to exit 12 (Beacon), I-84 east to exit 11 (Beacon).

Participating Artists Include: Allison Gildersleeve, Elia Gurna, James Sheehan, Charlotte Schulz, Karen Ostrom, Hiroshi Kimura, Eva Lee, Eleanor White, Matt Harle, Deborah Davidovits, Mary Temple, Tricia McLaughlin, Gregory Slick, Mathieu Borysevicz, Susan Magnus, James Walsh, Kazumi Tanaka, Carlos Ancalmo, Quintin Rivera-Toro, Jen Bradford, Christopher Albert, Stephanie Diamond.

“Flow: Navigating the Super Paradigm” is a multi media exhibition consisting of work by 22 contemporary artists using a broad spectrum of work including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and video. Referencing the term “Super Paradigm” to describe the growing New York art world by Village Voice art critic Jerry Saltz. The exhibition will explore the vast “flow” of ideas and diverse methods contemporary artists use to navigate through this “Super Paradigm”. In the process creating work that is at times self-reflective, and personal while remaining aware o f the issues affecting the world, the nature of their artistic practice, and contemporary art today.

This exhibition is the first in Collaborative Concepts new gallery space located at Bulldog Studios in Beacon, New York. The artists in the exhibition hail from Puerto Rico, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Connecticut, Beacon, and other areas of the Hudson Valley.

"Flow: Navigating the Super Paradigm” will be on view at Collaborative Concepts from Oct 15th^h through November 13^th, 2005.

bau artists out and about

2005-09-28T07:12:00.000-07:00

bau artists Peter Iannarelli, Harald Plochberger, Gary Jacketti, and Angelika Rinnhofer are featured in a group show entitled "Waves of Light" at the PocketBook Factory located at Washington & 6th in Hudson NY. The exhibit opens with a reception on October 1, 6-10pm. The exhibit is open on weekends, and closes on Oct. 10. This show coincides with Hudson's 10 day Arts Walk Celebration. For more information visit the Columbia County Council on the Arts.

Angelika Rinnhofer is also currently included in two group exhibitions in Woodstock NY.
On exhibit through October 23 at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Inaugural Regional Triennial of Photographic a features three images from Rinnhofer's most recent Martyr series.
Also in Woodstock, Rinnhofer is featured in "Portrait," a group show curated by Beacon artist, Carol March. "Portrait is on exhibit until October 30 at the Kleinart/James Art Center.

Angelika is also being represented by KBP at Photo New York on Oct 6-9, at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St in Manhattan

Joan Jonas performances at Dia:Beacon

2005-09-27T05:20:00.000-07:00

The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things
Performances October 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 2 pm

Dia:Beacon
Riggio Galleries
3 Beekman Street
Beacon, New York 12508
www.diaart.org 845 440 0100

Incorporating movement, sound, live music and projected video footage, this site-specific performance is created in part in response to the writings of German art historian Aby Warburg made during his visit to the American Southwest in 1896. Jazz composer and pianist Jason Moran, who will perform live on the piano during the performances, has composed new music for this collaborative work. Tickets are $15 general, $10 students and seniors, and $3 for Dia members. Tickets include museum admission. Reservations are suggested; please call Dia:Beacon at 845 440 0100 x44.

Summer hours for Dia:Beacon are 11 am to 6 pm, Thursday through Monday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday), through October 17. Winter hours, 11 am to 4 pm, Friday through Monday (closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) take effect Friday, October 21. Dia:Beacon is easily reachable via Metro-North Railroad (the MTA's Hudson Line station in Beacon is within walking distance of the museum). Trains leave Grand Central Terminal for Beacon every hour. The 11:51 am train on Saturdays and Sundays arrives at the Beacon station at 1:17 pm. Full schedules are available on the MTA’s website at http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/. The museum is also reachable by major roadways. Driving directions are available on Dia's website at http://www.diaart.org/dia/visitor/index.html.

Joan Jonas’s new commission for Dia:Beacon is made possible by the Dutchess County Arts Council; the Dyson Foundation; Jean Stein, JKW Foundation; and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Support for video production during this project was provided, in part, by the Renaissance Society, Chicago.

Children's art classes presented at Spire Studios

2005-09-13T19:27:00.000-07:00

In To Art Class!

IntuArt School and the Beacon Cultural Foundation are proud to announce after-school art scholarships for young people in Beacon.

IntuArt is a small art school that was founded by art educator, Jennifer Sipple, this past summer in order to provide more art education opportunities for Beacon students ages 10-16.

Says Sipple, “Although Beacon has a flourishing art scene, there’s not all that much available to kids who want to make art. IntuArt is about providing the space, materials, and instruction for young people to learn and create… but that’s not all. Some of my long-range goals for the program include artist studio tours, student art exhibits in local galleries, and field trips to galleries and museums.”

This fall, IntuArt will be offering after-school classes on Mondays and Thursdays from 4:00-6:00 at Spire Studios on Beekman St. The first session starts on September 19.

In order to make these classes affordable for the majority of Beacon residents, the tuition has been kept as low as possible -- $95 per six-week session. But the real news is that some scholarships will be made available to students in need.

So far, the Beacon Cultural Foundation has taken the lead by funding three scholarships. Sam Yanes, President of the Foundation says, “Arts education is an important component of a vibrant community. We are pleased to help this effort in Beacon.”

A recruitment drive is under way to encourage local businesses and organizations to follow their lead. These sponsors can make tax-deductible contributions to the Beacon Cultural Foundation. In addition, if an organization or individual is able to provide just half of a scholarship, the Foundation will match that donation.

“More business participation means more student participation,” says Sipple. “Bringing Beacon’s art and business communities together for the sake of education.”

IntuArt’s 2005 Summer Art program was held at the old Beacon high school, now Bulldog Studios, which is run by the Beacon Cultural Foundation, and courses included: Drawing and Painting, 3-D Art and Sculpture, and Papermaking and Bookbinding. Over a three-week period, seventeen students ranging in age from 7 to 16 attended the program. (If interest is voiced for younger students to be able to attend the fall after-school classes, an additional session will be added for children ages 6-9.)

If you are a member of an organization that would like to sponsor a student or if you are a student who would like to attend IntuArt School, please call: 845-416-5608 or e-mail: jenalice@intuart.com. For online information visit www.intuart.com/jensipple.

para/site opening reception 9.17.05

2005-09-13T19:13:00.000-07:00

ParaSite @ The Iron Fish Trading Company Presents:

"Life: In Black & White"
Photographs by Charles Eshelman

September 10th - September 25th, 2005
Opening Reception : Saturday, September 17th, 2 - 6pm
***BBQ Tailgate opening.

"Life: In Black & White" is a celebration, tribute, and remembrance of the extreme complexities of daily life captured through the lens of photographer Charles Eshelman. Having been self-taught, Eshelman's work has been shaped by the grittiness and stark realities of Chicago, Paris, and New York. The work on view documents the many aspects that make up our lives from fans enjoying a baseball game and children playing on the beach, to the horror witnessed on September 11th. Eshelmans work is a reminder of the volatile nature of life and the brief joyful moments we all cherish and value in our daily lives.

Charles Eshelman is based in New York City and has exhibited his work nationally in New York, San Francisco and Chicago. His photography is in many private collections including Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. "Life: In Black & White" will be on view at ParaSite Art Space, located inside the Iron Fish Trading Company, 167 Main Street, Beacon, New York. For further information concerning the exhibition please contact gallery director Karlos Carcamo at (347) 531-6111. ParaSite gallery hours: Thurs - Sun, 12:00 to 6:00pm.

Windows on Main St events

2005-08-12T05:17:00.000-07:00

For the most current updates on the windows project, and events, visit www.maykr.com

windows on main st opens 8.13

2005-08-12T05:16:00.000-07:00

'Windows on Main Street'
August 13th - Sept 4th, 2005
Beacon, New York
*Opens to the public on (Second Saturday Beacon) August 13th, 12 - 9pm.

On August 13th the city of Beacon will host over 25 contemporary artists who have been invited to create site-specific works of art as a means to engage the community, residences, and businesses through a month long exhibition displayed in store windows located along Main Street. Over 25 local businesses will be participating in this unique event allowing the use of their windows for the display of art.
This collaborative and multidisciplinary project is intended to stimulate interaction between artists, residents, and commercial vendors to explore how art can provide cultural and social understanding, be a catalyst for economic improvement in communities, and strengthen the relationship between residents and artists.
Artwork produced will bring attention to the historical specificity and uniqueness of Beacon's community, and will take into consideration the site and or history of each business in the creation of the work. The project is a way for residents and businesses along Main Street to celebrate, the past and future arts and culture of Beacon. Using art as a way of attracting visitors to local businesses, creating a venue for artists to showcase their work and to build awareness of Beacon's growing cultural and economic community.

This event is part of Beacon's Second Saturday celebration, a monthly celebration of the arts in which galleries and shops are open from 12-9PM for openings, performances and other events. Beacon's Second Saturday is a project of the Beacon Arts Community Association (BACA). For more information about Second Saturday events in August, please visit www.beaconarts.org.

Opening reception: An opening reception for the event will take place on Saturday August 13th from 9 - 12pm at Spire Studios, located at 45 Beekman Street. For further information please contact Todd Spire at 845-231-3275 or check out www.nynarts.com
Event Information Maps and information can be picked up at Hudson Beach Glass, RiverWinds Gallery, World's Ends Books, and The Framery, located at either end of Main Street.

-Windows on Main Street is realized with the generous help and support of the Beacon Arts Community Association, BACA, dedicated to promoting the city of Beacon as a center for the arts - www.beaconarts.org, Spire Studios, and BeaconStruction, Inc.

DirectionsBy Train: Metro-North Railroad\'s Hudson Line to Poughkeepsie, Beacon Stop. Visit www.mta.org or call 212.532.4900 or 800.metro.info.

By Car from NYC: Take upper level of George Washington Bridge to Palisades Parkway North to end. At rotary take 6 East/202 across Bear Mountain Bridge. 1st left onto Route 9D North 16.5 miles to Beacon, At the fourth traffic light in Beacon (just past Beacon, City Hall), turn right onto Main Street.By Car from points South and West: Take 1-87 North to Exit 17, I-84. Follow local signs, to I-84 east, across the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. 1st, exit, turn left onto Route 9D South. Turn left at the third traffic light onto Main Street.By Car from points East: Take I-84 West to Exit 11, Route 9D. Turn left onto Route 9D South. At the third traffic light after bridge turn left onto Main Street."All events are free and open to the Public.

Inquires concerning "Windows on Main Street" please contact project managers Karlos Carcamo at 347-531-6111 odessythree@aol.com or Christopher Albert at info@maykr.com or visit www.maykr.com for more info

PpAaIiNnTtIiNnGg opening 8.13 at para/site

2005-08-10T04:45:00.000-07:00

ParaSite @ The Iron Fish Trading Company Presents:"PpAaIiNnTtIiNnGg"James Sheehan, Alison Moritsugu, Louis CameronAugust 13th - August 28th, 2005Opening Reception : Saturday, August 13th, 5-8pm***Tailgate BBQ"PpAaIiNnTtIiNnGg" - The word "painting" spelled out in small and capital letters, is an exhibition exploring the various approaches to contemporary painting, how we see, engage, and eventually come to understand the complex vocabulary used by painters today. Using the formal qualities of the medium, such as scale, support, surface and color. James Sheehan, Alison Moritsugu, and Louis Cameron find very unique and idiosyncratic ways to express their personal concerns, while adding their own individual voice, to the long history of painting.

James Sheehan (Brooklyn, NY) Has an M.F.A from The Tyler School of Art, Temple University and a B.A. in Art History/Fine Arts from the University of California, Berkeley, CA. His work has been included in national and international exhibitions in New York, Montreal, Tokyo, Prague, Switzerland, and Germany. Awards include the Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Studio Program, LMCC: World Trade Center Residency and ARCUS Residency: Ibaraki Prefecture in Moriya, Japan.

Alison Moritsugu (Beacon, NY) Has been the recipient of numerous grants, fellowships and residencies including ones from the MacDowell Colony, The Bronx Museum of the Arts' "AIM Program", Yaddo, the Cite' Internationale des Arts in Paris and New York Foundation for the Arts Painting Fellowship. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Washington University School of Fine Arts in St. Louis, Missouri, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Visual Arts in New York.

Louis Cameron (Brooklyn, NY) Since earning an MFA at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, in 1997, Cameron has participated in the Artist-In-Residence program at the Studio Museum in Harlem. He has had solo exhibitions at I-20 gallery, Art in General, and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. His work has also been featured in exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, and internationally at Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, and M'ARS Gallery, Moscow. Currently his work is on view in "Abstraction" at the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo, New York."PpAaIiNnTtIiNnGg" will be on view at ParaSite Art Space, located inside The Iron Fish Trading Company, 167 Main Street, Beacon, NY, from Aug 13th -August 28th, 2005. For more information please contact gallery director Karlos Carcamo at (347) 531-6111. Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12:00 to 6:00pm.

Window on Main St:Beacon

2005-07-22T17:12:00.000-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

'Windows on Main Street'
August 13th - Sept 4th, 2005
Beacon, New York

*Opens to the public on (Second Saturday Beacon) August 13th, 12 - 9pm.

On August 13th the city of Beacon will host over 25 contemporary artists who have been invited to create site-specific works of art as a means to engage the community, residences, and businesses through a month long exhibition displayed in store windows located along Main Street. Over 25 local businesses will be participating in this unique event allowing the use of their windows for the display of art.

This collaborative and multidisciplinary project is intended to stimulate interaction between artists, residents, and commercial vendors to explore how art can provide cultural and social understanding, be a catalyst for economic improvement in communities, and strengthen the relationship between residents and artists.

Artwork produced will bring attention to the historical specificity and uniqueness of Beacon's community, and will take into consideration the site and or history of each business in the creation of the work. The project is a way for residents and businesses along Main Street to celebrate, the past and future arts and culture of Beacon. Using art as a way of attracting visitors to local businesses, creating a venue for artists to showcase their work and to build awareness of Beacon's growing cultural and economic community.

Opening reception
An opening reception for the event will take place on Saturday August 13th from 9pm - 12am at Spire Studios, located at 45 Beekman Street. For further information please contact Todd Spire at 845-231-3275 or check out www.nynarts.com

Event Information
Maps and information can be picked up at Hudson Beach Glass, RiverWinds Gallery, World's Ends Books, and The Framery, located at either end of Main Street.
Inquires concerning "Windows on Main Street" please contact project managers Karlos Carcamo at 347-531-6111 odessythree@aol.com or Christopher Albert at info@maykr.com or visit www.maykr.com for more info.
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Windows on Main Street is realized with the generous help and support of the Beacon Arts Community Association, BACA, dedicated to promoting the city of Beacon as a center for the arts - www.beaconarts.org, Spire Studios, and BeaconStruction, Inc.

Directions
By Train: Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line to Poughkeepsie, Beacon Stop. Visit www.mta.org or call 212.532.4900 or 800.metro.info.

By Car from NYC: Take upper level of George Washington Bridge to Palisades Parkway North to end. At rotary take 6 East/202 across Bear Mountain Bridge. 1st left onto Route 9D North 16.5 miles to Beacon, At the fourth traffic light in Beacon (just past Beacon, City Hall), turn right onto Main Street.

By Car from points South and West: Take 1-87 North to Exit 17, I-84. Follow local signs, to I-84 east, across the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. 1st, exit, turn left onto Route 9D South. Turn left at the third traffic light onto Main Street.

By Car from points East: Take I-84 West to Exit 11, Route 9D. Turn left onto Route 9D South. At the third traffic light after bridge turn left onto Main Street.

"All events are free and open to the Public"

"mapquest" opening on 6.9.05 at para/site

2005-07-08T08:28:00.000-07:00

The use of maps and mapping has been a rich resource for many artists throughout the course of art history. It has been used in a variety of ways and taken many forms. "MapQuest" highlights three Contemporary artists using maps and the strategies found in mapping, to explore complex issues dealing with identity, place, and the passage of time.

Susan Magnus (Beacon, NY) has a MFA, from Mills College, Oakland, CA and a BFA, from Parsons School of Design & New School University, New York, NY. Her work has been exhibited throughout the country including the Berkeley Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and the Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco, CA. Her pieces can be found in many private and public collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Microsoft Corporation and the Oakland Museum of California.

Juana Valdez (New York, NY) has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in New York, Amsterdam, Germany, Australia, Belgium, France and Poland. Awards include residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, PS 1 Center for Contemporary Art, Lower Eastside Printshop, the Pollack-Krasner Foundation grant, and the Cuban Artists Fund Grant. She has an MFA from The School of Visual Arts, and a BFA from Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. In the fall she will be participating in a residency at the Center for Book Arts in New York City.

Robert Walden (New York, NY) has a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA and studied History, Art & Music Performance at the University of Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Awards include the Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant, Emerge 2002, Emerging Artists Program, Aljira - A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ. He has exhibited work extensively in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and New York.

"MapQuest" will be on view at ParaSite located inside The Iron Fish Trading Company, 167 Main Street, Beacon, NY, from July 9th - July 31st, 2005. For more information please contact gallery director Karlos Carcamo at (347) 531-6111. Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12:00 to 6:00pm.

dia events for june 25 & 26

2005-06-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

Please join us this weekend at Dia:Beacon for the inaugural reading in
the new Readings in Contemporary Literature series, a Gallery Talk on
the work of Michael Heizer, and screenings of early films by Andy
Warhol.

Dia:Beacon
Riggio Galleries
3 Beekman Street Beacon New York 12508

Readings in Contemporary Literature
Anne Carson, "Variations on the Right to Remain Silent"
Sunday, June 26, 2 pm

http://www.diaart.org/prg/readings/index.html

Evolving from the Readings in Contemporary Poetry Series held at
Dia:Chelsea from 1987-2003, the Readings in Contemporary Literature
series invites writers working in a variety of literary genres to read
from their recent work at Dia:Beacon and to participate in a week-long
residency in the city of Beacon. Admission for the reading is $5; $3 for
members, students, and seniors. Reservations are suggested. Please call
845 440 0100 ext 44.

Readings in Contemporary Literature are made possible through the
generosity of the Dyson Foundation, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds
Foundation, and Louise Riggio.

Gallery Talk
Jennifer Mackiewicz, Dia Art Foundation, on Michael Heizer Saturday,
June 25, 1 pm

http://www.diaart.org/prg/talks/index.html

Focused on the work of the artists in Dia's collection, the one-hour
Gallery Talk presentations are given by curators, art historians, and
writers, and take place in museum's galleries. Talks are free with
admission to the museum. Reservations are suggested. Please call
Dia:Beacon at 845 440 0100 ext 44.

This series of talks is made possible through the generosity of The
Dyson Foundation, The Karan-Weiss Foundation, The Liman Foundation, and
Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust.

Andy Warhol's Early Films
Curated by Douglas Crimp

http://www.diaart.org/prg/films/

Please note that there is a change to this weekend's screening schedule:
the Sunday, June 26 program will take place at 3:30 pm. The screenings
are free with museum admission.

Saturday, June 25, 2:00 pm
"John and Ivy," 1964
"Horse," 1965
(Total running time: 2 hrs., 13 min.)

Sunday, June 26, 3:30 pm
"The Life of Juanita Castro," 1965
"Vinyl," 1965
(Total running time: 2 hrs., 12 min.)

fishkill creek clean-up 6.18.05

2005-06-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

A community service clean-up of the Fishkill Creek is scheduled for this Saturday, June 18th in Beacon, New York.

The cleanup will begin at 9:00am.

We will meet (rain or shine) at the railroad tracks at East Main and Main Street (by the dummy light on the East end of Main).

This message is being sent to you via NYNArts.com and W.A.R (Within Arts' Reach).

We realize that not everyone on our mailing list is local to the Beacon area, but why not give back to an arts community in the morning and stay to enjoy an incredible month of art here in the City of Beacon.

Last Saturday's "Beacon Second Saturday" event was unbearably hot, and few came out to see the new shows on and around Main Street. Make sure to visit the opening exhibition of yet another beautiful gallery - "Beacon Firehouse Gallery" located on the 2nd floor of Hudson Beach Glass, 162 Main Street - which launches with the photographs of John Daido Loori.

For more information, please visit www.beaconarts.org or www.nynarts.com

This community service outreach project is sponsored and organized by:

The Concerned Citizens Coalition of Beacon

The Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee - www.dcemc.org/fishkill/
Scenic Hudson

The City of Beacon

W.A.R. - (Within Arts' Reach)

PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL - BEAUTY IS WITHIN OUR REACH

"harlovits" at parasite

2005-06-14T04:14:00.000-07:00

ParaSite @ The Iron Fish Trading Company Presents

"Harlovits"

Matt Harle - Sculptures
Deborah Davidovits - Works on paper

June 11 - July 3rd, 2005
Opening reception : Saturday, June 18th, 3-7pm

Recently back from a seven month long residency at The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. Husband and wife artists Deborah Davidovits and Matt Harle will present work made while in residence at this prestigious artist residency program.

Deborah Davidovits (Beacon, NY) has a BFA in Sculpture from the Massachusetts College of Art ('90), an MFA in Sculpture from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University ('95). Since receiving an MA in Deaf Education from Columbia University ('99) she has been teaching the deaf and hard-of-hearing in NYC public schools. Her drawings and videos have been shown in the U.S. and abroad, most recently in Boston, Berlin and Bulgaria.

Matt Harle (Beacon, NY) was a 1992-93 Visual Arts Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center. His work has been exhibited extensively in Boston and New York, as well as in shows throughout the country. Awards include residencies at The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. He has a BFA in Painting from the Massachusetts College of Art ('89) and an MFA in Sculpture from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University.

Directions:
By Train: MetroNorth train from Grand Central Station to Poughkeepsie (Beacon stop). Trains run hourly in either direction, visit www.mta.info for further information. Driving - Route 9D to Beacon, I-84 West to Exit 12 (Beacon), I-84 East to Exit 11 (Beacon).

Work by "Matt Harle & Deborah Davidovits" will be on view at ParaSite located inside The Iron Fish Trading Company, 167 Main Street, Beacon, NY from June 11 - July 3rd, 2005. For more information please contact gallery director Karlos Carcamo at (347) 531-6111. Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12:00 to 6:00pm.

B5

2005-06-08T05:24:00.000-07:00

Five Artists From Beacon
Simon Draper, Thomas Huber, Laura Moriarty, Alison Moritsugu, Jaanika Peerna

Curated by Carol March
June 11 - August 7
Reception: June 11 4-6:30 pm
Kleinert/James Arts Center
34 Tinker St Woodstock

via beacon at GAGA

2005-06-05T05:24:00.000-07:00

13 beacon artists exhibiting in a 5,000 square foot former dyeworks factory in garnerville. in addition to kathy feighery, and chris albert, the artists included, are: jen bradford, carlos uribe, matt kinney, linda stewart, alexis elton, claire lofrese, richard bruce, marnie hillsley, simon draper, grey zeien, gary o'connor.

the exhibit runs weekends through july 3rd.
hours are: sat/sun 2-5 pm & by appt.
artist reception: june 25, 4-7 pm

via beacon
dyeworks gallery
garnerville arts & industrial center
55 w railroad rd, garnerville ny, 10923

for directions, and more details, please visit www.maykr.com
or call coulter young 845.831.6535

a rinnhofer's images at kleinblue

2005-04-26T06:25:00.000-07:00

Kleinblue Productions
518 Main Street, No. 8
(Side Entrance double doors 4 North Street in Beacon)

Through May 30: “white_spring: all hands offer flowers”
Produced by Kleinblue Productions with the Vangeline Theater at the
Gates Project in Central Park on February 26, 2005, the show documents
a 20-minute performance that evokes the ephemeral nature of existence
in these conflict-ridden days. Installation includes photographs by
Angelika Rinnhofer, concurrently showing photo works at bau, and
books and text by Sarah Stanley.

Hours: Opening Saturday May 7, 6 – 8pm
Concert 8pm by Cellist Adam Fischer

Saturdays by appointment
Information: 1.845.440.323

www.kleinblueproductions.com

Kleinblue Productions commissions photography projects with
internationally exhibited fine art photographers in order to create
conceptual projects that engage time and place.