Greetings Art Lovers:
January 15 is Martin Luther King's birthday - let's remember his lifetime of work with a personal act of kindness and generosity.
Several months ago Arts Mid-Hudson accepted the charge from Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro to lead a search for the first Dutchess County Poet Laureate. Arts Mid-Hudson assembled a panel of poetry professionals and community members to review the nominations received through a public call and have come to a unanimous decision, with an announcement next week. Mark your calendar to hear the State of Dutchess County and the Dutchess County Poet Laureate's poetry on January 27, 5:30 p.m. at the Bardavon.
All of us at Arts Mid-Hudson are looking forward to an exciting schedule of exhibits and workshops for 2016! The gallery at Arts Mid-Hudson Asian Influence exhibit opened on Saturday to a lovely crowd - stop by and experience artworks by artists from the Hudson River valley, such as Amy Cheng, SUNY New Paltz professor of art, Xuewu Zheng, Poughkeepsie-based artist, Leigh Williams, Dutchess Community College professor, and international artists hailing from New York City, Korea, and China. Next up and opening February 13 is the Special Winter Olympics exhibit, with participant artists from Anderson Center for Autism, Abilities First, Taconic Resources and Dutchess ARC.
April is National Poetry month and through the NY Council for the Humanities we will host scholar Erika Haygood Gault presenting on poetry. In the gallery, Recycle/Reconfigure exhibit will feature artworks that have been created from recyclable items and Dutchess Handmade returns during the last week of April for Mother's Day. Check our webpage out for workshops that include Zentangle, and coming soon, paper-cutting, embroidery and more to get all of us through the coming winter months.
What's to do this weekend and beyond? There are still tickets for Friday night for Half Moon Theatre's Cabaret Evening at the Culinary with Olivia Lucy Phillip, who is making her Broadway debut next month. Tickets include a delectable three-course meal paired with the show.
In honor of Black History Month, the Mid-Hudson Heritage Center hosts an exhibit of interviews of African-American and Afro-Caribbean seniors in our community about their lives. Recorded contributions from Karen Michel's Stories to Go project will be featured, and a screening of a short documentary chronicling the story of Madeline, a Poughkeepsie artist. Monday, January 18: 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Save the Date:
January 24-25: Auditions for Memphis at County Players
January 25: Arts Mid-Hudson Annual Meeting
February 6: Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra Brits on Broadway at the Culinary
February 13: Special Winter Olympics opening at Arts Mid-Hudson Gallery
Best wishes for an art-filled week!
Linda Marston-Reid
Executive Director
#ARTS_midhudson
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Chiaroscuro; Play on Light and Dark
The first show of 2016 at the Tivoli Artists Gallery is a show featuring artwork inspired by lightness and darkness. The term Chiaroscuro refers to a strong juxtaposition of light and dark, which results in a stunning visual effect in a work of art. Everyone is invited to meet the artists at the opening reception this Saturday from
6:00 - 8:00 p.m..
Tivoli
Friday, January 15 through February 7 | more |
 THE ART OF ALEXANDER
SHUNDI
This Moviehouse
exhibition will focus on paintings, and a collection of collages
accompanied by poems, written by Shundi in English or Italian with the accompanied translations, and will open with a gallery talk by the artist followed by a reception.
Millerton Saturday,
January 16
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. | more |
 Classical pianists Audrey Axinn
and Dongsok Shin in concert at Unison
This is a rare opportunity to hear music performed on the fortepiano, an early version of the piano which was invented in Italy around 1700. It is the instrument for which Hayden, Mozart and the early Beethoven wrote their keyboard music.
New Paltz
Sunday, January 17
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | more |
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LONGREACH
ARTS PANEL DISCUSSION
Working in a wide variety of mediums, 19 members of LongReach will discuss their individual artistic processes and inspirations as well as how their art is impacted by membership in this cooperative. This is a chance to meet our members and take this opportunity to ask them about their art.
Kingston
Saturday, January 16
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. | more |
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HV Folk Guild Poughkeepsie open mic with Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly has been writing and playing songs out for quite a long time. One of the first places he played was the Amber Lantern Inn in 1979, the original venue for the Hudson Valley Folk Guild.
Poughkeepsie Saturday, January 16
7:30 - 10:30 p.m. | more |
OF LOVE AND LOSS
A romantic afternoon of song with Avery Amereau, Mezzo Soprano, Christine Price, Soprano and Sophia Munoz, Piano. Enjoy German, French and Golden Age American Songs and Duets by composers among others: Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and Felix Mendelssohn.
Rhinebeck
Sunday, January 17
3:00 p.m.
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