Posted in Events, Photography, Staff Picks on Feb 8th, 2012
Join us tonight at the opening of Designed to Dance: Dance Ink Magazine 1989-1996, an exhibition curated by VRC staff member Debra Klein. Founded by Patsy Tarr in 1989, Dance Ink Magazine was an avant-garde, quarterly journal dedicated to contemporary dance. Pairing kinetic type with dynamic photography, art director Abbot Miller accomplished the difficult task […]
Posted in Events, Local Resources, Painting, Staff Picks on Feb 23rd, 2011
There are two upcoming Sunday Salons at the Thomas Cole House: On March 6, David Bjelajac, Professor of Art and Human Sciences at George Washington University will speak on Thomas Cole, Freemasonry and the American Hercules. On April 3, Gay Myers & Lance Mayer, independent painting conservators based at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, will […]
Posted in Events, Local Resources, Painting, Staff Picks on Oct 5th, 2010
Since moving to the Hudson River Valley four years ago, I have very much enjoyed working as a volunteer docent at the home of Thomas Cole, the early 19th century artist who inspired the Hudson River School of landscape painters. I recommend the house tour for those interested in architecture and social history as well […]
Posted in Sculpture, Staff Picks on Sep 30th, 2010
This past weekend, my friend and I were fortunate enough to acquire tickets to experience the Big Bambú, Doug and Mike Starn’s immense installation constructed from Georgian and South Carolinian bamboo poles and nylon twine sited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rooftop garden. At the start of the tour, I couldn’t help feeling a […]
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