Robin Rice, owner of the eponymous art gallery at 234 Warren Street in Hudson, typically rouses before dawn. Her third floor bedroom affords a fine view of the Catskills but most mornings she only catches a glimpse of their shadowy silhouettes before coffee and emails. Recently, Rice took the time to do something rare: she…
Category: Art Galleries
Making art, wholesale: a private event at the home of Carrie Haddad honors the legacy of Frederic Church
Two Thursdays ago, a group of Hudsonians gathered at the home of beloved local gallerist Carrie Haddad to celebrate the closing weekend of Spectacle: Frederic Church and the Business of Art – an exhibition curated by The Olana Partnership that examined the historic painter’s use of showmanship in promotion of his artwork. The event, subtitled…
Kinderhook Memorial Library presents “Behind the Scenes: An Intimate View into the Studios of Local Artists”
Kinderhook Memorial Library celebrates area artists with a tour of their studios on May 4 and 5, 2024, “Behind the Scenes: An Intimate View into the Studios of Local Artists”. Proceeds from this event will directly support our youth programs and events, including our new in-person tutoring program that will be launched later this year….
Black Legacy Association of Columbia County Exhibit at the Hudson Area Library
Hours of VHS 1980’s video interviews with Hudson African-American elders sat in a box in a basement at Columbia Opportunities. Through the dedication of Hudson residents Emily Chameides, Tiffany Garriga, and Quintin Cross, Columbia Opportunities, the organization largely responsible for this invaluable collection, saw that the library could be stewards of it and the box,…
Transcendent Turbulence: A Quartet of Women Artists Bring Refracted Natural Views to Warren Street
A couple weekends ago, I had the delight of visiting two galleries on Warren Street – both featuring women artists who offer sustained yet refracted views of nature in their work. The first of these galleries, Susan Eley Fine Art, presents Scenes of Ethereality – which is the second half of its two-part wintertime exhibition…
All My Sons Review – A Gen-Xer Reflects on the “Silent Generation”
As a proud Gen X-er, I regularly tell my Millennial and Gen-Z counterparts, “You can’t have everything you want in life – the perfect job, a great home and family. Who told you that you could?” Gen X-ers would never tell you you could have it all, at least not the ones that I know….
Scatological Japanese Performance Art Deconstructs Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Chatham, New York
I saw a show called “Hamlet | Toilet” and said to myself, ‘I have to go!’ Prior to Columbia County, I lived in the East Village of NYC from 1987 until 2009. With multiple NYU Drama School friends and roommates, I’ve sat through more than my fair share of black box avant garde theater performances….
A Visit to the Exhibit Spectacle: The Business of Art
Years ago, I worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – I waited tables at the Members’ Restaurant. To my friends who visited NYC, my employment at the museum somehow made me an authority and de facto tour guide. My tour of the Metropolitan Museum hit all the major exhibitions – the Temple of Dendur,…
SPECTACLE Frederic Church and The Business of Art Opens at Olana State Historic Site
A 21st Century “Heart of the Andes” Debut at Olana HUDSON, NY – The Olana Partnership and Olana State Historic Site announced today the new exhibition titled, SPECTACLE: Frederic Church and The Business of Art opening November 19 at Olana. SPECTACLE will bring visitors a 21st century way of viewing Frederic Church’s great masterwork, “The…
Sodomites Open a Bookstore in Hudson
I know what you’ve been wondering, same as me. When is Hudson going to get a semi-erotic queer bookstore? Right? How many more farm-to-table restaurants can open? What are we going to read while enjoying that kale salad and oatmilk latte? Thankfully, a queer-friendly bookstore has FINALLY opened! Kudos to Nathan Rapport and Jonathan Osofsky…