Opening Receptions: “What We Hold: Stories + Objects” & “Catskill Reveries – Dina Bursztyn”
In honor of Women’s History Month 2024, CREATE Gallery is excited to announce the simultaneous opening of two new exhibitions showcasing the work of dozens of women artists, “What We Hold: Stories + Objects” and “Catskill Reveries – Dina Bursztyn”.
What We Hold: Stories + Objects
On CREATE’s Catskill gallery main floor, “What We Hold” reflects the diverse creativity and experience of 60 regional women artists. This collective exhibit was conceived as an invitation to share their experiences as women through the art they create, whether by objects or images.
Featured artists include: Abbie Zuidema, Alyson Pou, Amy Silberkleit, Ann Morris, Anne Gabriele, Arlene Seymour, Carol March, Carolyn Lambert, Chiarra Hughes-Mba, Chris DeMarco, Deborah Berlin, Deborah Mills Thackrey, Debra Trebitz, Deirdre Day, Donna Barrett, Donna Greenberg, Eileen Ordu, Elizabeth diGiacomantonio, Eva Melas, Fern Apfel, Grace Lang, Gretchen Kelly, Heather Caufield, Heidi Mandato, Jackie Fischer, Jean Tansey, Jess Cropper-Alt, Joyce Polance, Juda Leah, Julie Chase, Kara Smith, Kate Minford, Kathleen Fallon, Kerry Dayton, Kim Bach, Kristen DeFontes, Kristi Gibson, Lillian Melcher, Liz Shaw, Lizbette Martinez, Lucy Bohnsack, Lynne Stone, Maude White, Melissa Forbes, Melissa Zexter, Monika Zarzeczna, Nancy De Flon, Nancy O’Hara, Nancy Winternight, Natalie Boburka, Pam Poquette, Pamela Quick, Patti Gibbons, Pauline Decarmo, Sage Adorno, Sandy Mildenberg, Shirin Mazdeyasna, Sita Gómez and Valerie Richmond.
Catskill Reveries – Dina Bursztyn
Dina Bursztyn was born in Mendoza, Argentina and graduated from the University of Cordoba (Argentina) with a degree in Latino American Literature. She moved to NYC in the 70s, having fled the military dictatorships in Argentina. Shortly after arriving in NY she began working in ceramics, which would remain a life-long passion. She was a self-taught visual artist and a writer. She worked in various media: ceramic sculpture, painting, mixed media, artist’s books and public art. Her work has been shown extensively in the US as well as abroad and she was awarded numerous public art commissions, among others, by NYC MTA’s Arts & Design, NYC Percent for the Arts and the Public Art Fund, in addition to numerous grants and residencies. In 2003 she moved to Catskill with her wife Julie Chase. They founded the Open Studio, a storefront gallery on Main Street in Catskill, in 2004. CREATE is paying tribute to Bursztyn with “Catskil Reveries – Dina Bursztyn”, a retrospective of her work curated by Chase on display in the gallery’s second floor space.
Opening receptions for “What We Hold: Stories + Objects” and “Catskill Reveries – Dina Bursztyn” will be held on Friday, Feb. 9th from 5 to 7pm. Both exhibits will run from Feb. 9th – Mar. 10th. The CREATE Gallery is located at 398 Main Street in Catskill, NY.
CREATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS is a non-profit, arts service organization whose purpose is to support and advance the arts and cultural community by broadening and enriching creative resources and economic growth in the region. CREATE serves as the Statewide Community Re-grant arts organization for Greene, Columbia and Schoharie Counties.
Since 1975, CREATE has provided information and essential services to artists, arts organizations, cultural and educational institutions, civic groups, community agencies and the general public, and continues to grow its outreach as a regional arts council. CREATE is supported in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the Greene County Legislature.
Questions? Email gallery@createcouncil.org
