Ever been interested in hopping on your bike with a sleeping bag and a beer for an overnight or doing a multi-day tour? Yeah, us too. In conjunction with First Fridays in Catskill, we’ll be hosting a bikepacking and bike touring workshop for beginner and experienced travelers alike. Starts at 6pm on April 5th with…
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Artist Reception for “Chromatic Scale” by Michael Simpson at D’Arcy Simpson Art Works
Michael Simpson continues his rigorous series of color field paintings in his latest show “Chromatic Scale.” These paintings explore and experiment with color relationships and interactions in ways that transcend the physical material, creating a psychological, emotive effect. The artist rubs pigment into raw wood, allowing the material’s porousness and grain to influence the texture…
Art Omi Presents: The Importance of Place
Art Omi: Writers alumni Chigozie Obioma and Joseph O’Neill join in a virtual conversation centered on the significance of “place,” moderated by Program Director DW Gibson. With setting serving a central aspect of both of these writers’ work, this conversation will look to the significance of place within their individual writing processes and also explore…
Art Omi Presents: A Musical Collaboration Across Countries
Anna Jónsdóttir (Soprano), Ursel Schlicht (piano), and Ute Vöelker (accordion), three musicians who met through their residencies at Art Omi: Music, formed an unusual trio to reinterpret a set of Icelandic folk songs and present them in a thoroughly modern setting. They’ve now toured and performed in Iceland and Germany. Join Art Omi: Music Program…