Art Along the Hudson

Beacon

Catskill Kingston New Paltz Newburgh Peekskill Poughkeepsie

Each month the art cities along the Hudson River in New York, celebrate the arts. Click on the different cities and to their websites for their current events.

ART ALONG THE HUDSON KICKED OFF IT'S 6TH YEAR
RECEPTION HOSTED BY Cunneen-Hackett in Poughkeepsie, NY
May 28, 2009 6 – 8pm

Art Along the Hudson – 7 Cities, 7 Celebrations kicked off the 2009 summer season with a reception at Cunneen-Hackett, 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 6:00 to 8:00 pm.  In its sixth year, Art Along the Hudson continues to celebrate the arts in Kingston, Beacon, Catskill, Poughkeepsie and Newburgh plus new venues of New Paltz and Peekskill.  As part of the Hudson Quadcentennial, we are celebrating 400 years of art in these seven cities with a growing new and contemporary art scene - a 100 miles of art!

.Kickoff 2009

Bill Durham ( Exec Director of Barrett Art Center), Linda Hubbard (Chair Art Along the Hudson), JoAnn Feigenheimer
(Executive Director Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center) and Benjamin Krevolin (President, Dutchess County Arts Council)

  The reception at Cunneen Hackett included light refreshments provided by Twisted Soul Restaurant and Barrett Art Center and live music by Rosemary Nielson.

Cunneen Hackett Cunneen Hackett
Cunneen Hackett Sign In

 

The cameras rolled..

Cablevision

A program about the seven cities started at 6:40 pm.  Benjamin Krevolin, President Dutchess County Arts Council, was Master of Ceremonies for the event and thanked the hosts for the evening Bill Durham, Executive Director of the Barrett Art Center and JoAnn Feigenheimer, Executive Director of Cunneen Hackett

Bill Durham

JoAnn Feigenheimer

Art Along the Hudson celebrations are anchored by rotating Saturdays that spotlight each of the cities.  Kingston celebrates First Saturdays; Beacon has Second Saturdays; Catskill and New Paltz celebrate Third Saturdays; and Newburgh highlights Last Saturdays plus Poughkeepsie and Peekskill have various art celebrations.  Although activities happen year-round in all of the participating communities, a focus of one Saturday each month helps to strengthen and build awareness of each city’s arts initiatives.  Programs feature a variety of art forms - from gallery and museum exhibits to music, dance, theatre and poetry.  Special events range from sculpture exhibits, street fairs and parades, to art and history tours. Each City was represented and given an opportunity to say a few words....

Beacon was represented by Dan Rigney, Beacon Arts Community Association (BACA) and City of Beacon Mayor Steve GoldDan Rigney - Beacon

Steve Gold - Mayor of Beacon

Alyson Milbourn represented the Catskill Gallery Association

Alyson Milbourn

Lew Gardner, Vice president of ASK Board of Directors represented Kingston

Lew Gardner - Kingston

New Paltz just celebrated their first third Saturday and a new member was represented by Melanie Cronin, New Paltz Arts and Shari Osbourn, Village of New Paltz and the Historic Huguenot Street

Shari Osbourn

Newburgh was represented by Marge Bell, Newburgh Councilwoman and Aquanetta Wrightof the Newburgh Jazz Series

Newburgh

Peekskill was also delighted to join Art Along the Hudson and was represented by Mary Foster, Mayor of Peekskill

Peekskill

And Bill Durham spoke on behalf of Barrett Art Center and Poughkeepsie.

Benjamin Krevolin thanked the brochure sponsors - Brian Kelly of the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union and Tom McQuade of Associated Air Craft, the brochure designer, Carl VanBrunt, the brochure printer Lithography by Design and our Media Sponsors, Jim Gibbons of Merchantile and Theresa Sharp of Hudson Valley Biz. Special thanks also to Mary Kay Verba of Dutchess Tourism.

Reception 2009

Nancy Coszine (former Mayor of Poughkeepsie), Ken Snodgrass (Locust Grove) and Mary Kay Verba (Director, Dutchess County Tourism)

Linda Hubbard, Chair of Art Along the Hudson, thanked all the participants - artists, galleries, art organizations, cities and sponsors - especially Benjamin Krevolin and Lisa Fiorese of the Dutchess County Arts Council. Through everyones efforts in addition to the brochure, website and radio on WAMC, we are doing print ads in Hudson Valley Museum and Gallery Guide, Manhatten Press, NY Amtrack and Metro North Summer Guide.

Linda Hubbard

Linda Hubbard

Laurie Strange of Barrett Art Center presented Linda with a basket of flowers.

The event provided an opportunity to meet the artists and creators of this regional initiative, along with city and tourism officials actively working to revitalize their cities through the arts.

DCAC staff and friends

Poughkeepsie/Beacon

Beacon

Newburgh

New this year, a juried art show by the artists from the seven cities.  The show was up from May 28 - June 30th.

Art Show
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Art Show

All Photographs from the kickoff event are by Mary Ann Glass, Wedding and Event Photographer www.maryannglass.com and co-owner of RiverWinds Gallery www.riverwindsgallery.com.

To see the images that were in the art show - click here. If interested in any of the artworks, please email us at info@artalongthehudson.com

Decora - Break Dance on Breakneck

 

An eye-catching, four-color brochure lists the participating venues in each city, and was available at the reception. It will be widely distributed to tourism sites throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond.  The three New York Thruway locations - Sloatsburg, Plattekill and New Baltimore - Information Centers now distribute the Art Along the Hudson Brochures.Art Along the Hudson Brochures

Special thanks go to Associated Aircraft Group (AAG) www.flyaag.com and the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVFCU) www.hvfcu.org for supporting the printing of the brochure. And Lithography by Design in Highland NY for doing an outstanding job!

AAG

Sarah Hubbard - AAG, TomMcQuade - AAG Vice President and CFO and Linda Hubbard

HVFCU

Kellly Outwater, Brian Kelly and Shana Martinez - Managers, Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union

AAHcover Map - Art Along the Hudson
Brochure Sponsors
 

Art Along the Hudson is made possible by the support from the Dutchess County Arts Council (DCAC) www.artsmidhudson.org as well as the participating art organizations, municipalities, businesses, tourism organizations and artists.

WAMC Radio

 

Watch for Art Along the Hudson on the radio!

Each week talks about each city on a rotating basis and on the off weeks there is a generic Art Along the Hudson tag line.  This is sponsored by donations from the 7 cities.

On May 26th at 9:45 am on the roundtable, Benjamin Krevolin (DCAC), Melanie Cronin (New Paltz Arts) and Linda Hubbard (Art Along the Hudson and Beacon) were with Joe Donahue.

Click here for the link to hear the discussion.

Merchantile - May 2009

The Merchantile is long time sponsor of Art Along the Hudson. It is your guide to what is happening in the arts in the Hudson Valley. Check out the May edition - information about the Kickoff Event on May 28th - and highlights about the seven cities throughout the edition.

And look for the arts in the new insert weekly in Hudson Valley BIZ. The June 8th edition has a copy of the brochure printed in the centerfold and a great article about the ArtAlong the Hudson kickoff.

HV Biz

Westfair Business Publications, publisher of HV Biz has long been an advocate of the arts and a supporter of Art Along the Hudson.  “We recognize that the arts not only provide a cultural dimension to living and working in a region, but as advocates of local business we recognize the impact the arts have on the local economy.

       
         That’s why HV Biz launched HV Arts,” said publisher Dee DelBello. The purpose of the feature is to promote the variety of arts organizations and events taking place in the Hudson Valley. Rich in natural beauty, the valley is also home to some of the most talented artists in the nation and “we want to help make all our readers know about them.”

         Ask artists and they will tell you that the arts – whether it be visual or performing – are businesses and bringing their creative works and performances to the attention of the buying public is no easy task.

         That’s where HV Biz steps in –– “featuring the arts prominently in our business publication is our way of contributing to the region’s diverse economy.”
         Yes, we report the news, but we also work as a catalyst to help foster business growth in all industries, including the arts.

If have questions, please contact us:  info@artalongthehudson.  

For additional information on the Arts Along the Hudson contact Linda Hubbard of RiverWinds Gallery at info@artalongthehudson.com 845.838.2880  or Benjamin Krevolin, President of the DCAC at bkrevolin@artsmidhudson.org 845.454.3222

Disclaimer: The utmost effort is made to publish accurate info.  Any inconsistencies between what is published here & actual events at each location are due to unavailable or uncertain info before deadline, or change of plans after deadline.  If you find a gallery not on this map, it opened after deadline or chose not to be listed.

Copyright ArtAlongTheHudson  2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Website updated on June 30, 2009

Linda T Hubbard, www.RiverWindsGallery.com

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