Art Along the Hudson

Beacon	Garrison/Cold Spring	Hudson	Kingston	New Paltz
Newburgh	Peekskill	Poughkeepsie	Rhinebeck/Red Hook	Woodstock

DCEDC Business Excellence Award for Tourism - Art Along the Hudson

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Art Along the Hudson Business Excellence Award

And Congratulations to all the winners at the Dutchess County Executive's Art Awards Oct 25th

Sue Hartshorn

Sue Hartshorn - Montgomery Row and Rhinebeck/Red Hook

Kip Bleakley O'Neill - Patron
Saint Francis Hospital & Health Center - Art in Public Places
Margaret Crenson (posthumously) - Individual Artist
Dia:Beacon - Art Organization
Montgomery Row - Business
Sue Lesser - Arts-in-Education
Stephen Clair - Special Citation
Lauren Elizabeth Molella - Youth with Exceptional Promise
Yangzi Zhou - Youth with Exceptional Promise

Stephen Clair

Dia:Beacon

If you would like copies of the brochure or have questions, please contact us: info@artalongthehudson

Art Along the Hudson

Winner of the Dutchess County Economic Development 2011 Business Excellence Award for Tourism

Art Along the Hudson, now in its eighth year, is a unique collaborative marketing effort to promote river cities as a vibrant arts and cultural community.

Art Along the Hudson celebrates the arts in ten artistically-focused communities on the Hudson River, including Peekskill, Garrison/Cold Spring, Newburgh, Beacon, Poughkeepsie, New Paltz, Rhinebeck/Red Hook, Kingston, Hudson, and Woodstock. It is also promoting eight Hudson Valley Studio Tours offering art lovers great opportunities to meet the many artists living and working in the Hudson Valley.

The 2011marketing effort includes:
- Brochure: Each city has a panel of the brochure promoting the art venues in their area, contact information and a brief descriptive paragraph. There is also a section about the Studio Tours and maps. 60,000 brochures were printed and are being distributed along the NY Thruway, Hudson Valley Hotels, and Columbia, Putnam, Orange, Ulster, Dutchess and Westchester counties.
- Website: www.ArtAlongtheHudson.com. Each city has a page on the website, the brochure information plus links for each art venue. There is also a special section on Studio Tours.
- Social Media: Facebook group
- Media ads: the Hudson River Museum and Gallery guide, the Metro North Getaway Guide, Amtrak Annual Guide, Art in America and selected other seasonal publications.
- Radio: WAMC public radio and WKZE .
- Each year a kickoff and art show event is held bringing together government officials, business leaders, tourism experts, educators, media representatives, principals from art organizations, artists and art enthusiasts. This year's event at the Paramount in Peekskill was attended by over 250 supporters of the arts.

All the coordination work is done on a volunteer basis. Each community and studio tour contributes funds to support the marketing effort. Additional sponsors this year included Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Crafts at Rhinebeck, Ulster Savings and Entergy, and our fiscal sponsor is the Dutchess County Arts Council.

About Us:

Vision:
The Hudson Valley is known as an arts destination and the art communities along the Hudson River are known for their Art Days, Events and Studio Tours and as arts destinations.

Mission:
The groups that represent the art towns and the art celebrations join together to form a marketing collaborative effort to bring focus and awareness of their art activities.

Goals for 2011:
1. Create a marketing plan for the art events with a focus on monthly celebrations & studio tours
2. Fund the marketing plan (two tier – full and studio tour only).
3. Create delieverables to promote the arts.
4. Hold a Kickoff Media event.
5. Distribute the materials throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond.
6. Maintain a yearly presence.
7. Share best practices and support each other

Each Participating Community & Studio Tour is responsible for:
1. Determining & creating their art related events and monthly focus
2. AAH funding and payment within requested timeframe
3. AAH data on their panel for the brochure & website (listing and images)
3. Sending periodic updates to website to keep their data current
4. Sending updates for monthly taglines for WAMC radio
5. Helping with AAH organization activities

To contact the members:

ArtEast Studio www.arteastdutchess.com

Art StudioViews www.artsnortherndutchess.org/asv

Arts Society of Kingston www.askforarts.org 845-338-0331

Beacon Arts Community Association www.beaconarts.org

Beacon Open Studios www.beaconopenstudios.org

Garrison/Cold Spring www.garrisonartcenter.org 845.424.3960

New Paltz www.newpaltzarts.org

Newburgh River Art Walk www.NewburghArtsCalendar.com 845-564-4184

Orange County Arts Council-Open Studio Tour www.ocartscouncil.org

Peekskill www.peekskillartscouncil.org 914-734-1292

Peekskill’s 14th Annual Open Studios www.peekskillartscouncil.org