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Art
Along the Hudson 2005 Press Conference
May
2, 2005 2pm Poughkeepsie, NY
Art
Along the Hudson in partnership with its Hudson Valley city mayors
joined together to celebrate the artistic and cultural vitality which is
becoming the centerpiece of our Region.
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Top Row: Vindora
Wixom, President Art Society of Kingston and Cathy Maloney,
representative of Kingston Mayor James Sottile: Kippy Boyle,
Chair Newburgh River Walk and Newburgh Mayor Nick Valentine;
Albert Shahanian, Chair of Poughkeepsie's Art Hop and Poughkeepsie
Mayor Nancy Cozean, Beacon Mayor Clara Lou Gould and Ricardo Diaz,
Vice President of the Beacon Arts Community Association.
Bottom row: Benjaming Krevolin, President Dutchess County Arts
Council and Linda Hubbard, Chair, Art Along the Hudson.
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On Monday May 2nd at 2pm,
city mayors of the cities who support the Hudson Valley Saturday art
and cultural events joined forces to launch the second
year of the collaborative marketing campaign – Art Along the Hudson,
promoting the arts in our region. The four city mayors are Kingston -
James Sottile (represented by Cathy Maloney), Beacon - Clara Lou Gould, Poughkeepsie - Nancy Cozean,
And Newburgh - Nick Valentine. Each city was presented with a
poster of the cover panel from the brochure and their city's listing. Click here for the photo gallery from the
press conference.
The brochures will be distributed
throughout Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties. Many thanks go
to Carl VanBrunt of VanBrunt Gallery in Beacon for designing and
updating the brochure and to the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
for paying for the brochure printing costs.
Saturdays have
become special days for art in the four cities of Kingston, Beacon,
Poughkeepsie and Newburgh. On four separate Saturdays each month, art
galleries and cultural venues welcome visitors and arts advocates to
gallery openings, artist receptions, music, theatrical events and for
culinary dining pleasures.
Every month, new artwork and
cultural activity open on First Saturday in Kingston; Second Saturday
in Beacon, the Third Saturday in Poughkeepsie, and in Newburgh on the
Fourth Saturday.
The Arts
Organizations of these four cities - Arts Society of Kingston (ASK),
Beacon Arts Community Association (BACA), Poughkeepsie ArtHop and the
River Art Walk of Newburgh (RAW) along with the support of the
Dutchess County Arts Council, PULSE and the Hudson Valley Federal
Credit Union have collaborated to produce a new gallery guide and
website
www.artalongthehudson.com which will showcase the arts and
cultural venues and happenings of 4 Cities + 4 Saturdays for
the next twelve months.
This unique
collaborative effort recognizes the Hudson Valley Region as an vibrant
arts and cultural community with a reputation that reaches around the
world. The Art Along the Hudson alliance partners include the:
Arts
Society of Kingston
www.askforarts.org at 845-338-0331,
Beacon Arts Community
Association
www.beaconarts.org at 845-546-6222,
Poughkeepsie ArtHop
www.ArtHopTours.com at 845-454-2263
Newburgh River Art Walk
www.newburgharts.com at 845-565-1140
Dutchess County Arts
Council
www.artsmidhudson.org at 845-454-3222
PULSE
www.pulsehv.com at
845-559-0081
Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
www.hvfcu.org at
845-463-3011
For additional
information on the Arts Along the Hudson contact
Linda Hubbard at
lthubbard@aol.com 845.221.3662 or Benjamin Krevolin at
bkrevolin@artsmidhudson.org 845.454.3222 or Irene MacPherson at
imacpherson@ulsterny.com 845.338.8840 x 11.
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