Poughkeepsie celebrates the arts throughout the year in all forms - exhibitions, dance, music and the culinary arts.  Home to a wide variety of theaters and performance spaces, Poughkeepsie is the performing arts capital of the Hudson Valley. Featuring more than 30 murals, 70 outdoor sculptures, historic architecture and the Walkway Over the Hudson, many are within walking distance of the train station. A walking tour is a great way to enjoy the wide variety of these assets throughout the city and town. www.SPARCPoughkeepsie.com

Mill Street Loft ARTS presents The Senior Project Exhibition 2012

an Exhibition of Student Work from the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft opening on Saturday, February 4th, 2012

The Art Institute at Mill Street Loft Arts, located in Poughkeepsie and Beacon, proudly announces the opening of this years' Senior Project Exhibition. This special exhibition will take place in Gallery 45, Mill Street Loft's exhibition space located at 45 Pershing Avenue in Poughkeepsie. Exhibition dates are Saturday, February 4th - Friday, March 16th. An opening reception for this inspiring show will be held at the gallery on Saturday, February 4th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. The reception is free and open to the public.

The Senior project program is the Art Institute's most rigorous mentoring course designed to build strong scholarship portfolios. Students who complete the twelve week intensive course are granted the opportunity to showcase their work in this exhibition. The show will feature paintings, drawings, printmaking and mixed media works. The public is invited to celebrate these students amazing accomplishments and witness the difference 12 weeks of intensive study can make.

The Five young artists featured in this exhibition are Galeen McCartney of Newburgh High School, Jackie Pfleger of Arlington High School, Helen Sywalski of Monticello High School, Isaac Toonkel of Millbrook High School and Alexis Volpe of Arlington High School.

For further information on this exhibition or other MSL Arts programs please call 845.471.7477 or visit www.millstreetloft.org. Contact: Laurie Clark, MSL Arts Exhibition Coordinator, 845.471.7477

 

New Directions '12

Twenty-Seventh Annual National Juried

Contemporary Art Exhibition Juried by Susan Cross, Curator, MASS MoCA

Saturday, February 4, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie, NY

For more information, call (845) 471-2550 or e-mail info@barrettartcenter.org

For a list of exhibiting artists, visit www.barrettartcenter.org

 

100 x 100

Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Locust Grove: The Samuel Morse Estate, 2683 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

100 donated works of art will be raffled off. Proceeds will benefit Barrett Art Center's programs. Paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings, photographs, sculpture, ceramics and mixed media works by some of the area's favorite artists will be included in this exhibition/raffle.

We're selling only 100 tickets to this event, at $100 each, and early reservations are encouraged. A ticket entitles the holder to admission for two people, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, and one work of art.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call Ursula Morgan at Locust Grove, at (845) 454-4500, x. 217, or Barrett Art Center at (845) 471-2550.