WAAM EVENTS

Join Roger Lazoff for a screening of Ken Kesey’s The Bus Movie, Episode 1: Journey to the East, Saturday, June 29 at 2 PM. Free Admission.

This film is being screened in conjunction with the current exhibition Get on the Bus with Roger Lazoff in WAAM’s Solo Gallery, June 15 – July 7, 2019.

In the summer of 1964, Ken Kesey and his friends, known as the Merry Pranksters, undertook an epic cross-country bus trip. In a decade of Happenings, this event, chronicled on film and in print, became a celebration and a touchstone for the emerging counter-culture. In later years, the Merry Pranksters continued to demonstrate their version of free expression, both graphically and through what might now be called performance art.

The items in this show; posters, film, books – by Kesey and others – illustrate the multimedia interests of the group.

I went to California in 1974 and quickly fell into the Kesey orbit. Some of the objects in this exhibition came to me during the six years I lived with and around the Pranksters; others represent the next generation.

This exhibition asks and suggests the answer to the question: is Ken Kesey still relevant today and if so why? It is my belief that he is, not only because of his great novels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion, but also because he was so central to the cultural transformation  that took place in the 60s and early 70s. Kesey’s circle of influence encompassed the Grateful Dead, John Barlow developer of The WELL, the first online information source, and Stewart Brand, who created the Whole Earth Catalogue, Kesey can also be seen as one of the key figures in the development of new art forms as can be seen in the 1964 Bus Trip movies.  To put it in the parlance of the time, Kesey’s vibes were everywhere and they are still being felt today.

Roger Lazoff, Merry Prankster

Join Roger Lazoff for a discussion of the art, books and objects on display in the current exhibition Get on the Bus, Saturday, June 22 at 3 PM.

In the summer of 1964, Ken Kesey and his friends, known as the Merry Pranksters,  undertook an epic cross-country bus trip.  In a decade of Happenings, this event, chronicled on film and in print, became a celebration and a touchstone for the emerging counter-culture.  In later years, the Merry Pranksters continued to demonstrate their version of free expression, both graphically and through what might now be called performance art.

The items in this show; posters, film, books- by Kesey and others- illustrate the multimedia interests of the group.

I went to California in 1974 and quickly fell into the Kesey orbit.  Some of the objects in this exhibition came to me during the six years I lived with and around the Pranksters; others represent the next generation.

This exhibition asks and suggests the answer  to  the question: is Ken Kesey still relevant today and if so why? It is my belief that he is, not only because of his great novels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion, but  also because he was so central to the cultural transformation  that took place in the 60s and early 70s.  Kesey’s circle of influence encompassed the Grateful Dead, John Barlow developer of the Well, the first online information source, and Steward Brand, who created the Whole Earth Catalogue,  Kesey can also be seen as one of the key figures in the development of new art forms as can be seen in the 1964 Bus Trip movies.  To put it in the parlance of the time, Kesey’s vibes were everywhere and they are still being felt today.

Roger Lazoff, Merry Prankster

Woodstock Artists Association commemorates 100 years as a non-profit art and cultural center, with two special birthday celebrations. 

Celebrating art, history, community, and creativity Art for Education at WAAM invites all ages to come celebrate community & have fun painting our 7 foot high birthday cake sculpture in front of the building on Saturday, June 22nd from 12 noon to 6pm. Decorating the three-tiered wood sculpture is one of two special events WAAM is sponsoring for their grand 100th. Stop by and make your mark! Fun for all ages with adult supervision.

The wood sculpture waiting to be decorated and painted is designed by Stephen Robin, a furniture designer and cabinet maker. Steve was a former WAA board member who has generously donated his time and artistry to WAAM for the centennial celebration. 

The materials for the enormous cake have been donated by Chris Neher of Woodstock Building Supply. The Neher family has been present in the community for over seventy years. Although Andre Neher is still president, his son Chris now runs the business. 

The Birthday Bash!

Cake and Ice Cream Party
Saturday, July 20th, 2-6 PM
under the white tent in WAAM’s backyard
All are invited

Jane’s Ice Cream will provide their “small batch homemade” ice cream and Bistro-to-Go will donate a gorgeous (and edible) birthday cake. The whole community is invited to party to live music by the Xtractions, and classical guitar performed by Gilles Malkine. More talent will be announced. 

Art for Education at WAAM invites the public to come decorate colorful birthday hats for the party. Strike a pose and take a photo in your WAAM 100 hats! 

The Woodstock Art Colony: The Nascent Years 1900-1930

A lecture series with Dr. Bruce Weber

A series of lectures on the history of the Woodstock Art Colony and its fundamental years from 1900-1930, presented by Dr. Bruce Weber, 19th & 20th century American Art scholar and former curator of the National Academy Museum and the Museum of the City of New York.

JUNE 1  |  In Quest of Harmony: The Founding Years of the Woodstock Artists Association, 1919 – 1925

Sign up for all our lectures. Upcoming lectures:

JULY 6  |  George Bellows and His Woodstock Circle, 1920 – 1930

AUGUST 3  |  The Roaring Twenties: The Woodstock Art Colony and the New Generation
* This lecture will run from 2-4 pm with a 10 minute intermission

SEPTEMBER 7  |  Life of the Maverick: The Arrival of Visual Artists, 1920 – 1930

All lectures take place from 2 – 3 pm at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum

Admission
$20 general
$15 WAAM members & students

$75 book of tickets for the series
$55 book of tickets for the series for WAAM members & students

Artist Christina Tenaglia will discuss the work in her current exhibition Christina Tenaglia: A tree is not a pile in WAAM’s Solo Gallery. This informal Q&A will begin at 3 PM, is free to the public, and will be followed by a reception from 4-6 PM.   

ARTISTS STATEMENT

Introduced last year, Far and Wide National is open for applications from artists living throughout the United States. This year’s juror, Kimberly Camp, President, Galerie Marie, selected 34 artists from the 191 applications we received from artists across the nation. Kimberly will discuss her selections during a gallery talk on Saturday, May 11th from 2-3 PM.

JURORS STATEMENT

Far and wide is an opportunity on a national level, for artists to demonstrate their command of traditional forms and their willingness to innovate, rejuvenate and reposition media and genre to create fresh forms of expression. The entries were of exceptional quality, making the job of selection difficult. What you see here is a mix of the best of different approaches, different uses of materials, and different ideas.

Contemporary thinking about art has expanded to include diverse voices, a renewed interest in realism, and the need for artists and art patrons to reconsider cultural appropriation and identity. Here is an exceptional collection of artworks that mix digital imagery, blur the lines between craft and fine art, and demonstrate mastery of visual traditions. Some of the works capture a whimsy that is far too scarce in today’s art world. Some use traditional themes and archetypal images in new ways. Others capture movement and mood in a way that is refreshing and enlightening.

I selected 35 artists from the almost 200 entries from across the United States. From portraiture to landscapes, to re-imagining archetypal stories, these 35 artists demonstrate a mastery of their mediums and their willingness to push the edges of our imagination with distinct aesthetic statements of identity and purpose. Through distinctly unique views of the subtle nuances demonstrated in color, form, and light, these artists are a wonderful sampling of the richness of an ever-expanding aesthetic vocabulary.

Artist Len Jenkin will discuss the work in his current exhibition Len Jenkin: FIRE OVER WATER in WAAM’s Solo Gallery. This informal Q&A will begin at 3 PM, is free to the public, and will be followed by a reception from 4-6 PM.   

ARTISTS STATEMENT

WAAM is proud to host FOCUS: Gaia 2019 artist, micro-sculptor Sergey Jivetin on Sunday, March 31, 2-4 PM for a special event planned in conjunction with the close of the exhibition. Jivetin will be hand-engraving select motifs on heirloom seeds as part of his Furrow project. Audience members are encouraged to bring seeds they have special connection with, to see representations of their personal stories embedded and programmed into these seeds.

Seeds are fundamental units in our relationship with food, agriculture and the natural environment. On both physical and symbolic levels, seeds collectively carry the history of complex motives and consequences of plant domestication. Seeds have been both silent witnesses and active participants in waves of travels and migrations, growth and decline, individual and societal transformations. Seeds are also records of more personal stories of people or families that cultivated them for generations. Such diversity and richness in the deeply rooted relationships of people and seeds remains mostly silent, physically and figuratively locked inside the coat of each seed.

By traveling the country and connecting with a multitude of people and organizations that contribute to seed advocacy, Furrow project seeks to make those often compelling stories visible, to externalize and memorialize the contributions of professional and enthusiast growers, breeders and seed-savers.

The nature of the artist’s hand guiding a cutting tool and creating a miniature furrow in a shell of a seed alludes to a farmer’s plow piercing through the top layer of soil, releasing nutrients and jump-starting a cycle of growth. The symbolic act of piercing through the seed coat to uncover the information contained within, is coupled with the physical function of helping it germinate if planted.

Sergey Jivetin’s work is currently on view in FOCUS: Gaia 2019 (March 9 – 31) in WAAM’s Main Gallery.

Merry Prankster Roger Lazoff will discuss the current exhibition Get on the Bus. The exhibition includes posters, film, and books from Lazoff’s collection, many documenting the six years he spent living with and around the Pranksters.

In the summer of 1964, Ken Kesey and his friends, known as the Merry Pranksters,  undertook an epic cross-country bus trip.  In a decade of Happenings, this event, chronicled on film and in print, became a celebration and a touchstone for the emerging counter-culture.  In later years, the Merry Pranksters continued to demonstrate their version of free expression, both graphically and through what might now be called performance art.

This exhibition asks and suggests the answer  to  the question: is Ken Kesey still relevant today and if so why? It is my belief that he is, not only because of his great novels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion, but  also because he was so central to the cultural transformation  that took place in the 60s and early 70s.  Kesey’s circle of influence encompassed the Grateful Dead, John Barlow developer of the Well, the first online information source, and Steward Brand, who created the Whole Earth Catalogue,  Kesey can also be seen as one of the key figures in the development of new art forms as can be seen in the 1964 Bus Trip movies.  To put it in the parlance of the time, Kesey’s vibes were everywhere and they are still being felt today.

Arbitrary History: The People’s Choice (Feb. 2 – May 5, 2019)

FOCUS: Gaia 2019 (Mar. 9 – 31, 2019)

Abigail Gunnels: Domestic Detritus, A Family Album (Mar. 9 – 31, 2019)

Small Works (Mar. 9 – 31, 2019)

Pencils, Paint & Pixels: Onteora High School Students (Mar. 9 – 31, 2019)

Artist Abigail Gunnels will discuss the work in her current exhibition Abigail Gunnels: Domestic Detritus, A Family Album in WAAM’s Solo Gallery. This informal Q&A will begin at 3 PM, is free to the public, and will be followed by a reception from 4-6 PM.   

ARTISTS STATEMENT

Our Town: Images of Woodstock (continues)
Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing

Carole P. Kunstadt Solo Exhibition
Solo Gallery

Members Holiday Show
Main Gallery

Members Small Works
Founders Gallery

Youth Exhibition Space

Exhibitions continue through December 31, 2018

WAAM & Woodstock School of Art Print Making Project | 12 – 3 pm

Collage and Card Making Station | 12 – 6 pm

Nancy Tierney & The Boys Jazz quartet | 4 – 6 pm

37th Annual Woodstock Holiday Open House! Join us for fun and festivities, including a cozy bonfire with s’mores in town, live bands and musicians, Victorian Carolers, Santa and Mrs. Claus, and more surprises to come! Visit all the participating shops and admire the beautiful themed window displays. Take advantage of special deals and sales, refreshments and holiday snacks! Eat at one of our excellent restaurants and enjoy food and drink specials.

Our Town: Images of Woodstock (continues through Dec. 31, 2018)
Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing

Ginnie Gardiner: The Color Prophecies.
Solo Gallery

FOCUS: Looking Real/Really Looking
Main Gallery

Members Small Works
Founders Gallery

Youth Exhibition Space

Exhibitions continue through November 25, 2018

Gallery Talk with Juror, Daniel Goodwin and WAAM Galley Director Carl Van Brunt on current exhibit FOCUS: Looking Real/Really Looking, followed by audience Q&A.

Introduced in 2017, the FOCUS series features the work of ten artists in a theme-based exhibition. Selections are curated by a different juror for each exhibition with each artist represented by multiple examples of their work in service to the particular show’s theme.

The last FOCUS show of 2018 investigates the notion of the real in art. Does Realism really portray reality? Is a painting of a black square on a white canvas more or less real than a still life of apples? Is a concept more real than a photograph? And how can what we assume to be real be manipulated to mislead us. All these and other intriguing questions will be explored in this exhibition juried by Daniel Goodwin, Associate Professor of Art at SUNY Albany.

Rena Leinberger and Thomas Albrecht present Remnants, Hour Upon Hour: Sunrise/Part 3, the last in a series of performances exploring contingencies of time and trace: simultaneous actions that sometimes overlap, but also exist as individual gestures and missed opportunities. The changes are both visible and hidden, activating the museum space and remaining dynamic throughout the WAAM’s Radius 50 exhibition.

Think “Waiting for Godot.” If this extended performance seems absurd it is (on purpose) but it is also by turns deeply serious and hysterically funny. If you’ve never gotten into performance art this a great place to start. Performance art aficionados will be delighted by Leinberger’s and Albrecht’s take on this increasingly important genre. Open your mind a bit and you’ll find it flooded with meaning on a myriad of topics. Part postmodern situation comedy and part a serious critique of the boundaries and limits of what we know and what we believe, Leinberger and Albrecht are not to be missed.

The performance will be followed by a Q&A led by Gallery Director, Carl Van Brunt.

Richard Kroehling, an award winning director who has had his work shown at the Woodstock Film Festival, and Lisa Rinzler, a top flight cinematographer with more than 70 films to her credit, are presenting a workshop version of Dollarland, a major installation project they are in the process of creating. For this workshop version the artists have created two large wall projections showing non-linear narrative video on either side of a jewel-like center piece simulating a burning building from the past. Accompanied by an immersive sound track, beautifully shot and edited scenes are mashed-up with archival photos. You Tube videos and digitally altered footage convey a tragic history, disturbing present, and a dark vision of the future for Dollarland’s citizens. 

This unique installation utilizing the latest in technological innovation and embodying a revolutionary approach to narrative storytelling is reflective of the level of art currently being produced in the our region. It will be on view during the run of the WAAM’s Radius 50 exhibition.

Artists Richard Kroehling and Lisa Rinzler will discuss their installation Dollarland on display through October 7 in WAAM’s Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing 

Richard Kroehling, an award winning director who has had his work shown at the Woodstock Film Festival, and Lisa Rinzler, a top flight cinematographer with more than 70 films to her credit, are presenting a workshop version of Dollarland, a major installation project they are in the process of creating. For this workshop version the artists have created two large wall projections showing non-linear narrative video on either side of a jewel-like center piece simulating a burning building from the past. Accompanied by an immersive sound track, beautifully shot and edited scenes are mashed-up with archival photos. You Tube videos and digitally altered footage convey a tragic history, disturbing present, and a dark vision of the future for Dollarland’s citizens. 

This unique installation utilizing the latest in technological innovation and embodying a revolutionary approach to narrative storytelling is reflective of the level of art currently being produced in the our region. It will be on view during the run of the WAAM’s Radius 50 exhibition.

Rena Leinberger and Thomas Albrecht present Remnants, Hour Upon Hour, a month-long series of performances exploring contingencies of time and trace: simultaneous actions that sometimes overlap, but also exist as individual gestures and missed opportunities. The shifting records of presence are both visible and hidden, activating the museum space and remaining dynamic throughout the WAAM’s Radius 50 exhibition.

Think “Waiting for Godot.” If this extended performance seems absurd it is (on purpose) but it is also by turns deeply serious and hysterically funny. If you’ve never gotten into performance art this a great place to start. Performance art aficionados will be delighted by Leinberger’s and Albrecht’s take on this increasingly important genre. Open your mind a bit and you’ll find it flooded with meaning on a myriad of topics. Part postmodern situation comedy and part a serious critique of the boundaries and limits of what we know and what we believe, Leinberger and Albrecht are not to be missed.

The series of performances uses basic materials including fabric, foam, building materials and fabricated stones in a process of constructing representations. Throughout the performances, as landscapes take shape, are dismantled, then reconstructed in other representations, evocations of Hudson River School Painting, Absurdist Theatre, the artifice of cinema, and the cyclorama slide into a failed sublime.

The simultaneous actions unfold in proximity to each other, layering both individual and adjacent gestures to leave material traces of what has happened in the space, yet museum visitors will only see incomplete information as to what has occurred.

The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum is pleased to be partnering with George Cole Auctions for our 16th annual benefit auction.

APPRAISAL DAY  Saturday, September 15,  1- 4 pm
CONSIGNMENT DEADLINE    Friday, September 21, 2018
AUCTION DATE  Saturday, October 20, 1 pm

Accepting quality fine art consignments with an auction value of $500 +
Paintings • Fine Prints • Sculpture • Photography • Works on Paper  Historic Woodstock • Contemporary

Appraisal Day, September 15th with Sylvia Leonard Wolf, Jane St. Lifer and Pat de Roussie.
Appraisal fee: $10 per item/ $25 for three

For complete info visit woodstockart.org/waam-auction     T. 845 679 2940

Rena Leinberger and Thomas Albrecht present Remnants, Hour Upon Hour, a series of performances exploring contingencies of time and trace: simultaneous actions that sometimes overlap, but also exist as individual gestures and missed opportunities. The changes are both visible and hidden, activating the museum space and remaining dynamic throughout the WAAM’s Radius 50 exhibition.

Think “Waiting for Godot.” If this extended performance seems absurd it is (on purpose) but it is also by turns deeply serious and hysterically funny. If you’ve never gotten into performance art this a great place to start. Performance art aficionados will be delighted by Leinberger’s and Albrecht’s take on this increasingly important genre. Open your mind a bit and you’ll find it flooded with meaning on a myriad of topics. Part postmodern situation comedy and part a serious critique of the boundaries and limits of what we know and what we believe, Leinberger and Albrecht are not to be missed.

Richard Kroehling, an award winning director who has had his work shown at the Woodstock Film Festival, and Lisa Rinzler, a top flight cinematographer with more than 70 films to her credit, are presenting a workshop version of Dollarland, a major installation project they are in the process of creating. For this workshop version the artists have created two large wall projections showing non-linear narrative video on either side of a jewel-like center piece simulating a burning building from the past. Accompanied by an immersive sound track, beautifully shot and edited scenes are mashed-up with archival photos. You Tube videos and digitally altered footage convey a tragic history, disturbing present, and a dark vision of the future for Dollarland’s citizens. 

This unique installation utilizing the latest in technological innovation and embodying a revolutionary approach to narrative storytelling is reflective of the level of art currently being produced in the our region. It will be on view during the run of the WAAM’s Radius 50 exhibition.

We’re very excited this August 29 to present, on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of its world premier in Woodstock, NY, John Cage’s 4’33” produced by Norman Magnusson and performed by David Van Tieghem. Its world premier was in a concert produced by WAAM at the Maverick Concert Hall as a benefit for our “Artists Welfare Fund.” For the 8th consecutive year, we will present a performance of this truly revolutionary and still controversial composition in our Towbin Wing on the anniversary of the original performance.

This year, award winning avant-garde percussionist, Broadway composer and sound designer David Van Tieghem will perform the Cage piece and some of his own compositions. Columnist, editor and John Cage scholar Kay Larson will introduce the piece and host a Q&A following the performance.

Kay Larson was the art critic for New York Magazine for 14 years, and has been a frequent contributor to The New York Times.  Click here to read a recent article she wrote on Cage and Buddhism for the Huffington Post. Larson is the author of Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists. Kay is currently working on her second biography of Cage.

To see a video-taped interview with John Cage briefly discussing his views about music click here.

Refreshments will be served.
We look forward to seeing you.

Nature Morte: The Early Years of Still Life Painting in Woodstock
(continues though August 19, 2018)
Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing

Chris Gonyea: HYPHAE: Connecting with the Forest
Solo Gallery

FOCUS: Surveying the Landscape 2018
Main Gallery

Members Small Works
Founders Gallery

FUTURE VISIONS: Chloe Mosbacher: Wake Up Call
Youth Exhibition Space

Exhibitions continue through August 26, 2018

Juror Thomas Sarrantonio and WAAM Gallery Director Carl Van Brunt will be joined by artists Maxine Davidowitz, Yale Epstein and Tim Smith in a discussion about the current exhibition FOCUS: Surveying the Landscape, followed by an informal audience Q&A.

Introduced in 2017, the FOCUS series features the work of ten artists in a theme-based exhibition. Selections are curated by a different juror for each exhibition with each artist represented by multiple examples of their work in service to the particular show’s theme.

What is a landscape in 2018? The answer to this question is provided by 10 of the best artists of the Radius 50 region each showing multiple works in the second of three FOCUS shows presented at WAAM this year. Gallery visitors should expect to be surprised, challenged, and perhaps even provoked to rethinking their concepts of this familiar genre which in this exhibition may appear in unfamiliar guises. Then again there may some landscapes here that look just like you’d expect, with beautiful recognizable imagery from the region we know and love. The juror Thomas Sarrantonio is himself one the most accomplished painters in this genre, as well as a professor of painting at SUNY New Paltz.