Please join us for the
Windows on Main Street Closing Party & Book Signing
Saturday, September 9, 2011 • 6:00-8:00pm
BEAHIVE, 291 Main Street, Beacon NY 12508
The catalog will be available for purchase for $20.
Stop by and tip a glass to the artists and store owners who made this incredible event happen!
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Opening Reception Tonight!
Join us at Chill Wine Bar tonight, August 13, from 6:00 to 9:00pm, 173 Main Street, Beacon NY. Meet the artists and store owners who made this incredible event! Map »
Friday, August 12, 2011
Christopher Albert
Artisan Wine Shop / Beacon Pilates — 180 / 181 Main St.
"]twenty-six paces["
a series of actions and artifacts
A meditation on nearness, the ecosystem of community and the process of experiencing a place in a manner slower and deeper than that provided by a glancing, storefrontwindow-depth stroll-by.
This “work” will consist of a series of moments, some of which will have a physical presence — sculpture, photography, painting, sound/video installations — within both the Artisan Wine Shop and Beacon Pilates spaces — and some which may not be marked by such a presence — which will be the result of time I spend in these two establishments, and time I spend reflecting on the nature of the businesses and their
physical relation to one another.
The vagueness of this statement must not be confused with that of your typical, obscurely worded artist statement. I intend this project to be not prescriptive, but to be shaped by the form of the process of it’s own incremental development. I have a
concept of individual components this project will entail...but not entirely.
In addition to the physical manifestations that may be seen in both venues, additional material can be found at http://christopheralbert.com/projects/26-paces/
I also anticipate a component of the work to exist in the form of a triangular twitter exchange between myself: @maykr and @artisanwineshop and @beaconpilates using the hashtag #WOMS.
My thanks go to Tim Buzinski and Mei Ying So of Artisan Wine Shop and Juliet Harvey of Beacon Pilates for their indulgence. Also, thanks to Angelika Rinnhofer for her assistance, technical and otherwise.
www.christopheralbert.com
Jojo Ans
Watkins Press — 473 Main St.
Abandoned buildings and historical architecture capture my attention as a way to
explore the untold stories that linger about the ruins. I use these settings as a way
to transcend the past, and investigate present dilemmas that are illuminated by
what remains.
"Half Left, Roof, Dutchess County, NY"
2011
Platinum/Palladium Print
8 x 10 inches
"Half Left, House, Ulster County, NY"
2010
Platinum/Palladium Print
8 x 10 inches
For print sales, please contact Jojo Ans
ja@jojoans.com
917-388-5945
www.jojoans.com
Jojo Ans was born and raised in the Hudson Valley, and has always photographed her natural surroundings. She studied photography before its digital age, and continues to capture her images using only traditional materials and techniques. Ans began to travel for her fine art projects after receiving her BFA in Photography, and spent extended periods of time in France, New Mexico, and New York City. Jojo’s work has been exhibited and published, and she has received residency grants to The MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in New Mexico. Jojo currently lives in Kingston, NY, where she resumes shooting with film in her 8” x 10” pinhole camera, and makes her platinum/palladium prints using the sunlight.
www.jojoans.com
Michael Bowman
Max's on Main —246 Main St.
A great photograph shows the world as it is, not how it should be.
www.desolateplaces.com
Goats N Glory (Allison Braun)
Play — 167 Main St.
Goats N Glory is the moniker used by Hudson Valley artist Allison Braun. Goats N Glory started to create many characters and enjoyed the challenge of making a typically unattractive animal, like a naked mole rat or a jellyfish, into a huggable, adorable character. That is how the “Dumpling Animals” were born. These Dumpling Animals attempt to answer the question of how large can eyes be on a whimsical little creature.
www.goatsnglory.com
Sean Breault
Echo — 470 Main St.
"HERE"
I came here to count the bells
that live upon the surface of the sea,
that sound over the sea,
within the sea.
So, here I live.
Pablo Neruda
www.seanbreault.com
spbreault@gmail.com
Sasha Bush
Howland Public Library — 313 Main St.
The series Portraits of Savegre, developed as part of a project documenting and compiling the oral history of the village of Savegre, in Costa Rica, in 2008. Savegre, a small village in south-central Costa Rica remained isolated from local and national urban centers up until fairly recently. However, new developments in infrastructure such as paved roads, electricity and especially, anew high school have permanently changed this. Community members now have the opportunity for greater access to participate in the national and international spheres outside the village. The oral history of Savegre was created as a collaborative project with members of the community. I interviewed villagers of all ages, some descendants of or themselves a part of the original migration that would eventually create and found the village of Savegre. While there are overlapping layers of time, due in part to the overlapping of ages of people interviewed, Savegre’s history can be broken up into three stages with a possible fourth. The first begins with the original families that founded the village whose remaining members age ranges from 70 to 90. Coming after them and forming the second stage are their children, and grandchildren who collectively created the first generation to be born and raised in the established village. These members age ranges from 30 to 50. Members of the third stage, the second generation born in Savegre, ages range from 30 to 12 years old. Many people from this group have started and continue to leave the village in order to study in universities. Their younger siblings already take for granted this newly gained access to higher education. With these two last stages in Savegre’s development the continuation and survival of the village has come into question as many people from the older generation doubt the ability of the village to regenerate and recover. These photographs seek to give a face to some of the many people who contributed to this oral history. Clearly the village’s history cannot be read and understood in a direct line from founders to great-great grandchildren. Yet, these photographs represent people from all four intertwining stages in Savegre’s history. As with oral history itself, the photographs are openended concerning the last stage since it is still developing.
Sasha Bush grew up in Poughkeepsie. Studying at Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts, he graduated in 2005 with a BA in photography and Latin American Studies. The four years away from Poughkeepsie proved to be invaluable, allowing him to return home with fresh eyes and a new appreciation for the area. Currently Sasha is freelancing for the Brooklyn Downtown Star and Queens Ledger. He continues to work on a number of ongoing projects around the Hudson Valley, mainly focusing in the field of photojournalism and portraiture.
www.sashabush.com
Chelsea Carlton
A recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design’s textile department, my work has always been grounded in the “handwork” aspect of fabric act- quilting, knitting, vintage punchcards patterns and felting. Inspired by the work of the Bauhaus performance pieces and the Ghee’s Bend quilts, I aim with each piece to engage the viewer in somewhat of an imagined history.
It is impossible to separate the act of knitting from the notion of craft. Every one of us has a piece of fabric that imbues in us a sense of nostalgia, a very meaningful reference to history — quilts, favorite sweaters and childhood toys. While maintaining this sense of a personal history, textiles have the power to reinvent that comforting memory in a new light, to translate that sense of nostalgia to one’s own imagined reality. Through unusual forms, process and materials that speak to technology, these craft worked pieces can also maintain an awareness of a 21st century way of surveying history.
With one foot in the past and one foot in the future, I strive to create in my work an atmosphere all at once nostalgic and futuristic.
www.chelseacarlton.com
Dick Crenson
Dick Crenson — 436 Main St.
Dick is a photographer who has branched out into video. He works with wire sculpture as well.
Marcy B. Freedman
Beacon Building — 427 Main St.
I am an artist and an art historian. As an art historian, I have been a teacher, curator, consultant and public speaker. As an artist, I have created paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, photographs, videos and performance art.
For the last several years, my work as a performance artist has been dedicated to the proposition that we all need a break from our growing reliance upon virtual forms of communication, such as email, texting, and social networking. Consequently, I create performance pieces that are one-onone, face-to-face interactive encounters that involve real people, in real time and real space. I have found these projects to be powerful, engaging and often, fun.
For this year’s Windows on Main, I designed a project called “Site-Specific Dreams.” I spent hours on the streets of Beacon, inviting people to converse with me. Using my video camera, I documented their responses to this question: “What would you like to see in the Beacon Building, located at 427 Main Street?” Now, on the doors and windows of this building, one can find photos of each participant, along with their comments, transcribed from the video footage.
For me, the most meaningful part of this project was the time that I spent interacting with people — all sorts of people! I had the chance to chat with a group of skate- boarding teens, to exchange ideas with young new-comers to Beacon, to listen attentively to some long-time residents, and to brainstorm with a few tourists.” I think that all of the participants enjoyed themselves, too.
However, I believe that the installation is also important and valuable. As viewers stand in front of the Beacon Building, reading the posted statements, they will discover a wide range of suggested uses for the site. Some of the proposed ideas are impractical — but wonderfully imaginative and creative. Other concepts make a lot of sense and could be implemented. Interestingly, a majority of the proposals reflect a deep-seated concern for the general well-being and enrichment of the diverse populations of Beacon.
In short, I believe that “Site-Specific Dreams” is a successful project on many levels. In addition to exposing people to an unusual form of contemporary art (interactive performance), this piece has the potential to stimulate conversation — and perhaps, action!
Nicole Ganas
Nicole Ganas — 151 Main St.
My project is founded in adoration of a vacant lot that has seemingly been surviving
(and thriving) in secret on Main Street for over thirty years. I discovered the site a handful of years ago prior to moving to Beacon and have been intrigued and inspired by its presence ever since.
Working with installations and involving reclaimed materials from the lot, my intention is to honor the past and present life of the site while considering the dynamic between man and nature.
Peter Giampaoli
The Beacon Bagel — 466 Main St.
Peter Giampaoli began drawing as a way to remember thoughts and ideas. As crude as his drawings were, they became a private language. His doodles have been used in the past for event posters and graphic T-shirts. Intrigued by the relationship between the virtual and authentic he created two pieces for “Windows on Main”. The two pieces are a test of human perception, that as thinking beings, we are constantly in the pursuit of meaning.
Sometimes things have purpose and meaning, and sometimes things are just meant to be.
Carla Goldberg
Chill Wine Bar —173 Main St.
When I was a little kid I thought water came magically from the kitchen sink and collected in swimming pools. I was endlessly fascinated by the cool aqua colors and weird patterns of light dancing on the surface and just below, bouncing off the bottom of the pool walls. I’ve always been drawn to bodies of water and shimmering, moving light. Well that was the essence of water for me growing up in the deserts of Palm Springs, California. I had no idea I would end up living near the Hudson River. The only thing I knew about the Hudson was vague recollections of learning about it in the context of American History. I remember the day I first saw the Hudson and was thunderstruck by how beautiful it was and realized I wanted to live by this real body of water. I found myself obsessed.
Aquamarine is a new mixed media series of paint, ink and resin on plexiglass that plays with the idea of light and shadow, frozen water and thawing, raining and dripping and hinting of summer’s cool aqua ease. These are real and imagined, desert pool infused and Hudson iced. They are a play of water surface, of deep shadow, of light dancing, of memories of reflection and time spent happily spacing out over water.
www.carlagoldberg.com
Larry Guzman
Too the Nines — 506 Main St.
"Remains of the Gay"
(pride parade)
I’ve believed for a while now that if you’ve seen one gay pride parade, you’ve seen them all. Dykes on Bikes, twinks and hunks on floats, scores of interest and community groups, and lots and lots of drag queens, you know the drill.
New York City’s Heritage of Pride parade — the first gay pride parade in the nation — has changed a bit since I attended last (maybe ten years ago). It now starts at Fifth Avenue and 36th Street nowadays, no longer on Central Park West like it did when I first went in 1984. When the gay pride parade started in 1970 on the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, it was essential a protest march. In the 70s became a celebration of sexual liberation and in the 80s it became a protest march again, this time against government inaction against the AIDS crisis. In the 90s it settle into partytime and in the first decade of the 21st century, ending the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and demanding equality in marriage became the main causes advocated by marchers.
A question that is often asked by both gay and straight people at Gay Pride time is “Do we need a Gay Pride parade anymore?” especially since gay people are gaining acceptance and social equality more every year. Parades in large cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco less important now as a means of gaining visibility, though they are still a good reason to have a party. Where we need gay pride parades is in small cities to show, if anything, that we are everywhere. Get used to it.
These photos in this series represent just a small part of the gay community, predominantly the younger part. The kids come to the parade to have fun, dance, hang out with their friends, and maybe hook up. Others come to let loose for a day, show a side of themselves that they have to keep hidden in their daily lives. A few are taking the first, cautious steps out of the closet, far enough away from home that no one will know them. All of them seem to be having a great time. I was glad to record it.
Larry Guzman is a photographer living in East Fishkill, NY, who hangs out in Beacon on occasion. His work consists primarily of urban and natural landscapes, and street photography.
Beth Haber
Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries — 199 Main St.
'The Ripple Effect'
The REON (River and Estuary Observatory Network) is a network of sensor systems deployed at various monitoring points in the Hudson River collecting data over a 24 hour period. This data is converted into a beautiful series of charts that are available in real time streaming on the website at www.bire.org, taking the measure of the dynamic life of the river through readings of water temperature, particle volume, chlorophyll concentration etc.
I am interested in painterly ways to respond to the flat screen surface that is both our main resource for information as well as the ever expanding archive of our experience. This installation works from the chart depicting the salinity readings for a 12 hour period on August 1 2011 as recorded at the REON site at Dennings Point, Beacon. Salinity indicates the amount of salt present in the water. It graphically shows the Hudson’s nature as a river that flows two ways. Red shows high tide with a high salt concentration coming from the ocean. Blue shows low tide with greater fresh water concentration.
I found an affinity between the rich saturated colors of the grid of the REON data with Tibetan prayer flags — employing a similar palette to represent all the elements. The flags are placed in the natural environment so that they move constantly in the currents (in their case, currents of wind rather than water). Like these flags too, the REON sensors are guardians of the constantly changing life of the river.
www.bethhaber.com
Habitat for Artists
Beacon Natural Market — 348 Main St.
"LOCALLY PRODUCED"
HABITAT for ARTISTS presents a varietal mix of work that explores the notion of CSA/2 : COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART and AGRICULTURE.
This NEW series of work will be produced locally and collaboratively on the Farm at the HFA Studio and be shown in BEACON NATURAL MARKETS windows.
HFA, which originated in Beacon, in 2008 , at Spire Studios , has had one of it’s signature small 6 x 6 temporary reusable Studios at COMMON GROUND CSA FARM at Stonykill since 2009 .
Artists from the community have used the studio at the Farm, during short working residencies to explore topics outside their normal art practice and to engage the public in a mix of conversations, as their work evolves on site at the Farm.
Currently HFA has studios and workshops in Kingston NY and Garrison NY as well as at Burlington Community College Pemberton NJ and in Vermont.
For further information: www.habitatforartists.org and FB
BEACON NATURAL MARKET is a proud sponsor of the Banner project on Beekman St. Their current banner features HFA artist MARNIE HILLSLEY.
Barbara Hanson
Seed to Fruit — 528 Main St.
BEEWORKS designs and hand makes decorative pillows made from sustainable fabrics like silks and cottons to refresh your home with new colors, style and good value.
Colors make me happy.
www.beeworks.biz
Meredith Heuer
Jacqueline — 478 Main St.
I have taken pictures of things since I first picked up a camera in high school. Mostly people, but also of stuff and of places. About 12 years ago the themes in my portfolios began change; rather than group my pictures by landscapes, portraits, etc., I was drawn to organizing them by color. I loved to look at the groupings of different colors together.
I felt kind of happy but more than that, I felt emotion physically welling up inside of me. I felt happysad. I felt joyfulwistful. I am not sure why colors and witnessing them in different combinations made me feel this way but my interest was piqued. I thought, “what if removed the stuff from my photos and just photographed color” — and so began my version of a color study.
At first I took pictures of color where I found it — on the side of a car, part of a pillowcase, etc. but I realized I was still taking pictures of things. Then I thought of gelatin! Gelatin allows me to create a (nearly) contextless photograph. It is the most thingless thing I could think of because instead of reflecting light off of its surface, it allows the light to pass through it, creating a moment that I then take a picture of. This is, I think, very much like how we experience color throughout our day. The way we see color is constantly changing with the circumstances of the light around it. It’s really very temporary.
The shape of these color studies is important too. I thought the rectangles would be nice because since you can’t really tell their actual size, they become bigger than life once photographed. I thought these tidy rectangles would offer some kind of pure viewing opportunity so I could really just stare into the color and feel how I felt. However, the gelatin offered something that I did not anticipate: there are cracks and bubbles when I make it and then, often, I am drawn to add my own. Each line or bubble or tear adds another plane for the light and color to react on and the new shapes created by these cuts and tears give the gelatin a kind of human gesture.
I have photographed color in this way for years now and I feel that my exploration has only just begun. I have witnessed the tremendous power of standing in front of one large field of color (say vivid red) and I have had the unsettling experience of being in the presence of two colors juxtaposed that have the opposite effects, such as blue (calming) and yellow (exciting). At first I worked only with primary colors and now I begin to wade through the endless possibilities of combining and mixing my own variations of color. I have begun to slowly draw a map through the maze of my emotional landscape.
www.meredithheuer.com
Cristin Hughes
Mountain Tops Outfitters — 144 Main St.
Film exists in two forms: as film the optical illusion and film the physical object. Without the whirl of a projector, it remains a material, a series of successive images on a strip of photo-sensitive plastic. After a long absence, I have returned to film intrigued, now more than ever, by the physical properties and not just the optical aftermath. Like a film, the Hudson River is the sum of many individual parts. This project takes inspiration from film’s serial format to pay homage
to the Hudson River by documenting it and its often overlooked tributaries.
www.cristinhughes.blogspot.com
Lynn Isaacson and Shannon Kahan
Cup & Saucer Tea Room — 165 Main St.
Lynn Isaacson and Shannon Kahan are both artists who work in very different materials. Shannon is a weaver, spinner and dyer and Lynn is a potter. They have designed a line of table furnishings, hand wovens for the table and coordinating functional pottery.
newprospectpottery@gmail.com
www.sunriselodgefiberstudio.com
Eileen MacAvery Kane
Sacred Space — 464 Main St.
"Chakra Garden Meditation"
Chakras are spinning centers of energy arranged vertically from the base of the spine to the top of our head. They help keep us balanced and allow energy to flow freely, promoting and maintaining health and wellness. So many things in nature resonate with chakra energy. The vibrant and rich colors that we find in flowers as spring unfolds into summer are particularly relevant. This series blends the seven chakra symbols with bursts of garden color and chakra meditations. Flowers, rocks, rainbows, ponds, and sky are just some of the natural elements used in creating the series.
Eileen MacAvery Kane is a graphic designer, photographer, and educator. A Hudson Valley native, Eileen was born in Newburgh, grew up in Beacon, and currently resides in Campbell Hall, NY. Eileen teaches classes at SUNY Rockland and the Digital Art Workshop in Peekskill. She is a member of Artists in the Parks, on the board of Safe Harbors of the Hudson, and a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design with an MFA in graphic design. She has exhibited her work throughout the Hudson Valley (see exhibit list at eileenmacaverykane.com) and is also author of the blogs ethicsingraphicdesign.org and chakraspirit.com.
James Kelly
Daniel Aubrey Gallery — 426 Main St.
This is a literal interpretation of “Windows on Main Street” — illustrating various viewing portals, such as a keyhole, gun sight, rearview mirror, porthole & surveillance TVs. Constructed out of plywood, acrylic and enamel paints, PVC pipe and a bucket, the scene includes a chandelier dummy-light, a Beacon icon. An evolving piece, individual scenes will be added to each element over the course of the show.
James Kelly has a background in scenery fabrication. He is an Aquarius. He loves fuzzy kittens, long walks in the park, and romantic dining.
Stephen C. Knowles
Nichols Hardware — 396 Main St.
"Plate Glass: It’s not just for windows"
I believe art resides in the souls of all people; the creation and appreciation of art is a unique characteristic of humans. I strive to create works of art that appeal to this innate appreciation for form and aesthetics. I am a scientist, and an inventor; these traits explain my continuing attempts to try new things in an effort to create something “new”. I am presently concentrating on the use of glass for creating various sculptures, including functional objects such as
trays, vases, and jewelry.
Art can be created from any material. Plate glass (window glass) is a material we see every day, but do not usually notice. By itself, window glass is fairly plain. However, through cutting, assembling, fusing, and possibly melting, window glass can be used to create an infinite variety of artistic objects. The pale green color is amplified when several sheets of glass are stacked. The reflection and refraction of light from cut surfaces versus the “polished” surfaces adds to the complexity and allure. I hope my creations using plate glass will increase awareness and appreciation of the artistic potential of ordinary materials.
http://community.webshots.com/album/580104355Jeodih
Myra Kooy
RiverWinds — 172 Main St.
"Above the Weeds"
My art is a direct reaction to the environment that I am experiencing in the moment interwoven with my personal history and my roots. My art reveals the merging of the natural world with human emotions represented in assemblage: sculpture, paintings, instillation and wearable art. The art has a direct connection with found and gifted objects as guide and I am in their employ to create.
www.myrakooy.blogspot.com
www.myrasight.com
Cayla Lockwood
Paper Presence — 133 Main St.
My current work features aspects of relationships, communication, and the everyday. My goal has been to document my own life in a truthful way in order to reveal shared experiences. I believe that by sharing secrets or showcasing mundane aspects of life that are not normally discussed, viewers will start having conversations about those topics. As commonalities emerge, they will feel more connected to each other. Visually, my work is economical: using only as much visual information as necessary. This helps communicate the idea more clearly. I work in a variety of twodimensional media with an emphasis on alternative photographic processes, printmaking, paper, and book arts.
www.caylalockwood.com
Janna Luttrell
Manor House Realty — 480 Main St.
I am interested in how we use both written and spoken language to define physical environments and solidify personal and collective memories within those places. Several years ago, I started documenting the entry signs to suburban neighborhoods, after noticing this intersection of language and the built environment. Most names allude to another place apart from the one in which the sign and the neighborhood exist, creating a sub-landscape that, for better or worse, is also a part of the American landscape and psyche. More recently, I’ve been interested extracting the neighborhood names from their original photos and placing the text in different environments to create new landmarks.
www.jannaluttrell.com
Teresa Marra
Bank Square Coffeeshop — 129 Main St.
Exploring the art of mixed media my body of work dives into thhe fantastical. My whimsical technique and choices of subject matter creates fantasies that seem muted and loud all at the same time.
I frequently utilize existing materials enriched with paint strokes and stitching to portray narratives that tend towards the open ended and opaque. My work tends to marry emotions and beauty, fashion and youth, birth and death resulting in an intimate yet dirty realism.
Recently I have been creating portraits of animals, exploring personalties through shapes, patterns, and colors. In this particular piece I was highly influenced by what would happen to these personalities when adding uncontrolable aspects to them such as light and atmosphere.
One can follow my work on tumblr: teresamarra.tumblr.com.
www.facebook.com/teresa.marra33
Cynthia McCusker
Global Home — 155 Main St.
Cynthia McCusker is an artist living and working in the Hudson Valley. Her studio is at Spire Studios. Cynthia’s work is constantly evolving. Expressing herself twodimensionally and three-dimensionally through various media such as painting, tile mosaic, papier mache, and organic matter, Cynthia strives to use materials that suit her work and serve as a link to the idea behind the piece.
This sculpture is Cynthia’s newest piece. It was largely constructed with commonly discarded reusable materials. Traditional media such as acrylic paint and air hardening clay were also used for the finer details and finishing touches. The majority of materials repurposed in this work include wire hangers, egg cartons, plastic bags, cardboard,
newspaper, paper towel tubes, and lots of tape. The choice of media was especially relevant for this piece in that it is symbolic of the potential for man to respect and coexist with our environment.
www.cynthiamccusker.com
Franc Palaia
QBS Company — 436 Main St.
"Agrigento Temple with Spot"
Franc Palaia’s 4’x4’ light box of one of his hand colored SX-70 Polaroid photographs, entitled, “Agrigento Temple with Spot”. The image is a color transparency derived from a 3”x3” original hand colored SX-70 Polaroid photograph. Palaia has been making works in this series since 1981. Palaia approaches photography as a painter and has received two Polaroid Sponsorships from 1985-87 for his original technique of hand coloring and has several prints in Polaroid’s permanent collection.
Palaia is a versatile multi-media artist and besides photography, works as a painter, muralist, sculptor, curator, gallerist, book artist, educator and lamp designer. He has presented over 40 solo shows and more than 350 group shows locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Some of his group shows include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum annex, the New Museum, PS1, Exit Art, American Academy in Rome, Newark & Montclair Museum, High Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in Los Angeles.
Solo shows include O.K. Harris, New Jersey State Museum, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, Rutger’s University, Samuel Morse Museum and Vassar College among others.
Franc has received 20 grants including the Rome Prize Fellowship, the L.C. Tiffany Grant, three NYFA – SOS grants, NJ Arts Council and several Dutchess County Arts Council grants.
His works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Fundacio Dali Gala in Madrid, the Brooklyn Museum, Johnson’ & Johnson’s, McDonald’s Corp. and the Newark Museum. Private collections include Arman, Richard Ekstract, Ariadne Getty, Diana Ross, Oscar Hijuelos, Billy Name and Peter R. Stern among many others.
Franc was named “Best Friend of the Arts in Poughkeepsie” by Hudson Valley Magazine’s “Best of 2010” October issue.
www.francpalaia.com
Kristie Nicole Phillipson
Moxie Salon — 544 Main St.
We all wear labels self-imposed or assigned. I portray a simplification of these roles to universalize them; familiarity becomes the portal to wider understanding of a role and its experience. Influenced by the vein of expressionism, I try to communicate an emotional experience. The colors I incorporate play a pivotal role in evoking emotional response. I work in various media and collage mediums using whichever offers the strongest voice in what I want to express. Every piece is an expression of my personal experiences and my view of the world, allowing for vulnerability in my work. As I evolve, and as my veiw of humanity evolves, so does my work. Documenting not only the progression of my craft but my life.
www.kristieartist.com
Dan Rigney
"i have a host of ideas"
Media: PowerPoint, found images
A tribute to empty canvases, blank sheets of paper and the people who stare at them. Dan Rigney lives in Beacon and makes one piece of artwork a year. He looks forward to seeing you again next year.
Please note this installation can only be seen after dark.
Michelle Rivas
Beacon Laundry World — 252 Main St.
The initial inspiration for my work comes from the square format photographs of the Kodak Instamatic camera. All of the family photographs of my early childhood were taken with an Instamatic camera that produced square prints. When the format was discontinued the frames of the snapshots changed from a square to a rectangle creating a visual demarcation between childhood and adolescence. I have always had a great sense of nostalgia for these square snapshots. The work you see here is a result of my quest to find contemporary methods to recreate the feeling of these square format photographs.
The photographs here were taken using a technique called “Through the Viewfinder”. The Through the Viewfinder technique is the process of capturing a photograph with a digital camera through the viewfinder of another camera. In my case, through the viewfinder of a vintage Argus Seventy-five twin lens camera with a waist level viewfinder. The viewfinder of the Argus camera is visible on the edge of the frames as well as the accumulation of “vintage dust” on the window and mirror.
www.vintageveiwfinder.smugmug.com
Amy Rowan
BEAHIVE — 291 Main St.
This piece is a play on the famous tourism logo designed by Milton Glaser for New York. It is about our relationship to art. I love art, I am art, I make art, I hate art, I see art. there are so many ways to complete this sentence and I aim to engage the viewer in this dialog. Accompanying the window pieces there are small canvas ones available, allowing the viewer to become the artist and complete their own mini piece. – Amy Rowan
Amy Rowan is a product designer, artist, curator and the owner of Art School Girl — a small, hands-on paper goods company. When she’s not designing and distributing vintage, recycled and repurposed papery arts, she can be found drawing, painting and making photographs. Her awardwinning works have been featured on countless blogs and published in magazines like Lucky, Time Out and Chicago Magazine as well as books like 1000 Handmade Greetings, Pushing the Envelope, and Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design. A graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Amy has degrees in both fine art and graphic design.
www.artschoolgirl.com
Dakin Roy
Beacon Cycles — 176 Main St.
Found Abstractions is a series of fine art abstractions made from materials and objects found outside, with no arrangement or manipulation other than cropping and vantage point.
I have been driven to photograph found abstractions for a variety of personal reasons; I find it compelling and challenging to cull these subtle designs out of the vast surroundings. I thoroughly enjoy the process of organizing chaos using a camera, and reinterpreting the information in an entirely new way.
“Found Abstractions” is deeply rooted in traditional photographic principles: Active framing, natural light, scale, texture, and color are all integral elements in this body of work. By keeping a tight grip on formal elements, I hope the viewer is compelled to address the details in the scene and make comparisons and relationships without context. The frame becomes a microcosm in which the viewer is given license to make emotional and psychological connections that far surpass the inanimate materials they are constructed of.
www.beaconcitizen.com/profile/dakinroy
Caroline Ruttle
Blackbird Attic — 442 Main St.
Every journey needs guidance. My guides are heroes who appear in form through ink, watercolor, collage, or small sculpture, with an economy of line and color. They can exist in a void where mysterious objects lurk, or make contact, triggering deeper exploration or initiating communication. These images are grounded in personal encounters with the ordinary, the alchemical, the mystical, and the human. My interest is in facilitating a deeper connection to the world of information that lies beyond words, yet is not beyond our reach. It is a journey into the unknown, an exploration of our purpose, while asking the questions that help give us access to the future.
Chris Sanders
Zora Dora — 201 Main St.
Trained first as a scenic artist Chris uses a nearly 30 year career in the entertainment industry to inform not only scientific illustration pieces but exhibit design as well. Exhibit designs for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, online for the Nature Conservancy, The Museum of the Hudson Highlands and for the George B. Dorr Museum have complimented Chris’ own works published in the American Orchid Society’s international magazine, accessioned into the permanent collection of the New York Botanical Garden and exhibited at the Peabody Museum of Natural History — Yale.
www.science-art.com/c_sanders
Sheryl A. Scott
Crumb — 157 Main St.
I draw because it is a part of me, a gift from God. Whenever possible, I try to impart that fact either figuratively or literally. I also try to impart my Caribbean background through the use of bright colors and images.
Since I draw for myself and everyday people, I use simple materials: pastels and paper. Paper is an ordinary item used by everyone. Pastels enable me to create by using my fingers to mix and blend colors. It is a very organic process.
I especially enjoy creating for people who are able to articulate an idea. I then take that idea and make it come alive on paper. The anticipation and excitement they experience before seeing the picture is such a joy for me.
Melissa Tatge
Melissa Tatge Creative — 380 Main St.
"Palette for Beacon"
Pantone® Series
Color seeps in to our hearts and changes our minds. It inspires or intimidates, clarifies or confuses, turns us on or off. Color is used by the business world to affirm corporate identity or differentiate products; it’s used by artists as a vital resource to bring out form and express thought or emotion. Maybe we take it for granted. Maybe we are completely at a loss as to how to use it. Or maybe we can figure out how to allow ourselves to become empowered by this visual phenomenon, to wrap ourselves in it, and share it with the world.
I am fortunate to make my living as a creative director and designer. I moved to Beacon in 2006 and ever since then, I’ve been consistently inspired by the working artists among whom I live, as well as the brave entrepreneurs who start small businesses on Main Street. Both drive the independent, creative spirit of this evolving city. The nexus between art and business has long been a fascination of mine. Design inherently bridges the realms of pure creative expression and goal-driven commerce. Walking the line between maintaining creative integrity while providing a business service is never completely straight…but always innovative, as creating new byways are typically necessary. Ultimately, the joy of my work is in: a) successfully marrying the two; and b) seeing what I can get away with. My small design company, Melissa Tatge Creative, creates brand identities and communication collateral for corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations across the country. You can see examples of my work at www.tatge.biz.
Will Teran
The Coffee Shoppe — 453 Main St.
Will Teran works with a wide range of mediums, primarily focusing on painting and drawing. Receiving his B.A. from Adelphi University in 2007, he has continued his professional development since. A lot of his artwork deals with a large concentration on the creative process; the spontaneous, subconscious, and automatic act of mark making. In his paintings, a raw personal speech is the center of attention, delivered by a wild abstraction of color fields and cryptic iconography. Much of his vision is inspired by the Neo-Expressionist movement. Will Teran is currently based and works in Newburgh, NY.
This work is based on the original photography of Rob Penner.
www.willteran.com
Catherine Welshman
Hudson Fisheries Trust — 197 Main St.
This window based on my always true inspiration: my daughters Ellery Jane and Ila rose.
www.catherinewelshman.com
James Westwater
School of Jellyfish — 183 Main St.
James Westwater comes from a long line of scientists, surgeons, bankers, spiritualists, suffragettes, writers, designers, photographers, fly fishers, gardeners, and hillbilly farmers. He carries on the tradition as best he can.
www.jameswestwater.com
Amy C. Wilson
Dream in Plastic — 177 Main St.
"Henry Meets the Giant Delicious Yum Yum Cake Dream"
Hands that work in various mediums and exhibit an array of imagination has been used to describe Amy C Wilson’s designs. Creating unique cloth dolls and plush toys with curious expressions. Handcrafting each design from sketch, to pattern and to hand sewing the final cuddly creature. Some plushies are even scented of candies and fruits to add a little something special.
Amy describes her work: “I consider my toys to be an expression of
my love of cuddly monsters and Japanese style. I love color, texture, structure and furry things. I like to push the boundaries of what is considered normal and try to make people giggle. I enjoy my toy designs because they bring me joy.”
Amy has exhibited in various solo and group shows displaying her designs throughout the New York City and Hudson Valley area. She has also designed toys for Amok Time, Monstarz, Commonwealth Toys, Alexander Doll Company and SRM Entertainment.
Amy currently resides in the Hudson Valley area of New York with her husband. She finds the tranquility of the Hudson River waterfront inspiring and a great place to live and work.
www.kokma.com
www.kokmatoys.com
Carl Wolf
Homespun Foods — 232 Main St.
"Capturing a small fragment of the natural world"
Web Site http://www.flickr.com/photos/10538670@N00/sets/787325/ or www.flickr.com/see.wolf.
Marti Lawrence Wolf
Lauren & Riley — 462 Main St.
"Glassworks, An Installation"
I am an installation artist, painter, and sculptor. My work places the viewer in the position of seeing and feeling what I discover to be essential, whether visual or emotional. This photographic installation captures the isolated, austere image of a woman’s petticoat — an old-fashioned under garment–stuffed and shaped with tumbleweed. A single lamp illuminates the barbed interior of the body, exposed and hanging — a metaphor for the acknowledged but uncorrected, unspoken violence against women.
Mari Lawrence Wolf
Studio 457 — 457 Main St.
"My Truth is in There: An Installation,
Part I All Directions Lead"
I am an installation artist, painter, and sculptor. My work places the viewer in the position of seeing and feeling what I discover to be essential: objects and observations caught in time. Often austere and contemplative, mixed media works are made from found objects, antique wood and organic materials such as grasses, reeds, and bamboo. Sheer fabric and other surfaces are often illustrated, and paintings are large to communicate vast space.
“Bringing the endless skies of the American Midwest to the East, Ms. Lawrence presents a flow of air and space across the walls...Channeling British and American landscape painters of the 19th century, she depicts the same awe of sublime nature as represented by these historic artists...however, modernizes their sensibility.”
-- R. Aranda-Alvarado, Curator Jersey City Museum
To see more of my work and credentials, please visit my website www.martilawrence.net
Sarah Womer
This lighted sculptural piece is made from discarded and broken electronics found locally. I took out the contents of the televisions, spray painted them white, and lit them from the inside. Lighting consists of efficient LED bulbs, which are consume low energy but have high output. The purpose is to take a moment to examine what these electronics that we use daily are made of, and to consider where they end up when we don’t want them anymore.
This installation is by Zero to Go, a Beacon-based group that works to make taking care of our environment convenient, continuously accessible and enjoyable. Past events include the 7/25 Electronics Recycling Day at City Hall. Learn more at www.zerotogo.org.
Lily Zand
School of Jellyfish — 183 Main St.
"Visit Often"
A video installation by Lily Zand at School of Jellyfish c2011
www.schoolofjellyfish.com
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