Artsletter - Miriam Hernandez

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Artsletter - Miriam Hernandez
VOLUME XXX, Number 3
May / June 2006
A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E D E L AWA R E VA L L E Y A R T S A L L I A N C E
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A R T S C O U N C I L F O R S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y, N E W Y O R K
JazzFest 2006: The Best of Latin and Swing
“M ETRO TANG ”
AND
“B IG B AND S WING M ACHINE ” TAKE T HE T USTEN T HEATRE S TAGE
FROM THE DESK OF:
Elaine Giguere
Executive Director, DVAA
“Big Band Swing Machine” features toe-tapping arrangements for vocals and a sixteen pieces jazz orchastra.
Metro Tang brings a unique
angle to jazz as the 16th annual
JazzFest at Tusten opener at
Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, NY,
on Saturday, May 13, 2006, at 8
p.m. The group uses standard jazz
forms, with some tunes sounding
more Latin than African, others
keeping the blues in mind.
Traditional jazz fans will hear new
twists to familiar tunes. Combining
African drumming rhythms with
funky bass lines and long flowing
melodies, the music has something
for everybody.
Metro Tang heats up JazzFest with smooth latin sounds.
Based in New York City, the outstanding musicians who comprise
Metro Tang got there from Israel,
Ecuador, New Jersey, Ohio, and the
Caribbean, and together they have
recorded and toured throughout the
world. Bandleader Chacho
Ramirez, a recent new homeowner
in Narrowsburg, is a composer and
percussionist specializing in AfroCaribbean, Latin music and jazz.
He performs throughout the metropolitan area, and has worked with
such artists as Ahmad Jamal,
Olatunji (Drums of Passion), Bo
Diddley, and Orquesta Universal,
which has just released its CD,
“New York Salsa.” Ramirez also
works regularly as a Teaching
Artist in New York area public
schools and has written a study
guide on the history of music in the
Caribbean. His quintet is rounded
out with Eldad Zvulun (piano), who
came to New York City from Israel
in 2001 under the International
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Dear Members;
I am proud to announce 2006 as
the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s
30th Anniversary year. For the past
thirty years we’ve worked diligently
with our members, volunteers and
communities toward fulfilling our
stated motto, “The arts as a central
element in rural life.” The arts are
now integral to Sullivan County and
the Upper Delaware Valley and we
enjoy the economic and quality of life
benefits they provide.
I gratefully communicate our
appreciation to you, our members,
and to our communities for decades
of support.
Without your
patronage none
of this would
have been possible.
Delaware
Valley Arts
Alliance enjoys
hard won relationships with
the New York
State Council on
the Arts and
with State and
County legislators and has
ensured that
public monies
are designated for and distributed
directly to artists and organizations
within our county.
Yet there is always more to do:
create more opportunities and networks for individual emerging and
professional artists of all disciplines; advocate for the arts on
the local, state and national levels; create new audiences and
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“AS WE SEE US”
A group portrait show
curated by Joan Glase
in Loft Gallery.
“As We See Us” is a group
photographic portrait show of and
by women curated by Sullivan
County photographer Joan Glase.
It opens at the Delaware Arts
Center Loft Gallery, 37 Main
Street, Narrowsburg, NY, on
Friday, June 16 with a reception
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The exhibition will be on view through
August 4, 2006. “As We See Us” is
an engrossing look at how this
group of imaginative women pho-
A still image used in a video by Barbara Zwieg.
tographers “see” themselves, as
well as each other. The exhibit will
feature self-portraits of each of the
women. In addition, each woman
was “assigned” to create a portrait
of one of the other women who are
participating in the exhibit.
The exhibit is the brainchild of
curator/artist/photographer Joan
Glase. One of Joan’s routine tasks
while working as a commercial
fashion photographer in New York
City was to look through hundreds
of models’ portfolios. Joan found
herself most drawn to the phoContinued on Page 11
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Council on the Arts.Thanks to all
who took the time to call, visit,
send postcards or email their representatives. State Arts Council funding is crucial to supporting cultural
programming in our communities.
After five years of no increases, cultural organizations have been
stretched to the limit. Our request
to the legislature was to support a
NYSCA budget at the rate of $2.50
per NYS resident.
Please take a moment to
acknowledge and thank Senator
John Bonacic and Assembly
Member Aileen Gunther for their
roles in seeing to budget increases.
them. Remember to stay in touch
year-round and keep them aware of
the impact of the arts in their districts and across the state.
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Delaware Valley Opera
in collaboration with
Hudson Opera Theatre
presents
20th Anniversary Opera Season
Georg Friederick Handel’s
Julius Caesar
Sunday, July 16, 3 p.m. - Tusten
Saturday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. - Tusten
Saturday, July 29, 8:00 - SCCC
Thursday, Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. - Tusten
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s
The Magic Flute
Thursday, July 20, 2:00 p.m. - SCCC
Sunday, July 22, 7:00 p.m. - Tusten
Wednesday, August 9, 1:00 p.m. - Tusten
Sunday, August 13, 3:00 - Tusten
Saturday, August 19, 7:30 - Tusten
Giuseppe Verdi’s
Aîda
Sunday, July 30, 3:00 p.m. - Tusten
Saturday., August 5, 7:30 p.m. - Tusten
Saturday, August 12, 8:00 p.m. - SCCC
Thursday, August 17, 7:30 p.m. - Tusten
Sunday, August 20, 3:00 - Tusten
Box Office Number
Tusten Theatre
845-252-7272
SCCC:
845 434-5750
ext. 4303
Single ticket prices: $25
$23 for seniors 65+ and students
and $15 for children under 12
The CineArt feature film for May is the 2006 Oscar winner for
Best Foreign Film, “Tsotsi.” Based on South African playwright Athol Fugard's only novel, “Tsotsi” is a thrilling, provocative look at life in the ghettos outside present-day
Johannesburg. Presley Chweneyagae stars as the title character, a teenager with a killer stare who lives alone in a ramshackle room in a poor shantytown. “Tsotsi” (which means
“thug”) is a pulsating, electrifying film propelled by
Chweneyagae's powerful, mesmerizing performance. The
pounding soundtrack features popular local Kwaito music by
Zola, who also plays crimelord Fela in the film.
Screenings will be held at the Callicoon Theater, Callicoon, NY. on Wednesday
and Thursday, May 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 13 at 2 and 9:45 p.m.
and Sunday, May 14 at 2 p.m. CineArt is co-sponsored by Delaware Valley Arts
Alliance (DVAA) and the Callicoon Theatre. A percentage of the admissions and $1
per person benefits DVAA’s community arts programs. For more information call
the movieline at 887-4460.
DELAWARE VALLEY ARTS ALLIANCE
A 30th Anniversary Moment in Time
ARTS COUNCIL FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance is an arts council
founded in 1976. Its mission is to lead collaborations that advance the arts in Sullivan County and
the Upper Delaware Valley; to encourage and
support cultural programs relevant to all citizens;
and to provide services to individual artists, arts
organizations and the area’s arts industry. While
programs and services are available to everyone, membership support is vital to DVAA's programs, and we encourage everyone to join,
starting at $45 ($40 for individual artists & senior
citizens) per year.
DVAA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Kubenik President
Debra Rovitz Vice-President
Myra Rappoport 2nd Vice-President
Gloria Krause Treasurer
This early 1980’s picture is of Gloria Krause receiving an Award for Leadership from Kitty Carlisle Hart at the Alliance of NYS Arts
Councils’ annual conference. At the time, Mrs. Hart was the Chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts and Gloria was the
President of the DVAA Board of Directors.
Richard P. Delia Secretary
Berry Hafkin Michael Herko
Nancy Kane
Arlene Lawrence
John O’Reilly Stanley Segal
Arleene Siegel-Lerner Lynn Skolnick
STAFF
Elaine Giguere Executive Director
Dorothy Hartz Program Associate
Regrant Coordinator
Jane Blake Bookkeeper
Michael (Rocky) Pinciotti Gallery Director
Pat Carullo Creative Director
Michael P. Finamore Technical Director
ARTSLETTER
Artsletter, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance membership newsletter and cultural calendar, is compiled as a service to area residents, artists and
arts groups. Artsletter is sent directly to members
by mail. It is also available free at public libraries
and cultural institutions. Calendar listings are free
for Sullivan County and Upper Delaware Valley
nonprofit cultural organizations.
For further information:
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
P.O. Box 170, 37 Main Street
Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Phone: (845) 252-7576
Fax: (845) 252-6515
E-mail: info@ArtsAllianceSite.org
Web Site: http://www.ArtsAllianceSite.org
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Deadline for the July/Aug 2006 issue is June 1.
2006 Opera Season
DELAWARE VALLEY OPERA SETS SEASON IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Delaware Valley Opera’s (DVO) 2006 season will be comprised of three works of incredible
beauty from the most popular operatic repertoire, all set in Ancient Egypt. The first is George
Friederick Handel’s Julius Caesar, believed by many to be Handel’s finest opera. This is the
classic tale of Julius Caesar and the seductive young queen, Cleopatra. DVO celebrates Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday with their second opera, The Magic Flute. This impressive
opera brings together man, myth and gods in an exotic land to prove that true love overcomes all
obstacles. The season ends with Verdi’s towering masterpiece, Aida, the story of the forbidden
love of an Ethiopian slave for an Egyptian soldier who is promised to the daughter of the Pharaoh
himself. Julius Caesar and Aida will be sung in the original language with English supertitles
and The Magic Flute will be sung in an English translation by Ron DeFesi.
Four performances of each opera will be held at the Tusten Theatre in Narrowsburg, New York
and one performance of each opera will be held at the Seelig Theatre at Sullivan Co. Community
College in Loch Sheldrake, NY. For ticket information for Tusten call 845-252-7272. For Seelig
Theatre information call 845-434-5750 ext. 4303.
In addition to the operas, DVO will present Broadway a la Mode 2, a series of performances
featuring Broadway tunes and culminating in dessert!
Broadway a la Mode will be performed on Saturday evening July 15 at 7:30 p.m.,at the Tusten
Theatre in Narrowsburg, NY and Thursday evening, July 20 at 8:00 p.m. at Sullivan County
Community College in Loch Sheldrake, NY. Additional performances of “a la Mode” will be held
on Sunday, July 23 at 4 p.m., Wednesday, July 26 at 1:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 5 at 2 p.m.,
all at the Tusten Theatre.
ENJOY THE JUNE ROSES WHILE SUPPORTING DVAA
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance is sponsoring a bus trip to “Victorian
Rose High Tide” at Cutler Botanic Gardens in Binghamton, New York
on Tuesday, June 20th.
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Speakers: Lillian Walsh, Rosarian, American Rose Society
Leon Ginethal, Der Rosenmeister Nursery, Ithaca, NY
Rose Walk Tours and Demonstrations • Floral Designs with Roses
Victorian Costume Contest • Victorian Crafts
Garden tea party with refreshments, both savory and sweet including, but
not limited to, tea sandwiches, smoked salmon with herbed mayo and capers,
canapés, pate, rose cakes, scones and tea breads. Reservations required. Bus
leaves from Narrowsburg at 4 p.m. The all inclusive fee is $50.
Cultural Calendar
Area code for numbers below is (845) unless listed.
April 29 - May 20
Exhibit: “Catskill Scenes,” paintings and
pastels by Jay Brooks, Jerico Fine Arts
Gallery, 21 Lower Main St., Callicoon,
NY. Information: 887-5990. Opening
Reception: Sat., April 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m..
sionist Chacho Ramirez, sponsored by
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, 8 p.m.,
Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St.,
Narrowsburg, NY. Admission: $15.
Information: 252-7576.
April 30
Lecture: Painted Houses on Stone,
sponsored by Friends of Sunshine Hall
Free Library, 2 p.m., Sunshine Hall Free
Library,14 Proctor Rd., Eldred, NY.
Free. Information: 557-6258.
May 19 - June 9
Exhibit: Marjorie Morrow Paintings,
sponsored by Delaware Valley Arts
Alliance, Delaware Arts Center Gallery,
37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY.
Gallery hours, Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4
p.m. Free. Opening Reception: Friday,
May 19, 7-9 p.m.
May 4 - 6
Exhibit: Student/Faculty Art Show,
sponsored by Sullivan County
Community College, 10 - 4 p.m., Kaplan
Student Union, Sullivan County
Community College, Loch Sheldrake,
NY. Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
Opening: Thursday, May 4, 5 p.m.
May 19
Theatre: “Basically Broadway,” a
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
production, Rivoli Theatre, So.
Fallsburg, NY. Admission: $15/12.
Information: 434-7232 or 436-6309
May 5
Poetry: “First Fridays Contemporary
Wriiters Series” sponsored by Western
Sullivan Public Library, 7:30 p.m., Open
Mic; 8 p.m. local writers from Narth
American Cultural Laboratory; 8:30
p.m. visiting writer Dan Solis, TustenCochecton Branch, 198 Bridge St.,
Narrowsburg, NY. Free. Information:
252-3360.
May 6
Exhibit: Joan Glase & Rocky Pinciotti,
sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Beck
Gallery, Sullivan Co. Museum &
Cultural Center, 265 Main Street,
Hurleyville, NY. Free. Information: 4364227. Opening Reception: Saturday, May
6, 5-7 p.m.
May 20 - June 25
Exhibit: Pottery by Barbara Brown and
Fiber Art & Jewelry by Buff McAllister,
Catskill Artists Gallery, 38 So. Main St.,
Liberty, NY. Opening reception: May 20.
Free. Information: 292-0310.
May 20
Theatre: “Basically Broadway,” a
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
production, Rivoli Theatre, So.
Fallsburg, NY. Admission: $15/12.
Information: 434-7232 or 436-6309.
May 21
Theatre: “Basically Broadway,” a
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
production, Rivoli Theatre, So.
Fallsburg, NY. Admission: $15/12.
Information: 434-7232 or 436-6309
May 6 (rain date May 7)
Kite Festival w/ demos, kids rides,
music, games, vendors and more, sponsored by SCCC, SC Visitors Association
and Hudson United Bank, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., Sullivan Co. Community College,
Loch Sheldrake, NY. Free. Information:
434-5750 ext. 4303.
May 27
Concert: Jazzfest at Tusten featuring Big
Band Swing Machine, a 16-member band,
sponsored by Delaware Valley Arts
Alliance, 8 p.m., Tusten Theatre,210
Bridge St. (Rte 52) Narrowsburg, NY.
Admission $25. Information or reservations: 252-7576.
May 6
Exhibit: Elementary Art Show, sponsored by Catskill Art Society,
Auditorium, Sullivan Co. Museum &
Cultural Center, 265 Main Street,
Hurleyville, NY. Free. Information: 4364227.
May 27 - June 26
Exhibit: “Devine by Design; Stage &
Costume Design by Robert de Mora,”
sponsored by the Blue Victorian, 4874
Main St., Jeffersonville, NY. Free.
Information: 482-5544. Opening
Reception: Saturday, May 27 & Sunday,
May 28.
May 6
Concert: “All Arranged,” Mozart
arranged by Ferrari and Mozart &
Beethoven arranged by Emerson, a
woodwind program, sponsored by
Chamber Music at St. Andrews, 8 pm,
St Andrew's Episcopal Church, 5277
State Route 42, So. Fallsburg, NY. Free.
Information or reservations (required):
292-8967.
May 7
Concert: “Those Were the Days,” songs
of the 30’s & 40’s with Mr. Jim Blanton
& Guest Soprano, sponsored by Town of
Lumberland Cultural Series, 3 p.m.,
Lumberland Town Hall, 1054 Proctor
Road, Glen Spey, NY. Admission.
Information: 856-6372.
May 13
Concert: Jazzfest at Tusten featuring
“Metro Tang,” led by composer/percus-
June 2
Poetry: “First Fridays Contemporary
Writers Series” sponsored by Western
Sullivan Public Library, 7:30 p.m., Open
Mic; 8 p.m. local writer Marcia
Nehemiah; 8:30 p.m. visiting writer
Marty McConnell, Tusten-Cochecton
Branch, 198 Bridge St., Narrowsburg,
NY. Free. Information: 252-3360.
June 3
Exhibit: John Rocklin & Candy Spilner,
sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Beck
Gallery, Sullivan Co. Museum &
Cultural Center, 265 Main Street,
Hurleyville, NY. Free.
Information: 436-4227.
Opening Reception: Saturday,
June 3, 5-7 p.m.
F O R
T H E
S U L L I V A N
June 9
Theatre: “Lend Me a Tenor,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309.
June 10
Theatre: “Lend Me a Tenor,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
June 10
Literary Event: Panel Discussion of
Writers & Publishers, with Paul
Vazquez, Joseph Freda, and others, a
DVAA 30th Anniversary Event, 7:30
p.m.,Gloria Krause Recital Hall,
Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street,
Narrowsburg, NY. Information: 2527576.
June 11
Theatre: “Lend Me a Tenor,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
C O U N T Y
A R E A
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
June 17
Theatre: “Lend Me a Tenor,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
June 18
Theatre: “Lend Me a Tenor,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
June 27
Workshop: “Using Technology to Build
Audiences,” led by Chris Andreola of adc
studio, sponsored by the Alliance of NYS
Arts Organizations and Delaware Valley
Arts Alliance, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Krause
Recital Hall, Delaware Arts Center, 37
Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY. Fee: $10
includes lunch. Pre-registration: 2527576.
June 13 - 25
Theater: “Carousel,” presented by
Forestburgh Playhouse, 39 Forestburgh
Rd., Forestburgh, NY. Information: 7941194 or www.fbplayhouse.com.
June 27 - July 9
Theater: “Thoroughly Modern Millie,”
presented by Forestburgh Playhouse, 39
Forestburgh Rd., Forestburgh, NY.
Information: 794-1194 or www.fbplayhouse.com.
June 16 - August 4
Exhibit: Miriam Hernandez Paintings,
sponsored by Delaware Valley Arts
Alliance, Delaware Arts Center Gallery,
37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY.
Gallery hours, Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4
p.m. Free. Opening Reception: Friday,
June 16, 7-9 p.m.
July 1
Exhibit: Bobbi Allees & Nancy Wells,
sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Beck
Gallery, Sullivan Co. Museum &
Cultural Center, 265 Main Street,
Hurleyville, NY. Free. Information: 4364227. Opening Reception: Saturday,
July 1, 5-7 p.m.
June 16 - August 4
Exhibit: “As We See Us,” a photography
exhibit curated by Joan Glase, sponsored by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance,
Loft Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, 37
Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY. Gallery
hours, Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free.
Opening Reception: Friday, June 16, 7-9
p.m.
July 1
Exhibit: CAS Artists’ Studio Tour Group
Show, sponsored by Catskill Art Society,
Beck Gallery, Sullivan Co. Museum &
Cultural Center, 265 Main Street,
Hurleyville, NY. Free. Information: 4364227.
June 16
Theatre: “Lend Me a Tenor,” a Sullivan
July 1 - July 30
Exhibit: Sculpture & Pottery by Kathy
Jeffers and Woodcraft &Photography by
Hank Schneider, Catskill Artists
Gallery, 38 So. Main St., Liberty, NY.
Opening reception: July 1. Free.
July 1 - August 28
Exhibit: “Rubin Retrospective,” work by
Alan Rubin, sponsored by the Blue
Victorian, 4874 Main St., Jeffersonville,
NY. Free. Information: 482-5544.
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 1 &
Sunday, July 2. Information: 292-0310.
July 1
Concert and Grand Opening: New York
Philharmonic conducted by Bramwell
Tovey, w/ pianist Lang Lang and soprano Audra McDonald at the grand opening of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts,
7 p.m., Bethel Woods, Bethel, NY.
Information or reservations:
www.bethelwoodslive.org.
July 7
Poetry: “First Fridays Contemporary
Writers Series” sponsored by Western
Sullivan Public Library, 7:30 p.m., Open
Mic; 8 p.m. local writer J.L. Schneider;
8:30 p.m. visiting writer Sonya Renee,
Tusten-Cochecton Branch, 198 Bridge
St., Narrowsburg, NY. Free.
Information: 252-3360.
July 7
Theatre: “Steel Magnolias,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
July 8 & 9
Studio Tour: sponsored by Catskill Art
Society. Information: 436-4227
July 8
Theatre: “Steel Magnolias,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
July 9
Theatre: “Steel Magnolias,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
July 13
Concert: Shirim Klezmer, sponsored by
Sullivan County Community College,
Seelig Theatre, Sullivan County
Community College, Loch Sheldrake,
NY. Admission: $20/$18 Senior& student/ $15 group. Information: 434-5750,
ext. 4303.
July 14 - August 4
Exhibit: Linda Sokolowski Monoprints
and Paintings, sponsored by Delaware
Valley Arts Alliance, Delaware Arts
Center Gallery, 37 Main Street,
Narrowsburg, NY. Gallery hours, Tues. Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Opening
Reception: Friday, July 14, 7-9 p.m.
July 14
Theatre: “Steel Magnolias,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
July 15
Theatre: “Steel Magnolias,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309
July 15
Concert: “Broadway a la Mode, II,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production featuring music by Rodgers & Hamerstein,
7:30 p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge
St., Narrowsburg, NY. Admission $20.
Box offfice: 252-7272.
July 16
Opera: Handel’s “Julius Caesar,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production, 3
p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street,
Narrowsburg, NY. Admission: $25 ($23
for seniors 65+) Box offfice: 252-7272.
July 16
Theatre: “Steel Magnolias,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $15/12. Information: 4347232 or 436-6309.
July 18
Children’s Series: “The Bugtown
Follies,” a Robert Rogers Puppet
Company production, sponsored by
Sullivan County Community College,
10:30 a.m. Seelig Theatre, Sullivan
County Community College, Loch
Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $6/$5 group.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
July 18
Film/ Discussion: TBA, discussion led by
Jack Hirschfeld, 6:30 p.m., Seelig
Theatre, Sullivan County Community
College, 112 College Road, Loch
Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $3.
Reservations required: 794-1029.
July 19
Lecture: “Wednesday at Sullivan”
Series: Ron DeFesi, Musical Director of
the Delaware Opera Company, 2 p.m.,
Student Union, Sullivan County
Community College, 112 College Road,
Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $3.
July 20
Opera: W.A. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,”
a Delaware Valley Opera production,
2:00 p.m., Seelig Theatre, SCCC, Loch
Sheldrake, NY.
July 20
Musical Theatre: “Broadway a la Mode
II,” a Delaware Valley Opera production, 8 p.m., SCCC, Loch Sheldrake, NY.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
July 22
Opera: Handel’s “Julius Caesar,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production, 7:30
p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street,
Narrowsburg, NY. Admission: $25 ($23
for seniors 65+) Box offfice: 252-7272.
July 22
Concert: Ken and Julie & the Eclectic
Folk Project, sponsored by Sullivan
County Community College, Seelig
Theatre, Sullivan County Community
College, Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission:
$20/$18 Senior& student/ $15 group.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
July 23
Riverfest: Delaware Valley Arts
Alliance’s Music, Art and
Environmental Festival, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(rain or shine), featuring live music, fine
arts and crafts, special events, Main
Street, Narrowsburg, New York. Free
admission. Information: 252-7576.
July 23
Concert: “Broadway a la Mode, II,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production featuring music by Rodgers &
Hammerstein, 4 p.m., Tusten Theatre,
210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, NY.
Admission $20. Box office: 252-7272.
July 23
Opera: W.A. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,”
a Delaware Valley Opera production,
7:00 p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge
Street, Narrowsburg, NY.
July 25 - August 6
Theater: “Hair,” presented by
Forestburgh Playhouse, 39 Forestburgh
Rd., Forestburgh, NY. Information: 7941194 or www.fbplayhouse.com.
July 25
Children’s Series: Storyteller Reggie
Carpenter, sponsored by Sullivan
County Community College, 10:30 a.m.
Seelig Theatre, Sullivan County
Community College, Loch Sheldrake,
NY. Admission: $6/$5 group.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
July 26
Concert: “Broadway a la Mode, II,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production featuring music by Rodgers & Hamerstein,
1 p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge
Street, Narrowsburg, NY. Admission
$20. Box office: 252-7272.
Mali, Tusten-Cochecton Branch, 198
Bridge St., Narrowsburg, NY. Free.
Information: 252-3360.
August 4
Theatre: “The Wizard of Oz,” a Sullivan
County Dramatic Workshop production,
Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, NY.
Admission: $18/15. Information: 434-7232
or 436-6309.
August 5
Concert: “Broadway a la Mode, II,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production featuring music by Rodgers & Hamerstein, 2
p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street,
Narrowsburg, NY. Admission $20. Box
office: 252-7272.
August 5
Exhibit: Susanne Wibroe-Fost, sponsored
by Catskill Art Society, Beck Gallery,
Sullivan Co. Museum & Cultural Center,
265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY. Free.
Information: 436-4227. Opening
Reception: Saturday, August 5, 5-7 p.m.
July 26
Lecture: “Wednesday at Sullivan”
Series: Reggie Carpenter, 2 p.m.,
Student Union, Sullivan County
Community College, 112 College Road,
Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $3.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
August 5
Exhibit: Member Show, sponsored by
Catskill Art Society, Beck Gallery,
Sullivan Co. Museum & Cultural Center,
265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY. Free.
Information: 436-4227.
July 27
Concert: The Hunt Family Fiddlers,
sponsored by Sullivan County Community
College, Seelig Theatre, Sullivan County
Community College, Loch Sheldrake, NY.
Admission: $20/$18 Senior& student/ $15
group. Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
August 5
Concert: TBA, sponsored by Sullivan
County Community College, Seelig
Theatre, Sullivan County Community
College, Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission:
$20/$18 Senior& student/ $15 group.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
July 29
Opera: Handel’s “Julius Caesar,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production, 8 p.m.,
Seelig Theatre, Sullivan Co. Community
College, Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission
$25 ($23 for seniors). Box office: 252-7272.
August 8
Children’s Series: TBA, sponsored by
Sullivan County Community College,
10:30 a.m. Seelig Theatre, Sullivan
County Community College, Loch
Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $6/$5 group.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
July 30
Opera: Verdi’s “Aida,” a Delaware Valley
Opera production, 3 p.m., Tusten Theatre,
210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, NY.
Admission $25 ($23 for seniors). Box
office: 252-7272.
August 1
Children’s Series: “Beauty and the Beast,”
a Ballet for Young Audiences production,
sponsored by Sullivan County Community
College, 10:30 a.m. Seelig Theatre,
Sullivan County Community College, Loch
Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $6/$5 group.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
August 2
Lecture: “Wednesday at Sullivan” Series:
Klezmer Musician Henry Sapoznick, 2
p.m., Student Union, Sullivan County
Community College, 112 College Road,
Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $3.
August 3
Opera: Handel’s “Julius Caesar,” a
Delaware Valley Opera production, 7:30
p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street,
Narrowsburg, NY.
August 3
Ballet: The Roxey Ballet, sponsored by
Sullivan County Community College,
Seelig Theatre, Sullivan County
Community College, Loch Sheldrake, NY.
Admission: $20/$18 Senior& student/ $15
group. Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
August 4
Poetry: “First Fridays Contemporary
Writers Series” sponsored by Western
Sullivan Public Library, 7:30 p.m., Open
Mic; 8 p.m. local writer Lori Anderson
Moseman; 8:30 p.m. visiting writer Taylor
August 8
Film/ Discussion: TBA, discussion led by
Jack Hirschfeld, 6:30 p.m., Seelig
Theatre, Sullivan County Community
College, 112 College Road, Loch
Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $3.
Reservations required: 794-1029.
August 9
Lecture: “Wednesday at Sullivan”
Series: Humorist Lisa Lipkin, 2 p.m.,
Student Union, Sullivan County
Community College, 112 College Road,
Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $3.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
August 10
Comedy: Comedian Annie Korzen with
opening act Donna Singer, sponsored by
Sullivan County Community College,
Seelig Theatre, Sullivan County
Community College, Loch Sheldrake,
NY. Admission: $20/$18 Senior& student/ $15 group. Information: 434-5750,
ext. 4303.
August 11 - September 2
Exhibit: Steven Henry Erdman Multi
Media Installation, sponsored by
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Delaware
Arts Center Gallery, 37 Main Street,
Narrowsburg, NY. Gallery hours, Tues. Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Opening
Reception: Friday, August 11, 7-9 p.m.
August 12
Festival: “From the Ground Up,” a celebration of all things grown, produced
and created in Sullivan County, 11 am ˆ
4 pm ,The Cutting Garden , Rte 52
Continued on Page 10
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D
E L AWA R E
ARTS CENTER GALLERY
“COLOR FIELDS” in Main Gallery
Marjorie Morrow paints panoramic views in Kenoza Lake, NY
“Color Fields,” paintings by Sullivan County artist Marjorie Morrow, opens at the Delaware Arts Center Gallery, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg,
NY, on Friday, May 19th with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The exhibition will be on view through June 9, 2006.
Marjorie Morrow was born in Newark, Ohio and graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where she majored in painting and printmaking. She attended the Blossom-Kent Art Program at Kent State University under the guidance of Richard Anuszkiewicz. Marjorie is the recipient of
the Ohio Arts Council Award and a Purchase Award from The Museum of
the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton Ohio. Most of the paintings in this exhibition are based on the panoramic views Morrow sees from her studio window in Kenoza Lake, NY. They are a result of an intense process which
often starts with the making of numerous small drawings and sketches.
Marjorie continually explores her familiar surroundings of blueberry fields,
forests, clouds and mountains until she achieves a complete intimacy with
them. Eventually the paintings, although retaining many recognizable references, are, in essence, colorful abstractions. They are no longer of a specific landscape or subject but become paintings of movement, rhythm, energy and tension. “My aim, after long study, is to capture the essence of a
place or a situation in as spontaneous an execution as possible,” says
Morrow. “The constantly changing patterns and movements in the landscape and moods in the atmosphere provide a multitude of subject matter
as a taking off point.”
Many of the graphic marks and strokes interwoven in the work reflect her
extensive background in printmaking, especially in the studies of trees and
shrubs in winter. Music is also deeply ingrained in Morrow’s life and creative process. Married to a musician and having learned piano as a child,
she continues to enjoy music as a “bridge” to her artwork, often using musical concepts in describing her artmaking. “I would say I’m conducting or
composing when I’m painting. I’m especially attracted to introspective delving. I like the minor chords the best,” she says. Color is how she reconciles
dissonant elements and what brings her compositions to life, often incorporating opposites on the color wheel. “It’s these color combinations and the
choices you make that determine what works or not in each painting. I’m
drawn to close-value/close-intensity combinations.”
Her work has been presented in solo shows at Ceres Gallery and most
recently at the TAI Gallery, both in New York City. She has also had work
included in exhibitions at the Bronx Museum, NY; the Cincinnati Art
Museum, OH; Kent State University, OH; Provincetown Art Museum, MA;
P.S. One, NYC, Soho 20 Gallery NYC, Ten Downtown NYC, and the London Institute of Contemporary Art among other venues. She divides her time
between New York City and Sullivan County.
“Color Fields” is sponsored by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Arts Council for Sullivan County, NY, and is made possible in part with funding from the Visual Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information about the exhibit call the arts center at 845-252-7576.
MAIN STREET • NARROWSBURG, NY
“Meditations: Flow” in Arts Center
Miriam Hernández’s work is about process
“Meditations: Flow,” paintings by Sullivan County artist Miriam Hernández, opens at the Delaware Arts Center Gallery, 37 Main Street,
Narrowsburg, NY, on Friday, June 16th with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The exhibition will be on view through July 7, 2006.
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Miriam Hernández began her artistic training at the
High School of Art and Design in New York City. While receiving her B.A. in painting
at Queens College, Hernández studied under artists such as John Ferren, Charles
Cajori, James Brooks, Robert Birmelin, and George McNeil. Her interest in color
flourished under the teaching of art scholar Herb Aach. Shortly after receiving her
M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Hernández began to
show her work, mostly in alternative exhibition spaces in NYC, where she lived from
the age of nine.
Miriam Hernández’s work is about process. Her creative expression has encompassed many disciplines, among them photography, sculpture, printmaking and
installation work, but it is in painting that she has produced her largest body of work.
For the past ten years her strong interest in traditional Buddhist art, especially
sculpture, has dominated her imagery. “My work is layered in content and technique,
and unfolds in the stages of combining materials of paint, ink, collage and pencil
which brings to the surface images that are both common and mysterious. These are
images familiar and readable to the viewer which at the same time can be elusive and
esoteric,” says Miriam.
“The most recent paintings include personal interpretations of yoga meditation
imagery, and the reintroduction of a vibrant color palette,” states Hernández. “The
works in this new series attempt to represent the capturing of energy present in the
universe that can be channeled in and through the human body. These works, which
are included in the current exhibition, continue the attempt to portray states of meditation and consciousness in an accessible and personal format.” The paintings are
intimate in intent and size (many of them 10 x 8 or 12 x 9 inches). The viewer is
encouraged to step up close to the work and examine the details of layers, color and
form that make up each painting, inviting engagement and mindful interaction. “My
attempt is to portray constant tension and dialogue between the figure and ground,
between the self and the surrounding world,” she explains.
Shortly after Hernández’s first solo show at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in
2002, a fire destroyed the building where she and her partner lived in NYC, along
with most of her 30 years’ worth of art work. Aside from the trauma experienced as a
result of the fire, the awareness of the transient nature of all things made a profound Disintegrate mixed media on plexi 8”x12”
mark. The acceptance of this awareness is something Hernández is grateful for, especially since it is one of the major precepts of Buddhism, the
study of which she has been following for over thirty years. Five years ago, Hernandez and her partner bought a house in Jeffersonville in Sullivan
County and live there on weekends and during the summer. The rest of the time they live in Peekskill, New York.
“MEDITATIONS: FLOW” is sponsored by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Arts Council for Sullivan County, NY, and is made possible in
part with funding from the Visual Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about the exhibit call the arts center at 845-252-7576.
Around The Area
BETHEL
WOODS
HOLDS JULY 1 GRAND
OPENING CELEBRATION
Bethel Woods Center for the
Arts, a new state-of-the-art cultural center located at the site of
the 1969 Woodstock Festival,
will inaugurate its opening season with a performance by the
New York Philharmonic with
pianist Lang Lang and soprano
Audra McDonald, led by conductor Bramwell Tovey, at the
Bethel Woods summer pavilion.
The opening night celebration
will continue with a spectacular
fireworks display by Grucci, following the performance.
The center, which is a project
of the not for profit Gerry
Foundation, also announced
that as part of its inaugural
season there will be a Jazz
Festival weekend curated by
four-time Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves, July 22-23,
2006, and a two day Woodstock
Anniversary concert the weekend of August 12-13, 2006.
Additional artists and acts will
be announced in the coming
weeks. Tickets for upcoming
shows at Bethel Woods are
available at www.bethelwoodslive.org http://www.bethelwoodslive.org or through
Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com
http://www.ticketmaster.com
or (845) 454-3388.
WEEKEND OF CHAMBER
MUSIC HOLDS BENEFIT
A scenic hilltop and the setting sun provide the backdrop at
Weekend of Chamber Music's
early spring benefit, “Music in
the Barn,” at 6 p.m., June 17 in
Bethel.
Hosted by the non-profit organization's patrons at their private country home, the benefit
requires reservations. The
evening begins with an al fresco
banquet buffet, wine and
dessert, followed by a chamber
music concert. WCM presents
music by Mozart, Bach,
Scarlatti, Lourié and Bozza following the supper. Among the
performers are harpsichordist
Kenneth Hamrick, flutist Judith
Pearce & violinist Sunghae
Anna Lim.
Proceeds will help support
WCM's coaching work with
Sullivan County high school
chamber music and band programs, and its Memory
Project,© a community-wide
partnership involving the
Liberty Museum and Arts
Center, high school students and
senior citizens in the production
of a performance exhibition
focusing on local history.
Tickets for the gala benefit are
$60 per person. Call 845-9328527 for reservations and directions.
The Weekend of Chamber
Music is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit,
supported in part by public
funding from the New York
State Council of the Arts, a
State Agency
The Potters of Sullivan
County will hold Hot Kiln
Tour 2006 on Saturday, May 13
from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
This is a day to visit potters in
their studios, connect with their
process, and enjoy the new work
that they produced during the
winter months. For more information call 607-498-5207.
Sullivan County Community
College will present a broad
spectrum of cultural offerings
this summer. Lectures and performing arts events ranging
from a music, dance and opera
events to a children’s series dot
the calendar both mid-week and
on the weekends in July and
August. Call 434-5750 ext. 4303
for a complete schedule.
Hunt Family Fiddlers will appear at Sullivan County Community College on Thursday, July 27, 2006.
Bequests . . .
are the simplest and most frequently made
planned gifts and they supply most of an
organization's planned giving income.
When planning your estate or making your will,
ask your legal advisor how a bequest or planned
gift can provide benefits for both you and the
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.
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Member News
Nancy Lew Lee, Richard
Kreznar, Rocky Pinciotti,
Barbara Zweig, Armand
Agresti, Allan Rubin and
Candy Spilner are among
DVAA artist members whose
work is featured in “Visual
Refreshments,” an exhibit at
The Blue Victorian in
Jeffersonville, New York,
through May 22.
The Tusten-Cochecton Branch
of the Sullivan West Public
Library is hosting “First
Fridays,” a contemporary writers series at their 198 Bridge
Street, Narrowsburg, New York
site. An open mic begins the
evening at 7:30, followed at 8
p.m. by a featured local writer
and a visiting guest writer. Call
252-3360 for a full schedule.
Rocky Pinciotti and Joan
Glase will be featured in an
exhibition titled “Natural
Light,” at the Beck Gallery at
the Catskill Art Society in
Hurleyville, NY from May 6-28.
The opening reception will be
held on May 6 from 5-7 p.m.
John Rocklin and
Candy Spilner will
be featured in an
exhibit from June 325 at the Catskill Art
Society’s Beck Gallery.
The June 3rd opening
reception is from 5-7
p.m.
An exhibition of
recent works on silk
by Jane Blake will
open with a reception
at the Ripe Art
Gallery, Huntington,
L.I. on June 4.
A Week of Media, Art & Movies
August 19 - August 27, 2006
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Imagine your work presented on the site of the 1969
Woodstock event — hallowed ground indeed. From
August 19 - 27 media, movies, and video art from
around the world will be featured in our galleries,
thearters and podcasts — and presented on three
massive screens in a 4800-seat, outdoor-covered
amphitheatre. A powerful conduit for your work!
Our August 27 event in Bethel Woods Center for the
Arts on the Woodstock site will open at 6 p.m. with
Podstock. Attendees will be invited to bring their
iPods and share their creations with other folks —
while selected PodArt is shown on two 20 x 15 ft.
screens. As darkness envelops the 4800-seat
amphitheatre an awards presentation and screenings
of the Best of DIGit 2006 will take place on a 30 ft.
HD screen. Way better than a drive-in movie!
Pass to all Events $2
5
50%
Savings
The artists, movie makers, and content creators really
dug the event in 2004 and 2005 — and there were
sold-out audiences. DIGit 2006 will be held in seven
locations around Sullivan County, New York. See you
this summer on Yasgur’s Farm!
. . . . . . . . DEADLINE JUNE 1, 2006
Cash awards total $5000 — $1000 is presented for
“Best of Show” and $1000 is presented for “Best
Experimental Work” — and $500 in cash is awarded
to each of the Best in the Narrative, Animation, Music
& Sound, Youth/Student, and Documentary categories. There are also four Special Awards: “Best
PodArt,” “Founder’s, Jurors’ and Producer’s Best.”
Proposals are also being sought for media installations, performance, games, software/electronic art,
and interactive and Internet-based media.
podstock
August 27 • 6 p.m.
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org
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Opportunities
Bus Trips
Calls for Artists
Catskill Art Society and Linda Gold
are sponsoring 3 bus trips this spring
and summer.
May 7: Day trip (sign up by April 28)
to The Philadelphia Museum of Art
and The Brandywine River Museum,
$118 members, $128 non-members ;
July 8: Day trip to the NYC Ballet at
the Saratoga Performing Arts Center,
$115 members, $125 non-members;
August 8-10: Excursion to Canada’s
Niagra region (Shaw Festival
Theatre, Butterfly Conservatory,
Horseshoe Falls, w/ accommodations
at the 2006 Conde Nast #1 Ontario
inn/spa, The Pillar and Post) and to
Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
$685 members, $695 non-members.
Trips are based on a minimum number of participants, and CAS reserves
the right to cancel if there is not sufficient enrollment, so early sign-up is
requested. For reservations and information, contact Linda Gold at 845255-5256 or email
artladyLG@aol.com.
The 31st Annual Artists on the
Campus Outdoor Art Show & Sale at
Hudson Hall, Mount Saint Mary
College, Newburgh, NY is scheduled
for Sunday, June 4, 2006. Call 5693337 or visit www. msmc.edu/artistsoncampus/ for information and registration.
Anne Hart and Fritz Mayer of The
Cutting Garden are calling for vendors for “From the Ground Up,” a celebration of all things grown, produced
and created in Sullivan County,
August 12 and 13, 11 a.m. ˆ 4 p.m.
,The Cutting Garden , Rte 52
Youngsville, NY. Admission $5, to
benefit Youngsville Environmental
Preservation Committee. Information
and registration call 482-3333 or
email CuttingGarden@hvc.rr.com
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance is calling for artists and artisans for
Riverfest, a music, art and environmental festival held on Sunday, July
23 on Main Street in Narrowsburg,
NY. All work must be original in
design and execution. Booth fees are
$ 40 for DVAA members and $50 for
non-members. For a prospectus, visit
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org or call 845252-7576.
Media Artists are urged to submit
work for consideration for Digit, the
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s
Digital Media Festival. Cash prizes
totalling $5,000 will be awarded to
winners in six categories: experimental, documentary, narrative, animation, youth and sound art. For a
prospectus visit
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org
or call 845-252-7576.
Workshops
Artists Materials and Uses:
Tom Bosket will lead a workshop
titled “The Raw Materials of
Artists” on June 2 from 6-9 p.m. at
the Delaware Arts Center. Among
the topics to be discussed will be
wax, pigments, acrylic and additives, brushes, binders for alternative paints, and oil mediums. The
fee for participation is $10. Call
252-7576 to register.
Using Technology to
Build Audiences
Chris Andreola of adc Studio in
Livingston Manor will lead a workshop titled “Using Technology to
Build Audiences” on Tuesday, June
27, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Delaware
Arts Center, 37 Main Street in
Narrowsburg, NY. The workshop
will explore using internet and
email tools, electronic tracking of
data and using data collection to
build audiences and market services
and programs. The workshop is
open to non-profit arts organizations and their staff or board members and is co-sponsored by the
Alliance of NYS Arts Organizations
and Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.
A fee of $10 includes lunch. Register
at 252-7576.
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Cultural Calendar
August 13
Festival: “From the Ground Up,” a celebration of all things grown, produced
and created in Sullivan County, 11 am ˆ
4 pm ,The Cutting Garden , Rte 52
Youngsville, NY. Admission $5 to benefit Youngsville Environmental
Preservation Committee Information
482-3333.
August 16
Lecture: “Wednesday at Sullivan”
Series: Photographer Peter Kaplan, 2
p.m., Student Union, Sullivan County
Community College, 112 College Road,
Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $3.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
August 17
Dance: The Voloshky Ukrainian Dance
Company, sponsored by Sullivan County
Community College, Seelig Theatre,
Sullivan County Community College,
Loch Sheldrake, NY. Admission: $20/$18
Senior& student/ $15 group.
Information: 434-5750, ext. 4303.
August 19
Opera: W.A. Mozart’s “The Magic
Flute,” a Delaware Valley Opera production, 7:30 p.m., Tusten Theatre, 210
Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, NY.
August 19
DIGit Media Arts Exposition: Opening
Reception in Delaware Arts Center
Galleries, Media Lounge: 10 a.m.
Information: 252-7576,
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org
August 19
DIGit Media Arts Exposition: NACL
Screenings, North American Cultural
Lab, Highland Lakes, NY: 8-10 p.m.
Information: 252-7576,
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org
DVAA announces that
Riverfest posters will be
distributed starting Memorial
Day for the 16th Annual
Riverfest. Sixty blank acidfree museum board posters
are distributed to artists who
wish to create an original
art piece and will be auctioned off from the Main
Stage on Riverfest Sunday,
July 23rd. Revenues
from the posters
support the Delaware
Valley Arts Alliance
Gallery
Program.
August 20
Opera: Verdi’s “Aida,” a Delaware Valley
Opera production, 3 p.m., Tusten
Theatre, 210 Bridge Street,
Narrowsburg, NY.
August 20
DIGit Media Arts Exposition: CinePark
Screenings, Livingston Manor, NY: 8-10
p.m. Information: 252-7576,
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org
August 24
DIGit Media Arts Exposition: Roebling
Bridge Environmental Arts
Installations & Outdoor Events.
Broadcast & cybercast by WJFF Radio,
Bridge Arts, Minisink, NY, Old
Schoolhouse, and Inn at Lackawaxen,
PA: 6-9 p.m, p.m. Information: 2527576, www.ArtsAllianceSite.org
August 22 - 27
Theater: “Brighton Beach Memoirs,”
presented by Forestburgh Playhouse, 39
Forestburgh Rd., Forestburgh, NY.
Information: 794-1194 or www.fbplayhouse.com.
August 25
DIGit Media Arts Exposition: The Work
of DeeDee Halleck, Seelig Theatre,
SCCC: 7-9 p.m. Information: 252-7576,
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.
August 26
DIGit Media Arts Exposition:
Presentation of Award Winners, Tusten
Theatre, 210 Bridge Street,
Narrowsburg, NY 7-9 p.m. Information:
252-7576, www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.
August 27
DIGit Media Arts Exposition: Podstock,
Best of DIGit 2006 Screenings Bethel
Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
6-9:30 p.m. Information: 252-7576,
www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.
JAZZFEST: Continued from Page 1
Association of Jazz Educators, led
by Arnie Laurence; Gary Damanti
(guitar), has worked with some of
doo-wops bigger acts, such as the
Duprees, the Tokens, with the
Classics 4, among numerous others;
Phil Palombi (bass) who tours regularly with singer/saxophonist Curtis
Steigers and plays with the
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra; Jorge
Jimenez (congas), originally from
Ecuador, who came to New York
and began playing professionally in
1982, working with great musicians
such as Charlie Palmieri, Johnny
Pacheco, Pete “El Conde”
Rodriguez.
Jazzfest continues on Saturday,
May 27 with Big Band Swing
Machine, a 16-member orchestra
with vocals led by Harry
Glowgower that is returning to the
Catskills from past gigs held at the
Concord, Grossingers, Granit and
Kutshers. Specializing in swing and
jazz, the Swing Machine travels
throughout the Connecticut, New
York and New Jersey.
Admission is $15 to Metro Tang
and $25 for the Big Band Swing
Machine. DVAA members receive a
a $2 per ticket discount for
advanced sales. No discounts are
given at the box office. For reservations or information call 845-2527272. Credit cards and checks are
accepted.
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from New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
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Public funds for contracted services are also received
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individuals and businesses:
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Gloria Krause
Patrick Carullo & Marcia Nehemiah
ANGEL
Elaine Giguere
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operations of the Alliance. The fund’s principal will be increased until
the interest generated represents 20% of the overall operations budget.
Contributions can be made to: DVAA Endowment Fund.
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Century Club specifically funds the renovation and expansion
of the Delaware Arts Center, DVAA’s home, which is on the National
Register of Historic Places. Donors can buy a square foot for $100 or
entire rooms can be purchased by sole donors, groups or corporations who
are commemorated on a plaque in the lobby. Contributions can be made
to: DVAA Century Club.
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support live instrumental music performances and opera. Contributions
can be made to: DVAA Krause Music Fund
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memory of the Bodensteins by offering music scholarships to students
in the Sullivan West Central School District. Contributions to the fund
can be made to: DVAA/Bodenstein Scholarship.
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Tusten Theatre seats. Side section seats are $40. Center seats are $100.
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AS WE SEE US: Continued from Page 1
tographs that were taken by other
women photographers. “I could clearly see that the women photographers
had their own style and view when it
came to photographing women. It
was a look I could almost always
identify without even asking.”
Thus the concept was born to
mount a photo show of women by
women. Joan took it a step further
and initiated the self-portrait concept. “Creating a self-portrait is difficult enough in itself. But this show
presents an additional challenge for
the photographers. For one thing,
they are not working with models.
Shooting normal, everyday looking
people can be much more difficult
than shooting experienced, profes-
sional models,” says Joan. “Plus,
many photographers are notorious for
not wanting to be photographed themselves. They are often the most camera shy. And in some cases they want
to direct the shoot themselves, which
can become a battle over control.”
Despite the challenges, the results
are stunning. These are not your typical portraits. These talented women
have created a mix of several uniquely different styles of beautifully executed photographs. Each portrait is a
work of art ranging from romantic
and fantasy-like to quirky and whimsical to mysterious and surreal.
Many images are individual portraits
while others comprise a series that
unfolds in the viewer’s imagination
Continued on Page 12
BENEFACTORS
Nicholas & Ann Marie Clemente
Jim & Barbara Kayton
Elizabeth & Henry Kubenik
Robert J. Nartoff, Jr.
Art & Beth Peck
Donna Sharrett & Ken Kamber
Marcia Siegel
AMBASSADORS
Ron Greco & Richard Delia
Jill’s Kitchen
Anthony & Nancy Kane
Colin & Linda Peters
Sal Romano & Corinne Robins
Dr. Michael Schroeder & Mark Veeder
John B. Senter III
Arleene Siegel-Lerner
Barry & Lynn Skolnick
Sheldon Soffer & Stanley Segal
Phyllis & Gerry Solomon
Steven & Jeanne Stellman
Raymond & Nancy Walter
PATRONS
The 1906 Restaurant
Rilla Askew & Paul Austin
Barriger & Barriger, Inc.
James Barth & Carol Lawson
Irma L. Beckley
Gary & Rose Berson
Anthony Biancoviso & Sally Rowe
Charles Blanchard
Steve & Candy Bott
W. Gregory Brooks
Andy Boyar
Barbara Buckman & Richard
Gubernick
Lois Burrill
Francis Cape & Liza Phillips
Joyce Castleberry & G.H. Hovagimyan
Jeff & Fran Clemente
Cass Collins & Jim Stratton
Douglas Craft & Elizabeth Harms
Mary Curtis
Peter & Carol Diefenbach
John & Yoke DiGiorgio
The Dime Bank
Sheila Dugan
Edward Dudek & Scott Samuelson
Norman Duttweiler
Nora Eisenberg & James Halper
Dale Emmart & Glenn Lieberman
Jim & Vera Farrell
Salvatore & Alice H. Federico
Patricia Feldhusen
Marion (Becky) Finch
Jacqueline B. Fluhr
Elise & Joe Freda
Dr. Marvin & Barbara Frogel
Gino Garlanda
Robert & Ursula Garrett
Larry Glosten & Daina Shobrys
Raymond & Judith Gold
Philip Goodwin
Robert Grant
Berry & Frann Hafkin
Stan & Judith Heath
Miriam Hernández & Barbara Winfield
Doug Hilson
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Charles & Cynthia Johnston
Jessica & Paul Jones, MD.
Madelon & Kit Jones
Gale & John Kaufman
Carol Kehrley
Robert & Barbara Konvalin
Kathy LaBuda
Dale Laszig
Arlene Lawrence & Richard Socher
Burton Ledina
Suzanne and Michael Lewis
Nick & Dorothy Luca
John Marchese & Jana DeHart
Jane & Edwin McNulty
Jonathan Mernit
Brandi Merolla
Nancy & Gerald Minturn
Jane & Bill Morris
Robert D. Norris
John & Jennifer O’Reilly
Martin & Marion Passante
Barbara & Elliot Press
Vicki & Ron Rachlin
Myra Rappoport & John Kamp
David Reitner
Juan & Carmen Rigal
John Rizzotti & William Hudson
The River Reporter
Robert Rosengard
Debra & Stephen Rovitz
Leslie Rutkin & Matthew Smith
Dario Sacramone & John Pariseau
Dr. Paul & Greta Salzberg
Barbara Sardone
Kathleen Spicer
Candy Spilner & Allan Rubin
Gary & Judy Siegel
Howard & Arlen Siegel
Silverboy Records
Ellen Singer & Don Simkin
Anne R. Solenski
Dianne Townsend
Lester & Marcyle Wallman
Janet Waterston
Brendan & Kathleen Weiden
Adele Wolfe
Woodstock Stage & Screen, Inc.
SPONSORS
Avalon Studios
Niall Barrett & Helle Henriksen
Robert Berlind
Bruce & April Bidwell
Phyllis Bilick
Jane Blake
Karen & Richard Bliss
Joseph Clune
Cooper & Niemann CPAs
Janet DeFaria
Gabriel DeLeon, Jr.
Jeannette D’Italia
Patrick & Arlene Dollard
Gregory Downer
Dana & Carolyn Duke
Herman & Judy Feldhusen
Robert & Peggy Friedman
Harriet & Ira Gelinson
Lorraine Gordon
James & Avi Halpin
Dorothy Hartz & Ronald Pollero
Frances Higgins & Judith Leire
Steve & Eileen Israel
Carol Kaplan & Harriet Leve
Barbara & Robert Konvalin
Dot & Dick Lehr
Robin McClernon & Richard Pallaria
Stephen Morse
Leonard & Gladys Moskowitz
Linda A. Petlan
Michael Pinciotti & Joan Glase
Dorothy & Stanley Posluszny
Joyce Silver
Norb & Joan Skalski
Linda & Robert Sokolowski
Stewart Signs
John Tomlinson & Daria Dorosh
Paul Vazquez & Lisette Berry
Glenn Voss & Martha Lozier-Voss
Barbara Yeaman
Jack & Patricia Yelle
We appreciate the support of our individual members:
Christine Ahern, Bethann Albert, Miriam Alimonos, Carl & Paula Amaditz, Russell Anderson, Todd C. Anderson,
Fred & Helga Andkjar, Antique Center of Callicoon, Michael Aptner & Joseph Gurrieri, Richard Arnold, Barbara
Arrindell, Michael Baron, Joyce Baronio, Alan & JoAnne Barrish, Lee Bartle, Linda Bastian, Lisa Bauer-Pleorites,
Beach Lake Bread, Angela & Bob Beatley, Judith & Benard Beck, Beatrice Berg, Rita A. Berg, Al Bialos, Jeane
Bice, Jane Derrick Biron, LaVerne Black, Claudia Bocker, Eileen & Edward Bohn, Tom Bosket, George Boudman,
Eva Boyle, Ginny & Zeke Boyle, Ilyce Brinn, Kenneth & Catherine Byrne, Liane Carpenter, Marguerite B.
Cartwright, Allene Cassagnol, Shlomo Cassos, The Kuo Cheng Family, Myrel Chernick & Don Lewallen, Michael
Chojnicki & Karen McBride, Darlene & Lawrence Clark, Charles & Mary Paige Lang Clouse, Cobalt Studio,
Bernard & Lorraine Cohen, Susanne B. Cohn, Tom Colucci, Rose Coppola & Eileen Goldberg, Trudy Ellen Craney,
Terry Curtis, Kathy & Michael Davidoff, Cynthia Day, Barbara DeMauro, June DeMauro, Ronald denBroeder, Helen
Denny, Joseph & Karen DiPane, Anne Dolan, Donald & Edith Downs, Tom & Jeanne Druse, William H. & Louise
S. Earnest, Lynn Elfert, Harvey & Karen Elgart, Eve Elston, Cara V. Enteles & Robert Campbell, Paul Eckels, Jay
Epstein, Pamela Moore Epstein, James & Sally Estabrook, Fallsdale Artisans Network, Talia Segal Fidler, Cecily
Fortescue & Arnold Friedman, Alex & Eija Friedlander, Laurie Friedlander, Virginia K. Fritz, Warren R. Furman,
Janet Gaglione,Wanda & Geoffrey Gangel, Maurice Gerry, Eileen & Ron Geysen, Sarah E. Gifft & Richard A.
Nachman, Gerard Giguere, Liz Gorril, Steven & Susan Gottlieb, Edith Gould, Scott F. Graber, Brian & Kathleen
Grady, Dennis Greco, R. T. Greco & Family, Mary Greene, Peter & Hester Greene, Kristin Gronbeck, Julie Gross
& Larry Loewinger, Linda Halvorsen, Susan Hamlin, Erica Sher Hart & Howard Hart, Elizabeth Hawker, Irving
Heilweil, Gerald Heitmann, Eileen & Tommy Hennessy, Kathleen & Richard Herbert, Chuck & Andrea Henley Heyn,
Michael Herko & James Dorfman, Margaret Humbert-Droz, Eileen & Hadar Isseroff, Kazzrie Jaxen, Grace
Johansen, Pamela Jones, Marguerite Joralemon, William Jung & Susan Rostow, Linda & Charlie
Agnes G. Keough, Melinda Ketcham, Stephen & Rita Klafter, Mary & Roger Kobel, Richard Kreznar & Nancy Lew
Lee, Mary Paige Lang-Clouse, Alfred Lees & Ronald Nelson, Adeline Levine, Diane G. Levine, Wendy & Michael
Levinson, Ralph Liberto, Erika & Tony Lipari, Katharina & Ron Litchman, Ron Littke & Benita Abrams, Jan
London, Pamela J. Lundgren, Marie T. Maag, Jill Mackie & Frank Holmes, Joan Mackie, Joanne Maloney, Anne T.
Maus, Elizabeth McAllister, Frances T. Mege, Cara Grae Meling, Maria & Joseph Meyer, Susan Miiller, Laura Moon,
Jeff Moore, Marjorie Morrow, June Moss & Thomas Dillon, Michael J. Musante, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Nadler,
Jeanette Nebus, Anne & Edward Nocera, Richard & Jennifer O'Brien, Bobbie Oliver, Avital Oz, Alfred & Theresa
Paganini, Peck's Markets, John Perrella, Jeanne Petta, Linda Pienik, Peter & Norma Pierce, Pike County Arts &
Crafts, Inc., Joan Polishook, Richard & Linda Pomes, Joyce Popolillo, Evelyn Porter, Michael J. Post, John Puntar,
Deborah & David Pursch, Neil P. & Cynthia Lee Quinn, Ceres M. Rangos, Mike Reitmeyer Barbara Remington,,
Maria Reteguiz, Heidi & Steven Richter, Ida Richter, Robert Robbin & Jean Murphy, Raymond & Carol Rocklin,
Jane Roth, Joyce & Pat Salimeno, Georgiana G. Sanders, James Santiago, Roxanne Scheidt, Karen Schmeckpeper,
Hank Schneider, C. Tim Schwab, Jeanne Quigan Scott, Mark Shane, June Shanks, Matthew & Brenda Sherman, Gary
& Linnea Silien, Ira & Karen Simon, Alexis Siroc, Lewis & Sheila Skolnik, Linda Slocum & Tony Ritter, Eleni
Smolen, Daniel & Carol Smythe, Marge Sommer, Debra Steinfeld & Richard Perkins, Nora Stewart, Patricia Lee
Stotter, Joan Sykes, Marcus & Eveline Temkin, Jane Tobin & Neal Jacobs, Alfred & Olivia Tolson, Sally Utley, Julius
& Leslie Valiunas, Caroline Von Reitzenstein, Gary Waldman & Jeanette Rosenblum, Marcyle & Lester Wallman,
Bill & Barbara Walsh, Jude Waterston, Lucienne Weinberger, Gene Weinstein, Nancy Wells, Marlene Wiedenbaum,
Bud & Marlene Wertheim, Mary Ann White, Jill Wiener, Leslie Witherel, Gerald Wondra, Gary & Carol Wootan,
Barbara Yeaman, Mary & Wayne Zanetti.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS
Big Sky Productions, Bring Your Own Chair Performing Arts Center, Catskill Art Society, Catskill Reading Society, Delaware
Valley Opera, Delaware Youth Center, I.A.T.S.E. Local 353, Ill Winds Chamber Ensemble, North American Cultural Laboratory,
Oasis Theatre Company, Sullivan County Community Chorus, Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Town of Lumberland
Cultural Series, Wayne County Arts Alliance, WJFF/Radio Catskill, The Weekend of Chamber Music, Western Sullivan Public
Library
PROGRAM UNDERWRITERS
Beaverkill Foundation, Inc.
Callicoon Theater, Callicoon, NY
Salvatore & Alice H. Federico, Jeffersonville, NY
First National Bank of Jeffersonville
Shain & Larry Fishman, Highland Lake, NY
Kohler Lumber, Jeffersonville, NY
The River Reporter
Wal-Mart, Monticello, NY
Woodstock Stage and Screen, Inc., Narrowsburg, NY
FUNDRAISING UNDERWRITERS
Fibbers
ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
Business Members
Malek Properties
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AS WE SEE US: Continued from Page 11
as a story. The exhibit itself is a mix
of digital as well as traditional photography techniques and features
both black and white and color photographs.
Ms. Glase, who herself is one of the
photographers in the exhibit, is quite
pleased with the outcome. When
asked why no men photographers
were included in the exhibit, she
states, “Even though there are a
number of very successful women
photographers, the field is still dominated by men. I feel this is a great
opportunity to see the abilities of
some talented women who might otherwise not get any exposure. After
all, the majority of images of women
that we see on a daily basis, such as
in magazines and so on, are men’s
perceptions of women. Now here’s an
opportunity to show our vision of the
‘better half ’.”
The women participating in the
exhibit are: Lauren Agaste, Joyce
Baronio, Jane Derrick Biron, JeanneMarie Derrick, Joan Glase, Joanna
Jennings, Robin Love, Joan Rafferty,
Kate Warren, Leslie Yudelson, and
Barbara Zweig.
“As We See Us” is sponsored by the
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the
Arts Council for Sullivan County, NY,
and is made possible in part with
funding from the Visual Arts
Program of the New York State
Council on the Arts. Gallery hours
are Tuesday through Saturday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about the exhibit call the Arts
Center at 845-252-7576.
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