Barrett Art Center: "Photowork 2017" Art Exhibition Opens January 21, 2017

Barrett Art Center invites you to their 30th Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition Photowork 2017 on January 21, 2017.  Selected from over 800 entries, Photowork 2017 showcases 63 photographic works representing a full spectrum of subjects and styles.

Angelika Ejtel, You Have Small Braids Like Spider Threads, Archival Pigment Print

In addition, 3 Mid-Hudson residents have been selected to join the 42 other photographers representing 16 states: Photographer Mark Lyon of Marlboro, Karl Schmitz of Poughkeepsie and Marie Triller of Hopewell Junction.

Patrick S Flood,  Lapse

In celebration of 30 years of Photowork Exhibitions, the artwork was selected by a distinguished panel of 3 jurors: Isaac Diggs - a photographer and faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City;  Rebecca Morse - Associate Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); and Robert Stevens - former Photo Editor of TIME Magazine and faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Tim Christensen, Cygnus Wall

Mark Lyon, "Wash N' Glo, Newburgh

Jurors’ awards with cash prizes for Photowork 2017 will be announced at the reception. 

Photowork 2017
January 21 – March 4, 2017
Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 21, 2017, 3:00- 6:00pm

Barrett Art Center
55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845.471.2550
www.barrettartcenter.org    

Ann Street Gallery's "Kaleidoscope of Perspectives" Opens January 28, 2017

Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Kaleidoscope of Perspectives with an Artist Reception on Saturday, January 28th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Sydney Cash, Red Forward, Dibond on Sheet Aluminum

Kaleidoscope of Perspectives features a survey of sculptures, paintings, works on paper and site-specific installations by 8 diverse contemporary artists.

This exhibit focuses on the lens that each artist uses to create, imagine and represent their own realities and to construct meaningful experiences for themselves and their audience, through inventive styles combined with individualistic perspectives.

Featured Artists: Delainey Barclay, Sydney Cash, Linda Cordell, Joy Dilworth, E.J. Herczyk, Ingrid Ludt, Suzan Shutan and Jayoung Yoon

This exhibition was curated by Virginia Walsh, Gallery Director. The Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery is a nonprofit art gallery specializing in contemporary emerging and established artists. 

Kaleidoscope of Perspectives
January 28 - March 25, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 28, 2017
6:30 – 8:30pm

Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery
104 Ann Street
Newburgh, New York 12550
845.784.1146
www.annstreetgallery.org

Edward Hopper House "Small Matters of Great Importance: PAPER + ART " - On Exhibit through January 8, 2017

The Edward Hopper House is currently showing their 23rd Annual Juried Small Works Show, Small Matters of Great Importance: PAPER + ART. The exhibition celebrates small works that make big statements despite their size. The theme for this year’s show is paper, with all works using paper as a primary medium or support.

Carole Kunstadt, Sacred Poem Series

The juror of this year’s Small Matters show is Michelle Donnelly, Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Michelle manages the Sondra Gilman Study Center, which houses the majority of the museum’s collection of 18,000 works on paper, and assists on permanent collection and loan exhibitions.

Prior to joining the Whitney, she held curatorial positions at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Morgan Library & Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and Heckscher Museum of Art. She received an MA in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA with honors in Art History from Vassar College.

Small Matter of Great Importance: PAPER + ART closes January 8, 2017

Edward Hopper House Art Center
82 North Broadway
Nyack, NY
845-358-0774
www.edwardhopperhouse.org

Dia:Beacon "Long-Term View: Robert Morris" CLOSES DECEMBER 31, 2016

To celebrate an important acquisition of eight works by Robert Morris, Dia's new installation, Long-Term View, opened to the public on October 8, 2016 and will be closing DECEMBER 31, 2016. The new acquisition includes pioneering works of Minimal sculpture and an iconic “scatter” of earth, which was first shown at the Dwan Gallery in 1968.

Robert Morris, Untitled (Dirt), 1968/2016. © Robert Morris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image courtesy Castelli Gallery, New York

Robert Morris - Long–term view, Dia:Beacon
Exhibition closes December 31, 2016

DIA: Beacon
3 Beekman Street
Beacon, New York
845-440-0100
www.diaart.org

ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: Photographs by Patrick Harbron, Albany Institute of History & Art

Rock and Roll Icons: Photographs by Patrick Harbron is an exhibition taken from Harbron’s body of concert and portrait photography of influential musicians and groups of the 1970s and 1980s, captured at pivotal moments in their careers.

The exhibition features many photographs that have never been published or exhibited. Mr. Harbron's work has been widely published and exhibited worldwide.

Harbron photographed artists such as Blondie, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Elvis Costello early in their careers. He followed these artists to prominence and others that were already well known including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Queen, The Who, Genesis, KISS, U2, Aerosmith, and Prince.

ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: Photographs by Patrick Harbron
Current exhibition through February 12, 2017

ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: Photographs by Patrick Harbron
Albany Institute of History & Art
125 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
518-463-4478
www.albanyinstitute.org