Tag: Arts

“The Way We See” Exhibition Opening at Gallery 40

The Way We See It features four photographers – Dan Burkholder, Jill Skupin Burkholder, Mary Ann Glass and Christine Irvin.
Dan Burkholder is a pioneer teacher and mentor for thousands of photographers by bridging the worlds of classic photography with the evolving digital era. The photos in this exhibit show how brilliantly Dan utilizes the fine art potential of capturing his images with both the iPhone and his smaller micro 4/3 cameras and then developing the image with phone apps. Dan’s poetic images show the viewer a mystical, spiritual world.
Jill Skupin Burkholder is a photographer/artist whose work includes traditional photography and photo images enhanced with cold wax, oil paint and beeswax. In the Hidden Worlds series, she set up a motion-sensitive trail camera in the Catskills to record the secret night worlds around us.
Each surveillance-style snapshot is mounted onto a wooden panel and coated with beeswax. These random compositions of nature seem to reveal a fairyland, an enchanted setting filled with light and spirit.
The Burkholders have for several years organized photography travel workshops (and continue to do so: they are going to Bulgaria and Romania next year).
Mary Ann Glass, co-curator of Gallery 40, and Christine Irvin, President of the Stamford Art Association, joined the Burkholder trip to the Peloponnese area of Greece in May, and are presenting what caught their eye during those 10 days in Greece. Using only their iPhone cameras and apps, visiting the same places at the same times, the two women’s photos demonstrate how we each inhabit our own world.
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 11, 2023 5-7 pm
On display through December 3, 2023
Hours: Weekdays 9-4pm; Saturday/Sunday 9-7pm

Art Opening Receptions at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center for Arlene Seymour, Lijah Friedman and Rachel Williams

Visit the Victorian Gallery of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center at 9 Vassar Street for an art opening reception for Arlene Seymour, whose expressive semi-abstract watercolor, gouache, ink and acrylic pieces are based on her inner imagination and photographs of colorful landscapes and figures.

Visit the Reception Gallery of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center at 12 Vassar Street for an art opening reception for Lijah Friedman, whose captivating photographic exhibition features images that were taken during the pandemic using digital photography.

Visit the Hancock Gallery of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center at 12 Vassar Street for an art opening reception for Rachel Williams, who uses a restrained color palette to capture calm, introspective moments that humanize and personify emotions of daily life.

Inner Beauty Wellness Panel

As part of the quiet as it’s kept exhibition and as a method of sharing knowledge with our community, the Trolley Barn Gallery youth curators host a panel of local wellness organizations to speak on movement, food literacy, language justice, and mental wellness.

First Friday at The Trolley Barn – exhibition tours

The Trolley Barn Gallery offers guided group tours on the First Friday in November. Poughkeepsie’s First Friday is a city-wide celebration held monthly from 5:30–8:30pm, when shops, galleries, and community spaces stay open late to engage with communities that may not have access during usual business hours. Groups can sign up ahead of time or drop in to learn more about the exhibition and curatorial activism from the Trolley Barn Gallery’s youth curators.

Community Still Life Workshop at The Trolley Barn

Create a still life of the object of your choosing at this “paint and sip”-style event! Participants will use sentimental objects to form a meaningful community tableau in this workshop led by exhibiting artist and local educator, Melissa Small Cooper. Learn more about upcoming events here.

Community members who drop off objects will be encouraged to write a description of what makes these pieces special. The Trolley Barn Gallery will document the objects, the art, and the accompanying stories as a way to preserve the living history of Poughkeepsie and the Hudson Valley.

No registration is required and attendance is drop-in. All art supplies will be provided.

About the Instructor: Melissa Small Cooper is an oil painter and art educator, based in the Hudson Valley. Cooper studied painting and photography, earning her BFA at Hartwick College. She earned her MFA at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Born in the Bronx and raised in Ossining, NY, Cooper lives in Beacon, NY, and teaches at Peekskill High School.

 

Art After Dark Gala – The Art Effect

a fun-filled evening honoring artists, alumni, and activists in our community who embody The Art Effect’s belief in using your creative voice to bring about positive social change. We’ll celebrate with delicious food, live music, and immersive art experiences — all surrounded by the spectacular Black art exhibition, quiet as it’s kept, in the Trolley Barn Gallery.

This year, The Art Effect is proud to honor artists James Ransome and Lesa Cline-Ransome, alumni John Olson, and community partner La Voz Magazine.

The Art Effect empowers young people to develop their creative voice to shape their futures and bring about positive social change. Art After Dark is our biggest fundraiser of the year and a chance to celebrate heroes from our community while also powering The Art Effect’s distinctive model of arts education, college prep portfolio development, and youth workforce development in creative industries.