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The
Studio Annual Artists’ Open Studios 2008
Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18
Orientation at The Studio, 9:30am
Studio and Alternative Space visits, 10am-4pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Join Us for Our Annual Artists' Open Studios
Event Where Artists From White Plains, Armonk, Bedford, Mt. Kisco, Katonah,
Somers and Yorktown Heights Open Their Studios and Alternative Spaces
for One Weekend.
( Armonk , NY ) …Join in for an entertaining weekend of fun and travel to beautiful homes and studios throughout Westchester . The self-guided tour will begin each day at 9:30am at The Studio in Armonk, located at 2 Maryland Avenue , where visitors may enjoy a Continental Breakfast and view contemporary sculpture in a garden setting. Participants may visit the individual studios and alternative spaces in any order during the two-day event. The suggested donation for this event is $5. For more info rmation please call 914-273-1452.
The Open Studio 2008 Tour Packets will be available at The Studio in Armonk, Copperhead Press in Yorktown Heights, Cole Farm Studios in Armonk, and The Westchester Arts Council ’s Arts Exchange in White Plains. Cole Farm Studios is situated on five bucolic acres at 71 Chestnut Ridge Road in a century old barn located just five minutes from downtown Armonk . These packets will include a map showing the location of 9 artist’s studios and two alternative exhibition spaces (The Studio and Copperhead Press) that feature 28 artists . Visitors may begin arriving at the individual artist’s studios and the alternative spaces at 10:00am .
The Artists’ Open Studios roster of the individual artists’ opening their studios includes: Ed Colker , Laurel Garcia Colvin, Kathy Cresci, Loren Eiferman, Elaine Galen , Stephen F. Gordon, Francesca Samsel (at Copperhead Press), Tedd Stratis, and Joyce Wenglowski.
The Studio Sculpture Garden exhibition entitled “Contemporary Selections: Abstract and Figurative Sculpture” includes: Emil Alzamora, Jo-Ann Brody, Harry H. Gordon, Sarah Haviland, Cathrin Hoskinson, Drew Klotz, Krish, Susan Manspeizer, Chris Meyers, J. Pindyck Miller, and Michael Poast. The Studio Sculpture garden is located in a suburban setting with an intimate garden surrounded by perennial borders interspersed with contemporary abstract and figurative sculpture. The word abstraction implies, for some, a disconnect from the catalogue of accepted ideas and recognizable objects. For the artist, however, abstraction is a way to respond to everyday experience and to the visible world, reflecting these encounters and more fully giving meaning to them. Whether it is abstract or figurative, each sculptor sets the parameters for their work; each determines the issues of perception and interpretation before them. The finished sculpture is the answer. ( a catalog is available)
A group show featuring sculpture, video art and works on paper will be held at The Copperhead Press , located on seven acres at 1479 Maiden Lane , Yorktown . This site is a short drive from the Taconic Parkway and Rt. 129, in the Hunterbrook area (between Yorktown and Croton-on-Hudson). The property includes Francesca Samsel 's custom-built home and her 1200 square-foot studio. The beautiful wooded grounds, perched above the Croton reservoir, will be used for the display of outdoor sculpture. The spacious, light-filled studio will accommodate works on paper and video art. The printmakers, photographers, sculptors and video artists of The Studio who are in this one-weekend exhibition include: Jo-Ann Brody , Adrienne Cullom, Marcy B. Freedman, Sarah Haviland , John Maggiotto, Neil Ira Needleman, Bohdan Osyczka, J. Pindyck Miller, Andrew Senior, Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero, and Francesca Samsel.
The public art site at the North Castle Town Hall in Armonk features sculpture courtesy of The Studio. On June 14, come and see the new kinetic sculpture entitled "Eclipse" being installed by the artist Drew Klotz in front of North Castle Town Hall . The Studio has been and continues to be an important advocate for the visual arts in Westchester County and beyond.
White Plains, NY …In a new twist, this year the Westchester Arts Council partners with The Studio in Armonk to keep the party going all weekend long as they present dual open studios. Westchester Arts Council ’s Arts Bash Weekend will begin on Friday, May 16 with the Arts Bash Preview Party at the Arts Exchange and a family fun day with Open Studios on Saturday, May 17. For more details visit www.westarts.com or call 914-428-4220 x 273. The Arts Exchange is located at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains .
This annual ‘Artists Open Studios 2008’ endeavor is an expansion of The Studio’s decade-long effort to foster an appreciation for contemporary art by exhibiting art, hosting tours and lectures and maintaining the ongoing public sculpture site at North Castle Town Hall . The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art is currently an all volunteer not-for-profit arts organization. For more details visit on these upcoming events you may go to www.thestudiony-alternative.org or call Katie Stratis at 914-273-1452 x 1 or Mara Rupners at 914-428-4220 x229.
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Contact:
Katie Stratis
Director
The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art
914-273-1452 x 1
*images available upon request
thestudiony@verizon.net
www.thestudiony-alternative.org
Contact:
Mara Rupners
Director of Communication
Westchester Arts Council
914-428-4220 x229
mrupners@westarts.com
www.westarts.com
Copyright:
The Studio 2008