In just three years, Upstate Art Weekend has grown from a casual venue Map of visiting city folk An annual festival with over 100 participants in 10 New York counties. For this weekend’s fourth edition, you’ll be able to tour the artists’ private studios at Poughkeepsie Lingerie FactoryAnd Open Beacon Studios or Newburgh Atlas Studios; Bid in Auction Support New York Abortion Access Fund in noise now In Kingston until a preview Borscht Belt Museum It is scheduled to open in Ellenville in 2025. And then there are the performances: On Friday, it was Hudson Valley Intertribal Noise Symposium Brings a lineup of original sound artists to the quintessential sculpture garden in Omi artand on Saturdays, it hosts the CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art outdoor performance by Emily Johnson In conjunction with its presentationIndian theatre: indigenous performance, art, and self-determination since 1969. “
As it did last year, the New Art Dealers Alliance will take over a group of Handsome industrial buildings on Catskill Creek, in Catskill, New York, for the colorful, boothless art fair now called Nada Forland. There are fewer separate exhibitors than in the inaugural run, though the show has expanded its presentation and added a community marketplace of vendors selling zines, art editions, and even demo soaps. But the gallery in general still has a wide range of galleries worth checking out, from the northern and central regions and across the country. Look for copious embroidery but contain it Padma RajendranPresented by Diana Evans Projects; Olivia GiaIntoxicating trompe l’oeil paintings of folded and exposed portraits, which he introduced Margot Samil Cheerfully colored oil silhouettes Ryan Steadman appear with Halsey McKay Rich ceramics Whit Harris, Presented by Demin.
Among the many Hudson Valley artists opening their doors this weekend is Sculptor Cathy Rothenberg It deserves special mention. Her life-size ceramic figurines of animals, goblins, and fairy-tale heroines in frozen moments of intimacy are thorny and emotional in a way that’s hard to beat. Is the woman on her back with two trees growing from her breasts an earth goddess or a murder victim? Does the man with the head of a female goat embrace the tree, her lover or her executioner? You can make your best guess about these and other questions in Bearsville, New York, a small village in Ulster County, when Rothenberg invites visitors into a former church-turned-showroom, usually closed to the public. (If you can’t get out of town, check out “Twilight in the Garden of Hope,” an elaborate fountain shown in Lillis and the King in Chinatown.)
And while you’re in the Hudson, of course, you can always take the opportunity to explore the North Part’s wider gallery scene at JerryAnd the momAnd analog diaryAnd Elia wheat fair Or many other people, or spend a few wonderful reliable hours at destinations like dia beacon or Storm King. (Details in upstateartweekend.orgwith an update a map and a searchable list of programs by province.)
North State Weekend Art
Through July 24, Hudson, New York, upstateartweekend.org.
Through July 23, Nada Forland, Catskill, NY, newartdealers.org; (212) 594-0883.