Tag: Ghent NY

Artists Opening Weekend Events at Omi Arts Center, Jul 7 2018

Art Omi celebrates it’s Artists Open Weekend with a dance party, brunch, and Open Studios.

Art Omi celebrates it’s Artists Open Weekend with a dance party, brunch, and Open Studios. The fun begins Saturday night with drinks, hors d’oeuvres and live, energetic music by Nkumu Katalay overlooking the firefly-lit sculpture park at Omi, in the company of the artists-in-residence and upstate arts community.

On Sunday, Art Omi honors their international artists-in-residence and celebrates with a country brunch on the lawn of Ledig House. Mimosas, French toast, and fresh fruit will be served.

Immediately after brunch, you can see the work of 30 international artists in one place. Take a short stroll down to the studio barns, and see what the artists have been working on for the past 4 weeks, along with additional events and installations to be announced! Free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

DATE/TIME:
Dance Party – Saturday, July 7 2018: 8pm – 11:45pm
Country Brunch – Sunday, July 8 2018: 11am – 1pm
Open Studios – Sunday, July 8 2018: 1pm – 5pm

LOCATION:
Omi International Arts Center
1405 County Route 22
Ghent, NY 12075

COST:
Dance Party – $30 per person
Brunch – $40 per person for members. $50 for non members
Open Studios – Free/no RSVP required

Cash/check/card accepted at the door for dance party.
To RSVP please e-mail events@artomi.org

MORE:
ArtOmi.org.
FaceBook/Art-Omi
instagram.com/art_omi

 

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Omi International Arts Center – Fields Opening Day 2018

Art Omi invites visitors to welcome new exhibitions on view for the summer season.

Art Omi invites visitors to welcome new exhibitions on view for the summer season. In The Fields Sculpture Park, will inaugurate Scapegoat by Nari Ward, Tamar Ettun’s interactive work Blue inflatable, figurative steel sculptures by Lonnie Holley, and work by Sara Greenberger Rafferty. In the Newmark Gallery will be an exhibition of twenty paintings by Thomas Nozkowski, and in the Benenson Center café, a new site-specific installation by textile artist Rachel Hayes. The opening day festivities will also include hayrides, food, and more.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, June 16, 2018: 1pm – 4:30pm

LOCATION:
Omi International Arts Center
Fields Sculpture Park
1405 County Route 22
Ghent, NY 12075

COST:
Free

MORE:
ArtOmi.org.
FaceBook/Art-Omi
instagram.com/art_omi

 

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Architect Alex Schweder Returns to Architecture Fields at Art Omi

Architect Alex Schweder returns to the Architecture Fields at Art Omi for a weekend performance in the spinning, tilting futuristic home ReActor.

ReActor, 2016, Wood and concrete, 16’x44’x8′

Architect Alex Schweder returns to the Architecture Fields at Art Omi for a weekend performance in the spinning, tilting futuristic home ReActor.

ReActor is a 44-foot by 8-foot habitable sculpture that rotates 360-degrees atop a 15-foot concrete column in response to its inhabitants’ movements, exterior forces, and interior conditions, making visible the intimate relationship between architecture and its inhabitants. The work is a collaboration between Architect Alex Schweder and Artist Ward Shelley, and was erected in Architecture Field 01 at Art Omi in June 2016. Since its completion, the pair have inhabited ReActor over a series of three durational performances; during these occupations, onlookers are invited to observe and interact with the residents as they navigate the ever-shifting structure as it reacts to atmospheric conditions. Schweder has described their approach as “performance architecture,” stating that “Our relationship with our audiences is a bit different from many performance art works in that we have conversations about the work with them.”

– artomi.org

DATE/TIME:
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, June 8 – 10, 2018

LOCATION:
Architecture Omi Field 01
1405 County Rt. 22,
Ghent NY

ADMISSION:
Free and Open to the public

MORE:
ArtOmi.org
facebook.com/artomi.org

 

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Final Weekend of Our Town at Ghent Playhouse

It’s the final weekend of performances for Our Town at the Ghent Playhouse. 

It’s the final weekend of performances for Our Town at the Ghent Playhouse.

Set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece is narrated by a Stage Manager and performed with minimal props and sets, as the audience follows the Webb and Gibbs families, as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theater history – die.   The Ghent Playhouse is thrilled to present the playwright’s definitive version of Our Town, described by Edward Albee as “… the greatest American play ever written.”  Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Info from GhentPlayhouse.org

DATES/TIMES:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, June 1 – 3 2018

8pm on Friday, and Saturday
2 pm matinee on Sunday

TICKET PRICES:
$10 – $22

Visit gphourtown.brownpapertickets.com for tickets.

LOCATION:
The Ghent Playhouse
6 Town Hall Place
Ghent, NY

MORE:
GhentPlayHouse.org
Facebook.com/TheGhentPlayhouse

 

 

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Columbia Land Conservancy’s Family Fun Day in Ghent, May 26

The Columbia Land Conservancy presents a day of family fun. Attendees can learn about fly tying from local expert BIll Newcomb, try their hand at archery with Stacy Preusser from DEC, and check out live animals from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, and more.

The Columbia Land Conservancy presents a day of family fun. Attendees can learn about fly tying from local expert BIll Newcomb, try their hand at archery with Stacy Preusser from DEC, and check out live animals from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum. There will also be displays from the Ghent Town Historian, local master gardeners, and Zero to Go – an organization dedicated to zero-waste events. Families can build pollinator hotels, decorate a peat pot and plant a native plant, blow giant bubbles, and go on a nature-themed scavenger hunt.

New CLC swag available to purchase, music by Joe Adee, delicious barbecue for purchase from Capital Q, and free Stewart’s ice cream.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, May 26 2018, from 4pm – 7pm

LOCATION:
Siegel-Kline Kill Conservation Area
1452 County Route 21
Ghent, NY

REGISTRATION:
Registration is required.  Visit http://clctrust.org/event/family-fun-day/ to register.

The fee is a suggested donation of $20/family or $5/individual.

The CLC ask that you please leave your dogs at home for this event.

MORE:
http://clctrust.org
facebook.com/ColumbiaLandConservancy
Columbia Land Conservancy Inc.
49 Main Street Chatham, NY
info@clctrust.org
518.392.5252

 

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