Tag: Ghent NY

New Exhibitions Opening at Art Omi from Betty Parsons, Steven Holl, Lebbeus Woods

Art Omi is hosting an opening and public reception in the Benenson Center for three exhibitions with Art Omi: The Fields + Art Omi: Architecture.

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Betty Parsons, Two Ways, 1973 Acrylic on wood 24.50h x 18.50w in, Image courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York
Stephen Holl, One Two Five, Watercolor on paper
Lebbeus Woods, Three Reconstructed Boxes, 1992-3, (Details), Courtesy Estate of Lebbeus Woods

 

Art Omi is hosting an opening and public reception in the Benenson Center for three exhibitions with Art Omi: The Fields + Art Omi: Architecture. Betty Parsons: Blue Sky Very High is a series of paintings by Betty Parsons, which will be on view through January 6, 2019 in the gallery. Steven Holl’s One Two Five will be exhibited in Architecture Field 01, and OnSite: Lebbeus Woods’ work will be on view in the Kantor Lobby in the Benenson Center through January 6, 2019.

Betty Parsons: Blue Sky Very High is a series of paintings spanning over two decades of Betty Parsons’ career, which depict her ongoing investigation of landscape as explored through a range of approaches to abstraction. Also included in this exhibition are some of Parsons’ painted driftwood constructions.

Steven Holl worked with the dialectic of simultaneously presenting a subtractive form of sculpture and an additive form. In One Two Five, each piece is carved out of 21-million-year-old stone “pietra di Lecce” by the latest CNC technology and assembled to a two-part sculpture, where the individual elements form space either in composition or freestanding.

Lebbeus Woods’ has only a few full-sized constructed projects. Three Reconstructed Boxes is a sculptural work with sound and video components constructed with close collaborators and by Woods himself.

DATE/TIME:
Opening Public Reception – Saturday, November 10, 2018: 2 – 4 pm

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

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Omi International Arts Center – Trick or Treat in the Fields, Oct 27

Art Omi’s Trick or Treat in the Fields is an afternoon of Halloween fun that includes hayrides in The Fields, a candy hunt amidst the sculptures, and plenty of opportunities for kids to get creative.

 

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Art Omi’s Trick or Treat in the Fields is an afternoon of Halloween fun that includes hayrides in The Fields, a candy hunt amidst the sculptures, and plenty of opportunities for kids to get creative. Come in your favorite costume, craft a treat bag, and enjoy cider, popcorn and fresh apples all afternoon.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, October 27, 2018: 1pm – 4pm

ADMISSION:
Free and open to all ages!

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

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Hawthorne Valley 6th Annual Let’s MOOve Fun Run & Ride, Sep 22

Hawthorne Valley’s Annual Let’s Moove Fun Run & Ride is a great opportunity to get out and experience the beauty of summer as it turns to autumn in the Valley.

Hawthorne Valley‘s Annual Let’s Moove Fun Run & Ride is a great opportunity to get out and experience the beauty of summer as it turns to autumn in the Valley. The 5K Walk & Run is a family friendly course that takes participants through the pastures, forest, and gently rolling hills of Hawthorne Valley in late September. The bike rides are a mix of hard packed dirt, light gravel, and paved roads. Any kind of bike can handle the terrain (gravel, cyclocross, mountain, hybrid, road), though tires with a little thicker tread are ideal.

Wholesome refreshments will be provided after the races. Prizes will be awarded for first through third place in both Adult and Youth categories.

This year’s event has been organized by the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School’s PTA and all proceeds from the event will go towards the School.

DATE/TIMES:
Saturday, September 22, 2018:
Pre-registration starts at 7:45am
15-Mile Loop starts at 8:30am
5K Race and Fun Ride start at 9am

LOCATION:
Hawthorne Valley School Hall
330 County Route 21C
Ghent, NY 12075

ENTRANCE FEE:
Adults: $20
Youth (ages 11 -17) $15
HVS Student (ages 11-17) $10
Children under 10 Free

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The Ghent Band in Concert Tonight!

Since 1899, The Ghent Band has performed a classic town band repertoire of marches, overtures, show tunes and more.


Since 1899, The Ghent Band has performed a classic town band repertoire of marches, overtures, show tunes and more.

DATE/TIME:
Wednesday, July 25, 2018: 7:30pm

LOCATION:
Ghent VFW Gazebo
2237 NY-66
Ghent, NY

COST:
Free

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Omi International Arts Center – Tim Youd: The 100 Novels Project

The 100 Novels Project is an ongoing performance art piece in which Youd retypes novels from beginning to end in locations that play a central role in the novels.

Los Angeles-based artist Tim Youd performs at Art Omi as part of a Hudson Valley cycle of The 100 Novels Project, an ongoing performance in which Youd retypes novels from beginning to end at locations that play a central role in the novels. Employing the same make and model typewriter used by the author, Youd types each novel on a single sheet of paper backed by an additional support sheet. When finished with the novel, Youd presents the two sheets a diptych.

While at Art Omi, Tim Youd will retype William Kennedy’s Ironweed at various outdoor locations around The Fields Sculpture Park; the public is invited to find and observe him as he works. Since April, Youd has performed at a series of locations throughout the Hudson Valley region; sites have included Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, and recently the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, where he retyped Light Years by James Salter. The Hudson Valley Cycle culminates with an exhibition of the resulting diptychs at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Focus Gallery, which will be on view August 30 through October 14.

DATE/TIME:
Monday, July 23 – Thursday, July 26

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

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