FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
Art Under the Stars: Artist’s Six-Story Waterfall Illuminates the Harlem Valley
Over the course of the next month, residents of the Harlem Valley, will be able to see something glowing steadily in the dark at the Wassaic Project in Amenia, NY. “It could be a shooting star. It could be a waterfall” according to a recent press release. The Wassaic Project is pleased to present All is Not Lost, a site-specific, six-story video projection on the exterior tower of the historic Maxon Mills grain mill, created by California artist Christy Chan. Chan is a Northern California-based […]
Lives in the Theater
There is something gracefully disarming about a conversation with Alan Wager and Robert Levinstein. They are so fully engaged as the managing director (Robert) and artistic director (Alan) of the Sharon Playhouse, that most every topic turns into a celebration of the theater, the community, the way in which a potentially nightmare summer has turned into a celebration … and what next season can mean.
The two met 25 years ago in Southern California – where both had been born. Alan grew up in Fullerton, had […]
Elegance… Grace… and Zach
2008 changed a lot of lives. The economy tanked, and people lost their jobs. Businesses closed. The prospects were bleak and those with enterprise and ambition had little time to pivot … to find their next move.
After finishing prep school at Master’s School in West Simsbury, CT, Zachary DeBisschop plied his estimable talents as a three time all-star soccer player to venture into competitive college soccer at Houghton College on an athletic scholarship. His love for the game could not overcome the injuries he endured, […]
The Warp And Weft Of It
The shirt on your back. The comforter on your bed. The flag flying in the yard. All the work of the weaver’s art.
True, most of the delicate hand-work done with mesmerizing rhythm by hand weavers has long ago been eclipsed by one of the early developments of the Industrial Revolution. Great bolts of cloth almost fly out of mechanized weaving mills with only the machine maintenance of any great concern. Once the backbone of New England commerce, the weaving mills became abandoned buildings resting near […]
