This Month’s Featured Articles…
Outdoor sculpture spaces
Art Omi grows contemporary work in former farm fields It would be blasphemy to talk about outdoor sculpture exhibits in this area without including Art Omi in Ghent, NY, where modest to massive contemporary works become part of the landscape, owning hilltops, filling fields, and tucking into hedge-rows of a one-time 120-acre dairy farm. Francis J. Greenberger founded Art Omi as a residency program, on land he purchased after working at one. The park ‘organically grew’ as the art collector placed his own pieces into [...]
Dugazon Shop, a home goods shop in the making for 21 years, opens in Sharon, CT
“Dugazon was born from our shared deep appreciation for heritage, discovery, and experiences that have shaped a life well-lived,” says Bobby Graham and Matt Marden, owners of the newly opened home goods store Dugazon, located in Sharon, CT. The concept behind Dugazon has been in the making since Graham and Marden’s first date 21 years ago. “Bobby told me about his idea for Dugazon on our first date, so I’m thrilled that his dream has now become our reality,” Marden says. Bringing their roots [...]
Art and anguish: Event production 101
“What exactly does a producer do?” If I got a nickel for every time that question has been asked, I might have amassed … perhaps … close to $2.00. It’s a fair question, however, even if the financial payout would hardly be worth the effort. Given the opportunity to describe what actors do; what a director is responsible for; or what a lighting director, an audio technician, a set designer, a make-up artist, or a camera operator do for a living, the answers would seem [...]
Verse Work / Shop: Showcasing local artisans and makers in Red Hook
Verse Work/Shop is a brick-and-mortar art gallery and retail space run by sisters Vanessa Shafer and Cassandra Ruff and located in Red Hook, NY. After growing up in Red Hook, the sisters went their own separate ways for nearly two decades before finding their way back to the Hudson Valley. With the launch of Verse, they have been able to actualize a lifelong dream of creating a destination to showcase regional artists and makers. Vanessa received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Trinity [...]
Early railroading in the Hudson Valley
Above: Blue Hill Curve in Chatham, NY, is known as the sharpest curve on the Boston & Albany Railroad line. It was half-past six in the morning when the first-ever train out of New York City was drawn by horse from Chambers Street to its starting point on 31st Street, on its way to stops at 152nd Street, Yonkers, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown, Ossining, Peekskill, Cold Spring, Fishkill, New Hamburg, Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, Oakhill, Hudson, Stuyvesant, Castleton, and last but not least, Albany at [...]
