SPRING 2015 - GOST
GARDINER OPEN STUDIO TOUR
HUNDREDS OF WORKS OF ART ON VIEW
FOURTH OPEN STUDIO TOUR
GARDINER, NY
MAY 2-3, 2015
Artists Host Visits to Their Studios
Our event and the talented artists involved are getting better and better! The Gardiner Open Studio Tour (GOST) announces its fourth open studios tour, celebrating the arrival of Springtime in the Hudson Valley on the first weekend in May. Twenty painters, sculptors, photographers, ceramic artists, and a clockmaker in the Gardiner area will welcome visitors to their studios on Saturday & Sunday (10am to 5pm) May 2-3. Visits are free and the public is warmly invited to drop in and explore the adventure of creating art.
Each May and October, the GOST arts weekend is a lively and successful event in the natural beauty of the mid-Hudson Valley. Less than two hours from New York City, the tranquil rural hamlet of Gardiner in the shadow of the Shawangunk Mountains is home to a diverse and talented group of artists who, by opening their studios, showcase the vital artistic life of the region.
Most of the Gardiner-based artists are full-time professionals, and many are represented in national and international collections. This is a chance to view new works before they reach the public, and to get to know the artist in his or her creative space. Several provide demonstrations of their techniques. Refreshments are offered. Daffodils and trees are blooming along the way.
The range of artistic production is impressive, from traditional realistic oil paintings – such as the landscapes by Ron Schaefer, the still lifes by Marsha Massih, and the portraits by John A. Varriano – to large abstracts by D M Weil and new visual inventions by Lady Pink, celebrated for her early work as a graffiti artist in New York. Jean Tansey focuses on social issues in her paintings, Stacie Flint creates vibrant images of people and animals, Meadow invents beaked characters from Brooklyn, Andrea McFarland captures local hiking scenes in pastels, Marilyn Perry paints semi-abstractions of nature in encaustic (molten beeswax). Jerry Teters, new this tour, works with interior designers to create unique abstract paintings for their clients.
Photographers, ceramicists, and sculptors are similarly inventive. Jonathan Pazer’s abstract photographs create memorable images of shapes, forms, and color, while Robert Goldwitz finds brilliant and telling details in the world around him. Keri Gould creates textural photography using papyrus and other papers and also makes wearable fiber art. Annie O’Neill is inspired by Mexican folk art for lively designs on low-fire ceramic platters and plates, Lynn Isaacson experiments with new glazes on beautiful pots fired in her gas kiln, Leonie Lacouette designs unique clocks in copper, steel, and wood, Craig and Pam Booth sculpt automobiles (‘Car-Toons by Booth’) and their owners in clay. Noted tap dancer Brenda Bufalino makes fanciful ceramics; classically trained sculptor Gregory Glasson makes bronze statues on commission.
How to get to the artists? There’s a free brochure – you can pick one up at any one of our sponsor's business locations and also look for it in various shops, restaurants, and B&B’s throughout the region – with notes about the artists, images of their work, and a map with their locations for the tour. (The new and larger map makes it even easier to plan a visit to several or all of the GOST open studios).
Or go to our website: www.GOSTartists.org for all the information and sponsor locations.
Join the Gardiner GOST artists for a weekend of wonderful visual stimulation and inspiration!
For further information on GOST artists and our tour please contact: (845) 255-3336
GOST - HQ
DM Weil Gallery
208 Bruynswick Rd.
New Paltz NY 12561
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