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| GOSTDOORS lined up for their group photo before we put them out on Saturday |
GOSTS Artists mount our very first art happening in New Paltz and Gardiner. GOSTDOORS pop up like spring flowers.
Twice each year for the last several years the artists of the Gardiner Open Studio Tour have worked together to raise awareness in Gardiner / Newpaltz and surrounding towns of the richness and diversity of the local artist community right in Gardiner itself.
We have organized an artist tour exclusively for Gardiner's artists. We arranged for the artists to all be available on the same weekend, and for them all to open their doors to the public.
We have created and printed an Artist Guide and Tour Map showing who the Gardiner artists are and where our studios can be found. Those who pick up a map and follow it can visit artists' studios and they may get some insight into our work and be able to observe and appreciate our enthusiasm and energy for what we do. Many of our friends and neighbors and people from far and wide, from NYC, Connecticut, and New Jersey have participated in past Tours.
But this just was not enough for us. We felt that we needed to put our work out into the public realm not hidden behind our studio doors.
The #GOSTDOORS Project was a big deal for us, it was a big fun project that required a lot of hands and a lot of coordination. Thanks to Lady Pink for doing the organizing and for the inspiration for this art happeing. We had to go out and find seventeen used doors, and seventeen artists committed to paint one door each. We reached out to many people in the community in order to find the seventeen sites that would agree to host a door. While some people declined to get involved, most were enthusiastic about the project. On a recent Saturday, three crews of artists, painters and photographers donned work boots, grabbed sledgehammers and post drivers and set off to install all of the artworks throughout our the Gardiner / New Paltz area.
We have organized an artist tour exclusively for Gardiner's artists. We arranged for the artists to all be available on the same weekend, and for them all to open their doors to the public.
We have created and printed an Artist Guide and Tour Map showing who the Gardiner artists are and where our studios can be found. Those who pick up a map and follow it can visit artists' studios and they may get some insight into our work and be able to observe and appreciate our enthusiasm and energy for what we do. Many of our friends and neighbors and people from far and wide, from NYC, Connecticut, and New Jersey have participated in past Tours.
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| Members of the Gardiner Open Studio Tour at the Opening for the group's art show at the Gardiner Villiage Library in Gardiner, NY. |
But this just was not enough for us. We felt that we needed to put our work out into the public realm not hidden behind our studio doors.
The #GOSTDOORS Project was a big deal for us, it was a big fun project that required a lot of hands and a lot of coordination. Thanks to Lady Pink for doing the organizing and for the inspiration for this art happeing. We had to go out and find seventeen used doors, and seventeen artists committed to paint one door each. We reached out to many people in the community in order to find the seventeen sites that would agree to host a door. While some people declined to get involved, most were enthusiastic about the project. On a recent Saturday, three crews of artists, painters and photographers donned work boots, grabbed sledgehammers and post drivers and set off to install all of the artworks throughout our the Gardiner / New Paltz area.
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| Immelda shaking hands with Art-too Green-too, on her lawn in Gardiner, NY. |
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| Annie O'Neill's door wrapped around a tree in New Paltz, NY. |
People noticed.... They walked past as we worked, and looked at the art work and said, "Cool..." and "Wow!" We saw people taking selfies with doors. The cumulative impact of these multiple installations will draw questions.
Why doors? Well I touched on that in my last blog post. They are usually barriers, now they are artworks, usually they keep people out, now they are an invitation to explore.
Our goals...to encourage engagement between the Gardiner artist community and the community at large. To enliven our environment with artwork and to display the energy that we as artists bring to our participation in the social life of our little corner of the Hudson Valley.
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| A horizontal GOSTDOOR at STS in Gardiner, NY by Craig Booth. A cool feature of this door is that the front wheel and exhaust pipe are actual separate metal and wire sculptural pieces that were added to the door. |
Our goals...to encourage engagement between the Gardiner artist community and the community at large. To enliven our environment with artwork and to display the energy that we as artists bring to our participation in the social life of our little corner of the Hudson Valley.
Jonathan Pazer
Chairman, Gardiner Open Studio Tour
More info:
Gardiner Open Studio TourSpring GOST 2015 - May 2 & 3
Saturday & Sunday 10am to 5pm
Web: http://www.GOSTartists.org
Email: info@GOSTartists.org
Tel.: (845) 255-3336
Chairman, Gardiner Open Studio Tour
More info:
Gardiner Open Studio TourSpring GOST 2015 - May 2 & 3
Saturday & Sunday 10am to 5pm
Web: http://www.GOSTartists.org
Email: info@GOSTartists.org
Tel.: (845) 255-3336
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