Spring is here in earnest - so is the Gardiner Open Studio Tour

SPRING GOST 2015-May 2nd & 3rd

It's just one day till the Gardiner Open Studio Tour starts on May 2nd & 3rd. The towns of Gardiner NY and New Paltz NY have really woken up to the artistic exuberance of our #GOSTartists members through our #GOSTDOORS project, and with the help of the wonderful mural painted in Gardiner NY on Arch Street by Lady Pink, with help from Roger Smith, Annie O'Neill, Stacy Flint, and Jean Tansey who are all members of our group and showing work on this Spring's tour.

We are excited to have gotten coverage in the local paper, and the GOSTDOORS really were a great success for our group. We all found it to be a very rewarding group project and also we are so pleased that our towns' have enjoyed it too. We've all had many positive comments, including questions like, "hey how do 'we' get a door next time?"

 Read about the #GOSTDOORS Community Art Project in last week's New Paltz Times here:
GOSTDOORS show up all over town what does it mean

Our Artist Guide and Map brochures are literally almost "everywhere."

While it's possible to print the Artist Guide and Map off of our website at: www.GOSTartists.org that's not the best way to see them. Try to pick one up at one of the many places that have been hosting them for us. If you find them all gone, please call us and we'll send some over, but don't give up.

One sure-fire location to get the Artist Guide and Map is at the DM Weil Gallery. It's a stop on our tour and it's our Tour HQ. They will have maps and be able to answer any questions that you may have about the tour, the artists on the tour, directions etc.

Gardiner Open Studio Tour HQ

DM Weil Gallery

208 Bruynswick Rd

New Paltz, NY 12561

845-255-3336

info@GOSTartists.org

www.GOSTartists.org

In addition to the DM Weil Gallery, the Artist Guide and Map brochures are out all up and down Main Street in New Paltz. You can find them in Lower New Paltz at The Bakery, Manny's Art Supply, P&G's The Main Street Bistro, the Cafeteria, Krauses Chocolates, Enquiring Minds Bookstore, Barner Books, Rock and Snow, The Golden Otter, and in Waterstreet Market in the Mud Puddle Cafe, and the Cheese Plate.

In Mid-New Paltz there are maps at Rhinebeck Artist Shop at the mall at Rt. 32 & Main St. 299. They can also be found at other places in and around New Paltz including in no particular order: Exxon Gas Station at the Thruway exit, Wallkill Farm View Market on Rt. 299, Jenkin-Lukens Farm Stand on Rt. 299, the Mountain Brau Haus, Beeks Auto, and the Mountain Bistro all at Rts. 299 & 44-55, along with farm stands on Rt. 208.

In village of Gardiner NY you will find our brochure at the Gardiner Library at the end of Arch Street, don't miss the mural by Lady Pink right there, the Villiage Market, Cafe Mio and at Pasquales Pizza & Restaurant, all along Main St. in Gardiner which is also Rt. 44-55.  Other Gardiner locations include, Tuthilltown Distillery, Robibero Winery, Empire State Bank and the Natural Pet Center at Ireland Corners. They have also found their way to various hotels, B & B's, restaurants, etc., all over the immediate area and beyond. All together we have put out more than 7000 Artist Guide and Tour Map flyers for this tour.

Our thanks to all of these local businesses for hosting our flyers and in that way directly supporting the arts community of Gardiner.

Enjoy the Tour!

Jonathan Pazer
Chair - Gardiner Open Studio Tour

Recent article from Apr. 30th New Paltz Times, p 19.