Vicki Botta and Angelina Collins have teamed up to showcase their friendship and work together, combining landscapes from the Hudson Valley and northeast and photography pulled from Angelina Collin’s wide body of work.

The opening reception is 6 February, 2-4 pm at the Lycian Theater, the work will be on display through February.

From their web site:

Come join us for the first Gypsy Nomads live DVD filming on March 25th 2010! Scott and Samantha will be celebrating 10 years of creative collaboration and what better way than to have a concert at a mid 1800s brewery!

We need the most fun, lively, creative, rambunctious gypsy cabaret fans to come out and play with us. Costumes are a must to enter the filming area which will be in the “Bottling Works Tavern” a space that just oozes atmosphere. A vaudeville-esque stage with balcony and the entire room is wooded with original post and beam construction. A perfect location for an evening a la Moulin Rouge! Costumes galore PLEASE! Faerie/Ren/Steampunk/Gypsy/Vaudeville/Cabaret – go all the way!

We will have other guest performers whose talents will delight you throughtout the evening, the hypnotizing belly dancing of Elizabeth Muise, the myriad talents of the stiltwalking, glass ball contact juggling of the lovely Noelle Burk [of Cirque Voila fame], the entrancing fire and poi spinning of Adam Beatty and much more!

The location is amazing. A brewery that was built by German immigrant, Alois Bube, in the 1800s. The inside is like walking into Europe, you will instantly be transported. Don’t miss this magickal event! This is a 21+ event.

Tickets are $20. For more information, see their web site.

Greenwood Lake Public Library
79 Waterstone Road
Greenwood Lake, NY 10925

The Arts Map is an interactive worldwide map of artists, studios, arts organizations, museums and more. It allows users to search by medium, location, educational opportunities, type of organization, etc.  Clickable map markers provide detailed information about artists, their work, their studios, art galleries, museums, art schools, and art organizations.  Most markers also contain an image and a link to a web site or blog with more information on the artist.

Currently it is in beta release, so check it out and see it for yourself.

Roslyn Fassett will be exhibiting works from “Beyond the Fabric”, a series of oil paintings based on African textile decoration in the lobby of the Newburgh Free Library from Jan. 8 – 29. The patterns cover the images of women beneath, almost as a veil. “It is a question about what do we really see?” said Fassett.

In addition, she will present a free lecture on the “Mysteries of African Textiles” at the Newburgh Library on Tues., Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. Her talk explores the techniques, patterns and designs of traditional African textiles. Fabrics from Ghana, Mali and Nigeria will be discussed. If they have any African fabrics to share, attendees are asked to bring them to the lecture.

Roslyn Fassett, who lives in Pine Island, studied art at Cooper Union and the Brooklyn Museum. She did graduate studies in Non-Western art at CCNY and has taught art history at Suny Purchase and New Paltz. Her interest has enticed her to Mali and Nigeria. To register for the lecture, call 563-3600 or go to www,newburghlibrary.org and click on “Calendar of Events.” The Newburgh Free Library is open Mon.- Thurs., 9 – 9; Fri. and Sat., 9 – 5 and Sun. 1 – 5.

Our new address:

Arts in Orange
15 Main St
Pine Bush, NY  12566

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 1145
Pine Bush, NY 12566

Stop by and say hello if you are in the area -

Gallery Warwick
17 River St
Warwick, NY

2 January, 6-9 p

American Classical Orchestra

Carlo Farina was an Italian Baroque composer and earliest violin virtuosos.  His work, the Capriccio Stravagante is his most well known compositions and was highly innovative in its time (the early 1600s) for his use of creating techniques for imitating animal noises with the violin.

Not only will  The American Classical Orchestra be performing works from Farina, Motzart and others, but they will also be performing on period instruments.  It is highly unusual for such an orchestra, using a selection of almost 400 year old instruments to me assembled in Orange County.

After the concert there will be a meet and greet with the performers.  Doors open at 6 pm.

St Mary’s Church
10 Fox Hill Rd (just inside the main gate to Tuxedo Park)
Tuxedo Park, NY

$15. $20 on day of.  $10 for students and seniors.

Tickets are available through TPAG or from Tuxedo Merchants.  Concerts often sell out early

Her live transformations of sand on a back-lit table, shown on a screen projection using a camera above her, is just beautiful.

Her name is Kseniya Simonova, is just 24 years old and while she’s a trained artist, has been drawing in sand for only about a year.  She uses a very expensive volcanic sand from Italy which she found works best for this medium.

Here is her winning live drawing performance:

The story itself does not need a context to follow, but for the Ukraine it was a well known story – the Soviet battle against the Nazi’s during the last World War.  For those in that side of the world, the personal battle between the Soviets and the Nazi’s is referred to as the Great Patriotic War and is considered separate from the wider WWII theater.

She won the top prize for the show and gave the vast majority of her prize money to charity, and in fact entered the contest to help save a young girl suffering from a staphylococcus infection and, she claimed, no doctor in the Ukraine wanted to treat her.  While the young girl died on her way to a hospital in Italy, she started a charity with her mother to work with other children who need similar help.

Her performance drawing honoring the child Nika Fesenko is here:

The Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY is holding a juried show open to all 2 and 3 dimensional New York State artists.

From their web site:

Made in NY 2010 is an annual juried exhibition featuring New York State artists. Two and three-dimensional work  is considered including, but not limited to, photography, sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, fiber and digital art.

All work must be completed in the last three years. Artists may submit up to two artworks for consideration. Entry is free for members and $25 for non-members. NEW Entry Deadline: January 15, 2010.

For more information and a prospectus, please see their web site.