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t’s hard to think that art is a threat to the health and well-being of people during the coronavirus pandemic. Art? Really? No, not really. Art itself doesn’t spread the virus; it’s when crowds of people come together for large events that is the problem. Art brings people together, and we are used to celebrating it during the Third Thursday Art Walks in Saranac Lake, art gallery openings, workshops, dance classes, productions at Pendragon Theatre and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts, concerts at a wide variety of venues and regional studio tours. Most of that coming together has stopped during the pandemic, and that means this summer will be a strange time for most artists and those who appreciate art. Yet we’re interested to see what kind of art comes out of all this. What paintings, photographs, plays, songs, films, poems and stories will we be seeing that explores the pandemic — the human pain, suffering, loneliness, small celebrations of life during a lockdown? Only time will tell. A lot of artists, venues and organizations have pivoted to provide virtual connections on videoconferencing platforms and websites, which becomes easier as the technology allows. But it’s not the same. We need that human connection when it comes to art. And we’re looking forward to a time when we can, once again, get together and share what we’ve created this spring and summer. Until then, just know that we’re missing you, and we hope that you stay safe and healthy during this challenging time. Andy Flynn, editor
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BluSeed Studios makes COVID adjustments
SARANAC LAKE — As we work our way from “coronavirus lockdown spring” into “cautiously reopen summer” and see so much of our summer events canceled or postponed, we sometimes think that this is going to be the summer that wasn’t. Not quite, at least not at BluSeed Studios, located at 24 Cedar St. BluSeed is continuing to develop programming during this time of shutdown, programming that is specifically geared toward the need for distance and online arts workshops and classes. When things closed down in March, Carol Vossler, BluSeed’s founder and artistic director, was already looking at how to put on the popular BluSeed spring break art program for Saranac Lake area kids. In early April, BluSeed provided more than 800 art kits (along with producing online YouTube videos) for more than 200 elementary, middle and high school students on their spring break. BluSeed Studios quickly adapted to creating and producing programming within the restrictions, limitations and confines of COVID19 and it continues to develop programs. One example is BluZoo, an art and science camp which has, in the past, been located at the BluSeed Studios. BluSeed was awarded a grant from the Charles R. Wood foundation to create videos and art kits/instructions for a virtual “BluZoo” summer art camp. BluSeed is working on another unique video project, “Mapping Personal Change with Words & Pictures.” It was developed for people of all ages who want to advance their creative possibilities. An exhibition featuring paintings, drawings, digital art and photography by artists Shelley and Michael Blase, Xander Giroux and Brittney Sternburg will be on display throughout summer and fall. Concerts at Live on BluStage, a long-standing mainstay of BluSeed Studios will happen again, but that seems a bit down the road. The staff is looking at possible live open-line performances. And BluSeed’s annual summer fundraiser has evolved from the Summer Breeze Gala into the “Summer Breeze Bento-Bag Benefit.” Learn more about the BluSeed programs at bluseedstudios.org, on the BluSeed Facebook page or call the office 518-891-3799.
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Putting together art packets for students BluSeed Studios
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Depot Theatre offers academy, no on-stage shows this year
WESTPORT — On May 20, Depot Theatre officials announced that the planned 2020 main stage season was canceled this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Our intention is to pack up the whole 4-show lineup and produce it in its entirety — hopefully in 2021 — once it is possible to do so at the theatre,” officials wrote on their website. This nonprofit professional theater is located at 6705 Main St. in Westport at the train station — built in 1876 — still used by Amtrak. While there will be no stage productions this year, the Depot Theatre has developed an alternate Depot Theatre Academy 2020 outreach and education program. Originally set to be held inside the Whallonsburg Grange Hall as in past years, it will be held outdoors, under a large, open-sided tent in the one-acre parkland behind Whitcomb’s, the Grange-owned building directly across the street. The dates for the junior program (ages 8-12) are July 13 to 24, and the senior program (ages 13+) dates are July 27 to Aug. 7. “We are partnering with the Whallonsburg Grange Hall to provide a safe, outdoor space for this ‘al fresco’ version of the Academy. The Grange will be sponsoring community events some evenings under The Big Tent as well,” said Kim Rielly, Depot Theatre’s executive director. “I think it’s imperative for arts organizations to alter our perspectives and to find creative and collaborative solutions in order to persevere in the current environment and into an unknown future.” Junior participants will have safely-distanced training in dance, voice and scene work, and the ability to connect with each other to produce a take-home video compilation of their individual and collective performances, which we intend to present in a pubic showing The senior program will include scene and song study using modern-day Broadway hits — such as “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Hadestown” and “Mean Girls” — and will include audition preparation for stage and acting on-camera. Participants will take home a demo reel of their work. Strict physical distancing and health and safety protocols will be observed, in accordance with federal and state recommendations and
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Depot Theatre, Westport Photo by Andy Flynn
guidelines pursuant with the state’s Phase 4 guidance. Scholarships are available. Questions regarding the program should be directed to Adam Michael Tilford at academy@depottheatre.org. Learn more at www.depottheatre.org.
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Pendragon cancels summer season
SARANAC LAKE — Pendragon Theatre actors are not expected to perform before a live audience this summer. “YOU, our audience are our priority,� says a letter from the community theater’s board President Marc Gitlitz, dated Monday, March 30. “We won’t put your health at risk during the COVID19 pandemic. So we’ve made the sad and difficult decision to cancel our 2020 Summer Season. “But,� he added, “as I write, Pendragon staff is working on creative ways to bring theater to our community virtually. If you can’t come to our home, we’re planning innovative ways to bring entertainment and insight to yours.� The letter is also an appeal for donations to help Pendragon pay for its “bare bones year-round staff� and heating bills. “Leaving Pendragon ‘dark’ this summer will bring financial shock,� Gitlitz wrote. “Ticket sales, advertising, and sponsorship represent over half our annual revenue. “If we can raise $225,000 we won’t have to furlough staff, and we can keep the heat on (low!)� Pendragon has also been raising money to build a new theater on the corner of Woodruff and Church streets.
Artist’s rendering of new Pendragon Theatre
Third Thursday ArtWalks, Studio Tours on hold this year
SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake ArtWorks is the host of Third Thursday ArtWalks and Studio Tours, and these events will not be able to function as originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, there will be online alternatives featuring member artists, eblasts promoting online arts events and updates on any innovative live and online arts events that might be happening. To get on the Saranac Lake ArtWorks online newsletter, go to www.saranaclakeartworks.org and sign up.
In August 2019, Jason Hamilton, left, ran the ArtWalk Open Mic in the village parking lot next to the Rusty Nail. He also performed with Mike “Shrek� Comiskey. Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone
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Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery open ... with new rules
SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery, in its 23rd year on Main Street, has art up on the walls, in the window, and plans to be open with limited hours. Like all other businesses, masks and social distancing will be required, people in the gallery will be limited to six at a time. The Gallery wants buyers and collectors to know that while the website is fully set up for easy online shopping, they are also willing to have customers schedule private viewings in order to see artwork in person. The best way to schedule one is to email the Gallery at guild@adirondackartistsguild.com. The 2020 season opened with an online show, “The Color of Wind,” featuring the photography of Barry Lobdell. In this exhibit of discovered abstractions, color plays an instrumental role. Jacqueline Altman was the featured artist for June with “Close to Home,” her exhibit of watercolors. A seasonal resident of Lake Placid and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Jacqueline also had an online show as she was still in Pennsylvania in June. July’s featured artist is Jeanne Danforth with “Now and Then,” which will be hung in the Gallery and be online. August will feature paintings by Georgeanne Gaffney. In September, photographer Eleanor Sweeney will hang an exhibit. Master of ceramics Mary Lou Reid is the October exhibit. Plein air painter Nancy Brossard will fill the featured artist with oil paintings in November. Anastasia Osolin will close out 2020 with a display of her eclectic assemblages. No exhibit receptions are planned at this time, but all featured artist exhibits are included on our website for viewing and shopping. The Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery is a co-op retail gallery with 15 members. For more information, visit adirondackartistsguild.com.
One of Jeanne Danforth’s acrylic paintings, “Girl with the Yellow Eartag” Photo provided
Nancy Brossard Oil Paintings Member of the Adirondack Artists’ Guild 52 Main Street, Saranac Lake 518-354-8360 nbrossardart@live.com
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Adirondack Plein Air Festival continues outdoors, online
SARANAC LAKE —The 2020 Adirondack Plein Air Festival is still on schedule — no postponements for viewers and purchasers, but the viewing and purchasing part of the event will be joining the virtual revolution. Instead of filling the Town Hall in Saranac Lake with wet paintings the annual Show & Sale will go online. The new 2020 virtual Plein Air exhibit will open on Aug. 22 for donors and on Aug. 23 for the general public. The paintings aren’t all that’s new this year, according to Sandra Hildreth, founder of the festival and one of the co-founders of Saranac Lake ArtWorks. “This will be a chance for patrons to explore our brand new website, SaranacLakeArtWorks.org,” Hildreth said. “We have had our website redesigned and added many new members throughout the North Country. We are also on the way to becoming our own not-forprofit organization which is why we have switched our website name from a .com to a .org.” Artists from all over the country had started registering for the Festival on Feb 1. With the onset and as yet unknown full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic some changes had to be made. It will no longer be a requirement for the participating artists to physically stay in Saranac Lake for a single week of painting the Adirondacks. Their work is still required to be new with the Adirondacks as the subject matter but artists are invited to paint wherever they like within the Blue Line of the Adirondack Park between the dates of July 30 and Aug. 19 this year. All paintings are to be completed, outdoors, on location, during the dates specified—the honor system will apply. Artists will email their digital images and the 2020 Adirondack Plein Air Show will be on the Saranac Lake ArtWorks website for a month beginning with the online preview party on Aug. 22. There will be a Special Preview Exhibit for those who make a $20 donation to Saranac Lake ArtWorks. The password for the private online viewing will be emailed to those who wish to see and have the first chance at purchasing works produced for the festival. ArtWorks is looking into the possibility of staging an outdoor
Plein air setup in Saranac Lake Saranac Lake ArtWorks
Show & Sale for local plein air painters the weekend of Aug 22-23 but that will be determined later in the season. In the meantime, the Saranac Lake ArtWorks website — SaranacLakeArtWorks.org — will post any new developments and live opportunities for artists and audiences. For more information about Saranac Lake ArtWorks, email info@sararanaclakeartworks.org.
Looking for unique art? Visit www.printsbylarry.com 6Y Z[VW I` [OL *HWL (PY VĄJL PU Saranac Lake, NY For a studio appointment call 518-578-7765
Marie Cogar, Fused Glass Artist Wellsprings Spectrum Studio 4 Wellsprings Road, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-524-1998
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Lake Placid Sinfonietta looks forward to 2021
LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Sinfonietta Board of Directors Monday, April 27, decided to postpone the 2020 performance season, “See the Music,” to the summer of 2021. “Given the likelihood that public health recommendations on social distancing will extend through the summer, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our planned 2020 summer season until 2021,” Sinfonietta Board of Directors President Robin Baxter said in a press release. “We cannot in good conscience plan for audiences to assemble, and for health and safety reasons cannot ask our performing musicians to work shoulder to shoulder on stage as they must in order to create their art. We have also considered that it may not be responsible to encourage the 20 plus musician households of the orchestra to move to the region for the summer.” This cancellation will mark only the second time since 1917 that the ensemble which is now the Lake Placid Sinfonietta has not performed. The other “quiet” summer was 1945 when the private Lake Placid Club was in use as a rest hospital for World War II. Newly appointed Music Director Stuart Malina expressed his sadness at canceling the 2020 season. “After the months of planning what would have been my first season leading this marvelous group of musicians, it is heartbreaking to cancel,” Malina said in a release. “I am sad for the players, for myself and for our loyal supporters. Having said that, the greater good and the health and well-being of our community must be the driving force in our decision making. We will be back making beautiful music and entertaining the music lovers of the Adirondacks next year.” In 2017, the Lake Placid Sinfonietta celebrated its centennial. In 1917, the Lake Placid Club began inviting 11 musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to play seven concerts a week. The Sinfonietta as it is known today dates to 1939 after the musicians were pulled from Lake Placid as the Boston orchestra’s Tanglewood venue opened. The Lake Placid Club commissioned Paul White to organize 10 musicians from the Rochester Philharmonic and pick up the responsibility of bringing orchestra music to the Adirondacks. The
Lake Placid Sinfonietta Music Director Stuart Malina Lake Placid Sinfonietta
bandshell in Mid’s Park in downtown Lake Placid, one of the Sinfonietta’s primary venues, is named for White. During the summer, the Lake Placid Sinfonietta offers Symphony Series concerts on Sunday evenings at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Park Series concerts on Wednesday evenings at Mid’s Park, Pro Musica Chamber Series performances under the artistic direction of pianist Navah Perlman, a Children’s Concert at St. Agnes School in Lake Placid and Adirondack Series concerts at venues throughout the region. The Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s 2021 season will run from July 7 through Aug. 15. Updates on the exact schedule and programming will be posted as soon as possible on the Sinfonietta’s website at www.lakeplacidsinfonietta.org.
Oils and Watercolors of the Adirondacks Tim Fortune – Artist 76 Main Street • Saranac Lake 518.891.1139 www.fortunestudio.com SUMMER/FALL 2020
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Tahawus Cultural Center offers online connections
AuSABLE FORKS — The Tahawus Cultural Center at 14234 Route 9N in AuSable Forks creates, develops and presents works and ideas that connect artists and audiences, children and adults. It strengthens and enlivens our community through diverse exposure, access to, quality training and participation in the arts. Tahawus develops programs in art, dance, music, a cultural film series, and STEM for Youth. It serves as a vital space where people connect around familiar and unfamiliar topics. Cloudsplitter Dance Studio: The studio offers jiu jitsu workshops for kids, senior adult movement classes and summer private instruction for advanced ballet students. It has provided the North Country Ballet Ensemble with a central location for preparation of their regional fall production of “The Nutcracker Ballet,” involving more than 65 young dancers. Now some instruction is available online. Tahawus Windows Gallery: Wide-ranging exhibits and symposia shine a spotlight on the talent and vision of local and visiting artists and educators. Look for the online Tahawus 10-Year Retrospective Celebration this summer. Spanning the exhibits of the center’s first decade, selections by local visual artists including Arto Monaco, Rockwell Kent, Mark Hobson, Jeri Wright and Todd Bissonette can be seen. A second exhibit will be Adirondack Youth Artists, art as an emotional expression and pathway to healing, curated by Deb Dube. Local youth share their creations in an online gallery. Creating Healthy Habits: An interactive Zoom symposium welcomes back Dr. Patricia Tidwell, LCSW, who returns for a third symposium at Tahawus. She has led the community in an exploration in the area of mental health, reflecting on topics including intuition, risktaking, decision making, and empowerment. COVID-19 circumstances have given the center an opportunity to teach and mentor in new ways. Rebecca Kelly provides ballet barre instruction online from the dance studio, connecting with students in their homes, or in one on one sessions at Cloudsplitter. Craig Brashear provides the early childhood Kids Co-Motion program to pre-schoolers and parent or caregiver from our studio to your living room.
Cloudsplitter Dance Studio Rebecca Kelly Ballet
Tahawus Presents Live: Now available online are two Performance Video Series providing memorable live presentations by 1) Rebecca Kelly Ballet and 2) OnStage Youth Performances, upon request to RKBallet@gmail.com. Since 1989, the New York City--based Rebecca Kelly Ballet has produced the OnStage Performance Program for Youth in the Northern Adirondacks. Over the past 30 years, Kelly has created more than 140 original dances for youth. Many have been seen at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. The OnStage Legacy is an eight-part video series with collections of the best of the best Ensemble dances, Advanced Students’ dances, Intermediate and Beginner Level Dances, and contemporary and classical Warm Up Etudes. For information activities, contact TahawusCenter@gmail.com, call 646-734-7151 or visit www.rebeccakellyballet.com.
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Meet the Saranac Lake ArtWorks member artists
SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake ArtWorks members have been busy creating and producing during these challenging times. Some of their work can be found on the new Saranac Lake ArtWorks website which provides links to member artists, galleries and cultural organizations extending from Plattsburgh through Malone, to Blue Mountain Lake, Saratoga Springs, Potsdam, Paul Smiths and the Lake Champlain area. Many of these artists and cultural organizations are offering virtual classes or studio visits and can arrange service for purchases.
Jacqueline Altman Artworks
JacquelineAltmanArtworks.com 12 Harbor Lane, Lake Placid 610-213-1937, jhapaintswc@verizon.net Watercolors of Adirondack landscapes and florals mostly created “en plein air.” Other subject matter available and commissions welcome. Studio open by appointment. At Adirondack Artists Guild.
Meg Bernstein
AdirondackArtistsGuild.com 52 Main St., Saranac Lake 518-354-3116, megb@roadrunner.com Acrylics and watercolor landscapes, dinosaurs and mushrooms and whatever else strikes her fancy. Studio visits by appointment. At Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery.
Karla Brieant Nature Photography
SaranacLakeArtworks.org Paul Smiths 518-327-3221 info@SaranacLakeArtworks.org Nature and landscape photography using traditional cameras and film. Studio visits by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery.
Nancy Brossard
AdirondackArtistsGuild.Com 52 Main St., Saranac Lake 518-354-8360, nbrossardart@live.com Plein air oil painter. At Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery and Gallery 46, Lake Placid.
James Bullard
jimbullard.zenfolio.com Potsdam 315-265-3004, jim.bullard@gmail.com Landscape and art photographs of the Adirondacks and the North Country: Digital, Print, Transfer, Infrared. Open by appointment.
Glenn Burnett
Trestle Street 91 Woodruff St., Suite 16, Saranac Lake 425-499-3032, grabcreative@gmail.com An adoption reconnection story. Brooklyn born, Long Island raised. Mother finds child decades later. Now exploring her SLNY village while creating film, visual design, original music and sports commentary.
Mina Clark
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Rainbow Lake 518-637-6127, minaclarkart@gmail.com Miniature landscape painter.
Light-infused works are inspired by Adirondack paddles, hikes and other travels. Studio visits by appointment. Commissions. Exhibits at Cape Air Gallery, Corscaden Barn Gallery.
Mary Farr Fine Art
MaryFarrFineArt.com Saranac Lake 570-916-8819, MaryFarr54@aol.com Painter—Oil and Acrylic—Still Lifes and Landscapes. At Cape Air Gallery.
Yvona Fast
Artwork by Marie Cogar Marie Cogar
Wellsprings Spectrum SaranacLakeArtworks.org 4 Wellsprings Road, Saranac Lake 518-524-1998, mkcogar@roadrunner.com Marie Cogar grew up in Wisconsin surrounded by colorful orchards, gardens, flowers and nature that inspired her art, singing, piano and family therapy practice. Marie obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UW prior to moving to Saranac Lake in 1982. Her creativity was expressed in changing family dynamics over her 34-year professional career. With retirement, Marie has more time for choral singing and pursuing the art of fused glass. To design and create Daily & Decorative Fused Glass pieces through various medium of weaving, combing, screen melting, cold working, kiln firing, metal and wood displaying with lighting have provided a creative challenge. Attending Juried Art Celebrations in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts has brought a business dimension to Marie’s art. Wellsprings Spectrum Studio enjoys views of Whiteface, Moose and McKenzie mountains, and the High Peaks are a constant inspiration. Studio visits by appointment. Work on display at Cape Air Gallery.
Words Are My World Facebook: Words Are My World 386 County Route 50, Lake Clear 518-891-3827, writeyvona@gmail.com Author, poet, newspaper columnist and photographer. Loves the Adirondack wildscape and can be found outdoors when not writing or cooking. Open by appointment.
Holly Friesen
HollyFriesen.com Studio 349, 4710 Rue St-Ambroise Montreal, Quebec 514-713-6583, hollyfriesen@gmail.com Contemporary landscape painter. Works can be seen at Gallery 46 in Lake Placid. Exhibit at BluSeed Studios June and July.
Beth Gallagher
Piece by Piece Studio piecebypiecestudio.com 30 Bloomingdale Ave., Saranac Lake 518-649-7227 beth@piecebypiecestudio.com Traditional quilts by machine and hand stitched, floor quilts, barn quilts. Designed using patterns and original work. Open by appointment.
Deborah Geurtze
Creative Psychics
Deborahgeurtze.com 437 Kiwassa Lake Road, Saranac Lake 607-643-1931, dgeurtze@yahoo.com Original etchings printed by hand. Monotypes: one-of-a-kind paintings on a blank plate, printed on the etching press. Oil paintings.
Ruth Christie Crotty
CatherineHartung.com Morrisonville 518-569-4669, cbhartung@mac.com Landscape painter using acrylics and watercolor. Abstract and Collage artist. Member of NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery. Featured artist June.
CreativePsychics.com Saranac Lake 518-708-3606, bookinnjay@aol.com Skip Murray and Felista Gallagher have been Dream Building at thousands of events for 25 years, entertaining and celebrating, “Who Is The You That Shines Within.” RuthChristieCrotty.com Saratoga Springs 518-669-1528, rchristiecrotty@aol.com Oil and watercolor painter. At Cape Air Gallery.
Anne Diggory
Diggory.com Saratoga Springs 518-587-3537, diggoryanne@gmail.com
Catherine Hartung
Russ Hartung
RussHartungPhotography.com Morrisonville 518-569-9508, Rwhartung1@mac.com Landscape and nature photographer. Member of NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery. “I have loved photography since the first Kodak Brownie camera I had as a kid. After that I spent years taking mostly color slides.
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Anne Heinz
SaranacLakeArtWorks.org Saranac Lake 207-217-1377, mrywjhnsn@gmail.com Color, form, gesture and sense of place captured in watercolor, oil and acrylic paintings; exploring figures in their environments.
BettyHendrickArt.com Paul Smiths 216-217-4767, ttraveler19@aol.com Full-time printmaker, collage and mixed media artist for 25+ years. Studio visits by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery.
Calamaycarvings.com Saranac Lake 518-524-4239, Clamay50@gmail.com Hand-carved Santas, ornaments and wooden quilts. At NCCC Holiday Show and Sparkle Village.
SandraHildreth.com 182 Lake St., Saranac Lake 518-832-0081, art@sandrahildreth.com Plein air paintings of the Adirondacks, the American West, and other wild landscapes. Oils and watercolors; large pieces available. Commissions. Studio open by appointment. Adirondack Artists Guild & L. Post Rustics.
Facebook @rachel.lamb.carvings Saranac Lake 518-637-7515, Rachel14lamb@yahoo.com Wood carvings inspired by the intrinsic beauty of the Adirondacks. At Cape Air Gallery.
Betty Hendrick Artist
Russ Hartung
But my interest has really increased since I bought my first digital camera several years ago. “I like a wide variety of subjects — everything from macros to sports, from landscapes to people.” Photos have been published on NationalGeographic.com, Adirondack Life, the Press Republican, the RunTheEdge runner’s website and Cornell’s Spirit Magazine. “I continue to read about and absorb the work of other photographers and artists, in an effort to bring my visions to print. I look forward to finding those photos that capture either a fleeting moment in time, or a vision that might otherwise be missed.”
Mary Woodcock Johnson
StonyCreekSilverworks.com 47 Stony Creek Road, Tupper Lake 847-992-9779, anneheinz67@gmail.com Features kinetic jewelry using sterling silver and paper. Studio by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery.
Sandra Hildreth
Cindy LaMay
Rachel Lamb
Suzanne Lebeda
Snowline Design, SuzanneLebeda.com South Colton 315-224-1300, suzlebeda@gmail.com Fine art, original nature-based drawings and paintings, blended into mixed media images; graphic design illustration. At Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery.
Stephen Horne at The View Stephen Horne
HorneArt.com 9049 State Route 30, Paul Smiths 518-327-3552, mosshorne@twc.com Paints landscapes from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to the Adirondacks; and Central New York farmlands to seashores of Ocracoke, North Carolina, and Florida. Studio visits by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery.
“View from Hobart Road” by Ann Haskell Ann Haskell
SaranacLakeArtworks.org Paul Smiths 631-255-0231, haskella@aol.com Ann Haskell lives part-time in Paul Smiths and on the east end of Long Island. A supporting member of Artworks, she currently exhibits watercolor and oil paintings at Cape Air and the Tupper Lake Art Center and participates in local shows and plein air festivals. Ann’s landscapes, characterized by the use of rich, opulent color, capture her love of the Adirondacks and wild places. PAGE 10
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Anne Hughes
AnneHughesAdirondackArt.com 241 State Route 86, Paul Smiths 415-297-1700, ahughes4342@gmail.com Unique Adirondack Art: portrays the Adirondack wilderness through mixed mediums, natural compositions. Studio visits by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery.
Sarah Humphreys
CraftHeads.org 284 Swinyer Road, Vermontville 804-690-7363, realizesarah@gmail.com Floral sculptures. Mixed Media arrangements. Oil and acrylic paintings of natural adaptation to unnatural objects and spaces. Studio visits by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery and Saranac Lake ArtWalks.
Diane E. Leifheit
Point of View Studio dianeleifheit.com 815 St. Route 86, Gabriels 518-651-1938, deleifheit@gmail.com Diane E. Leifheit is an award-winning pastel painter, working plein air, portraits and commissions. View work in person at Point of View Studio and Rainy Day Gallery. Member Saranac Lake ArtWorks, Adirondack Pastel Society, Connecticut Pastel Society, Vermont Pastel Society, American Impressionist Society. Call ahead or email. Browsers welcome. When not in the studio, the artist is out painting plein air. Visit studio and Rainy Day Gallery in Gabriels, 8.2 miles from Saranac Lake. Check website for hours.
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Barry Lobdell Photography
barrylobdellphotography.com Saranac Lake 518-524-6366 barry@barrylobdellphotography.com Fine art photography in standard and panoramic formats, focusing on the Adirondacks as well as the cultural landscape. Digitally produced and printed. By appointment only. At Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery
Pamela May
Moon Valley Designer SaranacLakeArtworks.org Box 141, Owls Head 518-481-5861, pam.adk.may@gmail.com Oil landscapes, pen and ink, and colored pencil work. Studio visits by appointment. At Downtown Artist Cellar.
Abigail McKay
SaranacLakeArtworks.org Saranac Lake 518-637-6782 Abigailmckay31@gmail.com Acrylic paintings from the artist’s photographs of special Adirondack moments. Studio visits by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery.
Helene Mowka
Merlin’s Aerie Jewelry Merlinsaeriejewelry.com P.O. Box 101, Rainbow Lake 518-651-5939, omhanumate@yahoo.com Ethereal wire wrapped and beaded jewelry. Displays at the Saranac Lake ArtWalks.
Kristina Mueller Designs
KristinaMuellerDesigns.com Lake Clear 518-796-2130 kristinamuellerdesigns@gmail.com Fine art jewelry, handmade sterling silver with gemstones. Follow her creative evolution on IG or FB @kristinamuellerdesigns. At NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery & L. Post Rustics
Saranac Lake ArtWorks
SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake ArtWorks is alive and well, with a record 83 members in 2020, from all corners of the Adirondacks and beyond. COVID-19 has had a major impact on the arts in Saranac Lake. Due to restrictions, the Third Thursday ArtWalks have been postponed until further notice. The Studio Tours are also postponed at this time. The Adirondack Plein Air Festival, Aug 22-23, is being held, but will have no reception and no formal exhibit — the Show & Sale will be online.
Our member artists and organizations are not sitting around doing nothing. They have been creating new art, producing online exhibits, and developing other online content to connect with their supporters and audiences. They all have websites that provide information and things like online exhibits and performances, classes and workshops, and other creative opportunities. ArtWorks has a brand new website that provides each member with their own page of information and images. Visit SaranacLakeArtWorks.org and explore what
Skip Murray Photography
SkipMurrayPhotography.com Saranac Lake 617-999-8843, skipmurray42@gmail.com Photographer/blogger
Northern Lights Choir
Facebook.com/northernlightschoir/ Saranac Lake 518-891-1541, demonghelen@gmail.com Northern Lights Choir is one of the finest large Choirs in the North Country.
Louise Patinelli
Plattsburgh 518-523-7382, patinelli@yahoo.com Paints in all mediums—all subjects. Studio visits by appointment. On display at SUNYESF, Newcomb; Clinton County Govt. Building, Plattsburgh; CVPH & DeGrandpre Health Centers, Plattsburgh; Lake Placid, Keeseville, Peru and Plattsburgh libraries.
is going on in the arts. Click on the links to visit our member websites and do some online shopping. Our 2020 Member Directory brochures are also available at local venues. The mission of ArtWorks is to help connect artists and audiences, which is pretty hard to do during COVID19 social distancing. So please consider shopping locally and helping support the artists who live in your neighborhoods. We will be back with exhibits and ArtWalks and Studio Tours as soon as it is safe to do so.
518-569-6269, herter12953@yahoo.com Highly refined watercolor paintings that explode with psychological resonance; sensitivity towards beauty and strength achieved through truth and honesty. Open by appointment. At Adirondack Artist Guild Gallery. Featured Artist Member of Manhattan Arts International.
Mark A. Paul
Mountain Farm Studios SaranaLakeArtWorks.com 9979 state Route 3, Sugar Bush 518-891-2552 Traditional hand-carved Adirondack wood spirits, birds and more. At Cape Air Gallery & ArtWalks.
Larry Poole
valeriepatterson.com Saranac Lake
PrintsbyLarry.com BluSeed Studios 24 Cedar St., Saranac Lake 518-578-7765, art@printsbylarry.com Non-toxic intaglio prints. Call to arrange an appointment. At Cape Air Gallery and BluSeed Studios.
¯ July 13-17, 9:30 a.m. to noon — Socially Distanced Theatre Camp with Mike McCreadie. For ages 10-14. For students who are curious about theater but unsure of where to start. Campers will learn about acting, stage direction, props, lights, sets and more. At the end of the week, students will have a basic knowledge of acting and the stage. The camp fee is $115. ¯ July 20-24, 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. — Socially Distanced Teen Improv Comedy Camp with Joe Conto and Amy Coddington-Burnett. For ages 13-17. For teens looking to try their hand at the basics of improvisational comedy. Students with previous improv or theater experience can try out Level 2 (mornings), while those
new to the craft are encouraged to enroll in Level 1 (afternoons). The camp fee is $115. ¯ Aug. 17-21, 9:30 a.m. to noon — Socially Distanced Storming the Stage with Jessica Deeb. For ages 6-10. This camp is sold out after early registration, but those interested can join the wait list by contacting Anya Villeneuve at 518-523-2512 or anya@lakeplacidarts.org. The fee is $115. ¯ Aug. 18-21 and Aug. 24, 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. — Socially-Distanced Away with Clay (and Crafts!) with Brooke Noble. For ages 8-14. Students will experiment with texture and color as they create a range of projects. There are two sessions available, morning and afternoon. The camp fee is $115.
Valerie Patterson Art
Lake Placid Center for the Arts plans summer day camps
LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Center for the Arts is offering several in-person, socially distanced visual and performing arts camps this summer. Camps have been reimagined to satisfy all state and federal requirements. Class sizes will be restricted to 10 or fewer students, and activities will ensure a 6-foot distance between classmates. State-required health screenings as well as hygiene and cleaning protocols will provide the foundation for teachers and students to have fun summer sessions that protect everyone’s health and safety. More information is at www.lakeplacidarts.org/summer-camp-faq. Or contact Tara Palen at tara@lakeplacidarts.org. The summer camp series is as follows: SUMMER/FALL 2020
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MaryLou Reid
BluSeed Studios 24 Cedar St., Saranac Lake 518-524-5173, mlqreid@yahoo.com Clay artist, exploring the endless properties of clay. An experienced potter, creates garden totems and 3-dimensional tiles; teaches at BluSeed Studios. By appointment. At Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery.
Carl Rubino Fine Art Photography
carlrubinophotography.com Trestle Street 91 Woodruff St., Suite 18, Saranac Lake 518-524-8450 carl@carlrubinophotography.com Fine art landscape, abstract, human form, conceptual, urban. Multiple exposure and single image. Studio by appointment only.
Susan Runyon
Alpine Images Photography AlpineImagesPhotography.com Wilmington 518-354-1454 alpineimagesphotography@gmail.com Adirondack landscape photography.
Ready-to-frame matted images in various sizes. Notecards. At Cape Air Gallery.
Peter Shrope
Adirondack Rockware AdirondackRockware.com 473 County Route 60, Rainbow Lake 518-327-5247, peter@shrope.org Unique hand-crafted pottery using original glaze recipes made with 100% pure crushed Adirondack rock. Studio visits by appointment. At Cape Air Gallery.
Edith Urban
Edith’s Gallery SaranacLakeArtworks.org 2305 County Route 60, Onchiota 518-891-5467, eurban2003@yahoo.com Oil paintings of Adirondack landscapes, flora and fauna. Studio visits by chance, appointment or when sandwich board is out. Edith’s Gallery on Facebook. At Cape Air Gallery.
John A. Vallini
Professional Artist Saranac Lake Jvallini@roadrunner.com Photography.
Carol Vossler
Lunar Horizons, lunarhorizons.com BluSeed Studios 24 Cedar St., Saranac Lake 518-570-9493 carolmarielunarhorizons@gmail.com Offers art workshops to individuals, groups and organizations: papermaking and pulp-painting, book arts, printmaking and ceramics — inspires creativity in a fun and dynamic studio environment. By appointment.
Susan Whiteman
Heidi Gutersloh
Art discovered Heidi Gutersloh when she was invited by her third-grade art teacher to be part of an exclusive afterschool painting class. What she discovered was a lifetime passion to be able to look at a scene, an old rusted antique or a playful animal or person, or as she says, ”whatever moves me,” and get it onto canvas. A self-taught artist, attending adult education classes for over 18 years afforded her the opportunities to watch, listen and put to use the teachings of trained artists. Growing up on the south shore of Long Island, the beaches were often the subject of many of Heidi’s earlier oils. After painting several portraits of friends’ pets and giving them as gifts, through word of mouth she found professional success in capturing the spirit of peoples’ beloved pets, family homes and prized boats. Living in the Adirondacks, Heidi is finally living a dream as a founding member and secretary of NorthWind Fine Arts, a collective gallery opened in the spring of 2011. PAGE 12
Fine Art Studio SusanWhitemanPastels.com Tadds Way, Saranac Lake 908-610-0598, swhitemanpastels@aol.com Pastel Society of America juried member. Vibrant, romantic plein air and studio landscapes, still life and animal portraits in pastel, oil, and watercolor. Studio by appointment. At NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery.
Anastasia Osolin
As an artist, Anastasia Osolin is primarily motivated by an enduring fascination with all things old and peculiar. She makes collages and assemblages from a wide variety of found objects and imagery gathered from flea markets, yard sales, books, antique shops, construction sites, and her daily walks in and around Saranac Lake, drawing inspiration from the history of science and astronomy, mysticism, art history, Victorian ephemera, and industrial decay (i.e. just about anything old and rusty). Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, Anastasia has a bachelor’s degree in illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. When not fiddling around with bits of rusty junk, she is also a professional book conservator, amateur writer, and certified yoga instructor. More of Anastasia’s work may be seen on her website, www.anastasiaosolin.com, and on the walls of the Adirondack Artists Guild, of which she has been a member since 2016. For more information, contact her at 518-891-2120 or aosolin1@gmail.com or visit www.anastasiaosolin.com.
Plein air painting in Saranac Lake Photo by Justin A. Levine
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www.thebookstoreplus.com
A full-service bookstore featuring everything you need to create your own masterpiece. From canvas to paint, crayons to colored pencils; we have what you need for art supplies. 2491 Main Street - Lake Placid 518.523.2950 | www.thebookstoreplus.com
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