Tahawus announces summer exhibits

AU SABLE FORKS — Tahawus Center is a historic building that sits on the banks of the famed fly-fishing West Branch of the Ausable River. Located at the bridge on state Route 9N, you climb a flight of stairs to enter the Windows Gallery and the Cloudsplitter Dance Studio, where activities and ideas in the arts are created and highlighted. Tahawus offers a spirit of resilience and exposure to artists and their work through multi-disciplined programs.

The center has five exhibits planned this summer:

June-September — “A Sense of Place,” a public art, outdoor mural by award-winning Saranac Lake artist Georgeanne Gaffney. Summer implementation of the public art project will include and foster local arts, culture and civic engagement, inspired by the scenic Ausable River gorge.

ECAC supports arts in Essex County

The arts build strong, resilient communities. They help us relax, inspire us, give us courage, bring us joy. Essex County is rich with creative vision and the Essex County Arts Council supports a wide spectrum of activities including performing, visual, historical/heritage, music and literary arts.

As organizations continue to rebuild and reconnect with audiences, Essex County Arts Council is here with them all the way through a financial expansion of major grant programs and a major increase in a social media presence. In 2023, ECAC will fund over 40 organizations with Cultural Assistance Program grants. The Essex County Arts Council is grateful to the Essex County Board of Supervisors and loyal ECAC donors who continue to express their support of the arts by increasing funding for this regrant program.

Karla Brieant

Through the Sunburst Award micro grant program, the Essex County Arts Council was able to support eight individual artists in 2022, including funding for visual arts of all mediums, musical performances and creative writing. In 2023, ECAC plans to offer an additional funding cycle of this program, which provides a grant of up to $500 toward a project, training or activity that will further an artist’s career. A simple, straightforward application is available, as is assistance in preparing a request. Application deadlines are May 1 and Oct.

1. Check the ECAC website for more information at www.EssexCountyArts.org/SunburstAwards. Visit www.EssexCountyArts. org for more informartion, a calendar of events, and a Google map that shows just how many arts and cultural organizations exist in Essex County. Find ECAC on Facebook and Instagram.

April-June — A major exhibit, “Through Seven Lenses — Respecting the ordinary, imagining the intangible” showcases the vibrant breadth of watercolors by Larry Vanderburgh (Schroon Lake). The exhibit runs 8 weeks with opening and closing community events.

July — “CraftWorks on Display” is a group exhibit where a dozen Ausable Valley Artisans demonstrate their creativity with an array of works for show, share and sale.

You can also reserve your place for the Weekend “Hands On” Workshops and learn more about some of the crafts in the exhibit.

Aug. 5-Sept. 5 — “Challenging the Topic of Nature,” A group exhibit by five members of Champlain Valley Art and Crafts Club, curated by artist and farmer Bryan Briscoe (Saranac).

For more information, visit www.TahawusCulturalCenter.org.

Cloudsplitter Dance Studio

The Cloudsplitter Studio of Tahawus is active throughout the year with heathy activity series for adults including ballet barre, NIA dance and the new line dancing classes.

For the aspiring teen dancer, one-on-one instruction, training for performance, solo choreography projects and audition preparation are offered. Advanced dancers can learn various RKB repertory over 4-week periods in the Solo Variations Project. Results are presented in open studios or in a local summer dance festival. In the fall, dancers can participate in the Nutcracker Ballet Solo Highlights Workshop, with choreography by Rebecca Kelly. Cloudsplitter also provides rental space for music, dance and theater workshops and rehearsals.

Saturday, May 20

¯ Live music: The Midnight Stargazers — 5 to 8 p.m., Hex and Hop Brewing, state Route 3, Bloomingdale, free.

¯ Live music: Tupper Lake Mud Ball with Night School

— 5 to 8 p.m., Raquette River Brewing, 11 Balsam St., Tupper Lake, free.

¯ Live music: The Big Takeover — The Waterhole, 48 Main St., Saranac Lake, at 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Show is 21+. More info/pricing at www. saranaclakewaterhole.com.

Tuesday, May 23

¯ Open Mic — 8 p.m. every Tuesday, The Rusty Nail, 83 Broadway, Saranac Lake.

Friday, May 26

¯ Live music: Alex Smith — 5 to 8 p.m., Raquette River Brewing, 11 Balsam St., Tupper Lake, free.

¯ Open mic — 6 p.m., P-2’s Irish Pub, 31 Main St., Tupper Lake, free.

Saturday, May 27

¯ Live music: Altered Tones — 5 to 8 p.m., Raquette River Brewing, 11 Balsam St., Tupper Lake, free.

Sunday, May 28

¯ Live music: Night School

— 5 to 8 p.m., Raquette River Brewing, 11 Balsam St., Tupper Lake, free.

Tuesday, May 30

¯ Open Mic — 8 p.m. every Tuesday, The Rusty Nail, 83 Broadway, Saranac Lake.

Friday, June 2

¯ Live music: Jae Stevens — — 5 to 8 p.m., Raquette River Brewing, 11 Balsam St., Tupper Lake, free.

¯ Live music: The Midnight Stargazers — 5 to 8 p.m., Hex and Hop Brewing, state Route 3, Bloomingdale, free

¯ Live music: Margarita Mike — 6 p.m., P-2’s Irish Pub, 31 Main St., Tupper Lake, free.