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SUMMARY:REMEMBER WHEN\, A National Exhibition Juried by Ransome
DESCRIPTION:Remember When\nA National Exhibition Juried by Ransome\nJune 27 – August 9\, 2026 \n  \nRemember When: Nostalgia is a powerful sentiment. We can experience it on a personal level\, a family level\, a cultural level\, a spiritual level. This national juried exhibit celebrates this theme; exploring our pasts as we look back at the times and experiences that shaped us as individuals and as a collective. \n  \nExhibiting artists: Jim Allen\, Jena Argenta\, Lisa Brown\, Chuck Davis\, Joe Diggs\, May Anne Erickson\, Bobbi Esmark\, Tracy Finn\, Judith Greengus\, Eileen MacAvery\, Sasha-Loriene McClain\, Eva Melas\, A.F. Oehmke\, Soli Pierce\, Amy Silberkliet\, Kim Steinard\, Darren Taylor\, Jean Tock\, Julie Waltz Stalker\, Gerald Wein\, Martin Weinstein\, Tony Wells\, Racel Williams\, Willie Williams\, Mimi Young. \n  \nArtists’ Reception: Sunday\, June 28th\, 3 – 5 pm \nJoin us to celebrate the opening of Remember When and meet the artists; light refreshments will be served. \n  \n\nMeet the JUROR: Ransome \n\nMy artwork centers on my African-American lineage\, which is traced back to sharecroppers of the American South who migrated to Northern cities along the East Coast. My pictorial narratives are personal\, yet the symbols I use are universal and interplay with larger social\, racial\, ancestral\, economic\, and political histories that inform our nation to this day. The history of my family is the history of black Americans\, which is the history of all of North America. \nIn my works\, I often combine acrylic paint with an array of found\, made\, and purchased papers. The materials I use are conceptual statements on this legacy of an often-overlooked portion of society that made something out of nothing. \nBoth my representational and abstract works incorporate a variety of symbols\, patterns\, and marks to create powerful images filled with the rhythmic properties of music that weave throughout my oeuvre. Born in a generation infused by soul and R&B music\, I grew up hearing rap music that freely sampled the music of my childhood\, mixing and recomposing these songs to create rhythms befitting to hip hop music. In my work\, my natural instinct is to paint and collage on the same surface\, applying the same spontaneity of hip hop deejays and the resourcefulness of rural quilters\, who use what is at hand\, assembling\, collaging\, and creating. \nWhile made of the energy of contemporary culture\, my work is also influenced by Abstract Expressionism and draws from the soulfulness of the quilts from the women of Gee’s Bend. For me\, there is a visual rhythm to layering these antipodes: found versus purchased objects\, figures versus abstract\, paint versus paper\, busy versus quiet. My work aims to imbue each piece with a lyrical yet authentic resilience borne of limited resources and frugality that speaks to the struggle and hope\, pain\, joy\, and soul of folks in the black community. \n–​ \nA graduate from Pratt Institute\, Ransome served as a tenured professor in the School of Visual Performing Arts at Syracuse University before retiring to pursue his dreams of being a studio artist. Nationally exhibited and collected by museums and private foundations\, Ransome received an MFA in Studio Arts from Lesley University and currently resides in the Hudson Valley. \n 
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LOCATION:Wallkill River Center for the Arts\, 232 Ward Street\, Montgomery\, NY\, 12549\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery Events,Gallery Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Hidden Gardens en 'Plein Air'
DESCRIPTION:Hidden Gardens en ‘Plein Air’\nAn Invitational Exhibition in cooperation with the Middletown Garden Club \nJune 27 – August 9\, 2026 \n  \nSaturday\, June 27th – Hidden Gardens Tour & Plein Air Event \nCelebrate art and nature along with the Middletown Garden Clubs 29th Annual Hidden Gardens Tour as plein air artists paint within these tranquil private landscapes. Tour the gardens and watch as these artists bring them to life on their canvases. \n  \nSunday\, June 28th – Artists’ Reception \nPlease join us from 3 – 5 pm at Wallkill River Center for the Arts for a reception to meet the artists and view the completed garden tour paintings on view in the Patchett Gallery. \n  \nParticipating artists: Susan Baldwin\, Janet Campbell\, Carl Grauer\, Anne Leith\, William Martin\, Laura Martinez Bianco\, William Noonan\, Nancy Reed Jones\, Roberta Rosenthal\, Vaune Sherin\, and Joseph Sundwall. \n  \nExhibition on view through August 9\, 2026 \n\nGallery hours: Friday – Sunday\, 12 – 5 pm \n  \nImage: Oil painting by William Noonan\, Dahlias at Locust Grove
URL:https://wallkill.art/event/hidden-gardens-en-plein-air/
LOCATION:Wallkill River Center for the Arts\, 232 Ward Street\, Montgomery\, NY\, 12549\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery Events,Gallery Exhibits
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