Saturday December 7th 2024 12:00pm - 5:00pm Please join us for a local artisan craft fair just in time for the holiday season. Find wonderful gifts for everyone you love, including yourself. Featuring the following vendors: Gary Beegle - Surreal and Retro Ornaments George Geysen - Woodworking Debbie Femiak - Crochet Goods Hoshyla Farms - … Continue reading 12/7/24 Handmade for the Holidays Vendor Fair
On the last day of this exhibition, Jena Argenta will give an artist talk on her exhibit, Love Letters. Please join us December 15th, 1-3pm. Multi-hyphenate, language-based artist Jena Argenta will bring her most recent work in progress to Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) in stages beginning November 1, 2024. The show … Continue reading Artist Talk: Jena Argenta: Love Letters
Group Exhibit of Portraits juried by Carl Grauer. Portraits are forever. They capture the likeness of the human subject they are portraying. It may be through a visual similarity with the sitter or the ephemeral essence of the subject. Portrait artists bring all kinds of intangible aspects to their work. The fact that we can … Continue reading Likeness
A solo exhibit of portraits by Carl Grauer. On View: December 20, 2024 - January 26, 2025. Gallery hours: Friday, Saturday and Sundays 12:00-5:00 pm Reception: Saturday, January 11, 2025 3:00-5:00 pm. Receptions are always free and open to the public. Statement and Bio Carl Grauer is a painter based in Poughkeepsie, NY in the beautiful … Continue reading Carl Grauer, Portraits: The Art of Looking
Prior to the reception the same day, Carl Grauer will be doing a portrait demonstration. This is a two hour seated portrait suitable for teens and up. A digital copy will be given to the sitter, as well as the option to purchase the piece at a discounted price of $300. The portrait sitter … Continue reading 01/11/25 Carl Grauer Portrait Demonstration
Prior to the reception, Carl Grauer will be demonstrating a portrait. Don't forget to purchase your raffle to be painted. January 11th, 2025 3 - 5pm Artist reception, free and open to the public, for two exhibits, on view December 20 through January 26, 2025. The gallery is open to the public Fridays, … Continue reading 01/11/25 Reception
Please join us virtually, via Zoom, for our Annual Members Meeting on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 3:00 pm Members: If you were a member in 2024 or joined and paid your dues for 2025 by December 31, 2024, please return your BALLOT by email, mail or in person before the meeting date. If there … Continue reading 2025 Annual Members Meeting
The Wallkill River Center for the Arts is pleased to present this annual exhibition showcasing the diverse talents of our members and art instructors, on view January 31 – March 9, 2025. Exhibiting artists include Richard Arnold, Rose Arnold, Paula Arwen Owen, Ciro Attardo, Susan Baldwin, Victoria Ballas Armas, Sandra Belitza-Vazquez, Jane Bloom, Jack Broomhead, … Continue reading Members & Teachers Exhibits
Saturday, February 8th 3:00 - 5:00 pm WRCA is pleased to present this annual exhibition showcasing the diverse talents of our members and teachers. Join us in the galleries on Saturday, February 8th from 3 – 5 pm to view the works and meet the artists. Vote for your favorite artwork while enjoying light refreshments … Continue reading Members & Teachers Reception
On display March 14 - April 27, 2025 Open to the public Friday - Sundays, 12-5 pm Reception: Saturday, March 22nd, 3 - 5 pm WRCA CELEBRATES SURREALISM in a Collaboration with the Seligmann Center Swiss Surrealist painter Kurt Seligmann was a world traveler, who spent his final years in Sugar Loaf NY, where … Continue reading Between Realms: The Visionary Etchings of Kurt Seligmann
Mark Hopkins is a regional artist whose style has strong similarities to surrealism, most notably Salvador Dalí. His work deals with some of the same issues the original surrealists grappled with - the alienation of modernism, the irrationality of war, and the study of human psychology. Like the surrealists, Hopkins engages spontaneous, creative processes to … Continue reading Hopkinesque by Mark Hopkins: Art That Thinks
Swiss Surrealist painter Kurt Seligmann was a world traveler, who spent his final years in Sugar Loaf NY, where visitors to his home and studio included world renowned artists Alexander Calder, Yves Tanguy, Marcel Duchamp, and Max Ernst, among many others. Among Seligmann’s students there, were Robert Motherwell and Orange County’s own Frank Shuback. “As … Continue reading ART RECEPTION | WRCA Celebrates Surrealism
Saturday, April 26, 2025 6 - 9 pm UAP + Polich Tallix 453 NY-17K, Rock Tavern, NY 12575 Join us for an evening of Art, Food & Music to support Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA). Enjoy an immersive experience at a famous, creative cornerstone of our community, UAP + Polich Tallix. The … Continue reading The PARTY: Celestial Celebration
Juror Marlene Lipinski's thoughts: "I was impressed by the works and could have selected many more for this show. A wide variety of media was in the art work and I tried to reflect that in my choices. The forest experience can be wide and varied. I enjoyed that many aspects of the forest were … Continue reading Forest | Group Exhibit, Juried by Marlene Lipinski
I am a nature painter, but contrary to the tradition I am not interested in portraying nature from a distance in grand panoramas and glorious vistas. My interest is in the intimate connections we have with nature, the ones we feel when we get up close. The painting, The Burr Oak: Spring, as many of … Continue reading Marlene Lipinski: Look to the Woods
I am an artist who is most commonly known for my paintings of trees. I have developed this style over the years through observation and a conscious effort to find the abstract in nature. The landscape has been a source of inspiration, but I often attempt to reveal a deeper dynamic. Trees have emerged as … Continue reading Chris Gonyea: Trees, Abstract in Nature
On view in the galleries May 2 - June 29, 2025 Chris Gonyea: Trees, Abstract in Nature, Marlene Lipinski: Look to the Woods and Forest, a themed exhibition juried by Lipinski of works in a variety of mediums by regional artists. Join us Saturday, May 10th from 5 to 7 pm to celebrate WRCA's … Continue reading ART RECEPTION | Gonyea, Lipinski, and Forest Exhibits
Saturday, May 31st 10am - 12pm Artist, curator, and arts administrator Elizabeth Keithline has been at work in the art world since she graduated Emerson College in the 80's. Join her to discuss your goals. Do you want a connection with galleries or museums? Are you trying to get press or shows? Let's unpack … Continue reading Saturday Salon – Arts Admin with Elizabeth Keithline
Wallkill River Center for the Arts will be closed July 4 - 6, 2025. The galleries will reopen Friday, July 11th with new exhibits: Theresa Goodby: Uncanny Garden Andre Junget: Drawings Drawing: Group Exhibit, Juried by Andre Junget Art Reception: Saturday, July 12 from 5 to 7 pm Please join us to celebrate the … Continue reading WRCA Galleries CLOSED
Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden explores themes of growth, transformation, mystery, identity and absurdity. In this series of works on paper, nature and the human connection to the natural world are forefront. These figures in this show challenge the dominant narrative of identity, allowing elements of the natural world to embody representations of the self. Long … Continue reading Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden
André Junget: Drawings Pen and ink is my favorite medium. The idea of creating value with an ink line has always fascinated me. In my view, nothing else compares to it. Beginning with first seeing the wood engravings of Gustave Doré, then the British and American book illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration, I … Continue reading André Junget: Drawings
Drawing, Group Exhibit Juried by André Junget Juried by Andre Junget, the theme for this group exhibit is “Drawing" with all drawing mediums welcome. Selected artists: Kim Steinard Borell Catherine De Cesare Keith Dougherty Karen E. Gersch Yona Gonen Laura Martinez-Bianco William Noonan Joanne Penaluna Roberta Rosenthal Elizabeth Sundwall Susan Wilson XaN (Alexandra Devin) Valerie … Continue reading Drawing: Group Exhibit Juried by Andre Junget
Please join us to meet the artist and view the new exhibits in the galleries which feature drawing. André Junget: Drawings DRAWING, Group Exhibit Juried by Andre Junget Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Friday - Sunday, 12 - 5 … Continue reading July Art Reception
Wallkill River Center for the Arts is pleased to present STEVE GORN: MUSIC FOR THE HEALING OF MIND & BODY as part of our 2025 music series. Far more than entertainment, music is a portal for mind-body synchronization; a conduit for engagement in ritual, group catharsis, entertainment and a holder of mythology and history. … Continue reading CONCERT | Steve Gorn: Music for the Healing of Mind & Body
Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) is pleased to welcome Theresa Gooby and André Junget for a Gallery Talk on Saturday, August 23 at 2 pm. Junget and Gooby are currently exhibiting as solo artists at the WRCA galleries in exhibitions which showcase the art of drawing. WRCA curator and painting instructor, Billy Noonan … Continue reading Gallery Talk: Theresa Gooby & Andre Junget
