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SUMMARY:ARTIST TALK | Sarah Fortner & Janine Lambers
DESCRIPTION:ARTIST TALK | Sarah Fortner & Janine Lambers  \nSaturday\, June 13\, 2 pm \nSarah Fortner: Weeds\nJanine Lambers: Reaching Across \nSolo exhibition artists Sarah Fortner and Janine Lambers will participate in a conversation about their respective painting practices together with moderator Jen Dragon at the Wallkill River Center for the Arts on Saturday\, June 13\, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. \n\n\n  \nABOUT SARAH FORTNER: A multidisciplinary artist and arts administrator residing in Orange County\, New York\, Sarah Fortners is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area\,where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art Practice from the University of California\, Berkeley. She relocated to New York City to pursue a Master of Fine Arts at Hunter College. Since 2008\, Fortner has been based in Orange County\, New York\, where she founded the Washingtonville Artist Collective in 2014. From 2018 to 2024\, she served as Executive Director of the Wallkill River Center for the Arts\, a nonprofit arts organization in Montgomery\, NY. She currently serves as Chair of the Kurt Seligmann Art Committee at the Seligmann Center in Sugar Loaf\, NY and works as a grant writer for SUNY Orange in Middletown\, NY. \n\n\n\n  \n\nABOUT JANINE LAMBERS:  Born in Germany\, Janine Lambers works from her studio in Beacon\, NY. Trained under the auspices of the German Guild Academy she graduated as a gilder and during the course of her career developed into an artist. Combining craftsmanship and poetics\, Janine Lambers is inspired by the natural world and the reflective properties of metal leaf. An exhibiting artist\, Lambers also works on commissions such as an 18ft gilded wall mural for a private super yacht and triptychs to national and international clientele. \n\n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR: For over 35 years\, Jen Dragon has been involved with art\, artists\, and the arts community as a curator\, gallerist\, art writer\, exhibitions strategist\, and art advisor. Ms. Dragon has participated in numerous community-based arts programs\, including events associated with the Walkway Over the Hudson opening ceremonies\, and curation for International Sculpture Day\, Saugerties (2017 -19)\, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park (2021-23)\, Byrdcliffe Biennial Sculpture Park at the Woodstock Spa (2025)\, and co-curator for the 2026 Woodstock Artist Association & Museum Sculpture Park. Jen Dragon’s latest curatorial projects are currently installed at Castello 925 Gallery in Venice\, Italy\, during the 61st Venice Biennale season. \n\n  \nThe WRCA galleries are free and open to the public. \nGallery hours: Friday – Sunday\, 12 – 5 pm
URL:https://wallkill.art/event/artist-talk-sarah-fortner-janine-lambers/
LOCATION:Wallkill River Center for the Arts\, 232 Ward Street\, Montgomery\, NY\, 12549\, United States
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SUMMARY:CONCERT | Flamenco Fusion - Music & Dance
DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Arthur Patchett Memorial Music Series\, Curated by vocalist\, composer\, and WRCA Board member Judi Silvano\, Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) is pleased to present … \n  \nSunday\, August 23\, 3-5pm \nFLAMENCO FUSION – MUSIC & DANCE\nDaniel Pimentel\, Guitar\nNatalia de Aragon\, Dance & Cajon\nAlfonso Cid\, Voice & Flute \nSafe Harbors at the Ritz Lobby\n107 Broadway\, Newburgh NY \n\n  \n\nPLEASE NOTE\, the concert series is free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $20/person. Due to the intimate nature of concert locations and limited seating\, advance registration is recommended but not required. To reserve your seat\, register by purchasing a FREE ticket – at bottom of event page. \n  \n\n____________ \nAbout the performers:   \n \n  \nDANIEL PIMENTEL – Guitarist and Composer \nDaniel began playing guitar at the age of 12 in Jalisco and later received formal training with maestro Fernando Martínez Peralta in 1999.  In Spain\, he studied in 2001\, 2002\, and 2006 with notable masters such as Manolo Sanlúcar\, José Antonio Rodríguez\, Manolo Franco\, Paco Serrano\, Gerardo Núñez\, El Entri\, Pedro Sierra\, José Luis Rodríguez\, Juan Carlos Romero\, and Antonio Rey. \nThroughout his career\, he has trained in various styles of music including jazz\, classical\, and Mexican. \n  \nCOMPOSITIONS \nFor Flamencos Unidos company of the teacher and singer Lucero Hernández\, Daniel wrote and played a tribute to Federico García Lorca\, El Cristo Andaluz\, Bodas de Sangre\, and “Gitanos en persecusión”.  \nHe has also toured and performed with companies such as María Elena Ayala\, El Club España directed by La Morris\, Marién Luévano\, Caña y Candela of Lourdes Lecona and Lina Ravines\, 1 Compás por México directed by Erika Suárez\, among others. \nDISCOGRAPHY – Recordings: \nAires de flamenco (2002)\, La primer gota de lluvia ( 2003)\,  Lléname de ti ( 2006)\,  Gitana (2007)\, Mi mundo Mi sentir (2009)\,  A mi aire (2010)\, Sentimiento Flamenco (2017) \nCOLABORATIONS WITH ARTISTS \nFlamenco artists such as Karen Lugo\, Marién Luévano\, Karime Amaya\, Joe Lovano\, María Elena Anaya\, La Morris\, Sabas Santos\, Lucero Hernández\, Fernando Martínez\, Las Cabales de Guadalajara\, Fernando Soto\, María Juncal\, José Maya\, Juañares\, Antonio Rey\, Leo y Juan Treviño\, Erika Suarez\, among many others; as well as artists from other musical genres such as Juan Gabriel and María José. \nJazz Collaborations in the USA: Daniel began to collaborate with Judi Silvano in her “Flamenco Meets Jazz” double-trio concert at the Newburgh Free Library in 2015.   Then in 2019\, they joined forces again for a special concert at The Falcon in Marlboro NY with Judi Silvano and Joe Lovano’s Quintet\, featuring original compositions and the music of Paco Lucia\, Miles Davis and Jazz improvisations. \n  \nPLACES WHERE HE HAS PERFORMED (As a soloist or accompanied) \nIn México: Palacio de Bellas Artes\, Auditorio Nacional\, Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris\, Sala Miguel Covarrubias\, Teatro Degollado de Guadalajara\, Teatro Ricardo Castro de Durango\, and in cities like Monterrey\, Tampico\, Pachuca\, Mazatlán\, Aguascalientes\, León\, Guanajuato\, Veracruz\, Puebla\, Paracho\, Acapulco\, etc.  \nTours:  New York City\, Hudson River Valley of NY\, Chicago\, in South America: Quito\, Ecuador\, in Europe: Luxemburg and in Spain: Madrid\, Toledo\, and Gandía. \n  \nNATALIA DE ARAGON – Flamenco Dancer and Cajon \nNatalia graduated from the National School of Dance “Nellie y Gloria Campobello” of the National Institute of Fine Arts. She received her training from renowned dance masters in Mexico such as María Elena Anaya\, Gabriel Blanco\, Silvia Martín\, Paloma Macías\, and Olinka Trueba\, among others.  \nAfter completing her studies at the institution\, she was invited to join the teaching staff\, where she taught Stylized Dance and Stage Practices to students of the Bachelor of Spanish Dance program at the National School of Dance. \nThroughout her training\, she has taken various courses in both Spanish dance and flamenco with distinguished masters including Guadalupe Gómez (principal dancer at the Madrid Conservatory)\, “La Choni”\, Manuel Reyes\, Mariano Bernal\, Ángeles Gabaldón\, Daniel Doña\, Ana Lopéz\, “La Truco”\, and Antonio Rodríguez “El Chupete”\, among others.  \nIn 2012\, she attended a course at the Cristina Heeren Foundation in Seville\, Spain\, where she studied “bata de cola” and mantón with teacher Milagros Menjibar\, and technique with Maribel Ramos. \nNatalia is an accomplished Dancer and Actress who has cultivated the theatrical presentation of the passionate and historical artform that is Flamenco dance. \n  \n  \nALFONSO CID – Flamenco Singer and Flute \nHis mother and grandfather were his earliest influences. He attended classes at the prestigious Torres-Macarena Flamenco social club in Seville starting in 1987.  \nAlfonso also studied solfege singing and flute at the Seville Music Conservatory and was awarded two scholarships to study at the Cristina Heeren Foundation for Flamenco Art in Seville\, Spain.  \n  \nHe has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center Out of Doors\, Town Hall\, London’s Royal Albert Hall\, Sala Covarrubias in Mexico City. He has produced albums with “Gazpacho Andalú”\, Latin Rock band “Dientes de Caramelo” and the Jazz/Flamenco band “New Bojaira”. \n____________ \nAbout the concert location:   \nSafe Harbors of the Hudson Valley – Transforming Lives and Building Community through Housing and the Arts. \nThe Lobby at the Ritz   \n\n_______________ \n  \nWRCA’s 2026 concert series has been made possible thanks to: \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n \n \n \nWallkill River Center for the Arts programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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LOCATION:Safe Harbors at the Ritz Lobby\, 107 Broadway\, Newburgh\, United States
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