MAXWELL FINE ARTS, after a nine month “sabbatical” will reopen on September 11, 2009 with its contribution to Peekskill’s Quadricentennial Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of our glorious Hudson River. This contribution is entitled the WaterProject@MFA, which will be occurring at several sites throughout the City of Peekskill, and includes the following:
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Fish Shack |
In MAXWELL FINE ARTS Sculpture Garden:
Public Opening Reception: Friday, September 11, 2009, 6:30-8:30 PM (Rain Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 6:30-8:30 PM):
An outdoor sculpture and installation exhibition entitled TRIBUTARIES curated by Hudson Valley’s Collaborative Concepts, a not-for-profit, artist-run organization that has sponsored exhibitions in the Hudson Valley since 1999. The group is concurrently hosting “Collaborative Concepts at Saunders Farm” in Garrison, NY as well as “Collaborative Concepts at The Hat Factory’s Art Lot,” on North Division Street in Peekskill.
“TRIBUTARIES: Collaborative Concepts at MAXWELL FINE ARTS,” curated by artists Sarah Haviland, Jim Lloyd, and Christoper Staples.
This exhibition will include the work of these curators, as well as the work of A. Eric Arctander, Jo-Ann Brody, Jodi Carlson, Cathrin Hoskinson, Michael Natiello, Leslie Pelino and Francesca Samsel. These ten artists approach the theme “water” both abstractly and associatively, without physically using water. For example, A. Eric Arctander represents tributaries of the Hudson, especially its source, Tear of the Clouds; Michael Natiello’s life-size fishing shack celebrates the particularities of the Hudson River; and Leslie Pelino’s underwater invertebrates emerge from surprising and innovative materials. The stone walled terraces of MAXWELL FINE ARTS Sculpture Garden, underneath which runs McGregory Brook, form an inspired setting for this “tributary” exhibition of ideas merging Hudson River’s history, nature and art. For further information on Collaborative Concepts’ programming see: collaborativeconcepts.blogspot.com.
Exhibition continues through November 2009.
MAXWELL FINE ARTS is an art gallery located in a renovated Victorian carriage house, c.1860, and an attached sculpture garden in the artist district of Peekskill, New York. This exhibition space presents unique and original works of contemporary art by emerging and established artists. All exhibitions are curated by Bill Maxwell, Dana DeVito and invited guest curators.
MAXWELL FINE ARTS is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 noon to 5 pm, and by appointment. Its location is conveniently accessible by auto and public transportation at the junction of Routes 6, 35 and 202.
For further information contact:
Bill Maxwell or Dana DeVito, Co-Directors of MFA, 914-737-8622, info@maxwellfinearts.com.
MAXWELL FINE ARTS @ 121, North Salem is open daily (www.121restaurant.com).