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SUMMARY:Spotlight on Ceramics: A Retail Pop Up
DESCRIPTION:January 23-25\, 12-5 PM\nJanuary 30-February 1\, 12-5 PM\nFebruary 6-February 8\, 12-5 PM\n\n\nTo accommodate the snowstorm close\, we are extending the retail pop up\, giving you one more weekend to discover or revisit the work of Byrdcliffe artist-in-residence Gwyneth Scally and browse a selection of ceramics books in our cozy reading nook.  \n\n\nIn celebration of the 30th anniversary of Byrdcliffe’s contemporary ceramics program\, throughout 2026 we will be focusing a spotlight on ceramics. First up\, the Shop will feature a selection of Byrdcliffe’s Artist in Residence Gwyneth Scally’s sculptural and functional ceramics.\n\n\nGwyneth Scally lives and works in Brooklyn\, NY.  She received her MFA from the University of Arizona and has developed her practice traveling and training acrossLatin America\, Europe\, Northern Africa\, New York\, Los Angeles\, China\, Newfoundland and the Black Sea of Bulgaria. \n\nTime spent in rural and wild places around the globe cultivated an interest in nature and ecological issues; Scally explores issues of displacement\, nostalgia\, and the Sublime\, while suggesting deeper issues of an environmental order overturned. Her current work addresses the legacies of Classicism and Romanticism in our concepts of nature and national identity. \nScally has received numerous fellowships\, scholarships and awards\, and has participated in 80 international exhibitions.  She has attended several artists’ residencies around the world\, and most recently participated in Byrdcliffe’s AIR program\, where she developed some of the work in this pop up retail exposition.
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/spotlight-on-ceramics-a-retail-pop-up-6/
LOCATION:Kleinert James Gallery
CATEGORIES:Ceramics,Retail,Special events
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SUMMARY:Curator Tour: Sharing the Space
DESCRIPTION:Sharing the Space\nHudson Valley contemporary photographers in dialogue with historic Byrdcliffe artists \nJoin Guest Curator Anne Arden McDonald and Byrdcliffe Resident Historian Henry T. Ford as they lead a Walk & Talk tour of our latest exhibition. \n \n The Walk & Talk is free\, but there is limited space\, so please reserve a spot by emailing info@woodstockguild.org with Curator Tour in the subject line. \n \nSince the artist-founders of Byrdcliffe landed in Woodstock in1902\, artists have sought refuge in the natural beauty of the Hudson Valley. This exhibition brings together historic landscape paintings from the Byrdcliffe collection\, in a dialogue across time with landscape photographs from contemporary photographers\, all sharing the space of the Hudson Valley.
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/curator-tour-sharing-the-space/
LOCATION:Kleinert-James Gallery\, 34 Tinker St\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Open House / Tours,Special events
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SUMMARY:Bowls! Bowls! Bowls! – Byrdcliffe Ceramics Studio Pottery Sale
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars today and make plans to join us for the Byrdcliffe Ceramics Studio Pottery sale at the historic Byrdcliffe Theatre in Woodstock\, NY. \nFirst Dibs Party: Friday November 7\, 2025\, 4:30 -8:30\nMusic\, food\, drinks and shopping ahead of the sale on Saturday and Sunday\nTickets $40 includes food\, drinks and live music\nTickets $15 after 7:00 includes music and drinks \nPurchase tickets to the First Dibs Party here \nSaturday\, November 8\, 2025\, and Sunday\, November 9\, 2025\, 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM\nAdmission to Saturday and Sunday’s event is free \nSponsor our event\nBecome an event Hero\, Angel or sponsor and play an essential role in helping us reach our goal of expanding ceramics classes and workshops at Byrdcliffe. Plus receive priority tickets and early entry to our First Dibs party on Friday. \nHero $500 6 Tickets and priority first dibs entry at 4:00\nAngel $250 4 Tickets and priority first dibs entry at 4:00\nPatron $150 2 Tickets and priority first dibs entry at 4:00 \nBecome a sponsor of Bowls Bowls Bowls today
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/bowls-bowls-bowls-byrdcliffe-ceramics-studio-pottery-sale/
LOCATION:Byrdcliffe Theatre\, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special events
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SUMMARY:New Director Welcome and screening of "Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz"
DESCRIPTION:* RSVP for the September 25th event here\n* please note that this is a free event\, but you must RSVP to attend \nIf you can’t make the event please consider a donation \nFor additional information about Vik Muniz click here \n  \nWorst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz\n \nBrazilian-born artist Vik Muniz’ work lives at the intersection of Sesame Street and Andy Warhol’s factory. Muniz uses charm\, bulldozers\, chocolate sauce\, and chartered planes to create and explain his celebrated conceptual art. \n“…this is the best possible film about a process that is part magic\, part laughter…” – Joan Juliet Buck\, Vogue Magazine \n  \n  \n\nByrdcliffe is marking a defining moment as we welcome Anne-Marie Russell as our new Executive Director following a national search. Anne-Marie is widely respected for her dynamic and inclusive arts leadership serving artists\, art history and historic preservation\, often re-animating historic properties with cultural programming. \nWe’re thrilled Anne-Marie is joining us at a time of real momentum. Her experience building arts organizations and championing artists is precisely what Byrdcliffe needs as we approach our 125th anniversary. \nPlease join us as we welcome Anne-Marie to our community on Thursday September 25th where she will present a brief talk and film that shares her experience supporting artists and creative communities. \n  \nAbout Anne-Marie Russell\nAnne-Marie has spent the last 20 years in and around the artworld and describes her primary role as “support staff for artists”. As the Inaugural Executive Director of the Sarasota Art Museum in Florida\, she led the transformation of a dormant 1926 school into a thriving center for contemporary art\, spearheading a $30 million creative campus and building broad community engagement. In Arizona\, Russell reimagined MOCA Tucson as its Director and Curator\, transforming a landmark William Wilde building into a dynamic cultural space\, fostering national recognition for vibrant contemporary art programming. \nHer background includes documentary filmmaking\, leading arts-technology initiatives\, and pioneering graduate art market education. She has produced and directed films on prominent artists including Vik Muniz and Salvatore Scarpitta\, co-founded an arts technology company and developed Christie’s M.A. program in connoisseurship. She has curated projects with major artists such as Odili Donald Odita\, Sheila Hicks\, Daniel Lind Ramos\, Carlos Bunga\, Janaina Tschäpe\, Olivier Mosset\, Alex Hay\, and Jean Shin—often championing early-career talent. Renowned for her interdisciplinary public programs\, she connects artists and thought leaders to inspire communities with fresh perspectives. She is delighted and honored to be joining the Byrdcliffe community.
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/new-director-welcome-and-screening-of-worst-possible-illusion-the-curiosity-cabinet-of-vik-muniz/
LOCATION:Byrdcliffe Theatre\, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Special events
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Byrdcliffe
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Woodstock Byrdcliffe’s annual celebration and fundraiser\, Celebrate Byrdcliffe! Gather with others in the community for a fun-filled afternoon of food\, libations\, a silent auction\, and a live performance by Brian Mitchell. \nThis year we are honoring Arts Executive\, Historic Preservationist and Architectural Enthusiast Benjamin Prosky and artists Portia Munson and Jared Handelsman.\n\nThis event will be held at the Byrdcliffe Barn\, 485 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd\, Woodstock\, NY \n  \nPRICING –  \n – Tickets $150 each. ($105 is tax deductible) \nPurchase tickets \nYour support of Celebrate Byrdcliffe helps ensure that Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild continues to inspire artists\, preserves a unique historic arts setting\, and contributes to the arts in the Hudson Valley\, nationally\, and internationally. To pledge additional support: \n – SPONSORSHIP – \n1). $250 (1 ticket to the event) — $205 is tax deductible \n2). $500 (2 tickets to the event) — $410 is tax deductible \n3). $1000 (a reserved table for 4) — $820 is tax deductible \nSponsorships of $500+ will have their name or business logos listed on our website and other materials \nUnable to attend Celebrate Byrdcliffe? DONATE WHAT YOU WISH \nSponsor an Artist: ARTIST RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIPS \n  \n2025 HONOREES \n \nBENJAMIN PROSKY grew up between Brooklyn and Woodstock. A third generation Woodstocker\, his family established roots in the village in 1942\, drawn then as now to Woodstock’s beauty\, culture\, and diverse artistic community\, which owes so much to the legacy of Byrdcliffe. About 15 years ago Ben had the pleasure of joining the Byrdcliffe board\, on which he served for nine years. His time on the board was formative and enriching; further instilling a life-long love of Byrdcliffe and the Woodstock Community. In his professional life\, Ben has been fortunate to serve in several leadership roles at prestigious institutions. With a degree in Urban Studies from Vassar College\, followed by graduate work in Urban Planning at Columbia University\, Prosky has devoted his career to a range of projects dedicated to the promotion and interpretation of architecture and urbanism. \nIn 2023 Ben was named President of the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation whose mission is to advance education\, stewardship and innovation in historic preservation through the support of scholars\, educators\, curators and crafts people. He has held prior leadership roles at several institutions\, serving as Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects New York and the Center for Architecture; as Assistant Dean for Communications at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and Director of Special Events and External Affairs at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation. In earlier roles at international museums and cultural institutions\, such as the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal\, Canada\, and the Institute français d’architecture in Paris\, France\, his work focused on developing public educational programs and exhibitions. Like previous generations of his family\, Ben divides his time between Woodstock and Brooklyn\, along with his husband\, Jozef and daughter\, Maeve. \n  \n \nPORTIA MUNSON creates maximal installations\, sculptures\, paintings\, and digital prints using a vast accumulation of ready-made products to decipher the latent cultural codes embedded in mass-produced items. The resulting works emphasize the role of consumerism on the formation of identity and the resulting connection between the ongoing struggle for gender equality\, reproductive rights\, and the dire ecological crisis. \nMunson lives and works in Catskill\, NY. She holds a BFA from Cooper Union\, an MFA from Rutgers University\, and studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been the subject of over twenty solo exhibitions at the Museum of Sex\, New York\, NY; P·P·O·W\, New York\, NY; White Columns\, New York\, NY; MASS MoCA\, North Adams\, MA; Pamela Salisbury Gallery\, Hudson\, NY; and Art Omi\, Ghent\, NY\, among others. Her public works include Pink Projects with the Art Production Fund\, Rockefeller Center\, New York\, NY; Art in the Terminal\, the Albany International Airport\, Albany\, NY; MTA Arts for Transit\, Bryant Park MTA Station\, New York\, NY; and a permanent Metropolitan Transit Authority installation in Brooklyn\, NY. Portia Munson is represented by PPOW gallery in NYC. \n  \n \nJARED HANDELSMAN is a visual artist based in Catskill\, New York whose artistic practice of over thirty years includes land based site specific works\, found object sculptures\, landscape photograms and videos and photographs that explore the nature of light. Jared has made sculptures suspending boulders and slabs of rock over their place in the forest\, video and photographs made inside a treehouse camera obscura\, photograms with flashlights\, car headlights and moonlight and videos and photographs documenting interior solar landscape projections. \nJared was educated at Vassar College\, where he received a BA in Philosophy and at Rutgers University\, Mason Gross school of Art\, receiving an MFA. He also attended Cranbrook Academy of Art. Jared has received fellowships from Yaddo and MacDowell Colonies\, from The Fine Arts Work Center\, Provincetown and from Vassar College. \n  \nABOUT BRIAN MITCHELL \n \nBRIAN MITCHELL has worked with artists such as Levon Helm & The Midnight Ramble Band\, Bob Dylan\, BB King\, Al Green\, Dolly Parton\, Buster Poindexter\, and Allen Toussaint. Mitchell has appeared on five Grammy Award-winning recordings\, three with Levon Helm\, and one each with BB King and with Les Paul. In 2015\, Brian was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame. He is known to have versatility on piano\, Hammond B-3 organ\, accordion\, various vintage keyboards and harmonica\, plus his distinct vocal stylings. Mitchell believed that music is life music can heal people \nMitchell is a native New Yorker and is a part of Manhattan’s competitive live music scene. Known for kicking out high-energy performances\, Mitchell’s music “features a unique blend of gutbucket blues\, funky New Orleans style R&B\, quirky Latin rhythms\, and occasional visits into outer space.” \n  \nCELEBRATE BYRDCLIFFE 2025 SPONSORS \n \n \n\nThe Badner – Falcon Family\nKerrie Buitrago and Oscar Buitrago\nHenry T. Ford and Michael Knauth\nSam Freed and Dee Hoty\nDouglas C. James Charitable Trust\nSuzannah Kellner\nFloyd Lattin and Ward Mintz\nKatharine L. McKenna\nCatherine McNeal\nThe Prosky Family\nBenjamin Prosky and Jozef Sulik\nAlice Tisch\nMelissa Cowley Wolf of MCW Projects LLC
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/celebrate-byrdcliffe/
LOCATION:Byrdcliffe Barn\, 485 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,Special events
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SUMMARY:Women Sculpture Group Walkthrough of SALVAGE STORIES exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a gallery walkthrough hosted by the Women Sculptor Group (WSG) in collaboration with the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild\, of the current exhibition\, Salvage Stories: Seven Sculptors\, co-curated by Alice Zinnes and Carol Diamond. This special sculpture show features artworks by Eric Banks\, Ken Butler\, Carol Diamond\, Bonny Leibowitz\, Shari Mendelson\, Shivani Patel\, and Mark Van Wagner.\nExhibiting artists Carol Diamond\, Shivani Patel\, Shari Mendelson\, and Eric Banks\, will be present to speak about their work\, together with co-curator Alice Zinnes as moderator.\nPanel Artists: Carol Diamond\, Shari Mendelson\, Shivani Patel\, Eric Banks in conversation with co-curator Alice Zinnes\n\nAbout Salvage Stories: Seven Sculptors: Seven artists transform the mundane detritus of contemporary society into sculpture that takes on new life from upcycled materials. Curated by Alice Zinnes and Carol Diamond. Exhibition Catalogue. \n\nAbout the Women Sculptor Group: The Women Sculptor Group is a NY-based organization that supports women sculptors by attending shows\, doing walk-throughs\, and sponsoring open calls and exhibition events.
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/women-sculpture-group-walkthrough-of-salvage-stories-exhibition/
LOCATION:Kleinert-James Gallery\, 34 Tinker St\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist talk,Exhibition,Special events
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SUMMARY:Flow: David Van Tiegham Acoustic Collaboration with sculptor Ian Laughlin
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special sonic collaboration with renowned musician David Van Tieghem\, together with FLOW\, an acoustic sculpture by Ian Laughlin\, on Sunday\, August 10th at 5 pm (rain date August 17th at 5 pm) at the Woodstock Spa located at 62 Ricks Road\, Woodstock\, NY 12498. David Van Tieghem is an American composer\, percussionist\, and sound designer\, best known for his philosophy of utilizing any available object as a percussion instrument. Ian Laughlin is an artist whose work is dedicated to exploring injustices and finding solutions to the many challenges facing the planet.\nMore about past collaborations between these two artists can be viewed here. \nThis special event is part of S.C.A.P E.\, the 2025 outdoor biennial sculpture park sponsored by the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild on the meadows and woodlands of the Woodstock Spa. This concert is free and open to the public. \nABOUT DAVID VAN TIEGHEM\nDavid Van Tieghem is an American composer and sound designer known for his philosophy of utilizing any available object as a percussion instrument. In his long career\, Van Tieghem has performed and composed for numerous films and productions\, as well as collaborating with Steve Reich\, Laurie Anderson\, Brian Eno\, Talking Heads\, David Byrne\, Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie\, Adrian Belew\, Jerry Marotta\, John Zorn\, Sylvia Bullett\, and Happy Traum. Along with many other awards\, Van Tieghem was the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for Music Composition (2007). \nABOUT IAN LAUGHLIN\nOriginally from New Zealand\, Ian Laughlin is a multi-media eco-artist who was active in New York City’s Lower East Side in the 80s. A resident of the Hudson Valley since 1990\, Laughlin has been dedicated to exploring injustices and finding solutions to the many challenges facing the planet through his art installations and acoustic sculptures. \nABOUT S.C.A.P.E.\nS.C.A.P.E. – (Sculpture\, Community\, Arts\, Peace\, Environment) is an Exhibition of Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture in Woodstock\, NY. Curated by Linda Dubilier and Jen Dragon\, the 2025 outdoor sculpture installation presents contemporary sculpture set in the Catskill Mountain landscape. The Woodstock Spa\, adjacent to the historic Byrdcliffe Colony\, hosts this year’s exhibition. S.C.A.P.E. features fourteen artists’ sculptures that explore The Woodstock Spa’s surrounding meadows and woodlands. Participating artists include: Erika deVries\, Stuart Farmery\, William Greenwood\, Wendy Klemperer\, Bernard Klevickas\, Pascal Knapp\, Alex Kveton\, Ian Laughlin\, Alison McNulty\, Eva Melas\, Lowell Miller\, Portia Munson\, Eileen M. Power\, Gregory Steel\, Suzy Sureck\, Stephen Whisler \nAbout the Woodstock Spa\nThe Woodstock Spa is a day spa that neighbors the historic Byrdcliffe Art Colony in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. With trained practitioners\, modern amenities\, and beautiful surroundings\, the Spa is inspired by nature and art to heal\, support\, and improve the lives of the community.
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/flow-david-van-tiegham-acoustic-collaboration-with-sculptor-ian-laughlin/
LOCATION:Woodstock Spa\, 62 Ricks Road\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
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