Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Luís Lázaro, Meg Lipke, & Claude Viallat

Document Gallery (Chicago, IL) will be presenting works by Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Luí Lázaro, Meg Lipke, and Claude Viallat at Foreland. 

Opening October 15, 2022 at 111 Water Street in Catskill, NY. 

now still then

On view October 15 - November 27, 2022. Public hours Saturday and Sunday, 11am-5pm.

Robert Bordo’s solo exhibition at Foreland, 

 presents two bodies of work; a series of new paintings entitled 

 (French for fireflies) alongside a survey of postcard paintings (2000-2022). Bordo has lived and worked in upstate New York since the early 2000s, where the bucolic environs, artistic community, and weekly commute from the city has provided fodder for his painting.

 revisit a motif from Bordo’s earlier works 

 paintings from 1989-91. As a young painter, he was drawn to conceptual and land artists like Robert Smithson and Richard Long, whose work was landscape-driven, ambulatory and often ephemeral. The early paintings are blue, monochromatic canvases embedded with Timberland boot prints and emerged when the lives of many, and especially gay, communities, were dominated by AIDS. Darkly humorous, quirky, and meandering, the early and recent paintings refer to the body and the landscape it traverses. The monochrome appears as a Modernist trope, but is queered in Bordo’s allusions to cruising and tight denim jeans. 

The postcard paintings began in 2000, when Bordo happened upon a box of postcards in his mother’s home after her death. He began pinning the images to his studio wall, utilizing the arrangements as a source of composition as well as a site for metaphor. The postcards in his paintings depict actual landscapes as well as imaginary ones, evoking a nostalgia for far-flung places of the past and future. Critic and curator Peter Eeley has described the postcard paintings as remaking pictures in paint and “an appropriate model for the ways in which we archive and recall images.” Earlier examples such as 

 emphasize a luminous background, while the most recent 

 is a dense lush puzzle of images, composed in a time when the landscapes depicted were out of reach.

Robert Bordo (b.1949, Montreal) has lived in New York since 1972. He was an Associate Professor of Art at The Cooper Union, New York, where he led the painting program from 1996 until 2017. Recent solo and two person exhibitions include The National Exemplar, New York, NY; Bortolami, New York, NY; The Suburban, Oak Park, IL; Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York, NY. His paintings have been featured in exhibitions at The Kitchen; MoMA PS1; the Brooklyn Museum; the Sheldon Museum of Art, Omaha; the Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Basel; Artists Space, New York; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Drawing Center. His work is held in the collections of SFMoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum, and the Blanton Museum of Art among others. Bordo has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, fellowships, and residencies including PRAKSIS Oslo, the Robert de Niro Sr. Painting Prize, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, Canada Council Arts Grants, the Tesuque Foundation Arts Fellowship Award, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and a Painting Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Carolyn Salas 

Public sculpture on view: Carolyn Salas' "Tippy Toes", 2021. On view at Foreland through November, available to be viewed by the public on Foreland's waterfront sculpture pads.

Water Jet Cut and Powder-Coated Aluminum78 x 30 x 54 1/4 inches
198.1 x 76.2 x 137.8 cm
Dimensions Variable
Base: 15 x 54 x 30 inches
38.1 x 137.16 x 76.2 cm Edition of 3 plus 2 AP

Talking Back: Artists of the Columbia Collective

Foreland and the Juvenile Justice Arts and Media Network are pleased to present 

, a group exhibition channeling creativity as a form of agency, humor as insurgence, and joy as resistance within the juvenile justice system. Curated by Sofia Thieu, 

 features new site-specific works from the 

: a multimedia group of young female and trans artists named after their previous facility, the New York Department of Corrections’ Columbia Secure Center for Girls in Claverack, New York. The Collective is now incarcerated at the maximum Brookwood Secure Center for Youth down the street, constructed in 1983 as one of eleven state juvenile facilities operated by the Office of Children and Family Services, and where individuals under 16 have been sentenced in adult criminal court.


Under the arts programming and mentorship of artist Maggie Hazen, the 

 was founded in 2019. Since then, the Collective—comprised of artists Jay, Juste-A, and Marshmallow—has turned to dynamic artistic practices to navigate their circumstances of incarceration. Taking its title from bell hooks’ 1989 novel, 

Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black

, the exhibition explores defiant speech and the gallery space as a platform to “talk back” against a carceral system that silences these artists’ voices.


For more information on The Columbia Collective, visit 

On view September 3-25, 2022, public hours every Saturday and Sunday from 11am-5pm. 

Opening reception Saturday September 3, 2022, 5pm-7pm. 

Please join us for an artist talk and panel discussion with 

Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration

, focusing on the intersections of cultural and carceral systems, tapping our prison history archives, the crisis of youth incarceration, and visions of a decarcerated future. How do we identify modes of abolition and advocacy, create critical projects, and identify the reaches of our prison industrial complex? Following artist presentations and discussion there will be Q&A session with panelists and Columbia Collective founder Maggie Hazen. 

This event is free and open to the public.

spent ten years in a Pennsylvania prison. His cell served as a workspace where he made thousands of paintings and drawings. Mark’s portrait series, Pyrrhic Defeat: A Visual Study Of Mass Incarceration, is a series of over 800 drawings of his fellow prisoners. He was released from prison in July 2022. Loughney showed a major installation of work in the MoMA PS1 exhibition Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration curated by 

 is an interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator and founder of 

, a transmedia project that collects and tells the stories of ‘incorrigible’ girls in the United States over the last 100 years—beginning with New York State. Drawing on the personal narratives of young women in “the system” the project investigates the history and present state of youth justice and social services for girls and gathers information from archival documents related to the New York State Training School for Girls (1904-1975). Incorrigibles is seeking to expand research to include all state-run youth detention centers for girls in the US – recording and sharing accounts of women alive today who were confined in these institutions. The project organizes intergenerational community engagement events with young women and the public to encourage critical analysis around youth detention and behavioral intervention.

Chicane: New Work by Henri P. Broyard

Henri P. Broyard Artist Talk and Book Launch! Plus: Studio Tour & Cocktail Reception! 


Join us for an artist talk about "CHICANE", new paintings by Henri P. Broyard, followed by a tour and cocktail hour in Henri's studio. This event will offer a behind-the-scences glimpse of the Foreland studios! 

In conjunction with the artist talk and studio visit, Brooklyn based publisher Last and Least Studio will be releasing a new book of Broyard's work titled "Solitaire", available for purchase in person, signed by Broyard. The book focuses on Broyard's work during recent years and includes paintings, small studies and reference photography. "Solitaire" is a limited edition of 250. The books will be available for purchase online, Sunday 9/25 8am EST. 

This event is free and open to the public. Please arrive at the Foreland Galleries by 5pm. Punctuality is required! 

, a solo exhibition of new work by Henri P. Broyard, on view from August 6–September 25, 2022. Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday, 11am-5pm. 

Broyard is the awardee of the 2022 Foreland Fellowship, and was selected from a highly competitive group of nearly 100 applicants by a panel including Ebony Haynes (Director, 52 Walker) and Ruba Katrib (Senior Curator, MoMA) to receive a 1,000 square foot studio space at Foreland for six months. The exhibition is organized by Georgia Wright and will be on view in Foreland's galleries at 111 Water Street.

Abattoir, "Reading and Making"

Abattoir at Foreland, Catskill, NY
August 6-28, 2022 

Friday-Sunday 11am-5pm and additional hours Monday-Thursday by appointment only. This exhibition is managed by Abattoir gallery, appointment and sales inquiries can be directed to 

Caitlin MacBride / Dominic Palarchio: Reading and Making For the gallery’s initial presentation in the Hudson Valley, Abattoir is excited to exhibit paintings by Caitlin MacBride and sculptures by Dominic Palarchio, two artists whose work is shaped significantly by their experience and research around labor and craft. Palarchio’s practice applies metonymy to locate where hardship lies, reminding us of economy and place–and the inevitability of our relationship with them. His work emanates from Detroit’s post-industrial condition; many of his sculptures rely on classed sources to replicate the tangible and affective efforts that define their utility. Palarchio is interested in how objects—imbued with evidence of prior ownership— evoke working conditions as inhospitable
systems that negatively shape lives lived beyond the workplace. 

MacBride studies the handmade objects and histories of the Shaker communities in the Northeast, sects which held work and workmanship
sacred to their religious worship. The parity of the sexes and independence of women featured prominently in the Shaker belief system. MacBride’s oil paintings on panel and canvas examine these histories in
works that vibrate with mystery and literary intelligence.

Palarchio and MacBride have both exhibited with Abattoir in the past; Palarchio as part of this summer’s FRONT International in Cleveland: MacBride at the gallery’s NADA Miami presentation last winter.

Foreland Artist Party

On Saturday July, 23rd, 2022 Foreland hosted the Foreland Artist Party--a wild fête that featured creative cocktails, site-specific installations, and an immersive DJ performance by Tschabalala Self and Mike Mosby.


The Foreland Artist Party was co-hosted by 

 and celebrated our vibrant artist community: 

Lyle Ashton Harris, Sky Hopinka, Nicole Cherubini, Maggie Hazen, Marc Swanson, Steve Locke, Laleh Khorramian, Zia Anger, Caitlin MacBride, Henri Broyard, Theo Anthony, R.B. Schlather, Samantha Bittman, Padma Rajendran, Sam Vernon, Chris Keating, Clair Catillaz, Monica Mirabile, Kathryn Lynch, Julia Weist, Susan Lisbin, Tomaz Capobianco, Heather Bursch, Tania Alvarez, Corinne May Botz, Paul Woolf Boettiger, Amanda C. Mathis, and Beka Goedde.

 Proceeds from the event contributed to Foreland’s ongoing initiatives, such as the 

Upstate Art Weekend 

JULY 22nd, 2pm-6pm, JULY 23rd & 24th, 11am-6pm in 361 Main and 111 Water St, Catskill.

Foreland is thrilled to participate in another year of Upstate Art Weekend! Our programming for the weekend of July 22-24, 2022, will include four concurrent exhibitions by some of the most prolific programs in contemporary art: DOCUMENT, New Discretions, SITUATIONS, and JAG Projects. 

Our three galleries in 111 Water Street as well as our Main Street gallery located at 361 Main Street will be hung with dozens of artists we here at Foreland have long admired. Food will be served by Atelier Ku-Ki in the 125 Water Street parking lot from 12pm-5pm on July 23 and 24, 2022.

Join us for our Foreland Artist Party on the night of July 24th to celebrate our vibrant Foreland artist community and Upstate Art Weekend! More information can be found 

FGC July Exhibitions

Foreland is pleased to host a dynamic roster of exhibitions from a selection of four contemporary galleries for the month of July: Document (Chicago, IL), Situations (New York, NY), New Discretions (New York, NY) and JAG Projects (Hudson, NY). Each will have concurrent month-long residencies in the 3 gallery spaces, 4,000 square feet in all, and the Main Street gallery (an additional 2,000SF) within Foreland’s historic campus on the banks of Catskill Creek. 

The Foreland Gallery Coalition (FGC) is by invitation, with the goal of low risk, high reward for exhibition programs and dealers occupying Foreland's gallery spaces for temporary exhibitions bi-yearly.

Opening Reception July 1st, 5-7pm. Gallery hours are Saturdays & Sundays, 11am-6pm, through July 24th. Appointment available via individual gallery members.

Artists on view are Natalja Kent (SITUATIONS); Hans Bellmer, Felix Beaudry, E.V. Day, Aneta Grzeszyowska, Gordon Hall, Christina Kruse, Greer Lankton, Yeni Mao, David Anaya Maya, Douglas Rieger, Heidi Schwegler, Paul Shore, Vincent Tiley, Marianne Vitale, and Harley Weir (New Discretions); Anneke Eussen, Laura Letinsky, John Opera and Kazuhito Tanaka (DOCUMENT); Carrie Rudd, Rebecca Watson Horn, Ever Baldwin, Zoe Argires, Willa Wasserman and Theodore Sefcik (JAG Projects). 

Join Our Team

Foreland is hiring a Gallery Manager to join our team and oversee the budding Gallery Coalition concept on our campus.

The Gallery Manager is the primary forward-facing position that engages with our Foreland Gallery Coalition (FGC) members and works closely with visitors, senior and support staff, artists, and gallerists. The Foreland Gallery Manager should be someone with strong artistic, technical, people and communication skills. The Gallery Manager reports to the Executive Director and Curatorial Strategist, and will manage FGC docent staff.

Our team is looking for a thoughtful, good-humored, and exceptionally outgoing individual to coordinate the happenings of our exhibition spaces, act as a lead docent, and manage junior docents, as well.

The ideal Gallery Manager is passionate about teamwork, system-building, interpersonal relationships, and on-your-feet thinking. If you are a convivial, accountable, people-loving, far-out thinker, you’re for us. The ideal candidate enjoys organizing and being accountable to others, works well with all kinds of folks (artists, art dealers, construction workers, producers, plumbers, you name it!), and perhaps describes themselves as having moxie.

Participate in organizing events and promotional efforts.

Supervise daily gallery operations and communicate maintenance needs to our Campus Foreman.

Meet and train gallery docents, coordinate docent scheduling. Act as docent on weekends as needed.

Research and coordinate installation and technical specialists.

Field questions about FGC gallery spaces from artists, gallerists, and visitors.

Maintain the integrity of the FGC with regular tidying and communication with our janitorial staff.

Understanding of contemporary art and art world.

This position is part time and temporary, with potential to grow into something bigger. Compensation starting at $25/hr.

Email opportunities@forelandcatskill.com to apply!

The Moving Picture Show

 is a group exhibition of work by 10 media artists who embrace and challenge the conventional uses of video, creating work that is formally innovative, conceptually rigorous and politically significant. Rooted in the moving image, this assembly includes video installation, video sculpture and single channel video, all by artists who make their home in the Hudson Valley. 

Themes of landscape and history, human interaction with both natural and synthetic plant life, hacking of video games and techniques of animation are explored. Works in 

 celebrate the camaraderie of shared creative principles but are also unflinching in their social critique. 

The exhibition features pieces made during and in response to the pandemic confinement as well as work preceding this period. Participating artists include: Ephraim Asili, Cecilia Aldarondo, eteam (Franziska Lamprecht and Hajoe Moderegger)*, Goss&Gitlin, Maggie Hazen, Laleh Khorramian, Les LeVeque, Keith Sanborn and Carolee Schneemann. 

Open hours are Saturday & Sunday from 3-7pm. THE GALLERIES ARE CLOSED SATURDAY MARCH 12TH DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER!

An opening reception for the artists will be held on February 19th from 5-7pm.

Upcoming additional programming includes: Live music from artist Ephraim Asili & Norman The Poet, March 13th at 7pm.

This event, a listening party for the Measuring Time vinyl EP and a live music set featuring Ephraim Asili on Electronic devices and Norman Douglas reading poems, is a celebration of the publication of Ephraim Asili's book/vinyl record Measuring Time. A limited number of copies will be for sale at the gallery.

Ephraim Asili’s artist book Measuring Time (Visual Studies Workshop Press, 2021) is a collection of Polaroid portraits depicting independent and avant-garde film luminaries and traces the freeform way Asili documents the people and places that have marked the recent years of his life. Included with the book is a 7 inch vinyl record Addendum of the artist's Hip Hop inspired audio journal recordings. A uniquely poetic work in its own right, the book and record document the expansive cosmos around Asili's critically important films

*eteam collaborated with the following artists for their work in the 

 Miguel Gutierrez, Ama Birch, Jean Carla, Sheryl Cheung, Nick Flynn, Guy Barash, Kathleen Supové, Albrecht, Enrique Maitland, Bobby Previte, Sonia Calico, Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere, Temple Rat, Marianne Shaneen & Zach Layton

Painting People Class

Foreland is pleased to announce its first educational offering, a class called “Painting People” taught by artist Caitlin MacBride, a studio tenant within the Foreland campus. This class is open to grade school students above the age of 12, college students and adults interested in art. There is no charge for the class and all supplies are included.

Participants are asked to attend 3 of the 4 classes, minimum. If you are interested but unsure if you will be able to attend, please refrain from registering, as space is limited to 15 students.

“Painting People” will cover the basics of proportion, color mixing, and painting methods using a fun, experimental approach. Participants will work with acrylic paint and will learn about a variety of techniques and approaches including realistic, surrealist and cubist styles. Students will learn to use both observation and imagination to create a portfolio of portraits. The class will culminate with an exhibition reception showcasing participants' work in the Foreland galleries.

 to register yourself or your child before December 15, 2021.

Masks will be required for all participants.

Caitlin MacBride is an artist and educator who received her MFA in painting at Bard College and her BFA from RISD. MacBride has taught students of all ages at Abrons Arts Center, Rutgers University, Bard College, University of Tennessee, Brooklyn College Community Program, Tyler School Of Art, and public schools in 4 of the 5 boroughs of NYC. She has exhibited her work at Fisher Parrish, Heroes Gallery, Chapter NY, Real Fine Arts, Greene Naftali, Zach Feuer, Jack Barrett Gallery, Hesse Flatow and Neuer Berliner Kunstverein among other venues. Her work has been written about in 

Blue Winter Market

Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12, from 11a-5p at 361 Main St., Catskill, NY. Organized by Current Cassis. 

Join us for a tender blue universe featuring a selection of textiles, prints, ceramics, homewares, candles, spirits, and, of course, cassis, from artists and makers who center reuse, human connection, and ecology in their work. 

With work by: Likeminded Objects, MYFAWNWY, Thank You have a Good Day, Village Common, Philo Cohen/Speciwomen, Maya Strauss, Hannah Shultz, Matchbook Distilling, and Current Cassis. 

In conjunction, a special, ticketed event, "The Art of Alcohol" will take place on December 12th from 2-4pm. Join Leslie Merinoff (Matchbook Distilling) and Rachael Petach (C. Cassis) for the chance to create the custom spirit of your dreams while learning about the science, tradition, agriculture and anthropology that make the art of alcohol so special. Tickets can be purchased 

Foreland Fellowship

The Foreland Fellowship provides a free 1,000 square foot studio at Foreland to an exceptional artist who identifies as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI or as a person of color. Foreland acknowledges that structural barriers exist to make participation in the art world more difficult for artists of color. We are striving to develop a community that looks like the world we want to live in: strongly diverse, mutually supportive and culturally significant. The Fellowship studio is located within our campus comprised of 31 artist studios, exhibition spaces, event spaces and a café. In addition to the studio, this fellowship includes professional development opportunities such as studio visits with curators and/or galleries; exposure to the network of prestigious artists who base their studio practice at Foreland; and access to Foreland’s ancillary initiatives including events, programs, fairs, and exhibitions. **Please note that this opportunity does not include housing or supplemental funding.**

The Fellowship runs from June 1 to November 30, 2022.

-Applicants must identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI or as a person of color

-Applicants should live full or part-time within 60 miles of Catskill, NY, or be willing to relocate near the opportunity for the timeline awarded. (Housing is not included with the Fellowship.)

-Students are not eligible for the Fellowship

-Artists working in any visual medium may apply

-Artists who have a sustained practice of working in a collaborative partnership of up to two people may apply together (please submit a single application)

The Fellow will receive a free 1,000 square foot studio for six months from June 1 to November 30, 2022. The studio is fully private, with multiple windows, fiber optic internet, a utility sink and individual temperature control.

Submissions will be reviewed by a panel including Ebony Haynes, Director of 52 Walker Street, and Ruba Katrib, Curator at MoMA PS1.

All applicants informed of their status: by March 15, 2022

Fellowship period: June 1 to November 30, 2022

Untitled (Cardinal C-80)

Foreland is thrilled to present Virginia Overton's monumental sculpture, 

 is available for public view every Saturday and Sunday from 9am-6pm, October 14th, 2021 through February 28th, 2022. 

Virginia Overton was born in Nashville, Tennessee and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She creates sculpture and installation repurposing materials commonly associated with factories, farms and construction. By means of both subtle and drastic interventions, Overton re-contextualizes these ordinary objects revealing their intrinsic properties which highlights the wear accrued by passing time.

 sculpture consists of a white steel frame, previously used as a forklift glass transport rack stood on end. Within each of its many recesses Overton has fit white marble, cut carefully to size. The white monochrome has striations of grey in the marble and rust colored oxidation on the surface of the steel. The muscular structure bends outward in an L-shape, reminiscent of a screen divider, usually made of lightweight materials like paper and wood. The artwork is titled in a direct fashion, noting an industrial stencil stamped on the edge of its frame: “Cardinal C-80.”

To view the sculpture, park at 111 Water Street and walk north along the waterfront towards the artwork, situated between our buildings at 111 and 125 Water Street. Parking is free, there's no cost to visit and reservations are not required. Additional winter hours may be available based on visitor demand. Please subscribe to our emails and follow our Instagram at @Forelandcatskill to stay abreast of changes in public viewing hours.

Virginia Overton

Space is the Place

 is curated by Mike Mosby. For this one-day event, artist Reggie Madison will be joined by three jazz musicians playing a Sun Ra inspired composite at Foreland. Madison has been deeply inspired by jazz from the beginning of his artistic career. 

 allows audiences the unique opportunity to see Madison's work in relation to the artform that he holds so dear.

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941 artist Reggie Madison was greatly influenced by his parents’ love of jazz. The Madisons would often visit Club DeLisa in Chicago and were particularly fond of one musician named Herman Blunt, who Reggie would later know to be Sun Ra. As a child, Reggie would make frequent trips with his family to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Despite the Madison's love of arts, there were no paintings in their family home beside a lone drawing by Charles White, his aunt's schoolmate. Madison's first exhibition was in 1970 in a downtown storefront in Chicago and he later studied independently in Paris, Venice and Copenhagen. Eventually Madison settled in New York, first at a Greenwich Village studio and later in the Hudson Valley where he now calls home. Reggie Madison's work has been exhibited internationally and resides in both private and public collections both domestically and abroad.

's jazz trio is comprised of Anthony Ware, saxophonist and composer; Eric Wheeler, jazz bassist; and Jerome Jennings, drummer. All three performers have had extensive and inspiring careers that feature touring, recording, education and activism.

are $10 which will be collected at the door (cash or Venmo) and include drinks provided courtesy of Left Bank Ciders. Foreland will donate a ticket to a student in Greene County for every ticket purchased. A special food pop from Seafood Steamery will take place on Foreland's waterfront on the day of the event from 1-9pm. 

Foreland Launch Party

On August 28th we celebrated the official launch of Foreland after nearly half a decade of development. Under the watchful gaze of two inflatable queer lovers, we toasted to creating an art world that we want to live in: one filled with joy, generosity, hard work and Jell-O shots. At Foreland we believe that rigorous, culturally significant creativity doesn't require the sacrifice of space and light and natural beauty. With that in mind, we danced on the waterfront late into the night, alongside a Caravaggio model atop a Felix Gonzalez-Torres inspired platform. This party was the manifestation of weird ideas hatched once the dust and noise of the construction site settled. It was wild. It was the art party that we'd always wanted to go to.

NADA x Foreland

, and co-organized with NADA Member Jesse Greenberg of JAG Projects, the NADA x Foreland exhibition will highlight artworks from a community of NADA galleries, nonprofits and artists with a focus on artists working in the region of Upstate New York. The exhibition will be a dynamic use of the Foreland buildings, allowing viewers to not only explore the art on view but also the Foreland campus.

NADA x Foreland is free, open to the public and no reservations are required. Free parking is available 

. Please enter the event at 361 Main Street. Review our 

Rachel Uffner Gallery and Mrs.

Rachel Uffner Gallery and Mrs. are pleased to present a collaborative exhibition which highlights select artists from each gallery program. Inspired by the unique architecture and setting of Foreland, this exhibition focuses on materiality and texture, gesture and abstraction, bold and distinctive color as well as line and dimension. By bringing these artists together a kinship is developed, creating new narratives and conversations between the galleries’ rosters and the artists themselves.

Elizabeth Atterbury
Bianca Beck
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance
Meghan Brady
Joanne Greenbaum
Hilary Harnischfeger
Carolyn Salas
Sally Saul

Open Saturdays & Sundays from 11am-6pm or by appointment. To make an appointment outside of normal hours, please email rebekah@racheluffnergallery.com.

ART + NATURE + HOME

Upstate Diary, the premiere niche publication featuring creative lifestyles close to nature, will present its first art and design exhibition, 

 will feature furniture, design, functional sculpture, and art—all created from natural materials such as wood, clay, wool, and stone. Many of the objects are created exclusively for the exhibition by a select group of inspiring artists and artisans including: Jeremy Anderson, Paula Greif, Paula Hayes, Kat Howard, Christina Kruse, Kieran Kinsella, Jonathan Kline, Christopher Kurtz, Re Jin Lee, Chris Lehrecke, Jonah Meyer, Jason Middlebrook, John-Paul Philippe, Martin Puryear, Kentaro Takashina, Nicola Tyson, Joshua Vogel, and Nadia Yaron.

It’s Necessary to Talk About Trees

River Valley Arts Collective is pleased to present It’s Necessary to Talk about Trees, an exhibition that evolves from the new non-profit’s focus on material and process, and its mission to serve artists of the Hudson Valley.

It’s Necessary to Talk about Trees presents work by a group of artists who express a unique sensitivity to the environmental and social issues that inform their practice. The exhibition title comes from Adrienne Rich’s 1991 poem “What Kind of Times Are These”⁠—an urgent question and a provocation⁠ in which Rich speaks allegorically of a forest that is haunted by the shadows of history. The poem’s conclusion, “It’s Necessary to Talk about Trees,” is a call to action that highlights how inspiration is found in the natural world and recognizes the power of art-making in troubling times.

The exhibition considers artists’ agency and their role as primary producers, the environmental factors that drive their work, and the generative power that renders visible what others seek to make disappear. Through the found and crafted, tactile and felt, these artists create tangible evidence of time and place.

Upcoming