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CCCA is only halfway through its 2009-10 fiscal year, but already there’s lots of good news to report. ArtsWalk ’09 was a great success, finishing in the black while involving some 200 artists from all genres – dancers, authors, photographers, painters – everybody! Art shows in outlying parts of the county, Riders Mills and Stuyvesant, brought new friends and new markets for our artists’ work. The holiday gift show and sale was a new December project for us, to be made even better next year.
We’ve also added some new board members: Maria Kolodziej-Zincio, painter, photographer, beekeeper, and retired Admissions Director for Columbia-Greene Community College; Deborah Davis, gallerist, B&B owner, and attorney; Dave King, best selling novelist; Martha Harvey, corporate communications manager; and Cynthia Mulvaney, decorative artist and not-for-profit board veteran.
We have added new office staff as well. Renee Weigelt Schermerhorn returns as our bookkeeper after a hiatus of four or five years. Jessica Terdeman, having recently settled in Hudson after completing her master’s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia, is our new administrative assistant. With these young women on board, our bookkeeping and our membership database are operating smoothly. Files have been reorganized and clutter removed. Our wonderful landlord, Michael O’Hara, has even replaced a cloudy front window and created additional storage space for us.
We’re especially happy to introduce our new executive director, Colleen Schaffernoth. Colleen grew up in Columbia County and graduated from Columbia-Greene Community College and Empire State College. She has years of experience in drafting and design work for office spaces and kitchens, as well as great success in the area of fund development for non profits such as the American Cancer Society and HIV/AIDS prevention and research. Colleen and her husband, photographer M. Scott Schaffernoth, live in Hudson and own Winnovative Technology Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm which helps small businesses manage customer relations.
Last but not least, we have this new website! We hope it will be more informative and easier to navigate, so we can better serve the community and build our network of members and sponsors. You can even communicate with us on Twitter and Facebook May 2010 bring even more good news! Check in on us often.
MAJOR SUPPORTERS
New York State Council on the Arts
Columbia
County Board of Supervisors
The Bob and
Marilyn Laurie Foundation
Hudson Development Corporation
KeyBank
Foundation
Sharp Electronics
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Operation Hudson For Haiti
Benefit Auction and Performances
March 6th 3:30-7:30pm
Urged by several of our board members and friends, the CCCA Board is partnering with the Hudson Opera House, Perform Columbia!, and local artists and friends to hold a fund raising event on Saturday, March 6, 2010 to benefit the Haitian Community Development Project. Local artists and others are invited to donate works of art or arts-related items or services for a silent auction to be held at Hudson Opera House from 3:30 until 7:30. Attendees will be asked to donate a modest admission fee. Performing artists will be featured throughout the event, and light refreshments will be offered. Winners of the donated objects will be named at 7:00 PM.
To be included as an advertised partner, or to donate items or services to the silent auction, please contact CCCA Board member Cynthia Mulvaney at cynthialmulvaney@msn.com or (518)758-8568.
Thank you to those who have already donated!
An Exhibition in Black and White Show
January 30th- Now extended through April 10th!
CCCA Gallery 209 Warren Street
Jack Millard at B&W opening
Juror-
Posie Strenz, gallery director-Posie Kviat Gallery, 437 Warren St., Hudson NY
Artists- Aleman/Moore, Keith Batten, Tom Chesnut, Kate Frank Cohen, Sara Conklin, John Cooley, Howard Crouch, Sabina Curti, Chris DeMarco, Peter Donahoe, Timothy Ebneth, Susan Elias, Jerry Freedner, Jane Gennaro, Gail Giles, Peter Gray, Phil Hamm, Alicia Herrmann, Karen Hummel, Maria Kolodziej, Victor Meyers, Jack Millard, Cynthia Mulvaney, Holly Northrop, Martin Rich, Richard Trachtman, Chad Weckler, Sylvie Kantorovitz
14th Annual Juried Art Show
February 20th through March 28th
Hudson Opera House
Juror: Janet Riker
Janet Riker is Director of the University at Albany Art Museum, a
9,000 square foot museum with a permanent collection of greater than
3,000 pieces of art. Prior to moving to the Capital Region in 2004
Janet was Director of the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn, Assistant
Curator for the Drawing Center in NYC, and cited by the New York
City Council for her contribution to the arts in Brooklyn. Janet
holds an M.A. degree in Art History from Columbia University, has
organized dozens of exhibitions, and served on numerous selection
panels. Janet brings a wealth of curatorial experience to this exhibit.
Susan B. Anthony, Fern Apfel, , Keith Batten, Alan Coon, Laura Cannamela, Tom Chesnut, Carole Clark, Anna Cinquemani, Sabina Curti, Chris DeMarco, Jim Flosdorf, Jerry Freedner, Linda Gordetsky, Jane Gennaro, Mimi Czajka Graminski, Katherine Gray, Peter Gray, Juliet Harrison, Patrick Harbron, Katarina Holbrook, Scott Keidong, Maria Kolodziej, Holly Northrop, Mark Olshansky, Daniel Region, Martin Rich, Denise Saint-Onge. Leon Smith, Jean-Marc Superville Slovak, Franklin Tartaglione, Rosalind Tobias, and Win Zibeon.
Artists may pick up their work from the Hudson Opera House on March 28 in the afternoon or March 29th.
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On and Off the Wall- A Sculpture Exhibition
Guest juror: Dick Morrill-Painter/Sculptor/Teacher, Pratt and Parsons School of Design
Our long awaited show created to embrace the talent of our member sculptors; intended to give the viewer a taste of the variety of techniques and mediums used by contemporary sculptors.
Work can be freestanding, wall mounted relief, and assemblage; any media, representational or abstract, considered.
Regarding gallery size -While we don't want to discourage anyone from submitting work for consideration, please keep in mind that our gallery space is somewhat limited in size, so as fabulous as those huge pieces of yours might be, they just may not fit.
If your work is selected and fragile or heavy, we may ask the artist to install or mount it in our gallery
Digital submissions : 3-5 works(can include differing views for clarity) due by March 13 to info@artscolumbia.org (Indicate in subject -Submission-Sculpture Show)
Selected artists notified week of March 15
Artists must be members of CCCA to be considered. To join: www.artscolumbia.org
Work due at CCCA gallery, 209 Warren St., Hudson, NY by April 10th
(if artist is installing, please prearrange a time).
Opening reception: Saturday April 17th 5-7pm
For information, call 518-671-6213
