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How does the painter get just such a shade of blue? How does a potter raise up a vessel from a lump on a wheel? And how on earth does metal get beaten into shapes like those?

Find out Sept 28-29, from 10 – 4 and Sept 30 from 12 – 4. Saranac Lake Art Works is presenting the sixth annual Northern Adirondack Artist at Work Studio Tour to help you answer just those questions. The Northern Adirondack region is renowned for its population of artists and craftspeople. By visiting artists in their studios, watching them create, and speaking with them about their work, you will gain insight into “how they do that”.

Over 70 artists are in their studios and represented in galleries during this last weekend of September. Many artists are clustered in the hamlets, allowing you to park and stroll through historic neighborhoods and business districts. Others are best reached by car – wouldn’t it be fun to get some friends together and drop in on a weaver, a potter, a painter, or a jewelry maker? While there, you might even find a piece to bring home, or to give to someone special. With over 70 participating artists, you are sure to find something right up your alley.

Watch for the yellow and black tour signs. Not all artists are available every day. Check the schedule online or pick up the Studio Guide from one of our sponsors who are our valuable assets, providing booklets, information, and much appreciated support for the Tour.

The Artists Studio Guide booklets can be picked up at the Adirondack Artists’ Guild, 52 Main Street, Saranac Lake. Questions? Call 518-891-2615. The booklet is a keeper, a year round resource for artist information. It can also be viewed online by clicking HERE. Check our Facebook page for updates on events. Tune in to North Country Public Radio, our media sponsor. For lodging, dining, and travel information, contact the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce at 518 891-1990.

Artist at Work Studio Tour is funded in part by a DCA grant from the New York State Council on the Arts administered by the Arts Council of the Northern Adirondacks.

Lake Placid, New York

You Be the Judge!

Audiences in over 300 Cities Spanning 6 Continents Unite for One Week for One Purpose . . .

to Judge the 10 Finalists in the

15^th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival

New York, NY – Sept. 11^th, 2012 - Filmgoers in Lake Placid, New York, will unite with audiences in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 15th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts in Lake Placid on Friday, September 28, at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for LPCA Members. For more information call 523-2512 or visit online at LakePlacidArts.org .

Out of 520 entries received from 49 countries around the world, MANHATTAN SHORT selected ten short films as finalists. Each film is 18 minutes or under in length. Countries represented this year include Norway, The Netherlands, Russia, England, Ireland, Peru, France, Romania, Spain and the USA, in what festival organizers describe as the “United Nations of Film Festivals.”

These short films will not only entertain a global audience, but will be judged by them as well. Filmgoers will be handed a voting card upon entry and asked to vote for the one film they feel should win. Votes are tallied at each participating cinema and submitted to festival headquarters where the winner will be announced in New York City, as well as posted on the net at www.ManhattanShort.com on Sunday, October 7th, at 10:00 PM.

With past finalists achieving the ultimate in recognition by being nominated and even winning the Oscar in the short film category, the Manhattan Short has become known as a breeding ground for the next big thing.

In one week, over 100,000 people from as far north as St. Petersburg, Russia, to as far south as Buenos Aires, Argentina, as far east as Kathmandu, Nepal, and as far west as Perth, Australia, to over 150 cinemas in 47 US States will come together to view and vote on these 10 films. “While the goal of any festival is to discover and promote new talent, the real aim of this festival is bringing communities together via stories from around the world,” says Nicholas Mason, MANHATTAN SHORT founder and director.

“Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that what started as a small, relatively simple event when I projected a handful of short films onto the side of a truck on a downtown Manhattan street 15 years ago, would grow into what it is today, with communities all over the world getting together to celebrate via ten short films…it’s become like Earth Day—but with film,” adds Mason.

FINALISTS 2012

The Devil’s Ballroom: (Norway 15:30) Henrik M Dahlsbrakken
On a perilous journey to the North Pole, an Arctic explorer makes a critical decision with lifelong consequences. Click here to read the Festival interview with Henrik

A Curios Conjunction of Coincidences: (The Netherlands 8:34) Joost Reijmers
Bad luck connects three men together even though they live in different centuries.
Click here to read the Festival interview with Joost

Where Does The Sea Flow: (Russia 14:00 * World Premier) Vitaly Saltykov
A mother comes to grips with a precocious young daughter and the violent circumstances of her birth. Click here to read the Festival interview with Vitaly

Two & Two: (UK 8:25 USA Premier) Babak Anvari
In a school run by an authoritarian regime, a seemingly ridiculous decree becomes a syllabus for terror. Click here to read the Festival interview with Babak

Cluck: (Ireland 18:57) Michael Lavelle
Feathers are ruffled at the orphanage when a new arrival threatens to upset the pecking order. Click here to read the Festival interview with Michael

Behind The Mirrors: (Peru 12:10) Julio O Ramos
When one of the night’s customers at a disreputable motel leaves an unexpected mess, the young manager sees an opportunity that may change his family’s fortunes forever.
Click here to read the Festival interview with Julio

The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb: (France/UK 12:50) Clement Bolla, FX Goby, Matthieu Landour
A monster terrorizes a town and induces collective hysteria with hilarious results.
Click here to read the Festival interview with FX Goby.

Superman, Spiderman or Batman: (Romania 11.00) Tudor Giurgiu
Inspired by his favorite comic book heroes, a young boy tries to save the day.
Click here to read the Festival interview with Tudor

’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card: (USA 12.00) Todd Sklar
Brothers Jim and Dave sort out their differences in extreme fashion when their father dies.
Click here to read the Festival interview with Todd

Voice Over: (Spain 9.50) Martin Rosete
A series of life-threatening experiences pale in comparison to a situation that requires real courage. Click here to read the Festival interview with Martin

For more information on the Festival and to read detailed interviews with the 10 Finalists visit www.ManhattanShort.com or click on the following links:  Download 300 dpi stills of the finalists’ films - http://www.manhattanshort.com/p_press_finalist_stills.html

                              To see a list of cinemas taking part in 2012 - http://www.manhattanshort.com/cinemas.html

                              To read interviews and view film trailers - http://www.manhattanshort.com/finalists.html

                             To view the trailer of the Festival: -  http://www.manhattanshort.com/trailer.html

Finalists for 2012

          “The Devil’s Ballroom”                                                   (Henrik M. Dahlsbrakken)                                         Norway
“A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences”                       (Joost Reijmers)                                                       Holland

“Where Does the Sea Flow”                                         (Vitaly Saltykov)                                                        Russia
“Two & Two”                                                                  (Babak Anvari)                                                          England
“Cluck”                                                                            (Michael Lavelle)                                                      Ireland
“Behind the Mirrors”                                                      (Julio O. Ramos)                                                       Peru
“The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb”                                (Clément Bolla, FX Goby, Matt Landour)                 England
“Superman, Spiderman or Batman”                              (Tudor Glurgiu)                                                         Romania

“92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card”                    (Todd Sklar)                                                              USA
“Voice Over”                                                                   (Martin Rosete)                                                        Spain

21^st Annual Oktoberfest Celebrates Foliage Season at Whiteface

Bavarian Food, Drink, Live Music and More at Fall Festival

 WILMINGTON, N.Y. – The 21^st annual Whiteface Oktoberfest, in Wilmington, N.Y., is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30.  During the two-day festival, the Olympic mountain dusts off its lederhosen, fires up the oompah band and enjoys a tall mug of German beer.  But it’s more than that… it’s fun for the entire family with activities including original vendors, arts and crafts, children’s amusement rides including the popular hayride and inflatables, Bavarian food, drink and entertainment.

Of course the Whiteface Oktoberfest offers great traditional German music from Die Schlauberger, performing under the entertainment tent outside the base lodge each day and Ed Schenk on the accordion.  The Cloudspin Lounge will also feature music from Schachtelgebirger Musikanten (Scha-Musi) and performing at their forth Oktoberfest will be Spitze and The Alpen Trio.

AsAmerica’s #1 German band die Schlauberger is a powerhouse of musical expertise.  From the moment they step on stage until they have wrung the final note from their last song, die Schlauberger has the audience up and dancing to their powerful renditions of German favorites and other crowd pleasing tunes.

Spitze will also get the audience involved with their amazing alpine show which features cowbells, the alpine xylophone, and the alphorn and of course – yodeling, while the Alpen Trio will greet Cloudsplitter Gondola passengers at the summit of Little Whiteface with the alphorns (weather permitting).

Finally, Whiteface also welcomes back Schachtelgebirger Musikanten for the eighth year to our Oktoberfest. The lively duo will be performing in the Cloudspin Lounge on Saturday and on Sunday.

Other entertainment to be found during the festival include the Alpenland Taenzer, nominated and accepted as members of the “Gauverband Nordamerica,” a nationally and internationally known organization promoting German Heritage throughout the United States and Canada, and “Kindergruppe,” comprised of 8-10 couples ages 3-19. Older members of the Kindergruppe also dance in the adult group.

Guests can also drive the Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway and enjoy spectacular 360-panaromic views of the region, spanning hundreds of square miles of wild land reaching out toVermontandCanadafrom the top of the state’s fifth highest peak.

Oktoberfest will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A complimentary shuttle service will be provided both days. Departure from the Olympic Center Box Office inLake Placidtakes place at        11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.  Departure from Whiteface toLake Placidtakes place at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m. (Sunday only), and 6 p.m. (Saturday only).   FromWilmingtonpick-ups are at noon both days with the return shuttle leaving Whiteface at 5 p.m.

Admission is $15 for adults, $9 for juniors and seniors and gondola rides are $13. For more information about ORDA’s 21^st annual Oktoberfest, log on to http://www.whiteface.com/summer/events/octoberfest.php.  For more information about all of the events being held at ORDA’s Olympic venues, log on to www.whitefacelakeplacid.com.

LIFE FLIGHT’S PUMPKINFEST SATURDAY 9/29 10 am at Adirondack Airport, Lake Clear

A day of family fun is planned for Saturday, September 29 beginning at 10 am at the Adirondack Airport in Lake Clear, NY. North Country Life Flight, the area’s air rescue medical team, will hold it annual PumpkinFest as part of the Adirondack Regional Airport’s open house celebration.

PumpkinFest will feature games,  face painting, hair painting, pumpkin decorating, Hoo Dee Doo the Clown, music by Mr. DJ, hay rides, a hay maze, bake sale, a silent auction,  and the ever popular Cake Walk, featuring cakes from many of the region’s finest chefs and eateries. New this year SMOKEY’s BBQ 911. Visitors can see The New York State Police Life Flight Helicopter, static airplane displays, take part in the Adirondack Regional Airport’s Open House, NYS Seat Belt Convincer. PumpkinFest is an important fund-raiser for North Country Life Flight, this year marking 23 years of helping to save lives in the North Country.

The Adirondack Regional Airport is located off NY Route 186W. From Saranac Lake head west on 86, turn left on route 186W at Donnelly’s Corners for approximately 2 miles. Watch for signs for the Adirondack Airport on your right.

Beginner Pottery Class (age 15 & up) Every Tuesday October 2nd -November 20th 8 weeks: 6pm-8pm Cost: $200.00 includes all material and firing; studio access To register call 518-891-3799 Artist Joanna Merry will guide the beginner potter though the basic maneuvers of creating a piece of pottery on the wheel. Hand Building skills are also introduced as well as glazing and glazing techniques. Through demonstrations and planned projects, the student is able to accomplish goals and gain the necessary confidence needed to finish a pot on your own! This class is designed for the beginner but for those who have some wheel experience this is the perfect refresher course!

– Pottery Class watches as Marylou demo’s her skills

Joanna Merry graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in May 2011 with her BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking. After graduation, she spent the summer traveling in order to partake in various programs and work exchange opportunities at numerous art schools and centers. Among these were Penland School of Crafts, Alfred University and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Joanna has assisted and taught several workshops over the past couple years including the 21^st century program and Monday ceramics classes to children of the Ted Kay Center in Plattsburgh. This past October she joined BluSeed as an artist in residence.

The cost for this 8 week 2hr/evening session is $200.00, which includes all material and firing. The participant also has free studio access throughout the session.

BluSeed Studios is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide space where artists have the opportunity to experiment, diverge, exhibit and perform; to move ideas and aesthetics forward; to share this diversity with the community. For further information please visit: bluseedstudios.org or call 518-891-3799.

Ursula Wyatt Trudeau ?A Little on the Wild Side?

Ursula Wyatt Trudeau will be the featured artist for the month of October at the Adirondack Artists Guild. Her exhibit of acrylic paintings, ?A Little on the Wild Side,? will include landscapes,people, and some creatures.

Montreal born and educated, Ursula Wyatt Trudeau studied art at the Montreal Ecole des Beaux Arts and painting with the late Hans Hoffman, Stanley Cosgrove and Alfred Pellan. She resides and paints in the Adirondacks and the Caribbean. Extensive traveling has offered Ursula a wide variety of freelance commercial art work including visualization, fashion illustration, hand painted billboards, costume and set designing for both theatre and television, window displays, child portraiture, teaching children’s art classes and textile designing.

En Route by Ursula Wyatt Trudeau

The exhibit opens on Friday October 5 with a reception at the gallery from 5-7PM. Everyone is welcome. It runs through October 31.

The Adirondack Artists Guild is a cooperative retail art gallery representing a diverse group of regional artists residing and working in the Tri-Lakes region of the Adirondack Park. The gallery is located at 52 Main St, Saranac Lake,518 891-2615. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 until 5 and 11-3 on Sundays. The gallery is closed on Mondays. The Guild is on the web at www.adirondackartistsguild.com.,and on Facebook at Adirondack Artists Guild.

Ursula Trudeau painting in her studio, photo by Jacqueline Altman

Dwell, a sale and exhibit of sculpture by Leslie Strong Sutter, opens at Creative Spirit Community Art Center on Friday, October 5, 7-9pm. It will remain open to the public all month. Again, the first Friday of October, everyone is invited to enjoy the exhibit and, listen to sounds of, as they say, “what comes to mind when children devour apple pie on a runaway log-raft in mid-July,” by Raquette River Caramelo, with Chris Strebendt, Kira LaRose, Steve Farina, Sal and Oscar Sarmiento.

Join The Bookstore Plus in welcoming author Jeanne Selander Miller to Lake Placid on Saturday, October 6th. Miller will be reading from her memoir, A Breath Away: A story of love, loss and light from noon to 2 PM. Copies of her book will be available to purchase and Miller will be available to answer questions. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus.com or call 518-523-2950.

Please join The Bookstore Plus in welcoming the authors of Adirondack Mysteries and Other Mountain Tales to Lake Placid on Saturday, October 6^th from 3-5 PM. Several of the authors of Adirondack Mysteries and Other Mountain Tales: Volume 2 will be on hand to sign copies of this new volume, including John Briant, Patti Brooks, Cheryl Ann Costa, Jenny Milchman, Paul Nandzik, W. Keith Pomeroy, Woody Sins, Otto Vanschoonhoven & Dennis Webster. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus.com or call 518-523-2950.

Mountain Lakes art show at Lake Placid Library opens 10/11

An exhibition of artworks by students of Mountain Lakes Academy will open with a free reception at the Lake Placid Public Library on Thursday, October 11 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mountain Lakes art instructor Ann Bayruns and her students, aged 12 through 18, are  bringing together projects that include free-form sculptures, drawings, paintings and photography.

Food for the reception will be provided by students in the school’s culinary arts program, which has catered several events from weddings to meetings in the Lake Placid area.

“The students are really excited over this opportunity to show people of the community their art works and let them know the kinds of projects we do at the school,” said Ms. Bayruns.  “We hope that a lot of people take time to drop in.”

All are invited.

The show will remain at the library through November 10.

Paul Smiths Gabriels Volunteer Fire Department is holding an open house on Saturday October 13th from 10am until 4pm at the fire station.

Live Fire Matics Demonstration at noon

Franklin County Emergency Services Fire Prevention Trailer with education for the kids

Food and beverages for a donation

Bring the kids to sit in the trucks and check out the equipment

Interested in Volunteering? the fire service offers many different jobs. See what they have to offer.

Artists Rachel S. Lamb and C. Peter Ordway will exhibit their painted relief wood carvings at the Saranac Lake Free Library from October 15 to November 18, 2012 in a show titled “Carvings, Contemporary and Abstract.”

           Rachel produces dramatically stained and painted carved forms in wood; her stylistic renditions of nature show seasonal flair with images of dreamy, ethereal, and fantasy scenes.  One of her wood carvings was featured on the cover of the Arts Directory for The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks this year.  She displays her works at NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery in Saranac Lake, NY.

           Peter carves scenes of nature in wood, using a realistic style in the folk art tradition. He finishes his works with colorful paint and stains, allowing the carved wood to be the prominent feature of each piece. This is the premier exhibit of his most recent artistic creations.  He will also display some of his photographic art at this show.

           Both artists find satisfaction in the slow carving process.  Working with their hands using steel chisels and knives, applying finishes, turning raw wood into creative artistic reliefs, they allow the world around them to momentarily fade away as they produce one of a kind pieces.

           A “Meet the Artist” opening reception will be held Friday, October 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Cantwell Room in the Saranac Lake Library on Main Street in Saranac Lake. Be sure to take this opportunity to see the most recent additions to the long tradition of Adirondack relief carving.

 Contact – C Peter Ordway 518-523-9561

Saturday, October 20 — The Stray Birds

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Birds of a feather flock together, and that is how The Stray Birds hope to soar.

Having each spent time flying solo in the music world, the members of the Americana roots trio came together through the mutual love of their craft, and a desire to create a unique sound full of three-part harmonies.

“We sort of found each other in the right time and place,” says fiddle player Maya de Vitry.

The Stray Birds will make their way to Frederick on Friday for a show at Café Nola that will feature music off their soon-to-be released debut album.

The trio grew up a few miles apart in Lancaster County, Pa., where de Vitry played in the high school orchestra with bassist Charlie Muench. Flashing forward to 2010, Muench met fiddle player Oliver Craven in a short-lived bluegrass band, and introduced him to de Vitry, who had just returned from France, where she had been making a living as a street performer.

While busking with her violin across the United States, Canada and Europe, de Vitry had begun to write her own songs, but things didn’t fall into place until she met Craven, who encouraged her songwriting.

“We have similar values as far as music goes,” says de Vitry, 21. “We love harmony singing, and that’s one thing I think sets the band apart, is the attention we put on arranging the songs to really fit the songs.”

Both multi-instrumentalists, Craven and de Vitry took the lead on The Stray Birds’ 2010 EP “Borderland,” on which Muench was featured on just three tracks, because he was still working on his music education degree at West Chester University. After graduating, Muench decided to put teaching on hold and play with the group full time.

“I decided I wanted to play music out of college. This was not only an awesome opportunity, but I consider it more of an honor playing with these guys and their awesome original music,” says Muench, 23.

Muench has played upright bass in a variety of different styles, including jazz, big band and Latin music, but found that he really resonated with the sound of The Stray Birds.

“I think it’s the acoustic sound that really draws me in,” he says. “It’s sort of a social gathering. Everyone has their instrument in a circle and there is no electronics, there is just the wood and the strings.”

Muench thinks The Stray Birds’ strength lies in the organic craftsmanship of their songs, starting with the raw material that either de Vitry or Craven brings to the table.

“We hear the song and it’s a one-time thing,” he says. “We just go at it and attack the song and try to come up with interesting bass lines and how the bass fits with whatever those guys are playing. … We just try things and sculpt the arrangement out of the marble, so to say.”

Craven, who grew up playing in a family band with his parents, previously played with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Adrienne Young and Virginia-based American band The Steel Wheels. After years spent touring and recording with other groups, Craven was ready to leave his own mark on the music world and has enjoyed being able to craft The Stray Birds’ sound.

“We like to be able to be as subtle as we can with our sound,” says Craven, 26. “It spans from the subtle and intimate to being something that’s upbeat and makes you want to clap your hands and sing along.”

He believes the band sets itself apart with how well its members communicate with each other both during the creative process and while on stage.

“We don’t want to get too big, we’re not trying to headline Bonnaroo; we want to just keep playing our music for people,” he says. “As long as people are watching and listening … that’s how we like it.”

by Cody Calamaio

Artists Rachel S. Lamb and C. Peter Ordway will exhibit their painted relief wood carvings at the Saranac Lake Free Library from October 15 to November 18, 2012 in a show titled “Carvings, Contemporary and Abstract.”

           Rachel produces dramatically stained and painted carved forms in wood; her stylistic renditions of nature show seasonal flair with images of dreamy, ethereal, and fantasy scenes.  One of her wood carvings was featured on the cover of the Arts Directory for The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks this year.  She displays her works at NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery in Saranac Lake, NY.

           Peter carves scenes of nature in wood, using a realistic style in the folk art tradition. He finishes his works with colorful paint and stains, allowing the carved wood to be the prominent feature of each piece. This is the premier exhibit of his most recent artistic creations.  He will also display some of his photographic art at this show.

           Both artists find satisfaction in the slow carving process.  Working with their hands using steel chisels and knives, applying finishes, turning raw wood into creative artistic reliefs, they allow the world around them to momentarily fade away as they produce one of a kind pieces.

           A “Meet the Artist” opening reception will be held Friday, October 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Cantwell Room in the Saranac Lake Library on Main Street in Saranac Lake. Be sure to take this opportunity to see the most recent additions to the long tradition of Adirondack relief carving.

 Contact – C Peter Ordway 518-523-9561

Students, Faculty and Board members are creating a haunted experience you won’t want to miss..

Roy Brinker, the Best in Show winner of the 2012 juried art show at the Adirondack Artists Guild, will be the featured artist at the November show at the Guild.  His exhibit, “Vessels,” will be on display from Friday, November 2 through Tuesday, November 22.  Each fall the winner of the spring juried show is given the opportunity to present a solo exhibition.  This year Karen Grant, Russ Hartung, and Lynda Naske, the three other award winners in the show, have also been invited to hang two works each.

The Tea Cup

Brinker, a Plattsburgh resident, writes of his work, “I am intrigued by what happens when my eye interprets an object that exists in space, and through the use of my hand attempts to recreate this object on a two dimensional surface. There is so much that can happen during this process, and much of it is frustrating but also pleasing. I think of this as a process of abstraction. When the third dimension that allows something to be built, held, and used is discarded or lost, an abstraction is the result. Two dimensions are not restrictive and so it is possible to distort reality. Artists and art lovers have found beauty in this distortion since this interpretation became possible.

”While sitting in front of an object and drawing or painting it, I naturally focus on trying to create an accurate representation. The camera though, has made accuracy easily obtained, so it can seem trivial to draw from life. For me, though, the value is not in the accuracy but in the small abstractions and bits of myself that distort the work making it unique and giving it value.

”The drawings and paintings that I am presenting in this exhibition represent a recent return to creating images from life after many years of life itself taking priority. I have limited myself to objects that could be defined as vessels. This was a way for me to diminish the anxiety of choosing a subject. It also conveniently gives me a name for the show.”

Roy Brinker’s path to art began when he was a young child, and became more formalized in high school when he attended drawing classes and workshops.  Later, his teachers at the Laguna Beach School of Art pushed his understanding of art into the realm of thought, experience and expression.  He worked in sculpture, as an art handler/installer, and managed a crew to restore the iron artifacts at the Los Angeles Central Library.  His next creative challenge was as a clay modeler in the automotive design industry, translating the drawn concepts of car designers from two or three dimensions to quarter and full scale models.

The Teapot

“Now,” Brinker writes, “I have a daughter who has a creative mind similar to mine.  It has been really fun to sit down with her for fifteen or thirty minute drawing sessions, and see how she develops her skills in order to express herself.  These sessions with my daughter led me very directly into the kind of classes I have been conducting at the North Country Cultural Center for the Arts for the last year and a half.  I have enjoyed making drawing a challenging and nurturing experience for the various students who have come to learn.

”I thank the Artists Guild for affording me this show. I was not ready to consider showing my paintings on such a scale, and preparing for it has been a strong motivation and cause for consideration of my work. It was my desire to fill the alcove with paintings, but the harder I tried to produce quantity the slower my brush moved, and so I have included my drawings as well. More important, I am grateful that Karen Grant, Russ Hartung, and Lynda Naske have agreed to help fill the space with their fine work also.”

The show opens on Friday, November 2 with a reception from 5-7 PM.  It runs through  Thursday, November 27.  Everyone is welcome.

The Adirondack Artists Guild is a cooperative retail art gallery representing a diverse group of regional artists residing and working in the Tri-Lakes region of the Adirondack Park. The gallery is located at 52 Main St, Saranac Lake, 518 891-2615.  Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 until 5 and 11-3 on Sundays.  The gallery is closed on Mondays. The Guild is on the web at www.adirondackartistsguild.com, and on Facebook at Adirondack Artists Guild.