Contributed by Karlyn Benson / October is the most beautiful time to visit the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and Western Connecticut, and there are dozens of new exhibitions to see this month. Highlights include Susan Wides at Private Public Gallery, Brenda Goodman at Pamela Salisbury, Matthew Lusk at Elijah Wheat Showroom, Kathleen Kucka and Janis Stemmermann at the Re Institute, Danielle Tegeder at Standard Space, and textile artists Courtney Dudley and Ishraq Zraikat at Headstone Gallery. There are a few weeks left to see Painting at Night at Opalka Gallery and the inaugural exhibition at The Campus near Hudson. For a family-friendly Halloween experience, visit the Haunted Mill at Wassaic Project on October 25-27. On October 19 and 20, please join us for the second annual Two Coats of Paint Hudson Valley Gallery Crawl!
TWO COATS OF PAINT
HUDSON VALLEY GALLERY CRAWL
Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20
Participating Galleries: Ann Street Gallery, Bill Arning Exhibitions, BAU Gallery, The Foundation Gallery at Columbia-Greene Community College, D’Arcy Simpson Art Works, Distortion Society, Susan Eley Fine Art, Front Room Gallery, Garrison Art Center, Geary Contemporary, Tanja Grunert, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson Hall,Kunsthalle Beacon (KuBe), LABspace, Perry Lawson Fine Art, Private Public Gallery, The Re Institute, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, SEPTEMBER, Turley Gallery, and The Wassaic Project. Click here for Instagram links.
New York / Hudson Valley
Galleries are listed from north (Albany) to south (Nyack)
Opalka Gallery at the Albany Public Library / Pine Hills Branch, 517 Western Avenue, Albany, NY / In Residence: Albany Barn at APL, Ashley Busby, Paula Drysdale, Frazell, Lexi Hannah, Lori Kochanski, Amanda Moore, James Paulsen, Megan Ruch, Kim Tateo / Jun 7 – Nov 8
Opalka Gallery / 140 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY / Painting at Night: Joey Barrett, Rachelle Beaudoin, Renée Bouchard, Emeline Brulé, Nyasha Chigama, Monique Crabb, Justine Di Fiore, Johanna Evans, Emily Gherard, Raul Gonzalez, Shanti Grumbine, Jodi Hays, Will Hutnick, Nosheen Iqbal, Jo Lobdell, Katrina Majkut, Padma Rajendran, Florencia Rothschild, kaory santillán bueno, Melissa Wang, Xin Xin, and more; curated by Sean Desiree & Alisa Sikelianos-Carter / Sep 3 – Oct 12 / The Voracious Eye: Molly Heron, Ilene Sunshine, Christopher Werner, Allan Wexler, and Nancy Shaver and Wolf; curated by Joan Grubin / Nov 1 – Dec 7
Chatham Soccer / 337 NY-295 Chatham, NY / Photography: Carter Seddon, Bernadette Van Huy, Edward Dean, Marysia Paruzel, Micah Danges, Keanan Fox, and Gianna Surangkanjanajai / Aug 31 – Oct 12
Bill Arning Exhibitons / 17 Broad Street, Kinderhook NY / Other Beings: Hannah Barrett, Richard Butler, James Esber, Cruz Ortiz / Aug 16 – Oct 13
SEPTEMBER / 4 Hudson Street #3, Kinderhook, NY / All At Once: Anne Beresford, Diane Dwyer, Ellen Lesperance, Holly Mills, Natalie Lerner, Sacha Ingber, Sam Vernon / Oct 12 – Dec 22
The School / 25 Broad Street Kinderhook, NY / Nina Chanel Abney, LIE DOGGO / May 18 – Oct 5
Art Omi / 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, NY / SHABOOM: PRESUMED IGNORANT / Oct 5 – Jan 26
Athens Cultural Center / 24 Second Street, Athens, NY / James Holl, Particle Point Collisions / Oct 26 –Nov 10
The Campus / 341 NY-217 Hudson, NY / 2024 Inaugural Exhibition, curated by Timo Kappeller, Jun 29 – Oct 27
© Eamon Ore-Giron, Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York
Carrie Haddad Gallery / 622 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Understories: Anne Francey, Allyson Levy, Eileen Murphy, Rinal Parikh, Ragellah Rourke, and Annika Tucksmith; David Konigsberg / Aug 17 – Oct 6 / Echoes: A Journey Through Collage, Painting, and Sculpture with Frank DePietro, Louise Laplante, Vincent Pomilio, Olan Quattro, Ralph Stout, Joseph Wheaton, and Jenny Nelson / Oct 11 – Dec 1
Columbia-Greene Community College The Foundation Gallery Art Center / 4400 Route 23, Hudson NY / Ellen Letcher + Julie Torres: feeling uncomfy / Sep 19 – Oct 20
D’Arcy Simpson Art Works / 409 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Emily Ritz: Habitual Soothing / Jul 27 – Sep 1 / Mother Should I Run For President, Daniel Robin Clurman / Sep 14 – Oct 13 / A Give and Take: Michael Simpson / Oct 19 – Nov 17
Front Room Gallery / 205 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Zoe Wetherall: Living Lines / Sep 14 – Oct 13 / Sascha Mallon, Flight Lessons / Oct 19 – Nov 24
Hudson Hall / 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Between the Cracks: Reginald Madison, Ntchota Drippy Badila, Marlene Marshall, Rik Letendre, Randall Schmit, Lyle Ashton Harris, Francine Hunter McGivern, Shanekia McIntosh, Sedat Pakay, Kianja Strobert, and Jim Youngerman; curated by Reginald Madison / Sep 28 – Nov 17
Pamela Salisbury Gallery / 362 ½ Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Understory: Snakes, Snails, and the Forest Floor / Aug 31 – Oct 6 / Brenda Goodman: A Long Journey; Katie DeGroot: Merry Company; Rachel Schmidhofer: We’ve Been Waiting for You; Willard Boepple, Margaret Saliske, Don Voisine: Two’d and Three’d / Oct 19 – Nov 23
Philip Douglas Fine Art / 545 Warren St. 2nd Floor, Hudson, NY / Jennifer Wynne Reeves: Have a Plan But Be Willing To Throw It All Away / Oct 12 – Nov 10
Private Public Gallery / 530 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY / Susan Wides: Voice of Silence / Susan Wides: Voice of Silence / Sep 28 – Nov 3
Susan Eley Fine Art / 433 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Ted Dixon: Eighteen / Aug 22 – Oct 13 / Ellen Hermanos: A Retrospective, Flowers Shall Grow / Oct 17 – Dec 22
tANJA gRUNERT Princess Beatrix House / 21 Prospect Avenue, Hudson, NY / Lawre Stone: Siren / Sep 28 – Nov 3
Time & Space Limited / 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY / Karen Schupack, Arlene Santana Thornton, and Olan Quattro / Sep 7 – Oct 6 / Address Earth – Fauna and Flora, curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis / Oct 12 – Nov 10
Turley Gallery / 609 Warren Street, 2nd floor, Hudson, NY / Evan Halter, Specificities; Kristen Mills, Seats for Everyone / Sep 14 – Oct 27
Gallery 495 / 495 Main Street, Catskill, NY / Lull: Victoria Bartlett, Francesca Di-Mattio, Zhivago Duncan, Sylvia Estes, Neal Hollinger, Kieran Kinsella, Alyssa McClenaghan, Tyrone Mitchell, Joan Oliver, Laurie Olinder, Aurora Pellizzi, Brett Miller, Tschabalala Self, Kate Steciw, Katie Stout, Caroline Woolard; curated by Willy Somma / Sep 14 – Oct 26
LABspace / 2642 Route 23, Hillsdale, NY / Susan Carr: rituals / Oct 5 – Nov 24
Alexander Gray Associates / 224 Main Street, Garden Level, Germantown, NY / Alannah Farrell / Sep 21 –Dec 21
Geary / 34 Main Street, Millerton, NY / Potions, Alan Prazniak / Aug 3 – Oct 6 / When the Spirit Moves You, curated by Elijah Wheat Showroom; I have time for death and rebirth, Eve Biddle / Oct 19 – Dec 15
The Re Institute / 1395 Boston Corners Road, Millerton, NY / Continuum: Kathleen Kucka, Janis Stemmermann / Sep 21 – Oct 26
Archive Gallery, on the ‘T’ Space Reserve / 60 Round Lake Road, Rhinebeck, NY / James Casebere, Shou Sugi Ban Sculptures / Jul 20 – Oct 13
Wassaic Project / 37 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic, NY / Haunted Mill / Oct 25, 26, and 27
Jane Street Art Center / 11 Jane St, Saugerties, NY / RA Jenkin: American Hieroglyphs / Sept 21 – Oct 26
The Sketchbook Gallery / 9 Jane St, Saugerties, NY / Group Exhibition, Jane St. Drawing Club / Oct 5 – Oct 26
Kleinert/James Center for the Arts / 36 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY / The Doll Show, curated by Eva Melas, Portia Munson, and Carri Skoczek / Oct 12 – Nov 24
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) / 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY / Purely Aesthetic: Non-functional Ceramics from the Permanent Collection; WAAM Regional: Spirit of Woodstock / Aug 16 – Oct 6 / Shanti Grumbine: more than an object; Water: Source of Life / Oct 25 – Nov 17 / Masters of Divinity: Religious Art from the Permanent Collection / Oct 25 – Dec 31
Headstone / 28 Hurley Ave, Kingston, NY / Courtney Dudley & Ishraq Zraikat / Oct 5 – 27
The Lockwood Gallery / 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY / Cathy Diamond, Denise Sfraga, Laurie Fader: Other Worlds…And How to Get There! / Sep 21 – Oct 20
One Mile Gallery / 475 Abeel Street, Kingston, NY / If I Had a Hammer: Political Protest Posters, Mike King / Sep 21 – ? / Keri Oldham: You Are The Ghost That Haunts Your Home / Opens Oct 26
Army of Frogs Studio / 282 Mohonk Road, High Falls, NY / Unusual Suspects: Amelia Biewald, Canyon Castator, Paul Gagner, Scott Isenbarger, Seren Morey, Lauren Carly Shaw, Kathleen Vance / October 12 –13
Unison Arts / 9 Paradies Ln, New Paltz, NY / Sojourner: Retracing Sojourner Truth’s Steps, Shani Richards / Opens Oct 5
BAU Gallery / 506 Main Street, Beacon, NY / Karen Allen, Rainbows and Dust; Bob Barry, Florescence / Sep 14 – Oct 6 / Event Horizon, Nataliya Hines; Only History Remains, Ilse Schreiber-Noll / Oct 12 – Nov 3
Distortion Society / 155 Main Street, Beacon, NY / Memor: Frances Segismundo / Aug 10 – Oct 5 / Bradley Silver: Pink and Blue / Oct 12 – Dec 7
Hudson Beach Glass Gallery / 162 Main St, Beacon, NY, 2nd floor / Susan Walsh: I Could Save Time / Oct 12 – Nov 3
Ann Street Gallery / 104 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY / Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition 2024: Matthew Gilbert, Nicole Hixon, Zeinab Manesh / Sep 28 – Nov 24
Elijah Wheat Showroom / 195 Front St, Newburgh, NY / Matthew Lusk: Encyclopedia of Light (Today in Two Parts) / Sep 28 – Dec 1
Buster Levi Gallery / 121 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY / Rick Brazill: Abstractions / Oct 4 – 27
Garrison Art Center / 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY / Susan Magnus, I M A G E A F T E R / Sep 21 – Oct 27
Garner Arts Center / 55 West Railroad Avenue, Garnerville, NY / Clare Kambhu: 8:20 – 3:40; Pat Hickman: Track Spikes, curated by Joe Fusaro / Sep 7 – Oct 27
Kino Saito / 115 7th Street, Verplanck, NY / Kikuo Saito: Summer Song / Chie Fueki: Petal Storm Memory, Curated by David A. Ross / NON Objectified, curated by Kathy Battista / May 11 – Dec 15
Perry Lawson Fine Art / 90 North Broadway, Nyack, NY / What the Imagination Seizes: Aubrey Saget, Niva Shrestha, Debbie Taylor-Kerman, Jay Wu / Oct 4 – Nov 17
New York / Catskills
1053 Gallery / 1053 Main Street, Fleischmanns, NY / Magicians, Musicians & Mystics, curated by Javier Magri and Carol McCranie / Oct 5 – Nov 17
Al Held Foundation (collaboration with River Valley Arts Collective) / Boiceville, NY / On the Grounds 2024: Natalia Arbelaez, Nicole Cherubini, Re Jin Lee, and Katy Schimert / May 11 – Oct 13 / Michelle Segre: Der Wolley Eulb 07 / Jul 19 – Oct 13 / By appointment only
ArtUp / 746 Main St., Margaretville, NY / ReUse/ReShape: Beth Caspar and Liliana Zavaleta / October 4 – 28
ASSEMBLY / 397 Broadway, Monticello, NY / Johnny Abrahams and Alma Allen; Davide Balliano and Alma Allen; Bernar Venet; Bosco Sodi: Studio Remix / Apr 13 – Nov 30
Catskill Art Space (CAS) / 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY / James Esber, Jane Fine, Tracey Goodman, and Jim Lee / Aug 31 – Oct 26
Hawk + Hive / 61 Main Street, Andes, NY / Christopher Burk: There’s a Light Somewhere; Melissa Murray: Acquainted with the Night / Sep 7 – Oct 6 / Ann Lee Fuller: Inward Eye / Oct 12 – Nov 17
Roxbury Arts Center / 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury, NY / Plant Matter: Richard Barlow, Marieken Cochius, Margot Elizabeth Glass, Elaine Grandy, John Hudak, Megan Irving, Emily Johnston, Alethea Maguire, Amy Masters, Lukas Milanak, Carol Rudowsky, Jackie Skrzynski, GG Stankiewicz, Linda Stillman, Holly Sumner, Kamilla Talbot, June Tyler, Gerda Van Leeuwen, Susan Weisend, and Amy Wilson. / Aug 17 – Oct 19
Connecticut & Massachusetts / Housatonic Valley
Bernay Fine Art/ 296 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA / Stop Making Sense: Noah Post, Deborah Zlotsky, Will Hutnick and Kit Warren; Stoneware by Katia Santibanez / Aug 17 – Sep 15 / Lines and Colors: John Franklin, Jenny Kemp, Ellie Kreischer, and Diane Ayott / Sep 21 – Oct 20
Furnace – Art on Paper Archive / 107 Main Street, Falls Village, CT / Under the Sun, Selections from the Flat File: Leora Armstrong, Yvonne Estrada, Zachary Keeting, Stephen Maine, Bill Schuck, Kim Uchiyama, Rebecca B. Ward / Aug 31 – Oct 5 / Materiality and The Print: Dan Devine, Christy Gast, Beka Goedde, Alice Hope, Henry Klimowitz, Christina Tenaglia, Janis Stemmermann; Curated by Janis Stemmermann / Oct 12 – Nov 16
Standard Space / 147 Main Street, Sharon, CT / This World: John Frederick Walker and Jeff Joyce / Aug 30 – Oct 6 / SIGNALS: Danielle Tegeder / Oct 26 – Nov 24
Craven Contemporary / 4 Fulling Lane, Kent, CT / Alex Katz, A bit of everything / through Oct 5
Kenise Barnes Fine Art / 7 Fulling Lane, Kent, CT / Slipping Glimpser: Susan English, Julie Gross, Audrey Stone / Aug 31 – Oct 13
About the author: Karlyn Benson is an independent curator based in Beacon, NY. She recently curated the exhibitions Second Nature at N/A Project Space in New Paltz, NY and Talking Threads at Susan Eley Fine Art in Hudson, NY. From 2022 to 2023 she was the Interim Curator and Exhibitions Manager at The Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz. Previously she was the gallery director at Fridman Gallery’s Beacon location and Exhibitions Director at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock. Benson was the owner/director of Matteawan Gallery in Beacon where she curated more than fifty exhibitions from 2013 to 2018.
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