Saratoga Arts’ Tempered by Memory Sculpture
The 9/11 Memorial Stirs up Controversy, and Finds a Home
On August 16, 2011 as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 was fast approaching, the Saratoga Springs City Council met to decide the fate of Saratoga Arts’ 9/11 Memorial Project, “Tempered by Memory.” Initially the sculpture was to be unveiled in [...]
Beekman Street: Saratoga’s Thriving Arts District
History of Beekman Street: An Artistic and Cultural Renaissance in the Heart of Saratoga Springs
Not too long ago, Beekman Street had fallen victim to widespread dilapidation and underuse.
Posted at the beginning of Beekman’s three block stretch is a historical marker, nicknaming it the “Dublin neighborhood” – a name which [...]
Back to School Scrapbooking
Crafty Ways to Preserve Your Memories
September means back to school–a time to capture your child at the start of their school year. How about creating a back to school layout for prosperity? It’s really very easy.
If you have a lot of photos, and don’t know what to use, narrow it down to [...]
Interview with Elaina Richardson and Lesley Leduc of Yaddo
Since its inception at the turn of the century, the artist’s community Yaddo has hosted generations of America’s greatest writers, composers and artists of all forms. The names of these artists and the number of accolades they have received only further materialize Katrina [...]
George Rickey’s The Art of a Kinetic Sculptor, Albany
A new walking tour in downtown Albany brings world renowned art to the sidewalk. The 2011 Sculpture in the Streets exhibition sponsored by the Albany Downtown Business Improvement District features the art of late American kinetic sculptor George Rickey. Only the third of its kind, the exhibition showcases [...]
Herb Rogoff Interview, Exhibiting at BJS Artworks Gallery in Glens Falls July 16-August 27, 2011
By Monica Sirignano and Dave Bower
If ever there was a renaissance man of art, no doubt it would be Herb Rogoff. Rogoff’s illustrious career has spanned the worlds of illustration, music, comics, painting, film and yes, even baseball. Though he spent [...]
Meanwhile, Wendy MacNaughton
Wendy MacNaughton is an artist any bookworm and library lover can get behind. Hers pieces portray their subjects—people, places, and things. but it is her recent project celebrating the current life of the San Francisco Public Library and its inhabitants that bring it all home.
Meanwhile is the brilliant illustrated documentary series in [...]
Bookcase and Bookshelf Design and Art
For my eighteenth birthday, my parents gave me my own bookcase, and it was easily one to the greatest gifts I’ve ever received. I mean, as a little girl, I defined “love” as the moment in Disney’s Beauty & the Beast when the Beast gives Belle his library. Every book [...]
David Smith: Artist, Sculptor & Bolton Landing Resident
When you think of famous artists and their workplaces you may think of large paint-stained flats in Paris or windowed warehouse floors in New York City. What about a woodsy farm in upstate New York? Well that’s exactly where American sculptor and painter David Smith spent much of [...]
Record Albums as Book Covers & Other Artistic Literary Ventures
People like remixes. There is a very particular exhilaration that comes over you when that-song-that-you-don’t-really-like-but-the-stations-all-play-so-now-you’re-just-used-to-the-damn-thing starts to slow down and an echo-y voice shouts out, “Reeeeeeeemix!”
It’s fun to have something you’ve grown used to altered a bit, taken ever so slightly out of its monotony. When [...]
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