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Garrison Art Center Announces "Current: a Sculpture Tour" a Self-Guided Outdoor Summer Exhibit
Garrison Art Center will present "CURRENT: A Sculpture Tour" beginning May 28 and ending August 12, 2007. This free large-scale sculpture exhibition will be set among four magnificent sites in Garrison: on the riverfront grounds of Boscobel, through the woodland paths of Manitoga, along the riverbanks of Garrison's Landing and in the meadows of the Desmond-Fish Library. This evocative presentation will feature fourteen sculptors, representing diverse viewpoints and using the dramatic Hudson River and Highlands as a backdrop.
On Sunday, May 27, prior to the public opening, GAC will host a special preview tour of CURRENT followed by a party honoring the artists and in support of the GAC Scholarship Fund. The self-guided tour begins at 3pm at GAC on Garrison's Landing. At 5pm, guests can return to Garrison's Landing for the festivities, where they will meet the artists, enjoy cocktails, food catered by Croton restaurant, Memphis Mae's BBQ Bistro, coffee and dessert. Music will be provided by the NYC jazz band "Creole Cooking". The cost of this scholarship fundraiser is $125 per person, $200 per couple. The "Preview and Party" is a rain or shine event and reservations are requested by May 15th. Please call GAC, 424-3960, for reservations.
After May 28th and until August 12th, the sculpture exhibits will be open to the general public and guests are encouraged to linger among these historic landscapes where art and nature unite. The four CURRENT landmark exhibition sites are all located within five miles of each other in Garrison, and are accessible by car:
-Boscobel, a House Museum of the Federal Period, set among landscaped gardens on the bluffs of the Hudson River affording breathtaking views of Constitution Island and the Hudson River and home to the popular Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.
-Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center, former Home, Studio and 75-acre Woodland Garden of industrial modernist designer Russel Wright. This National Historic Landmark includes four miles of hiking trails with links to the Appalachian Trail.
-The Desmond-Fish Library, an award-winning community library founded by former congressman, Hamilton Fish and his wife Alice Desmond, is located with a beautiful meadow surrounded by Hudson Highland vistas.
-Garrison's Landing, on the banks of the Hudson River with dramatic views of West Point and Storm King Mountain and home to Garrison Art Center.
Twelve years ago Garrison Art Center launched its scholarship fundraiser to benefit young artists in need. Over the years various GAC board members and patrons have opened their beautiful Hudson Valley homes for this entertaining afternoon of live jazz music and gourmet cuisine. For the past five years Lisa and Lloyd Zeiderman have generously hosted this event in their lovely Garrison home, allowing guests to stroll among their extensive outdoor sculpture garden and enjoy their equally impressive indoor art collection.
In keeping with Garrison Art Center's continuing effort at community outreach and a vision toward making this wonderful event more public, Garrison Art Center has planned this first community-wide sculpture tour CURRENT as a natural segue from the Zeiderman's sculpture gardens.
The Scholarship Fund annually awards over $8,000 to young artists for the summer programs and any deserving artists throughout the year for classes and workshops. Selection of recipients is need-based. GAC is very proud to be able to offer this opportunity to both art students and also emerging and established artists. For information on the application process, contact GAC.
To attend CURRENT: A Sculpture Tour, the Preview and Party, please contact www.garrisonartcenter.org or call 424-3960 for additional information, hours and parking. CURRENT opens to the public on May 28 and closes August 12, 2007. Tour maps will be available at all sites throughout the exhibition. House tours at Boscobel
845.265.3638) and Manitoga
845.424.3812) are not a part of this package, but can easily be arranged by contacting those organizations directly.
Underwriters for this event are Lisa and Lloyd Zeiderman, Shipman Associates, Inc, Center for Dental Excellence, Memphis Mae's BBQ Bistro, and Patricia and Eric Hine. The media sponsor is Chronogram and individual sculpture sponsors include Francis M. Naumann Fine Art Gallery, Gerelli Insurance, C. & E. Paint Supply, Inc., Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Cali & Roger Gorevic, Christine Martin, M. Studio Gallery, and Virginia and Peter Sirusas.
Garrison Art Center is a not for profit cultural and educational center which has been celebrating art for 41 years. GAC receives public funds from New York State Council on the Arts.
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