Above: Justin Nikles, "The Incredible Eye."
The November show at The Arts Upstairs gallery in Phoenicia ends this weekend. Here's a portion of Dave Channon's review of the show in his November edition of Art Safari, his monthly column. Channon is an environmental art activist specializing in welded steel sculptures, oil paintings and all manner of digital graphics, video and animation. You can see his work at www.EsopusCreek.com. To see the full safari, click here. -- Julia Reischel
Courage and Energy... can be translated with the equation C = Em squared. With m being what matters. Not matter, exactly, but the matter at hand, which is occupation. We wish our exuberant partners a warm night in their tentless tent city wherever they are. So. Here we are. And we stand in the place where we live. Say what you like, but speak the truth freely and hopefully you won't be pepper sprayed. In solidarity with our siblings in the frays, let's go forth into the next Art Safari at the Arts Upstairs... Remember: Arte Vincit Omnia!
ATTENTION: January 7 to 17 will be the FIRST EVER ULSTER COUNTY WIDE ARTS FESTIVAL. Shandaken is presenting PAN ARTS... Poetry, Art, Music (Goth and otherwise), Studio visits, Dance, Bonfires of the Literary and too many other events to list here. Visit www.ShandakenArt.com for details. Note: "Adopt A Painting" The Arts Upstairs will hold a massive NO-MINIMUM-BID ART AUCTION on January 14 from 6-9PM of all unclaimed art left in the storage room. Please come by and pick up your artwork if you want to keep it!
