Newburgh Arts Scene

Local Liberty Street business, Global Recycling, is sponsoring a recycled metal sculpture competition. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize and have their constructed sculpture displayed at the “Reclamation” gallery showing in the City of Newburgh in January 2015! Details below:

Global Recycling Inc. is sponsoring a recycled metal sculpture competition. Upon submission review, the chosen artists will construct models of their designs to be displayed at our “REClAMATION” gallery showing in the City of Newburgh during January 2015. Global Recycling Inc. will fabricate the winning artist’s model into a life size sculpture using a variety of ferrous scrap metal. There will also be a $500 cash prize for the winning model. The fabricated sculpture will be positioned outside for public display. Models will be judged by industry professionals based on design, feasibility of fabrication and originality. This contest does not include casting or forge techniques.

DESIGN SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 13, 2014

Please include a brief biography, description of design and contact information. Submission may be sent via email as PDF or JPG or 8 x 10 copy via regular mail to: globalrecycling@hvc.rr.com

Global Recycling Inc
107 Liberty Street
Newburgh, NY 12550

Contact us with any additional questions – 914-213-9290

For technical art fabrication questions please call 917-573-1737

The first of the Film Façade Series will be taking place this Saturday, October 25th in Newburgh. Film Facades is a series of large scale video mapping performances that illuminate architecturally significant sites in the City of Newburgh, New York. In conjunction with the Newburgh Community Land Bank, Film Facades pairs the work of artists, film makers, & musicians with Newuburgh’s rich architectural heritage. Their aim is to breathe life back into the empty facades through the lens of contemporary art & film.

There will be a shuttle that runs back and forth to Beacon, as well as a taco truck and music. For  more details see their website.

Thanks to the forum, I found out about this new movie being filmed in the City of Newburgh called 11:55 Holyoke. Check them out here on Liberty Street! Here is the film description from the FB fanpage.

Returning home from the war in Afghanistan, Nelson is caught between his past and his hopes for a better future.

A PRESENT DAY WESTERN

The old Hollywood westerns told brash and brutal tales of surviving the frontier: morality plays of an early United States. Today, countless old mill towns and boarded up factory cities provide a new frontier in our American narrative. Byproducts of an empire in decline and often forgotten, these cinematic landscapes are rich with culture and history. A modern take on a classic tradition, 11:55 Holyoke takes us to an often-overlooked side of America.

You can also keep up with them on Instagram. They have been posting photos of their film sets all around the city. Very exciting!

Because of the rain TODAY’S EVENT IS POSTPONED until Saturday October 25th, 2:00PM. 29 Lander Street. Newburgh, NY 12550

Groundworks Newburgh is working on a new art project in collaboration with the Newburgh Land Bank and Space Create called Windows on Lander Street.

“On October 21st at 2:00 PM the public is invited to a witness the transformation of one of Newburgh’s most desolate blocks, as it becomes an art gallery for local artists. Five artists were selected to dream up images for five Land Bank owned properties on Lander Street. The artists – Will Teran, Isaac Diggs, Stephanie Eichelberger, Amanda Light and Corey Pane – have been busy placing their art on window boards for the last 7 weeks. They were given the blank wooden boards the city requires on abandoned buildings – 50 in total – to cover with their original work. The boards will rotate onto other abandoned properties as those buildings are fixed and placed back on the tax roll.”

Artist picking up her windows. Photo by Groundworks Newburgh.

What a great weekend in was for Newburgh Open Studios 2014. The weather was amazing and it was wonderful to see the influx of visitors walking around the city discovering and site seeing. The first open studios started with only 12 artists. This year over 50 participated and new exhibition spaces were added. Columbia University students were also around doing research for their studio project. Everyone was talking about Newburgh and it’s potential and what they see for the future. Michael Gabor and Gerardo Castro did a brilliant job organizing Newburgh Open Studios for 2014. We all can’t wait to see what they come up with for next year! Here are a few of the spaces I was able to visit. Ann Stratton’s work is pictured above.

Artist, Kate Ferriter holding her painting she sold Saturday at her exhibition space in Atlas Industries.

Bruno Gordon Krauchthaler and Erica Hauser in Bruno’s new studio in Atlas Industries.

Artists on display at Space Create. We got to see a glimpse of a new project happening on Lander Street for vacant buildings for Groundworks Newburgh.

These paintings will eventually be installed on vacant buildings on Lander.

Ten artists exhibiting at the Teran Studio on Broadway.

The Broadway-Liberty Street lot had a dream wall in place by life coach, Ozioma. This little girl’s dream was to be a singer. Ozioma told her that she could live out her dream right there and sing for all of us. She was so shy she had to turn around and face the wall to sing. But once she started, she was amazing!

Richard Harper explaining his painting in his art studio on Dubois Street. He has the most amazing carriage house studio. More on that to come. To see more photos taken by other people on social media check out Instagram and Facebook.