THANK YOU TO OUR 2012 ARTS AWARDS SPONSORS!
Platinum Sponsors: Orange and Rockland Utilities
Gold Sponsors: Crystal Run Healthcare
Silver Sponsors: Jacobowitz and Gubits; Stanley Marks and Company; Horizon Family Medical Group; St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital
Bronze Sponsors: Thomas and Marianna Kennedy, Jack Berkowitz, CPA; Mechanical Rubber; Gillin Home Interiors; Key Bank and Real Estate Solutions
Orange County Art Awards Gala, Friday, November 9th at 5:30pm at the Powelton Club in Newburgh It’s that time of year again! Please join us at the exclusive Powelton Club in Newburgh to honor some of the Orange County Art Community’s most talented and influential people. Our honorees this year are: Individual Artists: Ron Gee and Gar Wang; Arts Organization: SUNY Orange Community Orchestra; Arts in Education: Wally McGuire; Champion of the Arts: David Collens; Corporate Champion of the Arts: Greater Newburgh Partnership; Salute to Veterans: Walter Bill; Youth with Exceptional Promise: Toya Dubin (dance and costume design); and Lifetime Achievement: Eddie Dirr (musician). Tickets are $50 for Arts Council members and $55 for non-members and can be reserved and/or purchased by calling the Arts Council offices at 845-469-9168 or email dawn@ocartscouncil.org.
SPARK Winners!
On Wednesday, October 17th, we hosted a SPARK event at Arrow Park in Monroe. Thanks to all of the people who attended, we were able to provide $320 to two Monroe-Woodbury high school students who will use the funds to buy the paints and supplies they need to create a community mural in the Monroe business district. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the students and make this dream a reality!
Membership
If you are not a member already, please consider helping us in our mission and become a member of the Orange County Arts Council. Funds from membership directly support the Council’s programs and services. The Arts Council and its members are committed to supporting arts in education, encouraging the arts as an economic engine in the county, promoting the arts, building new relationships between the arts and other aspects of community life, collaborating with other organizations and uniting our community through the arts. For membership information, please call 845-469-9168 or email info@ocartscouncil.org.
Articles Needed!
The Orange County Arts Council would like to post your article on our website! Articles should be no longer than 500 words and can also include a picture. Send articles to dawn@ocartscouncil.org. Please note: we reserve the right to edit articles, as well as determine if and when any article will be posted. Thanks in advance!
Artist Salons
Thursday, October 25th & Every Last Thursday of the Month
Are you looking for an opportunity to meet other artists? On the last Thursday of every month from 7pm to 9pm, come to the Artist Salons in the Seligmann Gallery at the Arts Council offices in Sugar Loaf. These salons are for all artists and arts appreciators of all types – musicians, theatre people, dancers, visual artists, etc. All are welcome! These salons are pot-luck events, so bring food, bring music, bring talents, questions and ideas! Bring Art! The next Artist Salon will take place on Thursday, October 25th. For more upcoming arts events, click here for the Arts Council Calendar.
Opportunities
Arts Education Grants for 2013 Funding
Arts in Orange is pleased to announce the availability of Arts Education Grants to support arts and cultural projects taking place in 2013 in Orange County schools. These Arts Education Grants (AEG) are a local regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts and administered through Arts in Orange. The deadline for submitting the AEG application is 4pm Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Please call the Arts in Orange office at 845.956.0005 or email Suzanne Schubert at info@artsinorange.org for more info.
Call for Artwork
Orange Regional Medical Center: Deadline November 2
Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is seeking to exhibit original artwork at our hospital located in Middletown, NY (Town of Wallkill). This call is open to all artists working and/or residing in Orange and Sullivan counties, the primary service areas of ORMC. Consistent with our mission, ORMC is seeking artwork of the highest quality that will provide a life-affirming, healing and supportive environment for patients, families, caregivers, students, faculty and staff. The duration of the art exhibits will be approximately six weeks. If you are interested in displaying your artwork in ORMC’s future art exhibitions, please submit the information identified below via email to ORMCart@gmail.com: Please email up to 10 images, in JPEG format, 72 PPI; Title your image files with the name of the piece; In the same email, please include your name, email, phone number, address, the photo file names, dimensions of each piece, price and few sentences about yourself and your work. All submissions and questions should be sent to ORMCart@gmail.com. The artwork will be exhibited outside the Conference Center and Cafeteria on the ground floor of Orange Regional Medical Center.
Scenic Hudson Issues Call for Work for Traveling 50th Anniversary Photographs Exhibition: Deadline Friday, November 16
To help celebrate these successes during its 50th anniversary year in 2013, Scenic Hudson is creating a major, curated exhibition of photographs to tell this inspiring story of the valley’s people and communities. The exhibition will travel to approximately six significant public spaces throughout the Hudson Valley during 2013. Professional and serious amateur photographers are invited to submit photographs that speak to the valley’s magic and complexities as well as the enduring love so many feel for the region. Entries must be received by Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, and should strictly follow guidelines available at: www.scenichudson.org/
Call for Artwork: Deadline December 21
The Visual Symphony: A Musically Inspired Art Exhibition
The Lazarus Gallery, United Hebrew of New Rochelle, 391 Pelham Road, New Rochelle
The Lazarus Gallery at United Hebrew of New Rochelle looks forward to an engaging and dynamic exhibition, which will feature artwork inspired by music. Music fills the soul with creative images that impact us with a wealth of colors and sounds. It stimulates, inspires, and connects us to life, evoking a spectrum of memories. This exhibition will showcase the theme of music, its inspirational impact on people of all ages, and reflect the artist’s interpretation of the partnering of visual and performing arts. The art should represent how music can be reflected and interpreted through the hands of the artist. The theme is the Visual Symphony: A Musically Inspired Art Exhibition. Works can depict sound, dance and/or movement. This call is open to all visual artists working in 2-D and 3-D mediums including, but not limited to painting, mixed media, drawing, jewelry, printmaking, digital media, glass, fiber, textiles, photography, sensory driven, interactive displays and sculpture. Email jpeg submissions and submission form to: uhvisualsymphony@gmail.com
Call for Singers
St. George’s Episcopal Church, 105 Grand St., Newburgh
St. George’s Episcopal Church in Newburgh would welcome some additional singers in their choir. Thursday rehearsal 7:30-8:45, Sunday rehearsal and service 9:00-11:00; traditional Anglican music. All young singers are offered a small stipend; experienced adult singers may also be paid. Please contact Music Director at cmking_92@yahoo.com or 508-559-4868.
For additional Artist Opportunities including Auditions, Call for Entries and Grant Opportunities log onto the Arts Council website atwww.ocartscouncil.org.
Get Involved:
We have volunteer opportunities in the following areas:
o Marketing Committee
o Planning and organizing our Arts and Healthcare Summit at ORMC in April 2013
o Education Committee
o Creative Warriors Committee (working with our servicemen and women)
o Economic Development and the creation of an Orange County Film Office
Contact Dawn at dawn@ocartscouncil.org or 469-9168 if you are interested in getting involved with any of these groups.
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