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Catskill, New York is a historical town about 30 miles south of Albany on the NYS Thruway. Established in 1806, Catskill features natural, historical and cultural attractions including the Hudson River, Catskill Creek, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, the renowned Hudson River School of Painting, art galleries, Catskill Mountains trails and main street shops and restaurants.

Catskill's Official Newspaper

Mountain T-Shirts

Kids Plus

First Niagara Mortgage

Dimensions North

Catskill Florist

Village of Catskill
Budget Appropriations Meeting
Catskill High School Auditorium

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PETITE PRODUCTIONS
Arts and Dance Academy
Summer Events

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A graduate of Syracuse University, David applied art and design in his construction business, and in bonsai tree or forest design, one of his favorite hobbies. As an avid Apple Macintosh computer user since 1990, he quickly embraced the digital camera revolution and darkroom and is currently using the 21 megapixel, full frame Canon 5DMk2. David offers his work in various offices, stores, and galleries in the Hudson Valley, with many photos in the Catskill Mountain Guide Magazine.

David specializes in “At Home - One on One” Photoshop tutoring for beginners on all platforms, Macintosh OSX instruction and photography workflow, from camera settings through editing, printing, and backup. He resides in his converted barn in Woodstock, NY.

The Greene County Camera Club, established in 1995, has a tradition of teaching and sharing photographic skills with the community. Its’ members embrace all approaches from classic to cutting edge technology. Not restricted to Greene County residents, the club furthers the interest, education and social benefits of photography offering three meetings every month. For more information, contact Eileen Camuto at (518) 678-9044 or morninglight1@verizon.net and Nora Adelman (518) 945-2866 or brphoto@mhcable.com.

The Greene County Camera Club website, www.gccameraclub.com, offers details about the meetings, photography information and works by Club members. The Athens Cultural Center is located at 24 Second Street just off Route 385. The entrance to the Athens Municipal Parking Lot is on Franklin Street. Information about exhibits, classes, performances and events of the Athens Cultural Center can be found at www.athensculturalcenter.org.

Hooked On Desserts
http://www.hookedondesserts.com

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Congratulations and Thank You to the Village of Catskill Voters

Re-Elected
to the Village of Catskill Board of Trustees !!
Jim Chewens - Trustee
Patrick McCulloch - Trustee

Elected
Maria LaRosa - Judge

The Bank of Greene County:
Lead Sponsor of the
Beaux Arts Ball

The Bank of Greene County becomes a lead sponsor of the GCCA’s 24th Annual Beaux Arts Ball. Don Gibson, President & CEO of The Bank of Greene County waves the bank’s check tantalizingly out of GCCA Executive Director Kay Stamer’s reach. After a bit of fun, the check was “properly” presented.

The Bank of Greene County continues its support to the arts by becoming a lead sponsor of the 24th Annual Beaux Arts Ball with a contribution of $5,000 at Picasso’s Platinum Club level. Benefactor support for this major fundraiser for the Arts Council is vitally important, and the bank’s commitment to the arts throughout the years is exemplary.

This festive masked ball and creative black-tie dinner dance will be held on March 31 in the spacious and beautiful Copper Tree Restaurant at Hunter Mountain. Proceeds from the Beaux Arts Ball benefit the work of the Arts Council, lending support to all the programs it provides to Greene County residents and visitors. GCCA’s programs include “Arts Alive,” a bi-monthly publication of the arts in both Greene & Columbia counties, grants to artists and arts organizations; “Sprouts” summer arts workshop for young children; grants to schools for artist residencies; exhibition and sales opportunities in two year-round galleries with gift shop boutique and collaborative community revitalization programs, such as the New Masters on Main Street program which debuted last year.

GCCA’s Executive Director, Kay Stamer, notes “The Bank of Greene County has been wonderfully supportive of the work the GCCA performs as it seeks to promote artistic endeavors and to provide a rich cultural environment for this Hudson Valley community, and we are deeply grateful.”

For more information about the Beaux Arts Ball and the GCCA,
please visit www.greenearts.org or call 518-943-3400.

Purcell Palmer to Receive Distinguished Service Award at the GCCA’s Beaux Arts Ball on March 31

“The greatest gift of all is the giving of oneself - through steadfast commitment and unselfish contributions to the quality of cultural life in Greene County.”

So reads the Greene County Council on the Arts’ Distinguished Service Award. One of the highlights of the Beaux Arts Ball is the presentation of our Distinguished Service Award, underwritten by First Niagara Bank. Since 1989, this award has been presented to artists, individuals and organizations whose outstanding contributions have significantly benefited the health of the Arts Council as well as the cultural life of Greene County.

The GCCA has been fortunate to have many gifted supporters over the years.

GCCA is proud to announce Purcell Palmer as the 2012 Distinguished Service Award honoree. Please join the GCCA on March 31 and help us honor Purcell.

Deadline for reservations is Saturday, March 24, so call or email the GCCA right away at 518-943-3400 or gcca@greenearts.org. For more details about the Ball please visit the GCCA website at www.greenearts.org.

Founding sponsor of the Catskill Arts Initiative, Purcell is co-founder with her husband, James, of Catwalk Art Residency, established in 2003 when they moved to Catskill after 30 years in Chicago. Since its inception there have been over 200 artists in residence coming from all over the world through a roster of participating schools, which now includes The School of the Art Institute, Vassar, Columbia University and NYU. After many years in finance as a senior partner in several financial partnerships, Purcell retired to pursue her interests in the arts, which had long been her passion and avocation. The Palmers were drawn to the Hudson River Valley and Catskill by the magnificent landscape, the rich art legacy of the region and the living museum that the area represents.

The current vision for the Catskill Arts Initiative’s Masters on Main program and the High Peaks Music Festival have evolved from the vast resources available in this extraordinary laboratory of opportunities in the arts. From 1995 to 2005, Purcell served as a member and then Chairman of the Friends of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar. She is a current Board Member of Close Encounters with Music, past member of the Board of Directors at Thomas Cole Historic Site, current Viewshed Committee member at Olana, on advisory boards at the Art Institute of Chicago in the past, and for many years docent at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. She attended Vassar College, Art Students League, Columbia University and is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. She currently is attending the Institute of Fine Arts in New York and is very proud to be living in Catskill, a past and future center of the arts in the Hudson Valley.

Flea Market
Catskill High School

Saturday, April 21st 10 am - 3 pm
$2 for adults, $1 for seniors & students Free to age 12 and under

Interested in being a vendor:
Contact Cyndi at 943-2300

Walk to End Alzheimer's
Columbia Greene Community College

October 27, 2012 12:00 PM

Registration For information, contact
Kelly Morris at 518-867-4999 x305 or kelly.morris@alz.org

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Held annually, this inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to reclaim the future for millions. Together, we can end Alzheimer’s disease, the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death.

Best, Carol Bishop-Panepinto
Development Administrative Assistant Alzheimer's Association of Northeastern NY
4 Pine West Plaza, Suite 405 Albany, NY 12205
518.867.4999 ext 200
www.alz.org/northeasternny

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The Catskill Public Library will have a
“Frog & Toad Monitoring Presentation”
on Wednesday, Feb 22nd at 6pm. Attendees will learn about the declining frog and toad population and learn how they can volunteer to monitor amphibian populations so that steps may be taken to protect them.

The Palenville Library will show the movie
“The Ides of March”
on Friday, Feb 24th at 6pm. Free snacks and drinks will be served.

Free Computer Tutoring
Every Monday @ 11:30am in Catskill,
Tuesday @ 4:30pm in Palenville and
Wednesday @ 6:30pm in Catskill.

Art Club meets every Monday at 4pm in Catskill

Tiny Tots Story Time (Ages: 1-5) every Tuesday at 10:30am in Palenville

Drawing Club every Tuesday @ 4pm in Catskill

Story Time every Wednesday @ 4pm in Catskill

Toddler Time every Thursday @ 11am in Catskill

Arts & Crafts Club every Saturday @ 11:30am in Palenville

Photo contributed by Patrick McCulloch

Mondays Jan. 16, 2012: 6 p.m.
through
March 26, 2012: 7 p.m. at
Catskill Community Center,
344 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414
518-719-8244

WGXC 90.7-FM's radio studio at the Catskill Community Center will be open Monday nights from 6-7 p.m. starting January 16 for area young people to create recorded content to be aired on WGXC’s Thursdays Youth Show that airs at 3:30 p.m.

There will be volunteers on hand to demonstrate equipment and get kids started producing their own radio pieces. Come with an idea for a radio show, news commentary, rant, song, poem or story you’d like to put on the air.

For more information contact Matt Bua at 917-291-7404.

WGXC also broadcasts the "WGXC Afternoon Show" Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. from the Catskill Community Center, and local residents are urged to stop by if they have news to share with their community.

The "Eyes of the Storm" Art Exhibit Ribbon Cutting at CES
Students, who are excellent young artists, from Gilboa-Conesville traveled to Catskill Elementary School to be part of an art exhibit ribbon cutting. These kids were joined by Village and School officials. The ribbon cutting was followed up by heartfelt presentations by the students. Special thanks to Barb Erceg for making this event happen.

Announcing the
2012 Sunday Salons

Join us on Sunday afternoons for inspriration, learning, refreshments and conversation once per month at the home of Thomas Cole, where the Hudson River School began. Tickets are $8 per person, or $6 for members, and admission to these popular lectures is first-come-first-served.

January 15
Christine I. Oaklander
The Hunt for Thomas Cole's Lost, Last, Unfinished Series: The Cross and the World In the late 1980s, a legendary New York art dealer acquired an oil study for one of five large paintings in Cole's monumental unfinished series, The Cross and the World, which he sold to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Learning that the series – still in Cole’s New Studio at the time of his death – had vanished from sight in the 1870s, the dealer sent his executive assistant, Christine I. Oaklander, out to hunt them down. Dr. Oaklander, now a private art consultant and arts coordinator for Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania, will discuss the history and iconography of Cole's last, lost series and give us a "behind the scenes" glimpse of her quest.

February 12
Kevin Sharp
Thomas Cole in Love Join Kevin Sharp, the Linda W. and S. Herbert Rhea Director, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, as he explores Cole's use of Romantic imagery from English poets such as Byron and Coleridge to create dramatic works that stood in stark contrast to the gentle landscape images that had come before.

March 11
Katherine Bourguignon
Thomas Cole Exhibition at the Louvre Thomas Cole has his own exhibition at the Louvre! Join us as Dr. Bourguignon, associate curator from the Terra Foundation for American Art Europe, travels all the way from Paris, France, to speak about this remarkable new exhibition.

April 15
Julie Levin Caro
Thomas Cole’s New Studio Julie Levin Caro, professor at Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina, offers a new perspective on Thomas Cole's artistic identity by describing his design and siting of a rustic Italianate cottage studio as a means of enacting and immortalizing his identity as an artist-gentleman, a political conservative and an American.

Click Here for the Cole Web Site Events

This January marks the first anniversary of Catskill's Masters on Main Street project, an experiment transforming the town's empty storefronts through exhibitions of new art from top studio art programs throughout the country.

Over 25 major institutions have participated in showing the work of over 100 artists from all over the world. The work has included video and film, sculpture, installations, painting, performance and music shown individually as well as collaboratively in group shows. It is an exciting and rewarding initiative with seemingly unlimited prospects.

Thanks to the tremendous and tireless talent of Project Director, Fawn Potash as well as the generosity of the building owners, municipal leaders, deeply committed artists and a small group of committed patrons the program has flourished. Next year promises to be another very exciting line-up. We have exhibition commitments for Round 4 (March,April, May, collaborating with Occupy Wall Street's Art and Culture Committee) and Round 5 (June, July, August, the best work from New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship winners).

It's time now to put the Masters on Main Street program on more stable financial footing so we can assure our future commitments.

With great thanks to our much treasured Catskill Community Theatre, we are now preparing for the second annual Catskill Film and Video Festival on Sunday, January 29th (link).

To broaden our fundraising base, we are planning a cocktail party for benefactors at $100 per person on the eve of the festival, Saturday, January 28th.

Your help in spreading the word would be invaluable. Please forward this note or drop us a line with contact information we can add to the invitation list. It would help us tremendously in raising awareness of the rich opportunity this program provides both for artists and for Catskill.

Our best wishes in the new year,
The Catskill Arts Initiative
GCCA@GreeneArts.org
518-943-3400

Click here for more info - http://www.greenearts.org/

 

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Thru January 7th - Exhibit:
SALON 2012: Annual non juried exhibition of members small works at GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St., Catskill. Also featuring, the ARTFUL HAND HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE in the second floor gallery - handmade toys, ceramics, wearables, jewelry and glass as well as books and CDs by local authors and musicians. The GCCA Gallery is open Monday thru Sat. 10AM to 5PM. More info: 943-3400; gcca@greenearts.org or www.greenearts.org.

January 21 thru February 25 Exhibit:
AFRICAN AMERICAN STORIES, curated by Euphema Robinson,. Contemporary African American artists working in painting, sculpture, photography and multimedia forms. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY. Gallery hours: Mon. - Sat., 10AM to 5PM. Info: 518-943-3400 www.greenearts.org Opening reception: Jan. 21, 5-7PM.

January 21 thru February 25 Exhibit:
UNCLE REMUS REDUX: Contemporary Visions of How Time Goes by Turns, curated Randall Horton and Sam Truitt. Projects from artists and artist/writer collaborative teams responding to Uncle Remus' Br'er Rabbit stories, a collection of African American oral folktales first published in 1881. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY. Gallery hours: Mon. - Sat., 10AM to 5PM. Info: 518-943-3400 www.greenearts.org. Opening reception: Jan. 21, 5-7 PM. Annual meeting preceeds reception at 4PM.

January 28 Fundraiser:
MASTERS ON MAIN STREET FIRST ANNIVERSARY COCKTAIL PARTY, 5-7 PM. Cocktails & appetizers at the First Niagara Bank lobby, 341 Main St., Catskill. $100 donation. RSVP to fawn@greenearts.org, 518/943-3400. January 29 Event: MASTERS ON MAIN STREET 2ND ANNUAL CATSKILL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL, Community Theater, 373 Main Street, Catskill NY, 10AM - 6PM.

Free presentation of features, shorts & animated masterpieces made mostly by MFA students and recent graduates of top film/video programs around the country.

Info: Greene County Council on the Arts, (518) 943-3400; fawn@greenearts.org

www.greenearts.org.

Wine reception follows at GCCA Gallery, 398 Main St., Catskill.

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site
preserves and interprets the home and studios of Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School of painting, the nation's first art movement. Cole's profound influence on America's cultural landscape inspires us to engage broad audiences through educational programs that are relevant today. The Thomas Cole Historic House is an independent non-profit organization and an affiliate of the National Park Service.
www.thomascole.org

Santa’s Helpers Success !!

In a season filled with hope and joy it is comforting to know that the holiday spirit lives on in the community of Catskill

Catskill High School students participated in their annual Santa’s Helpers fundraising campaign in early December and ended up collecting $8,500 to assist in the feeding of needy families within the Catskill Central School District. This enormous outpouring of donations and time was made possible by so many.

We would like to thank all the local businesses that allowed students to collect in front of their doors including: Stewarts, Extra Mart by the NYS Thruway, Village Pizza, La Conca D’Oro, Tatiana’s, Getty by the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Dunkin’ Donuts, Jerry’s Deli, Koch’s, Ambrosia Diner, Bank of Greene County, McDonald’s, Walmart, Subway, Tori Gs, and Pomodoros. A very special thanks to Slater’s Great American of Cairo, who donated the truck to deliver the food to Catskill High School and gave a 20% discount, amounting to over $2,000 on all the food purchased. We would also like to thank the Catskill Lioness Club for their generous donations to the cause.

With the $8,500 raised we were able to feed 60 needy families in Catskill with enough food for over a week. This program has been a long standing tradition at Catskill High School, dating back over 60 years. We hope that the program continues to be a success, especially in years like 2011, when so many have been hit so hard by the tough economic times.

T & M's
Tasty Temptations Bakery
400 Main Street
518-943-5488

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Hotel-Water Park Project
in New Baltimore

A Special Message from our Friends at
CATWALK
Send to us on 12/15

Greetings Catwalk Friends and Artists,
SEASONAL WISHES
As the cold days of Winter approach and Catwalk starts to nestle into the coziness of the Holiday season, we think of you: all our friends and talented artists who have been such a great part of the Catwalk Art Residency Program. As the 2011 season comes to an end we reflect back so fondly on all the amazing talent that came to Catwalk this year, some familiar faces and some new ones.
This year despite serious weather with Hurricane Irene, artists went on visits to Saugerties Lighthouse, Olana, Hudson, and participated in summer festivals and concerts. Sharing the program were three Institutions this year: In total we had two artists from Columbia, eight from Vassar & twelve from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Many Artists were MFA Alums and this provided a great balance of the experience and teaching expertise combined with new fresh talent. There was great collaborative pairings, and work of all types was generated from these efforts. Artwork ranged from works on paper to video, with this year more sculpture made at Catwalk than ever before. The longest period to date, Catwalk's season started in May 2011 and lasted through Halloween and the first ice storm of the Winter!

CATWALK EXHIBITED
This year also marked the first exhibition of Catwalk artists in Catskill NY as part of the
Masters on Main program. A huge success, and great fun on Main St., four of our artists sold works! Catwalk artists participated in several rounds of the program which revitalizes under-used vacant store front property. Partnering with the hard-working and tireless, Fawn Potash, SAIC Alum and Director of the program, Catwalk had a great time, and was pleased to play a vital role in the exhibitions. Currently we have Catwalk Artist Rena Leinberger's SUNY Newpaltz Art students on display, so if you are in the area, be sure to stop by to visit. Next on board is Round 4 with an exhibition theme echoing sentiments felt nation wide of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Also a film and video festival slated for January 29th 2012. Catwalk artists participating will include Rebecca Carter and Andrea Goldman. To learn more visit the website link below http://www.greenearts.org/exhibitions/mastersonmain

CATWALK GROUNDS
This year Catwalk dredged the pond, and thankfully because of a rainy summer, the newly renovated ponds are filled and cleaned! They look great! Even though a few trees were downed by the storms, no major damage other than a tumbled wall and gate resulted. Added this year was a new workbench for sculpture in the Coach house studio. Future improvements include sprucing up of the Garage space studio. OUR WEBSITE We have updated our website with work by artists from this season, and we have added a new blog section for our Catwalk Artists. This gives a forum for comments and posted messages as well as links to events of interest.

Visit it along with our news page to see what Catwalk Artists are up to. http://catwalkartresidency.com/?page_id=742
Also don't forget to keep in touch and keep following us on facebook and Twitter too!

Once again, it has been great seeing so many Artists this year and hearing about what everyone has been doing all over the world. As Purcell is taking many trips to New York City she has enjoyed seeing many exhibitions of the work by Catwalk Artists and we are so pleased everyone is doing so well. Don't forget love to hear how you are, so please keep in touch. It is already time to plan next year so we are saying bye for now! We wish you the best and success a great start to your holiday season!

Very Truly Yours, Catwalk Purcell & Jim Palmer Chuck Irwin & Victoria Mequin Bell Merry-Beth Noble & Hague Williams

http://www.catwalkartresidency.com

The Garden Club statue “Winter Rose” is now at Leggio Park on Main Street. The placement of the statue completes the parks new look. There will be a formal opening Spring 2012.

January 28, 2012
2nd annual "Bowling for Autism"
Catskill Hoe Bowl
2:30-4:30p

You can register and purchase raffle tickets online (a chance to win an iPad2, or a Nintendo Wii system, or a Kindle Fire). The raffle drawing will be during the bowling event, you do not have to be present to win. Get your team together and register early, last year we had to turn people away! To register and purchase raffle tickets:
www.TheAutismConnectionNY.org

Catskill Hoop Shoot
Community Life Church
West Main Street Catskill

A Day In December
was a HUGE success !!
Thank you to Eileen Dees from the Garden Gate Cafe, all the vendors, and supporters.

The New Elementary Student Council:
Emma Leipman - President
Anna Bulich - Vice President
Sophie Schindler - Secretary
Emily Liepshutz - Treasurer

Parade of Lights
Village of Catskill

Best Childrens Theme
West Athens Fire

Most Festive
Palenville

Most Lights
Ragaini Construction

Most Original
Girl Scout Troop
1429, 1440, 1795

Most Spiritual
John 3:16

Best Overall
Polar Express

Mountainside Cafe
3 Boulevard Ave
Near Catskill Commons
Catskill NY 12414
(518) 943 3663
www. mountainsidecafecatskill.com

A variety of questions were fielded to the group.
From left: Pat Walsh (current acting Town Supervisor), Chris Sutherland, Joe Leggio, Bob Lewis, Rich Ballard,
Alfie Beers (current Highway Superintendent)

Special thanks to Fawn and Paul for putting on such a great event.

Greene County Council On The Arts
Exhibition Opportunities at the
GCCA Catskill Gallery
http://www.greenearts.org/



Salon 2011 Exhibition

The GCCA's annual unjuried holiday exhibition and sale is open to all GCCA members.

Submit up to 3 pieces, no bigger than 24" in any direction, priced under $250. Sculpture pedestals are available.

EXHIBIT DATES: November 26, 2011 - January 7, 2012
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, November 26, 5-7 p.m.

SUBMIT: Low resolution jpegs ASAP to
fawn@greenearts.org for PR purposes with photo caption info.

NO APPLICATION: Gallery contracts available on-line or at the GCCA Catskill Gallery when you drop off your work.

DROP OFF DATE: November 21 & 22 PICK UP ARTWORK:
January 9, 10, 2012.

For questions contact: Fawn 518-943-3400 or fawn@greenearts.org.

Erica Klein, digital print

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are being posted today to the Tracing your Roots in Greene County website

www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2

look under Civil records on the Table of Contents page) Transcriptions are continuing and will
be posted in the upcoming months

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