Lake George Arts Project

Jeremy Dennis
2022-11-16 - 2022-12-17
Through digital photography and various cinematic tools, artist Jeremy Dennis — a tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY — examines indigenous identity, cultural assimilation, and the ancestral traditional practices of the Shinnecock People. His unique experience of living on a sovereign Indian reservation, combined with extensive research of archaeological and anthropological records, oral stories, and newspaper archives, allows him to trace issues that plague his, and other indigenous communities, back to their source. Jeremy’s photographs of staged scenes are not without humor, but tackle serious and urgent issues, aimed to recount and honor the Shinnecock’s 10,000-plus years’ presence in Long Island, NY, and to document their resilience, and struggle to maintain autonomy.
He says: “Digital photography lets me create cinematic images. Nowhere have indigenous people been more poorly misrepresented than in American movies. My images question and disrupt the post-colonial narrative that dominates in film and media and results in damaging stereotypes, such as the “noble savage” depictions in Disney’s Pocahontas. As racial divisions and tensions reach a nationwide fever pitch, it’s more important to me than ever to offer a complex and compelling representation of indigenous people.” Despite four hundred years of colonization, we remain anchored to our land by our ancient stories. The indigenous mythology that influences my photography grants me access to the minds of my ancestors, including the value they placed on our sacred lands. By outfitting and arranging models to depict those myths, I strive to continue my ancestors’ tradition of storytelling and showcase the sanctity of our land, elevating its worth beyond a prize for the highest bidder.”
Jeremy Dennis earned his BA in Studio Art from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, and MFA from Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. His recent solo exhibitions include Shinnecock Sites and Portraits: Photographs by Jeremy Dennis, Hope Horn Gallery, Scranton, PA; Indigenous Lands, Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton, NY; Moving Through Land, Gallery North, Setauket, NY; Having Never Left, Keyes Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY; On This Site: The Shinnecock Sites, Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, Bridgehampton, NY; Jeremy Dennis – On View, Bartow Pell Mansion Museum, Bronx, NY; The Photographic Works of Jeremy Dennis, Amagansett Public Library, Amagansett, NY. Recent group exhibitions include Cycles of Nature, Hudson River Museum, Hudson, NY; Future Return, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, PA; Speaking With Light, Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX. His awards include many Artist Residency Fellowships: Smoke Sygnals Indigenous Residency, Modern House Trust, Wellfleet, MA; Light Work, Syracuse, NY; Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR; Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY; Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY; Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY; Saltonstall, Ithaca, NY; and the Vermont Studio Center hosted by the Harpo Foundation, Johnson, VT. His awards also include grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation; Getty Images Creative Bursar Award; and the Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators from the online art journal Hyperallergic. His work is in the collections of the Heckscher Museum of Art; Hudson River Museum; Amon Carter Museum of American Art; Parish Art Museum; New York State Museum; and Center for Photography at Woodstock. Dennis is the leader of Ma’s House and BIPOC Art Studio Inc., a communal art space and residency program he founded in 2020 on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, where he was raised and currently lives.
You can learn more about his work at his website: http://www.jeremynative.com,as well as these other online links:WNET – All Arts: Jeremy Dennis on Building Ma’s House & BIPOC Art StudioTupelo Quarterly: ON USING CINEMA’S TOOLS TO REDIRECT CURIOSITYInterview with Heather Sellers: Seven Questions for Jeremy Dennis, PhotographerKeyes Art: JEREMY DENNIS.
Contact:June Waters, Director of Exhibtions, june@lakegeorgearts.orgTanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director, 518.832.0183, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
This exhibition is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; the Town and Village of Lake George; Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation; 518 Profiles; The Alfred Z Solomon Charitable Trust; and LGAP members.
The Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse, corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streets in Lake George, NY. During scheduled exhibitions dates our in-person office and gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 12 – 5 pm, Saturday 12 – 4 pm.
If you need to reach us between active exhibition dates we are available through phone and/or email:June Watrs, Director of Exhibtions, june@lakegeorgearts.orgTanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director, 518.832.0183, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
This exhibition is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; the Town and Village of Lake George; Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation; 518 Profiles; The Alfred Z Solomon Charitable Trust and LGAP members. Please Join us today!

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Annual Call for Artists Proposals
2022-12-01 - 2023-01-31
The Lake George Arts Project invites regional, national, emerging and established artists to submit exhibition proposals to the Courthouse Gallery. Preference is given to experimental or non-traditional work created in the last two years. We welcome proposals for special exhibitions, installations, mixed media presentations, and performance art. Deadline is always January 31.
Exhibition Proposals are submitted through

Starting December 1st through January 31st artists may follow this link to submit work for review:
To begin the process you will need the following:
1. 10 to 12 images (Formats accepted for upload: JPG, TIFF or GIF)
2. Resume/CV
3. Artist Statement/Bio

Please do not email proposals, or send links to web sites.
Selection and notification is usually complete by April.
If you have questions, or need more information please call LGAP at (518) 668-2616.

2022 Holiday Party & Annual Meeting
2022-12-01 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
LGAP members and friends:

Join us for our Lake George Arts Project Annual Meeting and Holiday Party
When: Thursday, December 1, 2022
Where: The Barnsider Restaurant (2112 US 9, LG)
Social & Cocktail Hour starts at 5:30pm, followed by buffet dinner and the Annual Meeting at 6:30pm with entertainment and cash bar.

$45 per person
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Please RSVP by November 28th
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ORT Project - Oona Nelson & Anna Noelle Rockwell
2023-01-25 - 2023-02-25
Ort Project is the collaborative union of artists Oona Nelson and Anna Noelle Rockwell, whose lush installations and photographs explore and critique aspects of consumption, abundance and decay. Within their work Ort Project blends the influence of art history, the contemporary cult of convenience and abundance, along with current corresponding environmental threats and distorted value systems, into uncommon balances of the grotesque and the beautiful. They explain: “Inspired by 17th century ‘vanitas’ paintings from The Netherlands, ORT Project turns this antique style of painting into a contemporary sculptural tableau vivant that re-contextualizes the macabre nature of the genre. Continuing the focus on themes of temporality and impermanence – and employing symbolic objects designed to remind the viewer of their mortality – ORT Project pushes the concept of the historical vanitas through a contemporary prism to expose the vanity and vulnerability of our corporeal world.”
Oona Nelson earned her BFA in Film Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute, and MFA in New Genres from the Chicago Art Institute. Anna Noelle Rockwel earned her BA in Cultural Anthropology and Fine Art from Bennington College, Vermont, and also studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, CA and Parsons School of Design, NY. Ort Project’s recent exhibitions include “Still Life”, John B. Aird Gallery, Ontario, Canada; “Reclaim Award”, billboards, Cologne, Germany; “Fence Select”, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY in 2020 and 2021; “7 Deadly Sins”, Artless Bastard Gallery, West De Pere, WI; and “Memory and Perception”, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA. Ort Project’s awards include a 2022 residency from IASPIS, Stockholm Sweden; a Purchase Prize Award from Albany Institute of History and Art from the 2022 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region at the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; a Critical Forum Fellowship from the Arts Center for the Capital Region, Troy, NY; and inclusion in the juried exhibition and fine art Photography book “Food ~ The Aftermath” at Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Learn more about their work at www.ortproject.com
The Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse Building, located on the corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streets in Lake George, NY. During scheduled exhibitions dates our in-person office and gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 12 – 5 pm, Saturday 12 – 4 pm.
Contact:
June Waters Director of Exhibtuions
june@lakegeorgearts.org
Tanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director,
518.832.0183, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org

This exhibition is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; the Town and Village of Lake George; Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation; 518 Profiles; The Alfred Z Solomon Charitable Trust; and LGAP members.
https://www.ortproject.com
The Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse, corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streets in Lake George, NY. During scheduled exhibitions dates our in-person office and gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 12 – 5 pm, Saturday 12 – 4 pm. If you need to reach us between active exhibition dates we are available through phone and/or email:
Tanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director, 518.832.0183, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
This exhibition is funded in part by the Town and Village of Lake George and LGAP members. Please Join us today!

“Here and There”, a solo exhibition of paintings by Kathryn Lynch
2023-03-15 - 2023-04-15
Please join us for a gallery reception on March 18, 4 – 6 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Kathryn Lynch’s paintings draw from a variety of subjects, often daily encounters that range from NY’s Hudson Valley landscape, NYC cityscapes, New England seascapes, and sometimes dogs, people, flowers, and even tug boats. Her paintings are not “plein air”, or observed from direct observation, but capture what is caught in the periphery, or peripheral vision – a sense form, light, and atmosphere. The simplicity of forms, and direct, yet seemingly loose strokes in her paint handling, become distilled records of passing moments. She says: “I am not painting a specific place, I’m painting a specific mood and feeling about a place.” … “because when I leave a place it’s still with me—I keep painting it.”
Kathryn Lynch earned her BA from William Smith College, and her MFA from University of Pennsylvania. She also studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her recent solo shows include City Grit, Sears-Peyton Gallery, NYC; Restless Nights, Private Public Gallery, Hudson NY; Between the Streets, Turn Gallery, Palour Room, NYC; Islands, The Drawing Room Gallery, East Hampton, NY; Far Away Home, Sears-Peyton, Gallery, NYC; Hot Days and Nights, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY. Her awards include a 2018 NYSCA/ NYFA Artist Fellowship in painting, and residencies at Yaddo, Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Foundation Valparaiso and the Millay Colony. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Art News, the online contemporary art magazine Two Coats of Paint and Guernica Magazine, among other publications. Her work is in public and corporate collections such as the University of California Berkeley Art Museum, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Microsoft, Johnson and Johnson and others.

Online Articles:Two Coats of PaintGUERNICA a magazine of art & politicsYou can learn more about her work at https://www.kathrynlynch.com.
The Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse, corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streets in Lake George, NY. During scheduled exhibitions dates our in-person office and gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 12 – 5 pm, Saturday 12 – 4 pm. If you need to reach us between active exhibition dates we are available through phone and/or email:Laura Von Rosk, Gallery Director, 518.323.5499, laura@lakegeorgearts.orgTanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director, 518.832.0183, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
This exhibition is funded in part by the Town and Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, 518 Profiles Magazine, the Glenn & Carol Pearsall Foundation, the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust, and LGAP members. Please Join us today!

Bands 'n Beans 2023!
2023-03-26 14:00 - 19:00
Thanks to all who participated on March 26, at Fort William Henry!

This Year’s Chili winners:

1st Place: BEAN’S COUNTRY STORE
2nd place: Downtown City Tavern
3rd Place: Andy’s Adirondack Grill
Hot Stuff Award: The Holiday Inn
Director’s Choice Award: The Lagoon
THANK YOU to all of the restaurants, to Rock Hill Bakehouse & Cafe for bringing their amazing bread, to all of the hard-working staff at The Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center, to the 9 bands who had everybody dancing all day, to our fantastic Sound Engineers Ryan Nilsen (Viking Audio Services) and Jeff Pitcher (Apex Media), our rock-star Board of Directors, Tim Wechgelaer for coordinating the sound and bands in our acoustic room, and to our Bands ‘n Beans VIP – Andrea Jacobs who helped make our 29th Annual Bands ‘n Beans one for the record-books.

The proceeds from Bands ‘n Beans benefit the Lake George Arts Project’s FREE and Open to All music and art programs.

The Line-Up:
The Acoustic Room:
2:30: Mark and Jill
3:30: Juniper
4:30: Tim Wechgelaer
& Chris Carey
5:30: Radio Junkies
The Ballroom:
2pm: Matt Mirable & Alison Jacobs
3pm: The Switch
4pm: The Stony Creek Band
5pm: Dirt Cheap
6pm: Big Sky Country
The Restaurants:
The Barnsider
Bean’s Country Store
Centerplate at Gore Mountain
Fort William Henry
Holiday Inn Resort Lake George
The Lake George Beach Club
O’Toole’s
Andy’s Adirondack Grille (our 2019 Winner!)
Nettle Meadow at the Hitching Post
The Olde Log Inn
Pablo’s Burrito Cantina
Charlie’s Bar and Kitchen
Adirondack Pub & Brewery
Mama Riso’s
10 McGillis
Big Bear Company
The Log Jam Restaurant
The Garrison
Downtown City Tavern
Dizzy Chicken
The Caldwell House
The Full Belly Deli
The Georgian
The Lagoon
Caffe Vero
Blue Thirty-Two
All of the amazing bread for this year’s event was donated by our friends at Rockhill Bakehouse!
The proceeds from Bands ‘n Beans benefit the Lake George Arts Project’s free and open to all music and art programs like our year-round Courthouse Gallery exhibitions, our Summer Concert Series and our popular Jazz at the Lake, three-day, Jazz Festival.
The Lake George Arts Project would like to thank this year’s Bands ‘n Beans sponsors, Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center, Barton, Rock Hill Bakehouse, and the Lake George Beach Club. We would also like to thank our participating restaurants, the bands who will be performing, and all of the volunteers and staff that help make Bands ‘n Beans happen.
Check out this video from LGAP’s most recent past B & B events – If you were there, you may find yourself here!

"Seeing Through Times", a solo exhibition of paintings by Martin Weinstein
2023-05-03 - 2023-06-03
Artist’s Gallery Reception: Saturday, May 6, 4 – 6 pm.
Online Artist Talk: Thursday, May 11 @ 6 pm.
Direct Zoom link HERE.
These events are free and open to the public.
For a time, Martin Weinstein was an abstract painter, until he came to a point of transition while searching for ways of painting that would satisfy his love of the visible world. This search gradually led him to a technique of painting on layered interlocking sheets of clear acrylic panels. Through this process a single work is composed of several distinct painted views of the same location at different times, often a combination of different lighting related to distinct weather or seasonal changes. His unique approach captures the essence and experience of a place, often the landscape near his home in NY’s Hudson Valley, revealing a deep connection with its history, personal memories, as well as the joy of observing the natural world.
He says: “These sheets enable me to juxtapose elements of visual material either in discrete layers, or more intuitively so that passages float upward toward the surface, influencing successive layers of paint. The layers are painted on different days, months or even years so that the paintings become an investigation of time and memory as well as a diary of acts of perception”.
Martin Weinstein’s work was presented in recent solo exhibitions at Pearl Fincher Art Museum, Houston, TX; South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings SD; Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL; The Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN; Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY; Goddard Center for Visual Arts, Ardmore, OK; and Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, MA. Recent group exhibitions include Refracture: Visual Realignment. Lichtundfire, New York, NY; Forest Bathing. Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY ; LandX Red Fox Contemporary Art, Pound Ridge, NY; In Conversation, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY; Water Works, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY; and Pattern, Power, Chaos and Quiet Housatonic Museum of Art. Bridgeport, CT. Learn more about his work at www.martinweinstein.com.
The Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse Building, located on the corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streets in Lake George, NY.
Gallery hours during scheduled exhibition dates are Wed through Fri 12 – 5 pm, Sat 12 – 4 pm, or by appointment.
Contact:
Laura Von Rosk, Gallery Director, 518.323.5499, laura@lakegeorgearts.org

This exhibition is funded in part by the Town and Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, 518 Profiles Magazine, the Glenn & Carol Pearsall Foundation, the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust, and LGAP members. Please Join us today!

Spring for the Arts Golf Tournament
2023-06-01 11:00 - 17:00 | Cronin’s Golf
Thursday, June 1st
Cronin’s Golf Resort
Golf Course Road
Warrensburg NY 12885
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11am: Registration starts
12pm: Lunch
1pm: Shotgun start

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$120 (per person) includes:
Golf + Cart + Lunch + Steak Dinner + Awards Banquet
No handicaps for this tournament!
Lots of Course Contests • Great Raffle Prizes!

All proceeds benefit The Lake George Arts Project and help us provide quality arts programming for residents and visitors to the Lake George Region.
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Register: by May 28th
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Please consider being a hole sponsor at $100
We also need raffle and prize items for this fundraising event!
If you would like to sponsor a hole, or donate a raffle item or prize please email: tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
If you can’t play and would just like to be a hole sponsor, please click here: SPONSOR A HOLE
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Talent Unlimited 2023
2023-06-10 12:00 - 2023-06-20 17:00 | Courthouse Gallery, 1 Amherst St, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
How would you create imagery or writing that expresses your interpretation of the word “dream?”
That is the theme of the 38th annual Talent Unlimited Literary Arts Journal. Students in grades 7 – 12 were inspired by this theme to create thoughtful and imaginative paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media, and graphic design pieces and to write compelling essays, poems and stories. They bravely submitted their best work to be considered for publication. The art and writing, 50 pieces in each category, were chosen by juries of professional artists and writers.
The Talent Unlimited Literary Arts Journal is published by the Enrichment Resource Center at the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES. It provides young artists and writers with the opportunity to have their art seen and their writing read while participating in a selection process that mirrors the professional worlds of art and publishing.
The Talent Unlimited 2023 exhibition in the Courthouse Gallery features over 40 pieces of the published students’ original artwork.
Reception: Saturday, June 10, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Sunday Arts: Sunday, June 11, 1:00 – 2:30 PM Sunday gallery time with tour of the exhibition and art making opportunities for all ages.
To access The Talent Unlimited Literary Arts Journal on the WSWHE BOCES website click here
Image: Jillian Wendling, Cover, Graphic Art, Grade 12, Glens Falls High School

Talent Unlimited 2023 Reception
2023-06-10 16:00 - 18:00

Sunday Arts with Talent Unlimited
2023-06-11 13:00 - 14:30
Sunday Arts
Gallery visit and art making opportunity for ALL Ages!
See the Talent Unlimited 2023 Exhibition and make art inspired by the theme DREAM.

Disco Fever Summer Cruise
2023-06-22 18:30 - 21:00
DISCO FEVER!
$40 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!
Dress up in your best disco attire and get ready to experience the ultimate throwback party on the water!
Thursday, June 22nd
Aboard Waterfront Cruises’ Adirondac
Boarding starts at 6:30pm
Cruise from 7pm – 9pm
Absolute Sound will be playing all your favorite hits, we’ve got lots of contents and raffles, a dance floor for you to show off your best moves, and plenty of food and drink to keep you boogying all night!

$35 early bird tickets are available (below) through June 20th
or $40 at the door
We expect to sell-out so get your tickets early!
We would like to thank Will and Katie Carson, and Waterfront Hospitality, for generously donating the boat and staff for our 2023 Disco Fever Summer Cruise! Funds raised during our Summer Cruise are invested directly back into our programs and help allow us to keep all of our events free and open to all.

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Sunday Arts: July 2, 2023
2023-07-02 13:00 - 14:30
Visit the Lake George Arts Project Creative Space on the north side of Shepard Park in the front of the Courthouse on Canada Street from 1:00 – 2:30 on Sunday, July 2nd, to create stars and stripes in red, white and blue for hats and decorations for the 4th of July!
Creative fun for all ages. Free of charge – just bring your curiosity and imagination.
Questions? Email: june@lakegeorgearts.org

Annie and the Hedonists
2023-07-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Annie and the Hedonists interpret the songs of the great female blues artists of the ‘20s, 30s & 40s: Bessie Smith, Sippie Wallace, Memphis Minnie, Billie Holiday, Rosetta Tharpe, Blue Lu Barker, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Other styles include western swing, bluesy country, and roots Americana.

“Clusters,” a solo exhibition of new work by Paul Mauren
2023-07-12 - 2023-08-12
Artist’s Gallery Reception:Saturday, July 15, 4 – 6 pm
Online Artist Talk:DATE TBA
Sunday ArtsSunday, August 6, 2023 1:00 PMGallery visit and maker space for all ages

About the WorkPaul Mauren’s unique sculptural works stem from observations and memories of the natural world, melded with an improvisational approach in combining various shapes, materials, and imagery. His elegant, gestural works are the product of a well-established personal studio practice, as well as working as an educator for many years. His craftsmanship and technical ingenuity allow him to build from an agglomeration of natural and human-made materials in intriguing, and often unexpected ways.
Mauren states: “Conceptual strategies, improvised construction methods, and structural inventions drive my sculptural ideas and processes. Important influences for my work derive from observing the endless diversity of unembellished winter-woodland ecosystems. I am not interested in illustrating landscape. Instead, I prefer to explore a broad range of compatible and disparate relationships that offer promise and resistance, opening opportunities to engage in the discovery of freshly animated forms. This leads to unexpected revelations infused with history and disjointed conclusions.”
About the ArtistPaul Mauren earned his BFA and MFA at Eastern Michigan University. During the early 1980s, he served as Master Teacher of Sculpture at The New York State Summer School for the Arts, sponsored by the New York State Education Department and the State University of New York at Fredonia. He was a Professor of Art at The Center for Art and Design, the College of Saint Rose for 40 years, where he taught undergraduate and graduate sculpture since 1978. Paul is an alumni residency artist at Sculpture Space, Inc. in Utica, NY, and he recently participated in the Salem-to-Salem artist residency program at Salem Art Works in Salem, NY.
Mauren’s recent exhibitions include “Rebound”, Five New York State Artists, Sandy Hills Arts Center, Hudson Falls, NY, Curated by Dan Cameron. “Force”, curated by Pearl Cafritz at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, and “Something”, Mauren Sculpture / Brodie Painting, a two-person exhibition at the Onondaga Community College gallery, Syracuse, NY. He has exhibited widely, with exhibitions in New York State at Albany Center Gallery, Albany; Art/Omi, Ghent; Jamaica Art Center, Queens; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany; Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany; Sculpture Center, New York City; Hudson Valley Community College, Troy; Queens College, Queens; Hartwick College, Oneonta; Union College, Schenectady; Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges, Albany; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica. His work has also been included in exhibitions at Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT; Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH.

Kyshona
2023-07-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Kyshona
Kyshona is an artist ignited by untold stories, and the capacity of those stories to thread connection in every community. With the background of a licensed music therapist, the curiosity of a writer, the patience of a friend, the vision of a social entrepreneur, the resolve of an activist, and the voice of a singer, Kyshona is unrelenting in her pursuit for the healing power of song. She lends her voice and music to those that feel they have been silenced or forgotten.
In 2021, she founded charitable organization Your Song, fiscally sponsored through the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, that provides therapeutic songwriting sessions for at-risk and marginalized youth, for elderly to aid in memory care, for incarcerated populations and those re-entering society, for people experiencing addiction and those in recovery, for women’s health and healing, for strengthening bonds between new parents and their children, and more.

Guy Davis
2023-07-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Wednesday, July 19, 2023:
Guy Davis
7pm: Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, Actor, Author, and Songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles. His background in theater is pronounced through the lyrical storytelling of songs “God’s Gonna Make Things Over” about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, “Welcome to My World”, and “Got Your Letter In My Pocket”. His storytelling is sometimes painful, deep, and real, an earthy contrast to modern-day commercial music, meant to create thought, underlined by gentle tones from his guitar or banjo fingerpicking.

A Conversation With the Artist: Paul Mauren
2023-07-26 19:00 - 20:00
A Conversation with the Artist:Clusters, New Work by Paul MaurenWednesday, July 26 at 7pmZOOM LINKPaul’s Mauren’s craftsmanship and technical ingenuity allow him to build from an agglomeration of natural and human-made materials in intriguing, and often unexpected ways. Join our conversation with Paul to hear about his work, his technique for creating his unique sculptures and his creative process.

About the WorkPaul Mauren’s unique sculptural works stem from observations and memories of the natural world, melded with an improvisational approach in combining various shapes, materials, and imagery. His elegant, gestural works are the product of a well-established personal studio practice, as well as working as an educator for many years. His craftsmanship and technical ingenuity allow him to build from an agglomeration of natural and human-made materials in intriguing, and often unexpected ways.
Mauren states: “Conceptual strategies, improvised construction methods, and structural inventions drive my sculptural ideas and processes. Important influences for my work derive from observing the endless diversity of unembellished winter-woodland ecosystems. I am not interested in illustrating landscape. Instead, I prefer to explore a broad range of compatible and disparate relationships that offer promise and resistance, opening opportunities to engage in the discovery of freshly animated forms. This leads to unexpected revelations infused with history and disjointed conclusions.”
About the ArtistPaul Mauren earned his BFA and MFA at Eastern Michigan University. During the early 1980s, he served as Master Teacher of Sculpture at The New York State Summer School for the Arts, sponsored by the New York State Education Department and the State University of New York at Fredonia. He was a Professor of Art at The Center for Art and Design, the College of Saint Rose for 40 years, where he taught undergraduate and graduate sculpture since 1978. Paul is an alumni residency artist at Sculpture Space, Inc. in Utica, NY, and he recently participated in the Salem-to-Salem artist residency program at Salem Art Works in Salem, NY.
Mauren’s recent exhibitions include “Rebound”, Five New York State Artists, Sandy Hills Arts Center, Hudson Falls, NY, Curated by Dan Cameron. “Force”, curated by Pearl Cafritz at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, and “Something”, Mauren Sculpture / Brodie Painting, a two-person exhibition at the Onondaga Community College gallery, Syracuse, NY. He has exhibited widely, with exhibitions in New York State at Albany Center Gallery, Albany; Art/Omi, Ghent; Jamaica Art Center, Queens; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany; Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany; Sculpture Center, New York City; Hudson Valley Community College, Troy; Queens College, Queens; Hartwick College, Oneonta; Union College, Schenectady; Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges, Albany; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica. His work has also been included in exhibitions at Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT; Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH.

The Clements Brothers
2023-07-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Wednesday, July 26, 2023:
The Clements Brothers
7pm: The Clements Brothers are George and Charles Clements, identical twins from New England. They’ve been playing and writing music together for as long as they can remember and ‘The Clements Brothers’ marks their first project together since playing in the internationally touring grass-roots band, ‘The Lonely Heartstring Band’ with whom they put out two albums on Rounder Records. With roots, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and classical influences, George (on guitar) and Charles (on bass) aim to capture their singer-songwriter sensibilities in a unique blended voice, at once enthralling and intimate, groovy and serene. They are joined by drummer Mike Harmon, who joined the band after an impromptu late night set at the Ossipee Music festival, and adds his unique roots-conscious musicality to the group’s evolving sound. The trio is a fusion of each member’s unique musical journey, and the result is music all its own, filled with vocal harmonies, instrumental virtuosity, and a genuine love of song.

Three Quarter North
2023-08-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Wednesday, August 2, 2023:Three Quarter North
7pm: Eddies Music Award nominees Three Quarter North have performed at over 50 venues in and around the capital district over the last 15 years. This accomplished group plays everything from traditional fiddle tunes to complex original pop weaving acoustic and electric influences into an enticing array of sounds. Homegrown and raised on tradition, Three Quarter North exemplifies the best in American roots music.
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THREE QUARTER NORTH—COMMON GROUND— “This is the third project from this Albany, New York-based sextet which features mainly the songwriting of bassist Dave Rhodes and guitarist Mark Smith. The group also includes Bob Altschuler (banjo), Mark Bagdon (fiddle), Nelson Gage (mandolin), and Joe Pasco (percussion). Rhodes also plays the kazoo, piano, and ukulele. Smith also adds kazoo as well as harmonica. The opening song by Rhodes, “The One I’m With,” has a couple of kazoo solos, giving the tune an old jug band feel. Other Rhodes selections include “Inside Walls,” “Summer Song,” and “Some Rivers.” Rhodes and Smith collaborate on “Common Ground” and Smith writes “My Baby Ain’t My Baby Anymore.” Banjo player Altschuler offers the instrumental “Rosebud,” and the band covers The Byrds’ “Mr. Spaceman” and Hot Rize’s “Nellie Kane,” both from live performances. Both Rhodes and Smith have delightful voices backed by good harmonies from other members, as well as some mighty-fine picking by all.” – review in August 2020 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

Summer Song
by Three Quarter North | from their album Common Ground

ARKAI
2023-08-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
ARKAI
presented in partnership with the Lake George Music Festival
7:30pm: ARKAI is an award-winning electroacoustic duo that has inspired audiences around the world through their genre-defying string music. Graduates of The Juilliard School, their past engagements have included performances at The MET, Joe’s Pub, City Winery, US Air Force Academy, Rockwood Music Hall, Lincoln Center, Musikfest, Chateau Marmont, and Carnegie Hall. Their electronic debut composition, “Letters from COVID”, was featured at TED@PMI for a global audience of over 30,000 people from 182 countries. Recent highlights include opening for Oscar and Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste at NYC’s Javits Center. As creative collaborators, ARKAI was commissioned by the Museum of Chinese in America to compose a work for their exhibition Responses: Asian Americans Resisting the Tides of Racism. Other commissions have included a piece for Silver Lining Ltd’s Impact 5X initiative — a global economic justice project supporting hundreds of small business owners from underserved communities around the world. ARKAI was selected by the U.S. Department of State and the Association of American Voices to participate in the ‘21-22 American Music Abroad season. Through this program, ARKAI has engaged in exchange programs with underserved audiences around the world with little or no access to American music, demonstrating the power of cultural diplomacy as a tool to bring people together. ARKAI is a winner of the 2021 Astral Artists National Competition.

Zikina
2023-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Zikina
7pm: Zikina is a group of people who came from across continents and cultures to show that despite all the forces in the world that emphasize our differences and try to diminish and pull us apart, we can come together to make something beautiful and new. It doesn’t take long for this music to get you dancing, clapping along, connecting with the people around you, and savoring the beauty of the present moment. You might start with curiosity when Uganda native Gideon Ampeire draws you in with a variety of traditional East African instruments that are rare and fascinating to US audiences, including enanga (zither), adungu (harp), and kalimba (thumb piano) – all of which he builds himself.
Once your interest is piqued by the instruments, you’ll quickly discover that there’s so much more to the band. Mike Cardozo (guitar, percussion) improvises intricate melodic conversations with Gideon and dances through the beat with punchy rhythmic lines. Roston Kirk (bass) and Kade Parkin (drums) weave a sonic landscape that flows seamlessly from intense grooves to joyous dance beats to dreamy textures. Gideon’s vocals cut powerfully through the fabric or float lightly above. It all adds up to something completely unique, yet immediately accessible.

The Ill Funk Ensemble
2023-08-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
The Ill Funk Ensemble
7pm: A slick mash-up of hip-hop, neo-soul, R&B and rock that’s been compared to The Roots, THE ILL FUNK ENSEMBLE has been described as “soul for the masses” (Technorati.com), “airtight on all levels” (JamSphere Magazine), “brilliant” (The Signal Magazine) and “about to change the face of hip-hop music” (Indie Band Guru).
A fixture of the Albany, NY music scene for more than 17 years, ILL FUNK has racked up an impressive resume; winning awards for their original albums, collaborating with Quincy Jones (famed producer of Michael Jackson’s Thriller), and sharing stages with multiple Grammy winners like Naughty by Nature and members of the Wu Tang Clan. They’ve been featured in dozens of music and entertainment publications, including Okayplayer, and have had their music played all over the world. Few artists in the area can boast this level of accomplishment, but ILL FUNK remains close to their roots; a club band, offering an array of original music and classic covers that is as entertaining as it is unique. It’s for these reasons that THE ILL FUNK ENSEMBLE is repeatedly mentioned as one of the best bands in Upstate New York and will continue to offer a high quality hip-hop, soul, pop and R&B experience.

The Stony Creek Band's 50th Anniversary Party!
2023-08-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
with The Switch and The Stony Creek Band
6:30pm: The Switch is a rock n’ roll band that also calls on blues and funk influences. Known for their powerful and full sound, they’ll be performing everything from Led Zeppelin to the Allman Brothers to the Meters to BB King to some originals.
8pm: For 50 years years, the Stony Creek Band has been one of the most enduringly popular musical groups in the northeastern United States. The Stony Creek Band has thrilled generations of fans with its high energy blend of rock, folk, country and bluegrass; a sound that has consistently defied description but is “a product of the landscape as authentically upstate as any Hudson River School painting or sculpture by David Smith” and performed in a manner described by one reviewer as “a ferocious ensemble attack; like a runaway train!”.
The Stony Creek Band began with the 1973 meeting of John Strong, a folksinger/guitarist from the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania and Hank Soto, a guitarist and songwriter from the Bavarian Alps of Germany. Along with a bass player the Stony Creek Band began life as a folk trio, touring coffee houses in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. After moving to the Adirondack mountain hamlet of Stony Creek, NY the band quickly developed into a 7-piece musical powerhouse featuring drums, a rock guitarist, pedal steel guitar and banjo that, for a time, was the little town’s largest year-round employer!
In the 1980’s the band evolved into its current 5-piece configuration which now includes producer/ singer /songwriter Dave Maswick on bass, blues hall of fame member Mike Lomaestro on drums, and noted bluegrass mandolin virtuoso Fred Lantz. Over the years, the Stony Creek Band has made hundreds (if not thousands) of concert appearances including a live performance on international TV for the closing ceremonies of the Goodwill Winter Games, an appearance at a New York State gubernatorial inauguration, a February outdoor appearance at the 25th anniversary celebration of the “Miracle on Ice” (brrrr) and a live performance on NBC’s TODAY show with Meredith Viera and Ann Curry.
Over the past 50 years, the Stony Creek Band has evolved from an acoustic trio with roots in traditional folk and country music to a purveyor of American idioms, and back again. The band’s music is the sound of mature, seasoned artists who have outlasted the years and their own baser instincts to mentor and encourage younger artists, enrich their communities and preserve and transmit a living memory.
Presented in partnership with the Village of Lake George

Sirsy
2023-08-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Sirsy
7pm: SIRSY is a rock, pop, and soul duo from Upstate NY. They write honest songs, full of sing along melodies, with lots of heart and just the right amount of sass. “It’s edgy-feel-good music that’s fun to watch”. (–The Houston Music Blog).
The Boston Globe call SIRSY “the little band with the big sound.” SXSW Music Blog says “SIRSY is NOT simply a two piece, the sound they make is a head scratching, WOW!” SIRSY is fronted by charismatic vocalist/ drummer Melanie Krahmer who has “one of the most powerful and flexible voices you’ll ever hear.” (–Times Union) At live shows, Mel also plays bass on a keyboard with her drumstick & throws in a few mean flute solos too. Guitarist, and Mel’s husband, Rich Libutti plays a road worn and well-loved Rickenbacker guitar through a pedal board full of vintage effects. Live, Rich also plays bass on a pedalboard with his feet. So, these multi-instrumentalists manage to sound like a full band, despite there being just two of them. And somehow, they do it all with big smiles on their faces. It’s clear they love what they do. And that love is contagious when you see them live. You can’t help smiling along with them. Their energetic show often includes stories from the road, laughter, dance parties, and even Rich’s nerdy Star Wars jokes.

LGAP at the Library: Jazzy Preschool Story and Art Time!
2023-08-31 10:30 - 12:00 | The Caldwell Lake George Library, 336 Canada St, Lake George, New York, 12845
LGAP at the Library:
Hear a jazzy story and make a (quiet) musical instrument of your own!
Visit the Courthouse Gallery at 1 Lower Amherst Street during gallery hours to seeJazz at the Lake: A Graphic Design Retrospective and enjoy a visual scavenger hunt!
GALLERY HOURS:WED – FRI 12:00 – 5:00 PM, SAT 12:00 – 4:00 PMSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1:00 – 4:00SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 12:00 – 5:00
Contact June@lakegeorgearts.org for more information

Project Local: Mechelle Roskiewicz
2023-09-01 08:00 - 2023-10-31 17:00
September 1 – October 31, 2023
Mechelle RoskiewiczEssence and Beauty
Every day is about art.Creating or studying it, I am always striving to learn and improve.

Mechelle Roskiewicz paints animals, birds, florals, and still life while exploring the techniquesof different mediums with the goal of capturing their essence and beauty.Published in magazines, and producingillustrations for children’s books, she continues to explore and expand her passion for art.The image above,The Loyal, Determined, and Brave, was featured in the AKC Museum of the Dog in NYC exhibitionSalute to Search and Rescue Dogs of 911 in 2021. This painting is now on view at the Caldwell Lake George Library.
Mechelle lives in Warrensburg, NY, with her husband James,and her two muses, Lilly and Ella, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

Sunday Arts: Jazz at the Lake
2023-09-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Courthouse Gallery, 1 Amherst St, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Enjoy a visual scavenger hunt in the exhibitionJazz at the Lake: A Graphic Design Retrospective
Sunday Arts: The Courthouse Gallery will be open from 1:00 – 4:00 PMfor tours of the exhibition and an art making opportunity.
Design a music poster of your own!

Exhibition Reception: Jazz at the Lake: A Graphic Design Retrospective
2023-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Courthouse Gallery, 1 Amherst St, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Exhibition Reception in the Courthouse Gallery
Jazz at the Lake: A Graphic Design Exhibition
Join us for a glass of wine and light refreshments to kick off Jazz at the Lake weekend! See and hear the stories behind Gruskin Creative’s 15 years of team work resulting a wide variety of imagery that brings hot jazz and the cool lake together. The exhibition also honors the Jazz Festival’s founder and design collaborator Paul Pines (1947-2018), who, with musician and Lake George Arts Project’s previous Executive Director, John Strong, brought the Jazz Festival to life 39 years ago!

Endea Owens and the Cookout
2023-09-15 18:00 - 19:30
Known as one of Jazz’s most vibrant emerging artists, Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised Recording Artist, Bassist, and Composer. She has been mentored by Jazz Icons the likes of Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross, Solange, Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Steve Turre to name a few.
In 2018, Endea graduated from The Juilliard School, and joined the Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, Stay Human. Since then, Endea has won an Emmy, Grammy Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award. Endea’s work has appeared on Jon Batiste’s Grammy Award-winning album “We Are”, Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.R’s widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance.
Endea has a true passion for philanthropy and teaching. She has taught students across the United States, South America, and Europe. In 2020, Endea founded the Community Cookout, a non-profit organization birthed out of the Covid-19 pandemic that provides meals and music to underserved neighborhoods in New York City. To date, Endea’s organization has helped feed close to 3,000 New Yorkers and has hosted over a dozen free music concerts.
