Lake George Arts Project

Courthouse Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals
2021-12-01 00:00 - 2022-01-31 12:00 (America/New_York)
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.

Holiday Party & Annual Meeting
2021-12-09 17:30 - 20:30
LET’S CELEBRATE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
LGAP members and friends: Join us for our Lake George Arts Project Annual Meeting and Holiday Party
When: Thursday, December 9, 2021
Where: the Holiday Inn Lake George
Social & Cocktail Hour starts at 5:30pm, followed by buffet dinner and the Annual Meeting at 6:30pm. Entertainment by James Rissacher. Cash bar.
$40 per person
Please RSVP by December 1st.
RSVP to
by phone: 518.668.2616 or 518.832.0183
by email: Tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
Checks can be mailed to: The Lake George Arts Project, 1 Amherst Street, Lake George NY 12845

Peoples Pixel Project - Submit before March 18
2022-01-01 00:00 - 2022-03-18 00:00
Submit your videos by March 18, 2022
ABOUT THE PEOPLES PIXEL PROJECT

The Peoples Pixel Project was created to provide audience exposure to professional and emerging videographers, and to foster local interest and growth in the medium.
WHO CAN SUBMIT WORK?

Anyone! Artists, emerging and established, from anywhere in NYS can submit work. This opportunity is also open to all including college, high school, and middle school students.
SUBMITTING YOUR WORK

Fill out the EASY submission form. GUIDELINES & SUBMIT YOUR WORK. Artists can submit up to 3 works (between 3-5 minutes each) via YouTube or Vimeo link.
THE JURYING

20 Select Works from all of our submissions will be selected by a panel of artists and arts professionals.

EXHIBITION OF SELECT WORKS

The top 20 Select Works will be featured on our website and via video outside our Courthouse Gallery

AWARDS

Best in Show will receive $250 and (2) Honorable Mentions will receive $100 each. The Peoples’ Choice Award will be selected by public vote. And will be screened via one of our arts partners.
DEADLINE

The deadline to submit work for our 2022 Peoples Pixel Project is Friday, March 18, 2022
* Mary Kathryn Jablonski, the winner of our 2021 P3 Logo Design Contest, is a Saratoga Springs artist and poet. She is the author of the poetry chapbook “To the Husband I Have Not Yet Met” and the 2019 book of poems, “Sugar Maker Moon,” from Dos Madres Press. Her poems & video/poem collaborations with filmmaker Laura Frare have appeared in numerous print & online journals including the Atticus Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Poetry Film Live (UK), Poetry Ireland Review, Quarterly West, Salmagundi, and Tupelo Quarterly among others. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the Northeast U.S. and is held in public & private collections.
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Thank you to our sponsors!

"Living in Harm's Way", mixed media work by Kingsley Parker
2022-01-26 - 2022-02-26
View works in the exhibition HERE.
View a checklist of works for sale HERE.
View the edited recording of our Online Talk with Kingsley Parker from January 29 HERE.
Read “Dispatches from Life on the Edge“, exhibition review from the Lake George Mirror.

In his solo exhibition, “Living in Harm’s Way”, multi-media artist Kingsley Parker continues his decades-long research and concern with all the myriad ways that humans interact with and extract from the natural world. His works depict vulnerable environments: clear-cut forests, overfished oceans, bleached coral reefs, plastic pollution, and fishing villages where humans live on the margins of changing sea levels.
Using recycled materials, such as wooden door frames, Styrofoam, flocking, and other found objects, he creates poignant images and installations – a mix of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture – that address serious topics, but that are often balanced with humor. He says: “I also just want to make interesting visuals. It’s art; I’m not on a soapbox. And I try for a light touch, to keep a bit of humor in it… Even though these are important issues, I like being a little ironic and humorous about them, so it is not so serious and not so ‘down’ an experience to look at these… but it is something that sticks with you, rather than repels you…”
Parker’s sensitivity toward his subjects, whether it is an intricate sculptural replica of a fishing village, or paintings, drawings and prints of ocean wildlife, trees, or maps, his empathetic hand, through a variety of mediums, leaves reasons for hope. While referencing the abuse and imbalance of our planet’s resources, either through land or sea, and the accelerated change to our environments, economies, and the natural world as we currently know it, there is also a sense of the doggedness determination of life to persist under such constraints.
Kingsley Parker earned his BA in American Literature from Middlebury College VT, and MA in Fine Arts from Hunter College in New York City. He also studied sculpture at University of Hartford Art School, and printmaking at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. His recent solo exhibitions include A World of Hurt (2021), and Oceans Apart (2016) at Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY; UpRiver, my journey home, Walnut Hill Fine Art, Hudson, NY; UpRiver installation, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY; and Diminishing Expectations, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Albany Center Gallery; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY; Re-Institute, Millerton, NY; Kentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook, NY; Time and Space Limited, Hudson, NY; City University, Jersey City NJ; and the Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, NY. His awards include a Visual Arts Sea Grant of Rhode Island; a scholarship from ArtWeek, Great Spruce Head Island, ME; a $10,000 grant from AE Ventures for a printmaking sabbatical in Italy; and residencies at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, Italia; Tipoteca Italiana, Museo del Carattere e del la Tipografia, Cornuda, Italia; and a six month Scholarship residency at Manhattan Graphics Center. You can learn more about his work at www.kingsleyparker.com.
Learn more about Kingsley Parker’s work from these Online Links:
Look TV: Where’s Dayna?
Interview for the 2020 Mohawk-Hudson Regional: Kingsley Parker
Chronogram ARTSCENE web tv
Get Visual: Kingsley Parker: An artist who cares
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.org
Tanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director, 518.832.0183, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
We are committed to public safety within our UpState NY community and beyond, and want everybody to stay strong, safe, and healthy. All entering our office and gallery space will need to wear a mask. We will provide masks for those that need one, and provide hand sanitizing stations throughout our space.
Please NOTE: Regular Gallery hours may change due to the COVID-19 health emergency. For updates please call 518-323-5499, email laura@lakegeorgarts.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!

thank you to our sponsors:

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See more by Kingsley Parker if you are traveling through Albany International Airport!
Kingsley Parker: Wood Work

January 29 – July 6, 2022
Albany International Airport Gallery, Concourse A Gallery
Kathy Greenwood, Director of the Art & Culture Program at Albany Airport, will join Lake George Arts Project’s online artist talk with Kingsley Parker, January 29 at 4 pm, to expand the discussion of Parker’s work and share installation views of “Wood Work”, on view to travelers at Albany International Airport through July 6, 2022.
Kingsley Parker studies trees and tools as individuals marked by time, weather and adversity. This exhibition at the Albany Airport includes large-scale paintings of forest sentinels in all their majesty and distress, alongside intimate portraits of simple hand-tools, forged to shape and cultivate our built environment using the products of those very same trees.
Concourse A Gallery is located beyond the Airport’s security checkpoint and is accessible only to travelers. Non-travelers wishing to view the exhibition may do so by appointment; please call (518) 242-2243 or email kgreenwood@albanyairport.com
Learn more about the Albany Airport Art & Culture Program HERE, or find them on Instagram @albanyairportartandculture.

"Games of Chance", paintings by Fern T. Apfel
2022-03-16 - 2022-04-16
The Lake George Arts Project’s Courthouse Gallery presents “Games of Chance”, a solo exhibition of paintings by Fern T. Apfel.
Listen to NCPR’s interview with Fern HERE.
View Dayna Peck’s interview with Fern on Look TV’s recent episode of “Where’s Dayna?” HERE.
View our online talk with the artist from Saturday, March 19 HERE.

Abstraction and narration fold together in Fern Apfel’s acrylic paintings. Her images contain memorabilia she has collected over many years. Playing cards, letters, handwritten notes and other various ephemera are placed on top, or layered above, colored backgrounds in an intentionally considered minimal composition. In our contemporary time, where so much communication is digital, and emails are often deleted, these painted objects can center and ground us in the physical world, reminding us of our connections and threads of discourse through time, triggering memory, as well as recording our lives. Intricate and intimate, all the lettering is done freehand.
She says: “Most of the letters in my paintings can be read. They come from different decades and locations, but their content is amazingly and endearingly timeless. My paintings are about tracking the days of our lives: what we did when, who we saw, wrote to or thought about. Carefully placed, an empty notebook can evoke an elusive and often ambiguous new meaning, and a box of old playing cards can remind us of a past time. Playing cards can become our companions on a rainy afternoon or our accomplices in a magic trick. They suggest that we ponder the notion of chance and unpredictability in our lives”.
Fern Apfel earned her BA at the State University of NY at New Paltz, and also studied at The Art Students League of New York. She has exhibited widely in the Hudson Valley & Capital Region of New York where she lives. Currently her work is included in a show titled Pieced Together, at Pine Bush Library in Albany, NY, and a solo exhibition of her work will take place in early 2023 (date TBA) in the Main Gallery of The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY. Recent past exhibitions include The Vision of Care, Woodstock Art Association. & Museum (Juror: Robert Shane, The Brooklyn Rail); Fence & Fence Select, The Art center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY; One in a Year 2020: Virtual Exhibition, The Painting Center, NY, NY; Fence & Fence Select – Best in Show, The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (Juror: Ian Berry, Director of The Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College); Making a Way, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN; 2020 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NY, NY (Juror: Andrew Arnot, Tibor de Nagy Gallery); National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA Art Assoc. (Juror: Sharon Butler, Two Coats of Paint); About What’s Going On, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA; En Masse, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY; Upstate Invitational 2019, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY (Juror: Laura Von Rosk); Ear to the ground, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (Curator: Julie Torres). In addition, Apfel’s work has been has exhibited at the Davis Orton and Concepto Galleries in Hudson, NY; The Ely Center for Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT; PULP Gallery in Holyoke, MA; Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY; and Collar Works, Troy, NY. Her work has been included in numerous presentations of “Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Regionial”, and she is four-time recipient of “Mohawk Hudson Regional Purchase Awards”. Other awards include a 2019 Martha Boschen Porter Fund; Individual Artists Grants from New York Foundation for the Arts and Twin Counties Cultural Fund Decentralization Program, and four SOS Grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts and Rensselaer County Council on the Arts. Her work is in the in the permanent collections of The Hyde Collection, The Tang Teaching Museum, The Albany Institute of History & Art, SUNY Albany Museum, The Shaker Museum, Mount Lebanon, The Columbia County Historical Society & Museum, and The Art Students League of NY. Learn more at her website: https://ferntapfel.com.
View a slideshow of works in the exhibition HERE
View checklist of work for sale HERE
Learn more about Fern Apfel’s work from these online links:
WMHT’s AHA! A House for Arts, Season 6 Episode 28: Fern Apfel
Wave Farm Radio – Interview with Fern Apfel
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.org
Tanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director, 518.832.0183, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org
We are committed to public safety within our community and beyond. We remain active and open, yet until further notice, all entering our office and gallery space will need to wear a mask. We will provide masks for those that need one, and provide hand sanitizing stations throughout our space.

Please NOTE: Regular Gallery hours may change due concerns for public health regarding possible spread of COVID-19. For updates, please call 518-323-5499, or email laura@lakegeorgarts.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!
thank you to our sponsors:

Bands 'n Beans 2020, 2021 & 2022 Canceled
2022-03-27
The Lake George Arts Project is deeply committed to bringing people together to hear and see great music, but we want all of our programs to be safe and healthy, and want you to feel safe attending them. As a public health and safety precaution related to COVID-19, we are sorry to announce that our March fundraiser, Bands ‘N Beans, is canceled.
We would like to thank our Bands ‘N Beans sponsors who have committed to continue their support of LGAP programs beyond this cancellation of our largest fundraiser: Fort William Henry, Lake George Beach Club, Rock Hill Bakehouse and The Barton Group.
Thank you, too, to all who had planned to participate in Bands ‘N Beans – the restaurants, musicians, volunteers, auction and raffle donors – TOO MANY to name! Your enthusiastic work to keep the arts thriving here in Lake George is so much appreciated!
We’ve been reminiscing on past Bands n’ Beans events. Check out this video! We look forward to gathering together again soon, to enjoy great food from our local restaurants, and live music and dancing!

The proceeds from Bands ‘n Beans were targeted to benefit the Lake George Arts Project’s FREE and Open to All music and art programs. Any DONATIONS to help us recover from this loss are greatly appreciated!
Please check out our Bands ‘N Beans 2019 Restaurant Chili winners.

Bugzdale (AKA Anthony Jackson)
2022-05-04 - 2022-06-04
The Lake George Arts Project’s Courthouse Gallery presents “Community”, a solo exhibition of work by Bugzdale (AKA Anthony Jackson).
A previously scheduled Zoom conversation for May 7 has been canceled. Instead, please join us for a Closing Reception for the artist on Saturday, June 4, from 2 – 4 pm!
Listen to North Country Public Radio’s interview with Bugzdale HERE!
Bugzdale is from Mandeville, Jamaica, and grew up in New York City. His Jamaican-American background, and ties to communities in Queens, NY, and Jamaica, as well as other places, old family photos, and memories, all inform his art. Through drawing, painting, and a variety of other media Bugzdale aims to amplify ideas about the black experience in our society. He says: “I focus on the themes that affect my community: class, race, police brutality, corrupt government, death, and other issues, to show the way in which black men and women are made targets, and to find a way to celebrate the lives of these under-represented individuals. I create a world where these people can survive, and find a way to be themselves, while being free from imprisonment, both metaphorical and real. I want to represent the ‘humanness’ of these figures, outside of media stereotypes”.
Bugzdale earned his Associates Degree of Applied Science in New Media Technology from LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY, and both his Bachelor of Fine Art Degree and Masters of Fine Art Degree in Studio Art from SUNY at Albany University. His awards include a Painting & Drawing Departmental Award and the Roanne Kulakoff Award, both through SUNY Albany, NY. His recent exhibitions include A Seat At The Table, Likkle Gallery, Queens, NY; Infinite Uncertainty, Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College, Albany, NY; The Other Virus Exhibit, Second St. Studios, Troy, NY, and his MFA Thesis Show 2020, SUNY Albany University Museum, Albany, NY. In addition, since 2018 Bugzdale has been participating in an ongoing exhibition and project titled Seeking Sanctuary; Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness with the Underground Railroad Education Center, Albany, NY. Learn more about his work at www.bugzdale.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.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. Please Join us today!
thank you to our sponsors:

Spring for the Arts Golf Tournament
2022-05-15 12:00 - 18:00 | Cronin’s Golf
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Cronin’s Golf Resort
Golf Course Road
Warrensburg NY 12885
Noon – Shotgun Start • 4-Person Scramble
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$115 (per person) includes:
Golf + Cart + Lunch + Steak Dinner + Awards Banquet
low gross + low net prizes
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Register: by May 7, 2022
REGISTER A TEAM
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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
Or register to SPONSOR A HOLE online
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Thank you to everybody who came out to support the Arts Project at our 2021 event. We had a record number of teams and raised over $10,000 for our 2021 programs and events!

Trailblaze NY
2022-06-11 16:00 - 19:00 | Hudson Crossing Park, Co Rd 42, Schuylerville, NY, 12871
Call for Artists
One-Day Exhibition + Art Sale
Saturday, June 11, 2022
The Lake George Arts Project and Hudson Crossing Park are teaming up to present a fine art exhibition and sale at the Albany Symphony Orchestra American Music Festival Community Concert at Hudson Crossing Park.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Join the Albany Symphony Orchestra and Hudson Crossing Park for a day full of activities for all ages for Trailblaze: NY, a free community concert and part of the 2022 American Music Festival series. There will be activities in and around Hudson Crossing Park and the greater Schuylerville and Greenwich area throughout the day culminating with a FREE performance at 7pm by the Albany Symphony Orchestra. The full-day event features food and beverage vendors, an art exhibition and sale, and more in the park field in the evening.
This is a great opportunity for regional artists to be a part of an exhibition that will be seen by over 1,000 people!

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GUIDELINES
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• 2-D artwork should measure no larger 18” on any side. Artwork does not have to be framed, but should be finished and ready to hang. 3-D works should measure 18” or less. Artwork will be displayed on table easels or using other appropriate presentation means.
• Artists should attach a label with your name, the title of the artwork, the medium, and price. LGAP will create labels for each work as well as a price list for the exhibition.
• Artwork can be dropped on at Hudson Crossing Park or The Courthouse Gallery on prescheduled days or can be dropped off the day of the event (please see participation details for more information). Limit two (2) pieces per artist.
• Artists are encouraged to price their work to sell! All artists will receive 75% of the sale price, and Hudson Crossing Park and The Lake George Arts Project will each receive 12.5% of the artwork sale. LGAP will collect taxes on all sales. Checks will be issued for all artwork sales (less the 25% commission) on Wednesday, June 15th.
• Artists can submit up to 2 works.
CLICK HERE FOR A PDF OF THE GUIDELINES
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PARTICIPATION DETAILS
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Artists who are interested in participating should contact…
Tanya Tobias, Executive Director OR Kate Morse, Executive Director
The Lake George Arts Project Hudson Crossing Park
tanya@lakegeorgearts.org kmorse@hudsoncrossingpark.org
…and let them know you would like to be a part of the event. Artists will be responsible for dropping their work off at either Hudson Crossing Park’s administrative office or LGAP’s Courthouse Gallery on specified dates. If you are unable to make it to one of the drop off days or locations, please don’t hesitate to contact us to schedule a drop off time.
Drop Off Days:
Wednesday – Friday, June 1-3, 2022 between 12pm – 4:30pm
Drop Off Locations
LGAP’s Courthouse Gallery: 1 Amherst Street, Lake George NY
Hudson Crossing Park Drop Off: 2 Washington square (second floor, above Just Because), Greenwich NY
If you prefer to drop off work the day of the event (June 11), the drop off time is 11am and you MUST contact either Tanya or Kate to let them know in advance so we can prepare a label and have all of your information ready.

Artists will have to sign a waiver at drop off.

This opportunity is open to all artists.

Talent Unlimited!
2022-06-18 - 2022-06-25 | lake george arts project, 1 Amherst Street, Lake George, 12845
Talent Unlimited at The Arts Project is an exhibition of drawings, paintings, photographs, mixed media, and digital art created by students whose work was selected for the 2022 Talent Unlimited Literary Arts Journal.
For 37 years, the Enrichment Resource Center at the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES has been giving area student artists and writers the opportunity to have their works selected for publication in the annual Talent Unlimited Literary Arts Journal. The journal features outstanding poems, essays, photographs, and graphic designs created by students in grades 7-12. The content is selected by a jury of professional artists and writers.

Hot Club of Saratoga
2022-07-06 19:00 - 21:00
Annie and the Hedonists were originally scheduled to perform our 1st summer concert of the season – Unfortunately, they won’t be able to perform on July 6, but we are working hard to re-schedule them for later this summer…
Our July 6 concert isn’t cancelled though – we present HOT CLUB OF SARATOGA, upstate New York’s premier gypsy swing collective!

“Hot Club of Saratoga, the Capital Region’s premier gypsy swing ensemble, plays a repertoire that reflects the spirit and style originated by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli in The Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Most prominently developed in 1930’s and 40’s Paris, this genre has been kept alive through a long line of gypsy jazz artists since that time.
The instrumentation of the full quintet allows HCS to explore this style throughout the range of its roots, true to its origins while subtly expanding the genre. Hot Club’s repertoire covers the range from sweet, soulful balladry, through hard driving swing, and fiery, upbeat tempos, sure to bring a smile and irresistible desire to move.”
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

Irja Boden and Beth Humphrey
2022-07-13 - 2022-08-13
Irja Boden
Beth Humphrey

The Lake George Arts Project’s Courthouse Gallery presents “Ceramics & Collage”, a two-person exhibition of ceramics by Irja Bodén and collage, drawings and paintings by Beth Humphrey. Join us for an opening reception at the gallery for the artists on Saturday, July 16, 4 – 6 PM.
Irja Bodén’s ceramic work combines raw clay and glazes in a rich textured surface. Her series “To Dress a Ptarmigan” refers to her hometown, Kiruna (67.8558° N) in Sweden, north of the arctic circle. It is the inspiration for much of her work since 2018. She says: “The title references Kiruna, which in Sápmi means ptarmigan. The city’s center, now unstable after decades of iron mining, is being destroyed and rebuilt in a new location, to a dismaying loss. Yet, the area is also known for many things, among them spectacular shows of aurora borealis. So Kiruna exists in tension between what is above and below.”
Irja Bodén earned her BFA in painting from SUNY Potsdam, and a BA in Social Science from Lund University, Sweden. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in the US and abroad, including The Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY; Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY; Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; The Immigrant Artist Biennial 2020; Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT; LABspace, Hillsdale, NY; and Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna, Sweden. In 2022 her ceramics will be featured by the River Valley Arts Collective at The Al Held Foundation, ART + NATURE + HOME ‘22, Upstate Diary. Her awards include residencies at Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, NY; Mass MoCA Studios; Vermont Studio Center, and a grant from The Berkshire Taconic Foundation. She lives and works in NY’s Hudson Valley.
Beth Humphrey’s recent collage work often begins with brown paper bags as a ground, where she builds up the surface with paint, wood, and found materials. She says: “I love the expression ‘force of nature’. I think about cycles, evaporation, respiration, erosion, gentle and violent forces at a moment of change. The shape of things at moments of transformation, how forces intersect with our connection to place, our connection to our environment, both built and natural, is fascinating to me.”
Beth Humphrey earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art & Design, and a Certificate in Craft, Surface Design, Oregon College of Art & Craft. Recent solo exhibitions were presented at Unison Arts, New Paltz, NY and Deepdive Projects, Cleveland OH. She has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Ephemerally Occupied, Shaker Heritage Society, Albany NY; Pieced Together, Art at Albany Public Library with Olpalka Gallery, Albany NY; Not Just another Anthropocentric Love Story, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn NY; Rhizomatic, William Blizzard Gallery Springfield College, Springfield MA; Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, Albany Institute for History & Art, Albany NY; Cut & Color, Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany NY; and Translations, Albany Center Gallery, Albany NY. Her awards include a residency at Ucross Foundation, WY, and a NYFA Mark Program Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She lives and works in the Catskill Mountains of NY.
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.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. Please Join us today!
thank you to our sponsors:

Albert Cummings
2022-07-13 19:00 - 21:00
Albert Cummings writes, plays and sings the blues like nobody else. He has played with blues legends B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Buddy Guy. Taken with Albert’s fire and passion bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton, of the band Double Trouble, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section, volunteered to play on and produce his solo debut recording, 2003’s self-released From the Heart. B.B. King dubbed Cummings “a great guitarist.”
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

Plein Air Painting at The Sembrich
2022-07-15 10:00 - 16:00 | The Sembrich Museum, 4800 Lake Shore Dr, Bolton Landing, New York, 12814
Join artist, Joan Reid, for a day of plein air painting on the beautiful grounds of the Sembrich Museum in Bolton Landing.
For two hundred years, artists have found inspiration on the shores of Lake George. Among them, Georgia O’Keeffe, whose unique style and colorist approach to painting landscapes and landscape elements defined her as a pioneer and one of the great Modernists. Participants in this workshop can look forward to a brief history of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work and painting life in Lake George, as well as a lesson in her style and approach to the landscape.
This workshop is one of many community events celebrating the life and work of Georgia O’Keeffe and her time in Lake George taking place in July and is presented in partnership with The Lake George Arts Project, The Sembrich Museum, Joan Reid, The Guild of Adirondack Artists, and the Adirondack Institute.
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Supplies
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Students may bring their own art supplies (oils or pastels are recommended) and set up or can purchase a supply kit for an additional $75.00.
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Supply List:
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Canvas paper for practice, a small sketchbook, a pencil, paints, an easel, odorless turpenoid or Gamsol, several canvas panels, a palette (or palette paper), a palette knife, a table tray (or other portable tray, brushes, paper towels, a lidded glass jar, a small, clean metal can, a garbage bag, and a chair (optional). Students who wish to complete their work in their studios or at home are also encouraged to bring a camera.
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Supply Kit (optional)
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Registration deadline for students who need a supply kit is June 24, 2022. Registration deadline for students who will be bringing their own supplies is July 5, 2022.

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Cold Chocolate
2022-07-20 19:00 - 21:00
Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk, and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own. Featuring Ethan Robbins on guitar, Ariel Bernstein on percussion, and backed by some of the root’s music scene’s finest players, this group from Boston is impressing audiences throughout New England and beyond. Punctuated by tight harmonies and skillful musicianship, and with a focus on songwriting, Cold Chocolate has quickly gained recognition for their original music and high-energy shows. The band has shared bills with Leftover Salmon and David Grisman, and regularly performs at venues and music festivals up and down the East Coast.
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

Paint Georgia O'Keeffe's "Lake George" with Patrice
2022-07-21 18:00 - 20:00 | The Caldwell Lake George Library, 336 Canada St, Lake George, New York, 12845
Join Patrice Jarvis-Weber for a 2 hour painting workshop inspired by one of Georgia O’Keeffe’s most iconic works – Lake George! All Paint with Patrice workshops are designed for beginners, but open to all artistic abilities and ages. All supplies are included – just bring you and your friends and family! Participants will use acrylic paints on an 8 x 8 or 8 x 10 inch stretched canvas and everybody will take home a finished masterpiece. Registration fee is $10 and includes all of the supplies you will need. Pre-registration is required.
About Patrice: Patrice has worked in and for local art and educational facilities for over 20 years. She has organized and led workshops for adults and children in art centers, libraries, museums and other venues including, World Awareness Children’s Museum, Wiawaka, Chapman Museum, Warren County Historical Society, Double H Ranch, SUNY Adirondack, and LARAC.
Thank you to our friends at The Caldwell Lake George Library for hosting this workshop!
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL + PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MORE PAINTING OPPORTUNITIES!

Paint Georgia O'Keeffe's "Blue Morning Glory" with Patrice
2022-07-22 13:00 - 15:00 | The Caldwell Lake George Library, 336 Canada St, Lake George, New York, 12845
Join Patrice Jarvis-Weber for a 2 hour painting workshop inspired by one of Georgia O’Keeffe’s most beautiful works – Blue Morning Glory! All Paint with Patrice workshops are designed for beginners, but open to all artistic abilities and ages. All supplies are included – just bring you and your friends and family! Participants will use acrylic paints on an 8 x 8 or 8 x 10 inch stretched canvas and everybody will take home a finished masterpiece. Registration fee is $10 and includes all of the supplies you will need. Pre-registration is required.
About Patrice: Patrice has worked in and for local art and educational facilities for over 20 years. She has organized and led workshops for adults and children in art centers, libraries, museums and other venues including, World Awareness Children’s Museum, Wiawaka, Chapman Museum, Warren County Historical Society, Double H Ranch, SUNY Adirondack, and LARAC.
Thank you to our friends at The Caldwell Lake George Library for hosting this workshop!
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL – PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MORE PAINTING OPPORTUNITIES!

Paint Georgia O'Keeffe's "Austrian Copper Rose" with Patrice
2022-07-26 18:00 - 20:00 | The Caldwell Lake George Library, 336 Canada St, Lake George, New York, 12845
Join Patrice Jarvis-Weber for a 2 hour painting workshop inspired by one of Georgia O’Keeffe’s most beautiful works – Austrian Copper Rose! All Paint with Patrice workshops are designed for beginners, but open to all artistic abilities and ages. All supplies are included – just bring you and your friends and family! Participants will use acrylic paints on an 8 x 8 or 8 x 10 inch stretched canvas and everybody will take home a finished masterpiece. Registration fee is $10 and includes all of the supplies you will need. Pre-registration is required.
About Patrice: Patrice has worked in and for local art and educational facilities for over 20 years. She has organized and led workshops for adults and children in art centers, libraries, museums and other venues including, World Awareness Children’s Museum, Wiawaka, Chapman Museum, Warren County Historical Society, Double H Ranch, SUNY Adirondack, and LARAC.
Thank you to our friends at The Caldwell Lake George Library for hosting this workshop!

The Twangtown Paramours
2022-07-27 19:00 - 21:00
Nashville-based husband-and-wife duo Mike T. Lewis and MaryBeth Zamer, known on stage as The Twangtown Paramours, have made a name for themselves defying boundaries with their award-winning catalogue of Americana, folk, and blues anthems. With a slew of accolades for their first two acoustic full-length albums, they’ve earned a loyal following, balancing serious instrumental and vocal chops with witty stage banter and a lighthearted approach to life. They don’t take themselves, or the world, too seriously. Now poised to release their third full-length album, Double Down on a Bad Thing, The Twangtown Paramours are shifting gears to showcase a full band, electric, groove-oriented, upbeat, soul-infused, and retro blues sound. “We want people to have fun, to cheer up, to dance, and to start sporting a positive attitude, dammit,” says Mike.
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

The Outcrops
2022-08-03 19:00 - 21:00
out·crop /ˈoutˌkräp/ : an outstanding rock formation. From the woods of Northern New Jersey, the Outcrops bring original blues-infused rock’n’roll. The four-piece band was formed in 2016 by lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Cassidy Rain & lead guitarist Bryan Schroeder. As a singer, Cassidy has been compared to Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi but her raw sensibility as front person could as easily bring comparisons to blues legends like Howlin Wolf or Muddy Waters. Bryan’s playing falls somewhere between Duane Allman and Derek Trucks, as many fans have pointed out. Bryan has also noted Jerry Garcia as a major influence. His long flowing lead lines throughout songs intertwine with Cassidy’s vocal phrases to create a very melodic sound that sets the tone for The Outcrops. The rhythm section of the band includes Jason Casanovas on bass and Max Adler on drums. Both Max and Jason bring a funk and soul feel that melds beautifully with Cassidy and Bryan creating the perfect band tag: Rock & Roll, Blues & Soul.
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

Zikina
2022-08-17 19:00 - 21:00
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, 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.
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

The Red Haired Strangers
2022-08-24 19:00 - 21:00
Original crafted music that is classic Americana, grown locally. 1 part juke joint, 1 part honky tonk, 1 part front porch and 1 part roadhouse – The Red Haired Strangers are“ just plain pleasing, but anything but plain…The content hits all factions of the country songwriting party: original words set to driving melodies complete with evocative images of wandering, trains, sin and love lost.” – Saratoga Today
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

The McKrells
2022-08-31 19:00 - 21:00
“It’s positively exhilarating to be swept away by a regional band’s CD. The songwriting talent in this band is mind boggling. Why aren’t The McKrells better known and why aren’t they with a major recording label???” – Bluegrass Now Magazine. “If bands were paid by the number of notes they played, soulfulness, conviction, confidence or black leather the McKrells would have bagged most of the money Thursday. Kevin McKrell owned the stage and crowd as usual and sang “It’s Not Me” as the country-est song of the night. They were a delicious bonus and surprise.” – The Daily Gazette
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Our Summer Concert Series brings the most FUN bands to Shepard Park for concerts on Wednesday nights in July and August. All of our concerts are FREE – so grab your family and friends and bring them to Lake George for an evening of great music!

View our Complete Summer Concert Series Event Calendar HERE
Our Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of The Town of Lake George, The Village of Lake George, The New York State Council on the Arts, and our generous members and supporters!

Chembo Corniel Quintet
2022-09-16 18:00 - 20:00
September 16 @ 6pm

Chembo Corniel Quintet
Hery Paz – tenor sax / fluteCarlos Cuevas – pianoAlex “Apolo” Ayala – bassJoel E. Mateo – drumsChembo Corniel – congas / percussionPercussionist & GRAMMY nominee Wilson “Chembo” Corniel was raised in the humble streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn. It was during these years as a quick-witted youngster that he had the privilege and honor to study with luminaries of the Afro-Caribbean percussion tradition, such as Tommy Lopez Sr., “Little Ray” Romero, Louie Bauzo and Cachete Maldonado. Chembo honed his skills at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York and at the prestigious La Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba under the direction of the great Chucho Valdés.His intense studies with such legends channeled his energy onto a path where he has now created a reputation for himself among musicians and the public. Today, he is considered as one of the best hard-hitting, versatile percussionists around. Chembo has toured with many major artists throughout Europe, Asia, North & South America, and the Caribbean. He received a GRAMMY nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album” for his CD release Things I Wanted To Do.As a part of this evening’s program, a long-time collaborator and friend, poet and spoken word artist David Gonzalez will join the group on stage.

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Jazz at the Lake 2022
2022-09-16 18:00 - 2022-09-18 19:00 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
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Friday, September 16, 2022
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Photo by Aaron Davis
September 16 @ 6pm
Chembo Corniel Quintet
Hery Paz – tenor sax / flute
Carlos Cuevas – piano
Alex “Apolo” Ayala – bass
Joel E. Mateo – drums
Chembo Corniel – congas / percussion
Percussionist & GRAMMY nominee Wilson “Chembo” Corniel was raised in the humble streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn. It was during these years as a quick-witted youngster that he had the privilege and honor to study with luminaries of the Afro-Caribbean percussion tradition, such as Tommy Lopez Sr., “Little Ray” Romero, Louie Bauzo and Cachete Maldonado. Chembo honed his skills at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York and at the prestigious La Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba under the direction of the great Chucho Valdés.
His intense studies with such legends channeled his energy onto a path where he has now created a reputation for himself among musicians and the public. Today, he is considered as one of the best hard-hitting, versatile percussionists around. Chembo has toured with many major artists throughout Europe, Asia, North & South America, and the Caribbean. He received a GRAMMY nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album” for his CD release Things I Wanted To Do.
As a part of this evening’s program, a long-time collaborator and friend, poet and spoken word artist David Gonzalez will join the group on stage.

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Regional jazz favorites playing around town – check back soon for locations!
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Saturday, September 17th, 2022
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September 17 @ 1pm
Gilad Hekselman & Far Star Trio
Gilad Hekselman is one of the leading voices in jazz guitar. Only a few years after his arrival to NY in 2004, this native Israeli was already sharing stages with some of the greatest artists in the New York City jazz scene including Chris Potter, Eric Harland, Fred Hersch, Mark Turner, Anat Cohen, Ari Hoenig, Esperanza Spalding, Jeff Ballard, Ben Wendel, Gretchen Parlato, Ben Williams, Avishai Cohen, Tigran Hamasyan, Aaron Parks and Becca Stevens among many others.
In May 2019, Hekselman featured his quartet at the legendary NYC venue The Village Vanguard. He has also been playing all other major jazz clubs in New York City, including the Blue Note, The Jazz Standard, Dizzy’s Club and Smalls. He is constantly touring world-wide and has played most noteworthy jazz festivals and venues including Montreux, North Sea, Montreal & SFJazz to name a few.

September 17 @ 3pm
Samara Joy
With a voice as smooth as velvet, Samara Joy’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she has just release her debut recording, featuring guitarist Pasquale Grasso, bassist Ari Roland, and drummer Kenny Washington.
Although having only recently celebrated her 21st birthday, Samara has already performed in many of the great jazz venues in NYC, including Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Blue Note, and Mezzrow, in addition to working with jazz greats such as Christian McBride, Pasquale Grasso, Kirk Lightsey, Cyrus Chestnut, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris.
Growing up in New York, music was a pervasive presence, due to the inspiration of her paternal grandparents, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, who led the well-known Philadelphia-based gospel group, The Savettes. Her father toured with the renowned Gospel artist Andrae Crouch, and her home was filled with the sounds of not only her father’s songs and songwriting process, but the inspiration of many Gospel and R&B artists, including Stevie Wonder, Lalah Hathaway, George Duke, Musiq Soulchild, Kim Burrell, Commissioned, and many others.
Samara’s first exposure to jazz was while attending Fordham High School for the Arts, where she performed regularly with the jazz band, eventually winning Best Vocalist at JALC’s Essentially Ellington competition.
Winning the Vaughan award was transformational for Joy. “I was suddenly on the jazz radar. It’s still bizarre to think of how fast things have progressed.” Since then, Joy has dug deep to discover her jazz roots, without losing sight of the innate simplicity that makes her sound shine. Her first album announces the arrival of a young artist destined for greatness.

September 17 @ 5pm
Ike Sturm + HEART
Ike Sturm – bass & compositions
Melissa Stylianou – voice
Godwin Louis – saxophone
Chris Dingman – vibraphone
Jesse Lewis – guitar
Johnathan Blake – drums
Bassist and composer Ike Sturm was raised in a musical home in Wisconsin, learning from his father, renowned composer and arranger, Fred Sturm. Ike has performed with Gene Bertoncini, Theo Bleckmann, Ingrid Jensen, Donny McCaslin, Bobby McFerrin, Ben Monder, Maria Schneider and Kenny Wheeler. He has played on four Downbeat award-winning recordings, as well as several Steve Reich releases on Cantaloupe and Nonesuch Records. He has performed with Alarm Will Sound and the International Contemporary Ensemble, along with numerous creative ensembles in New York.
Ike studied jazz and classical bass and composition while earning undergraduate and graduate degrees at the Eastman School of Music. In addition, he drew inspiration from studies with legendary bassist Dave Holland.
Saint Peter’s Church in Manhattan, where Sturm served as Music Director for the Jazz Ministry from 2004-2021, commissioned him to compose Jazz Mass, a work for voices, strings and soloists that merges diverse musical languages into a powerfully unified aesthetic. The piece was released to critical international acclaim, named one of Downbeat’s “Best Albums of the Year” and has been performed across the U.S., Scandinavia and Europe.
Endless Field, Ike’s ambient acoustic duo with guitarist Jesse Lewis has been featured live on WBGO New York’s “The Checkout” and on NPR. Their eponymous 2017 album was released on Biophilia Records and includes GRAMMY-winning soloist Donny McCaslin. The project aims to engage others in environmental awareness and activism through music and volunteer activities. In 2019 Ike and Jesse trekked to Utah to record a live wilderness album using a solar-powered battery, collaborating with National Geographic videographers and L.A. sound engineers. Alive in the Wilderness was released to critical acclaim in 2020. Endless Field has been featured live on NYC’s “The Checkout” on WBGO and National Public Radio (NPR). Ike is currently touring and finishing several new albums, including a large-scale project for choir, string orchestra and chamber jazz ensemble.

September 17 @ 7pm
Camille Thurman & the Darrell Green Quartet
As a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and unique interpreter of the jazz tradition, Camille Thurman is quickly becoming one of the standard bearers for the form, making a considerable and dynamic contribution to the legacy of jazz while paying tribute to its heroes.
Fluid and powerful on the tenor saxophone and highly inventive as a vocalist, she also plays bass clarinet, flute, and piccolo. Her rich sax sound has been compared to Joe Henderson and Dexter Gordon, while her vocal approach—including an impressive scatting ability—has been classified alongside those of Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter.
In a few short years, Thurman has shared stages with such jazz and R&B luminaries as George Coleman, Roy Haynes, Dianne Reeves, Wynton Marsalis, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JALCO) featuring Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Charles Tolliver, Jack DeJohnette, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jon Hendricks, Harry Connick Jr., Jon Batiste, Audra MacDonald, Diana Krall, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Louis Hayes, Russell Malone, Nicholas Payton, Jacky Terrasson, Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Lalah Hathaway, Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, among others.
The New York City native has already amassed several distinctive honors for her musicianship: runner up in the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, two-time winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award and a winner of the Fulbright Scholars Cultural Ambassador Grant, The Chamber Music of America Performance Plus Grant (Sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation) and the Jazz Coalition Composers Grant among others. Thurman also has four full-length recordings as a leader to her credit.
Her compositions were featured and performed by her quartet in the ASCAP/The Kennedy Center “Songwriters: The Next Generation” showcase as well as the Greenwich School of Music “Uncharted” Series. Camille has appeared on BET’s “Black Girls Rock” as the saxophonist and flutist in the All-Star Band. Equally adept as a player and a singer, and recognized for her compositional abilities as well, Thurman has also earned accolades from the media, from Jazz Times to Downbeat, All About Jazz to the New York Times, NPR to Sirius XM Satellite Radio, BET to Jazz Night In America.
Thurman toured internationally toured two seasons with the world-renowned Jazz At Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis as a saxophonist, becoming the first woman in 30 years to tour and perform full time (2018-2020).

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Sunday, September 18th, 2022
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September 18 @ 1pm
Zach Brock Quartet featuring Aaron Goldberg, Yasushi Nakamura, & Clarence Penn
Zach Brock – violin
Aaron Goldberg – piano
Yasushi Nakamura – bass
Clarence Penn – drums
Critically acclaimed as the “pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation,” Zach Brock is an American jazz violinist and multi GRAMMY Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He has toured with Stanley Clarke and Phil Markowitz, released seven solo albums, and was named “Rising Star Violinist” of 2013 by Downbeat Magazine. A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians, led masterclasses at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Carnegie Hall in New York, and as a five-year “Artist In Residence” at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Born to a musical family in Lexington, KY, he began studying violin at the age of four and performing publicly by the age of six. Zach’s improvisational skills were honed in the rich Chicago jazz scene while studying classical violin at Northwestern University. He released his debut album, Zach Brock & The Coffee Achievers, in 2003. Two years and two records later he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall by trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas. Zach joined the band of legendary bassist Stanley Clarke in 2007.
Zach is most widely recognized through his twelve years of touring and recording with the genre- bending super group Snarky Puppy, playing on several albums including the 2017 Grammy Award-winning album Culcha Vulcha, 2019’s Immigrance and the 2021 Grammy Award-winning Live At The Royal Albert Hall.
Zach remains a perennial coffee fanatic and skateboard enthusiast, and currently lives with his wife and daughters in the NYC area.

September 18 @ 3pm
Vanderlei Pereira & Blindfold Test
Vanderlei was born into a musical family in Macaé, Brazil, a coastal city a little over 100 miles north of Rio de Janeiro and began playing professionally as a teenager. He moved to Rio as a young man, where he pursued a multifaceted career in jazz, popular, and classical music, including a six-year performance internship with the renowned Orquesta Sinfónica Brasiliera (OSB).
As Vanderlei’s inherited retinitis pigmentosa progressed and his vision deteriorated, he realized he could no longer continue working in the classical realm, and proceeded to dedicate himself full-time to playing jazz and other non-classical forms of music. He came to be known as one of the top jazz drummers in Rio,as well as being a highly regarded player of samba and MPB, working steadily even after he lost his sight completely.
He moved to New York City in 1988, and quickly became an in-demand drummer on the New York Brazilian music scene. His versatility has enabled him to shine in performances and recordings with numerous outstanding artists, including Toots Thielemans, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Sivuca, Johnny Alf, Dom Salvador, Tito Puente, Leny Andrade, Rosa Passos, Paul Winter, Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Claudio Roditi, Bebel Gilberto, and many others.
When asked about the challenges of being a blind musician, Vanderlei says: “I try to keep a positive attitude. I had to deal with losing my vision while continuing to work full-time as a musician. It took over twenty years to truly accept my blindness and develop the ability to see the positive things in everyday life. I try as much as I can to share some of that optimism with everyone I interact with daily. I would hate to think that people feel sorry for me because of my visual impairment. I’m blind, but so what? I’ve still got music and my own way of seeing things, thank God. I try to channel that energy and I think it comes through in my playing.”

September 18 @ 5pm
Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators
Born in the Pinar del Río province of Cuba, pianist and composer Elio Villafranca was classically trained in percussion and composition at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. He is a GRAMMY-Nominated Steinway Artist, and recipient of the 2014 Jazz At Lincoln Center Millennium Swing Award.
Since his arrival in the U.S. in mid-1995, Elio Villafranca is at the forefront of the latest generation of remarkable pianists, composers and bandleaders. In 2015, Mr. Villafranca was among the 5 pianists hand-picked by Chick Corea to perform at the first Chick Corea Jazz Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Over the years Elio Villafranca has recorded and performed nationally and internationally as a leader, featuring jazz master artists such as Pat Martino, Terell Stafford, Billy Hart, Paquito D’Rivera, Eric Alexander, Lewis Nash, David Murray and Wynton Marsalis among others. As a sideman Elio Villafranca has collaborated with leading jazz and Latin jazz artists including: Chick Corea, Jon Faddis, Billy Harper, Sonny Fortune, Giovanni Hidalgo, Miguel Zenón, and Johnny Pacheco among others.
Elio Villafranca’s album Caribbean Tinge (Motema), received a 2014 Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik Nomination by the German Records Critics Award, as well has been selected by JazzTimes and DownBeat magazines for a feature on their very competitive section Editor’s Pick.
He has received a GRAMMY Nomination in the Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year category and received the first NFA/Heineken Green Ribbon Master Artist Music Grant to compose his Concerto for Mariachi, for Afro-Cuban Percussion and Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, Elio Villafranca received The Sunshine Award to recognize excellence in the performing arts, education, science and sports of the various Caribbean countries, South America, Central America, and Africa.

Jane Ira Bloom – Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson
2022-09-17 13:00 - 15:00
September 17 @ 1pm

Jane Ira Bloom – Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson
21st-century soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom reimagines the poetry of 19th-century visionary Emily Dickinson.Jane Ira Bloom – soprano sax & compositions
Dawn Clement – pianoMark Helias – bassBobby Previte – drumsDeborah Rush – spoken word
Bloom’s reimagining of Dickinson was ignited when she learned that the poet was a pianist and improviser, reaffirming Bloom’s intuitive connection to the jazz-like quality of Dickinson’s writing.
Jane Ira Bloom has been steadfastly developing her singular voice on the soprano saxophone for over 40 years creating a body of music that marks her as an American original. She is a pioneer in the use of live electronics and movement in jazz and is the winner of the 2018 GRAMMY Award for Best Surround Sound Album for her trio album “Early Americans.”
Bloom is a thirteen time winner of the Jazz Journalists Award for soprano sax of the year, the Downbeat International Critics Poll for soprano saxophone, the Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Award for lifetime service to jazz, the Charlie Parker Fellowship for Jazz Innovation and the International Women in Jazz Jazz Masters Award. She is the first musician ever commissioned by the NASA Art Program and was honored to have an asteroid named in her honor by the International Astronomical Union (asteroid 6083janeirabloom). She’s garnered numerous awards for her creativity including a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition and a residency at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. A new jazz festival in Brooklyn, NY featuring cutting edge woman artists was named in her honor (The Bloom Festival).
Wild Lines was made possible by Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works Program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Foundation.

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Samara Joy
2022-09-17 15:00 - 17:00
Samara Joy
With a voice as smooth as velvet, Samara Joy’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she has just release her debut recording, featuring guitarist Pasquale Grasso, bassist Ari Roland, and drummer Kenny Washington.
Although having only recently celebrated her 21st birthday, Samara has already performed in many of the great jazz venues in NYC, including Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Blue Note, and Mezzrow, in addition to working with jazz greats such as Christian McBride, Pasquale Grasso, Kirk Lightsey, Cyrus Chestnut, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris.
Growing up in New York, music was a pervasive presence, due to the inspiration of her paternal grandparents, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, who led the well-known Philadelphia-based gospel group, The Savettes. Her father toured with the renowned Gospel artist Andrae Crouch, and her home was filled with the sounds of not only her father’s songs and songwriting process, but the inspiration of many Gospel and R&B artists, including Stevie Wonder, Lalah Hathaway, George Duke, Musiq Soulchild, Kim Burrell, Commissioned, and many others.
Samara’s first exposure to jazz was while attending Fordham High School for the Arts, where she performed regularly with the jazz band, eventually winning Best Vocalist at JALC’s Essentially Ellington competition.
Winning the Vaughan award was transformational for Joy. “I was suddenly on the jazz radar. It’s still bizarre to think of how fast things have progressed.” Since then, Joy has dug deep to discover her jazz roots, without losing sight of the innate simplicity that makes her sound shine. Her first album announces the arrival of a young artist destined for greatness.

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Ike Sturm + HEART featuring Donny McCaslin
2022-09-17 17:00 - 19:00
Ike Sturm + HEART featuring Donny McCaslin
Ike Sturm – bass & compositionsMelissa Stylianou – voiceGodwin Louis – saxophoneChris Dingman – vibraphoneJesse Lewis – guitarJohnathan Blake – drumsDonny McCaslin – saxophone
Bassist and composer Ike Sturm was raised in a musical home in Wisconsin, learning from his father, renowned composer and arranger, Fred Sturm. Ike has performed with Gene Bertoncini, Theo Bleckmann, Ingrid Jensen, Donny McCaslin, Bobby McFerrin, Ben Monder, Maria Schneider and Kenny Wheeler. He has played on four Downbeat award-winning recordings, as well as several Steve Reich releases on Cantaloupe and Nonesuch Records. He has performed with Alarm Will Sound and the International Contemporary Ensemble, along with numerous creative ensembles in New York.
Ike studied jazz and classical bass and composition while earning undergraduate and graduate degrees at the Eastman School of Music. In addition, he drew inspiration from studies with legendary bassist Dave Holland.
Saint Peter’s Church in Manhattan, where Sturm served as Music Director for the Jazz Ministry from 2004-2021, commissioned him to compose Jazz Mass, a work for voices, strings and soloists that merges diverse musical languages into a powerfully unified aesthetic. The piece was released to critical international acclaim, named one of Downbeat’s “Best Albums of the Year” and has been performed across the U.S., Scandinavia and Europe.
Endless Field, Ike’s ambient acoustic duo with guitarist Jesse Lewis has been featured live on WBGO New York’s “The Checkout” and on NPR. Their eponymous 2017 album was released on Biophilia Records and includes GRAMMY-winning soloist Donny McCaslin. The project aims to engage others in environmental awareness and activism through music and volunteer activities. In 2019 Ike and Jesse trekked to Utah to record a live wilderness album using a solar-powered battery, collaborating with National Geographic videographers and L.A. sound engineers. Alive in the Wilderness was released to critical acclaim in 2020. Endless Field has been featured live on NYC’s “The Checkout” on WBGO and National Public Radio (NPR). Ike is currently touring and finishing several new albums, including a large-scale project for choir, string orchestra and chamber jazz ensemble.

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Camille Thurman & the Darrell Green Quartet
2022-09-17 19:00 - 21:00
Camille Thurman & the Darrell Green Quartet
As a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and unique interpreter of the jazz tradition, Camille Thurman is quickly becoming one of the standard bearers for the form, making a considerable and dynamic contribution to the legacy of jazz while paying tribute to its heroes.
Fluid and powerful on the tenor saxophone and highly inventive as a vocalist, she also plays bass clarinet, flute, and piccolo. Her rich sax sound has been compared to Joe Henderson and Dexter Gordon, while her vocal approach—including an impressive scatting ability—has been classified alongside those of Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter.
In a few short years, Thurman has shared stages with such jazz and R&B luminaries as George Coleman, Roy Haynes, Dianne Reeves, Wynton Marsalis, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JALCO) featuring Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Charles Tolliver, Jack DeJohnette, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jon Hendricks, Harry Connick Jr., Jon Batiste, Audra MacDonald, Diana Krall, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Louis Hayes, Russell Malone, Nicholas Payton, Jacky Terrasson, Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Lalah Hathaway, Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, among others.
The New York City native has already amassed several distinctive honors for her musicianship: runner up in the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, two-time winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award and a winner of the Fulbright Scholars Cultural Ambassador Grant, The Chamber Music of America Performance Plus Grant (Sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation) and the Jazz Coalition Composers Grant among others. Thurman also has four full-length recordings as a leader to her credit.
Her compositions were featured and performed by her quartet in the ASCAP/The Kennedy Center “Songwriters: The Next Generation” showcase as well as the Greenwich School of Music “Uncharted” Series. Camille has appeared on BET’s “Black Girls Rock” as the saxophonist and flutist in the All-Star Band. Equally adept as a player and a singer, and recognized for her compositional abilities as well, Thurman has also earned accolades from the media, from Jazz Times to Downbeat, All About Jazz to the New York Times, NPR to Sirius XM Satellite Radio, BET to Jazz Night In America.
Thurman toured internationally toured two seasons with the world-renowned Jazz At Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis as a saxophonist, becoming the first woman in 30 years to tour and perform full time (2018-2020).

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Zach Brock Quartet featuring Aaron Goldberg, Yasushi Nakamura, & Clarence Penn
2022-09-18 13:00 - 15:00
Zach Brock Quartet featuring Aaron Goldberg, Yasushi Nakamura, & Clarence Penn
Zach Brock – violinAaron Goldberg – pianoYasushi Nakamura – bassClarence Penn – drums
Critically acclaimed as the “pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation,” Zach Brock is an American jazz violinist and multi GRAMMY Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He has toured with Stanley Clarke and Phil Markowitz, released seven solo albums, and was named “Rising Star Violinist” of 2013 by Downbeat Magazine. A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians, led masterclasses at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Carnegie Hall in New York, and as a five-year “Artist In Residence” at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Born to a musical family in Lexington, KY, he began studying violin at the age of four and performing publicly by the age of six. Zach’s improvisational skills were honed in the rich Chicago jazz scene while studying classical violin at Northwestern University. He released his debut album, Zach Brock & The Coffee Achievers, in 2003. Two years and two records later he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall by trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas. Zach joined the band of legendary bassist Stanley Clarke in 2007.
Zach is most widely recognized through his twelve years of touring and recording with the genre- bending super group Snarky Puppy, playing on several albums including the 2017 Grammy Award-winning album Culcha Vulcha, 2019’s Immigrance and the 2021 Grammy Award-winning Live At The Royal Albert Hall.
Zach remains a perennial coffee fanatic and skateboard enthusiast, and currently lives with his wife and daughters in the NYC area.

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