BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lake George Arts Project - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Lake George Arts Project X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Lake George Arts Project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T180000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20231104T192733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231104T192736Z UID:10884-1700323200-1700330400@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:Jeff Wigman Artist's Reception DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception:  Jeff Wigman – Excelsior\n \n \n \n \n \n Join us in the Courthouse Gallery at 1 Lower Amherst Street between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to meet the artist and hear about Excelsior\, his exhibition of new oils.  These paintings combine metaphor\, humor\, history\, and classically skilled oil painting.\nThis event is free of charge and light refreshments will be served.\nContact June Waters\, Director of Exhibitions\, at june@lakegeorgearts.org for more information.\n \n Learn More URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/jeff-wigman-artists-reception/ LOCATION:Courthouse Gallery\, 1 Amherst St\, Lake George\, NY\, 12845\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/258_cake__vkskpn-e1699125894712.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T200000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20231106T234626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T234626Z UID:10917-1701970200-1701979200@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:2023 Holiday Party & Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:Holiday Party & Annual Meeting\nThursday\, December 7\, 2023\n5:30pm – Cocktail Hour\n6:30pm – Dinner and Meeting \nWe hope our friends and members can join us for an evening of great company\, a little bit of Arts Project business\, and a celebration of The Arts Project and all that we do.\nSocial & Cocktail Hour starts at 5:30pm\, followed by an amazing buffet dinner and the Annual Meeting at 6:30pm. We’ve got entertainment and a cash bar. \n$45 per person\nTickets can be purchased online (below)\nvia phone: 518-668-2616\nor email: Tanya@lakegeorgearts.org URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/2023-holiday-party-annual-meeting/ LOCATION:The Lake George Beach Club\, 3 Montcalm Street\, Lake George\, NY\, 12845\, United States CATEGORIES:Fundraising Events,Special ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Square-holiday-party-annual-meeting.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240224T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20231220T213852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T202117Z UID:11465-1706097600-1708794000@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:Nathan Meltz: The Utopia Machine DESCRIPTION:Artist’s Reception\nSaturday\, January 27\, 20244:00 – 6:00 PM \nSunday Arts \nSunday\, February 4\, 2024Guided Gallery visit andArt Making 1:00 – 4:00 PM \nZoom Conversation\nThursday\, February 8th7:00 PM \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n   Images: (Top) Golem\, 2022\, screen printed Installation\, dimensions variable(Left) Golem 3\, 2023\, Screenprinted ceramic\, 60 x 20 x 1″(Right) Spore Cannon\, 2022\, screen print\, 26 x 40″ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Artist Statement\nPart critique\, part fascination\, the art I create examines the infiltration of technology into every facet of our lives\, from family and food to politics and war. Nightmarish industrial creations are set against images of grand mechanical constructions\, an off-kilter vision of technology. In my visual vocabulary\, the contemporary world of nanotechnology and genetic modification is retrofitted with collaged analog machine parts. Collages of mechanical humanoids and animals turn into printmaking\, animation\, and sculpture\, as I create visual narratives telling the story of a doomed robotic populace in a techno-dystopia. My current body of work investigates technology’s role in utopian movements. One branch of research involves fantastical narratives of animals\, plants\, and fungi seeking to escape Earth for a more sustainable climate. The other involves representations of the mythical jewish golem\, the original automaton summoned by magic to protect against oppression. Both branches seek to answer the question as to whether our technologies have made for better worlds or worse. \n \n \n \n \n \n BIO \nNathan Meltz uses printmaking\, animation\, sculpture\, and performance to comment on the infiltration of technology into every facet of life\, from politics and food\, to family and war. \nHis solo exhibitions include the gallery at Atelier Presse Papier\, Trois-Rivières\, Canada\, the Shircliff Gallery at Vincennes University\, Indiana\, Southern Illinois University’s Vergette Gallery\, GRIDSPACE (NYC)\, the University of Florida – Jacksonville’s Andrew Brest Gallery\, and Noise Gallery (OH). His international exhibitions include the International Print Center in New York\, the 16th International Printmaking Triennial Graphica Creativa Triennial\, Jyväskylä Art Museum\, Finland\, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio De Janiero\, Brazil\, and more. His art has been featured in publications including Art in Print\, Printeresting\, and the Mid-America Print Council Journal. His series “Strangling the Fascist Viper” has received juror awards from the Louisiana International Printmaking Exhibition and the Political Impressions exhibition at the Rochester Institute of Technology\, the Printworks Award from Artists Image Resource\, Pittsburgh PA\, and the Prix de Print award from Art in Print Magazine. \nHis current body of research involving ecologies has been included in an article published in the California Society of Printmakers Journal and exhibited in many venues\, including the Four Rivers Printmaking Biennial\, where he was awarded an honorable mention award\,and the Trois-Rivières International Printmaking Biennial\, Canada\, where he was given the Prix de Presse Papier award. Meltz is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of the Arts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy\, New York\, and is the founder and curator of the Screenprint Biennial. \n\n \n Learn More - Nathan Meltz: Instagram\n \n North Country Public Radio Interview with Nathan Meltz\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Courthouse Gallery1 Lower Amherst StreetLake George\, NY 12845518-668-2616 \nHours: Wednesday – Friday: 12:00 – 5:00Saturday: 12:00 – 4:00Sunday\, February 4\, 2024: 1:00 – 4:00 \nFor exhibition information or to schedule a visit outside of gallery hours please contactJune WatersDirector of Exhibitionsjune@lakegeorgearts.org518-668-2616 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THANK YOU! This exhibition is funded in part by the Town of Lake George\, the Village of Lake George\, The New York State Council on the Arts\, the Glenn & Carol Pearsall Foundation\, the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust\, Anonymous\, and Lake George Arts Project Members. Please Join us today! \nWe would also like to thank our Media Sponsor: 518 Profiles URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/nathan-meltz-the-utopia-machine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/8-e1709148593929.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240127T180000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20231221T165503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231221T165503Z UID:11519-1706371200-1706378400@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:Artist's Reception: Nathan Meltz DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Courthouse Gallery between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to meet the artist and view the mesmerizing works that address the role of technology in our lives and imaginations.  the artist will be introduced at 5:00 PM.  Light refreshments will be available. Receptions are free of charge and open to all. \nImage: Vessel\, 2022\, Screenprint over three sheets of yupo paper\, 66 x 32″ URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/artists-reception-nathan-meltz/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1-e1709147727546.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240203T140000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20240131T202614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T202750Z UID:11834-1706958000-1706968800@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:Winter Carnival - Art for All DESCRIPTION:Winter Carnival-Art for All!Saturday\, February 3rd andSaturday\, February 10th11:00 – 2:00 PM\nWinter White\, Red\, and Blue\nAll ages are invited to the Courthouse Gallery\, 1 Lower Amherst Street\, for a collage and watercolor activity making winter scenes!  Free of charge! All materials supplied. URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/winter-carnival-art-for-all/2024-02-03/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240131_133235-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20240131T221340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T180121Z UID:11856-1707051600-1707062400@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:Sunday Arts: The Utopia Machine DESCRIPTION:Sunday Arts:  The Utopia Machine\nSunday\, February 4th\, between1:00 and 4:00 PM\nVisit the Gallery between 1:00 and 4:00 PM for a scavenger hunt\, a brief tour of The Utopia Machine by Nathan Meltz\, and an opportunity to create your own Utopia Machine! The Sunday Arts program is appropriate for all ages; families are encouraged to attend! \nFor more information about this exhibition please click on the link below: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Utopia Machine\n \n \n \n \n \n Images: (Top) Vessel\, 2022\, Triptych\, Screenprint over three pieces of Yupo paper; (Left) Noah’s Ark\, 2021\, Triptych\, Screenprint on three pieces of Yupo paper URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/sunday-arts-the-utopia-machine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1-e1709147727546.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240316T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20231010T182519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240720T191949Z UID:10771-1710586800-1713024000@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:John McGiff: Painting as Vision DESCRIPTION: \nArtist’s Statement \nI am naturally inclined towards making groups of images\, exploring a central idea and evolving a language of gesture\, color and design that best expresses the interests that grow from this meditation\, often over the span of years. \nA recent series\, for example\, is based on the palette and design patterns of Indian Ragamala paintings and involve using Indian block printing and gouache. The theme is the house as a repository of personal and historical memory\, as well as a metaphor for the self. The compositions have moved from the exterior of these “Rag” houses to their inhabited interiors\, the figures almost hermetic in their solitary pursuits\, which hint at pursuits of self-knowledge. \nThe Icarus Unbound paintings that follow dramatize how these interior monologues might unfold\, rewriting this Greek myth to suit the process. This suite of 6 paintings also mirror a three year therapeutic process with a Jungian Analyst in which I became aware of my path on The Hero’s Journey. Icarus is given a second chance to learn to fly and he does it with the agency of the Divine Feminine\, with whom he ultimately finds union. \nAll of the paintings I make are in some fashion self-portraits and because the themes are common to us all\, they touch on broader archetypal experiences that go beyond my own personal reflections. \n  \nBio \nI have been a painter and a teacher for over forty years and have exhibited my work in many different venues across the Mid Atlantic. I have recently relocated to the Hudson River Valley from Delaware\, where I was Chair of the Arts Department at an Independent Boarding school for 20+ years. \nI am currently teaching art history for Vassar’s Life Long Learning Institute and developing a series of paintings reinterpreting Classic Greek mythological tales. My reimagining of the Icarus story is travelling to 3 separate galleries this year\, including the Lake George Arts Project. I live with my wife\, Elizabeth\, a ceramicist\, and dog\, Bear\, in Dutchess County.  My Daughter\, Olivia\, is an illustrator in NYC and son\, Aidan\, is a builder and sculptor who lives nearby. \n \n \n Click here for recorded Zoom Conversation with John McGiff\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our exhibition sponsors!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Images: Top: Icarus Awakes in the Garden\, Gouache\, 36″ x 48″             Above: The Serenade\, 2021\,Gouache\, 30” x 38” URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/john-mcgiff-painting-as-vision/ CATEGORIES:Courthouse Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Icarus_wakes_in_the_Garden-e1713105131814.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T190000 DTSTAMP:20260418T082813 CREATED:20240405T134729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T110741Z UID:12979-1713103200-1713121200@lakegeorgearts.org SUMMARY:Bands N' Beans - 30 Years! DESCRIPTION:Zach Brock Quartet featuring Aaron Goldberg\, Yasushi Nakamura\, & Clarence Penn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chili from 20+ your favorite restaurants &9 of your favorite bands on two stages! awesome basket raffle + 50/50 + and more!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bands and Beans – 30 Years!\n \nSunday\, April 14\, 20242pm – 7pmFort William Henry Conference Center\nSpice up your April with a heaping helping of fun at the Bands and Beans – the biggest party in the North Country! \nOver twenty local restaurants will be throwing down their best chili concoctions and all vying for the coveted People’s Choice Award. The heat doesn’t stop there though! We’ve got nine of your favorite bands\, on two stages\, playing all day long. This event isn’t just a ton of fun\, 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. \nTickets: $25 Early-Bird (by April 12) – scroll down to get your early-bird tickets!$30 at the door \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THE BANDS\nIn the Ballroom \nThe Switch(2pm – 2:45pm)The Stony Creek Band(3pm – 3:45pm)Dirt Cheap(4pm – 4:45pm)ILL Funk Ensemble(5pm – 5:45pm)Ten Most Wanted(6pm – 6:45pm) \n \n \n \n \n \n In the Acoustic Room \nSeth Warden(2:30pm – 3:15pm)Orion & Keanan(3:30pm – 4:15pm)Steve Candlen & Matt Mirabile(4:30pm – 5:15pm)Little Medicinewith Rick Bolton\, Pat Perkinson\, Tim Wechgelear\, & Jeff Walton(5:30pm – 6:15pm) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EARLY BIRD TICKET SALES HAVE ENDEDDON’T FRET THOUGH – YOU CAN STILL GET TICKETS AT THE DOOR!TICKETS ARE $30DOORS OPEN AT 1:30; CHILI ROOM OPENS AT 1:45\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 BANDS AND BEANS SPONSORS URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/bands-n-beans-30-years/ LOCATION:Fort William Henry Conference Center\, 48 Canada Street\, Lake George\, NY\, 12845\, United States CATEGORIES:Fundraising Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lakegeorgearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-BnB-Facebook-Cover.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR