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SUMMARY:Lee Malerich and Michael Van Winkle
DESCRIPTION:Courthouse Gallery Virtual Exhibition + Online Event:\nSculpture by Lee Malerich and Paintings by Michael Van Winkle\nMay 9 – June 12\, 2020\nView our recorded talk with the Artists!\nIn place of a Gallery Reception on May 9\, 2020\,  The Lake George Arts Project’s Courthouse Gallery presented an online talk with exhibiting artists Lee Malerich and Michael Van Winkle. For those that were unable to tune in for the Live Talk\, follow the link above\, or click the photo. \n*Unfortunately the recording started ten minutes in\, so we are missing some footage of Lee\, who went first\, talking about her work. \nFollow these links to a brief slideshow film about each artist and their work:\nLee Malerich  \nMichael Van Winkle \nFollow these links to view work for sale:\nLee Malerich Checklist of works\nMichael Van Winkle Checklist of works \nThis exhibition will be installed in the gallery\, but while public health mandates related to COVID 19 are in place\, the gallery will remain closed\, and we will not host any receptions or meetings. We will reassess the situation as restrictions are eventually lifted\, possibly allowing for pre-scheduled gallery visits for individuals\, or very small groups. \nLee Malerich\, “Disguise”. Recycled wooden chairs\, 29 x 18 x 19 inches. \nAbout the Artists:\nBoth Lee Malerich and Michael Van Winkle create works depicting or referencing the human figure. Lee Malerich considers women’s issues\, and bodies\, as she recycles broken wooden furniture. Michael Van Winkle’s acrylic on canvas works depict figures in contorted postures\, literally pushing against the painting’s perimeters. Each in their unique way taps into shared aspects of our collective human condition. \nLee Malerich utilizes discarded chairs\, reassembling them into expressive sculptures that serve as metaphors for the female body. She says: “I make Uneasy Chairs. Chairs in which one cannot sit. Each chair represents a woman – They reflect the human body without describing it. They inhabit the body’s negative space. They contain many parts of many different chairs\, redesigned so they can continue to stand\, after losing a bit of themselves. Imagine scar tissue\, as the viewer notes the differences between a normal chair and these mixed and matched rebuilt modifications which are the poster girls of resistance. How is a woman’s composition altered when she has a baby on her hip? Or when the baby is still in utero?” \nLee Malerich earned her BFA and MFA in Fiber/Fabrics from Northern Illinois University\, DeKalb\, Illinois. Her work has been exhibited at many venues\, including Columbia College; Coker College; University of South Carolina; Columbia Museum of Art (all in South Carolina); The Ormond Beach Museum\, Ormond Beach\, Fl; Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft\, Louisville\, KY; North Carolina Folk Art Center\, Asheville\, NC; and Delaware Center for Contemporary Art\, Wilmington\, DE.  Her awards include three South Carolina Arts Commission fellowships in the area of Crafts\, and one Regional National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She currently lives in Neeses\, SC. Learn more about Lee Malerich at leemalerich.wordpress.com. \nMichael Van Winkle\, “In the Wet with Shards”\, acrylic on canvas\, 46 x 30 inches. \nMichael Van Winkle’s paintings stem from a mix of observation\, invention and memory. His recent paintings explore a broad tradition of representational painting and its relationship to abstraction. He says: “Dancers\, explorers and amateur philosophers; the figures in my paintings and drawings are earnest and silly. They are working hard to discover meaning within the bounds of their environment. Their bodies are poised and their positions strain for purpose. However\, the paintings aren’t primarily concerned with their actions or intentions\, but focus on their material constraints and the painted environment they inhabit.” \nMichael Van Winkle earned his BFA in Painting\, with a Minor in Philosophy\, from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University\, NY\, and his MFA in Painting from State University of New York at Albany. His work was recently exhibited in solo shows at The Times Club\, Iowa City\, IA; ECA+ Gallery\, Easthampton\, MA; Historic Northampton Museum\, Northampton\, MA; Yates Gallery\, Siena College\, Loudonville\, NY; The Foundry for Art\, Design and Culture\, Cohoes\, NY; and in group shows at LabSpace\, Hillsdale\, NY; Collarworks Gallery\, Troy NY; and Artspace\, New Haven\, CT. His awards include residencies at The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency in Granville\, NY;  Ragged Edge Print Studio\, Cohoes\, NY; and Vermont Studio Center\, Johnson\, VT. He has taught at Skidmore College\, Siena College\, The Doane Stuart School\, SUNY Albany\, and College of St Rose. He currently lives in Mechanicville\, NY. Learn more about Michael Van Winkle at: www.michaelvanwinkle.com. \nArtist Resume /CV:\nLee Malerich\nMichael Van Winkle \nThe Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse\, corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streets\, Lake George\, NY. \nPlease NOTE: Regular Gallery hours are temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 health emergency.  Call 518-668-2616 or visit www.lakegeorgearts.org  for updates. \nThis exhibition is funded in part by the Town and Village of Lake George; the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust; 518 Profiles; Mannix Marketing; Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation; and LGAP members.  Please Join us today! \n  \nthank you to our sponsors:\n           \n 
URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/lee-malerich-and-michael-van-winkle-3/
LOCATION:Courthouse Gallery\, 1 Amherst St\, Lake George\, NY\, 12845\, United States
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SUMMARY:Algal Blooms in Lake George
DESCRIPTION:Courthouse Gallery Virtual Exhibition\nAlgal Blooms in Lake George\nThe Natural Beauty of Algae… and Its Warning\n[a view from under the surface of Lake George] \nThis June the Lake George Arts Project’s Courthouse Gallery had planned a one-week exhibition featuring Kathy Bozony’s work documenting and researching the algal blooms in Lake George.  We were unable to host a reception for the exhibition due to the current Covid-19 Public Health Emergency\, but we have created an online gallery here\, and a link to Kathy’s presentation HERE. \nKathy Bozony has been documenting algal blooms in Lake George for over 10 years.  She has taken thousands of underwater photographs and shared them with the Lake communities. The importance of sharing these photographs has been a dedicated undertaking\, as the prevalence of excess algae in Lake George is not a given\, but an anomaly for this type of lake.  It is a fact that algae naturally occur in all waterbodies\, but excessive algae growth does indicate a problem\, and we should be concerned. \n\nKathy sent us this statement about her research: \nCan we SAVE the QUEEN of American Lakes? \nLake George is an oligotrophic lake\, defined as a waterbody with clear\, deep water and little organic productivity (minimal plants and algae growth). \nLake George was classified in the 1940’s as Class AA-Special (AA-S)fresh surface water.  Five lakes in New York State have this AA-S designation\, indicating best usage as a source of drinking water\, swimming\,recreationand fishing. This ‘best use’ classification determines water quality standards that specify a maximum amount of a pollutant that can be present in a waterbody.  No reclassification of water quality has occurred since. \nBut what has changed?   Should we be concerned? \nLand use and development surrounding Lake George is causing what you see in these photos\, excessive algae growth.  Arapid increase in a population of algae (phytoplankton present in water) is defined as an algal bloom\, which should not be visible in an oligotrophic lake. \nA waterbody naturally ages over thousands of years.  Accelerated aging (what we are witnessing in Lake George within our lifetime)\, is a consequence of land use and development decisions.  These choices have increased water quality degradation and possible changes in lake classification\, from oligotrophic to mesotrophic (or eutrophic\, which is characterized by high nutrient loads that cause a significant increase in plant and algae growth\, as well as reduced water clarity and oxygen depletion).  ‘Cultural eutrophication’ is a term used to define an expedited aging of a waterbody caused by human activity. \nAre the algal blooms that have been documented in Lake George the ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’that demands our immediate attention?  How can we not recognize that the water quality changes that we are witnessing are so obvious?  That alone should prompt actionto preserve this nationally recognized resource that we are privileged to enjoy\, in all its capacity. \nThe nutrients and pollutants that are impacting Lake George’s water quality flow into the lake from unmanaged stormwater\, inadequately treated wastewater (which includes onsite septic systems and municipal wastewater treatment plants)\, fertilizer and pesticide use\, winter road salt and other pollutants within the watershed.  With the changes in the Lake’s water quality that we have all witnessed within the past 20+ years\, we can only hope that municipalities and towns within the Lake George Park begin to make changes in their regulations and enforcement.  In addition to municipal responsibility\, residents\, businesses (including motels)\, lake visitors and guests must act on the importance of conscientious lake preservation. \nMicroscopic analysis of the algae sampled from the lake within the past 10 years has identified many varieties of algae genus\, including algae that grows in sewage treatment plants.  The awareness of the genus of algae present in Lake George that identify ‘probable organic pollution’ indicates that there are outdated\, poorly designed and/or failing septic systems on the lands surrounding the lake.  This needs to be addressed. \nIt’s up to you… \nPreserving Lake George water quality is certainly more important than a green\, weed free lawn; an unobstructed view of the lake if it means that all trees and vegetation are removed from the property and shoreline for that view; and living with an antiquated\, poorly designed\, inadequately maintained or failing septic system.
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