Lake George Arts Project

Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal
2023-09-17 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Helio Alves – piano
Vinicius Gomes – guitar
Gili Lopes – bass
Duduka da Fonseca – drums
The Percussionist; author and producer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Duduka Da Fonseca is a 4-time GRAMMY® Award Nominee Drummer. He has appeared on over 250 albums alongside American Jazz icons as well as Brazilian Jazz Icons, including 25 albums as a leader/co-leader, making him one of the most recorded Brazilian drummers in this idiom.
In 2002 Duduka’s first solo album, Samba Jazz Fantasia, was the first “Samba Jazz” instrumental album ever to be nominated for the American Grammy® Award. He is one of the very few Brazilians and the only Brazilian drummer thus far to be nominated for this prestigious Award with his own solo album. He has recorded and tour with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gerry Mulligan, Astrud Gilberto, Phil Woods, Kenny Barron, Lee Konitz, Eddie Gomez, Herbie Mann, Joe Henderson, Claudio Roditi, Rufus Reid, Paquito D’Rivera, Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, John Pizzarelli, John Scofield,Tom Harrell, Joe Lovano, David Sanchez, Renee Rosnes, Bill Charlap, Milton Nascimento, Dori Caymmi, Oscar Castro Neves, Larry Goldings, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker and many others.
“Duduka Da Fonseca had the flowing beat doing his bidding, making one dance while sitting down. A master of “Brasilient” rhythms, he is equally capable of grooving a jazz 4/4 with his great, loosey-goosey swing” –Ira Gitler, American Jazz Historian and Journalist.
“ Duduka is a fantastic drummer, he has worked with me and I love the way he plays” — Antonio Carlos Jobim.
“The universal appeal of Brazilian jazz is how measured, melodic emotion is energized from within by subtle, invincible rhythm. Da Fonseca may be the best in the world at motivating and sustaining that special vital pulse.” –Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes.

Richie Goods / Chien Chien “Connected”
2023-09-17 15:00 - 17:00
“CONNECTED” was formed in 2020. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Richie Goods and Chien Chien had frequent conversations about the Black Lives Matter movement and the unwarranted hate crimes against Asians. They decided to do a project that would unify people and invoke imagery of love and peace. As often happens, music was the catalyst that bridged the gap and resulted in a rare collaboration; a partnership that produced “The Path” Sep. 2020, “We Three Kings” Nov. 2020, and “Rain” Dec. 2021. They decided to cement their musical relationship by creating “CONNECTED”, Together, Richie and Chien Chien create an exciting, new, energetic listening experience and attract new audiences everywhere. Their new release, “Richie Goods & Chien Chien – CONNECTED” was released January 13 2023 and has been on the jazz week charts for 12 weeks.
Crazy as it seems, somehow during the shutdown we felt more free and inspired to create. Through all the chaos and violence, we wanted to do a project that would unify people and invoke imagery of love and peace. We realized one of our pieces, Donnie Hathaway’s “Someday We’ll All Be Free” does just that. It speaks of freedom and balance.
We believe we all share one energy, one connection.
XOXO, Richie & Chien
“Rarely does an album come about that defines an era but Connected is one such album. As Billie Holiday gave us Strange Fruit and Gil Scott Heron gave us Small Talk at 125th & Lenox, Richie Goods and Chien Chien’s Connected is a musical historical landmark for our time.” — Andromeda Turre (Sirius Xm real jazz host)

Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Orchestra
2023-09-17 17:00 - 19:00
Saxophones: Alejandro Aviles, Todd Bashore, John Ellis, Jeremy Powell, Terry Goss
Trumpets: Vitaly Golonev, Jim Seeley, John Bailey, Rachel Terrien
Trombones: Noah Bless, Eric Miller, Mike Fahie, James Rodgers
Rhythm: Emilio Solla (p), Pablo Aslan (b), Ferenc Nemeth (d)
Latin Grammy winner and multi-Grammy nominee, Argentine-born and New York-based pianist and composer Emilio Solla’s first band, Apertura, (1983-1989) was praised by Astor Piazzolla as one of the most interesting new sounds in the Buenos Aires scene in 1986. Today, with eleven CDs as bandleader and more than forty as arranger/producer, he is regarded by peers and critics as one of the most outstanding and unique composers in the Tango-Jazz field, a musical language which blends Argentine tango and folk with jazz and other contemporary music styles. He has performed all around Europe, Japan, the US and Latin America to rave reviews in many of the most important jazz houses and festivals, such as Bim Huis, Lincoln Center, Marciac, Blue Note, Fasching and more.
Solla moved to New York in 2006, and since then he has composed for, recorded and toured with Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo O’Farrill, Edmar Castañeda, Cristina Pato and many others jazz and classical music greats, besides performing regularly with his different projects at the Jazz Standard, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Birdland. Former members of his bands include jazz stars Donny Mc Caslin, Omer Avital, Jorge Rossy, Jeff Ballard and more.
He continues to tour Europe and the US while working as a free-lance arranger and pianist in different projects in NY. His NY based quintet Bien Sur! released its first CD in 2010 with special guest Billy Hart. This album was included in the Best of 2010 list by Downbeat Magazine. Since November 2010, he is leading a nine piece orchestra, La Inestable de Brooklyn, featuring some of the strongest jazz players in NYC. Their first CD, Second Half (2015) was Nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Latin Jazz Album. In November 2014 Solla’s first symphonic work had its World Premiere at the Palau de la Musica, during the Barcelona Jazz Festival and its US Premier at the Chicago Symphony Hall. 2017 took him back to Buenos Aires for the Premiere of the symphonic version of his Suite Piazzollana. In 2018, he started composing for a new project, the Tango Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece big band, taking his blend of Latin American sounds and jazz to a whole new level of accomplishment. This orchestra released its first album, “Puertos” on August 28, 2019. This album won the Latin Grammy 2020 for Best Jazz Album and one of Solla’s compositions, La Novena, was awarded a Grammy Nomination in 2019 as Best Instrumental Arrangement.
The Tango Jazz Orchestra (TJO) is Emilio’s most ambitious project to date. A full 17-piece jazz orchestra which replaces the guitar by a bandoneon. This large ensemble has allowed Solla to take his blend of tango and Latin American music with jazz to a whole new level of accomplishment. The orchestra recorded and released its first work, “Puertos, Music of International Waters” in 2019. One of Solla’s compositions was nominated that same year for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (sharing the honor with Vince Mendoza, John Williams and Jacob Collier) and the full album was awarded the 2020 Latin Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Hanna Washburn
2023-10-07 - 2023-11-10
About the Work
Hanna Washburn builds sculptures from recycled clothing and textiles, furniture, household items, and other materials that have former utilities and associations. She sews by hand and works intuitively, allowing the forms to grow organically into complex aggregates of color, pattern, and texture. The resulting sculptures gradually emerge as anthropomorphic and bodily: they droop, gesture, and hold space. Washburn’s work visualizes the patchwork of identity-forming and the complex joy of existing inside a body.
Jog your Memory is about the colors, patterns, forms, and gestures that remind you of something. Sometimes those connections are strong and vibrant; sometimes they are fuzzy or choppy. Washburn uses the materials of everyday life to build up sculptures with distinct personalities. Washburn will occasionally incorporate the literal object or material from her past—or, if she no longer has the thing, will recreate the specific pattern or item in her own hand.
Jog Your Memory also marks the first time Washburn has displayed several of her hanging sculptures together, a relatively new part of her practice. The hanging sculptures occupy the space of suspended items found in the home: hanging planters, light fixtures, and chandeliers. They are inspired in particular by her great grandmother’s front porch—a place Washburn remembers as sunlit and filled with many delightful hanging objects: flowers and bird cages and other intriguing things. Washburn’s hanging sculptures also serve the purpose of occupying the space between the floor, the wall, and the ceiling, interrupting the exhibition and interrupting your thoughts. Washburn thinks of them as representing the way a memory can stop you in your tracks.
About the Artist
Hanna Washburn is an artist and curator based in Beacon, New York. Washburn’s work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Cult Bytes, and the Femme Art Review. Exhibition venues include SPRING/BREAK Art Fair (New York, NY), the Dorsky Museum of Art (New Paltz, NY), NADA Art Fair (New York, NY), Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY), Munson (Utica, NY), Sotheby’s Institute of Art (New York, NY), and Rice University (Houston, TX). Washburn has held artist residences at organizations including Haystack Mountain School (2023), Monson Arts (2020), Vermont Studio Center (2019), the Textile Arts Center (2018), and the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Colony (2018).
Washburn received her MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in 2018, and her BA in Fine Art and English Literature from Kenyon College in 2014. She currently works in the Curatorial Department at Storm King Art Center.
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:
This exhibition is funded in part by the Town and Village of Lake George and LGAP members. Please Join us today!

Click here for Hanna Washburn - Studio Spotlight Video

Jeff Wigman Excelsior
2023-11-15 - 2023-12-16 | Courthouse Gallery, 1 Amherst St, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Click Here to read the Times Union review of Excelsior: New Oils by Jeff Wigman

Artist’s Gallery Reception:Saturday, November 18, 20234:00 – 6:00 PM
Sunday ArtsSunday, November 19, 2023Gallery open 1:00 – 4:00PMGallery visit and maker space for all ages
A Conversation with the Artist:Friday, December 1, 20237:00 PMJeff Wigman: Excelsior – New OilsJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89768965189Meeting ID: 897 6896 5189

Artist’s Statement
Painting is where internal and external experience mix. It’s a way to process and relate to the world, like conversing with a person or chewing food. My first response to an idea or event is to interpret it, to make it something I can see. A phrase like “drunken centaur,” doesn’t go far on its own, but by turning it over this way and that, finding forms for invisible notions, and inviting in accident and precedent, painting becomes a space of illumination. It’s a way to get past words. In the open space of the page, metaphors popup like sudden jokes, fully formed and emblematic. Imagination here isn’t about escape or fancy; it’s a matter of engaging the mind’s eye as the primary interpretive tool.
I use oil paints, often making my own. It’s mesmerizing stuff that takes on endless qualities. It mixes so easily with the eye, ready to become something, making suggestions as if it has its own desires. Looking closely into it shows something of the mystery of substance and representation altogether, of how the material world conspires with perception, mind, and knowledge to make up our experience. I pay attention to the vitality of the paint layers and the movement of the surface. There are moments like “ah, I’ve seen that in so and so”—passages of paint that share in a lineage.
I paint with a range of historical approaches not to mimic a look, but as a practice. There’s wisdom in method and material. There’s richness. Technical investigation sheds light on and expands the creative process beyond notions of a verisimilitude or style. Painting is an outlook. Rather than just dressing up the ancients in modern clothes, I see these processes as incisive analytical tools, like finding an old hand-ground lens that still magnifies whatever it’s placed in front of.
Bio
Jeff Wigman has shown regularly since moving his studio upstate in 2006. His work has been exhibited in venues such as The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY; Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati,OH; Bowery Gallery, Manhattan; Good Naked Gallery, Brooklyn; and Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Austria. Jeff earned a BFA in painting and sculpture from Parsons School of Design in 1992. He grew up in southern Ohio and lives and works in Troy, New York.

The Courthouse Gallery is located at the side entrance of the Old County Courthouse,corner of Canada and Lower Amherst Streetsin Lake George, NY.
During scheduled exhibitions dates our in-person office and gallery hours areWednesday through Friday 12 – 5 pm& Saturdays 12 – 4 pm.
If you would like to visit exhibitions outside of Gallery hours or request a tour for a group, please contact June Waters, Director of Exhibitions (contact information below)
If you need to reach us between active exhibition dates we are available through email:
June Waters, Director of Exhibitions, june@lakegeorgearts.org
Tanya Tobias-Tomis, Executive Director, tanya@lakegeorgearts.org

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!
We would also like to thank our Media Sponsor: 518 Profiles

Jeff Wigman Artist's Reception
2023-11-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Courthouse Gallery, 1 Amherst St, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Opening Reception: Jeff Wigman – Excelsior

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.
This event is free of charge and light refreshments will be served.
Contact June Waters, Director of Exhibitions, at june@lakegeorgearts.org for more information.

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2023 Holiday Party & Annual Meeting
2023-12-07 17:30 - 20:00 | The Lake George Beach Club, 3 Montcalm Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Holiday Party & Annual Meeting
Thursday, December 7, 2023
5:30pm – Cocktail Hour
6:30pm – Dinner and Meeting
We 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.
Social & 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.
$45 per person
Tickets can be purchased online (below)
via phone: 518-668-2616
or email: Tanya@lakegeorgearts.org

Nathan Meltz: The Utopia Machine
2024-01-24 12:00 - 2024-02-24 17:00
Artist’s Reception
Saturday, January 27, 20244:00 – 6:00 PM
Sunday Arts
Sunday, February 4, 2024Guided Gallery visit andArt Making 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Zoom Conversation
Thursday, February 8th7:00 PM

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″

Artist Statement
Part 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.

BIO
Nathan 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.
His 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.
His 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.

Learn More - Nathan Meltz: Instagram

North Country Public Radio Interview with Nathan Meltz

Courthouse Gallery1 Lower Amherst StreetLake George, NY 12845518-668-2616
Hours: Wednesday – Friday: 12:00 – 5:00Saturday: 12:00 – 4:00Sunday, February 4, 2024: 1:00 – 4:00
For exhibition information or to schedule a visit outside of gallery hours please contactJune WatersDirector of Exhibitionsjune@lakegeorgearts.org518-668-2616

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!
We would also like to thank our Media Sponsor: 518 Profiles

Artist's Reception: Nathan Meltz
2024-01-27 16:00 - 18:00
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.
Image: Vessel, 2022, Screenprint over three sheets of yupo paper, 66 x 32″

Winter Carnival - Art for All
2024-02-03 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-02-10 11:00 - 14:00
Winter Carnival-Art for All!Saturday, February 3rd andSaturday, February 10th11:00 – 2:00 PM
Winter White, Red, and Blue
All 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.

Sunday Arts: The Utopia Machine
2024-02-04 13:00 - 16:00
Sunday Arts: The Utopia Machine
Sunday, February 4th, between1:00 and 4:00 PM
Visit 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!
For more information about this exhibition please click on the link below:

The Utopia Machine

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

John McGiff: Painting as Vision
2024-03-16 11:00 - 2024-04-13 16:00
Artist’s Statement
I 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.
A 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.
The 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.
All 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.

Bio
I 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.
I 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.

Click here for recorded Zoom Conversation with John McGiff

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors!

Images: Top: Icarus Awakes in the Garden, Gouache, 36″ x 48″ Above: The Serenade, 2021,Gouache, 30” x 38”

Bands N' Beans - 30 Years!
2024-04-14 14:00 - 19:00 | Fort William Henry Conference Center, 48 Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Orchestra

Chili from 20+ your favorite restaurants &9 of your favorite bands on two stages! awesome basket raffle + 50/50 + and more!

Bands and Beans – 30 Years!

Sunday, April 14, 20242pm – 7pmFort William Henry Conference Center
Spice up your April with a heaping helping of fun at the Bands and Beans – the biggest party in the North Country!
Over 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.
Tickets: $25 Early-Bird (by April 12) – scroll down to get your early-bird tickets!$30 at the door

THE BANDS
In the Ballroom
The 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)

In the Acoustic Room
Seth 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)

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

THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 BANDS AND BEANS SPONSORS

Talent Unlimited 2024
2024-04-20 12:00 - 2024-04-28 17:00
The theme for the WSWHE BOCES Talent Unlimited 2024 Literary Arts Journal is MEMORY. Students in grades 7 through 12 in WSWHE BOCES regional schools share personal memories rendered with great imaginative and technical skill in the paintings, drawings, and digital art pieces that were selected for publication.
Gallery hours: Wednesdays through Fridays. 12:00 – 5:00 PMSaturdays: 12:00 – 4:00 PM
If you would like to visit or bring a group outside of regular hours please email june@lakegeorgearts.org.

Talent Unlimited2024
Saturday, April 20th through Sunday, April 28th

Opening ReceptionSaturday, April 20th1:00 – 3:00 PM
Sunday ArtsSunday, April 21st1:00 – 4:00 PMGallery tour, art games and art-making activityfor ALL ages!
The exhibition will be open two Sundays, the 21st and the 28th, from 1:00 – 4:00 PM in addition to regular hours. Plan a visit with family, friends, and young artists who will be inspired by this show.

Images: (Top): Talent Unlimited 2024 Cover Art, Kaitlin Valla, Grade 12,WSWHE BOCES Early College Career Academy(Left): The Year 2009, Leah Bell, Grade 12, Saratoga Springs High School(Right): Memory Lane, Sadie Hazen

The Courthouse Gallery1 Lower Amherst StreetLake George, NY 12845518-668-2616
Thank you to our exhibition sponsors!

Mike Glier: The Forests of Antarctica
2024-05-08 12:00 - 2024-06-08 17:00
Artist’s ReceptionSaturday, May 11, 20244:00 – 6:00 PM
Zoom ConversationWednesday, May15, 20247:00 PMRecorded Zoom Link
Sunday ArtsSunday, May 26, 20241:00 – 4:00 PMGallery Tour and Art Workshop for all ages

Images: (Top) Crying Beasts, 2017, oil on linen,48” x 78″(Above)There Is a Faint Odor of Petroleum and the Birds Are Singing, v.2, 2021, oil and charcoal on Arches Watercolor paper, 72.5 ” x 49.5″

Artist’s Statement
The Forests of Antarctica paintings began by accident while working in the South Island of New Zealand, which is a windy place, effected by weather coming north from the Antarctic. When painting out of doors in the wind, the panel often became a sail and lifted from the easel with the breeze. On days like this, I took up pencil and paper and attempted to draw the wind. Encouraged by the unexpected results of drawing something that is invisible, but can be felt, I began to include sound and smell and touch as sources.
I’m not by nature a synesthete, but this attempt to train myself to be so has created drawings and paintings that are more associative than descriptive of particular landscapes. The title, The Forests of Antarctica, places these imagined places in the very distant past when Antarctica was warm or the uncertain future when Antarctica may be warm once more.
The process for this new work begins out of doors, with plein air drawing and color notation. Back in the studio, the studies are combined into large, black and white, oil on paper compositions that emphasize positive and negative reversals. Each form in these pictures is self-contained, but since it shares edges with other forms, the integrity is dependent on its neighbors. Like an ecosystem the forms are at once discrete and dependent, and like things glimpsed while hiking, they flicker into consciousness and dissolve into space. Once the black and white study is complete, the color studies are consulted and the painting begins. The paintings are large, about 6’ x 10’, which is enough to envelope the viewer in a somatic experience.
I worked in four locations, the Berkshires, the coast of northern Maine, the central mountains of New Mexico, and the island of St. John, which is a Biosphere Reserve. It was in St. John that I began to understand the relevance of the plein air process in the 21st C. When drawing and painting out of doors, there isn’t a break between thinking and doing. In the best moments there is no lag between the movement of the sun and the wind and the response of the brush and the knife. Stimulus and response becomes a single thing and the experience is one of feeling very connected with the subject. It’s a delightful state of being in which what is inside gets thoroughly mixed up with what is outside. These paintings are a record of those kinds of moments and a demonstration of the human potential for empathy.
No matter what the fate of our species may be, the natural world of the future will be exuberant. I hope these landscape pictures advocate for responsive and respectful engagement between people and the environment. I hope they advocate for intimacy with what’s outside. If there’s any sort of environmental agenda here, if there’s anything useful to what I’m doing culturally, it’s about modeling a relationship with what’s outside that is reciprocal. This performance is not about domination nor is it about submission; it’s about engaging in a partnership responsibly and happily.

The Forests of Antarctica 589, 2018, oil on primed paper, 43″ x 58″

BioBorn in Kentucky, Mike Glier studied psychology and art at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts before attending the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. An advisee of Robert Morris, Glier received an MA from Hunter College in 1975. His master’s thesis, “The 1979 Dime Store Figurine” appeared in Artforum Magazine the following year.
Living in New York City in the 1980’s, Glier was an active member of Collaborative Projects, participating in the Time Square Show and organizing Art Direct, a mail order catalog of art works. He, also, participated in several Group Material exhibitions including “Mass”, “Resistance”, “The Constitution”, “Politics”, and “AIDS Timeline”. In relation to the feminist dialog at the time, Glier made a series of drawings and paintings about the white male identity, which were exhibited at Anina Nosei Gallery under the title, “White Male Power: Senators, Game Hosts, National Monuments, Popes, etc.” During his years in New York, he was engaged with the artists’ book distributor, Printed Matter Inc., serving on the staff and then the Board of Directors.
In the late 80’s Glier moved to upstate New York to begin a family and at Williams College a teaching career, which he considers a happy, satisfying, and dematerialized part of his creative output. Glier is currently the Alexander Falck, Class of 1899 Professor of Art. To celebrate the birth of his daughter, Glier created a 26 panel painting installation entitled the “Alphabet of Lili”, which not only documents the hopes and fears of raising a child but, also, the changing roles of men. Now living in the country, Glier was inspired by its visual beauty, but also by the urgent reality of a deteriorating natural environment and as a result he begin making art about landscape. In 2007 Glier completed Along a Long Line, a series of plein air paintings created along a line of longitude that stretches from the Canadian Arctic, through New York City and ends on the equator in Ecuador. He has recorded this effort in a book, “Along a Long Line”, published in 2009 by Hard Press Editions. The human relationship to the natural world continues to be the main focus of his work. Derived from drawings made in the forests of Berkshires, the coast of Maine, the central mountains of New Mexico and the Virgin Islands, his current painting series, “The Forests of Antarctica”, envisions an exuberant future in a changed climate.
Solo exhibitions of Glier’s works have been presented at a variety of venues including The Kitchen, New York; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago; Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York; Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne; Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston; San Jose Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. He has completed several permanent installations, including the memorial to Carl Friedrich Goerdeler for the City of Leipzig, Germany (in collaboration with Jenny Holzer), and “Town Green” a wall drawing installation for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, City Hall Annex. “Town Green” was selected by Americans for the Arts as one of the best public art works of the year. A ten-year survey of his work was mounted at Hallwalls, Buffalo NY in 1988 and a 35-year survey was mounted in 2014 at the Opalka Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany. A book entitled “Meander, Because You Can’t See Much While Marching”, which includes essays by Thomas Crow, Lucy Lippard, and David Breslin accompanies this survey. The Drawing Center, NY and The Tyler Gallery, Temple University, have also sponsored national touring shows of his painting.
Glier is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant in drawing and a Guggenheim Fellowship in painting. He has had residencies at the Liguria Study Center, Bogliasco Italy; Dorland Mountain, Temecula, CA: Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain, NY: Herekeke, Lama, NM;, Hauser and Wirth Gallery, Somerset, UK; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY.

Courthouse Gallery 1 Lower Amherst Street Lake George, NY 12845 518-668-2616
Hours: Wednesday – Friday: 12:00 – 5:00 Saturday: 12:00 – 4:00 Sunday, March 24, 2024: 1:00 – 4:00
For exhibition information or to schedule a visit outside of gallery hours please contactJune Waters, Director of Exhibitionsjune@lakegeorgearts.org518-668-2616

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!
We would also like to thank our Media Sponsor: 518 Profiles

2024 Spring for the Arts Golf Tournament
2024-05-11 | Cronin’s Golf
Get ready to tee off for a good cause! Enjoy a day of fun and friendly competition with prizes, food, and great company at everybody’s favorite course – Cronin’s Golf Resort. So mark your calendars, gather your team, and join us in supporting a cause that is close to our hearts. See you on the greens!

at Cronin’s Golf ResortGolf Course RoadWarrensburg, NY 12885
Registration fee: $125 (per player)includes Golf, Cart, Lunch, Steak Dinner, and Awards Banquet

Details:• Registration starts at 11am• Lunch at 12pm• Shotgun start at 1pm• Prizes + Course Contests + Raffle!• No handicaps for this tournament

SaturdayMay 11, 2024

REGISTER ONLINE
Don’t have a team? That is OK! You can register as an individual player by emailing Tanya or calling the Arts Project
Other ways to register!
email TanyaTanya@lakegeorgearts.org
Give us a call! 518-668-2616

Poetry in The Forests of Antarctica
2024-05-23 19:00 - 20:30
Join us in the Courthouse Gallery for an evening of poetry readings
inspired by nature and
the synesthesia found in Mike Glier’s painting exhibition
The Forests of Antarctica.

Pirates of Lake George Summer Cruise
2024-06-20 18:30 - 21:00 | Waterfront Cruises, 2 Kurosaka Ln, Lake George, NY, 12845
OUR 2024 PIRATES OF LAKE GEORGE SUMMER CRUISE IS SOLD OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

Thursday, June 20, 2024Boarding at 6:30pmCruise from 7pm – 9pmAboard Waterfront Cruises’ – Adirondac2 Kurosaka Ln, Lake George, NY

Ahoy, mateys! Prepare to batten down the hatches and set sail aboard Waterfront Cruises’ Adirondac for the most swashbucklin’ party of the season!
This ain’t your ordinary cruise…We’re talkin’ a full-blown pirate extravaganza to benefit the Lake George Arts Project! So dig out yer eye patches, hoist yer Jolly Roger, dress up in yer finest pirate garb, and get ready for an evening filled with swashbucklin’ merriment and shenanigans, a treasure trove of raffles & prizes and grog galore!

OUR 2024 PIRATES OF LAKE GEORGE SUMMER CRUISE IS SOLD OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

Sons of MyStro
2024-06-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Lake George High School Auditorium, 381 Canada Street, Lake George, 12845, United States
Sons of Mystro
PLEASE NOTE: The Sons of Mystro show will take place at our rain location: The Lake George High School Auditorium (381 Canada Street, Mountain Drive Entrance)
with Dj Venimis, Malcolm McNeish, & Umoja McNeish
About Sons of MystroBorn in South Florida to a Jamaican father and Barbadian mother, brothers Malcom and Umoja learned to play violin through South Florida’s public school system, and attended Dillard High School for the Performing Arts. Together, these brothers are Sons of Mystro. They use their violins to interpret reggae classics, American pop songs and their own creations. Sons of Mystro are a little bit classical, a little bit R&B, and like nothing you’ve heard before!

Critics have hailed them as “Innovators of sound” and “Masters of musical fusion.”

Since being formed as a group, in June of 2010, Sons of MyStro has performed at a variety of events such as playing the signature song, BACK IN BLACK-AC/DC, for seven Miami Heat games, during the BACK IN BLACK promotion for the 2011/2012 basketball season, Keys To The City Ceremonies, most notably honoring international recording artist, Wyclef Jean and sisters, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian. ESPN/BCSChampionship Party, opening for The Fray, the 8th Annual Jazz In The Gardens, alongside notable R&Band Jazz acts such as Najee, Fantasia, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Charlie Wilson, New Edition, Monica, Neyo, and Earth, Wind and Fire, open act for Dennis Edwards and the Temptations Revue for the NatKing Cole Generation Hope, Inc., opening for Sean Paul at Calle Ocho Festival Miami, one of the featured acts on Carnival On The Mile among many other appearances.
They are winners of the Emerging Artist under 21yrs Old award at IRAWMA (International Reggae and World Music Awards). Their debut recording, “Reggae Strings” is available now wherever music is streamed or sold.

VISIT THE SONS OF MYSTRO WEBSITE

THE ARTISTS

DJ Venimis assist Sons of Mystro in creating the right groove that just makes you want to move. With his keen understanding of creating the proper flow and the use of his creative mind, Dj Venimis truly has what it takes to make the crowds body shake. Whenever you need to have a spectacular time that makes you feel alive, Dj Venimis will always show up to supply the right vibe.

Malcolm McNeish brings more to the table than just his lyrics and 5 string violin. His awareness and focus allows him to see more than meets the eye on stage, allowing him to bring a consistent energy and to be the backbone that keeps things together to allow the show to run smooth and effortless.
#TheIcecoldflow or #TheFreshFlow
Malcolm McNeish brings more to the table than just his lyrics and 5 string violin. His awareness and focus allows him to see more than meets the eye on stage, allowing him to bring a consistent energy and to be the backbone that keeps things together to allow the show to run smooth, effortless, and cool. With his lyrical talent and stage presence, he is man that understands what it means to be cooler than cool.

Whilst on stage Umoja always knows how to show the crowd how to have an awesome time leading them into singing, movements and chants to create togetherness and unity for more energy. With his catch phrase “Make some noise” he creates an energetic uproar that sets the feel good excitement that takes you sky high.

This engagement is supported by The Audience Building Project, a program of the Lake Placid Center for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with support from the Governor and New York State Legislature.

Sunday Arts! What can you do with Red, White, and Blue!
2024-06-30 13:00 - 16:00
What Can You Do with Red, White, and Blue?
Make art for the 4th of July!
Come one come all! Artists of all ages are invited to drop into the Courthouse Gallery between 1:00 and 4:00 PM on Sunday to make art that celebrates Independence Day!
Free of charge – all materials provided.

Eventually Epic
2024-07-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Eventually Epic
Eventually Epic is an eclectic rock band that performs songs across diverse musical genres, ranging from classic rock to contemporary pop to (Hindi) Bollywood tunes. Their originals feature simple arrangements, catchy melodies and memorable lyrics, and their live performances exude raw energy and sheer joy. Armed with an unconventional combination of acoustic guitar(s), keytar and captivating vocal harmonies, Eventually Epic is a musical force to reckon with (or eventually will be)!

Cadence Giersbach: Through the Summer Garden
2024-07-10 12:00 - 2024-08-11 16:00
SPECIAL EXHIBITION RELATED EVENTS

Constellation, 2022, Glazed Porcelain, 15 x 9 x 8 in

ARTIST’S RECEPTION
Saturday, July 13th4:00 – 6:00 PM
Artist Talk at 5:00 PM
Join LGAP staff, the artist and friends to celebrate the work of Cadence Giersbach – free and open to all

ZOOM CONVERSATION
WITH CADENCE GIERSBACH
Wednesday, July 17th7:00 -8:00 PM
Click here to join the conversation!

SUNDAY ARTS
Sunday, August 11th12:00 – 4:00 PM
Gallery tour and art-making opportunity for ALL ages Free of charge

VISIT CADENCE'S WEBSITE

FOLLOW HER ON FACEBOOK

FOLLOW HER ON INSTAGRAM

from the artist’s Instagram page

Through the Summer Garden...

STATEMENT
Drawing inspiration from my garden in upstate New York, I create painted paper-pulp sculptures and fabric paintings. I am fascinated by the world encapsulated in the small piece of earth surrounding my home—its textures, shapes, and gestures—and the sensations and memories it evokes. As I dig the soil, lift stones, and plant seeds, I am a participant and an observer, keenly aware of the shifting ecology around me. I combine abstract, symbolic, and figurative references to living things and geological formations with ancient archetypes like spirals, snakes, and stars to create layers of association and explore our complex relationship with the natural world. For instance, a series of sewn kite-shaped paintings alludes to the sensation of being grounded on the earth while looking upward, connected to the sky. Paintings are not stretched or primed, so their surfaces undulate, while the sculptures’ textures are rough and jagged, reminiscent of a mountain range, or smooth like a boulder. Paint often drips and flows like streams in the landscape. Color is heightened or used symbolically, and shapes are exaggerated to portray the garden as a place of memory, sensation, and thought. My intention is to animate the work and coax it into expressing the story it contains. With each piece, I strive to elicit visceral emotions that connect us to the earth and sky and inspire curiosity, empathy, and care. The garden is a metaphor for life’s beauty, intensity, and fragility.

BIOGRAPHY
Inspired by the materiality of the natural landscape, Cadence Giersbach (b. 1966, New York, NY) creates abstract paintings and sculptures. Giersbach earned a BA from Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY); an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ); and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, ME). The artist has participated in exhibitions at P.S.122 Gallery (New York, NY); White Columns (New York, NY); Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill (Bronx, NY); P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art (Queens, NY); Museo Rufino Tamayo (Mexico City, Mexico); Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, NY); Galerie Faurschou (Copenhagen, Denmark); Kunsthalle Nürnberg (Nürnberg, Germany); Roebling Hall (Brooklyn, NY); Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts (New York, NY); Deitch Projects (New York, NY); among others.

...Cadence Giersbach

She is a recipient of awards and fellowships, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting. Residencies include P.S. 122 Studio Program, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, MacDowell, Cité Internationale des Arts, and Nordisk Kunstnarsenter. Gierbah’s work has been commissioned by Arts for Transit, MTA (Brooklyn, NY), the Town of Montclair (Montclair, NY), Percent for Art (Queens, NY), the Palladium Co. (West Palm Beach, FL), and is in the public collections of the Albright-Knnos (Buffalo, NY), Harvard Business School (Boston, MA), and the RISD Museum (Providence, RI). Giersbach lives in New York, NY, and in Sullivan County, NY.

Images:Mirror with Snakes, 2022, Flashe and acrylic on instant paper mache, aluminum, mirror, 23 x 29 x 15 in.
There is a Snake in the Garden, 2022, Acrylic and flashe on sewn muslin, 57 x 38 inConstellation, 2022, Glazed Porcelain, 15 x 9 x 8 inRooster, 2021, Acrylic and flashe on sewn muslin, 70 x 50 in

Courthouse Gallery 1 Lower Amherst Street Lake George, NY 12845 518-668-2616
Hours: Wednesday – Friday: 12:00 – 5:00 PM Saturday: 12:00 – 4:00 PMSundays July 14th, 21st, 28th and August 4th and 11th 12:00 – 4:00 PM
For exhibition information or to schedule a visit outside of gallery hours please contactJune Waters, Director of Exhibitions june@lakegeorgearts.org 518-668-2616
Thank you to our exhibition sponsors!

Courthouse Gallery 1 Lower Amherst Street Lake George, NY 12845 518-668-2616
Hours: Wednesday – Friday: 12:00 – 5:00 PM Saturday: 12:00 – 4:00 PMSundays July 14th, 21st, 28th and August 4th and 11th 12:00 – 4:00 PM
For exhibition information or to schedule a visit outside of gallery hours please contactJune Waters, Director of Exhibitions june@lakegeorgearts.org 518-668-2616
Thank you to our exhibition sponsors!

Cassandra Kubinski
2024-07-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Cassandra KubinskiWednesday, July 10, 2024
CANCELEDDue to forecasted torrential rain and possible high winds this evening, and for the safety of our artists, audience and crew, we have to cancel tonight’s performance with Cassandra. We are working on rescheduling now and will keep everybody updated!

About Cassandra
Multi Billboard Heatseekers charting singer/songwriter Cassandra Kubinski has performed her piano-driven stories of ambition, connection, loss, and love from living rooms to Barclays Center, from NYC to LA to Thailand to Jamaica and beyond. She’s shared stages with the Goo Goo Dolls, 10,000 Maniacs, Anna Nalick, Dickie Betts, and more.
You’ve heard Cassandra’s songs on TV, from Lifetime to ESPN to ABC, including 13 songs on hit show Dance Moms. She has collaborated on songs with luminaries like the Goo Goo Dolls, Chris Botti, 10,000 Maniacs, DJ Taz Rashid, and even her personal music hero, Billy Joel.
Her songs have helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for important causes, such as “Not So Different” for Autism (performed for the NY Islanders at Barclays Center) and “You Get Me” for pet rescue (performed at Broadway’s iconic 54 Below).
A fierce advocate for women in entertainment, she was the composer and bandleader of Emmy-winning new media TV Show “The Never Settle Show” hosted by Mario Armstrong; served on the board of Women in Music for 8+ years; and serves as the youngest and only female artist on the Caffe Lena board in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Her music video STARDUST(from EP #1MillionHearts) went viral upon release, and now approaches half a million views on Youtube.

“Cassandra Kubinski is very similar to the singer/songwriters of the late 70’s…proves that the genre (singer/songwriter) can still be transcendent.”Billy Joel

HER MUSIC

BURN IT DOWN

STARDUST

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Pine Leaf Boys
2024-07-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
About the Pine Leaf Boys
Louisiana’s finest, four-time Grammy-Nominated, world-renown Pine Leaf Boys have made a name for presenting their own inimitable brand of Louisiana music with youthful exuberance. Hailing from southwest Louisiana, the Pine Leaf Boys, known for their wild shows and thoughtful arrangements, have breathed new life into Louisiana music, reviving ancient songs and bringing them to the bandstand. Being described in the New York Times as, “… the link that connects the young and the old generations,” and, “the best new, energetic, and fun Cajun band in a very long time,” the Pine Leaf Boys play the old fashion dance hall standards while making a priority to bring many of the more obscure songs of past masters into their repertoire and play them with gusto.
The Pine Leaf Boys have been invited on six occasions by the U.S. State Department to tour the world and present true music to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Jerusalem in 2009 and again to Latvia, Denmark, and Slovenia is 2010 and a third time to the “Stan” countries in 2012 (Uzbek, Tajik, and Kyrgz). The variety and energy they release evolves through their shows, bringing multi-faceted angles to Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco. Their mission is to present the beautiful, powerful music of their ancestors and present the real Cajun music to the world and prove that it is still thriving and full of life. The Pine Leaf Boys have preserved the traditional Cajun sound, while allowing it to breathe and stretch with those who play it. Click here to see a list of the last 11 years of touring around the 23 countries and 47 states.

New York Times described the boys’ music as “the link that connects the young and the old generations,” and Rolling Stone Magazine quoted, “the best new, energetic, and fun Cajun band in a very long time.”

THEIR MUSIC

The Pine Leaf Boys at The Barn at Lakeview

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The E-Block
2024-07-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
The E-Block
The E-Block is a 5-piece indie R&B band based in Upstate New York, blending the acoustic warmth of singer-songwriter music with an ice-cold rhythm section informed by modern R&B. Founded by guitarist Luke Pascarella in 2019, the band has grown to include saxophonist James Soren, keyboardist Devin Tetlak, bassist Daniel Folds, and drummer Leroy “Rudy” Dalton. With a deep bag of influences and free-flowing style, The E-Block has earned a reputation as a unique live act in the Capital Region scene.

Big Medicine
2024-07-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
Big Medicine
A rocking concoction of rock, folk, country, blues, originals and everything else under the sun!
The band is Jeff Walton-Vocals and GuitarMaggie Doherty-Vocals and FluteTim Wechgalear-VocalsViolin and MandoliRick Bolton-Vocals and GuitarPat Perkinson-BassMike LaMaestro-Drums.

Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly
2024-08-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
About Walter Parks & the Unlawful Assembly
As a full 6 piece band or a trio, The Unlawful Assembly reimagines and tributes historic spirituals and hymns which universally inspire, empower and unite. Leader/guitarist/singer Walter Parks, longtime sideman to Woodstock legend Richie Havens, is joined by featured artists drummer/producer Steven Williams, Ada Dyer on vocals who’s currently touring worldwide with Bruce Springsteen and/or Andrae Murchison on trombone.
In one live-concert experience The Unlawful Assembly entertains and informs while successfully melding roots music of divergent origins. The soundtrack to American black history – old-school spirituals, gospel, blues, and prison work chants intertwine with swamp hollers, shaped-note hymns and Appalachian reels of white homesteader origin.
Parks’ native northeast Florida swampy feel borrows from southern rock, jazz, early 70’s soul and few gospel interpretations that rest joyfully upon a foundation of modern electronic loops.
Reimagined covers and traditionals include: “Wade In The Water”, “Follow The Drinking Gourd”, “Down By The Riverside”, “Steal Away”, “Old Blind Barnabas”, “Amazing Grace”, “Higher Ground” and “Early In The Mornin’”. Walter contributes “Georgia Rice” and a co-write with Stan Lynch of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers on “Shoulder It”.

THEIR MUSIC

Down By the Riverside at Jersey City Jazz Festival

The Unlawful Assembly • Bridge Over Troubled Water • Ada Dyer Vocalist

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Matt Schofield
2024-08-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
About Matt
British born and now US-based, Matt Schofield continues to push the frontiers and reshape the boundaries of the British Blues tradition. A multi-award winning guitar virtuoso, singer, songwriter, producer and band leader, after more than 30 years of performing, and 20 years into his solo career, Schofield’s impact as one of the most influential and distinctive guitarists of his generation is unquestionable.
Along with a storied career that has taken him and his band to nearly 30 countries worldwide comes awards, industry and critical acclaim – three time “British Blues Guitarist of the Year”, “British Blues Album of the Year” and the first guitarist inducted into the “British Blues Awards Hall of Fame”. Mojo Magazine “Blues Album of the Year”and Guitar & Bass Magazines “Top Ten British Blues Guitarist of All Time” alongside Eric Clapton and Peter Green.
Schofield’s fluid and melodic playing and iconic tone has inspired legions of guitarists, and a sought after line of signature instruments and equipment including a Two-Rock Matt Schofield amplifier.
What remains ever impressive is Schofield live. From main stages at prestigious festivals such as Montreal and North Sea Jazz, to packed houses in legendary clubs like New York’s Iridium or London’s 100 Club, Schofield’s ability to connect with audiences immediately and profoundly is unforgettable. His authenticity, mastery of guitar, emotive vocals, and improvisational brilliance are brought to life within his innovative original compositions.

Awards and commentary:
• British Blues Awards Guitarist of the Year 2010, 2011, 2012 which garnered him an induction into the British Blues Hall of Fame• Voted Blues Album of the Year (2011) Mojo Magazine• Penguin Book of Blues Recordings cited as one of only two living British artists to achieve the maximum four-star rating• Guitar & Bass magazine’s Top Ten British Blues Guitarists

HIS MUSIC

Lights Are On

at the North Sea Jazz festival “Laying it Down”

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Angelina Valente
2024-08-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George, NY, 12845, United States
About Angelina

Angelina Valente is a singer-songwriter from Upstate New York who creates music that moves you. With songs that feel like a warm summer breeze, Angelina‘s uninhibited voice and sincere lyrics draw you in and leave you feeling restored and inspired. Her unique blend of indie folk features piano, ukulele, and genuine storytelling influenced by her small town roots and love of nature.

In the 5 years she has been performing, Angelina is now selling out shows around the Capital region. She has released one full length album, two EP’s and three singles, and has recorded at the esteemed Village Studios in L.A., as well as the Atlantic Records Studio in New York City. After the release of her most recent album “Sing,” in November 2023, Angelina has won the distinguished awards for Songwriter of the Year, Album of the Year, and Artist of the Year for the New York Capital Region.

HER MUSIC

“Steady Your Heart” Live from Caffe Lena

Stay With Me – The Faces cover

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