By Kathy
I’m really pleased with how our current show looks at the Liberty Museum located at 46 South Main Street in Liberty, NY. It was one of those shows that just came together with fluidity and not too much fussing and moving things around. It helped that Liberty Museum has such a nice big space to offer us. We had a very fun opening reception with many of our usual guests, plus a few new faces.
As always the food was YUM! I made my usual signature spinach/water chestnut, scallion dip and my ultra rich choclate brownies with walnuts, Tom has a great kielbasa connection in Orange County and brought that and some of his wife Pat’s fantastic hummous with red bell peppers and some wonderful artisan bread made by someone he knows down in OC. I myself couldn’t stop eating Cate’s corn and black bean salsa.
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| Buff and an early guest with food before everyone plunged in |
Enough about food, and as for the art—
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| Cate's fish mobiles |
Cate has been doing some fantastic fused glass wind chimes in fish shapes and she has quite a few of them in the back part of the gallery, not to mention a profusion of large glass bowls that are absolutely stunning, with matching utensils that incorporate glass bead handles to compliment each piece. At our opening reception Buff had a run on her new fabric appliqué placemats that she sells in pairs. She also has new tote bags with beautiful collage designs on them, and at the museum she finally had space to show many of her wall hangings from her fascinating, dream-like “doors” series. Robert made some great new bent metal wall and pedestal sculptures that I found very striking when I first walked into the back gallery.
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| Robert Friedman's sculptures |
I could go on, but I hope this description is enough to entice people who live in the area and have not made it to our show yet, to make your way over to this spectacular exhibit of fine art and fine craft. Also, keep in mind that by going to Liberty Museum to see our show you are making a good effort to support the arts in Sullivan County!
I totally agree, the work is wonderful..all the artists have exceptional work in this show. Besides what you've mentioned, I thought Nada's jewelry and paintings, Hank's wood vases, Tom's photographs and cards and Kathy's ceramics represent the finest of everyone's style. I want to go back again and spend more time appreciating the show and the creative collaboration that you are. Thanks for keeping the spirit of the arts alive in Liberty and in Sullivan County!!
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