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Two Sides, One Story

by Erin Pihlaja May 15, 2013

The beginning of a pattern of dualities began in his life, says Jason Blue Lake Hawk Martinez, when he was 1 year old and his parents split up. The dissolution of the union between his ...

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House Beautiful How the historic Hudson Opera House paralleled—and propelled—the city’s cultural renaissance The arched entranceway on Warren Street opens into a “grand hall” large enough to hold art exhibits and small performances. Larger performances are held ...

1934: A New Deal for Artists

by The Staff October 17, 2012

Having lived through these last few grinding years of “great recession,” we are not nostalgic for the days of the Great Depression. However, we do begin to feel wistful when consider the federal government’s response ...

New York State Museum

Existential Whoa

by Josh Potter October 11, 2012

“I don’t mind being called messy, but being called sloppy would make me mad. There’s a difference.” It’s a subtle, almost ineffable difference to Patrick Porter, but large enough to make him pause temporarily, draw the ...

Foundry for Art Design + Culture

Focus on Nature XII

by The Staff April 26, 2012

The Focus on Nature exhibits at the New York State Museum have become biannual must-see events. The 12th edition of this juried exhibit opens this weekend, and features work by 72 artists from 14 countries. ...

New York State Museum

Nadia Trinkala Memorial Show

by The Staff June 22, 2011

Nadia Trinkala, better known as Trink, was a vital figure in the Capital Region art scene for 20 years, as a gallery owner, jewelry designer, artist and photographer—and an incandescent inspiration to many. When Trink passed ...

Fulton Street Gallery

Solid Sound Festival

by The Staff June 22, 2011

If you had a 100,000-square-foot industrial space, wouldn’t you want to fill it with some of the world’s most eye-popping contemporary art? And if that museum included multiple theaters, courtyards and 22,500 square feet of ...

Mass Moca

5th Annual Strawberry Festival & Art Show

by The Staff June 18, 2011

5th Annual Strawberry Festival & Art Show, Union Street from Garner Avenue to Palmer Avenue, Schenectady. Saturday (6/18) from 10 AM-3 PM: Strawberries galore! Plus live music, tasting samples, sidewalk sales, psychic readings, a mini-Bridal ...

Union Street Schenectady

Art Attitudes

by The Staff June 15, 2011

The Malta League of Arts will host its second annual Art Attitudes exhibit and gala this weekend at the historic (and thoroughly charming) Round Lake Auditorium. You’re likely to recognize this year’s featured artist: photographer Robert ...

Round Lake Auditorium

Art on Lark

by The Staff June 8, 2011

This year, the title of Albany’s (nay, upstate New York’s) second largest street festival is being taken literally. In its 15th year, Art on Lark has added a number of large-scale arts happenings to its usual ...

Lark Street

The Workers

by The Staff May 25, 2011

The labor movement has been a source of inspiration for artists from generations, most indelibly the images of Rosie the Riveter and her iconic WPA-era compatriots. But the latest offering at MASS MoCA builds on those ...

Mass Moca

Impressions of Berlin & Other Works

by The Staff May 12, 2011

A relative newcomer to the flourishing Hudson art scene, Davis Orton Gallery—run by husband-and-wife team Karen Davis and Mark Orton—exhibits contemporary works in photography, mixed-media and artist-published books. And they know the ropes: Artists themselves, ...

Davis Orton Gallery

Young and Bold

by Josh Potter January 12, 2011

The character is strapped to an electric chair, but the look on its skullish face is placid. The chair is tethered to a hot air balloon, itself wearing a skull face with hypodermic needles for ...