This week, fall kicks off with a variety of programming. The indie Woodsist Festival returns to Arrowood Farms, Newburgh Open Studios offers a city-wide peek into the work and exhibit spaces of the area's artists, and Garrison Art Center hosts a new exhibit by Jayoung Yoon.
"Seeds Under Nuclear Winter: An Earth Opera" | September 23, 24, 25 at Byrdcliffe Theater
Composer and performer Elizabeth Clark (Mamalama) fuses world and modern sacred music with immersive theater in "Seeds Under Nuclear Winter," offering sounds and visions of otherworldly realms that unfold in a non-linear, dreamlike way. The "Earth Opera" cast includes an ensemble of 25 Hudson Valley musicians, dancers, choreographers, actors, visual and performance artists telling stories of rebirth in a post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
Woodsist Festival | September 24-25 at Arrowood Farms in Accord
Cosponsored by indie label Woodsist Records, the Woodsist Festival wends its way back to Arrowood Farms brewery this month, bringing a pretty dang tight weekend of awesome acts to the site. September 24 features Guided by Voices, Woods, Les Filles De Illighdad, Mind Maintenance, Myriam Gendron, Pachyman, DJ Jocelyn Romo, and the Reds, Pinks and Purples. September 25 promises Waxahatchee, the Sun Ra Arkestra, Medeski and Martin, Laraaji, Mary Lattimore, Bonny Doon, and DJs from Tubby's. General admission tickets are $110 for either day or $200 for a two-day pass. VIP tickets are $225 for either day or $400 for a two-day pass. Kids under 10 are free.
Newburgh Open Studios | September 24-25 at various locations in Newburgh
Organized by Gerardo Castro and Michael Gabor of Newburgh Art Supply, Newburgh Open Studios is back for its twelfth incarnation. Over three dozen artists—including Lori Grinker, whose photo of Mike Tyson is on this month's cover; sculptor Daniel Giordano, who has an upcoming show at MassMoCA; and painter Erica Hauser—open their studios, allowing visitors to see their work, and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their working processes. Plus: Pop-up galleries, group shows, and the return of Glenlily Grounds outdoor sculpture show.
“Sowing Seeds of Emptiness” at Garrison Art Center | September 24- November 6
Photo by Zac Cam Studio
The Offering Bowl 02, 2018, Artist's hair, feather, thorn fragment, glue, 6"h x 6"w x 6"d
“A Spell is a Map to What is Meant for You” at Fridman Gallery | September 13-October 30
Alisa Sikelianos-Carter’s mixed-media works on paper explore connections between Black ancestry, power, intuition, and the divine at Fridman Gallery in Beacon. Her work engages closely with texture—hard ground, velvety gouache, glittery mica, and other luminescent materials—mapping the diversity of the color black and of the Black experience. Sikelianos-Carter creates devotional objects that assert that Black features are a manifestation of a sacred and divine technology that has served as a means of survival, both physically and metaphysically.
