When? Weekends 11AM-4PM, May 24 Through June 21 Opening/Closing Receptions on those dates 2-4

Where? In the Barn at Goshen Green Farm

What? A group show of multidisciplinary artists who have known each other from childhood. Friendships reaching back to kindergarten, primary school and the shared experiences of an experimental, alternative high school graduating class of 1975. Our years together in that age of creativity and camaraderie formed connections that have continued through the intervening years. Each following their own path, expressing their creative selves personally and professionally, they come together again to share New Works with Old Friends.

Participating Artists

Julie Applebaum

Julie is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Her ceramics are connected to her drawing and painting practice, combining abstract gestures with functional, hand-built vessels. Julie received her MFA from Hunter College and currently teaches at the City University of New York.

Portia Bock

Now a potter based in Rheinbeck NY, Portia’s previous career was as a textile designer in NYC. When she and her husband moved to the Hudson Valley she found a pottery community in which to thrive. Working primarily on the wheel, she creates functional pieces with an emphasis on color and decoration that often reflect her background in textiles.

John Carro

Based in Livingston Manor, Western Catskills NY, John works primarily with locally sourced, indigenous wood. He creates hand made, painted carvings and frames, that are primitive in style with a ‘pop art’ sensibility through the expansive, and often playful, use of color. @wrenwoodarts

Janice Fried

A graduate of Parson’s School of Design in NYC with a BFA in Illustration, Janice Fried’s work has been featured in many places, including: The New York Times, Tikkun Magazine, KarBen Publishers, threads Magazine, Scholastic Publications and Hay House Publishers. She has also exhibited her artwork throughout the New York metro area.

Much of her artwork has been mixed Media on Paper with a recent interest in Fabric mixed media and Embroidery.

website: janicefried.com Instagram: @janicefriedillustration contact: janice57@janicefried.com

Susan Hillary

Susan Is a multifaceted artist, farmer, filmmaker and environmental attorney. This year Susan has been painting resilient sunflowers as messengers of hope. The large perspective landscape started at Upstate Art Weekend 2024 is completed and will be on view. Susan owns and operates Goshen Green Farm and is thrilled to host Upstate Art Weekend. www.susanhillary.com

Beth Klingher

An artist and educator all her life she is intrigued with the textures and patterns, the intricacies of creating a work of art one tiny piece at a time. Mosaic landscapes – both realistic and abstract – reflect or make sense of the world as she sees it.

As one reviewer stated: “Each of her imaginative mosaic constructions is a symphony of visual and tactile materials– glass, ceramic, stone, and pottery. This lively exhibit of abstract geometric designs, stunning undulating landscapes and playful patterns of color is a joyful concert for the eye that is not to be missed.” Bethklingher.com

Jenny Morrill Liddle

Jenny Morrill Liddle lives in Delaware County in upstate New York. She along with her husband, Richard, had run a grass fed beef operation for over 30 years, but recently have transitioned into vegetable gardening. Jenny was trained in the graphic arts at the Pratt Phoenix school of design in Manhattan During the 1970s. She worked as a designer for many years as well as in hospitality and building restoration industries. Most recently she worked as the executive director of a community multi-arts center in the catskill mountains.

Louis Spitz

A lifelong educator and artist of many media, Louis has been creating ceramics exclusively for the last 15+ years. Constructing sculptures emphasizing flowing curves that reference waves, shells and vessels is what he most enjoys. He lives in Nyack NY and is an ardent sailor

Susie Sugarman Lampert

Susie’s magical, small scale, mixed media pieces evoke an otherworldly sensibility. She uses vintage post cards reconfigured and embellished with pen, ink and other creatively sourced ingredients. Her self proclaimed love of “shiny objects” becomes evident as you peruse her work. Intricate designs with great attention to detail allow us to visit the sensitive space that is Susie’s inner world.

A resident of Wolfeboro NH and NYC, Susie is a musician with the Laurie Berkner Band, Artist and RN, with a love of Brazilian music, dance, shiny objects!, animals, friends, family and SHOES! @susulampertart

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