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July 19, 2008-January 4, 2009
Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular
Amy Sillman is an uncompromising painter. Her widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats—such as landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and caricature—only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological concerns while combining colors, forms, and ideas in ways that are both joyful and uncomfortable. Her artistic investigations spring from a belief in the possibilities of painting and a dedication to delving into personal thoughts and emotions, no matter how anxious or awkward they may be. Fascinated by the act of coupling, Sillman’s most recent series of work begins by drawing couples that she knows, translating her experiences with them into a range of visual interpretations that become increasingly abstract.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

May

May 9 - June 9, 2008

Horsing Around with the Arts Opening Reception

Each spring the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame holds a student art show, Horsing Around with the Arts. Entries are divided into two exhibits: grades 3-7 and grades 8-12. Equine themed works may be in the following media: painting, drawing, pastels, sculpture, ceramics and textiles. No photographs or computer altered imagery. Entry deadlines for 2008: grades 3-7, Friday, January 12 and grades 8-12, Friday, March 2. Exhibit opening dates is grades 8-12, Friday, May 9 at 6:00 p.m. Please contact us for further entry details, rules and forms.  518-584-0400 ext. 120

May 17, 2008-August 31, 2008

Dean Snyder:  Almost Blue

Features a new body of work by Providence, Rhode Island-based artist Dean Snyder, whose large sculptures represent a fusion of organic sources and material experimentation.  Growing from Snyder's previous works in wood and rawhide, this new series uses high-tech carbon fibers and acrylic flake paint to eye-popping ends.  In Almost Blue investigations of process, form, and color come together in a constellation of works that blend into one continuous experience in the gallery space.

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

May 17, 2008

Italian Community History Days in Waterford 

Do you remember stopping at Cerroni’s after church for coffee, a donut and the newspaper? Did one of your ancestors help build the barge canal? Is your mother renowned for her recipes for pirogi or gnocchi? The Waterford Museum and Cultural Center is embarking on a new, three year project to document the history of different ethnic communities in Waterford. In the first year we'll focus on the Italian community and in subsequent years on the French-Canadian and the Irish.

We need your help. We are looking for Italian family photos to copy, local residents to interview about their memories, and objects (your mother's favorite pasta bowl or your father's work clothes) to borrow for an exhibition to be held at the Museum next year. How can you share these materials? Plan to attend our first Community History Day on May 17, 9 am-noon at the Waterford Civic Center on Third Street in the Village of Waterford.  We'll be able to scan your photos, share information on caring for your family collections, and learn more about this aspect of our community's history. We will also be holding an open conversation about life in Waterford.

If you miss the first Community History Day, we will be holding another one on July 9th, 6-9pm at the Museum. Can't attend either of the days? Please contact Museum Director, Brad Utter at 238-0809 or info@waterfordmuseum.com to schedule another time for a visit or to share your family's history.

The Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center is located in the 1830 Hugh White Homestead on Museum Lane in the Town of Waterford. The Museum offers various programs and exhibits year round. For more information about the Museum and its programs please contact the Museum at 238-0809 or check our website www.waterfordmuseum.com .   

May 31, 2008, 10:00 am to noon

Brownies:  Animals

Learn about caring for animals and pets, including horses. Discover the differences between animals by comparing bones and skulls. See how animals have adapted over time to their environments. Cost is $8 per girl and includes all materials and badge. Reservations are required. Call 584-0400, ext 118.  Please note we need a minimum of eight scouts to run a program.

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame/518-584-0400

Present – June 8, 2008

Opener 13
Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia
Joseph Grigely creates works that explore the failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and communication. An artist who has been deaf since childhood, Grigely first became known in the early 1990s for a series of works called Conversation Pieces. Displayed as small table-top tableaux, intimate wall-based works, or room-sized installations, the works in this series are generated from the scraps of paper and handwritten notes that Grigely uses to converse with people when he cannot read their lips. One ongoing theme in Grigely’s work is the exploration of sound, from his own memories of sound to investigations of how sound “looks.” This new exhibition will bring together a number of recent works, including a new commission called St. Cecilia. Named after the patron saint of music, St. Cecilia is a video installation featuring footage of a choir singing several beloved Christmas carols with new lyrics compiled by Grigely. The artist’s alterations reflect the misunderstandings and confusions of lip-reading, and probe the nuances in the relationship between seeing and hearing.
Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia is organized by The Contemporary, Baltimore, in collaboration with the Tang Museum.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

Present - June 9, 2008

Horsing Around with the Arts Opening Reception

Each spring the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame holds a student art show, Horsing Around with the Arts. Entries are divided into two exhibits: grades 3-7 and grades 8-12. Equine themed works may be in the following media: painting, drawing, pastels, sculpture, ceramics and textiles. No photographs or computer altered imagery. Entry deadlines for 2007: grades 3-7, Friday, January 12 and grades 8-12, Friday, March 2. Exhibit opening dates are: grades 3-7, Friday, April 4 at 6:00 p.m. and grades 8-12, Friday, May 9 at 6:00 p.m. Please contact us for further entry details, rules and forms.  The entry form is available on this website.  National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame/518-584-0400

June

June 3, 2008, 6pm to 8pm

First Session of the Wine Workshop

Learn how to make your own wine from home from expert home-brewer Roger Savoy, of the Hennessy Homebrew Emporium.  The workshops will consist of a hands on demonstration of wine making and discussions of the following topics

• Brief History of wine making

• Types of Wines

• Methods

• Bottling

• Equipment needed to brew at home

• Where to get your supplies

At the end of the second workshop each participant will be able to take home a sample of the wine made during the first workshop.  Please note that the workshop fee covers both wine classes and that participants should plan to attend both classes.  Our Speaker Roger Savoy is a co-owner of Hennessy Homebrew Emporium in Rensselaer, NY.  He has been making wine for over thirty years and beer for more than a decade.  He is past President of the Home Wine and Beer Trade Association and has taken wine classes at the Cornell Hotel School and beer judge certification classes.  Space is limited so reserve your spot today!  This workshop also serves as a fundraiser for the Museum, thank you for your support! 

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

June 6, 2008

First Friday Open House

Blues Artist L.B. Walker

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

June 7, 2008

Museum Schedules Belmont Stakes Trip

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will again sponsor a one-day bus trip to Belmont Park for the running of the 2008 Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7.  The bus will leave the Museum parking lot at 7 a.m. and begin its return trip to Saratoga Springs immediately after the last race on the program. There will be a short stop during each leg of the trip.  The price of $175 for members and $225 for non-members includes the round-trip transportation, admission to the grandstand and a $100 preferred grandstand seat.  Prices will remain the same for tickets purchased without transportation.  For more information or to make reservations, contact Catherine Maguire at (518) 584-0400, extension 117. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame/518-584-0400

June 6-August 29, 2008, Fridays, 7:00pm

UpBeat on the Roof
Free music series on the Tang rooftop

Rain location:  Payne Room, Tang Museum
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

Present – June 8, 2008

Opener 13
Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia
Joseph Grigely creates works that explore the failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and communication. An artist who has been deaf since childhood, Grigely first became known in the early 1990s for a series of works called Conversation Pieces. Displayed as small table-top tableaux, intimate wall-based works, or room-sized installations, the works in this series are generated from the scraps of paper and handwritten notes that Grigely uses to converse with people when he cannot read their lips. One ongoing theme in Grigely’s work is the exploration of sound, from his own memories of sound to investigations of how sound “looks.” This new exhibition will bring together a number of recent works, including a new commission called St. Cecilia. Named after the patron saint of music, St. Cecilia is a video installation featuring footage of a choir singing several beloved Christmas carols with new lyrics compiled by Grigely. The artist’s alterations reflect the misunderstandings and confusions of lip-reading, and probe the nuances in the relationship between seeing and hearing.
Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia is organized by The Contemporary, Baltimore, in collaboration with the Tang Museum.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

Horsing Around with the Arts Opening Reception

Each spring the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame holds a student art show, Horsing Around with the Arts. Entries are divided into two exhibits: grades 3-7 and grades 8-12. Equine themed works may be in the following media: painting, drawing, pastels, sculpture, ceramics and textiles. No photographs or computer altered imagery. Entry deadlines for 2007: grades 3-7, Friday, January 12 and grades 8-12, Friday, March 2. Exhibit opening dates are: grades 3-7, Friday, April 4 at 6:00 p.m. and grades 8-12, Friday, May 9 at 6:00 p.m. Please contact us for further entry details, rules and forms.  The entry form is available on this website.  National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame/518-584-0400

June 10, 2008, noon

Dean Snyder:  Almost Blue

Curator's Tour

Malloy Wing Galleries

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

June 14, 2008, 1 pm

Joseph Grigely:  St. Cecilia

Curator's Tour

Wachenheim Gallery

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

June 14-August 16 2008, 2-3:30 pm

Family Saturdays

Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions, this program offers a brief tour followed by a hands-on art activity.  Reservations strongly suggested, please call (518) 580-8080.

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

June 24, 2008, 7 pm

Dean Snyder:  Almost Blue

Artist's Lecture

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

Present - June 25, 2008, Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:00am

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Preschool

May 17, 2008-August 31, 2008

Dean Snyder:  Almost Blue

Features a new body of work by Providence, Rhode Island-based artist Dean Snyder, whose large sculptures represent a fusion of organic sources and material experimentation.  Growing from Snyder's previous works in wood and rawhide, this new series uses high-tech carbon fibers and acrylic flake paint to eye-popping ends.  In Almost Blue investigations of process, form, and color come together in a constellation of works that blend into one continuous experience in the gallery space.

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

July

July 5, 2008

Village Walking Tour at Steamboat Meet

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

July 9, 2008

Italian Community History Days in Waterford 

Do you remember stopping at Cerroni’s after church for coffee, a donut and the newspaper? Did one of your ancestors help build the barge canal? Is your mother renowned for her recipes for pirogi or gnocchi? The Waterford Museum and Cultural Center is embarking on a new, three year project to document the history of different ethnic communities in Waterford. In the first year we'll focus on the Italian community and in subsequent years on the French-Canadian and the Irish.

We need your help. We are looking for Italian family photos to copy, local residents to interview about their memories, and objects (your mother's favorite pasta bowl or your father's work clothes) to borrow for an exhibition to be held at the Museum next year. How can you share these materials? Plan to attend our Community History Day.  We'll be able to scan your photos, share information on caring for your family collections, and learn more about this aspect of our community's history. We will also be holding an open conversation about life in Waterford.

If you miss the first Community History Day, we will be holding another one on July 9th, 6-9pm at the Museum. Can't attend ? Please contact Museum Director, Brad Utter at 238-0809 or info@waterfordmuseum.com to schedule another time for a visit or to share your family's history.

The Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center is located in the 1830 Hugh White Homestead on Museum Lane in the Town of Waterford. The Museum offers various programs and exhibits year round. For more information about the Museum and its programs please contact the Museum at 238-0809 or check our website www.waterfordmuseum.com .   

July 11, 2008

First Friday Open House

Isaac Newton Eddy Exhibit Opening

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

July 19, 2008, 6-7:30 pm

Summer Opening Reception

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

July 29, 2008, noon

Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular

Curator's Tour

Wachenheim Gallery

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

June 14-August 16 2008, 2-3:30 pm

Family Saturdays

Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions, this program offers a brief tour followed by a hands-on art activity.  Reservations strongly suggested, please call (518) 580-8080.

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

July 19, 2008-January 4, 2009
Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular
Amy Sillman is an uncompromising painter. Her widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats—such as landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and caricature—only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological concerns while combining colors, forms, and ideas in ways that are both joyful and uncomfortable. Her artistic investigations spring from a belief in the possibilities of painting and a dedication to delving into personal thoughts and emotions, no matter how anxious or awkward they may be. Fascinated by the act of coupling, Sillman’s most recent series of work begins by drawing couples that she knows, translating her experiences with them into a range of visual interpretations that become increasingly abstract.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

June 6-August 29, 2008, Fridays, 7:00pm

UpBeat on the Roof
Free music series on the Tang rooftop

Rain location:  Payne Room, Tang Museum
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

May 17, 2008-August 31, 2008

Dean Snyder:  Almost Blue

Features a new body of work by Providence, Rhode Island-based artist Dean Snyder, whose large sculptures represent a fusion of organic sources and material experimentation.  Growing from Snyder's previous works in wood and rawhide, this new series uses high-tech carbon fibers and acrylic flake paint to eye-popping ends.  In Almost Blue investigations of process, form, and color come together in a constellation of works that blend into one continuous experience in the gallery space.

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

August

August 1, 2008

First Friday Open House

Musician-tba

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

August 8, 2008

Concert Under the Stars

Kevin and Katie McKrell

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

June 14-August 16 2008, 2-3:30 pm

Family Saturdays

Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions, this program offers a brief tour followed by a hands-on art activity.  Reservations strongly suggested, please call (518) 580-8080.

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

June 6-August 29, 2008, Fridays, 7:00pm

UpBeat on the Roof
Free music series on the Tang rooftop

Rain location:  Payne Room, Tang Museum
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

May 17, 2008-August 31, 2008

Dean Snyder:  Almost Blue

Features a new body of work by Providence, Rhode Island-based artist Dean Snyder, whose large sculptures represent a fusion of organic sources and material experimentation.  Growing from Snyder's previous works in wood and rawhide, this new series uses high-tech carbon fibers and acrylic flake paint to eye-popping ends.  In Almost Blue investigations of process, form, and color come together in a constellation of works that blend into one continuous experience in the gallery space.

Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

July 19, 2008-January 4, 2009
Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular
Amy Sillman is an uncompromising painter. Her widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats—such as landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and caricature—only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological concerns while combining colors, forms, and ideas in ways that are both joyful and uncomfortable. Her artistic investigations spring from a belief in the possibilities of painting and a dedication to delving into personal thoughts and emotions, no matter how anxious or awkward they may be. Fascinated by the act of coupling, Sillman’s most recent series of work begins by drawing couples that she knows, translating her experiences with them into a range of visual interpretations that become increasingly abstract.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

September

July 19, 2008-January 4, 2009
Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular
Amy Sillman is an uncompromising painter. Her widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats—such as landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and caricature—only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological concerns while combining colors, forms, and ideas in ways that are both joyful and uncomfortable. Her artistic investigations spring from a belief in the possibilities of painting and a dedication to delving into personal thoughts and emotions, no matter how anxious or awkward they may be. Fascinated by the act of coupling, Sillman’s most recent series of work begins by drawing couples that she knows, translating her experiences with them into a range of visual interpretations that become increasingly abstract.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

October

October 20, 2008

Annual Membership Meeting

Fall Day Trip-tba

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

October 24-25, 2008

Haunted History Walking Tour

Waterford Rural Cemetery

www.waterfordmuseum.com/238-0809

July 19, 2008-January 4, 2009
Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular
Amy Sillman is an uncompromising painter. Her widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats—such as landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and caricature—only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological concerns while combining colors, forms, and ideas in ways that are both joyful and uncomfortable. Her artistic investigations spring from a belief in the possibilities of painting and a dedication to delving into personal thoughts and emotions, no matter how anxious or awkward they may be. Fascinated by the act of coupling, Sillman’s most recent series of work begins by drawing couples that she knows, translating her experiences with them into a range of visual interpretations that become increasingly abstract.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

November

July 19, 2008-January 4, 2009
Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular
Amy Sillman is an uncompromising painter. Her widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats—such as landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and caricature—only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological concerns while combining colors, forms, and ideas in ways that are both joyful and uncomfortable. Her artistic investigations spring from a belief in the possibilities of painting and a dedication to delving into personal thoughts and emotions, no matter how anxious or awkward they may be. Fascinated by the act of coupling, Sillman’s most recent series of work begins by drawing couples that she knows, translating her experiences with them into a range of visual interpretations that become increasingly abstract.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080

December

July 19, 2008-January 4, 2009
Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular
Amy Sillman is an uncompromising painter. Her widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats—such as landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and caricature—only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological concerns while combining colors, forms, and ideas in ways that are both joyful and uncomfortable. Her artistic investigations spring from a belief in the possibilities of painting and a dedication to delving into personal thoughts and emotions, no matter how anxious or awkward they may be. Fascinated by the act of coupling, Sillman’s most recent series of work begins by drawing couples that she knows, translating her experiences with them into a range of visual interpretations that become increasingly abstract.
Tang Museum/(518) 580-8080