Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents ART WALK 2024 WITH CURATOR + ARTISTS as part of the 2024 Annual Festival in Tivoli, NY, on September 15, 2024 at 2 pm. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://kaatsbaan.org/performances-festivals.

ART WALK 2024 WITH CURATOR + ARTISTS

Date: September 15, 2024 at 2 pm

Tickets: Free General Admission, RSVPs encouraged

Venue: Lobby Gallery and Grounds

Curator Hilary Greene and artists from the 2024 Visual Arts Exhibition lead visitors on a guided tour of the indoor and outdoor exhibition. Learn about the works’ inspiration, creation, and placement around our pastoral property. Kaatsbaan’s annual exhibition showcases the artworks of contemporary Hudson Valley artists and features sculptures, paintings, and installations that activate the gallery and grounds of Kaatsbaan. Exhibition artists include Emil Alzamora, Sequoyah Aono, Arthur Gibbons, Kenichi Hiratsuka, Ashley Lyon, Mollie McKinley, Ian McMahon, and John Sanders. The event will take place rain or shine. Comfortable clothing and outdoor footwear are recommended. Reservations are encouraged. Map of tour included below.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Emil Alzamora, a British Citizen, was born in Lima, Peru in 1975 and grew up in Boca Grande, Florida and Majorca, Spain. He attended Florida State University, graduating Magna *** Laude with a BFA. He began his sculpting career in the Hudson Valley at Polich Tallix in 1998 and has since produced work full-time and shown regularly throughout the world.

Sequoyah Aono is an American-Japanese sculptor. Born in Italy, raised in Japan, he is currently based in New York City and the Hudson Valley. In 2007, he graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Recipient of numerous awards, including Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation; 3rd Prize, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery; and a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, among others.

Arthur Gibbons is a sculptor whose works consist mostly of flat, raw, jagged pieces of metal; the neutral tones give his work an organic, natural feel. He has been a professor of sculpture at Bard College since 1988 and director of Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts. He received a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University and a BFA and MFA from University of Pennsylvania.

Kenichi (Ken) Hiratsuka is a Japanese-born, New York-based stone sculptor whose remarkable maze-like visual work has consistently fascinated viewers. He arrived in New York in 1982, studied at Art Students League, and was part of the Street Art Movement. His “one continuous line in stone around the world” makes art accessible to everyone and restores the original meaning of graffiti.

Ashley Lyon received an MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2011 and a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Washington in 2006. Lyon has been in residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, European Ceramic WorkCentre, and Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, among others. She is a 2023 NYFA Fellow, teaches at New Jersey City University, and lives and works in Newburgh, New York.

Mollie McKinley is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice forges relationships between photographic image, light, and sculpture. McKinley’s work has been shown at Fridman Gallery, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, and NADA, among others, and is a 2024 Light Work resident in photography. McKinley holds a BA in photography from Bard College and an MFA in sculpture/dimensional studies from Alfred University.

Ian McMahon received an MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. His numerous grants and awards include Jacob K. Javits Fellowship and NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships, and his work has shown at Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts and DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, among others.

John Sanders has been creating sculptures in wood, stone, steel, stainless steel, copper, and bronze for over 55 years. He grew up in Manhattan and his early sculptures were influenced by the architecture of New York City. Later, in Pennsylvania and the Catskill Mountains, his work was influenced by the dramatic views seen from his self-built studios.

About Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

The mission of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is to provide an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence by providing artists at any stage of their careers with creative residencies at state-of-the-art facilities, and presenting audiences and communities with annual outdoor festivals, educational programs, and seasonal events. As both an incubator for creativity and presenter for world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, poetry, and culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with state-of-the-art dance studios, accommodations, an indoor theater, and outdoor stages. Sited on 153 Hudson River-adjacent acres, Kaatsbaan is free of urban facilities’ space and time constraints, allowing for exciting levels of artistic exploration, creative action, and achievement—just two hours north of New York City. Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is committed to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts as we aim to present, promote, and embrace programming that accurately reflects our society. We encourage a broadly diverse group of individuals to participate in our programs and join our Board and Staff, and insist on being inclusive of all peoples regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background, or physical or mental ability.