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Learn To Use Natural Dyes In Old Forge Sunday

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Natural Dyeing LabView Arts in Old Forge will host artist Mallory Zondag for her Natural Dyeing Lab, focused around creating a rustic quilt painting, on Sunday, September 25th.

This program will explore the art and science of how to mordant different fabrics like silk, wool, linen, and cotton, how to cook up dyes from goldenrod and avocado pits, marigolds, and onion skins as well as how to create an organic indigo vat. Attendees will also create a dyeing sketchbook full of information on how to dye at home and fill it with their fabric samples from the class. [Read more…] about Learn To Use Natural Dyes In Old Forge Sunday

New Mural Project Finishes in Old Forge

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Old Forge Mural courtesy Living ADKLiving ADK and View, the Center for Arts and Culture, have teamed up to create a new mural that is hanging on the side of Souvenir Village by the five corners/Point Park in Old Forge, NY.

The mural was designed and painted by Char Miller, a View summer intern and current Rochester Institute of Technology graphic design student, over the course of multiple days in August. [Read more…] about New Mural Project Finishes in Old Forge

Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition Award Winners Announced

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Early Bird Gets the Worm by Karlene VanDeusenView, the Center for Arts and Culture in Old Forge, NY, has announced the award winners of the Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition. Celebrating its eighth year, the Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition is in its eighth year and is sponsored by the Adirondack Pastel Society and View. [Read more…] about Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition Award Winners Announced

49th Annual Forge Festival of Arts and Crafts Starts Sunday

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Forge Festival of Arts and Crafts provided by ViewView, the Center for Arts and Culture in Old Forge, NY, will be kicking off its summer event schedule on July 3rd and 4th with its 49th Annual Forge Festival of Arts and Crafts in the Adirondack Bank parking lot, from 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday and 10 am to 4 pm on Monday. [Read more…] about 49th Annual Forge Festival of Arts and Crafts Starts Sunday

Catherine Underhill Named Executive Director of View

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view logoThe Board of Directors of View, the Center for Arts and Culture located in Old Forge, has announced that Catherine Underhill has been named Executive Director of View beginning July 1st.

She succeeds Mark P. Salsbury, who is returning to retirement following a three-year tenure leading View. Underhill will have responsibility for all of View’s operations and staff. [Read more…] about Catherine Underhill Named Executive Director of View

71st Annual Central Adirondack Art Show in Old Forge

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“On Moose River” by Jay CostanzaView, the Center for Arts and Culture in Old Forge, NY will host an opening reception for the 71st Annual Central Adirondack Art Show, Mountain Air Painters: Creating Together “En Plein Air,” and solo exhibits by Diane Bellenger and Award’s Judge, Ann Larsen on April 22nd, from 4 to 7 pm. [Read more…] about 71st Annual Central Adirondack Art Show in Old Forge