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Joseph Pollet Self-Portrait Acquired by Woodstock Historical

December 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Joseph C. Pollet (1897–1979) “Self Portrait” after conservationBorn in Switzerland, Joseph C. Pollet (1897–1979) emigrated to New York City in 1911 from Albbruck, Germany. By age 21 he had a promising career as an advertising copywriter, while studying painting at the Art Students League with John Sloan, Robert Henri, and Homer Boss.

An important member of the Woodstock Art Colony, Pollet was best known for his portraits and realistic rural landscapes. He settled near Woodstock where he retained ties, even during the several years from 1954 until 1961 when he lived in Paris and Italy. In 1971, a fire destroyed nearly 150 of his paintings in his Greenwich Village studio. [Read more…] about Joseph Pollet Self-Portrait Acquired by Woodstock Historical

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Art History, Historical Society of Woodstock, painting, Ulster County, Woodstock

William Henry Arlt’s Painting ‘Flowers’ Being Conserved

December 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Flowers, William H. Arlt, 1949The Historical Society of Woodstock‘s goal of conserving works in need of care in its fine art collection received a boost this month when the Historical Society was awarded a grant of $2,750 to conserve an important floral still life on paper by William Henry Arlt (1868-1952).

The grant, from New York State Council on the Arts and the Greater Hudson Heritage Network’s Conservation Grant Program, will be used to conserve the gouache which dates from 1949. [Read more…] about William Henry Arlt’s Painting ‘Flowers’ Being Conserved

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: art, Fiber Arts - Textiles, German-American History, Historic Preservation, Historical Society of Woodstock, Ulster County, Woodstock

Parisian-Style Speakeasy Salon Arts & Foodie Event in Woodstock

November 8, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Cafe de la CultureCafe de la Culture, a global community that connects artists, activists, academics and audiences through intimate, immersive literary salons, will host an immersive Speakeasy Literary Salon in the Woodstock area on Saturday, November 19th. [Read more…] about Parisian-Style Speakeasy Salon Arts & Foodie Event in Woodstock

Filed Under: Events, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Woodstock

The Doomed 1979 Hurleyville Music Festival

September 11, 2022 by John Conway Leave a Comment

Leon Greenberg in the 1970sThe weekend of August 24th to 26th in 1979 was supposed to be a significant one in Sullivan County, NY history. Plans had been made for some of the top musical acts in the business to appear at the site of the defunct and burned out Columbia Hotel in Hurleyville for a three-day festival that was envisioned as the precursor to an upscale performance venue that would have reversed the area’s sagging economic fortunes. [Read more…] about The Doomed 1979 Hurleyville Music Festival

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Catskills, Fallsburg, Music, Musical History, Performing Arts, Sullivan County, Woodstock

Restored Paintings on View at the Historical Society of Woodstock

August 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Arnold Blanch, Portrait of Hervey White, 1926, 22 x 26 in, Oil on canvas.Two signature paintings in the permanent collection of the Historical Society of Woodstock – Arnold Blanch’s Hervey White in his Studio (1926) and Edmund Rolfe’s Landscape (1914) – have been restored and are currently displayed at the Historical Society’s Eames House Museum at 20 Comeau Drive. [Read more…] about Restored Paintings on View at the Historical Society of Woodstock

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Art History, Historical Society of Woodstock, Material Culture, Museums, painting, Ulster County, Woodstock

Woodstock at 50: A New Online Exhibit

September 6, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Operate a Safe Fair Pamphlet provided by NYS ArchivesThe New York State Archives has announced a new online exhibit, The Woodstock Festival, August 15th – 18th 1969 – “An Aquarian Exposition,” in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival.

The exhibit features documents from New York State Department of Health Commissioner’s Office, and highlights the role that State Government played in helping the organizers of the festival prepare for the 50,000 people that they expected to attend and the lessons that were learned from the experience. [Read more…] about Woodstock at 50: A New Online Exhibit

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits Tagged With: New York State Archives, Woodstock

New Deal Idealism At Camp Woodland, Near Woodstock

August 18, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

the improbable communityCamp Woodland was founded in 1939 by a group of idealists inspired by the New Deal who put American democracy into practice by creating an inclusive summer camp for city kids in the Catskills near Phoenicia, in Ulster County, NY.

Although detractors would refer to it as “Camp Red” during the McCarthy era, they helped to incubate the folk music movement in America, influenced music in Woodstock, and brought together city and rural communities through the collection and preservation of Catskills folklore and folk music. [Read more…] about New Deal Idealism At Camp Woodland, Near Woodstock

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Catskills, New Deal, Political History, Social History, Ulster County, Woodstock

Native American Music History Program in Woodstock

July 24, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

turtle whistleEvan Pritchard, best-selling Native American author and musician, is set to lead an illustrated lecture on the development of local Native American music from lithophonics to shakers, drums and flutes, on Saturday, July 27th, at noon, at the Historical Society of Woodstock. This event is free and open to the public. [Read more…] about Native American Music History Program in Woodstock

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Indigenous History, Music, Native American History, Woodstock

Impact of Music on Woodstock Culture Discussion Saturday

July 11, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Concert in Field with Betty McDonaldAccomplished Woodstock personalities Happy Traum, Barbara Pickhardt, Gilles Malkine, Rennie Cantine and Michael Birnbaum are set to share their astute, moving and often hilarious experiences of the Woodstock music scene in a panel discussion, “The Impact of Music on Woodstock Culture,” moderated by town historian Richard Heppner, on July 13 at 12 pm. [Read more…] about Impact of Music on Woodstock Culture Discussion Saturday

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Music, Saugerties, Woodstock

Historical Society Offers Twist On Woodstock 50th

May 26, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lake Hill BandThe Historical Society of Woodstock is set to present a series of events to complement the exhibit, Woodstock Music: In Tune with the Times, 1600 – Present, previewing at the Eames House Museum, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, on June 15 from noon to 4 pm, with a talk and performance by Woodstock musician Rennie Cantine. The Exhibit will be open June 29 to September 1st on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 pm. [Read more…] about Historical Society Offers Twist On Woodstock 50th

Filed Under: Events, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Music, Woodstock

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