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Sep 27, 2007

Art About Water FESTIVAL September 29, 2007
Art About Water Festival!

Presented by The Arts Alliance of the Lower Hudson Valley
Sponsored by Orange County Water Authority

September 29, 2007
Newburgh Waterfront
12pm to 9:30pm

1. Science and Art Happening! Hands on Demonstrations in Science and Art. And 5 Free sails on the Woody Guthrie.

2. 2007 Art About Water Environmental Film Festival
Downing Film Center at 19 Front Street,Newburgh, NY DOWNING FILM CENTER 845-561-3686
Curator: Sue Mitchell
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007
6:45pm - 9:30pm
Welcome songs by Wolf Cry Singers Drum & Chants and L'hiver French Acoustic Music

3. River Art Walk and the Newburgh Arts and Culture Commission. Art Booths and the music of Neil Alexander & Nail and Sonando, Hudson Valleys Hottest Latino Band.

4. Art About Water Exhibit
      September 22 - Oct 22, 2007
      Painter's 266 Hudson Street   Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
     visit www.TheArtsAlliance.net for more information

For complete film descriptions, go to Environmental Film Festival.

1. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007
12noon - 5pm FREE
Hudson River at the City of Newburgh Riverfront
WATER FESTIVAL
A full day of ecological and arts events, sailing, music, films and more!
Unico Park area along Front Street in Newburgh

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SAILING
On the Sloop Woody Guthrie
Registration is ongoing for 4 sails:
1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm FREE.

MUSIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORKSHOPS

12:00 noon
Opening Introductions:
The Arts Alliance and
Orange County Water Authority
Wolf Cry Singers Drum and Chant Group

12:15 pm
What lives in the Hudson River and its tributary streams?
Talk and demonstration of stream ecology and the Hudson River ecosystem.
Cornelia Tutschka, Coordinator, Changing Hudson Project
and Kim Notin, Ecology Educator, Institute of Ecosystem Studies

12:40 pm
L’hiver: Acoustic Band
Toy accordions, glockenspiel, acoustic guitar, clarinet, bass, random percussion

1:00 pm
Watershed planning and stream monitoring projects
in Orange County: How to Volunteer
Simon Gruber, Project Consultant,
Orange County Water Authority

1:00 pm
Jamie Kay, Acoustic Guitar

2:30 pm
Incredible Journey: Trip through the Water Cycle – Children’s Game
Mary Lynne Malone, Conservation Educator,
Orange County Water Authority

1:15 pm
Wolf Cry Singers Drum and Chant Group

2:30 pm
Wolf Cry Singers Drum and Chant Group
Location: Sailing Sloop Woody Guthrie
located at Torches Restaurant

2:30 pm
Incredible Journey: Trip through the Water Cycle – Children’s Game
Mary Lynne Malone, Conservation Educator,
Orange County Water Authority

3:00 pm
L’hiver: Acoustic Band

3:20 pm
What’s your Watershed Address? Getting to know your watershed
and how to get involved in protecting streams and rivers
Katy Dunlap, Coordinating Member,
Hudson River Watershed Alliance

3:40 pm
How to start an Organic School Garden
Sue Mitchell, Science Teacher,
Cornwall Central High School

4:00 pm
Jamie Kay, Acoustic Guitar
Location: Sailing Sloop Woody Guthrie
located at Torches Restaurant

ART WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

12PM – 5PM: THE GREAT WATER MURAL EXHIBIT
Created by children
The Groundwater Foundation, Inc.

12:00 – 1:00 Water Color Painting
12:00 – 1:30 Water Themed Collage
12:00 – 3:00 Weaving with items from Nature
12:00 – 2:00 Bug Puppet Making Workshop
12:00 - 2:00 Water Hats
1:00 - 3:00 Incredible Journey Water Bracelets
1:00 - 2:00 Making Jute Cord
1:00 – 2:00 Seahorse Art
2:00 – 3:00 Beaded Jewelry
2:00 – 3:30 Water Themed Collage
2:00 – 3:00 Swim Suit Puppets
3:00 – 4:00 Tissue Paper Fish
3:00 – 3:30 Photography Workshop
3:30 - 4:00 Photography Workshop
4:00 - 5:00 Sand Starfish
4:00 – 5:00 Painting Rocks
4:00 - 5:00 Printing with materials from Nature

GAMES:
Life Size Incredible Journey: Trip through the Water Cycle,
Life Size Water Checkers
Cornwall Central HS Environmental Club
Bubble Activities
Virginia Moore, The Interactive Museum

2. 2007 ART ABOUT WATER SERIES
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007
6:45pm - 9:30pm
Curator: Sue Mitchell Tickets $10

THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT (30 minutes)

EMPTY NETS, EMPTY OCEANS (15 minutes)

BAKED ALASKA (26 minutes)

THIRST (62 minutes)

For complete film descriptions, go to Environmental Film Festival.
DOWNING FILM CENTER
19 Front Street, Newburgh, NY 845-561-3686For complete film descriptions, go to Environmental Film Festival.

For more information on all events, email info@TheArtsAlliance.net

James Storrow to Lecture on Andrew Jackson Downing!

"A Nineteenth Century Friendship"
James F. Brown and Andrew Jackson Downing

April 13, 2008

2pm - 4pm

Mount Gulian Historic Site

145 Sterling Street

Beacon, NY 12508

845-831-8172

$7 for adults and $4 for students under 18

Guest Lecturers:

James Storrow

Independent scholar, will be speaking about the relationship between James F. Brown and Andrew Jackson Downing, the father of landscape design.
Mr. Storrow will share his research of the freed slave, James F.Brown, and Mr. Brown's diary of forty years.

Susan Mitchell
Environmental educator and organic gardener, will present information on Viginia Verplanck's 1890 garden at Mount Gulian Homestead.

End Refreshments on the rolling lawn with Hudson River view.
The site will be open at 1pm

Directions

Take the Taconic Parkway to Interstate 84 West or

Take the NY State Thruway to Exit 17 Newburgh to I-84 East

Then take Interstate-84 to Exit 11 Wappingers Falls/Beacon

Proceed on Route 9D North 2/10ths of a mile

Make left onto Hudson View Drive, and into the

Hudson View Park Apartments complex, and you

will see the Mount Gulian sign

Make immediate left onto Lamplight Street

(which becomes Sterling Street)

Pass through the garden apartment complex

until the end

Mount Gulian is at end of Sterling Street;

park on the circular driveway.

Rachel Bertoni & Lisa Zukowski
Mixed Media Exhibit

April 12 - May 31, 2008
Painter's
266 Hudson Street
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520

Sep 14, 2007

Art About Water Events Begin
Art About Water 2007, a series of presentations, hands-on activities, music, art and film events for the whole family will be held in Orange County onSaturdays, 15, 22, culminating with a WATER FESTIVAL on the Newburgh Riverfront on Sept. 29.
Presented by The Arts Alliance of the Lower Hudson Valley and sponsored by the Orange County Water Authority, there will be arts and education programs that will focus on protecting and valuing water resources, to inform the public and celebrate all things WATER.

For information on all the events scheduled visit www.TheArtsAlliance.net

This week the events take place at Benedict Farm Park in the Town of Montgomery.

Sep 22, 2007

September 22, 2007
The Art About Water Series Continues

1. Bring A Picnic!!The Art About Water Series continues this week at the Moodna Viaduct in Salisbury Mills on September 22nd from 10am to 1pm. Come enjoy bug stream monitoring at the Moodna Creek with the Hudson Basin River Watch; a guided walk and talk about biodiversity with Tom Durkin; Printing with Materials from Nature , a hands-on art component with Lisa Zukowski; and live music provided by the French acoustic group, L'hiver. Bring A Picnic!! For directions and a schedule visit www.TheArtsAlliance.net or call 845-534-5284. This Free event is presented by The Arts Alliance of the Lower Hudson Valley and sponsored by the Orange County Water Authority. A full schedule of the day's events is listed below.

2. Film Series: Tickets for the September 29th Art About Water Film Series can be purchased by contacting the Downing Film Center at 845-561-3686 or The Arts Alliance at 845-534-5284. The film series, curated by Sue Mitchell, will be presenting films about global water issues: The Ecological Footprint, Empty Nets Empty Oceans, Baked Alaska and Thirst. For a full description about the films visit www.TheArtsAlliance.net 6:45 to 9:30pm. Tickets are $10. This event is co-sponsored by the Orange County Water Authority and SB Direct.

3. Art Exhibit: Art About Water...and Water Became Art opens at Painter's in Cornwall-on-Hudson on September 22 and runs through October 22, 2007. Visit www.TheArtsAlliance.net for a list of the artists exhibiting. Directions to Painter's are posted on the website. Painter's is located at 266 Hudson Street.

4. On Saturday, September 29th in the City of Newburgh, the series will culminate with a free Arts and Water Festival on the Newburgh Riverfront. This event is sponsored by the Orange County Water Authority. The Newburgh Festival will include the Sloop Woody Guthrie sailing and educating people on the Hudson River, hands-on science and art demonstration booths, rowing and kayaking demonstrations, art exhibits and live music. This event is free and open to the public. The Arts Alliance is partnering with River Art Walk and the City of Newburgh Arts Commission. For a full schedule of events and directions visit www.TheArtsAlliance.net