A Landscape Painting Workshop Sunday Feb 5thth from 1-4pm- $35. *In my Bellvale barn /studio * I will guide you in creating your own colormixing chart for an invaluable reference of your own. Learn to paint and enhance your skills in acrylics with award winning artist instructor, Many images available to work from or you may bring your own Sarah McHugh www.mchughstudio.com sarah@mchughstudio.com or Call 845-987-8748 Receive a discount on basic supply kit when you register at Michaels’s in Central Valley

Ann Marie Vitoulis, Marketing and Box Office Manager Kings Theatre Company at the Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts (845) 469-7412 The Kings Youth Theater, a training program of the Kings Theatre Company at the Lycian Centre, is expanding its training program to include classes for beginners and advanced students. The ten week program takes place in the evening in the Pavilion at the Lycian Centre. Workshops offered this spring include: Movement for Actors workshop begins on March 8th from 5:00-6:30 pm. Linda Mensch of the Moving Company will be teaching this workshop. The workshop is designed for teens at any level. This is a good introductory workshop for beginning actors as well as those with experience. A monologue workshop begins March 8th at 6:30 on Thursdays and runs for six weeks. This is an individualized workshop in which students will rehearse short monologues for professional and college auditions. Tuesday, March 6th begins a ten week Ten Minute Play workshop. The goal of this is to bring professional actors together with students to rehearse and present an evening of short plays. These will be open to the public and will be performed for two evenings in May. Paul Ellis will be directing both workshops. Students who have not taken a workshop will be interviewed about their past experience or may be required to audition. The objective of the theater program is to provide young people from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to participate in a theatre experience that will develop confidence, responsibility, teamwork, and a greater sense of self and community. All workshops provide an overview of the acting process and introduce students to the basic elements of acting. To register call 845-469-2287 or visit the Box Office of the Lycian Centre Tuesday through Saturdays from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. For more information about the program or course content call 469-7563. Kings Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization currently presenting and producing many of the shows held at the Lycian Centre. Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts is a state-of-the-art professional theatre committed to bringing high-quality cultural and entertainment events to the residents of the Mid-Hudson region.

For the Fall-Winter sessions 2011-12, we have a mix of advanced workshops for those of you who have been asking, along with the introductory courses in Basic Blacksmithing and Copper Fold Forming. If there is a class you would like to see posted, you can leave a comment on our Center for Metal Arts Facebook page, or hit reply and tell us what classes you would like to see. Fall-Winter sessions 2011-12 Saturday October 15: Basics of Blacksmithing. Your own anvil work station and tooling, including an authentic Hofi cast hammer. Center for Metal Arts blacksmith Jon Ledford will guide you through the basic skills of working hot iron at the forge, with time for you to try your hand with each technique. If you have never held a hammer before—or if you just want more practice on the anvil, this is a great class for you. You will leave with your practice pieces to show for a day at the forge. 10 AM to 4 PM. $120 includes all materials. Saturday November 12: Copper Fold Forming with Darren Fisher. Just in time to make something fun for the holidays with fine arts metalsmith Darren Fisher. Fold forming is a mash-up of origami and forging—the way you fold, and the way you hammer, and the way you open the folded piece determines what you get. Learn some of the basic folds, and take your pieces home. 10 AM to 4 PM. $120 includes all materials. Saturday December 10: Fundamentals of Forging with Vivian Beer. Vivian is back for a day at the forge! Spend a day with this engaging instructor—Vivian has much more to teach than you could get in a full semester with her, so claim an anvil station for yourself and grab a full day’s worth of instruction! Expect lots of good technical knowledge, and plenty of hands-on time at your own anvil, in a fully-tooled classroom studio. We supply the forge, your own anvil work station, tooling, an authentic Hofi hammer, and plenty of stock to forge. You bring the intention to have a lot of fun at the anvil. 10 AM to 4 PM. $120 includes all materials. Saturday February 25: Patinas for the Small Studio with Darren Fisher. (Snow date 3/4) We will be posting the details on this workshop soon. Saturday March 17: Forging the Nonferrous Metals with Darren Fisher. (Snow date 3/31) This class will center on jewelry scale forging, but can also touch on smaller architectural pieces like knobs and handles. Darren will demonstrate studio techniques for bronze, brass, aluminum, and a bit of silver in demonstrations for forging. You will do one or two projects in this class—a set of earrings and a pendant or brooch. More classes are in the works, including the annual return of Fred Crist and of course Charles Lewton-Brain. Call (845) 651-7550 or email register@centerformetalarts.com to register.

New York, NY, Open Call for Art: International Juried Contest Since opening in 1984, Agora Gallery has established itself as a hub for innovative and talented emerging and established artists from around the world. Keeping with its tradition of discovering and nurturing artists new to the alluring but highly competitive New York art scene, Agora Gallery will sponsor The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition. This well-known juried art contest is an annual event with prizes specifically designed to help artists advance their careers and to maximize their exposure to collectors. Now in its 27th year, the competition will accept entries from February 7, 2012 until March 13, 2012. Not only will selected artists gain exposure by exhibiting their work in the famed Chelsea art community, the competition will be juried by an influential voice in the art world, Mr. Ira Goldberg, Executive Director of the prestigious Art Students League of New York. Ilse Bormann, one of the selected artists from the 2011 competition, had this to say about her experience: “It was a pleasure to participate in the 2011 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition. It was the second time I took part and I was very proud to be selected this time. It was amazing to have the chance to show my artwork in the Agora Gallery and it was a great feeling to be a New York City exhibited artist. It has motivated me to work even harder and to go my own way in my abstract painting. I would definitely recommend participating in the competition to my friends who are artists.” About the Prizes The awards available for selected artists include cash prizes, internet promotion on ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive contemporary fine art resources online, and a one-page review with two color images in ARTisSpectrum, a prominent New York art publication. In addition, Mr. Ira Goldberg, Executive Director of The Art Students League of New York, will select the work of at least 25 artists to participate in a group exhibition at Agora Gallery. Awards are valued at a total of $55,000. Agora Gallery director Angela Di Bello feels strongly that there is more to be gained from entering competitions than prizes and awards. She states: “In addition to providing a valuable career building experience, fine art competitions challenge professional artists as well as art students to create some of their most innovative and finest work. The excitement generated by simply entering a competition and "thinking outside the box" leads to numerous new possibilities and to opening doors that may otherwise remain shut. You must fearlessly take control of your own destiny and experience a quantum leap into the future…Yours!” Eligibility The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition is open to visual artists of 18 years of age and older from anywhere in the world and at all stages in their careers. The competition accepts a broad spectrum of art mediums and styles. In past years, selected entries have included photography, sculpture, digital art, paintings using a number of mediums including oil, acrylic and watercolor, and more. However video art, film, performance art, jewelry and crafts will not be accepted. There is an entry fee of $35 for up to five images, with an additional charge of $5 for each additional image. Submission is online, and artists are encouraged to have their contact details, information about the relevant artwork and high quality images in JPG format available when they begin the process. 2012 Calendar · February 7, 2012 - Competition opens · March 13, 2012 - Submission deadline · March 27, 2012 - Results announced · August 24th through September 9th - Exhibition for the selected artists The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition represents not just artists, but the countries and communities they hail from, each piece reflecting a little of humanity's many faceted soul. Out of respect for this and in an effort to grant joy to children in need, 15% of Agora Gallery's proceeds of sales resulting from the competition exhibition will be donated to Art Start, an award-winning, nationally recognized program. Art Start works with children and teens facing the daily uncertainties and instabilities of living in homeless shelters. Though these children face many obstacles, they have dreams. Art Start uses the arts to provide them with opportunities for success. It gives them the tools, structure, support and most importantly a chance to be heard. For more information, visit the competition website, email competition@agora-gallery.com or call the gallery at 212-2264151, Tues-Sat 11am-6pm. Contact information: Carolina Carilo 530 West 25th Street Chelsea, New York, NY 10001 Tel. 212-226-4151 Fax 212-966-4380 Competition@Agora-Gallery.com

Main Street Music and Art Studio is offering a workshop for artists and painters, who are interested in working along side fellow artists on both group projects, as well as individual projects. Our goal is to create an atmosphere where artists can strengthen skills, complete work, and engage in exciting discussions, regarding art history, as well as contemporary art. Your completed work can be part of groups shows, in the Orange County Area. We look forward to working with you. Log onto www.mainstreetmusicandart.com or www.johnVgioia.com for additional information. We encourage you to visit our studio, or call for more information. 270 Hudson St., Cornwall on Hudson 845 534- 2821

David Patrick Wilson of Willy Gilly Productions will be teaching the Meisner Acting Technique. Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, and David just some of the students who worked with Meisner. Take your acting to the next level. Classes meet Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30pm, 222 Greenwich Ave. Goshen. Please contact Nan Gill Wilson at nangill101@gmail.com or 845-294-7500

Museum Village Contact: Robert Schmick 845-782-8248 or rschmick@museumvillage.org All New January Traditional Skills Workshops for Vets, But All Others Welcome Too Museum Village, in conjunction with the Orange County Arts Council, is offering skills workshops for veterans and the community at large. Museum Director Robert Schmick says “Orange County has a very large number of veterans, and we want to offer them opportunities to learn about some traditional trades and skills that connect with our 19th century setting that they might enjoy doing and which could become part of a side business.” There will be a 15% discount on tuition for veterans with an ID. The first three, Backyard Woodworking, Chair Caning and Beginning Blacksmithing are planned for January and February. Warwick rustic woodworker Daniel Mack is doing the Backyard Woodworking and the Chair Caning workshops. Mack has made his living for 30 years from making things from sticks, logs, driftwood and trees and says “I’d like to share both the technical parts of this work and offer some marketing advice on selling rustic objects. The Backyard Woodworking workshop provides the student with basic skills to make rustic projects from common woods and driftwood and to possibly start a small side business. The workshop runs for six Saturday mornings, from 10AM -2PM, starting January 14. It will meet at different locations around the county, including rustic woodworker Daniel Mack’s studio in Warwick, Museum Village, Bear Mountain, and the Newburgh waterfront. The class is limited to 8-10 students and the workshop fee is $375 for 24 hours of instruction ($320 for veterans). The Chair Caning workshop will teach students the basic techniques needed to cane a chair. Students will have the choice of natural or artificial rush, cane, and other varieties. Tools will be provided but students are encouraged to bring their own as well. Materials for one chair will be provided, but students will need to bring their own seat-free chair to work on. The class is limited to 8 students. The fee will be $100 ($85 for veterans) for four consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7-9PM beginning on January 24th. The Beginning Blacksmithing workshop will be taught by Adriaan Gerber. Gerber is a working blacksmith who creates entirely with hand tools high-quality axes, knives and swords that are sold worldwide. His home smithy is in Lamoine, Maine, near Acadia. Students will learn the basics of blacksmithing including tapering, bending, cutting and more and will make a set of skewers, spatula, spoon, door knocker, and tomahawk. The class is limited to 6 students and the fee is $375 ($320 for veterans) for 24 hours of instruction. Class will run on Friday, January 20 from 5-9PM, Saturday, January 21 from 10-6PM, Sunday, January 22 from 10-6PM, & Monday, January 23 from 5-9PM. On Jan.18 & 19, from 11-1PM, Museum Village will be hosting a free blacksmithing demonstration on the Making of a Tomahawk for those interested in taking this blacksmithing course or are just curious. Sponsors are also being sought to help make this affordable for any veteran who wants to take it. This series is being offered as part of the Orange County Art Councils Arts for Vets Project. To register, or offer to sponsor a veteran, or for more information, please visit museumvillage.blogspot.com, or call 845-782-8248, or 845-781-3729 or email: rschmick@museumvillage.org.

Warwick Life Drawing Group The Warwick Drawing group meets at the Orange County Arts Council facility (A.K.A. the Seligmann Estate), 23 White Oak Road, Sugar Loaf. (Use Chester for your GPS)