#HudsonInspired: Artist Matthew Friday Considers Water, Waste
Not many artists think deeply about ecology and water, but artist-writer-educator Matthew Friday has done exactly that in multidisciplinary works such as DUMP!, Stories of Water and Waste, and more. Friday credits his interest in ecology to a childhood spent...
Hiking by Art
A wall-mounted phone with a rotary dial and a curly cord. A decade or two ago, an Appalachian Trail hiker like Dan Foeller could pretty safely have bet it was just another pay phone. Passing it earlier this summer, though,...
#HudsonInspired: Artist Arnie Zimmerman Worked With Valley’s Bricks and Clay
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Hudson Valley was the largest brickmaking district on the planet. Its metrics were stunning: It employed more than 10,000 people across about 120 brickyards, producing an estimated billion bricks a year. Due to...
#HudsonInspired: Artist Jean Shin Reimagines Fallen Trees
Frederic Church and his fellow painters of the Hudson River School saw nature in a beautiful, romantic light. Contemporary artists can’t, says Jean Shin: “We don’t have the ability to romanticize nature because of climate change.”Shin, who was born in...
Newburgh Street-Tree Planting Aims to Restore the City’s Healthy, Shady Canopy
In May, the residents of South Miller Street in Newburgh gathered to plant, to care for — and really, to better understand — a line of new trees that now dot the block. For some residents, it was an opportunity...
Exploring Green Careers: SERENA PADILLA, Garden Educator
The statistics are impressive: by 2030, more than 24 million new jobs could be created globally by shifting to a greener economy, according to the International Labour Organization. But what actually are those jobs, and what do they take? La Voz...Explorando Carreras Ecológicas: SERENA PADILLA, Garden Educator
Las estadísticas son impresionantes: para el año 2030, más de 24 millones de trabajos pueden ser creado globalmente por la economía verde, según La Organización Internacional de Labor. ¿Qué son algunos tipos de estos trabajos y que hacen estas personas?...
Six Ways the LGBTQ+ Community Has Made History From the Hudson Valley
In the decades since New York City’s Stonewall Riots brought greater visibility to the U.S. movement for gay rights in 1969, the Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ+ community has often been at the forefront. Inspiring leaders, activists, and creatives here have opened...