Storm King Mountain was a popular subject for Thomas Cole and other artists associated with the 19th-century Hudson River School of painting....
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...
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...
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...
Artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak Contends With Valley’s Social Dynamics
Jean-Marc Superville Sovak was born in Montreal, the child of one parent from Trinidad and another from the Czech Republic....
Artist Alison McNulty Explores Valley’s Ecological and Industrial Past
The work of Newburgh-based artist Alison McNulty has taken a dizzying number of forms: sculpture, photography, drawing, video, site-responsive outdoor...
Artist Sees Hudson River As Majestic, Yet Vulnerable
Lydia Rubio is part of a fresh wave of visual artists taking inspiration from the Hudson River — and contending...
Artist Takes Black Experience “Beyond the River”
Bodies of water — rivers, lakes, the ocean — have played a major role in the lives of African Americans....
Rockin’ Art
Tyler Borchert’s Teardrop has been getting lots of press and social media attention. That’s not surprising — it’s a fascinating,...
Art & Nature
Kyle Cottier is part of a breed of young artists making a home in the Hudson Valley and using its...
Master Class
Frederic Church considered Olana, his estate near Hudson, to be his artistic masterpiece. That’s why Scenic Hudson has worked so...
