{"id":9902,"date":"2008-09-10T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T17:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=9902"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:20","slug":"after-the-rain-a-splendid-art-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/09\/10\/after-the-rain-a-splendid-art-show\/","title":{"rendered":"after the rain a splendid art show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> T<\/em><\/strong>here are many events<\/a> each year that help make Schenectady’s historic Stockade district<\/a> both an interesting place to live and a real neighborhood — a placed filled with neighbors and welcome guests<\/em>.\u00a0 The event I most look forward to is the Villagers Outdoor Art Show<\/a>, which always takes place the weekend after Labor Day. The tropical storm formerly known as Hanna caused the original date of this year’s 57th annual Outdoor Art Show to be canceled on Saturday, and we all crossed our fingers to see what Sunday, the Rain Date, would bring.\u00a0 What it brought was a perfect late-summer day, with sunny skies, a slight breeze and temperatures in the mid-70’s.<\/p>\n

outdoor art show
\nthree agnostics
\npray the rain away<\/p>\n

…. by dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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.. Lawrence<\/a> after the Show — Front, Ferry & Green Streets. . .<\/p>\n

More important, Sunday brought almost all of the fine artists (over a hundred) originally scheduled for Saturday — painters, sculptors, photographers, sketchers, and more — plus a robust, smiling throng of residents and visitors.\u00a0 The result was a celebration of art and neighborliness along both sides of the blocks radiating from the traffic circle monitored by Lawrence the Indian. [As we said<\/a> on Monday, Wilford “Frenchie” Hamilton, the recently murdered homeless artist, would surely have loved it.]<\/p>\n

As with all such events, many people had to work very hard to make it happen. Here’s what they say at the Show’s web page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“The event\u00a0 is made possible by many neighborhood volunteers, the cooperation of the Chamber of Schenectady County, the Oakroom Artists, the Daily Gazette and the Stockade Association”.<\/p>\n

The f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang guiltily admit that we in no way helped to make the event such a success (except for showing up twice Sunday afternoon).\u00a0 We especially want to thank Connie Colangelo and Matt Volks, who co-chaired the event and inspired so many others to organize, set it up, judge the art, and take it down.<\/p>\n

Impressionism
\nladies with parasols
\nwalk to the next painting<\/p>\n

\u2026. by John Stevenson – Shamrock Haiku Journal<\/em> (Vol. 1, 2007)<\/p>\n

a child\u2019s painting
\nbleeds into itself
\nsummer rain<\/p>\n

flitting from
\nwatercolours to oils
\na butterfly<\/p>\n

.. by Matt Morden<\/a>
\n“a child’s” – A New Resonance 2<\/em>
\n“flitting from” – Morden Haiku<\/a><\/em> (August 29, 2007)<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> .. The Show offers juried prizes (awarding over $1300 in cash) and lets the crowd vote for their favorites.\u00a0 Below the fold, you will find the complete list of winners (via Connie Colangelo).<\/p>\n

gnawing the edge
\nof the prize painting…
\nburning wormwood<\/p>\n

in the hell painting
\nperched on a fence…
\na lark sings<\/p>\n

.. by Kobayashi Issa<\/a>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/p>\n

In past years, some wags have complained that the winning pieces seemed too conventional.\u00a0\u00a0 That complaint can’t be made this year.\u00a0 The First Place prize went to Tony Murray<\/a>, of Cobleskill, NY, for his metal sculpture “yes! Yes! YES!<\/a>. Second Place was awarded to Erik Laffer<\/a>, of Albany, for his “cartographic<\/a>” painting Electronic Erosion<\/a> (36\u201dx36\u201d Oil on Canvas 2008).\u00a0 Third Place went to Katherine Cartwright<\/a> for her painting All Cracked Up X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clicking on the links in the last paragraph will bring you to each artist’s website, which include photos of the winning pieces and many samples of their artistry.\u00a0 Here’s what the two overall winners looked like — with Tony Murray’s sculpture on location (see a detail here<\/a>), and Erik Laffer’s painting in situ<\/em> at the Show on Sunday:<\/p>\n

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First Place, by Tony Murray . . . \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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.. \"\"<\/a> .. Second Place, by Erik Laffer<\/p>\n

sculpture park
\nbetween Romeo & Juliet
\na robin\u2019s nest<\/p>\n

… by Pamela Miller Ness – HaikuCanada Newsletter <\/em><\/p>\n

old painter
\nhis bristles
\npoint everywhere<\/p>\n

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sweltering heat \"\"
\na drip
\nfrom the painter\u2019s brush<\/p>\n

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\u2026 by w.f. owen<\/a> –\u00a0 (haiku notebook<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Lulu.com<\/a>, 2007)
\n\u201cold painter\u201d – fish in love<\/em> (HSA Members\u2019Anthology 2006)<\/p>\n

\"\" .. F<\/em><\/strong>rank Gilmore won the Best of Our Neighbors award for one of his paintings. (I’d love to show it to you, but my camera captured mostly glare off the glass in its frame.)\u00a0 Frank also displayed the inspired piece<\/a> he created for a brand new Stockade tradition, the 1st Annual Stockade Soiree, on September 6, 2008.\u00a0 Frank’s Soiree “date card” was part of that evening’s silent auction and is gracing the start of this paragraph.<\/p>\n

Thanks again to all the workers and artists, neighbors and visitors who made this year’s Stockade art show such a winning experience.\u00a0 I’m going to stop all this fluffery right now, before Prof. Yabut<\/a> yanks my curmudgeon card.\u00a0 [Don’t forget: all of the art show winners, and honorable mentions, are listed at the foot of this posting. Also, you can share this post using this Tiny URL: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/fkaArtShow2008 ]<\/p>\n

cut grass
\ni sweep away
\nsummer\u2019s end<\/p>\n

… by Roberta Beary – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (Sept. 2005)<\/p>\n

on display:
\nher paintings
\nand her navel<\/p>\n

… by dagosan<\/em><\/p>\n

straight out of a full moon
\npainting\u2026
\nthe geese depart<\/p>\n

… by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/p>\n

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paint brush \u2013
\nmy breath moves
\na spider<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026. by Laryalee Fraser from Simply Haiku<\/em> (Vol. 5:2, Summer 2007)<\/p>\n

watermark
\nthe way the master\u2019s brush
\nstrokes the wings<\/p>\n

.. by Peggy Lyles – To Hear the Rain<\/em> (2002)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> p.s.<\/em><\/strong> The first version of this post incorrectly stated that Tony Murray’s metal sculpture Arcturus<\/a> was awarded First Place. The editor of this weblog saw Arcturus under the Blue Ribbon and incorrectly assumed it was the winner.\u00a0 We still like Tony’s whimsical icon.\u00a0 And, yes, we’re going to stop doing so much ass<\/em>uming.<\/p>\n

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The Winners of the 57th Annual Villagers Outdoor Art Show are:<\/p>\n

FIRST PRIZE – Tony Murray (sculpture)
\nSECOND PRIZE – Erik Laffer
\nTHIRD PRIZE – Katharine Cartwright<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions (12)
\nSteve Kowalski
\nSteve Bourgeos
\nJaime Murray
\nLouise Woodard
\nLinda Biggers
\nAugust D’Annibale
\nGail Kort
\nJesse Meenaghan
\nJon Covey
\nMarilyn Rock
\nRobin Rosenthal
\nDavid Waite<\/p>\n

Young Artist Awards -8 to 18 years old and must be in school
\nAnsli Hu – also received the Stockade Art Show Scholarship Award of $500.00
\nBen Acevedo
\nPhilip Parker<\/p>\n

Ernest A. R. Cohen Award – S. Douglas Smith – Best depiction of the Stockade Neighborhood<\/p>\n

Oakroom Artists Award – Robert Gullie
\nin honor of their deceased members – James Gilliland & George Weinheimer<\/p>\n

People’s Choice\u00a0 Award – Jaime Murray – Chosen by the spectators<\/p>\n

Nicholas J. Colangelo Award – Robert Gullie – First time exhibitor<\/p>\n

Best of Our Neighbors Award – Frank Gillmore – presented to a resident of the Stockade<\/p>\n

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