Organized by Exhibition Committee member, Katharine Umsted

Exhibition Dates: September 19 – October 17, 2010
Location: Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Friday - Sunday, 12:00 - 6:00 pm, or by appointment

The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild proudly presents the Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Pollock–Krasner Fellows Exhibition, curated by Katharine Umsted. This special exhibition features a selection of works from artists who were awarded Pollock–Krasner Foundation Fellowships during the 2009 and 2010 Byrdcliffe Summer Artist in Residence Programs. There will be an opening reception brunch on Sunday, September 19 from noon – 2 pm at the Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock. The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibition will run through October 17, 2010.

For the past four years the Pollock–Krasner Foundation has underwritten a Fellowship program for the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild’s Artist in Residence Program. The grant provided fellowships for five visual artists each year, plus studio visits and critiques with a visiting Master Artist, and also funded a public lecture by each Master Artist. The 2010 Master Artist was Joan Snyder, a 2007 MacArthur Award recipient and a resident of Woodstock. The 2009 Master Artist was Gregory Amenoff. Work by the Pollock–Krasner fellows from both years will be presented in this show.

Opened in 1903, the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony was placed on the National Register of Historic sites in 1979 for its architectural and historic significance. Today it supports a wide range of artists, including writers, composers, painters and sculptors. Byrdcliffe artists in residence stay at the historic Villetta Inn – a spacious rustic building with communal dining and living rooms. Each resident has his or her own bedroom and separate studio space. Residents are chosen by a committee of professionals in the arts. The major criteria for acceptance are the quality of work samples and an indication of serious commitment to one’s field of endeavor. Applicants must submit a written application and support materials. More information on the program can be found at: www.woodstockguild.org.

2009 & 2010 Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Pollock–Krasner Fellows

Gwen Fabricant lives and works in New York City. Educated at Cooper Union Art School and Brooklyn College Gwen has been the recipient of many grants, awards and fellowships including a Bogliasco Fellowship in Italy, Joan Mitchell and Elizabeth grants and residencies at Yaddo and MacDowell.

Susan Harrington lives, works and teaches in Fort Worth, Texas. Susan’s work incorporates silhouette drawings of geese, dogs and bears on overlapping sheets of vellum with opaque felt cutouts of hands, creating an illusion of the shadow puppets from childhood memories. In her interpretation of subjects she astonishes with the freshness of invention and wit, or, when the subject demands it, profound drama.

“Etruscan Cat”, Susan Harrington

Essye Klempner is a native of Louisville, KY and now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She will be starting an MFA course at Hunter College in the fall. Essye will be participating in the Byrdcliffe AIR program for the third time in 2010.

Katerina Lanfranco lives and works in NYC. She is the recipient of the 2010–2011 N.E.A and US/Japan Friendship Commission Artist Fellowship to study traditional arts in Japan for 6 months. Her work combines nature, fantasy and science. Having had many one–person exhibitions in New York and California, Katerina’s work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

“Carnivorous Beauty #5”, Katrina Lanfranco

Nathania Rubin currently lives in New York City where she was born. She makes psychologically and philosophically dense animations. She is also a musician. Nathania has shown widely in the US and also in Germany, Switzerland and Romania. In addition to the residency at Byrdcliffe she was a recent resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute.

Cate Holt is an abstract painter and also makes temporary installations. Last year she participated in the SVA Summer Residency in Painting and Mixed Media. A graduate of the Hartford Art School, she works in Brooklyn NY and lives in Putnam County, NY.

“You”, Cate Holt

Joshua Kaplan lives and works in Queens, New York. He earned his BFA from Syracuse University in 2008 and will be attending Hunter College for his MFA in the Fall. His work has been exhibited in New York City, Italy as well as throughout the USA.

Lindsay Packer is a New York–based artist whose work ranges from collage to installation and writing. Having received an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in Fiber and Material she was a 2002 recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in installation art. Packer traveled to India to study site–specific ephemeral imagery in both sacred and secular contexts.

“Get In Line”, Lindsay Packer

Heather Ramsdale lives and works in Philadelphia. A sculptor and recent MFA graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Heather was a Joan Mitchell Award nominee in 2010.

Laura Splan is based in Brooklyn, NY. Using many media Laura’s work investigates perceptions of beauty and horror, comfort and discomfort. She uses anatomical and medical imagery as well as her body as a source to explore the dualities and our ambivalence towards the human body. She often combines the visual vocabulary of science and biology with that of domesticity and decorum.