Yomarie Silva-O'Neal, an artist in residencen at Mass MoCA, sculpts in her studio. Press photo by Thomas J. Logan, courtesy of Assets 4 Artists

Arts

Here are the Hill Country Observer’s articles about the Arts, listed from newest to oldest. Topics include theater, music, dance, painting, sculpture, film, and writing. The Hill Country Observer talks with artists and makers in many media, in New York, Vermont and Western Massachusetts.

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    The landscape is the inspiration

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    By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y.The open fields and rolling hills of Rensselaer and Washington counties have provided inspiration to artists for generations, and every October for the past 10 years, local artists have banded together to give something back. The annual Landscapes for Landsake art show and sale, scheduled this year for Oct. read more

    The landscape is the inspiration
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    Tours to aid artists’ retreat

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    By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Yaddo may be renowned as the retreat where prize-winning plays are birthed and great musical scores are composed, but it’s nearly as well known for the air of mystery that surrounds its grounds. For the artists-in-residence who inhabit the retreat throughout the year, privacy is prized almost read more

    Tours to aid artists’ retreat
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    Reviving a slice of Pittsfield history

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    Century-old play set to return to Colonial stage By NANCY ROTHMAN Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.A little more than 100 years ago, a local playwright and a composer dug into Pittsfield’s past to create a lighthearted look at the events near the end of the War of 1812. The result was a comedic opera, called “The read more

    Reviving a slice of Pittsfield history
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    Creating in the open air

    Painting competition draws artists, spectators to North Bennington By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. There’s nothing quite like the immediacy of watching an artist in the act of creating a painting. And that simple principle is what powers the North Bennington Plein Air Competition, a “paint-out” in which professional artists vie to capture read more

    Creating in the open air
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    Art for the birds

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    By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. An art exhibit next month at Crandall Public Library will help to protect the population of short-eared owls, northern harriers and other raptors that depend on the Washington County Grasslands, a 13,000-acre network of farm fields that has been threatened with development. The juried art show, Birds read more

    Art for the birds