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ACE In Catskill!

November 21, 2017 By upstatecreative

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Check out great coverage from this event! WAMC: “Catskill’s Role Ramps Up in ‘Creative Economy’” | Hudson Valley 360: “Lumberyard to Start Construction in Two Weeks”

Catskill is in the midst of a Creative Economy boom, with new restaurants, a tap house, boutiques and galleries, a performing arts complex, and reimagined historic sites. ACE recently went “Behind the Scenes” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and LUMBERYARD in one of the coolest little villages in the region.

We met at LUMBERYARD for a tour and heard the exciting plans for the four-building complex that will house some of the most innovative programming and partnerships north of NYC, including the first-ever residency program with the renowned Brooklyn Academy of Music.

After that, we visited the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and learned about the innovative reinterpretation of the artist’s 1815 home. The Thomas Cole site has employed multimedia installations within the authentic historic spaces in innovative and engaging new ways. ACE members saw the paint chips that were a product of a paint analyst’s task of discovering wall colors in Cole’s time; stencils that helped recreate the hand-painted border by Cole; and stencils that the Cole estate’s floor cloth designer used to hand paint the entryway floor cloth from an historic design.

Presented by ACE. Special thanks to our event sponsors Crossroads Brewing Company and the Greene County Council on the Arts

The Hardest Thing About Working in the Gig Economy

November 3, 2017 By upstatecreative

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Their assessment? Trying to form a sense of self in the midst of several jobs is a huge challenge, as is society’s perception that having just one job means “stability.”

Check out other recent insightful pieces from the Harvard Business Review on freelancers and the gig economy:

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New Video Highlights Albany Symphony & Creative Economy

November 3, 2017 By upstatecreative

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ACE Behind the Scenes: Yaddo – September 26, 2017

October 5, 2017 By upstatecreative

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Yaddo’s mission is “to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.” On March 11, 2013, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. Yaddo offers residencies to artists working in choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Yaddo artists have been awarded 71 Pulitzer Prizes, 68 National Book Awards, a Nobel Prize, three Academy Awards, 456 Guggenheim Fellowships, 42 National Book Critics Circle Awards, 29 MacArthur Fellowships, numerous Emmy and Grammy awards, and many other honors.

ACE extends our deepest thanks to our sponsor The Foundry for Art Design + Culture. The Foundry, based in Cohoes and Troy, fosters innovative collaborations between creatives, civic and educational institutions, non-profits and businesses to create viable, livable and imaginative communities.

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MAKERS 365 Arrives at Spring Street Gallery in Saratoga

September 11, 2017 By upstatecreative

[rev_slider alias=”makers at spring street”] MAKERS 365, the monumental photography exhibit by Richard Lovrich, is arriving at Spring Street Gallery in Saratoga Springs, its second stop of an 8-county tour. The MAKERS Opening Reception takes place on Saturday, September 16, 5-8pm, with a Panel Discussion on Wednesday, October 11.

The MAKERS 365 exhibit is curated by Tony Iadicicco of Albany Center Gallery,and features photos of a huge array creative people who live, work, or passed through the Capital Region during Lovrich’s yearlong project. MAKERS 365 began as a social media project and became an exhibit that will tour the region. Stay tuned for more MAKERS events!