ArtBeat: What To See

MHR-80 Book Launch @ The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls. The Hyde continues its celebration of the eightieth annual exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region (MHR) with the release of the 186-page full-color book, including a launch celebration on Friday, December 16 at 5:30pm, where visitors where visitors can purchase the books and meet the artists. The catalogue features essays by curator Michael Oatman and Hyde Director Erin Coe, a complete exhibition checklist, images of MHR artwork and an ephemeral timeline documenting the show’s eight-decade history.

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A Certain Romance @ Courthouse Gallery, Lake George. A solo exhibition of paintings by Fabian Lopez that overlap representation with abstraction, weaving together stories he has either heard or read with his own personal experience. (Through December 16)

Members Show @ Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. Paintings, pastels, collages, photographs, sculptures and more made by 29 community members. (Through December 18)

The Flat File Show @ Matteawan Gallery, Beacon. A group exhibition that includes drawings, photographs, prints and mixed media works on paper by 17 artists: Christopher Albert, Gabe Brown, Karlos Carcamo, Marieken Cochius, Susan English, Valerie Hegarty, Thomas Huber, Katelin Kirby, Greg Slick, Wendy Small, S. Gayle Stevens, Krista Svalbonas, Dominick Talvacchio, Kazumi Tanaka, August Ventimiglia, Susan Walsh and Eleanor White. (Through December 18)

Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection @ Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. An exhibit featuring 47 paintings and drawings by Anton Refregier, Judson Smith, Edward Chávez, John Ruggles, Richard Crist, Juanita Guccione and many more. (Through December 18)

Brenda Goodman and Amy Pleasant @ Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson. New paintings and works on paper by Brenda Goodman and new drawings and sculpture by Amy Pleasant. (Through December 18)

7th Annual PHOTOBOOK Show @ Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson. Photobooks and photographs by Best of Show winners Yoichi Nagata, Lawrence Schwartzwald, Jeanny Tsai and Graeme Williams as well as 16 more photobooks by other artists. (Through December 18)

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The Boombox Project @ Hudson Opera House, Hudson. Photographer Lyle Owerko’s ode to the boombox that played a pivotal role in the rise of American hip hop culture, and in the rock & roll and punk movements of the 1970s and 80s. Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night, a community musical parade: December 3, 4pm. (Through December 23)

2016 Screenprint Biennial @ Collar Works and The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy. An event that showcases a range of screenprint-based art applications, from framed, editioned prints to installation, sculpture, video, ephemera and posters. This juried exhibition includes two large-scale exhibitions as well as a temporary site-specific work created by Providence, Rhode Island based artist Ian Cozzens at Oakwood Community Center. (Through December 23)

Printing Lab: The Members Show @ Inky Editions, Hudson. A group exhibition of fine art prints made by both novice and veteran artist-members: Rosa Acheson, Patrick Brown, Katie DeGroot, Julie Evans, Marie-Claude Giroux, Robert Gullie, Holly Hughes, Licha Jimenez, Eve Kaplan, Wendy Moss, Susan Myers, Suzanne Ouellete, Georgia Ranney, Valerie Richmond, Nancy Van Deren and Marlene Vidibor. (Through December 24)

99 Cents Affordable Art Show @ MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams. Works of sculpture, ceramics, watercolors, jewelry, paintings, postcards, collages, photography, printmaking, handmade books and stationary and more. (Through December 30)

Small Works @ Limner Gallery, Hudson. A large group exhibition and sale of small works by the gallery’s artists. (Through December 31)

Poise: Peter Christian Johnson @ Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams. Ceramic sculpture that explores the tension between acts of labor and collapse and between precision and failure. (Through December 31)

Nadéne Grey @ Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham. Paintings and works on paper by Nadéne Grey. (Through December 31)

Spotlight: Alexander Hamilton @ Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany. Founding father Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) first visited Albany in 1777 to speak to General Horatio Gates on behalf of George Washington. Three years later he married Elizabeth Schuyler in the parlor of her Albany home, the Pastures, now known as Schuyler Mansion. For the next 20 years, Hamilton was connected to Albany traveling to the city to visit his in-laws and conducting legal business. This exhibition highlights objects related to Alexander Hamilton from the Institute’s collection with a few significant loans including a portrait of him by Ezra Ames courtesy of Union College Permanent Collection. (Through December 31)

The Art of Seating @ Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany. An exhibition of more than forty chairs, from the early nineteenth century to the present day, each chosen for its beauty and historical context with important social, economic, political and cultural influences. (Through December 31)

Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region @ The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls. The 80th annual Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region exhibition, curated by Michael Oatman, includes 126 works from 106 artists and stretches the boundaries of the regional art show. (Through December 31)

Transforming The Hyde @ The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls. Selections from the recent gift of modern art from the collection of Werner Feibes and the late James Schmitt will be exhibited. The gift represents a remarkable group of paintings, drawings, prints, mixed media, and sculpture by many of the world’s leading modern artists, including Josef Albers, Sol LeWitt, Grace Hartigan, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Bridget Riley and David Smith, among others. (Through December 31)

There is a Road @ a href=”http://artomi.org/page.php?2016-Fall-Exhibitions-240″>Art Omi, Ghent. Remy Jungerman creates sculptural relief works which bring to mind modernist architecture, beams, window lintels, tracks and building blocks. Nicole Cherubini’s there is a road is an exhibition of new work that frames her exploration of sculptural properties and processes. (Though Januuary 1)

A More Perfect Union @ The Tang, Saratoga Springs. The first exhibition of Flag Exchange, a multi-year project by conceptual and social interventionist artist Mel Ziegler. With a stock of new American flags in his trunk, Ziegler traveled to all 50 states collecting worn American flags, exchanging the old for the new and, in the process, mimicking the actions of a political candidate, arriving, making a connection and then moving on. The space will also feature a large stage where a series of debates, lectures, performances and more will explore the upcoming election cycle and the role of democracy today. (Through January 1)

Changing Light @ 510 Warren Street, Hudson. Recent paintings by the gallery’s artistic director, Kate Knapp. (Through January 1)

Barry Lobdell/Michael Tucker @ Spectrum Theatre Gallery Albany. Photography by Barry Lobdell and poetry by Michael Tucker from their book, Pull Over, examining the human capacity for symbolic thinking in language and in visual images. (Through January 2)

Holiday Show @ Good Purpose Gallery, Lee. Works in collage and mixed media by Anne Pasko and landscape paintings by Walter J. Pasko as well as holiday ornaments created by regional artists. (Through January 2)

En Masse III @ Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham. Contemporary works from more than 40 of the gallery’s artists. (Through January 8)

Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison @ The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. An exhibit of 14 images from the pivotal series, The Architect’s Brother and Counterpoint by Saratoga Springs photographers Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. (Through January 8)

5th Annual Juried Group Show @ The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville. Works by Alex Waters, Andrea Hersh, Annea Francey, Audrie Sturman, Catherine Wagner Minnery, Channing Lefebvre, Cheryl Horning, Chris Duncan, Christopher Murray, Cyndy Barbone, Dan Greenfeld, Darcie Abbatiello, Deborah Bayly, Dolores Thompson, Fern Apfel, Gary Larsen, Gary Maggio, Gretchen Kelley, Ian Creitz, James Coe, Jenny Hutchinson, Kathryn Kost, Kevin Cleplensky, Laura Cannamela, Lori Lawrence, Mary Pat Wager, Matt Chinian, MiChelle Vara, Nicholas Warner, Regis Brodie, Robyn Morgan Giddings, Sonja LaPointe, Susan Hoffer, Susan Williams and Virginia McNeice. (Through January 8)

State of Disobedience @ Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. An exhibition that brings together works in a range of media that speak to the power of art to provoke unexpected and contradictory responses, including works by Matthew Ronay, Barkley Hendricks, Mary Ellen Mark, Patty Chang, Glenn Ligon and others. (Through January 15)

Winter Exhibit @ Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson. An exhibit of both large scale fabric installation and finely detailed drawings, painting and collages, offering unique commentary on the political, personal and environmental observations of what it means to live in a global community today, with works by Kate Hamilton, Allyson Levy, Laura Von Rosk, Louise Laplante, Andrea Moreau, Elizabeth Coyne and Eileen Murphy. (Through January 22)

Beneath the Surface @ Sohn Fine Art, Lenox. A group exhibition of photography that explores the element of water featuring John Atchley, Peggy Braun, Denise B. Chandler, Pauline Chernichaw, George Diebold, Holger Eckstein, Aldara Ortega Cassandra Sohn and Matthew David Wachsman. (Through January 23)

3rd Annual Winter Salon @ Clement Art Gallery, Troy. An annual show of small works in a variety of media featuring art by Elizabeth Apgar-Smith, Robert Bootier, Tom Clement, John Connors , George Dirolf, Susan Lunlow, Jon Gernon, Mara Lehmann, Bob Moylan, Susan Story, Takeyce Walter, Marlene Wiedenbaum, Kristin Woodward and others. (Through January 23)

3rd Annual Winter Salon @ Clement Art Gallery, Troy. An annual show of small works in a variety of media featuring art by Elizabeth Apgar-Smith, Robert Bootier, Tom Clement, John Connors , George Dirolf, Susan Lunlow, Jon Gernon, Mara Lehmann, Bob Moylan, Susan Story, Takeyce Walter, Marlene Wiedenbaum, Kristin Woodward and others. (Through January 23)

The Gift Show @ Lisa Vollmer Photography Studio + Gallery, Great Barrington. Photographs by Carolina Palermo Schulze, Thatcher Hullerman Cook, Tom Zetterstrom, Lisa Vollmer and Sabine Vollmer von Falken. (Through January 30)

Photography and Discovery @ The Clark, Williamstown. When photographs were first widely produced and distributed during the second half of the nineteenth century, they offered viewers new ways to discover unknown people, places, and things. This exhibition explores how photographers considered these subjects during the medium’s first seventy-five years. (Through February 5)

Being the Measure @ Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. David Zink Yi’s first museum exhibition in the United States brings together his work in sculpture, photography, music, and video. Marking his foray into live performance, it fuses his interests in Afro-Caribbean music and cephalopod mollusks. (Through February 12)

Rock and Roll Icons: Photographs by Patrick Harbron @ Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany. An exhibition taken from Capital region resident Patrick Harbron’s body of concert and portrait photography of influential musicians and groups of the 1970’s and 1980’s, captured at pivotal moments, such as Blondie, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Elvis Costello. He followed these artists to prominence and others that were already well known including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Queen, The Who, Genesis, KISS, U2, Aerosmith, and Prince. The exhibition will include Harbron’s collection of posters and ephemera gathered throughout his career along with guitars borrowed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Through February 12)

Gravity & Light @ Opalka Gallery, Albany. Stone sculpture by Caroline Ramersdorfer. (Through March 5)

Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art and Science @ The Tang , Saratoga Springs. An exhibition of contemporary and historical art, artifacts, and material culture exploring the human desire to use and create pattern to understand the world around us. (Through March 12)

By the Patterns @ Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady. Kira Nam Greene, the fourth featured artist in the gallery’s Art Installation Series, has installed her patternist collages. (Through March)

Japanese Impressions @ The Clark, Williamstown. An exhibition of more than a century of Japanese printing traditions represented by seventy-three color woodblock prints, including works by Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, Itô Shinsui, Kawase Hasui, Yoshida Hiroshi and Kiyoshi Saitô . (Through April 2)

Active Turn: The Devil’s Wheel @ Art Omi, Ghent. Photographers Kahn + Selesnick have created a new work for use in Freya Powell’s zoetrope. (Through May 28)

Hanna-Barbera: The Architects Of Saturday Morning @ Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge. The first museum exhibition on the world’s most successful animation partnership, providing a glimpse of the extraordinary story of how two astute businessmen reacted to a dying film animation industry and revolutionized a new format for their product, while hiring the best talent in the business, and exploring how their product transformed over the years. (Through May 29)

Concinnitas Portfolio @ Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady. A portfolio of ten fine art aquatint prints featuring equations, expressions or formulas transcribed by ten notable mathematicians and physicists, in response to the prompt to record their ‘most beautiful mathematical expression.’ Each image was hand-drawn by each of the following participants: Sir Michael Atiyah, Enrico Bombieri, Simon K. Donaldson, Freeman Dyson, Murray Gell-Mann, Richard Karp, Peter Lax, David Mumford, Stephen Smale and Steven Weinberg. (Through August 2018)