Beacon Arts Community Association

Set 1 at Bank Square 7:30 – 9:00p
Music + Paint Jam
129 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508

Set 2 at X on Main 9:30 – 10:30p
Afterparty: Music – Film – Art & Blimps
159 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508

Chris Crocco: One of the best guitarists in the industry comes to Beacon, NY and he’s bringing the great Ian Froman on drums! They are opening at BankSquare Coffee house at 7:30pm with 2 amazing “real time” artists: Joe Pimentel & Rick Price exploring their own energy in paint right beside them.

At 9pm the after party moves up the block to X ON Main. Chris Crocco & Ian Froman takeover the backstage while filmmaker & artist Brandon Arroyo blasts his work onto buildings behind Main Street in true Orange Mannequin fashion.

X On Main is also proud to announce 2 new steel sculptures by Eric Stein & Jim Murray into the Art Garden that night.

Artist & legend Ron English will also be in the house with his show “Between The Scenes” featuring his photography for the first time in 25 years. His painted blimp will also be flying high above the band! Yes! I said blimp!

This is a Free Event to support Nate The Great’s Lymphoma Fund.
See more information concerning Nate the Great and this important cause at https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/mb42/natethegreatslymphomafund

Donations will be accepted…
All are strongly encouraged to attend.

This is an Orange Mannequin Production in conjunction with BankSquare Coffee House & X On Main Contemporary Art Gallery.

Art – Music – Film – Steel
All for a good cause!!!

Artist rendering of art totems

The Beacon Two Row Festival is an historic event not to be missed!

Saturday August 3rd 2013  /  Riverfront Park, Beacon NY  /  11am – dusk

Suggested Donation: $5, no one turned away.

Bring your family and spend the day experiencing the energy and wisdom of the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign. Enjoy Native American music, authentic craft, storytelling, food and history as we welcome Two Row canoe flotilla to Beacon. The flotilla will consist of passionate Native Americans and other Americans rowing side by side as they make their way from Albany to the United Nations in New York City.

Thousands of people will gather at the rivers edge to celebrate the very simple yet vital message of the Two Row Wampum Treaty. We will come together to embrace a commitment of friendship, ecological stewardship, peace between peoples and living in parallel forever.

SAVE THE DATE – SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 3-6PM

Joint Grand Tasting with Homespun Foods Celebrating Our 7th Anniversaries! 

A few of our very knowledgeable friends/suppliers will be pouring over 25 great wines at both our wine shop and Homespun’s garden – accompanied by Homespun’s savory bites. Wines from the tasting will be available at 15% off (some are limited in quantity), and we’re donating 10% of profits from the tasting to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley (donation boxes will be at both locations as well). Hope to see you all then!

Homespun Foods, 232 Main Street, 845.831.5096

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Beacon 3D is pleased to present a sculpture installation at 164 Main Street, Beacon, NY with works by Ed Benavente, Tadashi Hashimoto and Insun Kim all of whom live andwork in Beacon. The works will be on public view through October 15, 2013.

Ed Benavente’s subject matter often touches on the philosophical nature of the human condition. “Bones are symbolic of the past upon which we build the future. Moving forward often requires creative adaption.” His sculpture, Sea Change, 2013, pictured above, is painted steel (47”H x 110”L x 20”D).

Tadashi Hashimoto’s Gaia Gaia, 2004, is made of recycled wood with remaining paint and steel lug bolts. (64” x 69” x 64”). Hashimoto’s work becomes an exploration of the forces between space and matter. The sense of motion becomes a visual paradox between weight and emptiness, commotion and calmness.

Insun Kim’s Couples, 2004, (steel, bronze and aluminum; 72” x 64” x 26”) speaks to the intricacies of relationships under one roof. Women are represented by the fruits such as pears, apples and onions. Roses and the petals address perception of love through a rose-colored lens.

Beacon 3D is a new public arts initiative designed to feature the talent
of local and regional artists on an annual basis.

Acknowledgements:

Beacon 3D 2013 is grateful to Dutchess County Community Action Agency, Inc. for providing the grounds for the installation and BeaconArts, as one of our fiscal sponsors. Additionally, the installation of Hashimoto’s sculpture would not have been possible without the generosity and expertise of the staff at The Lofts at Beacon. For information on becoming a sponsor of Beacon 3D, contact Eleni Smolen at theoganzstudio@tds.net or 917.318.2239

Joseph Bertolozzi, composer; c. 2012 by Rob Penner

Using drumsticks and mallets, composer Joseph Bertolozzi is turning Paris’ Eiffel Tower in to a giant percussive instrument.  Click on the image at left to read the story and watch a video about Joe and his newest project.

World renowned Pop Surrealist and Street Artist Ron English will exhibit his first new series of photographs in 25 years. With a master’s degree in fine art photography, Ron began his career in the early 1980s as part of the Fabricated to be Photographed movement that included Cindy Sherman, Sandy Skoglund and Nic Nicosia. Many of his most famous billboard takeovers, environmental interventions and trompe l’oeil art on the street, pieces that established him as a pioneer of the global street art phenomenon were actually byproducts of his staged photography in urban environments.

In 1986 Ron traded his camera for a canvas and became one of the founders of the pop surrealist movement and has been known ever since as an oil painter and street artist.

Although never exhibited publicly as standalone pieces, Ron’s photography has always remained an integral part of his artistic process. Ron creates elaborate sets that he photographs as the bases for his paintings, and for the first time he will exhibit these studies as limited edition photographs.

Opening Exhibition Saturday June 8^th 2013 at 6pm; Until July 28^th 2013

X on Main

Contemporary Art Gallery

159 Main Street

Beacon NY 12508

www.xonmain.com

Just a few miles upstate waits Dia:Beacon, a site specific art installation boasting some of the most amazing exhibits this side of the city. Siafa Lewis hits the road to see what all the fuss is about. Dia:Beacon 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY / (845) 440-0100

View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.

Thank you Rhinebeck Bank for being the Windows on Main Street Presenting Sponsor once again! Rhinebeck Bank was Window on Main Street’s first sponsor in 2005, and has supported the project in each of the the 8 years since. Be sure to stop by their Beacon branch, up Route 9D about a mile north of I-84. Or visit them online at www.rhinebeckbank.com. Currently on view in the Bank’s gallery space is the group show from the recent Beacon Open Studios.

Local 845 will present its fourth annual “Beacon Riverfest” outdoor music concert in the city’s Riverfront Park beginning at Noon on Saturday, June 29. 

http://www.beaconcentennial.org/book-launch-party

The Beacon Centennial Book celebrates our city’s past 100 years and highlights the people, organizations and businesses which have contributed in significant ways to our community.