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About RiverWinds  

RiverWinds Gallery, 172 Main St in Beacon will celebrate its fifth anniversary in July 2008.  Four years of showcasing and supporting Hudson Valley Artists and providing a venue of outstanding fine art and unique gifts for our customers.

RiverWinds Gallery a multifaceted art space featuring many of the finest Hudson Valley artists. Opening July 2003, co-owners Virginia Donovan, Mary Ann Glass, and Linda Hubbard, all artists themselves, have shown over 140 artists including 43 Featured Artists. They have done shows at Brass Anchor Restaurant and since November 2004, shows at the AGEdwards Financial Services offices in Rhinebeck, New York. The Gallery in Beacon is on 172 Main St and offers traditional fine art and contemporary crafts including ceramics, pottery, cards, paintings, photography, jewelry, apparel, and home décor.

And to see a panorama of RiverWinds Gallery by Robert Rodriquez, Jr, click here
Check the Events section of the website for the current shows.

RiverWinds is located at the West End of Beacon's Historic Main Street. 

Click on Directions to find out more about the other galleries/shops, restaurants and services on the West End.

We also have art events at AGEdwards in Rhinebeck. click here for more information

The River and its winds are the strength, the focus, the muse from which RiverWinds Gallery draws.

The Gallery is inspired by the Hudson River which is a uniting force that has sustained life, growth, and hope in our valley's history.

It has provided the lifeblood and backbone to our industry and trade, and now our arts and culture, our past and our future.

The Winds represent constant change, the force that propels us, uplifts us, commands us to create art. They feed the artists souls with the need to connect, comfort and sometimes challenge. These winds blow warm and cool, hot and cold, from all directions, and sometimes not at all. Through these changes, the artists work evolves, and grows.

The River and the Winds give the courage, inspiration and vision to open RiverWinds Gallery and to celebrate all the artisans have been called to create.

Paintings by Robert Ferruccir

Opened in July 2003, RiverWinds now has more than 40 artists and new artwork comes in every week.  Every month the featured artist section changes with either a featured artist or a new group show. 

If you are an artist who is interested in joining RiverWinds, go to the Contact Us

 
   

 

Congratulations to RiverWinds

 The Beacon Arts Community Association (BACA) has awarded the prize for the "Most Lit Store Front" in Beacon for the 2005 Holiday Season to RiverWinds! 

 

 
Nicole Edwards
Fr
ont & Center
July 8, 2005   Poughkeepsie Journal, Enjoy Section

Plethora of art makes its way to RiverWinds

By Nicole Edwards, Poughkeepsie Journal

Some very interesting things have passed through the doors at RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon.

Photographer and co-owner Mary Ann Glass said that since the opening two years ago, there’s been a surge of fresh ideas from artists in the Hudson Valley.

As the owners celebrate two years in the quaint, one-room shop, exhibiting and selling fine art, crafts, paintings, photography, jewelry, apparel and home decor, things just seem to get better. Artists are getting exposure, tourists are seeing a variety of approaches to art in one location and are exploring the rest of the city’s galleries along the way.

‘‘When we first started out the store had much less in it,’’ Glass said. ‘‘We now represent 40 artists and craftspeople in the area.’’

This weekend, as Beacon kicks off another Second Saturday in which city galleries and businesses host special events and extend regular hours, RiverWinds will showcase a series of landscape paintings by Newburgh artist Peter Billman.

Found his own style
The Oyster Bay, Long Island, native graduated from Syracuse University, where he studied drawing and painting, but credits himself as being self taught.

‘‘That was in the days of abstract expressionism,’’ said Billman, who moved from South Carolina to Newburgh one year ago to restore a Federal-style house.

‘‘When I went to school, they weren’t teaching what I was wanting to learn. They give you a piece of chalk and say ‘express yourself.’ They didn’t teach you how to draw. There wasn’t much constructive criticism.’’

Billman has set up a gallery in the restored Goldsmith Dennison House, which also serves as a bed and breakfast.

He’s also participated in Barrett Art Center’s Paint Out in Millbrook and given some informal painting lessons.

‘‘I think with all this plein-air painting going on and people going out getting private lessons, this is wonderful,’’ said Billman, who particularly enjoys the area’s views of water. ‘‘I guess you’d call it a recent phenomenon that has kind of caught on like wildfire.’’

Glass is partners with Dutchess County artists Linda Hubbard, Kelly Makara and Virginia Donovan, who are all members of the Hudson Valley Guild. They find artists in all areas, from arts and crafts fairs to those who simply walk in.

‘‘It’s just amazing what’s out there,’’ Glass said.

Another interesting way art has come through the door has been from artists who show regularly there, including potter Nancy Bauch of Garrison. Glass said she brought in a set of bowls she had been creating during a 100-day silent retreat at home. Out of the retreat came a whole new body of work.

‘‘We provide an outlet for them to make a living,’’ Glass said. ‘‘We have found a real audience for this work and that’s what we’re trying to get out, and help the arts and crafts community.’’

RiverWinds is at 172 Main St. Call 845-838-2880 or visit http://www.riverwindsgallery.com/.
 

Nicole Edwards is the arts writer for the Poughkeepsie Journal. Write her c/o Poughkeepsie Journal, P.O. Box 1231, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602, call (845) 437-4881, or e-mail nedwards@poughkee.gannett.com.    Or log onto the Poughkeepsie Journal home page.

   
 

A blank wall is a terrible thing to waste!

 

Benjamin Krevolin, Dutchess County Arts Council President, recently wrote this article about buying art. 

 

You have a beautiful home, but there is one problem – that unused wall space above the couch and in the hall.  Those wide expanses of desolate wall space are craving to be put to use.  They long to be pierced by a nail that will hold the weight of a painting, a photograph, or a print.  Why deny these poor walls their destiny? Why deny yourself years of inspiration, pride, joy, and comfort?

 

Well luckily help for you and your walls is much closer than you think. There are literally hundreds of high-quality works of art waiting to rest their frames on your expectant walls. They have been created by local artists and they are available in every price range and in every style.  You can find them at local galleries in Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, Mabbetsville, Millerton and many other locations.  You can buy them right from the artist at open studio tours, and art shows at historic sites including Wilderstein and Locust Grove, and on the Arts Council’s lawn every third Saturday during Art Hop.  You can also view and purchase the work of local artists from the walls of many local businesses. Among those forward thinking businesses are The Millbrook Winery, Demitasse Café, and Vassar Brothers Hospital to name a few.

 

Don’t be afraid, take the leap. You don’t need to be an art expert or a millionaire.  You know what you like and you know what you can afford. There are Dutchess County artists who work in all styles; abstract, portraiture, still life and landscapes. These beautiful originals are available at every price range: under $50 to over $5000. 

 

Develop relationships with artists and gallery owners who have taste akin yours. Feel free to ask questions. If you like the style of a painting or print but the work you see isn’t quite the thing for your wall, ask them if they have others.  If a painting grabs your attention but you can’t afford it, don’t be afraid to say so. They may have a similar piece in the back room that is more affordable.  If there is an artist in your neighborhood, perhaps you can barter or trade services for a piece of art – trade housecleaning, accounting services, yard work, auto repairs, a cord of wood for a piece of art.  Picasso was known to pay his restaurant tab with a sketch on the back of the check.

 

So this weekend go out and find something to cover your lonely walls and make your home beautiful. Contact the Arts Council if you need a list of local galleries or artists.  You can also get information online at www.artsmidhudson.org. 

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Benjamin Krevolin
President
Dutchess County Arts Council
9 Vassar Street
Garden Level Suite
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
tel: 845-454-3222
fax: 845-454-6902
www.artsmidhudson.org

 

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