Eleven Years: A  Retrospective 

by Eva Kusmerik Stamper 

Through Wednesday, November 20, 20244:00 PM

Eva Kusmirek Stamper is a Polish born artist who came to United States forty seven years ago and settled in New York City where she studied Art at Hunter College and Art Students Ligue. She moved from NYC to Adirondacks in 2018 and permanently settled in North River in 2021. 

The subject of her painting is broad, it includes figurative art/portraiture, still life and focusing lately on landscape. In Eva’s words, “It’s hard not to be infatuated and seduced by a beauty of Adirondacks, it is a never-ending inspiration for any artist. It opens your eyes wider to its magnificence.”

Learn more HERE.

Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

Application Window for Round-2 2024 SCR Funding Is Open 

APPLY NOW!

Earlier this year, the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) regranted more than $250,000 to arts and cultural organizations, municipalities, teaching artists, and arts creators in the Adirondack (ADK) Quad-County Region that is comprised of Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties and the Akwesasne tribal community of the Saint Regis Mohawk Territory along the U.S.-Canadian border northeast of Malone, NY.

Now ALCA is pleased to open the application window for a significantly smaller, yet still substantial pot of remaining 2024 Statewide Community Regrants (SCR) funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

Please see the four-page “Grants” section of ALCA’s website HERE  for such info/material as a PDF of the guidelines, scheduling a grant-application consultation with the grant coordinator, the link to the application forms in Submittable (shown in red in the “How to Apply” subsection on the “Current or Upcoming SCR Cycle” page), MS Word templates of the applications forms, and various grant resources.

at ADK ArtRise 

Adult Classes

 From Beginner Sewing, playing with paint, or getting technical with Intro to Silkscreen, there’s something for every adult craving a creative connection in this session’s line up!

See the full range of classes for adults  HERE.

Kids’ Classes

 Everything a creative kid could ask for: Mixed Media, Hand Sewing and a little independence! 

Check out all of our offerings for kids HERE.

ADK ArtRise, 62 Main Street, Saranac Lake

Up Yonda Farm Presents

Annual Trunk or Treat

Saturday, October 26, 2024, 3 – 5 pm, rain or shine

There will be plenty of goodies for costumed kids, as well as pumpkin decorating, wildlife exhibitions and free books.

Dress up in your Halloween best and Trick-or-Treat among decorated vehicles, decorate your own pumpkin, and check out a live raptor display. This event is open to all ages.

Learn more HERE.

Up Yonda Farm, 5239 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing

Champlain Valley Film Series Presents

In Case You Missed It

Mural project coming to Ti

Artwork will transform downtown

The Sun Community News‘ Shaundra Barlett Yew profiled the new pilot program  of public art installations thanks to the Essex County Land Bank in partnership with the North Country Rural Development Coalition (NRDC). 

The Mural Festival initiative will aim to transform spaces near blighted, vacant, and abandoned properties through the creation of five murals with the intention of not only fostering community pride, but encouraging economic revitalization.

You can read the full exciting story HERE.

This spring, five downtown buildings will be the recipient of high caliber mural artwork in an effort to transform blight and boost the local economy. “If we can get people to stop and take a picture, maybe they will stop and buy a coffee and visit our shops,” said Essex County Land Bank Executive Director Nicole Justice Green. Credit: Photo courtesy of Tobias Studios