The Widlund Gallery at Tannery Pond Center presents

Nature’s Gifts by Lynn Shanks

Tuesday, April 1 – Saturday, May 10
Reception Friday, April 4,  5-7  pm

Lynn is an emerging painter working mainly in acrylics, focusing heavily on the landscape. She is influenced by both impressionist and abstract landscape artists and inspired by the ordinary beauty of nature. Realism is not necessarily the goal; Lynn uses heavy paint and brushstrokes in a way that suggest light, shadows, depth, and movement. She seeks to bring the viewer into the scene, offering her art as a reminder that our natural world must be preserved and protected from the threat of overdevelopment and climate change. The Adirondack Region where she lives is a constant source of inspiration.

More information is HERE.

Tannery Pond Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

Old Forge Library presents

Free Spring Break Drop in Crafts

March 31 – April 11, Monday- Friday, 11 am-1 pm

These engaging, hands-on activities provide an excellent opportunity for families to spend quality time together and with each other while creating different fun projects. Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or just looking for something fun to do, the Old Forge Library has something for everyone this April.

Free and open to all, all ages—children under 10 must be
accompanied by an adult.

See the full list of crafts for each week HERE.

Old Forge Library, 220 Crosby Blvd, Old Forge

Patrice Jarvis-Weber is back at the Chapman with a new painting workshop!

Using subtle washes of color with easy brushstrokes, Patrice will guide you to create the feeling of a misty Spring morning in the background of this piece. Painting vivid blue on the (pre-traced) canoe participants will also learn the simple technique to paint the canoe’s bold reflection in the calm water.

This workshop is open to all artistic abilities and ages and all supplies are included.

Payment is required at the time of registration. Space is limited. To register, call (518) 793-2826.

Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls

Snowfort Books presents

Verónica Mar Salazar Hernández Reading

Monday, March 31, 4 – 6 pm

Come out for this multi-lingual children’s event featuring author Verónica Mar Salazar Hernández, from Venezuela! Free and open to the public.

More details HERE.

Snowfort Books, 6592 Main Street, Westport

The View presents

74th Central Adirondack Art Show

Thru Saturday, May 17, 2025

Held for the first time in 1952 by View founder Miriam Kashiwa, originally in her front yard, the Central Adirondack Art Show is a long-standing Old Forge tradition. 

The Central Adirondack Art Show is open to all and features artists from throughout the Central Adirondack region and beyond. The exhibition accepts all artists, age 16 and up, working in any media, who reside within 200 miles of Old Forge, New York.

The 2025 Winners are:

• 1st Place CADK: Nancy DiDonato
• 2nd Place CADK: Greg Klein
• 3rd Place CADK: Chris Mays
• Member Award: Geraldine Meday
• Outstanding Ceramic: Catherine Ellsworth
• Outstanding Abstract: Joy Muller-McCoola
• Outstanding Portrait: Brenda Cretney
• Outstanding 3D: Thomas S. Slocum
• Outstanding Drawing: Ashley VanBeber
• Outstanding Printmaking: Gregory Williams
• Outstanding Mix Media: Sylvia Papperman
• Outstanding Painting: Kent Goetz
• Outstanding Photography: Jazper Polidori
• Outstanding Fiber: Sherrie Turkheimer
• Jurors Choice: Susan Ashcraft, Wendy L. Barrett, and Julie Jones

More info HERE.

Images. Top, Outstanding Photography winner Jazper Polidori. Middle: CADK winners celebrate. Below: Outstanding Mix Media winner Sylvia Papperman 

View Arts Center, 3273 State Route 28, Old Forge

In case you missed it …

From North Country Public Radio

“North Country students create art inspired by Winter Olympics”

NCPR’s Community Engagement ReporterAmy Feiereisel profiled the collaboration: between local schools through the New York State Region 5 Arts Teachers, the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), and the Al Oerter Foundation’s Art of the Olympians platform, with support from NYS District 115th Assemblyman Billy Jones and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. 

Read or listen to the profile HERE.

Image: Artwork inspired by the Winter Olympics inside the Lake Placid Conference Center. Photo: Amy Feiereisel