WATERCOLOR MOODS AND SEASONS

Suzanne Langelier-Lebeda will be the featured artist at the Adirondack Artists Guild for the month of May, with an exhibit of watercolors opening on May 6.

She writes, “The collection of images that make up my exhibit, Watercolor Moods and Seasons, began during the isolation times that Covid 19 imposed on us. I welcomed the extra studio time to work with the challenge of watercolors. The paintings are more ‘inner landscapes’ of imagined terrain from memory rather than specific places.

For the first time in over two years, the Guild will host a reception on Friday, May 6, with light refreshments. Masks are requested. The show will run through May 31.

For more information, go HERE.

Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery, 52 Main Street, Saranac Lake

Below: Winter Peaks, watercolor painting by Suzanne Langelier-Lebeda

HOPE FOR UKRAINE FUNDRAISER

SLC Arts is selling earrings to support relief efforts in Ukraine. Created by SLC Arts Grants & Services Manager, Alicia Murphy, the Hope for Ukraine earrings feature a sunflower and blue & yellow crystals, the country’s flower and flag colors. They are $10, including 8% sales tax. 100% of proceeds will be donated to Global Giving’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.

To order online, please visit HERE. Better yet, pick them up in person, at St. Lawrence County Arts Council, 6 Raymond Street, Potsdam, and check out SLC Arts’ new arts center and store!

CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY WITH MOTHER NATURE

Saranac Lake ArtWorks and the Paul Smith’s College VIC are teaming up together to hold a Mother’s Day celebration of art and nature at the VIC, 9 am – 3:30 pm, Sunday, May 8th. Enjoy art, nature and waffles with maple syrup! Start the day with breakfast at the VIC and then take in the art offerings.

Seventeen members of ArtWorks will be at the VIC on Sunday May 8 for an indoor ArtMarket. Set up in the great room of the VIC, overlooking Heron Marsh, there will be displays of art and hand-crafted items perfect for gift giving. Pick out a gift for the Mom in your life, or bring her out and let her select her own.

VIC staff will be cooking up a homemade waffle served with fresh maple syrup, fruit, yoghurt, juice and coffee. Brunch will be served in the Heron Marsh Gallery space from 9 am – noon and the cost is $10/person or $35 for a family of 4. There will also be a slide talk on wildflowers and guided hikes led by moms and/or artists.

Go HERE for more info or call or 518-327-6241.

Paul Smith’s VIC, 8023 State Route 30, Paul Smiths

The Whallonsburg Grange

Champlain Valley Film Series

BASIC LAND NAVIGATION – LEVEL I

April 24, 9 am to 4 pm, $75
Who better to learn basic land navigation skills from than former Forest Rangers who’ve spent their careers in the backcountry of the Adirondacks? You will learn the basics of using a map and compass, including how to read topographic maps. By the end of the program, you’ll be putting these new skills to use for your own adventures.

Multiple additional dates (See all and register HERE). Bring a compass and gear to be outdoors most of the day.

Paul Smith’s VIC, 8023 State Route 30, Paul Smiths

RETURN TO AUSCHWITZ: THE SURVIVAL OF VLADIMIR MUNK

Thursday, April 28, 7 to 8:30 pm, Lake Placid Center for the Arts

Director Paul Frederick, Producers Julie Canepa and Bruce Carlin will be on hand for a Q&A after the show. Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk is the moving story of retired SUNY professor and Czech Holocaust survivor Vladimir Munk.

The film follows Vladimir, now 95, as he returns to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, the camp where he was held prisoner during World War II. This will be his last chance to honor thirty of his close relatives, including his parents, who perished there. The journey from his home in the United States will be filled with painful memories and unknown challenges but it is a journey he knows he must take.

Get tickets HERE.

Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Drive, Lake Placid