CALL FOR ARTISTS
Deadline: July 10, 2009
Details: This July, RAG will decide on their 2010 fine art exhibitions for both their Roxbury galleries: the Walt Meade Gallery in the Roxbury Arts Center and the Old Bank Gallery in the Roxbury Arts Group office building on Hwy. 30. The Gallery Committee and curator Maggie Cullen, will review artist submissions and decide which shows will be shown during 2010. Entries must be original works that have not been exhibited within a 30 mile radius of Roxbury within the last year. With the exception of film, all art forms are eligible. Call for further info. 607-326-7908.

Opening Reception Sat., May 23rd, 2-4 pm.
The Old Bank Gallery

Jamieson's light filled landscapes and interiors explore the beauty of the intimate view and the captured word.

Opening Reception Sat., May 23rd, 2-4 pm.
The Walter Meade Gallery

Cityscapes: As seen through the eyes of Lubomir Tomas Kralicek, or ‘Lubo’ as he was known to his friends. Lubo was a professional restorer of renowned painters from the 18th and 19th centuries and French impressionists. His personal paintings captured impressions of his favorite places. Lubo became known for his portrayal of New York City street scenes and it is these paintings, along with some of other cites, that we are featuring in our salute to Lubo.

Lecture: Thurs., June 18th, 7 pm. "Salute to Lubo"

Saturday, June 6th thru July 15.
'THE FACE OF FARMING"

A Roxbury Arts Group "fun raiser" to be held on the lawn at the Old School Baptist Church on the Denver Vega Rd., in the bucolic Denver Valley. Music by The Horseshoe Lounge Playboys, Brooks chicken BBQ with all the fixins, beer tastings by Ommegang Brewery and an auction of the finest vintage tablecloths east of Iowa. $20. Kids under 8 free.

2:30: Vintage Baseball Game courtesy of the Roxbury Nine. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Wed., July 13, 7 pm
United Ministry Church, Delhi, NY
COMMUNITY ARTS FUNDING
DEC Seminar: ALL new applicants MUST attend a Community Arts Funding application seminar. ALL applicants are urged to attend. The purpose of the Decentralization Program is to foster the continued development of local artistic and cultural resources responsive to the needs of each community. The Roxbury Arts Group administers the program locally as The Community Arts Funding Program for Delaware County. Funds are regranted annually to qualified Delaware County groups and artists through a grant application and peer panel review process.
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AT 76 MAIN! Stamford. Prodigy Matthew Curran, now eighteen, has been playing guitar since he was 7 years old and singing since he was 11. He has played at legendary venues like BB King's and CBGB's. Curran will be an instructor at the Youth Music Camp this summer. $5 suggested donation. Reservations recommended 607.652.7676.

A Joint Presentation by Longyear Artists Cooperative and The Roxbury Arts Group.  From the producing team that won an Academy Award for Born Into Brothels, comes Who Does She Think She Is?, a film that examines some of the most pressing issues of our time: parenting and work, partnering and independence, economics and art.

The film follows five women artists as they navigate the economic, psychological and spiritual challenges of making work outside the elite art world. $8

July 25 - August 22
NAT THOMAS

"New Works"

Opening Reception July 25, 2-4 pm.

Large non-objective paintings from a versatile area artist.
The Walt Mead Gallery.

"Aspects of Nature"
Opening Reception July 25, 2-4 pm.

Yale Epstein is an artist living in Woodstock, New York. His works are an investigation into the nature of nature, exploring the “intelligence” and creative possibilities behind the natural scene, as he remembers it. Each painting is no longer a landscape, but has evolved into its own entity, on its own terms. Epstein’s work has been exhibited around the world in one-person shows and group shows, and is in extensive commissioned, corporate, public and academic collections. The Old Bank Gallery.

At the Old School Baptist Church, Denver Vega Rd.

Classical Jam (CJ) is a vibrant ensemble best known for its engaging and lively presentations for today's contemporary audiences, thought provoking concert themes, and wide-ranging repertoire from Renaissance dance music, traditional classical works, CJ's very own arrangements from Gershwin to Piazzolla, to original compositions by members of CJ and other living composers. $12. $10 srs. www.classicaljam.org

Mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti, a 2009 member of Glimmerglass Opera's
Young American Artists Program, will present a recital featuring works
by Purcell, Rossini, Debussy and Bolcom."  At the Jay Gould Memorial Church, Main St, Roxbury. Reception to follow. $12/$10 srs.

Performances Thurs. - Sat. 8 pm & Sunday at 2 pm.
TMTP celebrates it’s 11th Season with The Amish Project.
Jessica Dickey, Writer/Performer
Directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde
NY TIMES • 6/13/09 Review:
"Jessica Dickey is giving such an extraordinary performance in “The Amish Project” ... that she makes it easy to overlook
something else: the play is also a remarkable piece of writing..."
The Amish Project, carefully researched and brilliantly written, is a complex fictionalized picture of the response to the 2006 Nickel Mines Schoolhouse shootings in the Amish community and surrounding neighborhoods. It is heart-rending, thought-provoking, humorous, informative and uplifting.

Tickets: $15 Evening Perfomances. Sunday Matinees Free
Donations are always welcome.
For reservations call 607-326-7908. www.tmtp.org. Vega Mt. Road, Roxbury.

Tuesday, August 11th
GLIMMERGLASS OPERA TRIP

Join us on our annual bus trip to the renowned Glimmerglass Opera for a matinee performance of La Traviata, and a delicious luncheon buffet at the lovely Otesago Hotel on the lake in Cooperstown.

LA TRAVIATA: "A happiness which has become impossible..." With those words, Alexandre Dumas fils ended his affair with Marie DuPlessis, the young socialite with whom he shared a real and impassioned love story. Marie's legend as told in La Dame aux Camelias caught Verdi's imagination, and, in La Traviata, he captured the magic of Violetta's impossible happiness.

Jonathan Miller's 1989 La Traviata at Glimmerglass is still admired today, and 20 years later, Mr. Miller will revisit the work for what promises to be another breathtaking production.

$95 Balcony/ $115 Orchestra if reserved by June 15th.
$100 /$120 after June 15th.

Thurs., Aug 13, 7 pm
Sidney Memorial Library, Sidney, NY
COMMUNITY ARTS FUNDING

Sat., August 15, 2 pm
United Ministry Church, Delhi, NY
COMMUNITY ARTS FUNDING

DEC Seminar: ALL new applicants MUST attend a Community Arts Funding application seminar. ALL applicants are urged to attend. The purpose of the Decentralization Program is to foster the continued development of local artistic and cultural resources responsive to the needs of each community. The Roxbury Arts Group administers the program locally as The Community Arts Funding Program for Delaware County. Funds are regranted annually to qualified Delaware County groups and artists through a grant application and peer panel review process.

This popular 5 day program, held every August, is open to children ages 8 to 12. It’s a fun filled week of field trips, crafts, and an extraordinary puppet theater performance. Plus an opportunity to meet new friends!

Under the supervision of our Program Facilitator, (a NYS Certified
elementary school teacher) artists, craftspeople, educators and
naturalists will lead the children in a week of environmental exploration and artistic creativity. The week includes a field trip to the Butterfly Conservatory, kayaking, crafts and a puppet theater performance.
Suggested donation $55.

Sat., Aug. 22, 2 pm
Louise Adelia Read Memorial Library, Hancock, NY
COMMUNITY ARTS FUNDING
DEC Seminar: ALL new applicants MUST attend a Community Arts Funding application seminar. ALL applicants are urged to attend. The purpose of the Decentralization Program is to foster the continued development of local artistic and cultural resources responsive to the needs of each community. The Roxbury Arts Group administers the program locally as The Community Arts Funding Program for Delaware County. Funds are regranted annually to qualified Delaware County groups and artists through a grant application and peer panel review process.

At the Old School Baptist Church, Denver Vega Rd.

David is a multi JUNO award winning Canadian singer/songwriter who performs with guitarist/folksinger Craig Werth. www.davidfrancey.com. www.craigwerth.com.
$12. $10 srs.

Saturday, September 5th, 5:30
WHET PAINT

Artists begin with a blank canvas and create paintings in one day. At the public reception each work, hung fresh from the easel, is bid on by silent auction. Great food and wine. $12 admission. Benefit for the gallaries of RAG.

Opening Reception Sept. 12, 2-4 pm
Group show featuring area artists who participated in our popular Whet Paint event. In both gallaries.

At the Old School Baptist Church, Denver Vega Rd. A concert of classical music featuring Julie Signitzer, Ben Wittenberg, Beth Bontor Moll and members of the Little Delaware Youth Ensemble. $12/$10 srs.

An annual autumn tradition in the Catskills. A full day of great fiddling acts, jam session, square dance, food, fun and friends. Featuring April Verch; Kevin Burke & Cal Scott; Jackie Hobbs; and Hilt Kelly and the Sidekicks.

This year will also feature a fine crafts fair courtesy of the Catskill Artisan's Guild.

Saturday, October 17, 2 - 4 pm
COMMUNITY PHOTO SHOW & CONTEST