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Symposium to explore history behind 'Hudson River to Niagara Falls' exhibition

10/19/2009 The State University of New York at New Paltz is hosting a daylong symposium focusing on the art featured in the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art’s exhibition, “The Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th Century American Landscape Painting from the New-York Historical Society,” on Saturday, Nov. 7. Professor Kerry... Read more

Museum to launch fall lineup of lectures, gallery talks and symposium

09/23/2009 Beginning this week, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will launch a lineup of programs for the fall that includes gallery talks, lectures and a Nov. 7 symposium. Read more

Museum to host community roundtable of artists and business owners

09/10/2009 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will hold a community roundtable at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, in Lecture Center 108 to discuss the “Habitat for Artists Project” with curators, artists and representatives of New Paltz businesses and organizations that have hosted this six-month installation of temporary artist studios at four sites around New Paltz. Read more

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art to open two ‘Art and the River’ exhibitions in September

08/31/2009 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will present the final two exhibitions in its six-month “Art and the River” series, the college’s contribution to the Hudson River Quadricentennial, this September. Read more

GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK OCTOBER 2nd ANNUAL MEETING HONORS RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS TOWARDS EXCELLENCE

08/28/2009 Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) is holding its Annual Meeting on October 2, 2009 at Overlook Lodge, Bear Mountain, NY (Orange). Fourteen awards will be presented at the 24th Annual Awards Towards Excellence program. Read more

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art to auction fine wine and art at evening event

08/27/2009 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will host an evening of “Fine Wine + Fine Art” that will include tastings of wine, hors d’oeuvres from the Depuy Canal House, artisanal cheese and chocolates, fine ports and an auction of fine wine and fine art. The event, a benefit for the The Dorsky Museum, begins at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, in the museum’s gallery. Read more

SUNY Press Partners with the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

08/12/2009 The State University of New York Press is pleased to announce a major publishing partnership with the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (SDMA) located at the State University of New York at New Paltz. SUNY Press will now be distributing in print and digital editions the titles published by SDMA. Read more

New York's First Heritage Weekend Premiers Sept. 12-13 More than 100 historic sites open their doors and feature special events and tours

07/20/2009 During a year filled with celebratory events, the 2009 Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission has partnered with the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and the Historic House Trust of New York City to inaugurate the state’s first ever New York Heritage Weekend, September 12 and 13. Visitors will be welcomed free, or... Read more

Hudson River School artists’ exhibition from the New-York Historical Society to open at Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

06/30/2009 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will hold the opening reception for the much-anticipated exhibition “The Hudson River to Niagara Falls, 19th-Century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society” from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, in The... Read more

Exhibition features environmentally-themed work of 24 Hudson Valley artists

06/18/2009 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will open the annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition, titled “Hudson Valley Artists 2009: Ecotones and Transition Zones” at 5 p.m. in the Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery and North Gallery on June 13. The... Read more

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art announces "Art & the River" project 2009

06/03/2009 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz has announced that it will host a series of five major art exhibitions, a symposium, and educational activities to coincide with New York State’s Hudson 400th celebrations. The museum’s Art & The River project will... Read more