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NORTH MAIN GALLERY EXHIBITION: “NEW WORK”
June 12 through July 31, 2010

Craig Barnes, George Hofmann, and Michael L Williams

North Main Gallery, Salem, New York presents the work of painters Craig Barnes and George Hofmann, and digital media artist Michael L Williams. The exhibition runs June 12 through July 31, 2010.
Barnes lives in Salem and with his wife Mary owns Slate Hill Daylily Farm where they grow and crossbreed flowers in unique colors and shapes. Together they run the farm in the summer and Craig spends the winters painting. His work has been exhibited in New York City, Boston, and Washington County (NY), and is part of many private, corporate and public collections. A graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, Barnes received his MFA in 1969 from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan.
Hofmann of Albany (NY) has exhibited regionally and in New York City. His paintings are in several private collections, including the Albany Institute of History and Art, Boston Public Library, Plattsburgh (NY) Art Museum and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He taught art at Hunter College (NYC) for many years. David Brickman of the blog Get Visual said: Hofmann is one of those under recognized local treasures who quietly go about his business while we do the same—the difference being that his business involves making world-class paintings, while ours is somewhat less glorious. After a long career in education, Hofmann retired a few years ago and now, in his 70s and able to devote his time fully to painting, has hit his stride.
Williams is a digital media artist based in Dorset (VT). He studied painting, drawing and sculpture at the Corcoran School of Fine Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and St. Martin’s School of Art (London). After London, Michael taught sculpture as a teaching assistant at Bennington College, and later worked as a studio assistant to legendary color-field painter Kenneth Noland (http://www.kennethnoland.com). While working with Noland, Williams returned to painting and drawing. In the mid-nineties he began working with computer software to create images leading to a new language for his art and new work.

NORTH MAIN GALLERY 2010-2011 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE


APRIL 10 THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY: “DETAILS,” 3 ARTISTS; SYLVIA GRAHAM, ALAN HUTCHINSON, AND 5 PHOTOS BY MIKE GRAHAM.


JUNE 12 THROUGH JULY 31: "NEW WORK", 3 ARTISTS; CRAIG BARNES, GEORGE HOFMANN, MIKE WILLIAMS.


AUGUST 7 THROUGH SEPT 25: 3 ARTISTS; DONNA MARIA DECREEFT, STEVEN GINSBURG, HORACE HAVEMEYER III.


SEPTEMBER 4TH
Bookmaking workshop at North Main Gallery

SALEM, NY – Book artist Ed Hutchins will be teaching a book-making workshop on September 4 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the North Main Gallery in Salem. Hutchins is the artist-in-residence at North Main Gallery. In this workshop, he will teach students new skills for assembling unique papers into books that can be used for sharing poetry, stories, drawings, photographs, recipes or a little bit of everything. Call now to pre-register for the course. The cost is $5.
Hutchins, who studied at the Center for Book Arts in New York City, creates artist books that combine eclectic materials and ingenious formats with unusual printing techniques and advanced paper engineering. He has taught book arts and directed book arts programs while traveling across the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Since 1989, he has been the proprietor of Editions, a workshop for producing artist book multiples.


OCTOBER 2 THROUGH NOVEMBER 29: 2 ARTISTS; LAURA NEADLE, ELEANOR ROWLAND.


DECEMBER 11 THROUGH JANUARY 22 (2011): “SNOW SHOW INVITATIONAL 2,” GROUP SHOW with artwork by artists previously shown at North Main Gallery.






Gallery will rest from January 31 until approx. March 15, 2011.

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