au•gust art festival is a free, public art festival that will run August 7th - 29th in Rosendale, NY. Almost 30 selected local, national, and international artists will present con[temporary] videos, installations, performance art and sculptures along the mile of the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail that links the WSW studios to Rosendale. The kick-off event takes place on August 7th, with a video festival curated by Dani Leventhal to be presented at the Rosendale Theatre, with a conversation and after-party at the Belltower on Main Street. Participating artists are:
Cave Dogs, Melissa Jay Craig, Sue E Horowitz, Tatana Kellner, Matthias Neumann, Rah, Kristen Rego, Emily Speed, SPURSE, Joy Taylor, Toisha Tucker, Chris Victor, Margeaux Walter, Wayfinding Series | Emily Puthoff and Elena Sniezek, Barbara Westermann
Video Festival - "Shoulder Land" Curated by Dani Leventhal, featuring artists:
Peggy Ahwesh, Nancy Andrews, Carolyn Lambert, Jeanne Liotta, Rachel Stuckey, Deirtra Thompson
Local Video Art Screening, participating artists:
Carmen Lizard, Jan Nagle, Adie Russell, Keiko Sono
Lizz Thabet, Tona Wilson, S B Woods, Flick Book Studio
Spark Media Project
Other Participants
Susan Chute & Next Year’s Words Poets
We have an exciting line up of artist and programs! We 'll be releasing exclusive artist interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, in the next few weeks. Visit our website for more information: bit.ly/augustart.
