Description: This class takes us inside studios, galleries, and an architectural archive to see the work of contemporary artists. Presenters are the artists or curators who will speak about the exhibited work, as well as the inspirations, processes, and materials. Students will experience multiple visual art forms, including conceptual art, abstract art, architecture, ceramics, photographic art, and sculpture. Participants must be able to stand for some time, walk, and climb stairs.

June 4: Center for Photography at Woodstock, Kingston, NY

Students will view work from these exhibits, guided by a curator.

The Rose is a sprawling exploration of collage as feminist form, strategy, and genealogy. It includes works by over 50 contemporary women artists.

Larry Fink: Sensual Empathy includes works from Fink’s seminal series Social Graces as well as some of his civil rights and jazz imagery.

Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950 - Present is an exhibition of photobooks, posters, DIY zines, and independent journals.

Presenters: CPW: Staff

June 11: Studio of Mary Frank, Bearsville, NY

Mary Frank's studio is an ever-changing environment filled with a dizzying array of materials. Drawing from this great variety in her daily practice, her visual vocabulary incorporates traditional paints, canvas, charcoal, pencil, photography, ceramics, and organic objects to express her ideas. A studio visit will offer a fascinating insight into her unique approach to creating and the fearless curiosity that informs her art.

Presenter: Mary Frank

June 18: 'T' Space Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, NY

‘T’ Space, a project of the Steven Myron Holl Foundation, explores the intersection of art, architecture, and ecology. Students will tour three buildings with Susan Wides, director and curator of The Architectural Archive, containing thousands of architectural models and artwork; ‘T’ Space Gallery showing the works of conceptual artist Charisse Pearlina Weston, whose glass sculptures explore light, shadow, and sound; and the Ex of IN House, an off-the-grid guest house and architectural masterpiece. After the tour, participants may walk the grounds.

Presenter: Susan Wides

June 25: Studio of Jean Feinberg, Craryville, NY

Jean Feinberg will invite the participants into her studio. She works on a small scale with a reductive geometric abstraction incorporating three-dimensional elements. She will discuss her history and influences as well as her approach, materials, and working process.

Presenter:  Jean Feinberg