Woodstock Artists Association & Museum
June 12 – July 18, 2010
50 artists, 50 works, 50 great causes
Coordinated by UlsterCorps
Hosted by Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
28 Tinker Street, Woodstock
Collaborative group exhibit, auction, and related events benefiting Ulster County service agencies and not-for-profit organizations.
Participating Agencies, Artists + Artist Statements
WAAM and UlsterCorps give art a cause
Paul Smart, Woodstock Times, June 10, 2010
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Gala Preview Reception – Friday, June 11th, 7-9pm
Performance by Esopus Musicalia
View photos from the event on Facebook
Food and wine generously donated by supporters listed at the bottom of this page
Arts for Ulster - Yale Epstein benefiting Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
James Cox, Auctioneer
Performance by Liam Wood
Tickets ($10 advanced/$15 door) available online now!
Special Performance by Rebecca Martin – Friday June 18th, 7pm
Free Community Days:
Complete Schedule of Events
Community Opening – Saturday June 12th, 12-6pm
Noon: Rondout Valley Animals for Adoption + Gillian Jagger (rescheduled to 7/10 due to rain)
12:30 pm: James Krueger, singer/songwriter, Director, Pine Hill Community Center
1:00pm: Rondout Valley Growers Association
1:30pm: Historical Society of Woodstock + Martin Carey
2:00pm: Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
2:30pm: Ravensbeard Wildlife Sanctuary
4-6pm: Free Community Reception
Youth Day – Saturday, June 26th, 12-5pm
Noon: Haiti Houses – help build one of these tiny houses which will be sold in the WAAM gift shop to benefit HPSP
1pm: Art Lab
2pm: Family of Woodstock Adolescent Services
3pm: Children’s Media Project
4pm: POOK and Energy
Throughout: UlsterCorps Student Board Members will be coordinating a Freedom from Hunger Food Drive that day at WAAM – Please donate non-perishable food items such as pasta, dry milk, cereal, and canned goods (please NO glass)
Healing Arts Day – Saturday July 10th, 12-5pm
Noon: Tibet Aid – Birthday celebration for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, with cake + momos!
1pm: Rondout Valley Animals for Adoption + Gillian Jagger
Join Gillian + Jane Kopelman and the doggies for a fun & educational agility training demo!
1:30pm: CASA of Ulster County
2pm: Mental Health Association
3pm: Mercedes Cecilia, Jin Shin Jyutsu demonstration
3:30pm: Kirtan with Satya Franche
All events take place at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock
UlsterCorps and WAAM are proud to announce Arts for Ulster, a unique event designed to foster volunteerism, build community, and raise money to support services for Ulster County residents. We will auction over fifty works of art, each by a different artist, each benefiting a different not-for-profit. Arts for Ulster will premier at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum with a Gala Preview Reception on Friday, June 11th from 7-9pm and continue with a five week gallery exhibit. The exhibit will culminate with a live auction fundraiser on Saturday, July, 17th from 6-10pm. All events will take place at Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
28 Tinker Street, Woodstock
V, Gillian Jagger, benefiting Rondout Valley Animals for Adoption, Pastel on Paper
A performance at the Gala Preview Reception of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik will be donated by Esopus Musicalia, whose mission is to provide transformative chamber music experiences through innovative programming: linking history music and art. Classical guitarist Liam Wood will perform the evening of the Auction. James Krueger will perform at the Community Opening June 12th at 12:30pm, and Rebecca Martin will perform the evening of Friday June 18th. A series of free Saturday Community Days with talks by participating agencies and artists is also being planned by WAAM’s Education Program, including a Youth Day June 26th with performances by POOK, Energy and other local youth groups.
Summertime, Tom Sarrantonio, for Rosendale Food Pantry, oil on wood panel
Volunteers are needed to assist with event planning, PR, at the opening and closing gala events, Friday June 11th and Saturday July 17th, with setup and coordination of Saturday afternoon community days 6/12, 26 and 7/10, and with donation requests and food pickups June 11th and July 17th. Arts for Ulster volunteers receive free admission to all events. For more information contact ulstercorps@gmail.com or call 481-0331.
Information for Participating Agencies and Artists
Participating Agencies and Artists
Silent Auction Items
Complete Schedule of Events
Barnes & Nobles Bookfair supporting Arts for Ulster + UlsterCorps
Thursday June 24th and Friday June 25th, 2010, 9am-10pm
Barnes & Nobles Booksellers, 1177 Ulster Avenue, Kingston
Reading and booksigning by Weston Blelock, Thursday June 24th, 5pm
author of Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival: The Backstory to Woodstock, co-author of Woodstock History and Hearsay
Storytelling by Jill Olesker, Friday June 25th, 5pm
Performance by James Krueger, Friday June 25th, 6pm
Bookfair ID # 10215739 – mention this number and a percentage of net sale will be contributed to
Arts for Ulster and UlsterCorps, including online sales from 6/24-6/28
Thank you so much to our Sponsors! Silver Sponsor: 
Additional sponsorship/support: Arts for Ulster Coordinating Committee Generous local business donating Silent Auction Items Donations of food and wine for the Gala Reception + Auction generously provided by:  Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, benefiting Queens Galley The Alternative Baker, Rosendale, NY The Big Cheese, Rosendale, NY Bread Alone, Woodstock, NY Cascade Mountain Winery, Amenia, NY C’est Cheese, Woodstock, NY Deitz Stadium Diner, Kingston, NY Emmanuel’s Market Place, Stone Ridge, NY Empire Merchants North, Kingston, NY Evan Spingarn Wine Events, NY Hickory BBQ, Kingston, NY Home Plate Deli & Caterers, Kingston, NY Hurley Ridge Market, West Hurley, NY Jen Redmond, Accord, NY Kingston Wok, Kingston, NY Le Canard Enchaine, Kingston, NY The Liquor Cabinet, Kingston, NY Lori’s Creative Cafe, Woodstock, NY Miron Liquor & Wines, Kingston, NY The Red Onion, Saugerties, NY Stone Ridge Wine & Spirits, Stone Ridge, NY Sunfrost Farms, Woodstock, NY Ugly Gus Cafe, Kingston, NY The Village Market, Gardiner NY Wiltwyck Country Club, Kingston, NY The Wine Hutch, Kingston, NY Woodstock Meats, Woodstock, NY Woodstock Wine, Woodstock, NY |
