summergroup Offers Autumn’s Being at DCC Gallery

Release Date October 3, 2006

The summergroup artists’ cooperative explores the theme Autumn’s Being at Dutchess Community College in an exhibit that runs Wednesday, October 11 through Friday, November 3, 2006, with an artists’ reception Thursday, October 19 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery. For information, contact Gallery Director Lynn Palumbo at (845) 431-8000 ext. 3982 or email palumbo@sunydutchess.edu.

The theme Autumn’s Being is based on the poem “Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Shelley. Autumn’s Being will feature works by many artists in diverse media ranging from painting to sculpture, collage, and mixed media.

summergroup was founded in the spring of 1982 when a group of professional visual artists working in a variety of mediums and styles met to explore the idea of forming a cooperative gallery. The group’s first exhibit was at the Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center (MASC) housed in the old City Hall, (now the headquarters of the Dutchess Commissioner of Jurors). Inspired by the idea of beginning with a “group exhibit in the summer” the name “summergroup” was unanimously adopted. The quality of the work and the enthusiastic response from the public prompted MASC to offer its smaller main floor gallery to summergroup as its home. summergroup remained at the MASC facility until June, 1991, mounting new exhibits every six weeks and welcoming large numbers of the public to its openings and programs.

Since 1991, summergroup’s exhibits have been featured in venues throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley and in New York City, including commercial, non-profit organizations, and college galleries on both sides of the Hudson River. Today, the summergroup Artists Cooperative remains an important part of the visual arts in the Hudson Valley region. In addition to achieving recognition as a group, individual member's works are well-known in the Valley and beyond. They are represented in both public and private collections in the United States and abroad. For more information about the artists cooperative and the individual artists and their works, visit www.summergroup.com/

The Mildred I. Washington Gallery is located at the north end of the DCC campus in the Allyn J. Washington Center for Science and Art, room 150-153. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Additional Shows for the 2006-2007 school year include:

Four Points of View: Figuration in Printmaking

Thursday November 16 through Wednesday, November 15, 2006, with an artists; reception on Thursday, November 16 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Fall 2006 PVAC Student Exhibit

Tuesday, January 16 through Friday, February 9, with an artists’ reception on Thursday, January 18 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Concetta Scaravaglione

Monday, February 26 through Friday, March 23, with an artists’ reception on Thursday, March 1 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

In Plain Sight

Monday, April 9 through Friday, May 4, with an artists’ reception on Thursday, April 12.

Spring 2007 PVAC Student Exhibit

Graduation Day, Thursday, May 17 through Friday, June 22.

Selected images from the summergroup show at DCC

Stefanie Rocknak’s Seeing a Jewel Hang in Ghastly Nights, a sculpture in Curly Maple.

Marlene Wiedenbaum’s Natalie at Central Park

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