Mathew Pokoik - news

Summer ‘08

We are thrilled to announce our first Mt Tremper Arts Summer Festival. For seven weeks from July 19 through the Labor Day weekend, we will be hosting weekly performances, a photography exhibition, artist residencies, artist talks, and classes. The following is a tentative performance schedule subject to change:

July 19: Grand opening benefit party.

Featuring the opening reception for the photography exhibition SIGNS, followed by the fantastic klezmer/punk band Golem.

July 26: TBD

Aug. 2: Jonah Bokaer

Aug. 9: TBD

Aug 16: Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre

Aug. 23: Hilary Easton + Company

Aug 30 and 31: Mt Tremper Arts Labor Day Weekend Festival, detail TBD

Mt Tremper Arts Studio from the garden. ©Mathew Pokoik

Winter and Spring ‘08

We are currently in process of obtaining all our permits from county and state agencies to officially open our doors as a Performing Arts Center. We expect to receive the go ahead by January. It has been a lengthy and complex process, with permits to convert to a commercial space needed by the Town of Shandaken Planning Board, Ulster County Planning Board, Ulster County Department of Health, Ulster County Highway Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and the Army Corps of Engineers (wow, that’s a long list!). In the spring we will be doing construction to bring the property up to code, including fire and handicap accessibility for the studio building, septic system expansion, and road / parking improvements to the landscape.

We also will soon have fiscal sponsorship by a 501(c) corporation so that we may begin accepting tax deductible contributions and grants to help pay for the above work and our upcoming summer festival.

Hillary Easton, A Letter to Pratella (an excerpt from Noise + Speed)