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Join Artists at Peekskill Open Studios

2010-06-01T19:47:00Z

On June 5th a reception at Clay Studios’ gallery, co-sponsored by Yamet Arts, the Hat Factory and the Inner Group will celebrate the opening of the Clay Studios' gallery at the Hat Factory and Peekskill's Open Studios weekend. Yamet Arts will exhibit modern and old masters' prints.

A New York Times article in published on May 27, 2010 goies on to esplain..."WHEN the current series of Open Studios in Peekskill began, back in 1998, about a dozen artists invited the public into their work spaces, according to Larry D’Amico, an artist who is the president of the Peekskill Arts Council’s board of directors.

This year, the 13th annual Open Studios, on June 5 and 6, includes work by more than 100 artists on display in about 40 studios, along with 17 exhibitions at galleries, restaurants and the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. The event is organized by the Arts Council with support from the City of Peekskill and the Peekskill Business Improvement District.

The art ranges from ceramics and sculptures to paintings and drawings, photographs, videos and installations."...read the full article...and join us on June 5th and 6th at the Hat Factory.

Peekskill Clay Studios at the Hat Factory

2010-05-28T16:46:00Z

Rick Yamet and Yamet Arts, Inc. is proud to announce their sponsorship of the special artist’s reception at the Peekskill Clay Studios at the Hat Factory.

Dali's Aliyah Portfolio

2010-05-25T18:12:00Z

Rick Yamet Presents New Acquisitions: Dali's Aliyah Portfolio

Artist: Dali
Title: Aliyah
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 26 x 20 inches
Year: 1968
Edition: 275, some EA.
Publisher: Sherwood Press, New York
Reference #: Field 68-1-A, Michler 1210

Description: This lithograph was included in the portfolio of 25 prints titled, Aliyah, published in 1968 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Israel. The image is after a mixed media painting by Dali.

Artist: Dali
Title: On the Shores of Freedom
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 26 x 20 inches
Year: 1968
Edition: 275, some EA.
Publisher: Sherwood Press, New York
Reference #: Field 68-1-K, Michler 1202

Description: This lithograph was included in the portfolio of 25 prints titled, Aliyah, published in 1968 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Israel. The image is after a mixed media painting by Dali.

Artist: Dali
Title: The Land Come to Life
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 26 x 20 inches
Year: 1968
Edition: 275, some EA.
Publisher: Sherwood Press, New York
Reference #: Field 68-1-T, Michler 1196

Description: This lithograph was included in the portfolio of 25 prints titled, Aliyah, published in 1968 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Israel. The image is after a mixed media painting by Dali.

Artist: Dali
Title: The Wailing Wall
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 26 x 20 inches
Year: 1968
Edition: 275, some EA.
Publisher: Sherwood Press, New York
Reference #: Field 68-1-E, Michler 1213

Description: This lithograph was included in the portfolio of 25 prints titled, Aliyah, published in 1968 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Israel. The image is after a mixed media painting by Dali.

When the state of Israel was born in May 1948, four other nations which had long been subjected to British rule achieved their freedom at the same time: India, Pakistan, Burma (Myanmar) and Ceylon (Sri Lanka.) However, the emergence of the state of Israel was unique. All other nations came into being after a foreign power had been compelled to withdraw or withdrew of its own accord: the native people, dwelling uninterruptedly on its own soil, simply passed from subjection to freedom. Such was not the case with the state of Israel. For over two thousand years the Jewish people was for the most part separated from the land of its ancestors and, for many centuries, dispersed among alien nations. In most of the countries of its dispersion Jews were hated, persecuted, oppressed, denied rights and even murdered. History provides no other instance of a people that survived under such conditions. The Jewish people overcame all persecutions and oppressions to return to their own land through Aliyah (literally migration). From all lands of dispersions, from east and west, from north and south-Jews converted a desolate, abandoned and largely unpopulated country into a flowering land of culture which serves as an example for all emerging nations.

Salvador Dali has succeed through the power of his great artistry in embodying in a number of prints the great spirit of the Aliyah which converted a desolate land into the flowering and dynamic country of Israel.*To view the entire suite please log on to our website at www.penrickcollections.com.

Avery	Christo-Posters	Lichtenstein	Pissarro
Bonnard	Dali	Maillol	Rembrandt
Braque-Signed	Degas	Manet	Renoir
Braque-Unsigned	Dufy	Marini	Rivers
Buffet	Giacometti	Masson	Rouault
Calder-Signed	Goya	Matisse-Signed	Sloan
Calder-Unsigned	Haring	Matisse-Unsigned	Soyer
Cassatt	Indiana	Max	Steinberg
Cezanne	Johns	Millet	Toulouse-Lautrec
Chagall-Posters	Kandinsky	Miro-Signed	Vasarely
Chagall-Signed	Klee	Miro-Unsigned	Warhol
Chagall-Unsigned	Lambert	Picasso-Signed	Wesselmann
Cheret-Posters	Laurencin	Picasso-Posters	Whistler
Christo	Leger	Picasso-Unsigned

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Economic Downturn Brings Creativity

2009-08-21T20:54:00Z

On July 26^th, Yamet Arts was mentioned in a New York Times article about how hard economic times cause artists and art dealers to find new ways of cooperating with each other. The article, by Phillip Lutz, titled Economic Downturn Forces Groups to get Creative uses as one example the For Love of Art Show last February, sponsored by Rick Yamet and Ben Green. Because attendance was far above expectations, Yamet and Green are considering follow up shows in the future. As hosts of the show, Yamet and Green feel that working together with local artists and dealers is a winning situation for all those involved. The team work shows these joint efforts can be successful and benefit the artists and the sponsors while providing the public with access to a variety of creative work even during difficult economic times.

For the Love of Art Exhibition A Smashing Success

2009-02-17T23:44:00Z

Turnout for the Valentine weekend’s event exceeded all expectations. Crowds were estimated to be over 1500 hundred people for the 3 hour reception. The parking lot was filled to capacity and people were forced to park 3 blocks away from the Old Hat Factory. Local residents that attended said they had never seen an event generate so much interest in Peekskill. Others commented on the quality and depth of art on display; “I never knew there was so much great art in the Hudson River Valley” said one guest; “It’s a magnificent show that displays the depth of talent our local artists have” added another.

Rick Yamet and Penny Yamet of Yamet Arts, Inc., Ben Green, owner of the Old Hat Factory and all the organizers and curators are calling the show a success for everyone involved. It proves that when we work together on a project like this we can put on a great show that benefits the entire community.

Kate Vrimjoet took quite a few photos at the reception on Saturday evening. She shares them on her site.

Camilo Rojas' Photography to be Exhibit at For the Love of Art

2009-02-13T18:47:00Z

Artist: Camilo Rojas
Title: Los Sordos del Rio Hudson (The Deaf People of the Hudson River)
Medium: Video
Year: 2008

Camilo Rojas was born in Venezuela. He studied sculpture, graphic design and printmaking. In 1982 he moved with to New York where he earned a Masters degree in photography at Pratt Institute. In 2007 he was a Fulbright Scholar to Venezuela. Camilo began showing his work in 1971 and it has been in the most important museums in Venezuela. His work represented Venezuela in the XI Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe. His art books were exhibited in a traveling exhibit in museums in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In 1985 he received 3rd prize in the 7th European Biannual Salon of Photography. In 1988 Rojas directed and edited the videodisk “Interaction of Color by Joseph Albers” exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and Berlin. He began teaching printmaking in 1973 and has been the Communications and Media Arts chair at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie since 1992, where he implemented the television program “Learning in Progress”. Rojas continues to exhibit his photography, videos, drawings and installations nationally and internationally.

For the Love of Art: Cristina de Gennaro

2009-02-12T18:12:00Z

Artist: Cristina de Gennaro
Title: Pentimenti Drawings
Medium: Gouache and archival inkjet prints on Japanese gampi paper.
Size: 3 panels, 39"X10' each.
Year: 2008.
Website: www.cristinadegennaro.com

Artist's Statement: My recent artworks combine painting and drawing with photographic and digital images, expanding traditional 2-D formats into installations. Working intuitively and through association, I print, paint, and draw onto a variety of supports, creating a layering of images, textures and media. The content has focused on issues of aging, temporality and memory -- I’m interested in exploring these as a means for expressing subjectivity as contingent, pluralistic, and emerging through time.

I would like to thank the Oregon College of Art and Craft Summer Residency Program (Portland, OR) and Margie Neuhaus.

Erik Odin Cathcart Joins the Exhibit

2009-02-10T19:32:00Z

Artist: Erik Odin Cathcart
Title: Hiroshima
Medium: Ginkgo leaves, cement dust, glue & acrylic on canvas
Size:48" x 72". 2007
Year: 2007
Website: www.imaginezero.com

Odin Cathcart was born in 1963 in upstate New York. He received his BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1987 and is completing his MFA in2009 at SUNY New Paltz. His work derives its aesthetic from the conflict and cohabitation of human industry, civilization and technology and the natural environment.

For the Love of Art website.

Nathan Margoni to Participate in For the Love of Art

2009-02-09T20:42:00Z

Artist's name: Nathan Margoni
Title of Artwork: Monsters
Medium: Intaglio on rice paper with baby oil and t-pins
Year: 2007

For the Love of Art website.

A Show of Heartfelt, Diverse Works

2009-02-07T20:41:00Z

Susan Hodara of the New York Times wrote in her review of our soon to open For the Love of Art Exhibit "visitors...will experience a confluence of contrasts. The show includes works by more than 37 contemporary Hudson Valley artists, along with approximately 60 pieces by icons like Warhol, Picasso and Rembrandt.Media used run the gamut from painting, drawing, sculpture and photography to installations, collage and video. The contemporary artists come from diverse ethnic backgrounds; vary in age from 20s to 60s; and live from as far south as Mount Vernon and Irvington up to Hudson, Beacon and Catskill. All the artwork in the show is for sale; the contemporary pieces are priced at $800 to $8,000, while the masterworks are $5,000 to more than $100,000. Read the entire article.
Many of the artists are introduce here in our blog and all of the work to be exhibited can be seen at the For the Love of Art website.

For the Love of Art: A Valentines’ Day Exhibition

2009-02-06T17:29:00Z

For the Love of Art: A Valentines’ Day Exhibition
Works by Modern and Contemporary Artists from the Hudson Valley
February 15th – March 15th, 2009
Exhibition Opening Reception Sunday, February 15, 2009, 2:00 - 5:00 PM

Celebrating 10 years in Peekskill, NY noted art dealer and collector Rick Yamet of Yamet Arts Inc. and the Peekskill Hat Factory will be hosting a major exhibition of some of the Hudson Valley's finest artists. A curatorial panel has selected artists from Mt. Vernon to Hudson that will be featured alongside Picasso, Lichtenstein and other iconic artists from Yamet's impressive collection.

Connecting the work of the masters with up and coming talent Yamet and his sponsors hope to highlight the diversity of talent and artistry that continue to thrive in New York's Hudson Valley. A 20% commission of sales will be donated to the Hudson Valley Museum for Contemporary Art.

There will be a public reception from on Sunday February 15, 2009 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., at Yamet Arts located at The Hat Factory in Suites 4 and 2E on 1000 N. Division Street in Peekskill.

The exhibition will run from February 14 - March 15, 2009. Gallery hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 12 - 4 p.m.

The artists will have their work featured on the Yamet Arts website and the option to be represented by the gallery for 6 months. Free admission to HVCCA with "For Love of Art" card.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Curatorial committee: Kenise Barnes (Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY), Kara Lenkeit (Purchase College), William C. Maxwell (Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY), Michael Anthony Natiello (Collaborative Concepts), Sara Pasti (Director, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at New Paltz), and Tilly Strauss (Artist).

Participating Organizations:

The Hat Factory is located at 1000 North Division Street in Peekskill, NY, providing business space and artist studios. The Hat Factory takes its name from the 1879 building in which it resides, continuing the tradition of artisan craftsmanship within these old brick walls which over the years have witnessed the creation of everything from fedoras to cast iron stoves. Working with artist tenants, owner Ben Green has hosted numerous art exhibitions in the building since 2007 including The Peekskill Project 2008, Collaborative Concepts at the Hat Factory and The Art Lot.

Collaborative Concepts is a not-for-profit arts organization based on the idea that professional artists working together can achieve artful accomplishments and provide the community with exceptional cultural experiences. Since its founding in 1999 in Beacon, New York, the organization has curated more than 40 exhibitions in galleries and outdoor settings in the Hudson Valley. For more information please visit For more information please visit www.collaborativeconcepts2008.blogspot.com.

The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art opened to the public in June 2004 and is located at 1701 Main Street in Peekskill NY. Founded by the Marc and Livia Straus family, the not-for-profit center is dedicated to the development and presentation of new cutting edge art, exhibits and interdisciplinary programs that enrich our understanding of contemporary art, its contexts, and its relationships to societal issues. Featuring works by world renowned artists drawn from the global community as well as emerging talent, the center organizes lectures and presentations which bring artists of world renown to the Hudson Valley. The Center is committed to the enrichment of Peekskill, a multicultural community that has recreated itself as a major center for art and culture. For more information please visit www.hvcca.org

The Peekskill Arts Council's mission is to educate the general public about the arts and serve as a community resource in Peekskill for the artists and arts community. That mission is fulfilled by developing artistic events and installations, establishing public gallery space, strengthening arts in education in the local schools, promoting and disseminating information on the arts and supporting the needs of artists in the community. For more information please visit www.peekskillartscouncil.org

Yamet Arts, Inc. is a second generation business specializing in prints and originals by contemporary, modern and old masters such as Chagall, Picasso, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Miro, Renoir, Rembrandt, and others. Started by Irving Yamet in 1958 and incorporated in 1965, Yamet Arts is recognized as a leading fine arts dealer. President Rick Yamet has been called upon to be an expert witness in cases regarding value and fraud. He is also a member in good standing of the Appraisers Association of America, an organization of the most outstanding dealers in their field. Rick Yamet has been active in the field since 1976 and president of Yamet Arts, Inc. since 1982.

This event was organized by Penny and Rick Yamet of Yamet Arts Inc., Ben Green of the Hat Factory, Jo-Ann Brody, Peekskill Arts Council and Collaborative Concepts, and Livia Straus, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA).

Love Exhibit Artists: Gretchen Kelly, Donna Sharrett, Mimi Graminski and Scott Goodman

2009-02-06T01:50:00Z

Donna Sharrett considers her "works meditations on the beauty of rituals developed over time to satisfy the fundamental human need to mark important passages in life... Materials are chosen for their symbolic significance (and) include rose petals, synthetic hair, rings, bone beads, handmade rose beads (inspired by a 13th-century recipe for rosary beads), blue jeans, damask linens & neckties. A variety of needlework techniques are used, including crochet, embroidery and needlelace."

Artist: Donna Sharrett
Title: Sugar Mountain
Medium: Waxed rose petals, rose beads, guitar string, synthetic beads, synthetic hair and rings sewn to silk on panel
Size: 12 x 12
Website: www.donnasharrett.com

Mimi Graminski creates "large scale installations and sculpture out of lightweight materials, such as translucent vellum, sheer fabric, and flexible screen. The inherent qualities of the materials I use shape the work. (Her) inspiration comes from nature, from the female form and from the subconscious. (Mimi) translate(s) these inspirations and ideas into formal structures, which reflect their origin, to create atmospheric, playful and ethereal environments."

Artist: Mimi Graminski
Title: GOLDEN
Medium: fabric and pins,
Size: 6ft x 5ft x 2in
Website: www.mimigraminski.com

Gretchen Kelly paints landscapes, nudes, still lifes, portraits, interiors and the occasional whimsical piece which can frequently be seen on her blog.

Artist: Gretchen Kelly
Title: Bardo
Medium: watercolor graphite on paper
Size: 20 x 30 inches
watercolor graphite on paper
Website: www.gretchenkellyart.com

Artist: Scott Goodman
Title: Vinyl Forest
Medium: oil paint on wood panel
Size: 36 x 42 inches
Year: 2008
Website: www.scottgoodmanstudio.com

More LOVE Artists: Emil Alzamora, Carla Rae Johnson and Leslie Pelino

2009-02-05T08:31:00Z

Sculptor Emil Alzamora was born in Peru and raised in Florida; he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA from Florida State in 1998. A resident of Beacon, NY he has exhibited in New York, Boston, Maine and Florida.

Alzamora's interest in the human form inhabits his sculpture, using exaggeration and distortion as narrative or to reveal it's limitations and potential.

Artist: Emil Alzamora
Title: Untitled
Medium: Wax and Gypsum
Size: 23" x 10" x 8"
Year: 2008
Website: www.emilalzamora.com

Carla Rae Johnson works in drawing, sculpture, conceptual, performance, and installation art. Her work has been exhibited extensively and is in many public and private collections. Johnson received a BS from Ball State University, and an MFA from the University of Iowa. Carla has been making and teaching art for nearly 30 years, she is currently teaching art at Westchester Community College, SUNY.

Johnson's sculptural art is created in wood, assemblage, paper, metals, plastics, concrete, clay, and words.

Artist: Carla Rae Johnson
Title: Audre Lorde Meets Abraham Lincoln
Medium: Wood, ropee and spirit level
Size: 75 x 96 x 48
Year: 2007
Website: www.carlaraejohnson.com

Leslie Pelino's unique sculptures are created from "fabrics that have had other lives". Using an antique 2-harness Union floor loom she sculpts a variety of objects including lamps, vessels, purses and other objects.

Artist: Leslie Pelino
Title: Fountain
Medium: Fiber Art
Size: 64" x 32"
Website: www.howlingspiders.com

For the Love of Art Introduces Participating Artists Leslie Lew, Lael Morgan and GeneFree

2009-02-04T04:36:00Z

Yamet Arts wants you to know the exciting artists who will be exhibiting in For the Love of Art. You may find a familiar artist or make a new discovery. We will clue you in on all of our participating Hudson Valley artists over the next week.

Leslie Lew's works of art "revisit early Pop art subject matter while addressing core issues of American culture. She has been painting for more than 25 years. Her trademark style, which she refers to as 'sculpted oils', begins with an acrylic base that is then layered with thick impasto oils. This style can result in works that are up to 3 inches thick." (Art Business News, 2008, Summit Business Media)

Lew, a native New Yorker, eceived her BFA and MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has exhibited at many museums including the New Museum and the Guggenheim.

Artist: Leslie Lew
Title of Work: Wonder Woman Making a Splash
Medium: Sculpted acrylic and oil paint on canvas
Size: 48" x 72"
Year: 2008
Website: www.leslielew.com

Marcy B. Freedman has worked in a range of media and styles. Her present emphasis is on video and performance art. Marcy is an art historian who writes, curates, and lectures. See more of Freedman's work at CrotonArts.org.

Gene Panczenko works in photography, videography and film. He states "Even the most mundane objects can invoke a sense of awe, mystery, and fascination if they are viewed with a different eye; a different perspective, a different time, a different light. This is what I try to capture and share in my work." View Panczenko's portfolio at AbsoluteArts.com.

Artist: Marcy B. Freedman & Gene Panzcenko
Title of Work: For the Love of Art Strange Face
Medium: Video installation
Year: 2009

Artist: Lael Morgan
Title of Work: ROAD #8
Medium: Oil on Aida Cloth
Size: 48" x 64"
Year: 2008

Eleanor White, Deborah Davidovits & Jaanika Peerna

2009-02-04T03:45:00Z

Artist Eleanor White makes use of a variety of materials - some works on paper are made by either drawing on playing cards, or scratching off areas of the cards. Sculpture is created from materials as diverse as rose petals and plastic. White, based in Beacon, NY, is a 2007 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship recipient in Drawings. She received an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Artist: Eleanor White
Title: Vein
Medium: rose petals, plastic
Size: Variable
Year: 2009
Website: www.eleanorwhite.blogspot.com

Artist: Deborah Davidovits
Title: Umbrellas
Medium: Book page, paper, watercolor
Size: 11 x 14 inches
Year: 2008
Website: www.ddavidovits.blogspot.com

Artist's name: Jaanika Peerna
Title of Artwork: Reverence of Flow
Medium: Video
Year: 2006
Weblink: www.jaanikapeerna.net, www.youtube.com

Jaanika Peerna works at the crossroads of digital and traditional media, often dealing with the themes of water, simplicity and silence. She has an MFA in intermedia design from SUNY New Paltz, and she has worked as teaching artist at DIA Beacon and the Visual Thinking Strategies project of the Soros Foundation. Peerna has had solo exhibitions in New York and in Tallinn, Estonia, her native country. Her recent exhibitions include Triennial of Photographic Arts at the Center of Photography at Woodstock and drawing exhibit at the Galerie Lavignes Bastille in Paris.

More Love: Dina Bursztyn, Alec Spangler, Bruce RIchards & Rosalind Schneider

2009-02-04T02:54:00Z

Dina Bursztyn was described as "an artist of remarkable range, talent and ability" in a New York Times review. Bursztyn calls her paintings, drawings, sculptures and mixed media works ''contemporary artifacts.'' She divides her time between New York City and Catskill, New York. She co-owns the Open Studio Gallery in Catskill, NY.

Artist: Dina Bursztyn
Title: Lady Knife
Medium: stoneware and mixed media
Size: 61 x 22 x 8
Year: 2000
Website: www.potatospirit.com

Alex Spangler's painting "has a special relevance to the contemporary landscape." He has a solo show currently: Drawings and Paintings, February 12 - March 20, 2009 at FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS, 11th Floor Gallery, 22 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, 212.627.1700. Opening Reception: Thursday February 12, 2009 5:00 - 7:00pm., and the Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition at the New York State Museum in Albany. Spangler received his MFA from Puchase College in 2008.

Artist: Alec Spangler
Title: Where the Heart Is
Medium: graphite on mylar
Size: 18 x 24
Year:2007
Website: www.alecspangler.com

Artist's name: Bruce Richards
Title of Artwork: Ports-of-Call - detail photo (click for full image)
Medium: Oil wash on linen
Size: 34 x 14 inches inches
Year: 2007

The titles of his works, which are suggestive of allegorical content, serve as introductions to the work’s narratives.

He wishes to take representation beyond the thing represented, beyond a materialistic sense and have it function on other levels. At the same time, wanting the image as interesting visually as it is conceptually.

He lived and worked in Los Angeles, California for 40 years prior moving to New York in 2002. He has work in: Grunwald Center for the Arts, Hammer Museum, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Orange County Museum of Art, and San Francisco Museum of Art

Artists name: Rosalind Schneider
Title of Artwork: River Fragmentations
Medium: Video, Running Time 14.5 min.
Sound: Original Score "The Mystery of the Elements" by Elodie Lauten
Year: 2005
Website link: www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/20266-rosalind-schneider

Artist's Statement: The Hudson River as a source of inspiration was the motivating factor for creating this work. River Meditations uses imagery recorded from the banks of the Hudson during the winters of 1999 and 2003. I was drawn to the transformation of its surface in winter and to the power of nature as creator. Ice became an ever-changing entity, reforming itself into flowing structures. Light danced off fragmented patterns and found its way into watery crevices. This was the beginning of an investigation into the nature of transformed realities. The footage became a springboard for interpretation accomplished by digital processing.