Art Show in Jefferson

JEFFERSON - Works by local artists, photographer Alan Herman and painter Annie Hayes, will be on display for two weekends – October 5-6 and 12-13 in Judd Hall, 163 Main St., Jefferson.  The public is welcome to attend the opening reception on Friday, October 4, from 4 – 6 pm.  This show is part of the Schoharie County Arts Trail Driveabout: Sat.-Sun., Oct. 5-6. This countywide event celebrates the creativity of area artists and artisans by encouraging the public to visit studios and other venues where artists display and sell their work. The Driveabout is a self-guided tour throughout Schoharie County during peak foliage season.

Alan Herman took his first photograph at age 3... by 8, as requested, his parents had given him a Brownie Hawkeye, then at 11, from savings, he bought his first 35mm camera. He began assembling his first darkroom in his bedroom closet at 13, and soon after that began working during school holidays for a NY fashion photographer. Herman has received a BFA, an MFA, an NEA grant, has shown work in various disciplines widely and is represented in numerous public and private collections. Photography has informed all aspects of his creative output, and he has never stopped taking photographs. For the past 40 years he has split his time between a farmhouse in Jefferson, NY and a loft in New York City.

Annie Hayes is an abstract painter and maker of objects. Her paintings and drawings rise from a system of steps based on using stencils and the outline of shapes to create a beginning. Diagrammatic images combine with painterly marks. Spatial location is explored. Words printed on shipping boxes appear and serve as visual codes.  She has a BFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and has been awarded residencies at The Vermont Studio Center, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, ME, and The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO. She received a 2022 New York Foundation for the Arts/New York State Council on the Arts Artist Support Grant for The Maintenance Project, a series of drawings based on 1940s farm machinery manuals and was a Finalist in the 2023 NYFA Artist Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts category. She recently presented a solo show at KIPNZ Gallery in Walton, NY.

Gallery hours at Judd Hall 163 Main Street, Jefferson:

October 5:    10-4

October 6:    10-4

October 12:  10-2

October 13:   2-4

The event is hosted by the Jefferson Historical Society and is made possible, in part, with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.  It has also been generously supported by members of the local business community:

Apple Barrel

Bank of Richmondville

Boyle Excavating

Catnap Books

CORE Values

Eklund Family Farm Machinery

Fenimore Asset Management

MTC Cable

Race Printing

The Robert & Addie Thompson Trust

Scoville Meno Honda

Sterling Insurance Co. Foundation

Two Scoops Catskill Ice Creamery

Wayne Bank 

Wind in the Willows Overnight Accommodations