August August 16 through September 30 - Margaret Levenson Paints the Pakatakan Art Colony The Pakatakan Art Colony was the first art colony in the state of New York. In 1887, J. Francis Murphy and his artist wife, Adah Clifford Smith Murphy, bought land in Arkville and built their first cottage studio. In subsequent years other artists such as Alexander Wyant, Edward Loyal Field, Frank Russell Green, Ernest Rost, Parker Mann, Arthur Parton, George H. Smillie, K.D. Kruseman Van Elten, Thomas Worthington Whittredge, and others were attracted to the area. Margaret Levenson, painter, has been living in the house and studio of J. Francis Murphy since the 1970s and will be exhibiting at the Erpf Gallery more than 25 paintings depicting each artist’s studio. Her canvasses will show the interior of the cottages, the outdoor landscape and the incredible mission style architecture of the houses. This exhibition will be accompanied by a lecture. August 18 - Homeowners, Businesses to Meet with Energy Efficiency Professionals - 6PM Local homeowners and small business owners will meet with energy efficiency professionals in August to begin taking steps to reduce the hardships of soaring fuel costs in the coming winter heating season. The Catskill Center for Conservation & Development will host the 6:00 pm, August 18 meeting. The evening will be sponsored by Mid-Hudson Energy $mart Communities, an outreach arm of the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority, with its local partner, the Margaretville Energy $mart Partnership and the Greater Margaretville Chamber of Commerce. The Margaretville Partnership has been meeting for the last 18 months to reduce energy costs in the village and in neighboring communities. As a first step, five local businesses and organizations recently completed energy analyses of their buildings, performed by energy auditors under contract to the NYSERDA. The average amount of annual savings identified by the audits was $1,965, in heating, lighting, building envelope, building controls, and hot water. Partnership coordinator Carolyn Konheim said, "The workshop will help residents and businesses learn about practical ways to reduce heating bills, and the financial assistance available from NYSERDA to do that." Speakers will include Cherisse Ketchum, with Anchin, Block & Anchin, a CPA firm under contract to NYSERDA to recruit banks to participate in the New York State Energy $martSM Loan Fund. Also on hand will be local contractors Todd Pascarella, Catskill Windmill, and Rick Lane, Lane Family Enterprises, who will describe the Home Performance with Energy Star® Program, a home energy assessment. Pat Courtney Strong will explain the loans and grants available to both businesses and home owners that have an energy assessment. To register, email patricecourtney@gmail.com or call 845-331-2238.   October October 18 through December 31 - Carol Field, The Watershed and Fluvial Notations Carol Field, painter and muralist, will be presenting drawings and paintings from several Catskill watershed regions. The center of the gallery will focus on an 8’ x 4’ table on which drawings will be scrolled across the length of the table by turning a handle at either end. These drawings, some in color and some in black and white, depict the flora and fauna found on riverbanks throughout the region. Paintings portraying sections of several New York watershed areas will be displayed on the walls. Carol Field is a local artist who resides in Stone Ridge and works directly from the environment surrounding her or takes rocks, bones, skulls, sticks, fossils, insects, nests, eggs; whatever catches her eye back to her studio. She is more interested in the details contained in any given environment than in the pictorial representation of the landscape. In the last 3 years Carol has completed murals with students from Margaretville, Roxbury and Phoenicia schools. This exhibition will be accompanied by a lecture.
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