Brewster's Cloey Callahan interviewed exhibiting artists as part of "The Golden Age of New Paltz" series

SUNY New Paltz journalism student Cloey Callahan from Brewster, NY conducted interviews with artists featured in the "Golden Age of New Paltz" exhibition, on view at Wired Gallery in High Falls, N.Y. beginning April 7.

"The Golden Age of New Paltz," is the second part of a three-part series focusing on Hudson Valley artists who lived or worked in the New Paltz area during the mid-1960s.

New Paltz students interviewed the exhibiting artists as part of the Department of Digital Media and Journalism's Feature Writing course, an uppder-level journalism course led by Associate Professor Lisa Phillips.

An opening reception for "The Golden Age of New Paltz" will be held on Saturday, April 7, from 5 - 7 p.m. at Wired Gallery in High Falls, N.Y.

Use this link to read the interviews and learn more about the exhibit.

On Saturday, April 7, 2018, Wired Gallery opens part 2 of The Golden Age of New Paltz, an exhibition in three parts celebrating the New Paltz artists of the 1960’s, with a reception from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.  The show runs until Sunday, May 6, 2018.

This second installment of the exhibition will survey artists who either came to New Paltz, or lived and worked in the area from roughly 1963 to 1967. (Many of the artists in the combined shows were active throughout the 1960's and beyond. The use of the three time periods for each show is more a way to break down the number of artist involved, into manageable groups.)

Among the work on display will be examples by State University College at New Paltz professors Ben Bishop, Maurice Brown, Barbara Leoff Burge, Ken Burge, John Frank, Ken Green,  Alex Minewski, Dale Stein, and George Wexler.

Work by students from that era will include Gary Allen, John Anderson, Donald Bellinger, Allen Bryan, Henry Cavanagh, Paul Chapman, Reno DeRosa, Jim Edwards, Denise Giardullo, Markus Heidelberg, Dick Hogle, Eric Iversen, Anthony Panzera, Theo (Teddi) Pappas, Phil Paratore, Bruce Pileggi, Roger Polansky, Ed Samuels, Susan Slotnick, Jon Ellis Stevens, Tom Stratton, Al Summ, and Aletta Vett.