photo by Lawrence White

FIRST NIGHT 2012 was amazing!

The mild weather brought thousands of revelers to downtown Saratoga to enjoy our annual celebration of the arts. Thank you to the performers, sponsors, venues, volunteers, and all who
unleashed their art to make it such a spectacular night. Saratoga Arts would like to wish everyone the very best for a happy, healthy and creative New Year. Check our website for updates as we begin planning First Night 2013!

HIGH SCHOOL ALL STARS ART EXHIBITION

ARTWORK FROM SARATOGA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

January 7 – January 28, 2011

OPENING RECEPTION: January 7, 3-5pm

Saratoga Arts is pleased to announce that its eighth annual High School All Stars Art Exhibition will be on view in The Arts Center Gallery from January 7 through January 28.

High school art teachers throughout Saratoga County, including Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Saratoga Springs, Shenendehowa, South Glens Falls, The Waldorf School and WSWHE Boces selected work in all media from their strongest students to exhibit in The Arts Center Gallery. From sculpture to drawing, these wonderful artworks highlight the dedication of area art teachers together with the amazing talent of their art students.

By encouraging younger generations of Saratoga County’s artists to excel in their creative work, Saratoga Arts fulfills its mission of cultivating, nourishing and sustaining the arts in all of its forms.

This year's exhibit is co-curated by Erica Wardell. Wardell is a graduate of Saratoga Springs High School and an All Star Show Alumna. Wardell is currently working towards a BFA in Studio Art, with a focus in painting and sculpture, and a minor in Education from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY.

Our Winter 2012 Class Brochure is now online!

Registering for classes at The Arts Center is easy!

You can e-mail Tanya Tobias, Education Director, at ttobias@saratoga-arts.org

You can call (518) 584-4132 ext 202 anytime during our regular business hours

You can print out and mail your completed registration form to:
Saratoga Arts
320 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Attention: Tanya

"Saki and Sunflowers" - by Ann Larsen

Adult Classes starting in January:

Painting the Still Life (only 1 spot left!) - starts January 11
Watercolor Bootcamp (only 3 spots left) - starts January 12
Oil Painting for Beginners - starts January 19
Weaving - starts January 23
Portraits in Pastel - starts January 26
Drawing the Portrait - starts January 27
Pastel Class (only 2 spots left) - January 31

Children and Teen Classes starting in January:

Play in a Day - Martin Luther King Day - January 16
Acting for Teens - starts January 21
Improve with Improvisation - starts January 25

These are just the classes and workshops starting in January! Visit our website to download the full Winter 2012 Class Brochure!

Thinking about summer already?

Saratoga Arts is currently accepting registrations for all of our 2012 summer camp programs - This year we will be offering three programs!

Camp Creativity (ages 8-14)
Imagination Rules (ages 5-7)
Theater Camp (ages 6-14)

We have also made some changes to our camp programs - for more information, download our 2012 Summer Camp Parent Pack or contact Tanya at 584-4132 or ttobias@saratoga-arts.org

We've finished the multi-month process of offering technical support about the programs, reviewing applications, and convening grant selection committees, and are now pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Saratoga County Program for Arts Funding (SPAF), Fulton-Montgomery Arts Grants (F-MAG), and Arts-in-Education/Local Capacity Building (AIE/LCB) Grants.

To learn more about the grant programs and 2012 awardees, please click here.

Bus Trip to Philadelphia

Flower Show and Van Gogh
at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Saratoga Arts will be taking a group to Philadelpha this March for a weekend of art and floral wonder. The group will visit Van Gogh Up Close, a blockbuster exhibit of some 40 masterpieces that explores the reasons and means by which this impassioned artist made unusual changes to his painting style in the final years of his life.

This year’s Flower Show, Hawaii: Islands of Aloha!, will welcome guests with waves of orchids arching over the entrance, a rainbow of plants, and a blend of digital effects and fantastic plants that recreate Hawaii’s landscapes. Gardeners will be inspired by 10 acres of exhibits, an interactive design studio, and a full program of workshops and presentations.
Sunday night the group will stay at the Hilton Garden Inn Center City located across the street from the flower show and enjoy a full American breakfast buffet Monday morning.

The trip package price is $377 per person based on double occupancy and includes transportation, overnight accommodation, full breakfast, entrance fees to the museum and the Philadelphia Flower Show, and a tax-deductible donation to Saratoga Arts.

The bus will depart early on Sunday, March 4 with pickups in Saratoga Springs and the Crossgates Mall and will return approximately 10:00 pm on Monday night. Please sign up early as trips in the past have sold out.

For further trip details call Mary at Edventures (607) 387-3322 or email goedventures@gmail.com.

Saratoga Songwriting Panel Workshop

SSP is Nancy Walker, Michael Jerling, and Bob Warren, and it is proud to continue to offer “The Inspiration and Craft of Songwriting” which includes our “Nuts & Bolts” workshop and our newly developed “Master Class” workshop. We’ll explore topics like “how to write a bad song” which will include an examination of lyric, rhyme and melody. We’ll also explore the I-IV-V and expanding your chord palate, and we’ll discuss the nuances of putting your song across in a live setting. In our new Master Class SSP will take you step-by-step through the components of what makes a great song
Both workshops will include hands on performances by you.

Nuts & Bolts: Saturday, January 28
Master Class: Saturday, Feb 4
both workshops 10:30am-2:30pm
at The Arts Center

Early registration is required as enrollment will be limited. The cost is $60 dollars per class or $100 dollars for both which is payable by check and due by January 14th in order to ensure enrollment.

The registration form is available at saratogasongwriterspanel.blogspot.com or by emailing mj@michaeljerling.com