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Hudson Valley Artists 2025: Movement

Curated by ransome

February 8 - April 6, 2025
Chandler and North Galleries

HVA 2025

Guest-curated by the artist ransome, the 2025 iteration of the Dorsky Museum’s annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition explores the theme of “Movement” from multiple perspectives including migration, immigration, place, political displacement, social change, isolation, and physical motion itself.

What makes someone leave family, friends, and a familiar way of life behind? What would it take for you to say goodbye to the people you love and embark on a journey to a place you have never seen, many miles from your home? The decision to leave can be both the most frightening and the bravest step of a lifetime. Often such moves are seen as taking steps to improve one’s circumstances. Yet, for many people, the decision to relocate is often made because one’s survival depends on it. In those instances, our bodies carry us forward—our small steps, the breath rising and falling in our chests, build into a journey of significance. These physical movements can ultimately reverberate over generations, altering the fabric of societies, creating new communities, and melding cultures.  

 

Hudson Valley Artists: Movement features Fern Apfel, Joan Barker, Peter Bynum, Elizabeth Castagna, Jennie Duke, John Ebbert, Jill Enfield, Audrey Francis, Richard H Franklin, Samantha French, Joanne Gelb, Matthew Gilbert, Carl L Grauer, Aaron Hauck, Ali Herrmann, Candice Ivy, Carole Kunstadt, Elizabeth Livingston, Annie Lewis, Joel Longenecker, Norm Magnusson, Jason Mitcham, Emmanuel Ofori, Franc Palaia, Cate Pasquarelli, Gina Palmer, Beverly Peterson, Alex W Rader, Susanna Ronner, Aleks Rosenberg, Richard T Scott, Carla Shapiro, Rebecca Shippee, Ben Sloat, James Stamboni, Suprina, Daniel Venture, and Erik Daniel White

 

Audrey Francis, Witnesses (Leda), 2021, oil on canvas, courtesy the artist

 

Cate Pasquarelli, Flood, 2023, plexiglass case, wood, resin, string, mylar, fabric, wire, courtesy the artist

 

Richard T Scott, Hearts of Men, 2016, oil on Linen, courtesy the artist

 

Samantha French, Summer Solstice, 2024, oil on canvas, courtesy the artist

 

 

 


Hudson Valley Artists 2025: Movement

Wide gallery view of Hudson Valley Artists: 2025 at the Dorsky Museum, showing diverse works on walls and in open space.
Installation shot of Hudson Valley Artists: 2025, featuring mixed media works and sculptures arranged in a bright open gallery.
Overview of a spacious gallery in Hudson Valley Artists: 2025, with paintings, videos, and floor-based installations.
View across a video projection filled room with multimedia artworks by multiple artists in Hudson Valley Artists: 2025.
Panoramic image showing the scale and diversity of artworks in the Dorsky’s Hudson Valley Artists: 2025 exhibition.

Curated by ransome

February 8 - April 6, 2025
Chandler and North Galleries

HVA 2025

Guest-curated by the artist ransome, the 2025 iteration of the Dorsky Museum’s annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition explores the theme of “Movement” from multiple perspectives including migration, immigration, place, political displacement, social change, isolation, and physical motion itself.

What makes someone leave family, friends, and a familiar way of life behind? What would it take for you to say goodbye to the people you love and embark on a journey to a place you have never seen, many miles from your home? The decision to leave can be both the most frightening and the bravest step of a lifetime. Often such moves are seen as taking steps to improve one’s circumstances. Yet, for many people, the decision to relocate is often made because one’s survival depends on it. In those instances, our bodies carry us forward—our small steps, the breath rising and falling in our chests, build into a journey of significance. These physical movements can ultimately reverberate over generations, altering the fabric of societies, creating new communities, and melding cultures.  

 

Hudson Valley Artists: Movement features Fern Apfel, Joan Barker, Peter Bynum, Elizabeth Castagna, Jennie Duke, John Ebbert, Jill Enfield, Audrey Francis, Richard H Franklin, Samantha French, Joanne Gelb, Matthew Gilbert, Carl L Grauer, Aaron Hauck, Ali Herrmann, Candice Ivy, Carole Kunstadt, Elizabeth Livingston, Annie Lewis, Joel Longenecker, Norm Magnusson, Jason Mitcham, Emmanuel Ofori, Franc Palaia, Cate Pasquarelli, Gina Palmer, Beverly Peterson, Alex W Rader, Susanna Ronner, Aleks Rosenberg, Richard T Scott, Carla Shapiro, Rebecca Shippee, Ben Sloat, James Stamboni, Suprina, Daniel Venture, and Erik Daniel White

 

Audrey Francis, Witnesses (Leda), 2021, oil on canvas, courtesy the artist

 

Cate Pasquarelli, Flood, 2023, plexiglass case, wood, resin, string, mylar, fabric, wire, courtesy the artist

 

Richard T Scott, Hearts of Men, 2016, oil on Linen, courtesy the artist

 

Samantha French, Summer Solstice, 2024, oil on canvas, courtesy the artist

 

 

 

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