The Albany art world turned out in force at the Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham on Saturday, July 3, for the opening of one they think of as their own, Malden Bridge painter Monica Miller.

On a surprise visit from Seattle for her sister's opening Melanie Miller, the featured artist Monica Miller, and her brother up from NYC John Miller


Artist Andrea Hersh, who currently has a show at the Albany Center Gallery, Sharon Bates, director of the Art and Culture program at the Albany Airport, and artist Jean Flanagan, director of the Esther Massry Gallery at the college of St. Rose in Albany; animation programmer for the FilmColumbia Festival Gary Glantzman-Leib and artist Judy Glantzman-Leib


Albany-based artist, critic, and curator David Brickman, Mike Fallarino, and gallery owner Joyce Goldstein; Judith Hand and Ed Atkeson


Bill Harris and Holly Katz; painter Paul Miyamoto and Scott Meyer, co-owner of both the Spectrum Theater and Ric Orlando's New World Bistro & Bar in Albany


Garden designer and Real Simple contributing gardening editor Madaline Sparks and writer Sally Helgesen; Barbara Tonne and Joel Bartfield
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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