Dale Stewart reports from Chatham, NY. A mostly local crowd packed into to the Thompson Giroux Gallery on Saturday, March 23, for the opening reception of the group show: Slow Down Make Space. The exhibition is the gallery's twelfth in nearly two years and is centered on the theme of taking time to appreciate the world around us through connectedness to place, a simple awareness and deep understanding of our own environments. Which are things that the crowd that showed up appeared to be doing to the hilt that night. The show will run through May 5 and features six international and local known artists, including Gabrielle Senza, pictured here to the right of gallery fan Nan Wile.
Linda Aron and Kym Snyder; Gwenn Mayers with architect Steve Axlrod.
Gallerist Marie-Claude Giroux with artists Gabrielle Senza, Monica Miller, Joseph Yetto, and gallery co-owner Bill Thompson.
Gallery manager Mary Young and her niece Amanda Young; Amanda Walton with Aaron Gaylord.
Ida and Matt Drake; artist Monica Miller and Kathy Frank.
Bob Allen and Gary Terpening; David Cudaback, Diane Hersey, and Gordon Brawn.
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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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