Garrison Art Center (GAC) is pleased to announce ‘59 Views of the Hudson Valley’, A Fine Art Auction on Garrison’s Landing. GAC is celebrating its 59th year with its annual auction and biggest fundraiser of the year on May 13th, with a reception and viewing at 3 pm and a live auction at 5 pm. Nicholas D. Lowry, President of Swann Galleries, NYC, and an appraiser seen on Antiques Roadshow, will lead the live auction. Auction tickets are $25 and include admission to the viewing and reception, a bidding paddle, and admittance to the auction tent. The artwork will be unveiled in the gallery at 3 pm during the reception, where guests can enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.garrisonartcenter.org/2023-auction

59 Views of the Hudson Valley — Garrison Art Center’s largest fundraiser and replaces the Artist’s on Location Auction — provides integral funds for all of our programming throughout the year. We believe in art for ALL and in the future of visual art and culture in the region.

This year GAC invited 59 artists to create regionally-inspired artworks in various mediums, from sculptures to paintings, ceramics to drawings, and more, inspired by the Hudson Valley. We have partnered with the Putnam County History Museum, which has graciously prepared artist resources of historically significant landmarks in the area. In addition, several locations are granting special access for artists to paint interiors, including Manitoga, Stone Crop, Glynwood, Castle Rock, and The Bird and Bottle Inn.

Inspired by hand-painted posters from auctions years prior, GAC has created blank posters which will be given to GAC teaching artists who are invited to paint or draw their vision of the Hudson Valley on them. These posters will be for sale in our galleries during the auction.

Nicholas D. Lowry will lead the live auction under a tent sponsored by M&T Bank on the edge of the Hudson at Garrison’s Landing.

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