Albany Art News Today

Ginnie Farrell was elected in 2017 as the Albany Common Council representative for the 13th Ward.

TROY, N.Y. — Solitude has been an obstacle for every segment of the public. It even influences visual artists who work in what is thought of as non-collaborative circumstances. In recent telephone interviews with two visual artists who have studios in Troy, it became apparent that even when working and solitude is desired it can have a negative impact. Bob Gullie, a popular local artist who is best-known for his playfully surreal collages described himself as “a person who loves life ...

Amy Biancolli: Take arts for granted? Not after this year Amy Biancolli FacebookTwitterEmail 3of6 6of6 My entire waking life, I’ve loved the arts, craved the arts, consumed the arts.  If you had asked me before this year if I ever took them for granted, I would have howled in outrage. You kidding? No way!        For the past four years, I’ve published a list of cultural goals: books I haven’t read, shows I haven’t seen, arts-realm experiences I haven’t pursued. Last December I ...