Conversation with Sara Farrell Okamura, led by Elisabeth Condon: Saturday June 6th at 2pm

Elisabeth Condon (l) and Sara Farrell Okamura (r), in Conversation This Saturday June 6 at 2pm in the LABspace Courtyard

Conversation with Sara Farrell Okamura, Led by Elisabeth Condon: SATURDAY JUNE 6 at 2PM Sara Farrell Okamura: On The Precipice Solo Exhibition of Paintings Please Note 2-Mile Detour On Route 23

Hello friends! Please join us on Saturday June 6 at 2pm for a Conversation with Sara Farrell Okamura, led by Elisabeth Condon They will discuss the work on view in Sara Farrell Okamura’s Solo Exhibition, On The Precipice Exhibition Hours are Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm through June 28 Closing Party with Sara Farrell Okamuraon Sunday June 28th, 1-5pm The full Exhibition Checklist is available here Thank you Sara Farrell Okamura and Elisabeth Condon! See you soon! XO Ellen + Julie Please Note: There is a tiny detour off of Route 23. Driving East on Route 23 from Hudson, please IGNORE DETOUR SIGNS TO TURN AT ROUTE 11. That’s the truck route. Continue on Route 23 until just before Random Harvest, and Turn LEFT onto Craryville Rd. Craryville Rd turns into West End Rd, which leads back to Route 23. Thank you!

Heading East on Route 23, turn LEFT before Random Harvest onto Craryville Rd. Craryville Rd turns into West End Rd, which leads back to Route 23. Please ignore signs to turn on Route 11, that is a truck route and a much longer drive. Thank you!

Sara Farrell Okamura: On The Precipice Solo Exhibition of Paintings May 23–June 28, 2026 Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm Exhibition Checklist Conversation with Sara Farrell Okamura, led by Elisabeth Condon: Saturday June 6th at 2pm Please see Route 23 Detour Info Above SAVE-THE-DATE: Closing Reception with Sara Farrell Okamura: Sunday June 28th, 1-5pm

Sara Farrell Okamura, No Lights, 2026, oil on linen, 18 x 18 inches. Exhibition Checklist.

Sara Farrell Okamura writes:  Bad ideas, good ideas, choices, anxieties, these are all real, but how do you express them in tangible form?  I grew up by the ocean, lived in urban areas and now reside in the mountains. Beauty lies in the natural phenomenon that surrounds us wherever we call home. The sea, the Great Lakes, the parks are the essence of transcendent joy and renewal. Is it abstract? Is it real? This body of work poses that it is both.  From the kelp forests being rescued by sunflower starfish with the help of conservationists who won’t give up, to those fighting to save protected animals and land, to the decisions, dreams and ideas we choose to make constantly minute by minute— how do we make all these integral parts of life visually concrete?   Relying on the accessibility and the natural characteristics of paint, this is an attempt to give these concepts perceptible articulation. Sara Farrell Okamura is an artist, writer and arts educator. A working artist for over 35 years, she has created both gallery and public art exhibitions. Farrell Okamura has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council, MASS MoCA, Assets For Artists, Project A.R.T. Fund, Martha Boschen Porter Fund, and Mass Cultural Council. Having exhibited her work nationally and internationally, she has most recently focused on local venues in the greater New England and Hudson Valley areas. Farrell Okamura was Co-Director of 1935 Gallery, Chicago, curating exchanges with artists from Mexico; and Director of Northern Berkshire Creative Arts, a community program on the campus of MASS MoCA. She has been a museum educator at MASS MoCA in North Adams MA, and at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield MA. Sara Farrell Okamura has written art reviews for The Brooklyn Rail, Boston Art Review, Art Spiel, and Hyperallergic.

Elisabeth Condon lives and works in New York City and Tampa, FL. She is the recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation and Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grants. Her paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Hudson River Museum, the United States Embassy in Beijing, the United States Embassy in Namibia, the Tampa Museum of Art, and the Perez Art Museum Miami. Condon's public commissions include MTA Art & Design Percent for Art, Norte Maar Collaboration for the Arts, Tribeca Film Institute's Storefront Art Recovery Initiative (STAR), and Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center. Her NYCT Ditmars-Astoria subway station design was a 2024 selection for the Poetry in Motion series.

LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529 Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com Please see Route 23 Detour Details Above

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store and Cook & Larder 17 miles east of Hudson NY 17 miles north of Millerton NY 22 miles southeast of Kinderhook 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018.  April 2026 marked our 8 year anniversary since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and SJ.