CLOSING PARTY for Pauline Decarmo: Exit, Sunday May 29th 1-5pm

Pauline Decarmo, Ghost Skelly (How to make a perfect Skelly board), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches. Exhibition closes this Sunday, May 29. Click image for full checklist.

Pauline Decarmo: Exit  Closing Party SUNDAY MAY 29TH 1-5PM 🎈

Hello friends, We are super excited to see you Sunday May 29th 1-5pm at our Closing Party for Pauline Decarmo: Exit Pauline will create a Skelly board in the center of the gallery and teach us all how to play! Area musician LI will provide music to welcome guests as the reception begins. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required indoors; no masks required outside in the courtyard where refreshments will be served. See you this Sunday for a fun afternoon saying goodbye to Exit! Ellen + Julie, co-directors, LABspace

Artist Sara Farrell Okamura writes about Pauline Decarmo: Exit on Art Spiel. Click image to read.

Stream Pauline’s talk with Sharon Butler as a podcast on Two Coats of Paint Conversations

Pauline Decarmo: Exit LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY Full Exhibition Checklist Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com On view for one final weekend Saturday + Sunday 1-5pm  CLOSING PARTY SUNDAY MAY 29TH, 1-5PM Pauline Decarmo: Exit on Art Spiel  Pauline’s talk with Sharon Butler on Two Coats of Paint Conversations Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide to the Hudson Valley Chronogram Spring Arts Preview

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and new neighbor Cook & Larder opening upstairs in June!  17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 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.

ARTIST TALK: Pauline Decarmo + Sharon Butler, SAT MAY 14TH at 3PM

 

Portrait of Pauline Decarmo, 2021, Shannon Greer Photography / @mistergreer

SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY MAY 14TH, 3PM  ARTIST TALK WITH PAULINE DECARMO + SHARON BUTLER

Hello friends, Please join us for an Artist Talk with Pauline Decarmo and Sharon Butler on Saturday May 14th at 3pm in the LABspace courtyard! We are thrilled to welcome artist, arts writer, and Two Coats of Paint founder Sharon Butler for an in-depth talk with our current solo artist, Hudson NY painter Pauline Decarmo. They will discuss the work in Pauline’s solo exhibition Exit, on view every weekend through May 29. This event is free, outdoors, and open to the public. We encourage visitors to bring a chair or blanket, and to wear comfortable layers appropriate for unpredictable spring weather. Pauline Decarmo and Sharon Butler will both be available to meet and chat with visitors after the talk.  Huge thank you to Pauline and Sharon! See you all soon for what promises to be an exciting afternoon! Ellen + Julie, co-directors, LABspace

Sharon Butler, photo courtesy artist Laurie Fendrich

Pauline Decarmo: Exit Artist Talk with Sharon Butler: Saturday May 14th at 3pm *Masks are required inside the gallery during events* No masks required outside in our courtyard, where the talk will be held LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY FB invite Chronogram Spring Arts Preview by Peter Aaron Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com On view Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm + by appt through May 29

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store. 17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 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.

Pauline Decarmo: Exit opens Sunday April 10th, 1-5pm

 

Pauline Decarmo, Just another one of those days, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches

Pauline Decarmo: Exit Opens Sunday, April 10th, 1-5pm

Hello friends, Hope you are well! We are blown away by this new series of paintings that Pauline Decarmo has created for her first solo exhibition with LABspace. We cannot wait to see you here, and to celebrate her work together. See you Sunday April 10th, 1-5pm for Pauline Decarmo: Exit Thank you all, and huge thanks to Pauline! XO Ellen + Julie, co-directors, LABspace

Pauline Decarmo: Exit Opening Reception: Sunday April 10th, 1-5pm Masks are required inside the gallery to protect the artist and visitors No masks required outside in our courtyard, where refreshments will be served LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com On view Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm through May 29

This is Pauline Decarmo’s first solo exhibition with LABspace.  Last spring, Pauline created a suite of 8 powerful paintings exploring memory, the past, and her upbringing in South Jamaica Queens— featured in our group exhibition Occurring or situated between stars. This year, Pauline has expanded upon that series to bring an entirely new body of work to the space. We are thrilled to welcome Pauline’s new work and we look forward to sharing and celebrating it with you.

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, just down the road from Sylvan Motor Lodge, Egremont Village Inn, The Alander. 17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 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.

Pauline Decarmo: Exit opens Sunday April 10th

 

Pauline Decarmo, Back Then 3, 2021, oil and mixed media on canvas, 40 x 40 inches

Pauline Decarmo: Exit On View April 10-May 29, 2022  Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm

Gallery hours paused until April 10th

Hello friends,  We are thrilled to announce our upcoming spring exhibition—  Pauline Decarmo: Exit Opening Sunday, April 10th, 1-5pm This is Pauline Decarmo’s first solo exhibition with LABspace.  Last spring, Pauline created a suite of 8 powerful paintings exploring memory, the past, and her upbringing in South Jamaica Queens— featured in group exhibition occurring or situated between stars. This year, Pauline is expanding upon that series and bringing an entirely new body of work to the space. We are thrilled to welcome Pauline’s new work and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Pauline Decarmo: Exit April 10-May 29, 2022 Opening reception: Sunday April 10th, 1-5pm On view Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY julielabspace@gmail.com Gallery hours are paused until Pauline Decarmo’s opening on April 10th

'HOLIDAY' on view SAT + SUN 1-5PM THROUGH FEB 20TH

 

Barbara Owen, Verdancy I (The Ecchoing Green), 2021, paint on wood, 12.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches

HOLIDAY is on view  Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm  thru FEBRUARY 20th

View our FULL Holiday Checklist HERE Please email us with inquiries, thank you!

HOLIDAY artists: Yura Adams, Adina Andrus, Fern T Apfel, Susannah Auferoth, Ever Baldwin, Amanda Barr, Les Baum, Dasha Bazanova, Marc Bernier, Lee Betty, Jimbo Blachly, Annie Blazejack + Geddes Levenson, Pamela Blum, Irja Bodén, Martha Bone, Amanda Nolan Booker, Katherine Bradford, Laurén Brady, Judith Braun, Jenn Brehm, Farrell Brickhouse, Richard Britell, Joanne Brockley, Undine Brod, Sharon Broit, Berly Brown, Chris Buchakjian, Dina Bursztyn, Sharon Butler, Laura Cannamela, Kathy Cantwell, Melissa Capasso, Karlos Cárcamo, Susan Carr, Beth Caspar, Janice Caswell, Nurya Chana, Julie Chase, Willow Cheek, Sam Clayton, Ian Clyde, Melissa Cohen, John Colon, Jim Condron, Joyce Conlon, Janet Cooper, Jon Cowan, Karen Gonwa Culbreth, Brantner DeAtley, Pauline Decarmo, Colleen Deery, Douglas Degges, Penny Dell, Tasha Depp, Dan Devine, Astrid Dick, Carol Diehl, Abby DuBow, Peter Dudek, Katharine Dufault, Katherine Dykman, Jane Ehrlich, Georgia Elrod, Susan English, Julie Evans, Patricia Fabricant, Stuart Farmery, Jean Feinberg, Jeanette Fintz, Tristan Fitch, Mary Flinn, Audrey Francis, Matt Frieburghaus, Betsy Friedman, Iona Fromboluti, Marianne Gagnier, Ashley Garrett, Jared Gelormino, Sally Gil, Mimi Graminski, Gail Gregg, Joan Grubin, Guzman, Ken Habarta, Jenny Hankwitz, Marilu Datoli Hartnett, Erica Hauser, Kylie Heidenheimer, Allison Hester, Meg Hitchcock, Carter Hodgkin, Brece Honeycutt, Wayne Hopkins, Linda B Horn, Gloria Houng, Jane Hudson, Christine Hughes, Beth Humphrey, Will Hutnick, Marta Jaremko, Susan Jennings, Erick Johnson, Jennifer Johnson, Sue Johnson, Ellen Jouret-Epstein, Yasemin Kackar-Demirel, Martine Kaczynski, Shelley Kaplan, Laura Kaufman, Leslie Kerby, Benjamin King, Bernard Klevickas, Henry Klimowicz, Peggy Klineman, Philip Knoll, Sarah McDougald Kohn, Ellie Kreischer (formerly Spangler), Niki Kriese, Carole Kunstadt, Emily Noelle Lambert, Barbara Laube, Zohar Lazar, Cary Leibowitz, Elisa Lendvay, Jeffrey Lependorf, LI, Amy Lincoln, Peter Long, Joel Longenecker, Patrice Lorenz, Sarah Lutz, Tia Maggio, Stephen Maine, Sascha Mallon, JJ Manford, Cynthia Mason, Suzi Matthews, David McDonough, Carol McMahon, Claudia McNulty, Catherine McTague, Eva Melas, James Menshenfriend, Elin Menzies, James Meyer, Susan Meyer, David T Miller, Lucy Mink, Donna Moylan, Chieko Murasugi, Ann B Murphy, Sue Muskat, Stephen Niccolls, Marsha Norman, Carolyn Oberst, Jill Odegaard, Sara Farrell Okamura, Lilja Olafsdottir, Mark Olshansky, Jerry Orter, Dorothea Osborn, Kathy Osborn, Barbara Owen, Brent Owens, Ruby Palmer, Samantha Palmeri, Caitlin Parker, Gail Peachin, Gelah Penn, Julie Pereira, Susan Petry, Vincent Pidone, Bradley Pitts, David Pollack, Elisa Pritzker, Susan Rabinowitz, Jon Reichert, Kelsey Renko, Eve van Rens, John van Rens, Allie Rex, Ron Ronan, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, Laura Lee Ross, Adie Russell, Stefan Saffer, Margaret Saliske, Liz Sample, Renee Samuels, Karin Schaefer, Julia Schwartz, Susan Still Scott, Jo Ann Secor, Denise Sfraga, Julie Shapiro, Jackie Shatz, Carleen Sheehan, Claire Sherwood, Polly Shindler, Greg Slick, Marisa Slick, Barbara Slitkin, Kim Sloane, Andrew Small, Kara Smith, L Ryan Smith, Jessica Soininen-Eddis, Elisa Soliven, D Jack Solomon, Joseph Stabilito, Jeff Starr, Kurt Steger, Deborra Stewart-Pettengill, Linda Stillman, Lawre Stone, Carol Struve, Amy Talluto, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Jeremy Taylor, Joy Taylor, Christina Tenaglia, Paul Theriault, Austin Thomas, Olafur Thordarson, Arlene Santana Thornton, Claudia Tienan, Leonard Titzer, Michael Tong, Shira Toren, Katharine Umsted, Kathleen Vance, Becca Van K, Christina Renfer Vogel, Guy Walker, Pamela J Wallace, Susan Walsh, Jeff Way, Christopher Werner, Michael Wetzel, Brian Wiggins, Eleanor White, Ian White Williams, Ellen Wineberg, Ann Wolf, Brian Wood, Priscilla Woolworth, Rachael Wren, Cathy Wysocki, Geoffrey Young, Brenda​ Zlamany, Deborah Zlotsky

HOLIDAY Annual big show of small, affordable work On view Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm through Sunday, February 20th

LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529 Appointments and Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com Live exhibition checklist here Located below Crossroads Food Shop and Hillsdale General Store Down the road from Sylvan Motor Lodge, Egremont Village Inn, The Alander, and Swiss Hutte Inn 17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA

LABspace Closed January 1st + 2nd, HOLIDAY viewing on temporary pause

Installation view of Holiday at LABspace

LABSPACE IS CLOSED THIS WEEKEND, JANUARY 1ST + 2ND HOLIDAY viewing is temporarily paused

Hello friends, We hope that you are all doing well. With heavy hearts, and great caution, we have decided to keep the gallery doors closed this New Years weekend, January 1st + 2nd. Reports from friends, family, and experts alike are concerning— Folks are contracting Covid in record numbers. We do not wish to add to that risk, or to gamble with your health. Thank you for your understanding and patience while we figure out next steps. We may reopen by appointment soon, and potentially extend our Holiday exhibition by a few weeks to allow time for you all to view this joyful installation of 260+ artists. We hope that Covid cases will go back down as we all exercise a bit more caution in the coming weeks. We will update you once we have a plan. Sending love to you all and wishing you joy, peace, and good health in 2022! Happy crazy new year 💫 We look forward to seeing you all again very soon.

Be well and stay safe, our dear friends! xo Ellen Letcher + Julie Torres, LABspace co-directors

View our FULL Holiday Checklist HERE 👀  Please email us with inquiries, thank you!

HOLIDAY artists:  Yura Adams, Adina Andrus, Fern T Apfel, Susannah Auferoth, Ever Baldwin, Amanda Barr, Les Baum, Dasha Bazanova, Marc Bernier, Lee Betty, Jimbo Blachly, Annie Blazejack + Geddes Levenson, Pamela Blum, Irja Bodén, Martha Bone, Amanda Nolan Booker, Katherine Bradford, Laurén Brady, Judith Braun, Jenn Brehm, Farrell Brickhouse, Richard Britell, Joanne Brockley, Undine Brod, Sharon Broit, Berly Brown, Chris Buchakjian, Dina Bursztyn, Sharon Butler, Laura Cannamela, Kathy Cantwell, Melissa Capasso, Karlos Cárcamo, Susan Carr, Beth Caspar, Janice Caswell, Nurya Chana, Julie Chase, Willow Cheek, Sam Clayton, Ian Clyde, Melissa Cohen, John Colon, Jim Condron, Joyce Conlon, Janet Cooper, Jon Cowan, Karen Gonwa Culbreth, Brantner DeAtley, Pauline Decarmo, Colleen Deery, Douglas Degges, Penny Dell, Tasha Depp, Dan Devine, Astrid Dick, Carol Diehl, Abby DuBow, Peter Dudek, Katharine Dufault, Katherine Dykman, Jane Ehrlich, Georgia Elrod, Susan English, Julie Evans, Patricia Fabricant, Stuart Farmery, Jean Feinberg, Jeanette Fintz, Tristan Fitch, Mary Flinn, Audrey Francis, Matt Frieburghaus, Betsy Friedman, Iona Fromboluti, Marianne Gagnier, Ashley Garrett, Jared Gelormino, Sally Gil, Mimi Graminski, Gail Gregg, Joan Grubin, Guzman, Ken Habarta, Jenny Hankwitz, Marilu Datoli Hartnett, Erica Hauser, Kylie Heidenheimer, Allison Hester, Meg Hitchcock, Carter Hodgkin, Brece Honeycutt, Wayne Hopkins, Linda B Horn, Gloria Houng, Jane Hudson, Christine Hughes, Beth Humphrey, Will Hutnick, Marta Jaremko, Susan Jennings, Erick Johnson, Jennifer Johnson, Sue Johnson, Ellen Jouret-Epstein, Yasemin Kackar-Demirel, Martine Kaczynski, Shelley Kaplan, Laura Kaufman, Leslie Kerby, Benjamin King, Bernard Klevickas, Henry Klimowicz, Peggy Klineman, Philip Knoll, Sarah McDougald Kohn, Ellie Kreischer (formerly Spangler), Niki Kriese, Carole Kunstadt, Emily Noelle Lambert, Barbara Laube, Zohar Lazar, Cary Leibowitz, Elisa Lendvay, Jeffrey Lependorf, LI, Amy Lincoln, Peter Long, Joel Longenecker, Patrice Lorenz, Sarah Lutz, Tia Maggio, Stephen Maine, Sascha Mallon, JJ Manford, Cynthia Mason, Suzi Matthews, David McDonough, Carol McMahon, Claudia McNulty, Catherine McTague, Eva Melas, James Menshenfriend, Elin Menzies, James Meyer, Susan Meyer, David T Miller, Lucy Mink, Donna Moylan, Chieko Murasugi, Ann B Murphy, Sue Muskat, Stephen Niccolls, Marsha Norman, Carolyn Oberst, Jill Odegaard, Sara Farrell Okamura, Lilja Olafsdottir, Mark Olshansky, Jerry Orter, Dorothea Osborn, Kathy Osborn, Barbara Owen, Brent Owens, Ruby Palmer, Samantha Palmeri, Caitlin Parker, Gail Peachin, Gelah Penn, Julie Pereira, Susan Petry, Vincent Pidone, Bradley Pitts, David Pollack, Elisa Pritzker, Susan Rabinowitz, Jon Reichert, Kelsey Renko, Eve van Rens, John van Rens, Allie Rex, Ron Ronan, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, Laura Lee Ross, Adie Russell, Stefan Saffer, Margaret Saliske, Liz Sample, Renee Samuels, Karin Schaefer, Julia Schwartz, Susan Still Scott, Jo Ann Secor, Denise Sfraga, Julie Shapiro, Jackie Shatz, Carleen Sheehan, Claire Sherwood, Polly Shindler, Greg Slick, Marisa Slick, Barbara Slitkin, Kim Sloane, Andrew Small, Kara Smith, L Ryan Smith, Jessica Soininen-Eddis, Elisa Soliven, D Jack Solomon, Joseph Stabilito, Jeff Starr, Kurt Steger, Deborra Stewart-Pettengill, Linda Stillman, Lawre Stone, Carol Struve, Amy Talluto, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Jeremy Taylor, Joy Taylor, Christina Tenaglia, Paul Theriault, Austin Thomas, Olafur Thordarson, Arlene Santana Thornton, Claudia Tienan, Leonard Titzer, Michael Tong, Shira Toren, Katharine Umsted, Kathleen Vance, Becca Van K, Christina Renfer Vogel, Guy Walker, Pamela J Wallace, Susan Walsh, Jeff Way, Christopher Werner, Michael Wetzel, Brian Wiggins, Eleanor White, Ian White Williams, Ellen Wineberg, Ann Wolf, Brian Wood, Priscilla Woolworth, Rachael Wren, Cathy Wysocki, Geoffrey Young, Brenda​ Zlamany, Deborah Zlotsky

HOLIDAY Annual big show of small, affordable work VIEWING HOURS TEMPORARILY PAUSED

LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529 Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com Live exhibition checklist here Located below Crossroads Food Shop and Hillsdale General Store Down the road from Sylvan Motor Lodge, Egremont Village Inn, The Alander, and Swiss Hutte Inn 17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA

Sharon Butler + Susan Carr in Conversation at LABspace: Sunday October 24th, 3-4pm

 

Susan Carr, In my grandmother’s scarf, 2021, oil on canvas, 17 x 12 inches. Susan will bring this new self-portrait for her talk with Sharon on Sunday.

Sunday October 24th 3-4pm Sharon Butler in Conversation with Susan Carr

LABspace is thrilled to welcome artist, arts writer, and Two Coats of Paint founder Sharon Butler for a talk with Susan Carr this Sunday October 24th, 3-4pm They will discuss the paintings in Susan’s solo exhibition, Yonder, on view through November 14 at LABspace This talk is outdoors, free, and open to the public. We expect a sunny, brisk autumn day. We encourage visitors to dress warmly and to please bring a chair and/or blanket and join us in the LABspace courtyard. We will provide hot coffee and freshly baked pies from farm-to-table favorite, Crossroads Food Shop. Susan and Sharon will be available to meet and chat with visitors after the talk. Huge thank you to Sharon Butler, Susan Carr, Crossroads Food Shop, and to Hillsdale musician LI, who will mic the event for us. See you Sunday! XO El + Julie

Susan Carr, Strange flower, 2021, oil on wood, 22 x 12 x 3 inches. Susan will bring this new tabletop sculpture for her talk with Sharon on Sunday.

Sharon Butler in conversation with Susan Carr Sunday October 24th, 3-4pm LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529

inquiries and exhibition checklist: julielabspace@gmail.com Located below Crossroads Food Shop and Hillsdale General Store Stay nearby: Sylvan Motor Lodge, Egremont Village Inn, The Alander, and Swiss Hutte Inn 17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA

Susan Carr: Yonder is on view Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm through Sunday November 14

Susan Carr, Self-portrait with turtleneck, 2021, oil on wood, 12 x 9 inches, currently on view in Yonder at LABspace.

Susan Carr attended The School of the Museum of Fine arts Boston at Tufts in 2003 with a semester at Radcliffe and achieved her MFA in Video and photography. She won the prestigious Fifth year Traveling Scholars Award at the same institution in 1995 for painting. Her bachelors award was also attained at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts Boston at Tufts in 1994. Susan works in many mediums including sculpture, painting, the written word, photography and collage. She recently published a small memoir in 2019 called Tensions, a book of prose, poetry, photography and paintings. She is also looking forward to her third solo exhibition at LABspace in Hillsdale New York called Yonder in the fall. Susan also had a successful solo exhibition at Borghi gallery in Southampton New York in the Spring of 2021. Being curious of most everything, Susan is a lifelong learner. She uses archetypes, metaphors, history, naivety and psychological ideas when pursuing her work. These motifs act like springboards for further investigation through medium and material. Susan stays grounded and has found joy through relationships with her family and children. Being a mother has been an indispensable and a vital part of her life and art practice. She has learned daily that life in its many spectrums is art. For Susan art is the totality of life, and that humility and love are crucial ingredients to making work. Art is a wonderful tool, best friend, and saving grace.

Sharon Butler, an American artist and arts writer, is widely known as the founder of Two Coats of Paint, a project which includes an influential art blog, Clubhouse conversations, a small press, and other initiatives. Her anti-heroic abstract paintings, based on daily drawings made in a phone app, are engaged with uncertainty, irresolution, and incompleteness– what, in a 2010 article in The Brooklyn Rail, she called Casualism. She has shown work nationally and internationally, including shows in New York at Theodore Gallery, Rick Wester Fine Art, a couple Art Fairs, Pocket Utopia. Upstate, she has shown with John Davis Gallery in Hudson, and Mattewan in Beacon. Over the years, she has received support from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Sunnyside is her home, and, thanks to the generosity of the Two Trees Cultural Space Subsidy Program, her studio is down under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge overpasses in Brooklyn. You can catch Two Coats of Paint conversations in the Clubhouse app every Monday at 11:30 am.