Bud Wertheim's Giant Brook Trout is one of the larger participants in the annual Trout Parade, with a 30 foot span. Wertheim and his wife Marlene are residents of Livingston Manor.

 Trout Parade 2012 Set for June 9

Calling all paraders, float masters and entertainers — amateur or professional — the 9th Annual Trout Parade wants you! Take part in the parade: Saturday, June 9, in Livingston Manor, rain or shine.

Livingston Manor, NY – Attention local businesses, community groups,
schools, artists, musicians, performance groups and more, the 9th
annual Trout Parade, Sullivan County’s own version of Mardi Gras, is
scheduled for Saturday, June 9, in Livingston Manor, rain or shine.

Individuals and groups that would like to dress in costume, decorate a
bicycle, design a float, dance down Main Street, make some music, or
present a performance are welcome to participate in the Trout Parade.
Your presentation can be as simple or elaborate as you want it to be.

The 2012 Trout Parade will step-off promptly at 1:00 p.m., led by the
2012 Grand Marshals Dr. Don Simkin and Ellen Singer and a line of
antique and classic cars. Look for Dr. Don and Ellen to be followed by
a wide variety of music, entertainment and floats representing local
businesses, organizations and performance groups from this area and
beyond.

We hope you’ll join in the fun. There is no cost to participate and
hundreds come to see the Trout Parade each year. It’s also in support
of a good cause.

Catskill Art Society is producing this year’s Trout Parade in
partnership with the Livingston Manor Chamber of Commerce, and with
support from businesses and individuals from around the community.
Proceeds from the parade will benefit the Arts and Music programs at
the Livingston Manor Central School, and Catskill Art Society.

For more information and details on how to participate in the 2012
Trout Parade or become a sponsor, please contact Catskill Art Society
at 845-436-4227. You can also find the Trout Parade on Facebook.

Please RSVP to ehrlich.jerrold@gmail.com or 845-439-8109 and driving
directions will be provided.

The dancing is free. Instead be an angel for the arts with your tax
deductible contribution to CAS.  Suggested donation is $20 per person.
Larger donations gratefully accepted. Give what you can.  Please wear dance shoes (suede sole), slippers or go barefoot.  No street shoes.

Catskill Art Society is a non-profit cultivating public interest,
participation, and enjoyment of the arts. Through its multi-arts
center, CAS explores contemporary art practices and facilitates
creative and professional development for established and emerging
artists. For more information, please go to www.catskillartsociety.org

Watercolor by Nina Zheng Livingston Manor Central School.

300 Art Works in Ten Media

Catskill Art Society, in partnership with SC BOCES, proudly presents the annual CAS Sullivan County High School Art Show, a new exhibition of work by Sullivan County High School Students at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, from April 14 to May 6.

Catskill Art Society & SC BOCES will host an opening reception for the new exhibition on Saturday, April 14, from 2-4 p.m. All are welcome and light refreshments will be provided by SC BOCES.

The exhibition, appearing throughout the gallery, will present the work of high school students from all eight of the county’s districts (Eldred, Fallsburg, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Monticello, Roscoe, Sullivan West and Tri-Valley) plus student work from SC BOCES.  CAS hosts an exhibition postcard contest each year. This year’s winner is of a watercolor painting by Nina Zheng from Livingston Manor Central School.

The show presents three hundred artworks in ten media categories: Black & White Drawing, Color Drawing, Black & White Photography, Color Photography, Painting, Ceramics & Glass, Digital Art, Design, Mixed Media/Printmaking, and Sculpture.  CAS puts together an outside jury panel of artists and experts – different each year – that award a first and second place ribbon in each category. Blue Ribbon winners receive a complimentary CAS art class series and Red Ribbon winners receive a $50 gift certificate towards any CAS class. Students will also be invited to the Arts Center to select a Student Prize award in each category.

Gallery hours for this exhibition are Thursday – Saturday from 11am–6pm, Sunday 11am-3pm or by appointment.  The CAS Arts Center is wheel chair accessible.

Catskill Art Society is a non-profit cultivating public interest, participation, and enjoyment of the arts. Through its multi-arts center, CAS explores contemporary art practices and facilitates creative and professional development for established and emerging artists. For more information, please visit www.catskillartsociety.org

Join the Celebration of the 130^th NYS Season Opening 1882-2012

Livingston Manor, NY — Sunday, April 1, 2012 marks the 130^th  Trout Season opener in NYS.

The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum (CFFCM)  will officially launch the 2012 season with an All Star Cast at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 1.  This year’s ceremony will be held in front of the CFFCM on the fabled Willowemoc Creek (located at 1031 Old Rte. 17 between Roscoe and Livingston Manor, NY, accessed at either exit 94 or 96 on NYS 17/86).

This year’s celebration will be bigger and better than ever  before with the return of actor Olek Krupa,  and a few others to cast in a new season. Hosted by the CFFCM’s 1^st Family of Fly Fishing: Jeff, Erin, Alicia and Allie Phelan along with New York State Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther.  Everyone is invited to participate in this First Cast of the season and all are encouraged to bring their own rod and waders to make it a memorable moment.

Following The All Star Cast, visitors can cast the bugs out after a long winter with some fine bamboo fly rods (no experience necessary).  Bring your own bamboo rods or try what is there, everyone of all ages is welcome to join Mike Canazon and the Bamboo Boys, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Livingston Manor High School Gym.  This annual event is sponsored by the Livingston Manor Rotary Club.

In the museum, Ted Patlen will welcome in the new season with a fly tying demonstration and sessions through out the day and Agnes Van Put will ladle out her famous soups in the Gift Shop.

At 1:30 p.m. everyone will gather downstairs to officially cut the ribbon to the new Agnes Van Put Kitchen, followed by a ‘shovel in the ground’ ceremony for the construction of the Catskill Rodmakers Workshop and Heritage Craft Center.  This construction will add 5,000 square feet to the  Paul Dahlie Education Building and house The Wulff Gallery on the upper level.

The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum is recognized as the center of the fly fishing community.  It’s all about fly fishing.

First Cast ceremonies have usually been the weekend after April 1^st .  This year it was determined to make it official on  April 1^st , the real ‘opening day,’ considering it  falls on a weekend and will not do so again for 5 years.  The CFFCM welcomes all, fishermen or not, to visit this very special day in the Catskills.

On view the Opening Day of Trout Season, “Jumping Rainbows” a quilt by Susan Balch of Reading, VT, captures the beauty of Rainbow Trout. Photo by John Pollack

“The Great Outdoors” – Quilts Celebrating Nature

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY  — On Sunday, April 1st, 2012, Morgan Outdoors will unveil its Sixth Annual “The Great Outdoors – Quilts Celebrating Nature” show at 46 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY. The public is invited to the Opening Reception on April 1st from 2-3 p.m. Meet the quilt artists and see the world through their eyes. There’s a child-friendly “Eye Spy” game and colorful quilts that make this a wonderful family experience. “The Great Outdoors – Quilts Celebrating Nature” will be on display from April 1 – 29, 2012.

Also on display are quilts created in 2006 at the Liberty Public Library as part of a program “Kids Who Quilt For Kids” coordinated by adult program leaders Dot Goldstein and Maureen Christian. The small framed quilts were inspired by noted author Eric Carle’s children’s book covers, notably the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Livingston Manor Free Library will host a series of Eric Carle storytimes for children ages 3 to 5, during the month of April at Morgan Outdoors. Schedule to be announced.

This unique show, curated by talented quilter Sally Abrams, showcases quilts that celebrate joy in creating from nature’s inspiration. There are traditional quilt patterns and abstract designs, large and small.

Invitational quilter, Susan Balch of Reading VT, often finds inspiration for her quilts through fly fishing experiences. “Trout and salmon jumping the falls is one of nature’s most wondrous sights and one of my favorite images,” muses Balch. Her work, Jumping Rainbows is part of this year’s show. Quilters, including Susan Koenig of Kauneonga Lake, NY, Ramona Jan of Damascus, PA, Linda Horak, Jean Cass, and Sally Abrams of Livingston Manor, Katharina Litchman of White Sulphur Springs, and Linda Krause of Brooklyn, NY, each wrote a personal statement describing the inspiration for their work so the public will enjoy a peek behind the scenes.

Morgan Outdoors is located at 46 Main Street, Livingston Manor. For more information, call 845/439 5507. Hours are 10am – 6pm , Mon, Thur, Fri, Sat. and 10-4 Sunday.

Catskill Rodmakers, Joan Wulff and The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum To Build Major Fly Fishing Complex

Livingston Manor, NY — In September 2011, plans began to build a two story 5,000 sf  addition to the CFFCM  Paul Dahlie Education Building.  This major addition will house the Catskill Rodmakers Workshop and Heritage Craft Center on the lower level and on the upper, the Wulff Gallery. A ground breaking ceremony for the Workshop and Craft Center will be held on April 1, 2012, to coincide with opening of the NYS Trout Season at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum.  Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther will be joined by rodmakers and fly fishermen including celebrities Olek Krupa, Mark Ruffalo, and Laurence Hobgood for the ribbon cutting of the Agnes Van Put Kitchen and a shovel in the ground ceremony for the Workshop and Craft Center construction. 

The Catskill Rodmakers’ Workshop and Heritage Craft Center will be a fully operational bamboo rodmaking shop and  include an area for historical rodmaking equipment  and artifacts.  Also planned will be a  dedicated area for the ‘arts of the angler’ with weekly scheduled  programs to include:  reel making, fly tying, net making, photography, carving, painting, writers workshops, etc.  The Workshop will be a living and active component to the CFFCM campus with regular demonstrations of work in progress on and appreciation of bamboo fly rods.

The Wulff Gallery will be on the upper level of this major addition dedicated to exhibits of Lee and Joan Wulff,  featuring both  permanent and temporary exhibits.  Included in this area will be a library in a  multi purpose meeting room  for seminars, film festivals, classes, programs and lectures relating to fly fishing.

This major addition to the CFFCM campus is a joint project under the stewardship of the members of the Catskill Rodmakers Gathering and Southern Rod Gathering, Joan Wulff and The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum.

Like no other place in the world, the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum is the center of the fly fishing community.  It’s all about fly fishing.

By Naomi Teppich.

Teppich, Clark in New Exhibition:  “Vernal Equinox”

The Catskill Art Society is proud to present “Vernal Equinox,” a two person exhibition featuring the three-dimensional environmental art of Ursula Clark and Naomi Teppich March 3 through April 8 at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY.

By Ursula Clark.

Born in Germany, Clark lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, where she creates site-specific installations using natural materials. Teppich was born and raised in New York City, and now lives and works in Galilee, PA. Both artists will present sizable three dimensional cocoon-like structures during “Vernal Equinox,” and additional sculptures including ceramic pieces and three-dimensional works on bases, created by Teppich. CAS Gallery hours for this exhibition are Thursday – Saturday 11 am to 6 pm, and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm.  The CAS Arts Center is wheelchair accessible and open to the public.

There is no cost to attend the following events and all are welcome.

• March 3, 2pm – Artist Talk

CAS will host an artist talk for “Vernal Equinox” with Ursula Clark and Naomi Teppich from 2-3pm on Saturday, March 3.

• March 3, 3 pm to 5 pm – Opening Reception

CAS will host an opening reception for the exhibit, “Vernal Equinox” on Saturday, March 3 from 3 pm – 5 pm.  Light refreshments will be served.

About Catskill Art Society Catskill Art Society is a nonprofit cultivating public interest, participation, and enjoyment of the arts. Through its multi-arts center, CAS explores contemporary art practices and facilitates creative and professional development for established and emerging artists. For more information, please go to www.catskillartsociety.org