2ND ANNUAL HANCOCK ART WALK
Named the "Appley Art Walk" for 2023 in loving memory of Tina Appley
"This year's walk is about celebrating love in all forms, says Richard Lowe - Secretary of the Hancock Area Chamber of Commerce & Hancock Hounds Dog Park. The 2023 Hancock Art Walk will host a “Love” theme focused on Color, Community, & Expression to coincide with the 1st Annual River Road & Rail Art Trail across Delaware County. The Art Walk will run from Memorial Day Weekend until September 4th, and the Art Trail runs from July 4th until Mid October.
The Hancock Art Walk was created by the Hancock Hounds Dog Park(HHDP) and the Hancock Arts Alliance. The art walk will begin near the entrance of the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway, at the The Campton’s Art Gallery located at 158 E Front Street Hancock, NY 13783 featuring the custom art piece below by local artist and Campton's owner Laura McManus. Laura's work will also be dramatically featured near the Hancock Town Square on the historic Kandyland building, special thanks to Mr.Pappas for allowing this again this year. His historic Art Studio will receive a makeover later this summer to be painted Fire Engine Red like the original Fire Department that was located in his Two Rivers Trading building across from the Hancock Capitol Theatre.
The Hancock Art Walk will run down E Front Street, navigating around the Hancock Town Square on Wheeler Street and then continues west along Main Street until reaching the Hancock Town Hall & Dog Park at 661 West Main Street with local artists displayed in local shop windows, and prominently displayed along the route from one end of the village to the other, terminating at the location of new dog park. The Hancock Town Hall has kindly agreed to lend artists the use of their parking fence to hang and display art for the Art Walk, for the temporary display for the months of July thru September to only be installed with permission, and only the Chamber and Dog Park Staff to ensure no damage to the fence. HHDP is working hand-in-hand with local artists, business owners and the new Hancock Arts Alliance to cultivate long-term relationships with regional artists for future Hancock Art Walks.
HHDP has been fortunate to have incredibly talented members and local artists, who have contributed to our marketing success. For example, our logo was designed by none other than the Emmy-Award winning artist and graphic designer, of CBS fame, David Keller. David’s wife Jill Keller serves as the Executive Director of HHDP. Jill Keller is also a famed artist who has been a professional food stylist for over 15 years, with clients that include fortune 500 corporations, national restaurant chains, and major media publications.
The 2023 Hancock Art Walk intends to serve as a significant attraction for travelers, homeowners, and passersby on the highway. The event’s location will encourage people to get out and appreciate what the town has to offer. It will also demonstrate how we aim to incorporate arts and culture into all of our events which will not only stimulate the minds of those coming to the events, but will also make it look visually appealing from a distance encouraging future travel to Hancock and, in turn, Delaware county as a whole. Hancock Hounds Dog Park Inc. is a 501c3 New York State Not-for-profit Charitable Corporation, the completed dog park spans 1.5 acres of flat land conveniently located behind the Hancock Town Hall at 661 W. Main Street in Hancock, New York. There are new community gardens and bench courtesy of the Delaware Valley Garden Club, currently being planted. There is also a new Chamber Information Kiosk made with a Delaware County Economic Development Grant which has also been built. Soon a new Pavillion and picnic tables and a custom Sculpture by Vallessa Monk entitled rEVolution will be placed here to highlight the new EVolve NY Electric Car Charging Stations.
The final fully-realized dog park, intended to be complete in Fall of 2023, will have two dog runs both large and small, and feature a unique collapsible training corner that can also be used as a “holding pen” when a dog needs to adjust to the new environment for proper training and for educational sessions. As Hancock is famous for its coveted stone quarries, the dog park will also feature natural cuttings of traditional and Lavender Bluestone, generously donated by Steve Zahler & family, which will form the new walkways and perimeters of the park. This will allow for proper landscaping, winter upkeep, and better handicap accessibility when the weather permits. Hancock Hounds also hopes to feature local artist installations such as: interior and exterior fencing artwork by local artists, photographers, and historic timelines of the town. The exterior of the park will have unique dog-friendly ornamental grasses and selected vegetation for ease of landscaping that can assist with seasonal drainage.
“The Hancock Hounds Dog Park is a testament to Hancock’s growth in recent years and how we value new ideas, and listen to our neighbors,” said Jerry Vernold - Town Supervisor. “Today is a treat for the Town of Hancock’s owners and their pets.” Perhaps most importantly, the new dog park will also serve as a regional gateway for more canine awareness for causes specific to animal welfare, adoption services, public safety, as well as general physical and mental health. As more people and their animals have been cut off from safely socializing, it remains important to create a safe space for dog owners to train and build trust with their dogs and other dogs in general. This will help establish trust and reduce territorial behavior. Most public parks have leash laws and are not suitable for this type of relationship building, so it’s critical to have a place to make these meaningful connections. HHDP also hopes to create a new Animal Shelter for Hancock and foster local adoption programs with other regional partners.
ABOUT HANCOCK HOUNDS DOG PARK:
Hancock Hounds Dog Park, Inc. is a NYS Not-for-Profit Charitable Corporation seeking it’s 501c3 status by the end of 2021, as an S20 NTEE community beautification charitable organization. For more information about Hancock Hounds Dog Park, Inc, please visit hancockhounds.com or email info@hancockhounds.com - Stay tuned for more information on the continued fundraising efforts on GoFundMe and follow HHDP on social media using the handle @HancockHoundsDogPark - Please remember Hancock Hounds Dog Park still needs your help and support to finish building the dog park. Please visit the official website at HancockHounds.com and learn how you can help today!
OFFICIAL 2023 ART WALK ARTISTS & LOCATIONS
(NEW IMAGES & ARTISTS DETAILS ADDED DAILY)
UNCLE BROTHER ART GALLERY - 250 E FRONT STREET
CUSTOMS, CARS, CULTURES an exhibition organized by @kyle_thurman_Opened July 1st
“I first saw Stephen Shore’s seminal photography book ‘American Surfaces’ during my senior year of high school at a bookstore in rural Pennsylvania where I grew up. An area not far from, and not unlike, Hancock, New York. Hundreds of photographs that the artist snapped while driving around the United States in the early 1970s felt familiar in a previously unexperienced way. Looking at some pictures literally framed through the window of a speeding car, it was the first time that I identified with art as an appendage of a life lived rather than the determined production towards some masterful thing. Images contradict one another page after page as if captured by multiple photographers with varying perspectives of the world churning around them. The book provides no answers but rather exposes new personalities and upends its own viewpoint with every stop. An embrace of uncertainty becomes a timeless record of the moment of production. In a similar way, this group exhibition, Customs Cars Cultures, brings together a range of textures from the brutally rough to the deceivingly smooth that tell a full yet unfolding story about today’s world. During a time when we can all take ‘road-trips’ by simply scrolling down the virtual routes on our phones, the physicality of objects feels urgent in the face of digital mementos. Working with a wide variety of mediums and materials, the artists that compose this intergenerational group all make art that allow the viewer to question alongside them. If this exhibition is anything like a recent road-trip, then the works are the sites, experiences, and conversations that I can’t stop thinking about.” - Kyle Thurman
HANCOCK TOWN SQUARE - 20 E MAIN STREET
SCULPTURE ARTIST: VALLESSA MONK | WORK ENTITLED: "rEVolution" | LOCATED AT HANCOCK TOWN SQUARE 20 E MAIN STREET
Vallessa Monk and Lars at Trout Brook Studios and Monk Designs like nothing more than working in concert with clients—both residential and commercial—to bring hand-crafted, custom pieces from concept to completion. Whether it’s cabinetry, tables, entertainment centers, wine racks, handrails or sculptures, they will help you realize your vision. Vallessa is Hancock's Premier Sculpture Artists in Residence and travels back and forth to NYC to service her clients.
TROUTBROOK STUDIOS (MONK DESIGNS) - 167 E FRONT STREET
WORKS: VARIOUS | TROUT BROOK STUDIO AT 167 E FRONT ST
Vallessa Monk and Lars at Trout Brook Studios and Monk Designs like nothing more than working in concert with clients—both residential and commercial—to bring hand-crafted, custom pieces from concept to completion. Whether it’s cabinetry, tables, entertainment centers, wine racks, handrails or sculptures, they will help you realize your vision. Vallessa is Hancock's Premier Sculpture Artists in Residence and travels back and forth to NYC to service her clients.
THE CAMPTON'S ART GALLERY - 158 E FRONT STREET AT FUDR
ARTIST: LAURA MCMANUS | WORK ENTITLED: VARIOUS | LOCATED AT THE CAMPTONS AT 169 E FRONT ST
Laura McManus is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in painting. Her work combines color, form, texture, music, line, and movement. Each piece reflecting upon how each element relates to one another. Largely reactive, they are physical pieces. Laura’s work can be found in private and corporate collections in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Europe, Indonesia, Australia, and the Caribbean.
Aside from The Camptons in Hancock, New York, Laura’s work is represented on the island of Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands, by Jillian Dunlop of Old Customs House, in Road Town, and can be seen in many locations on the island.
Laura’s work has been written about by the author Kelly McMasters in her series of essays Notes from a Bookshop in The Paris Review online.
Laura’s work was featured in the article, “ART- MAKING: KNOWING WHEN TO DRAW THE LINE“, by Edward M. Gómez, in the October 2021 issue of brutjournal magazine.
THE HANCOCK HERALD OFFICE - 102 E FRONT ST
ARTIST: LAURA ROWE & BETTY ARGIROS | " AFTERNOON SUN OF THE BARN" | LOCATED AT HANCOCK HERALD 102 E FRONT ST
Betty Argiros a native of Rockland County, New York, Betty Argiros began painting in high school, intending to pursue a career in art, but life had other plans. She moved to New York City and then to upstate New York in the 1970s where she spent several years working with and counseling troubled teenagers. However, her thoughts and ambitions were never far from the canvas, and in 2001 when she retired, she was finally able to devote herself fully to her art.
Betty works in oils, watercolors and pastels, and her landscapes are inspired by the great natural beauty of rural northeastern Pennsylvania where she now resides. She has studied oil with landscape painter Peter Fiore, and watercolor Pat Weaver. She has attended workshops with landscape painter Barbara Jaenicke in oil and pastel, Randall Saxton, and, Colley Whisson. She has also studied portraid painting with Romel de la Torre, and still lives with Qiang Huang.
Betty’s work has been displayed at local shows, including Art in the Park in Hancock, New York, and in Pennsylvania at the Inn at Starlight Lake. In March and April 2017, she is the featured artist at the ReMax Building gallery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. You can view her work at:
JAMES SERIO TEAM OF KELLER WILLIAMS UNYP -
ARTIST: ARTHUR KOWALSKI | LOCATED AT JAMES SERIO REAL ESTATE 116 E FRONT ST
Arthur Kowalski (American, 1893-1958) was an artist, painter, muralist, interior decorator, vocalist and teacher, primarily known for his landscapes, coastal views and gardens capes. Arthur was the son of Leo Kowalski and Emma Juergens, and younger brother to the artist-illustrator-muralist Edgar Kowalski (American, 1891-1968). He taught art classes in Buffalo, the Boston hills, Boston, NY and along the Canadian shore. He often attended the Saturday Sketch Club at a cabin in Springbrook, NY, with his brother and fellow artists Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), William J. Schwanekamp (American, 1893-1970) and Julius J. Lankes (American, 1884-1960) among others. The cabin was used by Buffalo art students who specialized in outdoor oil painting.
Kowalski studied art at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy from 1913-16 in Buffalo, NY and the prestigious Cooper Union School of Art in Manhattan, NYC. He also studied painting with Bolton Coit Brown (American, 1864-1936) and John William Bentley (American, 1880-1951) at the Woodstock Art Colony in Woodstock, NY, and also with the well-known Roycroft painters Alexis Jean Fournier (American, 1865-1948) and Sandor Leopold Landeau (Hungarian-American, 1864-1924) in East Aurora, NY. He later furthered his studies at the Art Students League in NYC. He studied vocally under the vocalist and musician Miss Elizabeth B. Raymond in Buffalo, NY, and under the baritone singing teacher and Hollywood vocal coach Lazar S. Samoiloff (Russian-American, 1877-1945) in NYC. His paintings also adorned the covers and interiors of various magazines such as the Buffalo Saturday Night and Heacock's magazine.
HANCOCK PUBLIC PARKING LOT-
ARTIST: JOHN WEST SANT | LOCATED AT PUBLIC PARKING - EXTERIOR WALL JIM SERIO REALTY 116 E FRONT ST
Born in Venice Beach, California, John received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016. He lives and works in London, where he is completing his MA at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
Sant's work was recently showcased at the Festival of the Founding Fish: Opening & Closing Music Ceremonies in Hancock,
New York. johnwestsant@gmail.com +1 310 867 5734 (whatsapp) +44 7435 155501
NICHOL'S NATURE PRESERVE - PAINTED AT HANCOCK TOWN SQUARE FESTIVAL OF THE FOUNDING FISH
ARTISTS: AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM STUDENTS | LOCATED AT NATURE PRESERVE 404 W MAIN ST HANCOCK, NY
STUDENTS ALSO TOOK PHOTOS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND THEY ARE FRAMED ON SITE FISH PAINTING NEARBY!
NICHOL'S NATURE PRESERVE - 404 W MAIN ST HANCOCK NY 13783
SCULPTURE ARTIST: VALLESSA MONK | LOCATED AT NATURE PRESERVE 404 W MAIN ST HANCOCK NY 13783
Vallessa Monk and Lars at Trout Brook Studios and Monk Designs like nothing more than working in concert with clients—both residential and commercial—to bring hand-crafted, custom pieces from concept to completion. Whether it’s cabinetry, tables, entertainment centers, wine racks, handrails or sculptures, they will help you realize your vision. Vallessa is Hancock's Premier Sculpture Artists in Residence and travels back and forth to NYC to service her clients.
HANCOCK HOUSE HOTEL - MAPLE ROOM RESTURANT: VARIOUS ARTISTS ON DISPLAY
The Hancock House Hotel is located in downtown Hancock, New York, just a short walk from the headwaters of The Delaware River and the best trout fishing in America. Your hosts are Lynn and Russell Bass, lifetime residents.
You will find 32 tastefully designed and maintained rooms and suites decorated in the Mission Style. The Hancock House strives to anticipate your every need from the overstuffed pillows you'll find on your bed to the exceptional service you'll receive throughout the hotel. Honest Eddie's Tap Room and The Maple Room Restaurant are located on the main floor. You can enjoy breakfast lunch and dinner without leaving the hotel. You will find the prices reasonable, and you can even order online.
There is ample parking for all guests and visitors in our private, well lighted parking lot. There is also municipal parking facilities directly across the street. If you've forgotten to pack any toiletries just ask at the front desk. We can generally provide you with complimentary items.
The Maple Room is also available for large parties, meetings, weddings and other formal functions. The Maple Room seats up to 150 people and has modern A/V equipment & expert consultation available. Contact our banquet manager for more information and hosts our permanent exhibition of local and regional artists, as seen above.
HANCOCK PARTNERS LOCATED AT: 1 WEST MAIN STREET HANCOCK, NY 13783
ARTIST: RICHARD LOWE | WORK ENTITLED: " THE REVEAL" | LOCATED AT 1 WEST MAIN STREET
Richard Lowe has quickly become a fashion fixture in the TV and Runway Production worlds. Featured regularly on fashion segments for Good Morning America, The View, Breaking Amish, Oxygen’s Strut and QVC. Richard brings color and texture to the screen. Working with celebrities such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Dolly Parton has helped Richard mold popular fashions and contemporary lifestyle needs into a successful enterprise that can be seen on the streets of numerous cities every day. Learn more about Richard Lowe at: https://www.richardlowefashion.com
HANCOCK LIQUOR STORE - 27 W MAIN STREET
SCULPTURE ARTIST:ROBERT RESSLER | LOCATED NEXT DOOR OUTSIDE 27 W MAIN ST
RIVER, ROAD & RAIL ART TRAIL SCULPTURE
The Great Western Catskills region has become a popular destination for tourists seeking to experience the natural beauty of the area. However, there is a growing need for events that provide a unique experience for tourists while also promoting local businesses and supporting artists in the region. The River, Road & Rail Art Trail aims to address this need by providing a platform for renowned sculpture artists and local artists to showcase their works while also attracting tourists to the region.
HANCOCK HOUNDS DOG PARK - 661 W MAIN STREET BEHIND TOWN HALL
ARTIST: COMMUNITY COLLABORATION | LOCATED AT THE HANCOCK HOUNDS DOG PARK 661 W MAIN ST
The Color Your World Project
Community members will be invited to plant colorful plants across the property with the Delaware Valley Garden Club, and paint specific geometric shapes of dogs and they will be added to the 30ft green container in front of the dog park creating a large scale public artpeice created by more than 30 community members over the summer with new colors and designs added each week by the After School Program, Local Artists and EV Users.
KANDYLAND - FORMER VILLAGE SODA SHOP AND ICE CREAM PARLOR - FEATURING LAURA MCMANUS
ARTIST: LAURA MCMANUS | WORK ENTITLED: " PARK"
Laura McManus is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in painting. Her work combines color, form, texture, music, line, and movement. Each piece reflecting upon how each element relates to one another. Largely reactive, they are physical pieces. Laura’s work can be found in private and corporate collections in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Europe, Indonesia, Australia, and the Caribbean.
Aside from The Camptons in Hancock, New York, Laura’s work is represented on the island of Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands, by Jillian Dunlop of Old Customs House, in Road Town, and can be seen in many locations on the island.
Laura’s work has been written about by the author Kelly McMasters in her series of essays Notes from a Bookshop in The Paris Review online.
Laura’s work was featured in the article, “ART- MAKING: KNOWING WHEN TO DRAW THE LINE“, by Edward M. Gómez, in the October 2021 issue of brutjournal magazine.
MARINO'S OUTDOOR WORLD - 99 E FRONT STREET
ARTIST: RAMSEY MAPUNDE | WORK ENTITLED: " VARIOUS"
I am Ramsey Mapunde, a Malawian by birth, raised by foster parents as my real parents never stayed together, so, I kept moving from one family to another. I started drawing at the age of three. I would draw in the sands of Lake Malawi and when I started school I would fill entire exercise books with my drawings and my foster parents would whip me for this; I wouldn’t understand why as I had a strong urge to draw endlessly and had no control over it. I broke away from the foster-parental system at an early age and became a rolling stone as it were; my artworks would sustain me. My constat travels landed me in Cape Town, South Africa. I stayed in Cape Town for 20 years working with the then Gallery Africa. I am currently back home in the Warm Heart of Africa, Malawi.
I enjoy painting wildlife in oils and acrylic media as I am fascinated by the many diversities of the animals. I am identified with some of the wildlife, the innocence of it all. Sometimes I find it better to be in the company of animals than humans I might say; you get what you see. I have over 30 years of experience in painting wildlife. My artworks are littered all over the world as I have shipped them to Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, North and South America and even in my own backyard of Africa. I do paint people’s portraiture and even domesticated animals. I had the privilege of painting the First Lady of Malawi, Wife to the former President of Malawi His Excellence Peter Wa Mutharika.
Artist contacts details: +265 997752933 or +265 884680258
Email: ramseymapunde@gmail.com
Prices range from $500 -1,200. More information available upon request via Hancock Partners - director@hancockpartners.org
ALL MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Please Contact: Richard Lowe - info@hancockhounds.com or chamber@chamberhancock-newyork.com
POSTERS FOR THE 2023 HANCOCK ART WALK