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Please know the gallery will be CLOSED Thursday, December 24, 2009 through Friday, January 1, 2010. If you would like to make an appointment during that time, please call 518-330-6105. Happy Holidays!

Join us this Saturday, December 19, Noon through 5 p.m. and help us create a Winter Twilight Dream at Albany Center Gallery as we paint a mural on the facade windows overlooking the ice skating rink at Tricentennial Park! This event is ideal for all ages especially children and families.

Also on view is the 5th Annual Members Show. Select your favorite work of art and participate in the People’s Choice Award.

For a full schedule of events and activites for the City of Albany’s Office of Special Events Winter Fest, please visit their website here.

Albany Center Gallery is pleased to announce The 5th Annual Members Show, Christos Apostle Award Recipients selected by Tammis Groft of The Albany Institute of History & Art as follows:

Best of Show: Allen Grindle
Honorable Mentions: Connie Frisbee Houde, Phyllis Kulmatiski, Dorothea Osborn, and Gail Nadaeu

The People’s Choice Award was awarded to Carolou Kristofik.

Congratulations to all of our members, and special thanks to The Christos Apostle Charitable Trust for underwriting the awards.

Tim Massie took some wonderful photographs at the Too Marvelous For Words Event on November 21, 2009 at the Home Savings Bank located at 11 N. Pearl Street. Check them out here. Also, Michael P. Farrell also took some fantastic shots. Check those out here. Katherine Wright, Director of the Capital District Photo Center in Troy, NY Paparazzi photographs here! Event photographs by Katherine Wright are here. Also, Ken Jacobie took some nice photographs. Check those out here.

Hello Albany Center Gallery Friends. Drop-off for the 5th Annual Members Show is this Monday and Tuesday (11/30 & 12/1) and we will be installing on Thursday and Friday this week. The opening reception will be held on Friday (12/6) from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. If you are interested in participating in this exhibit, please drop off your work today or tomorrow, fill out this form, and bring in your membership contribution.

The gallery will be closed on Thanksgiving and on Black Friday (Thursday November 25 and Friday November 26) If there is an urgent matter, please call Sarah Martinez at (518) 330-6105.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to exhibit and receive your shot at Best in Show! Juror of Awards is Tammis Groft of The Albany Institute of History & Art. Prizes underwritten by The Christos Apostle Trust. For further information, please click here.

Albany Center Gallery invites all local artists within a 100-mile radius of Albany to submit their work for the 2011 exhibition year.

If interested please submit up to twelve (12) jpg files on CD-ROM by January 31. Jpg images should be approximately 300 d.p.i. Size range should not exceed 6” and should not be smaller than 4”. Please do not exceed 10MB per file. Label your CD with your contact information and we ask that each file is labeled with last name first then first name, followed by the corresponding entry number. Hand deliver or mail exhibition check list (which includes artist’s name, title, year of completion, medium, dimensions, and retail price), CD-ROM (with up to twelve images), an artist statement, artist resume or cover letter, and a brief biography. Include a SASE if you would like your materials returned. No e-mails please.

Albany Center Gallery retains a 25% commission. Moderate stipends are available to selected artists for most exhibitions. Questions? Call Sarah Martinez at (518)-462-4775

Albany Center Galley provides a platform for the work of contemporary visual artists to address the public. For more than 30 years, Albany Center Gallery has encouraged dialogue and critical commentary for the community. Since Leslie Urbach opened the gallery’s doors in 1977, more than 250 exhibitions featuring more than 1,000 of the finest contemporary visual artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region have exhibited paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, prints, fiber arts, videos, mixed media and installations. The gallery is expanding its programming to include experimental music and performance art as the gallery situates itself as a contemporary art center for the community.

The mission of Albany Center Gallery is to exhibit and promote contemporary visual art produced by emerging and established artists living primarily within a 100-mile radius of Albany. We strive to inspire interest and provide enjoyment to an increasingly diverse audience.

Please send submissions to Albany Center Gallery located at:
39 Columbia Street
Albany, New York 12207

The invitations are almost printed, but get a sneak peek by downloading it here by clicking this link. Click here and scroll down to sign up online! Or call Sarah Martinez at (518) 462-4775 to make a reservation.