2011 ACG Fall Gala

November 19, 2011 from 6:00-10:00pm

@ taste, 30 S.Pearl Street Albany, NY

*more information coming soon

Albany Center Gallery will have art, face painting, and a sidewalk chalk contest, along with the festivities of Pearl Palooza!

Please come and enjoy a spectacular fall lunchtime diversion in downtown, featuring art exhibits by regional mixed media artists, live musical entertainment, and artwork that will be available for sale! The event(s) will be held on every Wednesday in September from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in Tricentennial Park directly next to Albany Center Gallery. For more information please visit www.albanyevents.org, or call (518) 434-2032.

Albany Center Gallery is pleased to announce our “Then & Now” exhibit in honor of local artist, and former University at Albany professor, Thom O’Connor. The exhibit will open on Tuesday, August 2nd and will run through Saturday, September 10th. There will be an Opening Reception on Friday, August 12th from 5 to 9 p.m. Note that this date is the second Friday of the month and will deviate from the usual First Friday exhibition schedule.

The gallery will be open on Friday, August 5th in conjunction with First Friday.

Albany Center Gallery will be working with the Downtown BID to put on the Summer Night Out event on August 5th! Come enjoy one of our great urban parks with the artists of the Albany Center Gallery. There will be live music and great food from Franklin’s Tower, and best of all, the event is free! Later, hop on the Albany historic trolley and then explore downtown’s art scene, as well as our outdoor public art exhibit by world renowned kinetic sculptor George Rickey.

The First Friday trolley will be stopping at Tricentennial Park at 5:30 p.m. to take you and your guests around the district. Please feel free to join us before, during, or after your First Friday art tour! Also, please try to RSVP by August 4th, at www.eventbrite.com/event/1891386187… The event will run from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Friday August 5th!

I would like to thank all the collectors who took part in the fair. The gallery raised money to continue it’s mission to showcase local and regional artist. Thank you also goes out to the people who purchased work. I look forward to our next Collectors Fair. For photos please view “photos”

Please join us tonight at the gallery for our 1st Art Collectors Fair. This benefit is to help raise funds for the gallery and support our mission.

The Albany Center Gallery will be hosting its first Art Collectors Fair on Wednesday July 20th, 2011 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Light refreshments will be served throughout the night. This one night only event will be held to exhibit and offer for sale various loved pieces from local collections, to the public. The collectors involved in this event are looking to free space within their collections to further contribute to the local arts, and to build upon their own personal collections.
Some of the area’s top collectors will be involved in the fair, which gives the public a great opportunity to see the best of the local arts scene. Our collectors include – Joann Ryan, Lucy Larner, Holly Katz, Dorice Brickman, David Brickman, and John Greenhut. The collections include work from artists such as – Tommy Watkins, Harry Orlyk, and Stephen Ball. The pieces to be offered in the show are great investments, as the works are by some of the most well known artists in the region, and your purchase will help fund our artists continued work and the local community’s arts scene.
As a benefit event, a percentage of the pieces being offered for sale will be contributed to the Albany Center Gallery fund, further supporting local arts exhibition and development. This also allows the gallery to continue to develop programs and artist outreach initiatives, to further fund and exhibit great local art. This is a fantastic opportunity for our collectors to pass on some of their works to the public to allow for their continuing contribution to the arts. This also gives the public the opportunity to start or continue collecting great local art.
Please join us on Wednesday July 20th for our first annual Art Collectors Fair. There will be light refreshments and exciting conversation. Our collectors will be at the gallery to exhibit and speak about their pieces.