A Monthly Multi-disciplinary Arts Series by Joanne Pagano Weber and Bruce Weber
Place: 9W Diner, 3 Simmons Plaza
Guests present their work for about twenty minutes each, followed by an open discussion/Q&A. There is an open mic setup with a three artists maximum and strict three minute limit per artist.
Tuesday, July 6th guests are:
TERESA COSTA has been reading, writing, and performing her work since 1974. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications such as Woodstock Times, Home Planet News, Riverine, and Long Island Quarterly, to name a few. Self Published under Manx-Cat Press are her titles Gone Fishing, Cosmic Orgasm and What We Breathe Out. Creature Comforts was published by Post Traumatic Press 2013. Costa has hosted poetry readings all over Ulster County, NY from October 2001 to September 2014. Her Word oF Mouth Poetry Series was held at Artbar Gallery, Kingston from 2015 to March 2020. Teresa Costa is retired & working on two books of poetry & a fiction piece. She lives with her husband and two cats in a remote area, surrounded by water, trees & wild creatures. She can be contacted at: HotPo...@Yahoo.com
AMY SILBERKLEIT is a 2D and 3D artist. She received a B.A. from Stony Brook University where she focused on printmaking. She was the artistic director of The Rod and the Rose Puppet Theatre, which performed throughout the Northeast. She sold puppets and fabric collages in galleries and craft festivals. Amy completed the Certificate program in Natural Science Art and Illustration at The New York Botanical Gardens. The technical nature of that work prompted her to return to drawing and printmaking. She purchased presses and stones and established a lithography studio in Gilboa, NY. Her lithographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums including the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Arkell Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Salamagundi Club. Amy is a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists and an Active Member of WAAM.
BOB GOLDBERG is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator. Having studied piano, electronic music and composition, he gravitated to the accordion, which became his main performing instrument and a focus of his compositional activity. Bob has written and performed within the context of folk, rock, jazz, world, and modern experimental music, including collaborations with film, dance, theater and television, as well as site-specific work in spaces such as Basilica in Hudson NY. He has performed and recorded as a member of Washboard Jungle, Le Nozze di Carlo, The Corner Store Dance Company, and the BAN Radio “Orchestra” and "Chorus". Bob also composes for accordion ensembles such as the Famous Accordion Orchestra and others. As an educator, he has developed elementary/early childhood music programs at public and private schools, and presented teacher training workshops a colleges such as Sarah Lawrence.