New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley region has been the nexus of artistic creation and innovation since the 19th century with the founding of the Hudson River School. The School was the first indigenous American art movement which depicted the natural grandeur of the Mid-Hudson Valley and of the new nation. The diversity and extent of artistic activity in the Mid-Hudson Valley underpins the new exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: “Linking Collections, Building Connections: Work from the Hudson Valley Visual Art Collections Consortium.” It is curated by Curator Brian Wallace (Museum) and Ariel Shanberg, executive director at the...
