The West Kortright Centre is celebrating its 35th anniversary with an opening reception for the 35/35 art show and Farm Fair 2010.
The reception will run today from 5 to 7 p.m., and Farm Fair is scheduled for Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m., Public Relations Director Lisbeth Firmin said Thursday.
The 35/35 art show is a silent auction of 35 pieces by 20 emerging artists age 35 and under. The reception, sponsored by Brewery Ommegang, is free and open to the public, Firmin said. Refreshments will be served.
The 35 pieces include paintings, prints, works on paper, photography, ceramics and sculpture.
“The work is wonderful,” Firmin said. “It’s very eclectic.”
Bidding on the artwork will begin today and will conclude at the last concert of the season, when Mulgrew Miller performs Oct. 23.
Firmin said people attending the reception will have the first chance to preview and bid on antiques, collectibles, getaways, services and other treasures in the Farm Fair two-day silent auction. Bidding ends at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
“The auditorium is full of items,” Firmin said. “There is a beautiful upright Victorian piano, a Victrola, tons of jewelry, lots of bric-a-brac and collectibles including clothes, shoes, furniture and everything else.”
The Farm Fair will be held rain or shine. Firmin said there is a large tent, and many of the events will be inside.
The West Kortright Centre has been dedicated to celebrating the arts and life in the northern Catskills since 1975, when the building was saved by a group of neighbors and supporters.
After being used only four Sundays a year since 1941, the rural Scots-Irish West Kortright Presbyterian Church was closed in 1971. Residents of two neighboring farms, Helen Sander and Richard Kathmann, began a campaign to save the unused building.
In 1975, neighbors, many of whom attended church there as children, and newcomers to the area joined forces in a grassroots effort to preserve both the historic structure and its traditional role as a community gathering place.
Firmin said there is a black and white photograph taken in 1901 when the congregation gathered in front of the church. As part of the anniversary celebration, everyone at the Farm Fair will be asked to gather in front of the church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday to take part in a commemorative photograph.
At 3 p.m., the Catskill Puppet Theater will present a musical version of “Hiawatha” acted by handcrafted puppets.
SUNY Delhi Escoffier Club is preparing regional foods and baked goods available for sale at epicurean food booths. The omnivore menu includes organic pasture raised hamburgers with local cheese; pastured, home-fed pulled pork sandwiches with maple barbecue sauce; organic, pastured chicken with biscuits; and moussaka with pasture raised lamb.
The herbivore choices include coleslaw, potato salad, Swiss chard frittata, zucchini pancakes with yogurt sauce, macaroni and cheese, harvest vegetable bake, beet tartar, sliced tomato salad with basil and oil, cold zucchini soup, Asian gazpacho and grilled corn on the cob.
Fair goers can watch sheep-herding demonstrations by Elizabeth Phillips from Faraway Farms in Treadwell and sheep shearing demonstrations by Nancy Meyers. Wool spinners will demonstrate their craft, and there will be a farm animal petting pen and face painting for children.
A horseshoe tournament will begin at 4:30 p.m.
Firmin said the West Kortright Centre is partnering with WSKG Public Broadcasting, which is also celebrating its 35th anniversary. WSKG will host children’s science and nutrition-related activities and Steve Tomecek, The Dirtmeister, author of 22 books, will present an interactive science show featuring his “Dirt Cheap Science” experiments.
Tintype portrait photos, taken by photographer Annie Gohde, will be available for sale or portraits can be taken in the digital photo booth.
The Tremperskill Boys will play Catskill mountain folk music throughout the day.
Tickets for Farm Fair 2010 are $12 for adults, $5 for people under 18 and $25 for a family of four. Kids under 5 are admitted free.
Patricia Breakey can be reached at 865-5175 or at patriciabreakey@yahoo.com
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