Story by Jon Dinan
LIVINGSTON MANOR — April 9, 2013 — From May 4 through June 16, the art show, Audubon and Friends Too, will open the new Wulff Gallery at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum located in Livingston Manor at 1031 Old Route 17. A reception for the show will be held on May 3 from 4-6 p.m.
Twenty-eight noted artists and photographers will display a celebration of birds, butterflies and other Catskill wildlife in a wide range of media.
Presented in association with the Sullivan County Audubon Society, the show will be in perfect harmony with the Fly Fishing Center's mission and environment. This year the biennial show will include two Friends from the Society of Animal Artists, Ron Orlando and Susan Bankey Yoder, whose outstanding works have been shown and enjoyed across the country and around the world.
Audubon Society member and show curator, Kate Hyden, has planned the scope of the show to expand every year, including new artists and new artistic visions to heighten the viewers' awareness to the beauty of their surroundings.
An accompanying Audubon Craft Festival will take place on June 15 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. in the Fly Fishing Pavillion with an art raffle concluding the day. Other events will include: Sullivan County Audubon members Lance Verderame and Renee Davis will lead bird/butterfly walks on May 19 at 8 a.m. and June 2 at 9 a.m., both starting at the Center.
For directions and info call 439-4810 or go to www.catskillflyfishing.org or visit The Sullivan County Audubon website at www.sullivanaudubon.org.