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CREATE offsite – Ruby Silvious

CREATE offsite: Hudson Amtrak Station, 69 S Front StHudson, NY 12534 May 15–July 15, 2026 Reclaimed ARTIST STATEMENTRuby Silvious is known for painting miniature works on used, emptied-out teabags, using the stained paper as a distinctive canvas. Even before the miniature teabag paintings, she had been upcycling everyday materials like acorns, dried leaves, and eggshells… Continue reading CREATE offsite – Ruby Silvious

CREATE offsite – Kirsten Bates

Kirsten Bates, Iron Market II, Women with Baskets 1979/2025 Archival pigment on rag paper, 30” x 21” 30” x 21” Edition of 15, 2 AP, $350. each

CREATE Offsite: Hudson Amtrak Station ON VIEW: March 16 – May 15, 2026 Marche’ de Fer (Iron Market) ARTIST STATEMENTThe Iron Market in Jacmel, Haiti and the Hudson Amtrak station are both examples of late 19 th century Victorian architecture, with typical cast iron columns and girders. Both were built for people come in contact… Continue reading CREATE offsite – Kirsten Bates

EMBLEM

March 7 – *EXTENDED* July 12, 2026CREATE OFFSITE: The Wick – 41 Cross St, Hudson, NY Anne Gabriele, Amelia Toelke, Donna Barrett, Eva Melas, Fern Apfel, Gretchen Kelly, Juda Leah, Kara Smith, Lois Walsh Nine regional artists depict emblems of their experience. Objects and observations become a part of personal histories. Over time, different moments… Continue reading EMBLEM

CREATE OFFSITE – Pelle Waldron

CREATE OFFSITE – Amtrak Gallery ON VIEW: January 15 – March 15, 2026 FROM ABOVE ARTIST STATEMENTThese three pieces were carefully selected from my work — each of them shows a different winter scene from above, and in each of them it is not immediately clear to the viewer what that scene is. A snow-covered… Continue reading CREATE OFFSITE – Pelle Waldron