Woodstock | Hudson Valley

FEB 20, 2011 @Woodstock

마음 속에 자리 잡고 있는 상상의 장소가 있다. 막상 그 장소에 가게 되면 꿈꿔왔던 것과 다른 이미지에 실망하게 된다. 사실 그 곳이 잘못한 건 없는데도 말이다. 나 혼자 막 그려놓고선...

The town is famous for lending its name to the Woodstock Festival, actually held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm 43 miles (76 km) away in Bethel, New York in Sullivan County. The 1903 Byrdcliffe art colony is the nation's oldest Arts & Crafts colony. It brought the first artists to Woodstock to teach and produce furniture, metal works, ceramics, weaving and established Woodstock's first painting school. Byrdcliffe forever changed the cultural landscape of the Town of Woodstock.
In 1916, utopian philosopher and poet Hervey White built a "music chapel" in the woods. It was the Maverick Concert Series, the beginning of what is now the oldest, continuous chamber music festival in America. Composers such as Henry Cowell, John Cage, Robert Starrer and Peter Schickele created works that were premiered there. Today, this hand-built concert hall with perfect acoustics, is a multi-starred attraction on the National Register of Historic Places with world-class musicians playing there from June to September.

The town is home to the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM), one of the oldest artists organizations. The WAAM Permanent Collection features work by important American artists associated with the region, including Milton Avery, George Bellows, Edward Leigh Chase, Frank Swift Chase, Arnold Blanch, Doris Lee, Marion Greenwood, Philip Guston, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and many others. WAAM founders were John Carlson, Frank Swift Chase, Andrew Dasburg, Carl Lindin, and Henry Lee McFee. The Art Students League of New York's summer school was in Woodstock for nearly fifteen years from 1906 until 1922, and again after the end of World War II from 1947 until 1979. The Woodstock School of Art has been operating since 1980.

The Woodstock Guild, also founded by Byrdcliffe artists in 1939 is now the steward of the 350-acre (1.4 km2) Byrdcliffe Colony. It is a multicultural organization which sponsors exhibitions, classes, concerts, dance and theatre events and runs the oldest craft shop in Woodstock, the Fleur de Lis Gallery, which features over 60 artists. Byrdcliffe is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a haven for today's artists.

In 1981, the town hosted the Woodstock Jazz Festival, a celebration of the Creative Music Studio, an organization founded in 1971 by Karl Berger and Ornette Coleman. The show featured Jack Dejohnette, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, and Miroslav Vitouš, among others.

Onteora Moutain House | Hudson Valley

FEB 19 - 20, 2011 @Onteora Moutain House

The summer home of Richard Hellmann, the mayonnaise mogul, sits on a promontory overlooking the Esopus Valley. It is surrounded by 250 acres of forest preserve. The centerpiece of the house is a 20 by 40 foot great room with a cathedral ceiling, massive stone fireplace, and a picture window to capture the view down the valley. Around the great room wraps the 60 foot dining porch. The downstairs features a grotto-likegame room with a championship pool table. Other amenities include a sauna, a koi pond, and meandering trails around the grounds. 

종종 Bed Bath & Beyond와 헷갈리는 Bed & Breakfast 라는 (사실 둘다 B&B라는) 곳에 갔다. 여관에서부터 호텔까지 다양한 숙박형태가 있지만, 그걸 구분짓는 정확한 기준에 대해선 모호하다.  B&B는 아침을 주는 민박, 혹은 취사가 가능하지 않은 펜션이라고 봐야 하는건지, 어쨌든 Mt. Tremper에 위치한 Onteora Mountain House 는 말그대로 하자면 산장이 아닐까 싶다.

이곳에 가서 안 사실 중에 하나가 이 집이 원래 마요네즈계의 거물 Richard Hellmann을 위해 1928년에 지어졌다는 사실이었다. Hellmann이 50대일때 의사가 6개월의 시한부를 선고하면서 은퇴를 하고 전원에 가서 살면 좀더 오래 살 수 있을거라고 충고하여 여기에 집을 짓고 살기 시작했다고 한다. 이 집 덕분인지, 의사의 예상이 틀린 건지 94세까지 살았다고 한다. 원래 주인이 하나였던 은퇴 후의 집이라서 공용공간이 꽤 넓어서 B&B로 사용되어지는 지금도 부족함이 없어보인다.