Six Artists Transported by the Shawangunk Mountains Create a Multi-Canvas Painting

The Nature Conservancy in New York – Six Local Artists Take Inspiration from the Shawangunk Mountains to Create a Multi-Canvas Painting Annotated

Proceeds to Benefit Sam’s Point Preserve and The Nature Conservancy

Cragsmoor, NY — March 27, 2008 — On Saturday, May 10th from 4-8 pm, six local artists, CRAGSMOOR SIX (C-6), taking inspiration from the natural beauty of Sam’s Point Preserve, will create a spontaneous collaborative painting, comprised of 90 individual canvases joined as one.

As the painting takes shape the audience will be invited to bid on individual canvases, while enjoying refreshments from acclaimed area restaurants and wineries.

“Art fueled the land conservation movement historically in the Hudson Valley, and today artists continue to engage people in the beauty of our region,” said Cara Lee, director of the Shawangunk Ridge Program for The Nature Conservancy’s Eastern New York Chapter.

For more information about the event, please contact Heidi Wagner at (845) 647-7989 x101, or hwagner@tnc.org