By Tad Richards During the course of a visit to Matthew Leaycraft's house in the summer of 2025, I noticed a map of Woodstock on a wall by a downstairs staircase. It was difficult to view clearly due to reflections so I took some snapshots with my iPhone in order to investigate more closely on my computer at home.I discovered that the map was created by David Fairbanks, brother of Barbara Fite and brother-in-law of Harvey Fite, creator of Opus 40 in Saugerties. While researching the...

By Adrianna Ashcraft, Gettysburg College class of 2026 “MAKING HER MARK: 50 WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE HISTORIC WOODSTOCK ART COLONY” WAS ON VIEW LAST SUMMER AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WOODSTOCK, AND WAS DRAWN ENTIELY FROM THE FINE ART COLLECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION. ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026 THE EXHIBITION OPENED AT THE SCHMUCKER ART GALLERY AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE IN GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVNIA, WHERE IT RUNS TILL APRIL 11TH. THE FOLLOWING POST IS A CONTRIBUTION BY ADRIANNA ASHCRAFT, AN UNDERGRADUATE ...

By Phyllis Tower This month Learning Woodstock Art Colony has the pleasure of publishing the following piece on the artist Alison Rickey Ames by longtime Maverick resident Phyllis Tower, who offers many thanks for help and encouragement to her daughter Nadja Lazansky and to her dear friend, Alison's grand-niece Mary Ball. If you're near Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania go view the exhibition Making Her Mark: 50 Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony, which was on view last...