GAGA Arts Center www.gagaartscenter.org

ABOUT GAGA

PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE SOHO REBORN IN ROCKLAND

The Garnerville Arts and Industrial Center is a landmark, pre-Civil War factory complex located in the lower Hudson Valley of New York, just 45 minutes from Manhattan. A former textile mill, the complex is now the home of a thriving arts community including the studios of painters, sculptors, photographers, musicians, and woodworkers. It is also the home of GAGA. A not for profit art center with over 14, 000 square feet of unique performance and exhibition space.

Opened in 2001, GAGA Arts Center attracts 5,000 art lovers each June for its annual GAGA Arts Festival, featuring open studios, art exhibitions, live music, film, and performance. A new and expanded calendar of events is planned for 2007 and beyond.

GAGA - Main Gallery

The centerpiece of GAGA, over 4,000 suare feet of white brick walls and catherdral ceilings with exposed beams. Sunlight cascades through the 24 pane windows gliding across the original hardwood floors.

Recent exhibitions include:

PETROGLYPHS OF RAPANUI. World premier exhibition. Rubbings of ancient petroglyphs on linen. 2006

MIRRORED OBELISKS. Andrea Stanislav. Site specific mixed media installation. 2004......................

QUANTUM ZOO. Michael Zansky. Multi-media installation. 2005

EATING LATKAS AND ERASING HITLER. Bill Hochhausen. Mixed media and video installation with viewer participation. 2004

BRICKHEAD: Come and Gone. James Tyler. Ceramic brick installation with sound elements. 2003

 

GAGA - Dye Works Gallery

The largest of the GAGA galleries. Dye Works is 8000 square feet of beatifully raw space.

Recent exhibitions include:

ONCE A TREE. One of a kind fine arts woodcraft. 2006

VIA BEACON. Twelve artists working in the shadow of DIA. 2005

 

Backdoor@GAGA Gallery and Performance Space

New to GAGA for 2007, offering exhibition and performance opportunities for young and emerging artists. Art exhibitions punctuated with music, poetry, film, and performance.