ARTIST RESOURCE DIRECTORY FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

The artists in this directory have expressed an interest in working with community organizations on community arts projects.

Feel free to contact them directly or if you do not see an artist in the area you are seeking contact the Art$Grants Coordinator for more resources.

The Puppet People
1236 Waverly Place
Schenectady, NY 12308
518-393-2268
www.thepuppetpeople.org
Professional “people pleasing” puppet productions

Susan Shanley
4 Franklin Square, Suite D
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-581-9250
shanley@nycap.rr.com
www.ccproject.org/schoolvisits.html
Multicultural murals and bean mosaics--celebrating the natural world, the arts and cultures around the world

Margaret Muller
Soup to Nuts Theater Co.
2718 Old Kings Rd
Catskill, NY 12414
518-943-1919
margomul@yahoo.com
Specializing in children’s theater workshops and performances. Bringing native tales, herbal lore and local history to life through the magic of live theater.

Jane Ingram Allen
11 Oxford Rd
Troy, NY 12180
518-272-9591
info@janeingramallen.com
Visual Arts, hand papermaking, sculpture/installation art

Nancy McGrath
4122 NY 43,Apt. C
Wynantskill, NY 12198
518-470-7960
birdie.54@juno.com
visual arts/education/murals

Connie Frisbee Houde
22 Elm Street
Albany, NY 12202
518-465-0582
lilyconnie@verizon.net
www.conniefrisbeehoude.com
photographic journalistic projects in your community

Judy Trupin
771B Myrtle Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
518-489-6392
trupinjet@gmail.com
Performance: Stories in Motion
Workshops/residencies

Jeri Eisenberg
212 Upper Mannix Rd
East Greenbush, NY 12061
jeisenb3@nycap.rr.comPhotography

Sondra Bromka
Bells & Motley Olden Music, Dance, and Storytelling
www.bellsandmotley.com
sbromka@earthlink.net
Performance & musicological work in the Medieval & Renaissance arena, American Immigrant Heritage Music, Instruments, and Dance

Chris DeMarco
208 Lancaster St.
Albany, N.Y. 12210
4340032
cddesign@nycap.rr.com
photography, design

Charles Semowich
242 Broadway
Rensselaer, NY 12144
518 449 4756
semowich@att.netartist
 art historian, author, musician, composer, guest curator and consultant

Print Club of Albany Museum of Prints and Printmaking
PO 6578
Albany, NY
449-4756
collector, printmakers, has major collection

Gerri Moore
1341 Hawthorn Road
Niskayuna, New York 12309
(518) 381-9352
gerrimoore@hotmail.com
Painting/drawing/printmaking
Workshops/instruction

Pat Titterton
6 Autumn Lane
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 581-0979
(maitjord@aol.com
Gourd Drum Making Workshops creating multicultural
gourd musical Instruments: shekeres
(beaded rattles), large drums, matracas (clapper drums)

Linda Van Alstyne
6339 Benzal Rd.
Middle Grove, NY 12850
518 8821096
vancampt@earthlink.net
Felt Artist, transforming wool and other natural fibers into felt creation, creating both flat pictoral and sculptural pieces. Extensive experience working with children of all ages. Short programs to mixed age groups from 4 to teens working in groups from 10 to 20.

Tyulu Dance Company
Gabriel Nelson
2531 Sixth Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
274-6339
Professional dancers from Africa willing to perform, teach workshops on dance, rhythm and drum

Tsehaya & Company,Inc
Tsehaya D. Smith
102 Ontario St. The Firestation
P.O. Box 6265
Albany, NY 12206
432-9968
Tdancers@yahoo.co.uk
Choreographer
Alternatives for Youth Dance Programs

Zhong-Hua Lu
13 Coonradt Road
Cropseyville, NY 12052
518-279-0684
zhonghualu@earthlink.net
Classes at all levels in Chinese Brush Painting, Calligraphy, Tai Chi, Quinna and Qi Gong.

Gail Kort
1642 Van Antwerp Rd.
Niskayuna, NY 12309
518-346 4489
gailkort@nycap.rr.com www.gailkort.cjb.net
Painter from observation on site. Known for local landscapes and cityscapes with generous skies.

Chip Fasciana
5 Henry Johnson Blvd.
Albany, NY 12210
ferdbot@hotmail.com
518-330-8701
Abstract Painting, Installation, Sculpture, and Photography.

Shawn Michasiow
92 Brick Church Rd
Troy, NY 12180
518-326-2476
Glass artist. Wide varity of glass art styles. Flame work, slumping and fusing

Elise Kermani
71 Fernbank Ave.
Delmar, NY 12054
cell 917-664-9696
www.elisekermani.com
Sound and Multimedia

Constance Alexander
GOLDEN POND STUDIO
92 Louis Drive
West Sand Lake, NY 12196
c.j.alex@mindspring.com
Animal portraits on commission, pastoral landscapes, seascapes and portraits in pastel.

Peter Clemente
195 Cranberry Pond Rd
Cropseyville, NY 12052
279-4731
treecraft@netzero.net
sculptor

Art by Bhavna  
Albany, NY 12203
518.322.8705
artbybhavna@hotmail.com                                                                                                                                                                       http://groups.msn.com/ArtsyWannabe