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8th Annual En Plein Air Paint Out

The 2023 En Plein Air Paint Out will take place from Sunday, July 9 to Wednesday, July 26. A reception and auction will be held Saturday, July 29 with the work also available on Sunday, July 30.

This annual paint out and auction raises funds to continue our programing, support our local artists, and share the beauty of the Delaware Water Gap through a unique lens.

Painting en plein air is the act of painting outdoors in the open air. While creating en plein air can be done anywhere, this event provides geographic boundaries that encourage artists to portray scenes local to the Dutot, resulting in an intimate storytelling of this special area.

Artists interested in participating should download the Prospectus and Entry Form for details.

Prospectus and Entry Form

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History Talk: Tocks Island

On June 22 the Dutot Museum will host its first history talk of 2023! Author David Pierce will present a talk discussing his new book, Tocks Island: Dammed If You Do, highlighting the battle against the highly controversial planned Army Corps of Engineers dam project that changed the Delaware Water Gap region forever.

David C. Pierce is a retired award-winning journalist who has written extensively on the legacy of the ill-fated Tocks Island dam and the creation of the Delaware Water Cap National Recreation Area.

The contentious, convoluted, sometimes bizarre, and often heart-wrenching story of Tocks Island has always fascinated him. He embarked on a journey to sort out conflicting accounts of what had happened, why the controversy unfolded over so many years, and how a local anti-dam movement convinced the federal government and the four basin states to ultimately cancel the project.

For this book, Pierce interviewed people who lost their homes and businesses to forced government acquisition, reviewed decades of contemporary newspaper and magazine stories, and researched libraries, state and national archives, historical societies, and local government property records and reports. Along the way, Pierce tracked down long-lost federal court documents and deed transfers at the National Archives that were never recorded in the counties where the property acquisitions took place.

This one-hour presentation will be held at the Dutot Museum on Thursday, June 22, at 7:00pm. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Please send an email to let us know you will be attending.

Come out to learn more about this history that still resonates on both sides of the Delaware River today.

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Happy Trails: Paintings by St. Clair Sullivan

May 26-June 11, 2023
Happy Trails: Paintings by St. Clair Sullivan

Opening Reception: Friday, May 26 from 7-9pm

Our first show of the 2023 Season is a solo exhibit of recent work, as well as a selection of early work, by St. Clair Sullivan.

St. Clair hikes the Appalachian Trail in the Delaware Water Gap daily, recording the changes of light and seasons with his camera and then returns to paint exquisite oil paintings in his Columbia, NJ studio.

Recently he has been hiking to the top of Mt. Tammany several times a week, often at the crack of dawn, to capture the fleeting effects of the cloud filled Gap. What makes this all the more remarkable is that the artist is in his mid-eighties! This is a show not to be missed!

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Tricia Lowrey Lippert: A Studio and Collector’s Sale

May 19 – 21, 2023
Tricia Lowrey Lippert: A Studio and Collector’s Sale
Opening Reception: Friday, May 19 from 7-9pm

Oil Paintings, Figure Sketches, Pastels, Watercolors, Gouache, Value Studies, and Frames. It’s time to spring clean the studio. This is your chance to collect Tricia’s work at a reduced price.

www.TriciaLowreyLippertFineArt.com

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Cars & Guitars: A Group Exhibition

May 13-14, 2023
Cars & Guitars
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 13 from 6-9pm
Gallery Hours: Sunday, May 14 from 12-5pm

A group exhibition featuring artwork by Elizabeth Tilley, Thomas Ando, Benedetto Marino, Lois Silver Zini, Frank Zini, Kelly A. Klee, Darice Joy, Laurinda Faye, Diane Kropp, Jill Swersie, and Jack Swersie! Music by Roy Ramos.

Please mark your calendars and join us!