Slate Art at the Essex Gallery

Have you seen the slate art at the Essex Gallery? The Adirondack Art Association is celebrating its 50 year anniversary this summer, so artist and board member Amy Guglielmo dreamed up the clever (and often quite beautiful) slate art exhibition as a fundraiser.

I vaguely recall something anecdotal about a slate roof being good for fifty years. Before acid rain perhaps. And before those ersatz “slate” roofs made out of recycled plastic…

The slate art in the gallery above is only a sampling of the creative work submitted by your friends and neighbors, so be sure to check it out. And invest in an AAA slate. It’ll last at least another fifty years!

An example of the "slate art" created by Essex, NY area artists for the Adirondack Art Association's 50th anniversary fundraiser. — An example of the “slate art” created by Essex, NY area artists for the Adirondack Art Association’s 50th anniversary fundraiser.

About Geo Davis

Geo Davis (aka virtualDavis) is a writer, storyteller and unabashed flâneur. He taught and coached at Santa Fe Preparatory School and The American School of Paris, co-founded Maison Margaux: "Paris à la parisienne" in Faubourg Saint-Germain, and owns Adobe Oasis in Santa Fe, NM with his bride.

Geo chronicles adventures (and misadventures) of rehabilitating an historic Essex home at Rosslyn Redux: Reawakening a home, a dream and ourselves; blogs about doodling and other esoterica at virtualDavis.com; posts sometimes unnerving, occasionally euphoric, and always pollyanna "midlife mashups" at 40x41.com; waxes nautical at Sailing Errant; and delves into matters of parenting, babylandia, and childfreedom at Why No Kids? He meanders on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube and Flickr.

Comments

Constance Eisenhardt says

August 18, 2013 at 11:50 pm

Great stuff, George and unique “Slate Art”, it is a pleasure to know you and enjoy your enthusiasm,it’s contagious! Thank you!
Sincerely,Connie Eisenhardt

- G.G. Davis, Jr. says
  
  August 19, 2013 at 5:48 pm
  
  Thank you, Connie! I’m flattered. And honored! It’s a pleasure to know you too, and I’ve got my fingers crossed that you might be submitting an Essex doodle soon: http://essexny.us/guide/ Cheers!