ART AND THE RIVER:
VIEWS AND VISIONS OF THE HOUSATONIC

Art and the River promotes a renewed vision of the Housatonic River as an inspiring natural resource that has shaped the Berkshires. At the same time, the book establishes the river as an artistic and literary inspiration of national significance.

A series of four-color historic and contemporary paintings as well as black-and-white artistic renderings and photographs of the Housatonic River illustrate the book. The main text consists of essays by Housatonic River conservators and by contemporary and historic art specialists. Click the cover image to the right to see an enlarged view.

Income from the sale of the book will go to a collaborative project for Housatonic River improvement currently being planned by the participating HRS 2004 river conservancy sponsors. All of the participating art and conservancy cosponsors are non-profit organizations.

Publisher: Sheffield Art League
Editors: Nancy Goldberger and Andrea Scott
Designer: Jennifer Clark/Jennifer Clark Design
Art Scanning and Maps: Barbara Winters
Printer: Excelsior Printing, North Adams, MA
80 pages; hard cover ($38.00) and soft cover ($22.95).

Book Essayists Erik Bruun Morgan Bulkeley, Sr. Rachel Fletcher Liba Furhman Nancy Goldberger Maureen Hickey John Manikowski Richard Nunley Jon Swan George Wislocki Geoffrey Young Historical Artists Thomas Cole Edward Gay Hobart Nichols Arthur Parton Henry Antonio Wenzler

Contemporary Artists Emily Buchanan Morgan Bulkeley, Jr. Bart Elsbach Frank Federico Warner Friedman Ann Getsinger Arshile Gorky Joan Griswold Helen Nichols Jacobs Donald Jurney John Manikowski David McCandless George L. K. Morris Geoffrey Moss Woldemar Neufeld June Parker Erica Child Prud'homme Jim Schantz Gabrielle Senza Mary Sipp-Green Margot Trout

Click to read the Press Release about our book Art and the River

SALES
Art and the River is now available; please see our Sales page for information about where and how you may purchase it. The book will also be available at our shows and events during the summer.

Please note 2 book publication events:
  June 18, 6:30 p.m., Book signing/panel discussion,
    Bushnell-Sage Library, Sheffield, MA
  June 24, 5-7:30 p.m., Book publication party,
    Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA