Local Artists Invited to Plein Air Event

By Peter Lyons Hall

Greenwood Lake’s Centennial Art Show will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2024 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. From now through May 20 permission is granted for artists to set up easels and sketching materials at several locations around the lake. The results of the work will be exhibited at the Greenwood Lake Community Center on June 2 from 10am-4pm and may be offered for sale. 20% of sales will support the Greenwood Lake Centennial Committee, a non-profit organization that is sponsoring programs for the Centennial Celebration.

19th Century Hudson River School painter, Jasper Cropsey, fell in love with Greenwood Lake in 1843. He ended up marrying Maria Cooley, the daughter of his boarding house landlord, and eventually built a 23-room home in the area where he lived until 1884. In that time, he produced over one hundred works from rough sketches to large, museum- purchased oils of this beautiful glacial lake and its surrounding mountains and woods. In honor of Cropsey and the special centennial anniversary of incorporation, the Village of Greenwood Lake is celebrating his artistic impact upon the American landscape with an homage to his fascination with the lake community that is Orange County’s largest body of freshwater. 

  Residents are reminded to purchase season tickets to Greenwood Lake’s Waterfront Park Beach at pre-season prices until May 31, by clicking on https://www.villageofgreenwoodlake.org/waterfront-park/. Residents and/or property owners in the Town of Warwick, which includes the villages of Greenwood Lake, Florida, and Warwick, together with the eight hamlets: Amity, Bellvale, Edenville, Greenwood Forest Farms, Little York, New Milford, Pine Island, and Sterling Forest. NY Driver’s license or utility bill associated with property in the Town of Warwick required. Village guests who can show they are staying at a local hotel, legal air bnb or rental may purchase a guest pass for the day. Any employee working within the Greenwood lake school district. Whether they live here or not, may purchase a day or season pass.