The Peekskill Project 2006

The Peekskill Project was launched in 2004 with the goal of bringing contemporary art out of the museum and into the community. Work by over 100 artists was sited in storefronts, parks, and in vacant lofts and lots around the city. Peekskill residents were involved through hosting artworks in their storefronts, participating in interactive art projects, attending public education programs, and engaging in conversations with artists and trained docents. Local press wrote extensively about the project, creating a community dialogue about art, culture and history in Peekskill. In 2004 approximately 3,500 people attended the Peekskill Project, which took place over a single weekend.

Among the works on display for the 2004 Peekskill Project were Steed Taylor's "Road Tattoos," created directly on the city's streets, Carla Rae Johnson's "Pugsley Park, Main Street," which featured red-painted tree trunks that drew attention to the evil's of war, and Monika Weiss's interactive performance "Drawing the City." Projects were sited in storefronts, parks, and in vacant lofts and lots around the city. Trained docents worked alongside artists to engage the public in conversations about the artwork and about Peekskill. Following the exhibition, artist Thom Pernice published a DVD documentary that includes text, images and video footage by varied artists. He received an Aegis award for his documentation of the 2004 Peekskill Project.

The 2005 Peekskill Project enabled more lead time for artists to plan their projects and also added a proposal stage including a curatorial selection panel process. Roughly 50 of the accepted artworks by over 80 artists were made specifically in response to Peekskill’s colorful historical past, diverse community and unique landscape. In 2004 artwork was on view for a weekend. In 2005 artwork was on display for 4 weekends.

The 2006 Peekskill Project featured art located in three distinct areas of Peekskill, including (1) the waterfront, (2) Peekskill’s historic commercial district, and (3) Main Street - a mixed-use arterial roadway that connects the waterfront, the historic district and HVCCA.

2006 Participating Artists: Anna Adler, Oscar Alzate, Kathleen Anderson, Alessandro Balteo, Toby Barnes, Sarah Beddington, Daniel Bejar, Curt Belshe, Elizabeth Bick, Christa Blatchford, Cree Bruins, Diego Bruno, Donald Bruschi, Greg Bugel, Jessica Cannon, Laurel Jay Carpenter, Heinz Cars, Bleu Cease, Carrie Dashow, Dana Devito, Andrew Duggan, Anne Eastman, Eh Team, Nelson Electric Haircut, Nicolas Dumit Estevez, Magda Fernandez, Chantel Foretich, Christopher Frederick, Marcy B. Freedman, Charley Friedman, Monika Goetz, Ruth Gomez, Abby Goodman, Lynn Gufeld, Erik Hanson, Heide Hatry, Sarah Haviland, Laurel Heide, Jill Henderson, Vlatka Horvat, Curt Ikens, Jo Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Carla Rae Johnson, Veronica Johnson, Hyom Kang, Elanit Kayne, Isolde Kille, Esther Kokmeijer, Marni Kotak, Yuliya Lanina, Judith Scott Larsen, Chang-Jin Lee, Nathalia Leginowicz, Jana Leo, James Leonard, Shaun El C. Leonardo, Joshua Levine, D. Dominick Lombardi, Jen Liu, Tony Luib, Kiersten Lukason, Michael Mahalchick, Luis R.Maldonado, Jr., David Maroto, Jillian McDonald, Dana Melamed, Cindy Moore, Michael Anthony Natiello, Neil Ira Needleman, Lori Nozick, Nika Oblak & Primoz Novak, Yuki Okumura, Kambui Olujimi, Gene Panczenko, Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg, Julie Anne Pieri, Berenice Pliskin, Lise Prown, Lee Ranaldo, Kevin Robinson, Marcos Rosales, Michelle Rosenberg, Daniel Rothbart, Elsie Sampson, Thomas Sandbichler, Carlos Sandoval de Leon, Jonathan Santos, Gae Savannah, Daniel Seiple, Dafna Shalom, Ah-Bin Shim, Jamie Shultz, Christian Siekmeier, Xaviera Simmons, Elena Sniezek, Tobias Sternberg, Mark Stockton, Jennifer Sullivan, Dannielle Tegeder, Cassandra Thornton, James Walsh, Dina Weiss, Letha Wilson, Pawel Wojtasik, Bryan Zanisnik, Katarina Zdjelar

2006 Curators: Camilo Alvarez, Priska C. Juschka, Karlos Carcamo, Ingrid Chu, John Daquino, Juliana Driever, Tania Owcharenko Duvergne, Daniel Fuller, Trong G. Nguyen, Blanca de la Torre García, Micaela Giovannotti, Angela Kotinkaduwa and Sam Tsao, Emily Puthoff, Micah Silver, Lisa Paul Streitfeld and Peter Zangrillo

The Peekskill Project 2006
Kuratoren: Camilo Alvarez, Priska C. Juschka, Karlos Carcamo, Ingrid Chu, John Daquino, Juliana Driever, Tania Owcharenko Duvergne, Daniel Fuller, Trong G. Nguyen, Blanca de la Torre García, Micaela Giovannotti, Angela Kotinkaduwa and Sam Tsao, Emily Puthoff, Micah Silver, Lisa Paul Streitfeld, Peter Zangrillo

Künstler: Anna Adler, Oscar Alzate, Kathleen Anderson, Alessandro Balteo, Toby Barnes, Sarah Beddington, Daniel Bejar, Curt Belshe, Elizabeth Bick, Christa Blatchford, Cree Bruins, Diego Bruno, Donald Bruschi, Greg Bugel, Jessica Cannon, Laurel Jay Carpenter, Heinz Cars, Bleu Cease, Carrie Dashow, Dana Devito, Andrew Duggan, Anne Eastman, Eh Team, Nelson Electric Haircut, Nicolas Dumit Estevez, Magda Fernandez, Chantel Foretich, Christopher Frederick, Marcy B. Freedman, Charley Friedman, Monika Goetz, Ruth Gomez, Abby Goodman, Lynn Gufeld, Erik Hanson, Heide Hatry, Sarah Haviland, Laurel Heide, Jill Henderson, Vlatka Horvat, Curt Ikens, Jo Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Carla Rae Johnson, Veronica Johnson, Hyom Kang, Elanit Kayne, Isolde Kille, Esther Kokmeijer, Marni Kotak, Yuliya Lanina, Judith Scott Larsen, Chang-Jin Lee, Nathalia Leginowicz, Jana Leo, James Leonard, Shaun El C. Leonardo, Joshua Levine, D. Dominick Lombardi, Jen Liu, Tony Luib, Kiersten Lukason, Michael Mahalchick, Luis R.Maldonado, Jr., David Maroto, Jillian McDonald, Dana Melamed, Cindy Moore, Michael Anthony Natiello, Neil Ira Needleman, Lori Nozick, Nika Oblak / Primoz Novak, Yuki Okumura, Kambui Olujimi, Gene Panczenko, Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg, Julie Anne Pieri, Berenice Pliskin, Lise Prown, Lee Ranaldo, Kevin Robinson, Marcos Rosales, Michelle Rosenberg, Daniel Rothbart, Elsie Sampson, Thomas Sandbichler, Carlos Sandoval de Leon, Jonathan Santos, Gae Savannah, Daniel Seiple, Dafna Shalom, Ah-Bin Shim, Jamie Shultz, Christian Siekmeier, Xaviera Simmons, Elena Sniezek, Tobias Sternberg, Mark Stockton, Jennifer Sullivan, Dannielle Tegeder, Cassandra Thornton, James Walsh, Dina Weiss, Letha Wilson, Pawel Wojtasik, Bryan Zanisnik, Katarina Zdjelar