September Soiree- Italiante Inspirations and Dutch Delights-

September Soiree- Italiante Inspirations and Dutch Delights-  The North Star Art Gallery Ithaca, NY-  Sunday, September 10th from noon to 7 and Saturday September 9 from noon to 5.  The Saturday event is part of the Greater Ithaca Art Trail.

The Sunday event will feature ZIngology playing in the backyard for the Soiree from 4 to 7. The band recorded a new CD of 12 track of gypsy swing music earlier this year.  Titled “On The Boulevard” is a Django tribute with great tunes for dancing. Get your copy for $10.

Special Guest- Kurt Lichtmann will sing a few Italian folk songs (at the band break at 6 pm) in his Mario il Basso persona- appropriate for the Italian theme.

New  small-scale paintings done en plein air and larger studio paintings of Italy and Amsterdam will be featured in the North Star Art Gallery this autumn.  Keeler has made the marvelous and ancient cityscapes of Rome, Florence, Venice and many charming hilltowns like Ravello and Montepulciano the subject of his art for over thirty years.  Along with the landscapes of Umbria and Tuscany this show will offer oils and pastels of the peninsula for your consideration- as a work of art for your home.  The art history of Amsterdam. along with the Dutch Golden age is part of this show too with new paintings of this city.

Please RSVP to Linda Graves- we’d like to plan ahead info@northstarartgallery.com

We will be featuring Italian wines and culinary treats to honor the occasion.  Be sure to view the wonderful exhibit of paintings on these themes in the gallery.

Monthly Second Saturdays on the Greater Ithaca Art Trail are a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County. To see other Art Trail studios that are open, visit www.ArtTrail.