Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents the opening of the 2025 Visual Arts Exhibition on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 4pm-6pm at 120 Broadway Tivoli, NY 12583. Tickets are free and open to the public, reservations encouraged. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit https://ci.ovationtix.com/36035/production/1236548.

For the opening of the 2025 Visual Arts Exhibition, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park invites the public to explore contemporary works by acclaimed, local Hudson Valley artists as well as two, newly installed bronze works by world renowned 20th-century sculptor, Gaston Lachaise. Floating Figure and Torso of Elevation are on loan from the Lachaise Foundation in New York City. The opening includes a reception with exhibition curator Hilary Greene and artists.

The contemporary line-up of artists features Neil Enggist’s poetic metal paintings, Daisuke Kiyomiya’s elegant stonework, Heidi Lanino’s graceful wood sculptures, Ian McMahon’s geometric wall relief, Portia Munson’s dynamic organic banner, Aurora Robson’s magical found-plastic works, Jennifer Zackin’s conceptual rope pieces, and unique and personal dance videos by Freeda Electra Handelsman.

Gaston Lachaise was called by ARTnews, “the greatest American sculptor of his time.” Floating Figure has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the Muse d’Art Moderne in Paris. Torso of Elevation has been shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Born in Paris and relocated to New York for most of his career, Lachaise played a critical role in the birth of American Modernism, pushing the boundaries of nude figuration with his innovative representations of the human body.

Kaatsbaan looks forward to presenting visitors with a compelling combination of visual art from the past and our present day. A performance by American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company follows the Opening at 7:00 pm.

About the Artists

Aurora Robson is known predominantly for her innovative, meditative work intercepting the plastic waste stream and has developed numerous techniques for sculpting with plastic debris. She is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, a TED/Lincoln Re-Imagine Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Grant.

Japanese, Brooklyn-based artist Daisuke Kiyomiya creates sculptures ranging from small to large scale, primarily using organic materials such as clay and stone. He has completed large-scale public sculptures in Japan and Switzerland, and notable projects include the New York Public Library, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Brooklyn Bridge, Trinity Church, Tiffany & Co., the Flick Collection, St. Paul Chapel, St. Thomas Church, Grace Church, Greenwood Cemetery, Players Club, and more.

Freeda Electra Handelsman grew up in a family of artists in Catskill, New York. She is currently based in New York, dancing at Tabula Rasa Dance Theater and freelancing, and most recently performing at NYFW’s PUMA show and in the Venice Biennale Danza Festival in Venice, Italy.

Heidi Lanino is a figurative abstract artist living and working in the Hudson Valley. Her art has been featured in Palm Beach Mod + Contemporary (2025); Art Miami (2024); Upstate Art Weekend (2023-2025); Lockwood Gallery (2023, 2024; Kingston, NY), curated by Alan Goolman’s the Core Club (2022; New York, NY), curated by Natasha Schlesinger and Christine Mack; the Flatiron Prow Space; and the A.I.R. Gallery, NY.

From massive temporal site works to explorative furniture, Ian McMahon’s work coaxes materials out of their everyday processes to extend the limits of what is possible. His pieces have been shown at venues including: Crane Arts, Philadelphia; The Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR; T & H Gallery, Boston; and Tang Contemporary, Beijing, China; among others.

For 24 years, Jennifer Zackin has integrated public art, sculpture, installation, performance, and community engagement into her creative practice, blending art and ritual into everyday life. Zackin’s work has been exhibited in museums nationally and internationally, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) for “TAPS” on Governors Island in NYC; Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY; and more.

Neil Enggist of Swiss and Taiwanese descent is known for his “nature action paintings,” collaborations with nature and polyphonic conversations between human spirit and the wild. His work has been shown in New York, Milan, Mumbai, Luzern, and Zurich, and he has produced several poetry volumes of spiritual experience while traveling.

Portia Munson is a visual artist working in a wide range of media, focusing primarily on environmental and cultural themes seen from a feminist perspective. Recent solo exhibitions include: The Pink Bedroom, Museum of Sex, NYC (2023); Bound Angel, PPOW, NYC (2022); Flood, Art Omi, Ghent, NY (2022) and Memento Mori, Pamela Salisbury, Hudson, NY (2022).

About Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

The mission of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is to provide an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence by providing artists at any stage of their careers with creative residencies at state-of-the-art facilities, and presenting audiences and communities with annual outdoor festivals, educational programs, and seasonal events. As both an incubator for creativity and presenter for world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, spoken and written word, and culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with state-of-the-art dance studios, accommodations, an indoor theater, and outdoor stages. Sited on 153 Hudson River-adjacent acres, Kaatsbaan is free of urban facilities’ space and time constraints, allowing for exciting levels of artistic exploration, creative action, and achievement—just two hours north of New York City.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is committed to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts as we aim to present, promote, and embrace programming that accurately reflects our society. We encourage a broadly diverse group of individuals to participate in our programs and join our Board and Staff, and insist on being inclusive of all peoples regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background, or physical or mental ability.

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