Art: Unison Arts Center

Saturday’s are our sacred days. As our weeks are filled with work, winter prep, and other important household things we leave Saturday open to adventures. On my way to purchase clay & supplies over the last few weeks I’ve noticed this red sign along the highway with the name: Unison Arts Center. It stuck in my mind and became part of our last Saturday journey.

After brunch at Hoot Owl in Pine Bush we set off to the Unison Arts Center and Sculpture Garden. Unison is described as a “5-acre park-like sculpture garden in a country setting laced with paths that weave their way through the woods, opening up to a large wildflower field sited with contemporary works.”

Their current exhibition is titled Composed to Decompose, which is their Annual Curated (Curated by members of the SUNY New Paltz sculpture program) Eco-Materialism Exhibit. As a person who really loves the Land Art movement it was quite exciting to stumble into this exhibition after several months of it being on view (opened July 2019). Some of the pieces made of wood, twine, and other natural fibers are already returning to the earth. On the Unison website, Co-curators Michael Asbill and Linda Weintraub explain “They demonstrate that it is through decomposition that fertility is replenished, ecosystems are revitalized, and life is renewed.” I’m very much looking forward to returning in a few months to see where each piece is in it’s decomposition.