21: A Life in Photographs
Benjamin Swett & Rachel Swett
September 3 - October 9, 2011

Rachel Swett was born into a family of photographers, and took pictures throughout her life producing a remarkable and highly individual body of work. Not until after her death did her father, Benjamin realize how seriously she had pursued the craft of photography. With the encouragement of CAS, Benjamin has brought together Rachel’s work and combined it with his own photographs of her and of the places she loved to try to construct a kind of visual biography (and autobiography) of a young woman who should still be with us.

Benjamin Swett (born 1959) is a New York-based photographer specializing in landscape and architecture, with a particular interest in combining photographs with text. His books include The Hudson Valley: A Cultural Guide (2009), Route 22 (2007), and Great Trees of New York City: A Guide (2000).

Rachel Barrett Swett (1989-2010) was a lifelong traveler and photographer who died after a skiing accident in Christchurch, New Zealand at the end of her Junior Year Abroad from Columbia College. From kindergarten through 12th grade Rachel attended the Brearley School in Manhattan, where she studied photography with Tish Webster. She loved children and had planned to focus on child psychology during her final year at Columbia.

THE CAS SULLIVAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ART SHOW
A new exhibition of work by Sullivan County High School Students
April 16 – May 8,

A new exhibition of work by Sullivan County High School Students at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. This exhibition, appearing throughout the gallery, will present the work of High School Students from seven of the eight county’s districts (Eldred, Fallsburg, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Monticello, Roscoe, and Tri-Valley) plus student work from SC BOCES.

CAS hosts an exhibition postcard contest each year. This year’s winner is Morgaine Flanigan from Eldred Central School.

The show presents three hundred artworks in ten media categories: Black & White Drawing, Color Drawing, Black & White Photography, Color Photography, Painting, Ceramics & Glass, Digital Art, Design, Mixed Media/Printmaking, and Sculpture. CAS puts together an outside jury panel of artists and experts – different each year - which will award a first and second place ribbon in each category. Blue ribbon winners received a complimentary CAS art class series and Red Ribbons winners receive a $50 gift certificate towards any CAS class. Students will also be invited to the Arts Center to select a Student Prize award in each category as well.

Some of the winning students receiving awards from CAS Executive Director Kathryn Tufano