Date: September 5 at 1pm
Location: Kaaterskill Fine Arts, Route 23A, Main Street, Hunter, NY
Hours: Friday through Monday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-6pm or by appointment.
Information: 518 263 2060
Email: gallery@catskillmtn.org

The latest in a series of informal discussions with artists about the nature of art called Art Talk, continues this Saturday with the appearance of Hudson Talbott at the gallery.

Hudson Talbott was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, the youngest of four children. From the time he could pick up a pencil, he has been interested in drawing and creative expression, and he considers himself extremely fortunate to have had family and teachers who encouraged his talents. After graduating from the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Hudson remained in Europe, first staying in Italy, and then living for two years in Amsterdam. He then worked in Hong Kong and traveled throughout Southeast Asia for a year before moving to New York, where he has lived and worked since 1974. In his ten years as a freelance illustrator, his work was commissioned by such clients as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bloomingdale's, and New York Magazine. Hudson's first book for young readers, called How to Show Grown-ups the Museum, was commissioned by New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1985. Since then he has written and illustrated more than fourteen books for the child in all of us.

Hudson's interest in other cultures and his genuine appreciation for all types of people have contributed enormously to the development of his work as both artist and story-teller. He has written and illustrated many books including River of Dream, United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds, Their Stories, Their Glories, Show Way (Newbery Honor Book), Leonardo's Horse, Safari Journal: The Adventures in Africa of Carey Monroe (Aspca Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards) and a series about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. He lives in New York City and Leeds, New York, in the Hudson Valley.

Please join us this Saturday, September 5 for this fascinating discussion with a local artist and writer. A book signing will follow.

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