Holland Tunnel Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary
with an opening weekend filled with special musical events.
Friday May 20th, 5:30pm-7:30pm - HAPPY HOUR PREVIEWMusical Performance by
Julie Schatz at 6-7pm. $10 suggested donation Julie Schatz Music
Julie will be performing a mix of jazz and classical styles mixed in with hip-hop.
Saturday May 21st, 1-6 pm_OPENING DAY ‘Holland Tunnel Celebrates 25 YearsGallery Opens at 1pm. Performance starts at 3:30 free and open to the public
Holland Tunnel Jazz Quartet featuring Heleen Schuttevaêr - piano & vocals
Ron Jackson - guitar,
Christopher Dean Sullivan - bass,
Aaron Latos - drums
Two sets of jazz, blues and ballads, latin beats and funky grooves
Heleen Schuttevaer Ron Jackson Christopher Dean Sullivan Aaron Latos
Sunday May 22nd, The Celebration Continues…1-5pm Pot-Luck and Grill, Performance start time 2pm
‘T
he Return of the Down and Dirty Lounge’, Lex Grey on Vocals &
Albert Garzon on piano.
Two sets of piano rags, standards and blues. Lex Grey Albert Garzon
‘Holland Tunnel Celebrates 25 Years’ honors the journey from the original backyard shed turned hip gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to the current space in Newburgh by presenting several of the original artists from 1997-78 including founder Paulien Lethen and her sister, jazz musician Heleen Schuttevaêr.
Holland Tunnel Gallery thrived in the original Williamsburg space and opened a second space in Paros, Greece with yearly Summer exhibits. When gentrification in Brooklyn became out of control, Paulien Lethen moved to Newburgh,as chronicled in the
documentary film Requiem for Williamsburg.
After Lethen’s move to Newburgh, she acquired a large 1880’s warehouse and converted it into a combined gallery and performance space, private studios and adjacent sculpture garden. Holland Tunnel Newburgh opened its doors in May of 2018 to a packed crowd. This exhibition celebrates that endeavor as Holland Tunnel Gallery continues to provide quality contemporary arts and entertainment for the Newburgh community and surrounding region.
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