HIstorical Society of Woodstock

Making Her Mark:50 Women Artists Of The Historic Woodstock Art Colony
2025-07-12 - 2025-09-07
Saturdays & Sundays, July 12 through September 7, 1–5 p.m.

Admission: Free

Curated by Bruce Weber, historian of American art and board member of the Historical Society, Making Her Mark celebrates the work of 50 women artists who were active in the historic Woodstock art colony. The paintings, drawings and prints are drawn from the permanent collection of the Historical Society of Woodstock. The display ranges from women who arrived during the first decades of the 20th century as students at the Art Student League’s Woodstock School of Landscape Painting to those who came in the wake of the end of the Second World War through the 1970s. In style the pictures range from the Tonalist aesthetic promulgated by the League’s first school here from 1906 to 1922, to the diverse landscape, figurative and abstract styles that evolved around the time of the League’s return in 1947 through their departure in 1979, and into the 1980s.
Exhibition curator Bruce Weber authored the exhibition catalogue which features a brief essay on the subject and biographies of all the artists. He will be giving gallery talks on the exhibition at 2 p.m. on Sunday July 20th and Saturday August 30th. On Saturday August 9th at 2 p.m. the panel discussion “Women Speaking About Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony,” will also take place at the Historical Society. The moderator for the panel is Deborah Heppner. Panelists include Jenne Currie (daughter of Ethel Magafan), Melinda Rohland Meister (great niece of Caroline Speare Rohland), Karen King (great granddaughter through marriage of Florence Ballin Cramer), and Paula Nelson (artist and friend of Mara Angeloch, Nancy Summers and others).

Doris Lee, “Untiltled”

Georgina Klitgaard, “Village Church”

Marion Greenwood, “Black Man”

The group of women artists represented in this exhibition who arrived in the first two decades of the twentieth century include Josephine Barnard, Marion Bullard, Florence Ballin Cramer, Dorothy Greenwood Ives, Ilonka Karasz, Julia Leaycraft, Hester Miller Murray, Pamela Hart Vinton Brown Ravenal, Caroline Speare Rohland, Zulma Steele, Eva Watson-Schutze, and Elizabeth Bush Woiceske. In the 1920s and 1930s the arrivals include Peggy Bacon, Agnes Baskin Bierhals, Lucille Blanch, Reeves Brace, Jo Cantine, Gwen Davies, Mary Earley, Aline Fruhauf, Eugenie Gershoy, Grace Greenwood, Marion Greenwood, Rosella Hartman, Wilna Hervey, Florence Tuttle Hubbard, Jane Jones, Georgina Klitgaard, Doris Lee, Martha Levy, Nan Mason, Eugenie McEvoy, Mary Dufresne Smith, Dorothy Varian, Margaret Chapin Wetterau, and Madeline Schiff Wiltz. Arrivals in the period from the 1940s through the 1970s include Mara Angeloch, Louise Brokenshaw, Helen Gerardia, Carolyn Haberlin, Agnes Hart, Eleanor Lockspeiser, Ethel Magafan, Sally Michel, Norma Morgan, Barbara Neustadt, Altha Spalding Odell, Nancy Summers, Jean Wrolsen, and the recently deceased Beryl Goss. A flock of New York City public school teachers spent summers in Woodstock, including Florence Tuttle Hubbard who arrived in the early 1920s. Following World War II, Odell taught art at high schools in Saugerties and Kingston.

“It Was Fifty Years Ago Today” 1970's Woodstock Through the Lens
2025-09-20 13:00 - 2025-11-02 17:00 (America/New_York)
Opening In September
“It Was Fifty Years Ago Today”– 1970’s Woodstock Through the Lens –
A Photographic Essayby Karyn (Provenzano) Bevet
HSW is pleased to announce, beginning in September, a new exhibit looking back at Woodstock as it moved through the post-festival years.
The exhibit, “It Was Fifty Years Ago Today,” will kick-off with an opening reception on
Friday September 19th from 6:30 – 8:30.

Photographer and HSW Board member Karyn (Provenzano) Bevet arrived in Woodstock in 1969. This exhibition of her photographs chronicles her experiences – and the people she met along the way – during Woodstock’s rock and rolling decade of change.

End of Season Yard Sale Fundraiser
2025-09-26 09:00 - 2025-09-27 15:00
Dates: Friday, September 26 & Saturday, September 27
Times: 9 AM to 3 PM
Location: Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Dr., Woodstock NY 12498
Admission: Free

The Historical Society of Woodstock is pleased to announce its end of season yard sale, a fundraiser for the HSW. Community members have generously gone into attics, barns, and cellars and have donated wonderful items to the sale. Vi
ntage items, jewelry, furniture, artwork, household, and more are featured. All proceeds benefit the Historical Society of Woodstock.
The sale will take place at the Historical Society of Woodstock’s Eames House, located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock, on Friday and Saturday September 26 and 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Admission is free.
The event will also include a bake sale, an assortment of tasty baked goods from Woodstock’s best kitchens.

Wine Tasting Fundraiser for Research and Archives Building
2025-10-04 16:00 - 19:00 | Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
(Tickets at the door still available)
Come Celebrate with Us
Historical Society of Woodstock
Wine Tasting Fundraiser
20 Comeau Drive
Woodstock NY

Music by Abby Newton and Selma Kaplan
Featuring wine specialist Nathaniel Livings-Miller

Advance tickets $65.00 each (see booking below)
Advance tickets also available on weekends 1-5 PM at Historical Society museum
$75.00 at the door
20 Comeau Drive Woodstock NY
For further info email info@historicalsocietyofwoodstock.org

Exhibit Talk and Discussion for: It Was Fifty Years Ago Today
2025-10-12 15:00 - 16:00
1970’s Woodstock Through the Lens – Sunday October 12

This coming Sunday – October 12 – join Karyn Bevet, curator of HSW’s Fall exhibit, It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – 1970’s Woodstock Through the Lens, in a discussion about the exhibit and Woodstock’s rock and rolling decade of change.
Karyn will be joined in discussion by Town Historian, Richard Heppner. Bring your memories to share.
The talk will begin at 3:00 p.m. and admission is free.
The Historical Society is located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock.

(Note: Due to limited parking, if able, please park in the Lower Comeau parking lot and take the path at the end of the lot to the Historical Society. Accessible parking is available at the museum.)

Tribute to Happy Traum
2025-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Colony, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY, 12409, United States
Come pay tribute to Happy Traum and show support to the Woodstock Historical Society on Thursday, Oct 30th!

at Colony
22 Rock City RoadWoodstock, NY 12498
Tickets $20.00 in Advance$25.00 at the Door(Plus Service Fee)

BUY TICKET

This great evening of music will feature:
John Sebastian
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
Cindy Cashdollar
Scott Petito
Leslie Ritter
Ed Sanders (The Fugs)
Michael Veitch
Brian Hollander
Eugene Ruffolo
Tony Trischka
Marc Black
and Adam Traum on guitar

This Tribute to Happy Traum will also be a benefit to help outfit the important new Archive building at the Woodstock Historical Society, which will help preserve the valuable historical records and relics (on such themes as the History of Music and Music Performance in Woodstock)

Head Back to a Different Time - Debut of Video "Vanishing Village"
2025-11-01 15:00 - 17:00
The Historical Society of Woodstock is pleased to present the debut of the short video Vanishing Village, narrated by Lewis Arlt and co-produced by Janine Fallon Mower and Richard Heppner.
Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 3 p.m., at the Historical Society’s Eames Museum at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock, N.Y.
The suggested donation for the event is $20.00 per person (which will include a copy of Will Rose’s book The Vanishing Village).

(Note: Due to limited parking, if able, please park in the Lower Comeau parking lot and take the path at the end of the lot to the Historical Society. Accessible parking is available at the museum.)

Holiday Market Fair - Dec 5-7
2025-12-05 - 2025-12-07
Sleighing, Jean White watercolor from the book, Sarah of Overlook Mountain

The Historical Society of Woodstock, located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock, is pleased to announce its annual Holiday Market Fair.
Beginning Friday December 5, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m., the fair continues…
Saturdays and Sundays, December 6, 7, 13, and 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day.
Shop local crafts, holiday cards, local books, original artwork, delectable treats, handknit items and more.

Our Historical Society Bakers are busy at work preparing for our ever-popular cookie tins. This year, on Saturday December 6, we will be selling “lunch to go” – homemade soup and bread. As always, our wonderful hot cider will be available each day for all our shoppers and holiday greens and holly will be waiting on the front porch… free to all visitors.

Lunch to Go
2025-12-06 10:00 - 16:00
Sleighing, Jean White watercolor from the book, Sarah of Overlook Mountain

This year, on Saturday December 6, we will be selling “lunch to go” – homemade soup and bread.
As always, our wonderful hot cider will be available each day for all our shoppers and holiday greens and holly will be waiting on the front porch… free to all visitors.

Holiday Market Fair - Dec 13 & 14
2025-12-13 - 2025-12-14
Sleighing, Jean White watercolor from the book, Sarah of Overlook Mountain

The Historical Society of Woodstock, located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock, is pleased to announce its annual Holiday Market Fair.
December 13 and 1410:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day.
Shop local crafts, holiday cards, local books, original artwork, delectable treats, handknit items and more.

As always, our wonderful hot cider will be available each day for all our shoppers and holiday greens and holly will be waiting on the front porch… free to all visitors.

"Nothing of Insignificance" Concludes our Season
2025-12-20 15:00 - 17:00
The Historical Society of Woodstock Presents:
A Talk with Brian Hollander
When: Saturday December 20 at 3:00 p.m.
Where: Historical Society of Woodstock

On Saturday December 20 at 3:00 p.m., the Historical Society of Woodstock will wrap up the year with a special discussion between author Brian Hollander and town historian Richard Heppner focusing on Hollander’s new book, Nothing of Insignificance: Adventures in Journalism, as well as their shared reflections on Woodstock, past and present.

Brian Hollander has been at the center of local life for several years, serving as Woodstock Times editor for 19 years, as a founding DJ at WDST and Woodstock town supervisor for two terms. Countless audiences have also come to know Brian through his music, having played in local bands since he arrived in the early 1970s. Throughout the years he has gathered, and now has published, the unexpected stories that give our community its character.
The Historical Society invites you to join in on what promises to a free-wheeling discussion between the two authors on Woodstock, writing, local history, the state of journalism and whatever else comes to mind.
Admission to this event is free and Brian’s book will be available at the talk for signing. The Historical Society of Woodstock is located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock. Additional parking is available in the lower Comeau parking lot – just take the path at the rear of the lot up to the Society.
