HIstorical Society of Woodstock

Exhibition Walk-Through With Curator Joann Margolis
2024-10-05 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
The Historical Society of Woodstock will present a walk-through of the current exhibition, Woodstock Village: The Evolution, with curator JoAnn Margolis on October 5th at 4:00 pm. The talk will be held at the Historical Society’s Eames House Museum at 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock NY. Admission is free.
An overview of the exhibit, how it came to be, and what it represents will be discussed, along with how the business district in Woodstock has evolved overtime. Many buildings remain relatively unchanged, others are gone, and some transformed. Woodstock has changed and evolved dramatically over time, but the business district has been the center of commercial, social and cultural life in the village for over 200 years. If buildings could talk, what tales would they tell?

JoAnn Margolis holds a Master’s in Library Science from the State University of New York at Albany and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Wilkes University. She has done postgraduate work at Temple and Columbia Universities and has attended many archive workshops. She retired as a School Library Media Specialist at Woodstock Elementary School and previously was a teacher and librarian at the Bennett School in Boiceville. In between her two stints with the Onteora School District, she was a jeweler and co-owner of “The Jewelry Store” in Woodstock.
Her strong commitment to the Woodstock community includes serving on the executive boards of the Woodstock Public Library, the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and Arts, the Woodstock PTA, the Historical Society of Woodstock, as well as organizing many town-wide events. She received the 2024 Alf Evers Award for her many years of volunteer service in the Town of Woodstock. JoAnn was the HSW archivist for over 20 years and a long-time board member until 2021. JoAnn curated several HSW exhibits and coordinated local history projects with students in area schools.

Book Signing and Talk: Woodstock – From World War to Culture Wars
2024-10-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
Book Signing and Talk for New Book:
Woodstock – From World War to Culture Wars,
by Richard Heppner
On Sunday October 13, at 3:00 p.m., the Historical Society of Woodstock will host a book signing and talk by Woodstock Town Historian, Richard Heppner for his new book, Woodstock – From World War to Culture Wars. Published by SUNY Press, Woodstock – From World War to Culture Wars explores the uncommon history of a small town in the shadow of Overlook Mountain as it moved through major changes during the twentieth century.
Few towns in America are as famous as Woodstock, New York—although Woodstock may be most famous for an event that happened many miles away! Long before the 1969 Woodstock festival put the town on the map, it had been a center for artists and free thinkers who found refuge in its rural setting. Longtime citizens were often shocked by the arrival of these newcomers who brought new values and attitudes to their once-isolated village. From the transformative arrival of artists in the early twentieth century to the influx of musicians and young people in the 1960s, Woodstockers worked and struggled to balance everyday life in a small, rural community with the attention and notoriety the outside world brought to it. Presented chronologically, this text examines the nature of change within Woodstock’s uncommon story as it emerges from the Great Depression, confronts the realty of World War II, moves through the 1950s and into an unimagined and unintended future with the arrival of the Sixties through today. At its core, this is a story of how Woodstock’s cultural and political institutions, its citizens, and its physical landscape met the ever-changing challenges of changing times. It is a story of community, resilience, conflict, and transition into a world its early settlers could not have imagined.

Richard Heppner is Emeritus Professor of Communications and the former Vice President of Academic Affairs at Orange County Community College, State University of New York, and has served as the Woodstock Town Historian since 2001. He is the author of Woodstock’s Infamous Murder Trial: Early Racial Injustice in Upstate New York and coauthor (with Janine Fallon-Mower) of Legendary Locals of Woodstock.

HSW Holiday Market Fair - Dec 6-8
2024-12-06 - 2024-12-08 | Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
The Historical Society of Woodstock, located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock, is pleased to announce its annual Holiday Market Fair.
Beginning Friday December 6, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m., and continuing Saturdays and Sundays, December 7, 8, 14, and 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 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 we are also bringing back our Woodstock cookbook, The Cookie Collection. This updated edition is dedicated in memory of longtime Society Board members, Kathy Anderson and Jean White. As always, delicious, spiced cider, treats and fresh holly and greens are our holiday gifts to all shoppers.

HSW’s Holiday Market Fair - Final Weekend
2024-12-14 - 2024-12-15 | Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
Shop local crafts and jewelry, holiday cards, local history books, original artwork, Sixties memorabilia, delectable treats, handknit items and more.
Special This Weekend:

This year we have brought back our Woodstock cookbook, The Cookie Collection. Now on sale, this updated edition is dedicated in memory of longtime Society Board members, Kathy Anderson and Jean White.

Book Signing, Saturday from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. Woodstock – From World War to Culture Wars, with Woodstock town historian, Richard Heppner.

Silent Art Auction – Two works of art by award winning artists, Calvin Grimm and Eileen Power. Open for bidding both Saturday and Sunday.

As always, delicious spiced cider, treats and fresh holly and greens are our holiday gifts to all shoppers

We wish everyone the best of holidays and thank you for your support of the Historical Society of Woodstock.

Book Signing And Talk by Joanne B. Mulcahy
2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
Marion Greenwood:
Portrait And Self-Portrait—A Biography
by Joanne B. Mulcahy

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2 pm
Admission: Free
(Note that parking is limited at the Historical Society; please park in the lower Comeau parking lot)
The Historical Society of Woodstock will host a talk, photo presentation, and book signing by author Joanne B. Mulcahy for her newly-published book Marion Greenwood: Portrait and Self-Portrait—A Biography on Saturday, May 3 at 2:00 pm at the Historical Society’s Eames House Museum at 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock NY. Admission is free.
Based on a decade of research, Mulcahy’s book explores the life of this Brooklyn-born artist celebrated in the mid-twentieth century for her murals, easel portraits, and lithographs. Greenwood thrived at the Art Students League in New York City, in the studio of German modernist Winold Reiss at Yaddo, and at other storied institutions. From the age of fourteen, she spent part of every year in Woodstock, splitting the time with her studio in New York City. The Maverick Festival and Woodstock’s art scene were central to her development.

In 1933, Greenwood catapulted to international fame as the first woman to paint a public mural in Mexico. Diego Rivera celebrated the then 24-year-old artist as one of “the world’s greatest living women mural painters.” She traveled the globe to create award-winning portraits of people from diverse backgrounds, crossing racial, cultural, and class lines. An early feminist, Greenwood was one of only two women war artist-correspondents during World War II and advocated for the inclusion of other women.
After social realism and portraiture fell from favor, Greenwood doggedly stuck with what she called “the human thing” in art. Her freewheeling romantic life and independent spirit defied expectations for women, and she dismissed sexist critics who mixed acclaim for her work with commentary on her stunning beauty. In following Greenwood’s maverick path and artistic achievements, Mulcahy argues for her place in the pantheon of history’s remarkable women artists.

Joanne B. Mulcahy is the author of Remedios: The Healing Life of Eva Castellanoz and Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island: The Life of an Alutiiq Healer and coauthor of Writing Abroad: A Guide for Travelers. Her award-winning essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. For over thirty years, she taught creative nonfiction at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She’s also taught in prisons, libraries, and other community settings in the US and overseas. She lives with her husband in Portland, Oregon and Pátzcuaro, Mexico.

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.

HSofW Cleans Out It's Attic
2025-07-18 09:00 - 15:00
The Historical Society of Woodstock is pleased to announce its annual 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. Household items, tools, jewelry, toys, artwork, vintage treasures, 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 July 18 and 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Admission is free.
On Saturday July 19th, the event will also include a Yummy Bake Sale, an assortment of treats from Woodstock’s best kitchens.

Panel Discussion On Making Her Mark
2025-08-09 14:00 - 2025-08-24 16:00
Panel Discussion onMaking Her MarK:
50 Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony
The Historical Society of Woodstock presents a panel discussion on our current exhibition, Making Her Mark: 50 Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony, on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock, N.Y. The panel, moderated by Deborah Heppner of the Board of Directors of the Historical Society, will feature Karen King, Melinda Rohland Meister, Jenne Currie, and Paula Nelson, all of whom have deep connections to artists represented in the exhibition. Admission is free.

Karen King, a long-time visitor and current resident of Woodstock, first visited the area in 1980 with her husband Jason King. Jason is the great-grandson of Florence Ballin Cramer and Konrad Cramer. They live in the farmhouse that they purchased in 1923. Florence and Konrad left behind a wealth of information about their lives, so it’s been interesting wading through all this information. Some of her interests include genealogy, house history research and learning about Woodstock’s history. Prior to moving to Woodstock, she enjoyed a career as a counselor and academic advisor at a community college in Maryland.

Melinda Rohland Meister holds two degrees in English literature, a University of Maryland BA and a University of Chicago, MA. She is author of two monographs and catalogue raisonnés on Woodstock artists Paul Rohland and Caroline Speare Rohland: Paul Herman Rohland, Woodstock Artist, and Caroline Speare Rohland, A Bohemian Bostonian 1885–1964. She is a grandniece of the artists. Prior to her research on the Rohlands, other than art reference entries, little was known about them. Encouraged by Bruce Weber and author Avis Berman, she pieced together family stories, auction records, images, exhibition records, letters, and newspaper articles, creating detailed narratives for these 20th century Modernists. She has made the monographs available to all institutions and museums interested in or housing their works. After six years in New York, Meister and her family spent ten years in Latin America. On her return to New Jersey in 1981, she began non-profit work in the arts and historic preservation. She is presently serving on boards for the National Society of Colonial Dames of America.

Jenne Currie is the daughter of longtime Woodstock artists Bruce Currie and Ethel Magafan and an artist in her own right. After living a bohemian lifestyle in New York City for 35 years, she settled back in Woodstock in 2011. In 2023, Jenne was invited to have a two person exhibition in Venice, Italy at the Castello 925 Gallery. She has exhibited widely in prestigious New York City venues such as Salander O’Reilly Gallery, Seligmann Galleries, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as institutions such as the Schenectady Museum, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Columbus Museum in Ohio, Silvermine Guild in New Canaan, Connecticut and Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Jenne is a multidisciplinary artist who works with welded steel, wooden wall constructions, mixed media, collage and painting. She is currently an instructor at the Woodstock School of Art.

Paula Nelson is an artist who has lived in Woodstock since 1966, having studied with Robert Angeloch at the Art Students League Summer School. She eventually became the League’s Registrar and subsequently worked with Angeloch and others to form the Woodstock School of Art. Nelson held key positions at the WSA – serving as its first Vice-president and Registrar, and later Executive Director and President. Nelson has been an Active Member of the Woodstock Artists Association since 1968, and for six years the resident director of WAA’s Jane Burr House. Throughout her years of involvement with Woodstock’s art community, Nelson continued her own studio work in oil, watercolor, etching, lithography and block printing. She received various honors including the Yasuo Kuniyoshi Award and the Sally Jacobs/Phoebe Towbin Award, and has juried and curated exhibitions throughout her career.

The Historical Society of Woodstock was founded in 1929 by a group of artists, writers, academics, and local citizens. In addition to the exhibition space, which is located at the historic Eames House on Comeau Drive in the center of Woodstock, the Historical Society has an extensive archive consisting of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, books, manuscripts, correspondence, documents, film/sound recordings, and antique tools. The archive serves as a resource for a wide range of exhibitions, public programming, and research.

Curator's Talk
2025-08-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
Exhibition curator Bruce Weber will host a second gallery talk on Saturday August 30th at 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Weber also authored the exhibition catalogue featuring a brief essay on the subjects and biographies of all the artists.
The catalogue is on sale in HSW’s giftshop.

“It Was Fifty Years Ago Today” 1970's Woodstock Through the Lens
2025-09-20 13:00 - 2025-11-02 17:00
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.

Making Her Mark: Fifty Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony, now on display at the Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College.
2026-02-01 - 2026-04-11 | Schmucker Art Gallery, 300 N Washington St, Gettysburg, PA, 17325, United States
The Historical Society of Woodstock’s 2025 exhibit, Making Her Mark: Fifty Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony, now on display at theSchmucker Art Galleryat Gettysburg College.

The Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition, Making Her Mark: Fifty Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony, curated by independent scholar Dr. Bruce Weber. On loan from the Historical Society of Woodstock, the exhibition 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, with subjects ranging from portraiture, landscapes, and still lifes to abstraction. The exhibition explores the American art colony movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as an alternative space for women who desired a life outside of the mainstream.

The exhibit will run at the Schmucker Art Gallery until April 11, 2026.

Come Thrift With Us - April 17&18
2026-04-17 - 2026-04-19
Historical Society of Woodstock presentsAnnual Yard Sale
Dates: Friday, April 17 & Saturday, April 19
Times: 9 AM to 3 PM
Location: Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Dr., Woodstock NY 12498
Admission: Free
Come Thrift with us!!!!
The Historical Society of Woodstock, located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock, will be having its annual yard sale fundraiser on Friday April 17 and Sunday April 19 from 9 AM to 3 PM each day. This year many of the sale items generously come from the estates of several long time Woodstockers. Items for sale include many lovely household items, tools, select clothing, small furniture, artwork, and more! Free coffee and tea to all shoppers and a delectable Historical Society bake sale. Rain or Shine!

The Historical Society of Woodstock was founded in 1929 by a group of artists, writers, academics, and local citizens. In addition to the exhibition space, which is located at the historic Eames House on Comeau Drive in the center of Woodstock, the Historical Society has an extensive archive consisting of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, books, manuscripts, correspondence, documents, film/sound recordings, and antique tools. The archive serves as a resource for a wide range of exhibitions, public programming, and research.

An Interview With Geddy Sveikauskas
2026-05-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Sussman-Blythe Community Room, Woodstock Public Library, 10 Dixon Ave, Woodstock, NY, 12498, United States
On Sunday, May 10 at 3:00 p.m. in the Sussman-Blythe Community Room at the Woodstock Public Library, 10 Dixon Ave., Woodstock, the Historical Society of Woodstock will present pioneering local journalist and newspaper editor Geddy Sveikauskas interviewed by town historian Richard Heppner.
Geddy Sveikauskas founded the Woodstock Times as a bi-weekly in 1972. Shortly after that it became a weekly and was quickly picked up in a community that was experiencing and embracing change. Through the decades the paper has employed excellent writers and editors, and its brand of journalism became an important part of the glue that held this diverse community together. When the Covid pandemic came about in 2020 and the community needed its newspaper, Geddy consolidated what had become four separate weeklies and created Hudson Valley One to cover a wider region and to keep local journalism relevant.

Journalist and writer Brian Hollander, who was editor of the Woodstock Times for 19 years, reminisces about Geddy, who just celebrated his 87th birthday: “His last name is Sveikauskas, but for most people he’s simply Geddy, who has performed every task that is necessary in putting out a weekly newspaper—that is, writing stories and editorials, directing layouts, doing a publisher’s daily job…you get the idea. But it’s getting more complex…” he says. “I’m blessed with having a daughter who knows internet and AI.” His assistant publisher/daughter, Genia Wickwire keeps the administration on an even keel.”
Hollander also recalls that “for 19 years, my desk about 15 feet from Geddy’s, so I know what it takes to meet deadlines every week. Geddy and I never had a rift over anything newsworthy. In fact, when I was first hired, back in 2001, Geddy told me something that won me over completely. His only instruction was stated, simply, “make it the best paper you can…” I like to believe that I carried the flame.”

The Historical Society invites you to join in on what promises to be a lively discussion about Woodstock, journalism, and local history.
The Historical Society of Woodstock was founded in 1929 by a group of artists, writers, academics, and local citizens. In addition to the exhibition space, which is located at the historic Eames House on Comeau Drive in the center of Woodstock, the Historical Society has an extensive archive consisting of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, books, manuscripts, correspondence, documents, film/sound recordings, and antique tools. The archive serves as a resource for a wide range of exhibitions, public programming, and research.

"Signs of the Times" - A New Exhibit
2026-05-23
Signs of the Times
Dates: Saturdays & SundaysMay 23 through June 28, 1–5 p.m.
Opening reception SaturdayMay 23, 3–5 p.m.
Location: Historical Society of Woodstock
20 Comeau Dr., Woodstock NY 12498
Admission: Free
Featuring signage, posters and selected memorabilia from Woodstock’s collective past, the exhibit, through the use of signage, reflects on various chapters in Woodstock’s story. As artifacts of an earlier time, signage can offer a record of a town’s evolution over the years. They reflect how we once lived, the changing services indicative of a certain period, and the varied cultural and social changes we encountered over time. Even their colors, lettering and design can offer insight into a specific era.
Many of the signs in this exhibit, for example, present the types of businesses that once dotted Woodstock’s streets. The changing signs and their styles on display can also point to the decline of one era and the rise of something new. Some signs also remain iconic in Woodstock lore—such as the S.S. Seahorse or Joyous Lake signs—reminding us of where we once gathered and the collective experiences we once shared.
Signs, such as protest signs, posted notices on telephone poles, or even campaign buttons, also mark the changing political environment within a town. They too can reflect changes in a town’s direction, issues of importance at a certain time, and even our community values.
While we may not think of the historical significance of signs in our times, they offer a visual record not only of our lives but the lives of those who have come before. In many respects, they serve as a time capsule tracing where we have been and where we might be heading.

(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.)
The Historical Society of Woodstock was founded in 1929 by a group of artists, writers, academics, and local citizens. In addition to the exhibition space, which is located at the historic Eames House on Comeau Drive in the center of Woodstock, the Historical Society has an extensive archive consisting of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, books, manuscripts, correspondence, documents, film/sound recordings, and antique tools. The archive serves as a resource for a wide range of exhibitions, public programming, and research.
