{"id":63430,"date":"2015-08-26T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63430"},"modified":"2015-08-25T21:14:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T01:14:22","slug":"jay-pullman-art-exhibit-open-at-new-woostock-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63430","title":{"rendered":"Jay Pullman Art Exhibit Open at New Woostock Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jay-Pullman-Self-Portrait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-63431\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jay-Pullman-Self-Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Pullman Self Portrait\" width=\"350\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jay-Pullman-Self-Portrait.jpg 350w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jay-Pullman-Self-Portrait-134x150.jpg 134w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jay-Pullman-Self-Portrait-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Jay Pullman, \u201cSelf Portrait.&#8221; \u00a0An exhibit of Pullman\u2019s art will be at the New Woodstock Free Library through Sept. 25.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>(New Woodstock, NY &#8211; Aug. 2015)There will be an exhibit of paintings by self-taught artist Jay Pullman at the New Woodstock Free Library showing through Sept. 25.\u00a0 A reception for the artist will be held Friday, Aug. 28 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. \u00a0The exhibit will be open for viewing during all regular library hours.<\/p>\n<p>An English teacher by profession, Pullman began painting \u201cTo release the stress of teaching.\u201d\u00a0 Soon, he was selling his work through a gallery owner in Ithaca who praised his work and enthusiastically encouraged him, Pullman recalls.\u00a0 At first Pullman aspired to beanother Andrew Wyeth, but his work evolved over time through realism to works \u201cwith a psychological edge to them,\u201d which he refers to as \u201ccontemporary realism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pullman now paints less as a reaction to stress, more as a pursuit of something he loves to do, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever his motivation,\u201d said Library Exhibits Chairperson Nancy Edwards, \u201cJay is an accomplished artist whose work will be enjoyed by everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jay Pullman\u2019s website is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pullmanpaintings.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pullmanpaintings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHome\u201d is the family movie night feature at the library showing at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 21, with complimentary popcorn served.<\/p>\n<p>Students who have reading or summer projects to complete for school can ask library staff for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on these and other library events, programs and services, call 315-662-3134, or visit online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midyork.org\/newwoodstock\" target=\"_blank\">www.midyork.org\/newwoodstock<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Call for a schedule of children\u2019s programs and a 2015 library events calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The library is open Monday-Friday 1-5 pm, Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7-9 pm, and Saturdays from 10-1 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 The library is also open whenever the blue library flag is displayed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Pullman, \u201cSelf Portrait.&#8221; \u00a0An exhibit of Pullman\u2019s art will be at the New Woodstock Free Library through Sept. 25.\u00a0 (New Woodstock, NY &#8211; Aug. 2015)There will be an exhibit of paintings by self-taught artist Jay Pullman at the New Woodstock Free Library showing through Sept. 25.\u00a0 A reception for the artist will be held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}