Each spring for eleven years now, the walls of the Steinberg Reading Room at New Paltz’s Elting Memorial Library have played host to a gorgeous assortment of works by local artists, and each year, participation has kept on growing. It won’t be long before the place begins to run out of room: a sign of success for certain.

The popular annual event is sponsored by the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) of the Village of New Paltz, with the intent of heightening public awareness of the visual delights that the community’s architecture and natural environment have to offer. The guidelines for the art show call for “pieces depicting local and area historic landmarks, architectural details and landscapes, as well as impressions of life within a historic context and preservation’s role in pr

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