CO to host art opening with artist George Quasha on Oct. 26

RHINEBECK — CO is pleased to announce an art exhibit opening. Guggenheim Fellow and local artist/poet/musician George Quasha will exhibit recent work in “Axial Dakini Drawing with paint” and perform them live at CO with musician John Beaulieu from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26.

An author of more than 20 books and an artist whose solo exhibitions include the Dorsky Museum of Art, Quasha is co-founder/publisher with artist Susan Quasha of Station Hill Press in Barrytown.

Axial Dakini Drawing Performance with Tuning Fork Harmonics

From a still center, George Quasha draws with two hands at once with three or four brushes and acrylic paint, and spontaneous movement emerges and moves as a creative impulse, through shoulder, arms, hands and finger; unpredictable, alive and seeking expression through form. Lines, like intertwined neurons, merge with harmonic sounds to be heard as a sacred conversation in synaptic space. For George Quasha’s Dakini manifestation drawing, John Beaulieu and friends will create a sonic environment using specially Pythagorean tuned Biosonic tuning forks designed to sound harmonics, based on Alexander Scriabin’s mystic chord, designed to inspire the opening of mystical passageways between heaven and earth.

Axial Band for viewing in Kiva Room

Dedicated to David Arner, whose sounds continue to dance in Axial silence.

Visit the Axial Kiva Room to see and listen to videos of Axial Band performances with David Arner, John Beaulieu, George Quasha and Charles Stein with special guest Silvia Nakkach.

Axial Music follows a principle of spontaneous interpersonal composition without the intention of honoring precedent or previous patterns, guided instead by radical following of actual sounds generated in an intentional field. When successful, the sound event has a life independent of the musicians and may generate an altered state of listening.

John Beaulieu is a composer, musician, psychologist and naturopathic physician exploring multiple mediums of creative expression as part of his exploration of consciousness for healing and greater spiritual understandings. He is the founder of Biosonic Enterprises, Ltd., dedicated to tuning the world. His work ranges from the development of tuning forks as musical instruments tuned to precise mathematical formulas to intuitive divination sonic systems.

“We are so excited to have George Quasha and John Beaulieu at CO. Their performances promise to be an amazing experience, and we hope you will join us on Oct. 26,” said CO Co-owner Dugan Radwin.

The show will be up through December 13 at CO. The public is welcome to come view it during business hours.

About CO

CO, located at 6571 Spring Brook Ave. (Route 9) across from the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, opened in 2018 after a two-year re-design and renovation led by local architect Frank Mazzarella. Since its inception, CO has co-hosted numerous innovation sessions and community-related events, ranging from professional meetings, workshops and training, to parties, mixers and nonprofit galas. Local businesses and organizations that have utilized the space include Corcoran Real Estate, Data Stories, Hudson Community Incubator, Hudson Valley Women in Business, Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce, Rhinebeck Rotary Club, Stockade Works and Winnakee Land Trust. It has served as a meeting space for student groups such as Rhinebeck Interact Club and the 4H Club as well as a space for local artists to share their work, including Tom Cale, Dan Goldman Helena Palazzi, Kelli Bickman, Ryan Cronin, Shea Lord and Janine Gentile.