Events
August 2019 ~ Filmmakers-in-Residence Showcase with Leah Galant & Maya Cueva
On August 10th we were delighted to present our second Community Reception featuring a screening of award-winning short films and a work-in-progress presentation by our resident artist filmmakers at the Silver Sun Residence. Both Leah and Maya have been Sundance Ignite Fellows at the Sundance Film Institute and Creative Culture Fellows at the Jacob Burns Film Center, and their work has been shown at numerous international film festivals. Our Woodstock community joined a group of current Creative Culture Fellows to mingle and meet the artists and learn more about their films.
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- Filmmaker Maya Cueva presents Solamente La Luna
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- Filmmaker Leah Galant & Creative Culture Director Sean Weiner
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- Filmmakers’ Reception
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- Editing their new documentary feature at Silver Sun Residence
July 2019 ~ Silver Sun Residence Works in Progress Event supporting Secret City Artists
Artist Bobby Lucy talks about his landscape paintings, and Award winning Los Angeles playwright Laural Meade and Cellist and Singer/Songwriter Leah Coloff share work they have been developing at the Silver Sun Foundation Residence this month.
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- Reception at Silver Sun Residence
Secret City at Silver Sun Residence ~ July 2019
The grand finale of this year's Secret City Summer Arts Revival weekend was a smash. Hundreds of local and Hudson Valley friends of Secret City gathered under the big top tent at Andy Lee field for the signature art celebration. This artistic tent revival included The Secret City live band, The Secret City Singers, dancing, guest artists, storytelling, contemplation, revelry and more. It was a high-octane, roof raising, ecstatic art experience.
Secret City Tent Revival in Woodstock, New York!
The Silver Sun Foundation is ecstatic to support the Artists, Musicians,Storytellers, Dancers and more who come together to celebrate community and the arts at the annual Secret City events.
Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley Benefit at the Silver Sun Residence
This year, Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley reached the milestone of providing care in our community for 85 years. Come celebrate this momentous occasion with us and help ensure another 85 years of reproductive healthcare. Presented on June 30th at the Silver Sun Residence in Woodstock .... with performances by Amanda Palmer, The Shovel Ready String Band plus dancing to Freek's Garage
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- Artist Mary Frank displays her message
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- F*cking Amanda Palmer
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- The Shovel Ready String Band
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- Benefit tent at Silver Sun Foundation Residence
Silver Sun Foundation Benefit for Close-Up Filmmakers Collective
CLOSE-UP encourages and supports documentary filmmakers from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with diverse ethnic, religious, cultural or political backgrounds from Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Join us to meet our creative and courageous artists from Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan, and watch exerpts of their thought provoking documentaries. Plus a sneak preview of the 2019 Sundance Special Jury Award Winning Documentary Midnight Traveller.
Secret City Gershwin Cabaret Benefit at Silver Sun Foundation
An evening of singing, cocktails, delicious food, mingling and more in an historic and extraordinary New York setting: Ira Gershwin’s former penthouse. The evening consists of a dazzling line-up of musical performers from Broadway, cabaret, opera and downtown scene, each performing a Gershwin song. The evening is emcee’d by our own Chris Wells.
Featured Performers
Leah Coloff (Oklahoma, This Tree) Julian Fleisher (February House, Coraline, Julian Fleisher’s Rather Big Band) Chantelle Grant (Rheingold, Die Walkurie) Daniel Jenkins (Big River, Billy Elliot) Virginia Marcs (Astoria Music Collective) Mardie Millit (Into the Woods, Hey, Look, It’s Michael and Mardie) John Andrew Morrison (The Strange Loop, The Experimentals) Olivia Oguma (Les Mis, Mamma Mia) Michael Winther (Mamma Mia, Songs from an Unmade Bed) HOST: Chris Wells, founding Artistic Director, The Secret City, Michael Garin, pianist
WFUV 90.7fm Public Radio Highline Bash 2019
Silver Sun Foundation is delighted to sponsor WFUV's fourth annual fundraising gala at Chelsea's Milk Studios for a jubilant celebration supporting New York's most inventive radio station. Featuring intimate sets by beloved artists with a delectable feast. The knockout lineup of musicians included Citizen Cope, Richard Thompson, Jill Sobule, Caroline Rose, the Binky Griptite Orchestra, and Joe McGinty's Superstar Piano Bar.
