ABOUT THE BARRYVILLE AREA ARTS ASSOCIATION

The Barryville Area Arts Association (BAAA, established 2006) is a diverse group of over 100 dedicated creative artists and arts advocates who have joined together for the purpose of promoting and supporting an already strong and growing arts community.

Our designated region crosses both sides of the scenic Delaware River: Barryville, Eldred, Glen Spey, Highland Lake, Minisink Ford, Pond Eddy, and Yulan in New York State; Greeley, Lackawaxen, and Shohola in Pennsylvania.

We enjoy sharing our ideas about art, and are passionate about bringing this art into the unique towns where we live. We believe strongly in the power and democracy of art, and allowing its impact to be felt by all.

Our members are an eclectic mix of painters and potters; designers and sculptors; writers and musicians; performers and photographers; filmmakers and quilters; and impossible-to-describe. We are natives and transplants; full-timers and part timers; city hardened and country reprieved; long-time professionals and emerging creators.

We all love and are committed to what we create, and enjoy exchanging ideas and information about our creative work, our communities, our interests, and our world.

We long to share our work and creative process with others. Our homes and studios are an irresistible treat: an array of fantastic gardens, views, historic renovations, fantasy, and secret worlds, all conveniently congregated within a 15 mile radius of one another. Every overgrown path, creaking stairwell, vine-covered shed, crumbling rock wall, sun-kissed porch and wildflower patch leads to more….and more….art. It appears in the most unsuspecting places.

Let us put you under our spell. Give the river a rest….drag yourself away from your favorite antique shop….let someone else prepare the evening’s barbecue… and delight yourself with an unforgettable art odyssey.

Oh, and one more thing. Please spread the word that it’s important to support local artists!