Art Exhibit: Rising House – Outside Looking In

Fantastic paintings and ghostly photographs of Chestertown’s fading RISING HOUSE HOTEL, and an ENCHANTED DIVE BAR Mural

Opening Reception: Friday, December 13 at 4:00 PM

Check out a new art exhibit by AARCH member, Stevie Latham, at the Town of Chester Library! The show will be up through the end of December.

Hulking over Chestertown, the Rising House was a prime Adirondack destination, but saw its last visitor years ago. Today, its sky blue paint is peeling, and the double-deck veranda vanished long ago. Past faded curtains is a dusty derelict bar. 

In this consequential exhibition, Stevie Artemis Latham captures Rising House’s deterioration in photographs, paintings, and installations. “I’m working with obscured and reflected layers, to reveal the old and new, our ever-changing culture, and nature’s relentless renewal in the ADKs.” Like many others, Stevie Artemis Latham can feel like she is “outside looking in”. For her, “looking through the locked doors of the Rising House, it’s like looking into the fascinating but uneasy world that we try to find our place in.”

Stevie Artemis Latham grew up in a small Southern Tier town, played at CBGB and Max’s Kansas City with her punk rock band, searched the South for folk art and cooking, was chef owner of Old Devil Moon in New York City, crusaded for an “Urban Oasis” in Jersey, taught in Harlem, and performed on trapeze. With her partner Scout, she loves her Adirondack lifestyle, especially snorkeling and cross country skiing.