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Dia:Beacon Announced For the Professional Development Series at Dia:Beacon, teachers from all areas and all levels of schooling are invited to attend talks and workshops on the artists in Dia’s collection and to share education resources and their experiences in working with students and contemporary art. During the 2004-2005 school year students from Beacon’s Forrestal, Glenham, Sargent, and South Avenue Elementary Schools; Rombout Middle School; and Beacon High School have visited, explored, and learned about the art on view at Dia:Beacon with their classroom teachers, art teachers, and visiting artists. Dia presents its permanent collection at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, in Beacon, New York; exhibitions and public programming at Dia:Chelsea, in New York City (currently closed for renovations); and long-term, site-specific projects in the western United States, in New York City, and on Long Island. www.diacenter.org /dia/press/beacon_edu2005.html   (969 words)

Scenic Hudson Press Room Announcements When completed in June 2004, Trakas’ Beacon Point Project, comprising 14 acres, will provide public access to the river and to Scenic Hudson’s Beacon Landing, a peninsula adjacent to the new Dia:Beacon museum, for the first time. Dia exhibits its collection of major artworks from the 1960s to the present at Dia:Beacon, in Beacon, New York; presents exhibitions and public programming at Dia:Chelsea (formerly Dia Center for the Arts), in Manhattan, New York; and maintains long-term, site-specific projects in the western United States, in New York City, and on Long Island. With significant community input, the environmental organization has cleaned up this former industrial site and is pursuing plans to bring the parcel back to productive use and to connect it with other Beacon destinations. www.scenichudson.org /press/announcements/details.cfm?ID=86&topic=land&type=REL   (969 words)

Dia:Beacon Riggio Galleries The Beacon museum’s expansive galleries have been specifically designed for the display of the artworks to which Dia is committed, many of which, because of their character or scale, could not be easily accommodated by more conventional museums. Anticipating the creation of the Beacon museum, this collection has been significantly augmented with works by artists of the same generation as those Dia historically supported. Dia is working with state and local government officials and Scenic Hudson, a nonprofit environmental organization, on a master plan to connect Dia’s facility with the ninety acres of adjacent riverfront land. www.diabeacon.org /exhibs/bindex.html   (452 words)

NYN Arts.Dia:Beacon Dia:Beacon is adjacent to the Beacon train station, which is served by hourly MTA/Metro-North Railroad trains from Grand Central Terminal and Poughkeepsie. Located on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York, in a restored historic printing facility, Dia:Beacon's expansive galleries comprise 240,000 square feet of exhibition space, illuminated almost entirely by natural light. Dia:Beacon, a new museum dedicated to Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of art of the 1960s and 1970s, opens to the public on May 18, 2003. www.nynarts.com /galleries/dia   (452 words)

Beacon Dia Beacon - A museum for Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present. Access to interstate roads and local commuter rail service coupled with mountain vistas and river views have made the Beacon area a desirable location for new residents and a destination for visitors and tourists. Wedged between magnificent Mount Beacon and the Hudson River, Beacon has undertaken an aggressive revitalization program that has rejuvenated this historic city. dir.hudsonvalleysojourner.com /t/Beacon   (452 words)

Dia Art Foundation Dia presents its permanent collection at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, in Beacon, New York; exhibitions and public programming at Dia:Chelsea, in New York City; and long-term, site-specific projects in the western United States, in New York City, and on Long Island. A nonprofit institution, Dia plays a vital role among visual-arts organizations nationally and internationally by initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving art projects, and by serving as a locus for interdisciplinary art and criticism. Organized by Dia in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, "Dan Flavin: A Retrospective," is the first comprehensive retrospective of works by Dan Flavin. www.diacenter.org   (150 words)

Dia: Beacon Groundbreaking Situated on the Hudson River in Beacon, New York, this facility is sixty miles north of Dia's Manhattan art center. Dia and the Scenic Hudson organization, who plan an environmentally sensitive development of 15 acres at Beacon Landing between the rail station and the museum, have jointly commissioned New York artist George Trakas to create plans for trails, vistas, and public water access along the entire waterfront. Dia's Beacon project is the first museum undertaken by the group. www.diacenter.org /dia/press/beaconjune2-2000.html   (735 words)

Wired New York Forum - Dia:Beacon - New Museum The Beacon museum’s expansive galleries have been specifically designed for the display of the artworks to which Dia is committed, many of which, because of their character or scale, could not be easily accommodated by more conventional museums. The Dia:Beacon is on 31 acres along the Hudson and is a five-minute walk from a Metro North train station. At Dia:Beacon the affinity of art and industry is taken to its logical conclusion. www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=3763   (735 words)

Dia bookshop: category name Publication accompanying Dia:Beacon's special exhibition, "Dia's Andy : Through the Lens of Patronage" on view from May 2005 to April 2006. Documenting an installation by Ann Hamilton at Dia, this richly illustrated book includes essays by Lynne Cooke, Dave Hickey, Bruce Ferguson, and Marina Warner. Catalogue of Dia exhibition with essays by Lynne Cooke and John Elderfield. www.diabooks.org /diabooks/category.jsp?categoryID=118   (679 words)

MainstreetBiz.biz - Beacon BACA, the Beacon Art Community Association, works tirelessly in effort to attract not only the wide and undefined audience of visiting tourists, but with vision and focus on gaining as regulars, the new audience promised by DIA, this new and wonderful contemporary art gallery. Beacon, the still rough diamond, opens to visitors conveniently North, South and East. She is the winner of the $2000 Beacon Shopping Spree to be spent at the 90 participating Beacon shops, restaurants and galleries. www.beacon.mainstreetbiz.biz   (679 words)

Beacon Dispatch: Outdoors You will walk by Dia, another example of the regeneration of Beacon, where a relic of the past is transformed into a mecca of the present and future. The riverfront will soon see an environmentally sensitive hotel and conference center, Long Dock Beacon, situated between Dia and the train station, and The Rivers and Estuaries Center has chosen Dennings Point as its home. As Jeff Battersby pointed out in the first issue of the Dispatch, the use of motorized vehicles on Mt. Beacon is illegal, but that doesn't tend to stop the faithful from running their modified 4x4s wherever they can. beacon.blogs.com /beacon_dispatch/outdoors   (679 words)

Beacon, New York Weekend Getaway Ideas The prestigious Dia Beacon is a huge museum housing the Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of art from the 1960s to the present. Beacon's residents are working hard to let outsiders in on its hidden charms and pristine environment. In addition, Scenic Hudson and the City of Beacon are working together to develop the waterfront between the train station and the museum. www.escapemaker.com /ny/beacon/beacon.html   (1391 words)

GOVERNOR: $1.8 MILLION FOR MID-HUDSON PARKS, PRESERVATION The project will also seek to connect the new Dia Center for the Arts and the reconstructed ferry dock with Beacon's downtown. The Beacon waterfront has seen so many positive changes in recent years, one of the most exciting being the new Dia Center for the Arts. City of Beacon Mayor Clara Lou Gould said, "For years Beacon's residents and visitors have had a wonderful dilemma: trying to decide whether the view is more beautiful up on Mount Beacon looking out on our Hudson River, or out on our River looking up at our mountain. www.state.ny.us /governor/press/year01/march25_1_01.htm   (1391 words)

Visitor Information To walk to Dia:Beacon from the train station, exit the rear of the platform on the river (west) side. Dia:Beacon is located adjacent to the Beacon train station, which is served by Metro-North Railroad trains from Grand Central Terminal and Poughkeepsie. For train travel from north of Poughkeepsie, take an Amtrak train to Poughkeepsie and transfer to a Metro-North train. www.diabeacon.org /dia/visitor   (1391 words)

Beacon, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, Beacon is noted for its proximity to Bannerman's Castle and West Point, as well as Dia: Beacon, a modern art museum. Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York. From 1902 to 1975, The Mount Beacon Incline Railway, the steepest incline railway in existence (a 65% grade), took an estimated 3 million people up to the 1,540-foot summit of Mount Beacon. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beacon,_New_York   (1391 words)

Dia:Beacon Dia:Beacon is a museum for Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of art from the 1960s to the present. www.diabeacon.org   (18 words)

Visitor Information Dia:Beacon is located adjacent to the Beacon train station, which is served by Metro-North Railroad trains from Grand Central Terminal and Poughkeepsie. At the fourth traffic light in Beacon (just past Beacon City Hall), make a left turn onto Beekman Street. Continue 16.5 miles north on 9D into the city of Beacon. www.diabeacon.org /dia/visitor   (18 words)

Beacon, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, Beacon is noted for its proximity to Bannerman's Castle and West Point, as well as Dia: Beacon, a modern art museum. From 1902 to 1975, The Mount Beacon Incline Railway, the steepest incline railway in existence (a 65% grade), took an estimated 3 million people up to the 1,540-foot summit of Mount Beacon. Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beacon,_New_York   (18 words)

Gate House Realty-Beacon NY During the Revolutionary War, beacon fires blazed from the summit of the Fishkill Mountains warning General George Washington's troops of the movement of British forces. Gate House Realty-Beacon NY Just 59 miles north of New York City in Dutchess County, the city of Beacon lies between the east bank of the Hudson River and the foot of Mount Beacon. The house still stands in the heart of Beacon and is Dutchess County's oldest homestead. www.gatehouserealty.com /beacon.htm   (18 words)

Visitor Information Dia:Beacon is located adjacent to the Beacon train station, which is served by Metro-North Railroad trains from Grand Central Terminal and Poughkeepsie. At the fourth traffic light in Beacon (just past Beacon City Hall), make a left turn onto Beekman Street. Photography of the exterior of the building and grounds is permitted for personal use only. www.diabeacon.org /dia/visitor   (832 words)

Beacon, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, Beacon is noted for its proximity to Bannerman's Castle and West Point, as well as Dia: Beacon, a modern art museum. Beacon is opposite the City of Newburgh, across the Hudson River and linked by the Beacon-Newburgh bridge, built in the 1950s and expanded with a second, parallel span, in 1980. Beacon is located 59 miles north of New York City and approximately 90 miles south of Albany. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beacon,_New_York   (630 words)

Beacon's Renaissance and Future The state has chosen Beacon for the home of the coveted Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson which marks the culmination of a three-year process to choose a home for the research center. Today it is Beacon's antique district and is rapidly becoming the focus of afternoon treasure hunters. For many years the Incline Railway was Beacon's primary tourist attraction and a constant source of enjoyment for local residents. www.cityofbeacon.org /Tour/TourBeaconsRenaissance.htm   (630 words)

Beacon, New York Weekend Getaway Ideas The prestigious Dia Center for the Arts, a non-profit art organization based in New York City, will be opening a huge museum in Beacon. Beacon's residents are working hard to let outsiders in on its hidden charms and pristine environment. Plus, Scenic Hudson and the City of Beacon are working together to develop the waterfront between the train station and the museum. www.escapemaker.com /ny/beacon/beacon.html   (630 words)

Beacon, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, Beacon is noted for its proximity to Bannerman's Castle and West Point, as well as Dia: Beacon, a modern art museum. According to the city's homepage, the City of Beacon "is located 59 miles north of New York City and approximately 90 miles south of Albany." Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beacon,_New_York   (630 words)

PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Beacon students share monumental art ideas For the past month, 43 sixth-graders worked with visiting artist Jason Fox of the contemporary art museum, Dia:Beacon, and teacher Tery Udell on ''The Monuments Project.'' They learned about the importance of memorials and studied the history of landmark monuments such as the pyramids and the Roman Colosseum. A swing on top of Mount Beacon, a 10-foot-tall stone heart and a clay statue representing freedom were among the ideas Rombout Middle School students had for creating city monuments. She said she chose Mount Beacon because it is above the factories and other air pollution sources. www.poughkeepsiejournal.com /projects/reportcards/stories/ed031005s8.shtml   (630 words)

AllRefer.com - Beacon, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia Beacon's textile, printing, and other industries have declined, but the opening of Dia:Beacon, the world's largest museum of contemporary art, has stimulated a revival of the city. The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge connects the city with Newburgh on the west bank. An incline railway ascends Mt. Beacon, site of a monument to Revolutionary soldiers who built signal fires to warn of the coming of the British. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Beacon.html   (630 words)

AllRefer.com - Beacon, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia Beacon's textile, printing, and other industries have declined, but the opening of Dia:Beacon, the world's largest museum of contemporary art, has stimulated a revival of the city. The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge connects the city with Newburgh on the west bank. An incline railway ascends Mt. Beacon, site of a monument to Revolutionary soldiers who built signal fires to warn of the coming of the British. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Beacon.html   (630 words)

Beacon, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, Beacon is noted for its proximity to Bannerman's Castle and West Point, as well as Dia: Beacon, a modern art museum. Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York. Commuter service to New York City is available via the Beacon train station, served by Metro-North Railroad. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beacon,_New_York   (630 words)

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Dear Metro-North/City of Beacon Customer, Thank you for taking Metro-North to the City of Beacon with its wonderful antique shops, restaurants, and Dia:Beacon—the magnificent contemporary art museum. When you get to Beacon Station, the shuttle will be located on the landside of the station. You can hop on and off the shuttle throughout the day as it loops around Beacon’s Main Street. www.mta.nyc.ny.us /mnr/html/getaways/beacon.htm   (1825 words)

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