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Efthimios (Altin) Stoja to Demonstrate at Schenectady’s Art Night
September 20 @ 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
New York Folklore will have an ongoing demonstration by Efthimios (Altin) Stoja, outside of the New York Folklore gallery at 129 Jay Street.
Altin trained in the Byzantine/ Macedonian style of iconography under master artist Tsuni Spilio in Nea Makri, Greece, before opening his own studio. He later moved to the U.S. to begin working with the St. Sophia Orthodox Church in Albany.
His iconography (in the Macedonian tradition – which shows movement and facial expressions) can be found within Albany-area Orthodox Churches.
Altin has received Individual Artist grants from the New York State Council for the Arts for his public art, which can be viewed at the Rao Pavilion of St. Mary’s Hospital, Amsterdam, and at St. Kateri Takawitha School on Union Street in Schenectady. He has shown his work at the Albany Center Gallery and at the Martinez Gallery in Troy, as well as at the Gallery of New York Folk Art.
New York Folklore will be offering slices of Birthday Cake, as New York Folklore celebrates its 80th Anniversary this year. On Saturday, September 21st, New York Folklore is hosting a free outdoor festival in Jay Square with music, an artists’ marketplace, and dancing. And more Birthday Cake.