Upstate Art Weekend 2026
Open House with Ian McMahon June 27-28th, 2026This Upstate Art Weekend, Wolfhouse reopens its doors. Designed by Philip Johnson in the late 1940s and perched on a hilltop overlooking the Hudson River, Wolfhouse is one of Newburgh’s most quietly significant buildings, a midcentury treasure now under new ownership with a vision for the space as a hub for art and culture in the Hudson Valley. To mark the beginning of that next chapter, we’re opening the house to the public for the first time this year during Saturday and Sunday (27th and 28th) of Upstate Art Weekend with work by one of Newburgh’s own.
Ian McMahon is a Newburgh-based artist and self-described ‘Material Collaborator’ whose practice is built on an intense, ongoing conversation with physical materials: plaster, steel, concrete, air, fabric, sand, and an apt artist to show within the walls of a structure built by a man as similarly obsessed. Ian pushes his materials until they push back, and what emerges from that exchange- monumental site-specific installations, sculptural objects, cast forms invented through processes entirely his own. For this weekend, Ian has installed sculpture and design pieces throughout the house, his work in quiet conversation with Johnson’s architecture.
This weekend marks a statement of intent from the Wolfhouse crew, who are committed to building a cultural program that doesn’t just utilize the beauty of the Hudson Valley region but also pays respect to the immense talent of those who call this area home. Ian is exactly the kind of maker we want to celebrate, someone whose work has grown in and with this community for nearly a decade, and whose ambition and craft deserve a wider audience.
Ian McMahon will give a guided tour starting sharply at 6pm, June 27th, 2026 during Opening Reception.
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Wolfhouse ‘Open House’ with Ian McMahon
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June
624 River Rd, Newburgh, NY 12550
Saturday, June 27
Open House: 12–5pm
Reception: 5–8pm (RSVP required)
Sunday, June 28
Open House: 12–5pm
Upstate Art Weekend 2026
This Upstate Art Weekend, Wolfhouse reopens its doors. Designed by Philip Johnson in the late 1940s and perched on a hilltop overlooking the Hudson River, Wolfhouse is one of Newburgh’s most quietly significant buildings, a midcentury treasure now under new ownership with a vision for the space as a hub for art and culture in the Hudson Valley. To mark the beginning of that next chapter, we’re opening the house to the public for the first time this year during Saturday and Sunday (27th and 28th) of Upstate Art Weekend with work by one of Newburgh’s own.
Ian McMahon is a Newburgh-based artist and self-described ‘Material Collaborator’ whose practice is built on an intense, ongoing conversation with physical materials: plaster, steel, concrete, air, fabric, sand, and an apt artist to show within the walls of a structure built by a man as similarly obsessed. Ian pushes his materials until they push back, and what emerges from that exchange- monumental site-specific installations, sculptural objects, cast forms invented through processes entirely his own. For this weekend, Ian has installed sculpture and design pieces throughout the house, his work in quiet conversation with Johnson’s architecture.
This weekend marks a statement of intent from the Wolfhouse crew, who are committed to building a cultural program that doesn’t just utilize the beauty of the Hudson Valley region but also pays respect to the immense talent of those who call this area home. Ian is exactly the kind of maker we want to celebrate, someone whose work has grown in and with this community for nearly a decade, and whose ambition and craft deserve a wider audience.
Ian McMahon will give a guided tour starting sharply at 6pm, June 27th, 2026 during Opening Reception.
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Wolfhouse ‘Open House’ with Ian McMahon
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June
624 River Rd, Newburgh, NY 12550
Saturday, June 27
Open House: 12–5pm
Reception: 5–8pm (RSVP required)
Sunday, June 28
Open House: 12–5pm