RUTHANN is a contemporary art gallery and project space located on Main Street in Catskill, NY. With an emphasis on inclusion and community, the gallery presents local and regional artists. Co-directors and artists Georgia Elrod and Witts aim for RUTHANN to provide a dynamic art space that focuses on showing underrepresented contemporary artists working within a wide range of media. RUTHANN hosts workshops, pop-ups, performances, and loves to collaborate.
RUTHANN is adjacent to a private artist studio rental in the back space. This studio is part of Parkside Studios, which offers affordable artist studios and creative workspaces for rent in Brooklyn, NY and Catskill, NY. We are working artists who are renting these commercial spaces and subleasing them to other artists at affordable rates. Founded in 2012, the original Parkside Studios is located on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn. This first location enabled us to rent our own studios there for almost ten years. Over the years Parkside Studios has expanded and there are currently three locations in Brooklyn with thirteen rented workspaces.
Georgia Elrod (she/they) is an artist and painter based in the Hudson Valley and New York City. Georgia’s work has been exhibited in New York and abroad, in solo exhibitions at Peninsula Art Space and Novella Gallery, as well as in group exhibitions at spaces including Momenta Art, The Painting Center, and RH+ Gallery in Istanbul. Her work has been featured in Two Coats of Paint, ArtMaze Magazine, Big Bell Magazine, and New American Paintings. Georgia was a co-director of the artist-run gallery Underdonk for almost ten years, and co-curated with Heliopolis Gallery from 2012-2015. Georgia co-founded That Time of the Month, a monthly studio visit group for women and non-binary artists. She received her MFA in Painting from Hunter College.
Witts (he/him) is an artist and builder with over twenty years of experience directing art installations for museums, non-profits, and commercial galleries. Witts’ artistic practice includes sculpture, photography and collage, and he brings his visual and spacial expertise to lead teams of art handlers in New York City and the Hudson Valley. For over 13 years Witts has been managing installations for Artists Space in New York City. Witts is an instructor in the Wood and Metal Shops at Hunter College. Several years ago he founded WittsArt, an Art Handling, Installation and Gallery Management service. He received his MFA in Sculpture from Hunter College.