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This article brings together lists of
artists , locations, artistic productions and movements associated with
upstate New York .
Literature
Writers
Diana Abu-Jaber , memoirist of her
Central New York childhood who has set two of her novels there.
Chinua Achebe , the Nigerian writer, is a resident of
Annandale-on-Hudson and has taught at
Bard College since 1990.
Laurie Halse Anderson , a
Potsdam native and resident of
Onondaga County , writes for children and
young adults .
John Ashbery ,
poet laureate of New York state from 2001 to 2003. Born on a farm near
Lake Ontario and raised in Rochester, was a resident of
Hudson
Russell Banks , several of whose novels are set in Northern New York, who has served as New York State Author
L. Frank Baum , author of
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ; resident of
Chittenango
T. Coraghessan Boyle , who grew up in the
Hudson Valley and who attended college in the
North Country , which he describes as the "frozen skullcap of New York State"
Walter R. Brooks , author of the 26-book Freddy the Pig series set in central New York. Born in Rome, NY, Brooks lived in Rochester, New York City, and lastly in Roxbury, NY.
Ned Buntline , a pseudonym of Edward Zane Carroll Judson, the publisher, journalist, writer and
publicist best known for his
dime novels and the
Colt Buntline Special he commissioned from
Colt's Manufacturing Company . Edward Judson was born and died in
Stamford .
John Burroughs of
Roxbury , a
naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S.
conservation movement . According to biographers at the
American Memory project at the
Library of Congress , John Burroughs was the most important practitioner after
Thoreau of that especially American literary genre, the nature essay.
Frederick Busch , who taught at
Colgate University and whose characters are often Downstate New Yorkers transplanted upstate
Hayden Carruth , poet, who taught at
Syracuse University and lived in
Munnsville
Raymond Carver , who taught at
Syracuse University
Brock Clarke , who grew up in Little Falls, and who has set novels there and in Watertown.
Lucille Clifton , poet, born in
Depew . Though African-American, she grew up speaking Polish as well as English in the neighborhood.
James Fenimore Cooper , who wrote
The Last of the Mohicans in
Warrensburg , and who spent the last years of his life in
Cooperstown
Robert White Creeley , professor of poetry at the
State University of New York at Buffalo , and New York State Poet from 1989 to 1991
[1]
Leslie Daniels , who wrote the novel Cleaning Nabokov's House
William D. Danko , of
Albany , author of
The Millionaire Next Door
Lydia Davis , a contemporary American author and translator of French, who teaches at SUNY Albany.
Walter D. Edmonds , born in
Boonville , author of "
Drums Along the Mohawk " and the Erie Canal novel "
Rome Haul ."
Frederick Exley , from the
Watertown area
Harold Frederic , from
Utica , set his novels in 19th-Century upstate New York.
Tess Gallagher , who taught at
Syracuse University
John Gardner ,
Batavia native and SUNY Binghamton professor
Tim Green , who grew up in
Liverpool and who was a student at
Syracuse University of
Raymond Carver and
Tobias Wolff
Washington Irving , resident of
Tarrytown , who is buried in
Sleepy Hollow
Mary Jemison , the "White Woman of the Genesee," whose story was told in J. E. Seaver's classic
captivity narrative "Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison" (1824; latest ed. 1967)
William J. Kennedy , the Bard of
Albany
Maurice Kenny , Mohawk poet from
Saranac Lake
James Howard Kunstler , resident of
Saratoga Springs
Alison Lurie , resident of
Ithaca
Bill McKibben , longtime resident of the Keene Valley in the Adirondacks
Herman Melville , resident of
Albany and graduate of the
Lansingburgh Academy , who began writing his first novels in
Lansingburgh
Lorrie Moore , whose novel "
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? " is set in the
Lake George area
Howard Frank Mosher , usually associated with the
Northeast Kingdom of
Vermont , but who grew up in
Cato and who has written about the North Country
[1]
William Henry Harrison Murray , known as "Adirondack Murray"
Vladimir Nabokov , resident of
Ithaca
Solomon Northup of Saratoga Springs, who published an account of his abduction and ordeal entitled "Twelve Years a Slave" in 1853. The book was written with the help of David Wilson, a local writer. Published when the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a bestseller, Northup's book sold 30,000 copies within three years.
Joyce Carol Oates , born in
Lockport
Camille Anna Paglia , born in
Endicott
David Pietrusza , born in
Amsterdam
Daniel Pinkwater , resident of the
Hudson Valley
Connie Porter , grew up in
Lackawanna
Richard Russo , from
Johnstown and
Gloversville , many of whose novels are set in the
Mohawk Valley
Edna St. Vincent Millay , resident of
Austerlitz
George Saunders , who teaches at Syracuse University
Delmore Schwartz , poet,
Syracuse University professor and mentor to
Lou Reed
W. D. Snodgrass of
Erieville
Sparrow , poet, resident of
Phoenicia
Julia Spencer-Fleming , native of
Plattsburgh and resident of
Argyle and
Liverpool , whose books are set in the
Adirondacks
Dana Spiotta of Syracuse and Cherry Valley, whose novel Eat the Document is set in part in Little Falls.
Wendy Corsi Staub , born and raised in Dunkirk and Fredonia, New York Times bestselling author
Sandra Steingraber , an American biologist and author in the tradition of Rachel Carson, who lives in
Trumansburg .
Trevanian , born in
Granville
Mark Twain , resident of
Elmira and
Buffalo
Kurt Vonnegut , who began his literary career in
Schenectady while working for General Electric in the early 1950s, and who set some of his novels in "Ilium," a fictionalized Schenectady
John A. Williams of Syracuse, novelist of the black experience in white America.
Edmund Wilson , summer resident of
Talcottville and author of "Upstate: Records and Recollections of Northern New York." New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971; reprint, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1990 and "Apologies to the Iroquois." New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960; reprint, paper, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1992
Tobias Wolff , who taught at Syracuse University
Venues
Music
Musicians
Harold Arlen , native of
Buffalo , composer of popular song including "
Over the Rainbow "
Melissa Auf der Maur , Montrealer and former bassiste of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins, now lives in "a small town in upstate New York"
[2]
[3]
Carla Bley , resident of Willow, near Woodstock.
Joe Bonamassa , born in
Utica
Fran Cosmo of the band Boston, resident of upstate New York
Elizabeth Cotten , resident of
Syracuse
The late Chuck Cuminale,
Rochester 's
Bodhisattva , aka Colorblind James of The
Colorblind James Experience
Blossom Dearie , jazz singer and pianist, who grew up in
East Durham
Ani DiFranco of
Buffalo
Ronnie James Dio , raised in
Cortland
Donna The Buffalo of
Trumansburg
Ray Evans , songwriter and native of
Salamanca
Renée Fleming , soprano, who grew up in Rochester, studied at the
Crane School of Music at the
State University of New York at Potsdam , the
University of Rochester 's
Eastman School of Music and
Juilliard .
Jackson C. Frank , folksinger, who grew up in
Cheektowaga and later lived in
Woodstock
Greg Graffin , vocalist of
Bad Religion who is a resident of upstate New York
Lou Gramm , of
Foreigner , from Rochester
Son House , resident of
Rochester
Rick James , born in
Buffalo
Gary Lewis of
Gary Lewis & The Playboys , although a Californian, now makes his home in
Henrietta
Riki Lindhome of
Portville , member of
Garfunkel and Oates
John Lombardo of
Buffalo , former founding member of
10,000 Maniacs and member of folk duo
John & Mary
the song "
Low Bridge, Everybody Down ", also known as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal" or "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal", by
Thomas S. Allen
Lydia Lunch , born in
Rochester
Teo Macero , producer of the
Miles Davis album,
Kind of Blue , from
Glens Falls
Chuck Mangione of
Rochester
Gap Mangione of
Rochester
Natalie Merchant of
Jamestown
Mitch Miller , born in
Rochester , a graduate of the
Eastman School of Music
Chauncey Olcott , songwriter of "
My Wild Irish Rose " and "
When Irish Eyes are Smiling "
Steve Perry , lead singer of the
Cherry Poppin' Daddies , born in Syracuse and raised in
Apalachin
Kristen Pfaff of
Buffalo , first bassist of Hole
Mary Ramsey of
Buffalo , lead singer of
10,000 Maniacs and member of folk duo
John & Mary
Sigurd Raschèr of
Shushan , one of the most important figures in the development of the 20th century repertoire for the concert saxophone.
Pete Seeger , protest singer and environmental activist. Longtime resident of
Fishkill , he co-founded the
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater organization
Colleen Sexton, from
Syracuse
Martin Sexton , from
Syracuse
Billy Sheehan , from
Buffalo , bass guitarist and co-founder of the band
Talas
Joanne Shenandoah of the
Oneida Nation
Kim Simmonds of the British blues band
Savoy Brown , now a resident of
Oswego
Alice Tully , opera singer and philanthropist, born in
Corning
[2]
Jimmy Van Heusen , songwriter, native of
Syracuse , 1944 winner of an
Academy Award for Best Original Song for "
Swinging on a Star "
Jerry Jeff Walker , born in
Oneonta
Alec Wilder , native of
Rochester , composer
Gary Wilson , native of
Endicott , experimental musician
Thomasina Winslow , born
New Baltimore , resident of the
Albany area
Tom Winslow of
New Baltimore
Bands and groups
10,000 Maniacs of
Jamestown
Blotto , a
new wave band from
Albany
Brand New Sin , a
hard rock band from
Syracuse
The Burns Sisters of
Ithaca
Cannibal Corpse , a
death metal band originally from
Buffalo
Every Time I Die from
Buffalo
Gym Class Heroes from
Geneva
Goo Goo Dolls , from Buffalo
Honor Bright ,
pop-punk band from
Syracuse
The Horse Flies of
Trumansburg
Joywave from
Rochester
Manowar from
Auburn
The Modernaires , from Buffalo
moe. from Buffalo
Old Crow Medicine Show , originally formed around
Trumansburg and
Ithaca
Ra Ra Riot , an
indie rock band from
Syracuse
Soulive from
Woodstock
Spyro Gyra of
Buffalo
State Champs , a
pop punk band from
Albany
X Ambassadors from
Ithaca
Festivals
Venues
Fine arts
Artists
Milton Avery , born in
Altmar , buried in
Woodstock
George Bellows – painter
Jake Berthot
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Arnold Blanch – painter
[5]
Lucile Blanch - painter
Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830–1900), an American painter born in
Homer . Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln , which is hanging in the
United States Capitol .
Wendell Castle (*1932),
Rochester , furniture artist
Frederic Church
Thomas Cole (1801–1848), painter regarded as the founder of the
Hudson River School
Arthur Bowen Davies , born in
Utica , a principal organizer of the 1913
Armory Show and a member of
The Eight , a group of painters including five associated with the
Ashcan School
Dorothy Dehner
Arthur Dove , born in
Canandaigua
Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (1878-1962) of Glens Falls, the first female modernist painter in the American Modernism movement.
Sanford Robinson Gifford
Phillip Guston
Ellsworth Kelly
Rockwell Kent
Ronnie Landfield
Mark Miremont of The
Niagara Frontier , artist and philosopher
Robert Mangold
Sylvia Plimack Mangold
Brice Marden
Fletcher Martin
Arto Monaco of
Upper Jay , artist, theme park designer, toy designer, and cartoonist.
Samuel Morse (1791–1872), a painter perhaps best known for his portraits, lived on his estate,
Locust Grove in the
Town of Poughkeepsie
Grandma Moses
Georgia O'Keeffe , resident of
Lake George
Marla Olmstead ,
Binghamton
Albert Paley (*1944),
Rochester , modernist metal sculptor
Larry Poons
Frederic Remington (1861–1909), painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (*1968),
Rochester , photographer
Randall Schmit – painter
David Smith ,
Bolton Landing
Frank Stella
Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), resident of
Lake George , photographer
William James Stillman (1828–1901), painter, journalist, and photographer
Seneca Ray Stoddard (1844–1917), photographer
Israel Tsvaygenbaum , Russian-American artist
Bradley Walker Tomlin
Venues
Collections
Cartoonists
Scott Adams , the creator of the
Dilbert
comic strip , was born in
Windham , New York and is an alumnus of
Hartwick College .
Brad Anderson of
Marmaduke , lives in
Chautauqua County
Vaughn Bode of
Cheech Wizard , born in
Utica, New York
Nicholas Gurewitch , the creator of the
Perry Bible Fellowship web comic, was born in
Canandaigua, New York , and is an alumnus of
Syracuse University . He now resides in
Rochester, New York .
Johnny Hart (of
B.C. and
The Wizard of Id ), from
Endicott
Margaret Shulock of
Six Chix , resides in
Franklinville
Tom Toles ,
The Washington Post editorial cartoonist, from
Buffalo
Garry Trudeau of
Doonesbury , raised in
Saranac Lake
Photographers
Architecture
Architects and builders
Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), born in
Waterloo was the first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect.
Claude Bragdon , whose main architectural practice was in
Rochester
Daniel Burnham , Chicago architect born in
Henderson
William L. Coulter , Adirondack architect
Andrew Jackson Downing
William West Durant
Harvey Ellis
Irving Gill , San Diego architect born in
Tully
Philip Hooker
Benjamin A. Muncil , Adirondack master builder
James Renwick Jr. , born in
Bloomingdale in
Essex County
Marcus T. Reynolds of Albany
Charles Mulford Robinson of Rochester, a chief promoter of the City Beautiful movement in America, and a pioneering urban planning theorist.
Joseph Lyman Silsbee ,
Syracuse architect who upon relocating to Chicago gave
Frank Lloyd Wright his first drafting job
Ward Wellington Ward
Styles
Buildings
Design
Designers
Workshops
Products
Folk Traditions
Showbiz
Entertainers
George Abbott , born in
Forestville , theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than seven decades
Lucille Ball , from
Jamestown
Tom Cruise , born in
Syracuse
William Devane , born in
Albany
Kirk Douglas , from
Amsterdam , graduate of
St. Lawrence University
Susie Essman , a resident of
Glenmont , is a comedian and comic actress in television and films. She is best known for her role as Susie Greene, the verbally abusive wife of
Larry David 's manager on the
HBO show
Curb Your Enthusiasm .
Annette Funicello , born in
Utica
Vincent Gallo , born in
Buffalo
Richard Gere , graduate of
North Syracuse High School
George 'Gabby' Hayes , born in
Wellsville
Philip Seymour Hoffman , born in
Rochester, New York
Mary-Margaret Humes , born in
Watertown
Grace Jones , graduate of Central High School in
Syracuse , who studied theater at
Syracuse University
Tom Kenny , actor and comedian, born in
Syracuse and graduated from
Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School . He is best known as the voice of
SpongeBob SquarePants .
John McGiver of
Fulton, Schoharie County, New York
Michael O'Donoghue , from
Sauquoit
Sam Patch , known as "The Yankee Leaper," the first famous US
daredevil .
David Hyde Pierce , born in
Saratoga Springs
Bill Pullman , born in
Hornell
Rachael Ray of
Lake Luzerne
Mark Ruffalo , a resident of Sullivan County
[7]
Savanna Samson , a Watertown native
John Sayles , from
Schenectady
Rod Serling , from
Interlaken
The
Shubert Brothers , from
Syracuse
Arthur C. Sidman , born in
Homer , a vaudeville performer and playwright.
Maureen Stapleton , born in
Troy
Fran Striker of
Buffalo , a writer for radio and comics who was best known for creating The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet.
Traditions
Films set or made in upstate New York
Brother's Keeper , a 1992 documentary about an alleged 1990 murder in the village of Munnsville, New York.
Bruce Almighty (2003). Bruce Nolan (
Jim Carrey ) is a television news reporter for Channel 7
Eyewitness News on
WKBW-TV in
Buffalo, New York .
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Camp (2003), about an upstate New York
performing arts
summer camp . The film was filmed at the
Stagedoor Manor summer camp in
Loch Sheldrake .
Canadian Bacon (1995).
John Candy plays a local sheriff named Bud B. Boomer. The movie was filmed in
Toronto ,
Hamilton , and
Niagara Falls , Ontario; and
Buffalo and
Niagara Falls, New York .
Down to the Bone (2005). The main character is a checker at Price Chopper.
The Farmer Takes a Wife , a 1935
comedy film . Dan Harrow (Henry Fonda) works along the
Erie Canal during the mid-19th century to raise money to buy a farm. A musical remake appeared in 1953. The films were based on a 1934 play by
Frank B. Elser and
Marc Connelly , based in turn on the novel
Rome Haul by
Walter D. Edmonds .
Frozen River (2008) set in and around
Massena and the Mohawk Nation of
Akwesasne , but filmed in Plattsburgh and elsewhere in Clinton County.
Gasland (2010), a documentary that negatively portrays the efforts of natural gas drilling in the
Marcellus Formation
Haldane of the Secret Service (1924), directed by and starring
Harry Houdini , co-starring
Gladys Leslie as Adele Ormsby, with
William J. Humphrey as Edward Ormsby, filmed at Beaver Kill Falls in the
Village of Valatie .
The Horse Whisperer (1998) with Robert Redford. Some scenes were shot in Saratoga Springs. The crew also attempted to use the bridge located on Tabor road in Mechanicville for the snowy bridge scene in this movie, but ended up using one in California instead.
Ironweed (1987), set in Albany
Lady in White (1988) a
horror film of the ghost/mystery genre. Much of the film was made in
Wayne County . The movie is based on the story of The Lady in White who supposedly searches for her daughter in Durand-Eastman Park in Rochester, New York while protecting young women who are on dates with their boyfriends. The film was directed, produced, and written by Frank LaLoggia, a native of
Rochester .
The Natural (1984), starring
Robert Redford ,
Robert Duvall ,
Glenn Close . Many of the baseball scenes were filmed in
Buffalo, New York 's
War Memorial Stadium , built in 1937 and demolished a few years after the film was produced. Buffalo's
All-High Stadium stood in for Chicago's
Wrigley Field in a key scene.
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Elizabeth Olsen ,
John Hawkes . Many stock, mountain, and lake scenes were filmed upstate in the Catskill mountains.
Nobody's Fool (1994) filmed in
Beacon ,
Fishkill ,
Poughkeepsie ,and
Hudson .
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) portions filmed in
Gowanda .
The Sterile Cuckoo (1969). Much of the movie was filmed at
Hamilton College in
Clinton . Some of it was filmed in
Sylvan Beach , New York.
Super Troopers (2001) portions filmed in
Beacon ,
Fishkill and
Newburgh .
Synecdoche, New York (2008) was filmed and set in part in Schenectady.
Taking Woodstock (2009), a
comedy-drama film about the
Woodstock Festival of 1969 directed by
Ang Lee and filmed in
New Lebanon .
Woodstock , the documentary of the 1969 music festival in Bethel, in which Arlo Guthrie marvels to the crowd, "The New York State Thruway is closed, man!"
York State Folks (1915) from the original play by
Arthur C. Sidman .
You Can Count on Me (2000), takes place in the fictionalized
Catskill communities of Scottsville and Auburn, New York.
[8]
[9] The film was primarily shot in and around
Margaretville, New York .
Major museums
Adirondack Museum ,
Blue Mountain Lake
Albright-Knox Art Gallery ,
Buffalo
Albany Institute of History and Art ,
Albany
Antique Boat Museum ,
Clayton
Corning Museum of Glass ,
Corning
Chapman Historical Museum ,
Glens Falls
Columbia County Historical Society, Museum & Library ,
Town of Kinderhook
George Eastman House ,
Rochester
Erie Canal Museum ,
Syracuse
Everson Museum ,
Syracuse
Farmers' Museum ,
Cooperstown
Genesee Country Village and Museum ,
Mumford
International Boxing Hall of Fame ,
Canastota
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame ,
Goshen
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art ,
Ithaca
Hyde Collection ,
Glens Falls
Memorial Art Gallery ,
Rochester
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute ,
Utica
Museum at Bethel Woods ,
Bethel , exhibiting the history and culture of the 1969
Woodstock Festival
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ,
Cooperstown
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame ,
Saratoga Springs
National Museum of Dance , Saratoga Springs
National Soaring Museum ,
Elmira
National Soccer Hall of Fame ,
Oneonta
National Women's Hall of Fame ,
Seneca Falls
New York State Military Museum ,
Saratoga Springs
[10]
New York State Museum ,
Albany
New York State Museum of Cheese ,
Rome
[11]
Northeast Classic Car Museum , Norwich
Frederic Remington Art Museum ,
Ogdensburg
Salt Museum ,
Liverpool
Strong - National Museum of Play ,
Rochester
See also
References
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University at Albany
Archived September 6, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
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"Family legacy: Catching up with Melissa Auf der Maur"
Archived November 6, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , Montreal Gazette, 4 April 2008
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"MelissaAufderMaur.org is closed" . melissaaufdermaur.org .
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"Caffé Lena History Project :: New CD Box Set & New Book" . caffelenahistory.org .
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"Arnold Blanch at his Woodstock NY home, ca. 1950" . Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from
the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
^
"The Survival of Blackface Minstrel Shows in the Adirondack Foothills" . nyfolklore.org . Archived from
the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2010 .
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"Actor Mark Ruffalo Plays the Role of His Life: Defender of New York's Water, Land and Air From Dangerous Natural Gas Drilling" . Alternet .
^ You Can Count on Me – DVD Extras: Cast Interviews While there is an actual
Scottsville, New York and
Auburn, New York , they are further west in the
Finger Lakes region.
^
"150 Years...and Counting: NBT Bank" (PDF) . p. 43. Archived from
the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2009 .
^
"New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center" . state.ny.us . Archived from
the original on May 4, 2009.
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New York Times, 10 April 2006
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