Going Upstate: The Avery Family in Woodstock is an exhibition celebrating the links between Woodstock and pioneering modernist painters Milton Avery (1885–1965), his wife Sally Michel Avery (1902–2003), and generations of their descendants. The exhibition draws on paintings, drawings, and photographs that illustrate the Avery family’s creative output in Woodstock, New York, beginning with their 1950 and 1951 residencies at the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, and illuminates the many ways Woodstock’s natural surroundings continue to inspire their artistic practices. In addition to Milton and Sally Michel Avery, artists on display include their daughter, painter March Avery (b. 1932), her husband, photographer Philip G. Cavanaugh (1931–2022), grandson Sean Cavanaugh (b. 1969), and great grand-child Delilah Cavanaugh (b. 2006).
Going Upstate is curated by Dr. Bruce Weber, and organized by the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild in collaboration with The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.
