RHINEBECK, NY.- ‘T’ Space Rhinebeck recently opened its new arts season, with an initiative to offer more public access than ever before. ‘T’ Space’s expanded series of multi-disciplinary programs promotes a synthesis of the arts, through three new exhibitions featuring artists Richard Nonas, Ricci Albenda and Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, paired with performances and readings by leading poets, musicians and composers. The season also includes the recently opened T2 Installation Trail, a two-mile path dotted with commissioned sculptural works, available for hiking on Sundays from 12 - 5pm. The second year of the Rural Compression Summer Architecture Residency will also provide five residents with the opportunity to spend one month in experimental studios with Steven Holl and accomplished guest architects on the T2 Reserve in Rhinebeck.

On June 2, ‘T’ Space began the summer with an exhibition of Richard Nonas’ work. ‘T’ Space has commissioned Nonas to produce a new and permanent installation: a 900 foot straight line of 80 railroad tie units spanning the dips and rises of the T2 Reserve forest —a kind of ghost presence, neither sculpture nor architecture, thickening that charged emotional landscape. In addition to the installation, Nonas shows sculptures at ‘T’ Space Gallery.

Opening July 21, Tatiana Bilbao’s collage-process for making architecture will be on view, examining the dichotomy between the urban and domestic spheres. Martin Maugeais will perform at the opening with experimental spacial music, and poet Mónica de la Torre will read her work.

Each year’s ‘T’ Space architecture exhibition travels, touring architecture schools and museums throughout the United States. Bilbao’s show will begin its tour at Knowlton School of Architecture in Columbus, Ohio.

In the last exhibition of the summer, Ricci Albenda will show a unique installation which operates in the space between the fields of sculpture and architecture. Open Universe represents a three-dimensional drawing centered around a vanishing point. The “lines” of the drawing, made from thin bent willow ribs, compose a fictionalized architectural space. At the opening, Darren Bader will present an experimental poetry project and Jim Krewson will play bluegrass-inspired music.

This summer, ‘T’ Space will continue its new Open Hours program, which offers public visiting hours on Sundays from 12pm - 5pm, with suggested admission of $10. Exhibition openings (June 2, July 21 and August 18) are free and open to the public.

The fusion of art, poetry, music, and architecture is a core aim of ‘T’ Space. Today a great breadth of digital information is instantly available and segregated into categories. Yet, as in the greatest cultural cycles in history, the Arts are interrelated. Architecture, painting, sculpture, music, and poetry all inspire one another. ‘T’ Space aims to synthesize the arts and present original programs in the Hudson Valley. — Steven Holl