Stone Quarry Hill Art Park names new executive director

Emily Zaengle took the reins as the new executive director of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park on Jan. 5 Photo by Jason Emerson.

Cazenovia After more than one year of being run by an interim director, the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park Board of Directors last week announced the hiring of a permanent executive director for the park Emily Gates Zaengle.

Zaengle, 27, a native if Unadilla Forks, holds advanced degrees in both landscape architecture and museum studies and during the past three years has served as both an intern and a volunteer at the art park.

Im really excited. I dont know if its a post made for me or me for it, but it fits, Zaengle said. It will be a challenge, but I love challenges and creative problem solving. Im up for the challenge because I believe in it. And I have a great board of directors that support me and believe in this place.

I cant tell you how thrilled we are, said SQHAP Board of Directors President John Hunt. We felt we needed that long-term look at the future, and one of our five-year goals was to get someone in that executive director position and allow them to take the park through our 24th and 25th years and onward finish out our first quarter century.

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park will host a day of winter fun from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Winner Gallery. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the new executive director, Emily Zaengle, as well as to sit back with a cup of free hot chocolate and participate in arts and crafts and whatever outdoor activities the weather will allow. The event is free and open to the public, and does not require any reservations. For more information call the park at 655-3196.

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is one of the first outdoor sculpture parks in the country. The park , which consists of 104 acres of land and more than four miles of hiking trails, showcases the works of emerging and established artists in natural and gallery settings, and offers public programs and educational outreach including exhibitions, lecture-demonstrations, workshops and classes.

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