As president of UCAA, I am pleased to announce that Robert P. Langdon will be our guest speaker on March 6, 2018. Please join Robert P. Langdon, proprietor and curator at Emerge Gallery & Art Space, 228 Main Street, Saugerties, NY, who will discuss his gallery’s mission and opportunities for local artists. Emerge Gallery is a welcoming environment that exhibits the best emerging artists from the Hudson Valley, Metropolitan region and beyond. Robert includes work of various media and styles in each show and strives to promote a pleasing and inviting journey for the viewer. Visit the Emerge Gallery website: www.emergegalleryny.com

Robert was Director at Gallery U in Red Bank and Westfield, NJ prior to being Director at Emerge Gallery. His strength lies in community building and supporting and promoting emerging artists. He began working one-on-one with fine artists when he was Director of Sales and Marketing at a non-profit children’s picture book publisher in San Francisco. Robert photographed still life for Macy’s in Manhattan and A&S catalogs among others and was a teacher in suburban New Jersey where he was born.

He graduated from the German School of Photography and holds a BA from Montclair State University. Robert has been writing poetry and the occasional short fiction since the late 1980’s. His collection, “The Candied Road Ahead: Poems & Stories” is available through Amazon.com in print and Kindle formats.