Tate and Ola Rubinstein: A Family, A Fair, and 45 Years in the Hudson Valley

Norm sits down with Tate and Ola Rubinstein, the husband-and-wife team behind Quail Hollow Events and the 45th annual Woodstock-New Paltz Art and Crafts Fair, returning to the Ulster County Fairgrounds Memorial Day weekend, Tate grew up at the shows his father Neil and uncle Scott founded in 1982, and Ola, an art historian by training, took over day-to-day direction after the couple moved back from New Mexico in 2017. They talk about the road back to the Hudson Valley, life in Placitas under the Sandia Mountains, raising two daughters who are serious gymnasts, and the meditative pull of tennis (with a few words about Jim Morrison's on-court personality for good measure). Norm gets to what it actually takes to put on a fair this size: 220 juried exhibitors, a 30-person staff drawn largely from SUNY New Paltz, the puzzle of laying out the grounds without putting two jewelers next to each other, and the diligence required to make sure every maker is really making their own work. Produced by Norm Magnusson, Jennifer Hammoud, and Matty Rosenberg @ radiofreerhinecliff.org Send comments to [email protected]