In the spring of 1982, a group of professional visual artists working in a variety of mediums and styles met to explore the idea of forming a cooperative gallery. Mutual respect for each others works and recognition of the benefits in sharing ideas and experience brought them together. When plans were being discussed for the future, the MidHudson Arts and Science Center MASC housed in the old City Hall, now the headquarters of the Dutchess Commissioner of Jurors, invited the newly formed cooperative to present its first exhibit in MASCs large gallery for the duration of the summer. Inspired by the idea of beginning with a group exhibit in the summer the name Summergroup was unanimously adopted.

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