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From the July, Disney Vacation Club Member Clubhouse (e-newsletter):
Developer News
Tasteful design
Last month in Member Clubhouse, you were treated to a tour of the lobby, lobby seating area, and The Library Lounge at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, the new proposed Disney Vacation Club Resort. Now it's off to The Artist's Palette, the food, beverage, and retail area at the Resort.
Located just off of the lobby seating area, The Artist's Palette is a soaring space, featuring exposed brick walls and wood trusses. Jacki McNicholas, Development Manager for Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, says it's designed to recall an older, raw space once used by artists but now repurposed, much like former warehouse and loft spaces in cities across the United States. Why an artist's loft? Well, just like gurgling springs and horseracing, art has also played an important part in the history of Saratoga Springs, New York.
In addition to numerous galleries, Saratoga Springs is home to Yaddo, an artists' community located on a 400-acre estate. Now over a century old, Yaddo was founded in 1900 by Spencer and Katrina Trask as a place where artists could live and develop their craft. Conducting design research in the area, Jacki visited several resident artists with Mary Hannah of Kay Hannah Associates, Art Consultant for Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. Laura Fayer, a New York painter who has been in residence at Yaddo, was selected to create artwork that will be hung in The Artist's Palette.
"Laura is painting nine canvasses for us, each measuring six feet wide by eleven feet long," says Jacki. Hung from the ceiling, the pieces will serve a dual purpose; they'll not only add visual interest, but absorb sound in what is expected to be a very busy area. It was an important consideration, says Jacki, because "it's a very hard space. The floors are colored concrete in the walkway areas, there are wood floors underneath the seating area. The merchandise area is carpeted, but at 1,200 square feet, it's a small area. With the brick, wood, and steel surfaces, these large hanging canvasses will certainly soften things."
Plans call for the seating area in The Artist's Palette to feature upholstered chairs with scrolled backs. According to Lori Shew, Concept Development Manager for Food & Beverage, "The chairs are a little avant garde. They're not the typical chair you would find in our other dining locations." Lori adds that "there is some very artistic lighting, too. Different colors, bright colors, warm colors."
In order to create a lower ceiling plane for the lofted space, chandeliers were chosen. Of these custom-crafted designs, Jacki says they're "very decorative and bold. In the seating area, there are chandeliers of six or seven different shapes in six or seven different colors. They're very ornamental." Over in the food service area, the planned lighting fixtures are equally colorful. Jacki describes these chandeliers as "sort of amoeba-shaped, about five feet in diameter."
How's that for your first taste of The Artist's Palette? Next month in Member Clubhouse, we'll serve up additional detailsthe layout, menu, service options, and more.
Also in the newsletter are more artist renderings of this aspect of the resort.
Enjoy!
Developer News
Tasteful design
Last month in Member Clubhouse, you were treated to a tour of the lobby, lobby seating area, and The Library Lounge at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, the new proposed Disney Vacation Club Resort. Now it's off to The Artist's Palette, the food, beverage, and retail area at the Resort.
Located just off of the lobby seating area, The Artist's Palette is a soaring space, featuring exposed brick walls and wood trusses. Jacki McNicholas, Development Manager for Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, says it's designed to recall an older, raw space once used by artists but now repurposed, much like former warehouse and loft spaces in cities across the United States. Why an artist's loft? Well, just like gurgling springs and horseracing, art has also played an important part in the history of Saratoga Springs, New York.
In addition to numerous galleries, Saratoga Springs is home to Yaddo, an artists' community located on a 400-acre estate. Now over a century old, Yaddo was founded in 1900 by Spencer and Katrina Trask as a place where artists could live and develop their craft. Conducting design research in the area, Jacki visited several resident artists with Mary Hannah of Kay Hannah Associates, Art Consultant for Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. Laura Fayer, a New York painter who has been in residence at Yaddo, was selected to create artwork that will be hung in The Artist's Palette.
"Laura is painting nine canvasses for us, each measuring six feet wide by eleven feet long," says Jacki. Hung from the ceiling, the pieces will serve a dual purpose; they'll not only add visual interest, but absorb sound in what is expected to be a very busy area. It was an important consideration, says Jacki, because "it's a very hard space. The floors are colored concrete in the walkway areas, there are wood floors underneath the seating area. The merchandise area is carpeted, but at 1,200 square feet, it's a small area. With the brick, wood, and steel surfaces, these large hanging canvasses will certainly soften things."
Plans call for the seating area in The Artist's Palette to feature upholstered chairs with scrolled backs. According to Lori Shew, Concept Development Manager for Food & Beverage, "The chairs are a little avant garde. They're not the typical chair you would find in our other dining locations." Lori adds that "there is some very artistic lighting, too. Different colors, bright colors, warm colors."
In order to create a lower ceiling plane for the lofted space, chandeliers were chosen. Of these custom-crafted designs, Jacki says they're "very decorative and bold. In the seating area, there are chandeliers of six or seven different shapes in six or seven different colors. They're very ornamental." Over in the food service area, the planned lighting fixtures are equally colorful. Jacki describes these chandeliers as "sort of amoeba-shaped, about five feet in diameter."
How's that for your first taste of The Artist's Palette? Next month in Member Clubhouse, we'll serve up additional detailsthe layout, menu, service options, and more.
Also in the newsletter are more artist renderings of this aspect of the resort.
Enjoy!
