Jeffrey Lependorf

This interview was conducted with Jeffrey Lependorf in the Hudson Public Library at 10am on Saturday June 22, 2024. Lependorf is a performer, composer, visual artist, and nonprofit arts professional. Currently, he is the executive director of the Flow Chart Foundation, an organization dedicated to programs and resources that relate to creative thinking and exploration as inspired by the poet John Ashbery. Lependorf shares his reflections on the communities ofHudson with a particular focus on the arts and the artists. He reflects on his move to Hudson from New York City and the changing demographics of Hudson over the past two decades. As an active member of the artistic community, he reflects on how Hudson’s size fosters creative space and opportunities. He refers to events and programming locally, including at Basilica Hudson, the Hudson Opera House [now Hudson Hall], the Flow Chart Foundation, and Wave Farm.Additionally, he reflects on the greater Hudson area and its artistic spaces.Other reflections consider Hudson’s LGBTQ artistic community. Finally, as a musician, Lependorf reflects on his career, the arts, aging, and one aspect of his personal philosophy. 

This interview would be of interest to those curious about the creative arts communities in Hudson and the greater Hudson area, programming that creates and fosters creative exchanges among artists, reflections on creating intellectual and public access to the arts, the workings of a local non-profit, public programming, and continuing education.