This December, Westchester County will finalize its 2023 budget. In advance of that announcement, the County will host several town hall open forums to invite input from the public about what is important to the residents of Westchester. County Executive George Latimer has already announced his proposed Operating Budget, but…
[Editor’s Note]: For this blog post, we gladly gave artist Amanda Browder a platform to discuss her monumental public artwork Metropolis Sunrise, which is now installed on the façade of ArtsWestchester’s historic landmark building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains. The installation took three years to realize, and was…
The Symphony of Westchester is celebrating its 25th anniversary by bringing back favorite artists and a crowd-pleasing repertory of classical and contemporary music, including works from Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi and Copland, to Iona University’s Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium in New Rochelle. This season, there will be…
Never the Sinner, a play by John Logan, recounts the real-life trial of two infamous, wealthy college students, known only by their last names Leopold and Loeb, who kidnapped and murdered Loeb’s 14-year-old cousin in May 1924. This was the first play written by Logan, who went on to write…
Serious Fun Arts Fest: The Arts Took Over White Plains! Last month, ArtsWestchester’s Serious Fun Arts Fest took over downtown White Plains with public art, gallery events, pop-up dance and theater performances, live music and family activities. The 5-day festival, which featured more than 200 artists, culminated in a headliner…
“To be sure, there are many ways to use fabric in search of artistic meaning,” says ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam. “In this exhibition, we are encouraging artists to use fabric as a way to point out issues of social consequence.” The exhibition Langsam refers to, The Social Fabric, on view…
This fall, two Westchester museums celebrate picture book art and the artists who use stories to imagine new worlds for children. Rye Arts Center (RAC) and Katonah Museum of Art (KMA) elevate picture book art with their current exhibitions, delving into themes like folklore and justice. For its The…
ArtsWestchester caps off its Serious Fun Arts Fest with a November 12 gala that honors White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach and the creative developers who are helping to bring public art to the fore in White Plains. Cities across the country – such as Boise, Idaho; Lexington, Kentucky; and Sacramento,…
Arts lovers will be in their glory when the arts will take over White Plains this month during the Serious Fun Arts Fest (Oct. 12-16). The festival brings 15 new public artworks and 20 live music performances, as well as gallery events, family art-making activities, pop-up dance performances, an art…
by Natalya Khorover Editor’s Note: Artist Natalya Khorover creates nature-inspired artworks out of single-use plastics. For this article, I asked Khorover to visit “Plastic Reef” and speak with its creator, artist Federico Uribe, whose installation at Hudson River Museum uses upcycled plastic to create a colorful underwater world. “My commitment is…
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