Excerpt from an interview with Gina Jackson, Councilwoman for Town of Greenburgh, conducted by Niara Jordan. NIARA: Tell us about how your Juneteenth celebration was brought to life. Gina Jackson: Greenburgh is the neighboring town to the City of White Plains, which we all know has a huge Juneteenth celebration. I took office the two…
Excerpt from an interview with Dana Laurient, Chair of the Ardsley Multicultural, Diversity and Inclusion, conducted by Niara Jordan. NIARA: What was the start of bringing your Juneteenth celebration to life? DANA: As far as I know, this is our third annual celebration of Juneteenth here in Ardsley. This is the second one…
Excerpt from an interview with Emlyn Taveras and Jeff Watkins conducted by Niara Jordan. Niara: What was the start of bringing your Juneteenth celebration to life? Where did planning start? Jeff: Planning started with the Village of Pelham Council of the Arts. It was an initiative that we talked about and wanted to see….
Excerpt from an interview with Andromeda Turre, Chairperson of the Bedford IDEA Committee conducted on April 7, 2022 by Aaron Paige. Aaron Paige (AP): What is the origin story behind Bedford’s Juneteenth celebration? Andromeda Turre (AT): I joined Bedford’s IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) Committee first as a volunteer, and…
“At ArtsWestchester, when we talk about ‘Serious Fun’, we mean art that tickles you; art that challenges you; and especially art that is in your face,” says CEO Janet Langsam. “Surprise! It’s public art right there on the street. What fun!” Take for example the monumental sculpture by artist Georgi…
What is contemporary art? This is a question not to be answered in a word, but pondered and defined in one’s own terms. Today’s contemporary art differs vastly from the contemporary art that existed in the time of Roy N. Neuberger, the founder of the Neuberger Museum of Art (NMA),…
The male-rock-star smashed-guitar cliché is nothing new. But in Naama Tsabar’s internationally acclaimed 2018 Melodies of Certain Damage installation, the artist uses this same cliché as a device to explore connections between destruction and creation. Tsabar begins by breaking a guitar in her studio, alone. Then she reassembles new instruments…
When looking at old photographs, one often instinctively wishes that they were present for the moment during which the photo was taken. Rye Arts Center (RAC)’s latest exhibition fulfills that desire. The works on display by Tony Vaccaro can make an observer feel like they are stepping into a time…
The legacy of The Bedford Playhouse is a storied one. It spans 75 years, six million dollars of renovations and one incredibly supportive community. This three-quarters-of-a-century also includes the theater’s near-extinction, a community-driven fundraising effort, an international pandemic, and a complete restructuring of its programming. What stands today is a…
ArtsWestchester’s current Who Writes History? exhibition focuses on a more inclusive recounting of the past and present. Who “owns” history? What is the “truth”? Is there one truth, or many? Twenty exhibiting artists explore the ways in which images and language (together and independently) shape society’s collective memory and mainstream…
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