by Janet Langsam, ArtsWestchester CEO The New York State Proposed Executive Budget for Fiscal ‘23 has been announced, and in it is level funding for the Arts. The budget contains the same $100 million that was allocated last year, which included an additional $40 million of recovery funding to New…
Four Westchester-based artists have received an Artist Fellowship from New York State Council of the Arts / New York Foundation for the Arts, an unrestricted cash grant available to artists chosen from fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period. The Fellowship is not a project grant, but is intended to…
Despite a number of ups and downs in the cultural industry these past two years, more than 100 Westchester arts organizations together raised nearly $1.1 million in private and matched support. These funds will directly support the arts and culture community at a time when many organizations are…
Local Yonkers Teen Matilde Steck Publishes First Novel “I wrote this book to find my voice and confront my social and environmental anxieties through fictional storytelling…,” says Matilde Steck about her recently published book. The senior at Yonkers Middle High School recently self-published The Call: A Brief History of the…
Percy Grainger Society Receives Conservation Grant The International Percy Grainger Society is one of 25 organizations to receive a Conservation Treatment Grant from Greater Hudson Heritage Network and the New York State Council on the Arts. These grants support treatment procedures by professional conservators. The object to be conserved, “Cross-Grainger…
Hudson River Museum (HRM)’s current featured exhibition surveys a century of African Americans in the arts, chronicling the many craft choices, conflicts and thematic shifts over time. African American Art in the 20th Century makes its fifth and final stop at HRM through January 16, 2022. Sourced from Smithsonian American…
Over the past five years, ArtsWestchester has been contemplating the establishment of a cultural plan for Westchester. The county has changed significantly since the organization partnered with the County in creating the last plan almost thirty years ago with consultants Adams and Goldbar. A new plan is being promoted by ArtsWestchester…
“She brings her dazzling, rhythmic forms to the rhythms of our daily commute,” says MTA Arts & Design Director Sandra Bloodworth of artist Barbara Takenaga, whose new works were recently unveiled at the White Plains Metro-North Railroad Station. Barbara Takenaga is known for swirling, abstract paintings in stunningly detailed compositions….
At Steffi Nossen Dance Company’s Choreography Showcase this year, the dancers won’t be the only ones on the move. Guests will travel, one room at a time, in small groups of 25. In each space, they will observe one of six new dance works by professional choreographers. This format allows…
“The relationship between actor and audience during a performance is essential in being able to enjoy a full theatrical experience,” explains Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT) President Alan Lutwin. “Theater is a ‘live’ art form.” For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, WCT will return to live…
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