In March 2020, The Chappaqua Orchestra, like most music groups, found themselves unable to perform in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It seemed prudent then to buckle down on a plan that was years in the making. Emerging now from the pandemic year is a group with a new…
Many of Westchester’s performing arts centers, big and small, finally have something to celebrate: a Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG). “The Shuttered Venue Grant was a true game-changer for the arts in America and has truly saved an entire industry from dissolution,” says Kathy Davisson of White Plains Performing Arts…
On September 11, 2001, artist Manju Shandler was walking her dog in Manhattan when she heard the news. “A woman ran into the street and began stopping cars to tell people something,” explains Shandler. “She ran up to me [and said] ‘A plane flew into the World Trade Center.’” Shandler…
Arts groups throughout Westchester County are trying to make a comeback after extended closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For many of these groups, the Art$WChallenge has come at just the right time. This annual program makes available $400K in matching grant money to benefit arts and cultural groups throughout…
In a bustling nook in Larchmont-Mamaroneck, Mamaroneck Artists Guild (MAG) has provided a gallery space and creative home for more than 150 local artists for more than a decade. This past year, that very same nook became desolate when the group had to close its gallery during the COVID-19 pandemic….
Katonah Museum of Art: Cladogram Through September 19 Katonah Museum of Art’s second international juried biennial, Cladogram, displays works by 58 artists from 21 countries, including Argentina, Australia and Italy. The exhibition borrows its name from a diagram that shows relationships among different species and their history of evolution. Likewise,…
This fall, the return of safely organized and distanced fall festivals bring back a well-missed tradition from its 2020 absence. Two craft shows with differing approaches will offer guests a variety of ways to browse crafts and support the arts. On September 25-26, Armonk Outdoor Art Show welcomes visitors back…
Blue Door Arts Center About 20 years ago, Art on Main Street, an organization that aimed to bring art and culture to downtown Yonkers, closed. However, it was from those ashes that a phoenix of the Yonkers cultural community arose. Two of the Art on MAin Street’s directors, Luis Perelman…
When Rose Luangisa, founder of the Luangisa African Gallery, decided to organize a festival of African art and culture in Mount Vernon, she wanted to choose a name for it that would represent the past and future of Africa. “We honor the African ancestors and the gifts of our Motherland…
At River’s Edge Theatre Company’s upcoming event, “helpful resources about sustainable living will be shared with the audience with the hope that they take action in their own home,” according to the group’s Artistic Director, Meghan Covington. The Green Plays Project is a one-day outdoor theater event that focuses on…
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