What makes a border? Over time, geographic and cultural borders have come to define individual and group identity.

Collaborative Concepts’ new outdoor sculpture exhibition invites the public to wander hiking trails and discover public art set in sweeping pastoral vistas.

Art is often seen as a creative expression that is appreciated primarily, or so the Oxford Dictionary says, for [its] beauty and emotional power. However, the main criteria for Clay Art Center’s current ceramics exhibition is function – or, as the organization’s exhibitions and marketing director Regina Farrell-Fagan puts it – “ceramics that serve.”

Luis Perelman, who was born in New York and currently works in his Yonkers studio, came to prominence with resin sculptures when Leo Castelli’s gallery represented him in the 1960s. However, his artistic output from the past six decades includes many other types of artworks in various styles and media.

On any given weekday, cars drive through Peekskill’s main streets, rushing to and from schools and offices. On weekends, they shift directions, often heading to downtown cafes or the sculpture-lined riverfront park. Now, when on the corner of South and Requa Streets, they pass by the Five Elements Arches Murals as well.

On June 16, the Hudson River Museum will enter a new phase in its 104-year history with the opening of new Special Exhibitions Galleries as well as a Community and Partnership Gallery, collectively known as the West Wing.

As massive inflatable likenesses of artist Yayoi Kusama and her signature polka dots take over major capitols around the world through a collaboration with Louis Vuitton – and the line of gallery-goers and wrap around the corner of the David Zwirner Gallery for a view of the artist’s newest work – an intimate exhibition featuring the artist’s work stands tall in Westchester.

On May 6 and 7, the Northern Star Quilters Guild will present the World of Quilts—A Celebration of Traditional, Modern and Art Quilts at the Purchase College Gymnasium.

Pelham Art Center (PAC)’s current Mental Fragments exhibition, on view through May 7, dives into themes that look at how people grow and experience change throughout school to adulthood. Appropriately, the show was curated by members of the Center’s Teen Arts Council.

After Hurricane Irene destroyed its original building 12 years ago, the GARNER Arts Center in Garnerville has finally opened its new exhibition space, Building 35.