Vote. By mail or in person. Absentee or early. This is the call to action by many artists in ArtsWestchester’s Give Us the Vote 2020 online exhibition. In the midst of a year that has challenged every American in some way, the call to the ballot box has been loud…
“Why have a women-only exhibition?” Many people have asked Laura Vookles this question. Sometimes the Chair of Hudson River Museum’s Curatorial Department answers with a question of her own: If you walk into a museum gallery and all the artists are men, would you ask why? She explains: “We don’t…
What is a watershed moment? It is a turning point. It is a defining moment at which change alters the direction of a situation. It is a dividing point, from which things will never be the same. It is momentous. So what does artist Jorge Otero-Pailos have in mind when…
by Kathleen Reckling, Deputy Director of Public Programs, ArtsWestchester High above the heads of visitors in ArtsWestchester’s gallery is a vibrant mural that exalts the pivotal role White Plains played in the American Revolution. In the foreground are two female figures: Freedom, who holds an American flag, and Liberty, who…
Press Release Announcing: The Hammond Museum October Virtual Exhibition at the Hammond Museum curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden in North Salem, New York, is an eminent cultural institution with generous exhibit spaces and a serene sculpture garden. Art exhibitions, musical performances, Japanese tea ceremonies, and other activities are just…
by Michelle Falkenstein Lyndhurst Executive Director Howard Zar envisioned Voices in the Landscape as a weekend-long celebration of the people who found inspiration and respite from the scenery of the Hudson River. Voices was tentatively scheduled for the weekend before Juneteenth on June 19—a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of…
A favorite socially-distanced activity for many people during the COVID-19 health crisis has been to simply go for a walk. When stuck inside all day, fresh air can revitalize the soul and refresh our moods. In Peekskill, those who are out for a stroll can take in dozens of public…
by Kathleen Reckling, Deputy Director of Public Programs, ArtsWestchester Stephanie Wolfson is a house plant portraitist. The White Plains printmaker and SUNY Purchase alumna blends the exacting skill of botanical illustration with the tropes of contemporary “millennial” and “Instagram” aesthetics. The result is detailed renderings of popular house plants,…
by Kathleen Reckling, Deputy Director of Public Programs, ArtsWestchester When COVID-19 landed in North America, artist Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong was away from her New York home, balancing a residency in Calgary, Canada with overseeing the complex fabrication of her monumental sculpture, Current. There was still pasta on the shelves of…
Five days a week, artist Chris Soria hops on his silver bicycle at 7 a.m. and takes a five-minute ride from his Nyack home to an underpass on the Rockland County side of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. On the way, he picks up coffee and breakfast sandwiches for…
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