Arts Events

                

                Field Library hosts free Arts Series for seniors


Adults ages 55 and older are invited to participate in A Collaborative Mural Project, a free series of nine workshops on Wednesdays from 3-5 p.m. beginning March 3 at The Field Library in Peekskill.  

This workshop series, led by mural artists Larry D’Amico and Sone Tower, will continue on March 10, 17, 24 and 31, April 7, 14, 21, 26 and 28.  The project is open to all skill levels and supplies will be provided. 

The series is part of Creative Aging in Our Communities: The Westchester Libraries Project, an arts initiative now in its second year. Funded by the Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation in support of their efforts to build elder-friendly communities, The Westchester Libraries Project is designed and administered by Lifetime Arts, Inc. in partnership with the Westchester Library System.

Although there is no fee to participate, registration is encouraged as space is limited. For more information or to register, please call (914) 737-0010 or 734-1292. The Field Library is located at 4 Nelson Avenue in Peekskill. The library is wheelchair-accessible.


Coffee House hosts Middle School artworks



 

A new show of student art work now decorates the walls of the Peekskill Coffee House, and the Peekskill Middle School artists and their teachers recently celebrated the exhibit’s opening.


Art teachers Jennifer Lombardo, Patricia Roldan, and Richard Zorn greeted parents and encouraged their students to be proud of the portraits, landscapes, and still lives they had created. Coffee House co-owner Sunny Cover was on hand with her daughter, Aleah. “We are delighted to be able to provide this space for the Peekskill Schools’ art programs,” Cover said.


Sixth grade artist Briona Alston received lots of admiration for her jungle painting from her mother, Melissa Rosado-Alston, and sisters Zada, Jordyn, and Jesenia. “Art class is probably my favorite of all,” Briona said. “I’m so proud of our school district for having such a strong art program,” said teacher Lombardo. “For many students, having the chance to draw, paint, sculpt, create is the one thing that will make the difference for them to succeed in high school and college.”


The Middle School art show will be on display through February, and artwork by Oakside School students will be shown in March. The Peekskill Coffee House is located at 101 South Division Street and is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays; from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursdays, and from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends.

Submitted by Peekskill Daily




Center for Digital Art in Peekskill

North Division St

                                                 

Madeline Wilson

 

Footprint, American Culture in 2010

March 9 – April 10, 2010

Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 9, 5:30


The images in this show explore compass issues related to global warming, the chaos and density of our existence in this place on our planet, and, sometimes, the ability to slow down and contemplate who we are and where we are headed. They will be presented as an installation, photographs flush mounted, edge-to-edge in the space. They will be viewed as a whole piece and as pieces of the whole.

    

 

Eileen MacAvery Kane

 

Teacup Secrets

April 20 – May 20, 2010

Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 20, 5:30 pm – 7 pm

Artist’s Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm


Teacup Secrets” was inspired by the artist’s mother’s teacup collection as well as a fascination with her family’s secrets and legacies. Whether talked about in whispers, or presented with pride, these stories were as intriguing to her as the teacups. Tattered, faded, and forgotten photographs trigger memories of these stories. “Teacup Secrets” pairs photographs of the teacups and old family photos along with the story behind each one. This series explores the joy, triumph, dysfunction, and tragedy of family and bears witness to what has passed.

                   


 Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art


Upcoming Special Events


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CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARTISTS: Alon Levin


Sunday, March 7, 2010; 4 to 6pm

Join us on March 7th, 2010 from 4 to 6 pm as artist Alon Levin discusses his work work, experiences as an artist in residence at SUNY New Paltz, and as artist living and working in Berlin, Brooklyn, and Amsterdam.

On Eagles and Empire, 2009

Wood, bolts, oil on panel, acrylic on panel

Dimensions variable, 20’ high

Upcoming Exhibitions


IN.FLEC.TION


a turning away from a position

a manner of expressing oneself

Opening February 28, 2010, from 4-6 pm

Showing 13 artists who have nothing in common, except that they meet monthly to critique each other's work. These discussions are open, incisive, tough, fair, generous and tremendously helpful.


DOUBLE DUTCH  

A New Generation of Dutch Installation and Video Artists


 

Job Koelewijn’s Sanctuary, a 46 foot gas station composed of 3,000+

art books

Artists in the show:

Marc Bijl, Martha Colburn, Fendry Ekel, Dylan Graham, Folkert de Jong, Job Koelewijn, Maartje Korstanje, Alon Levin, Erik van Lieshout, Serge Onnen, Daan Padmos, Karen Sargsyan, Lara Schnitger, Jennifer Tee, Rob Voerman, Guido van der Werve.

Upcoming Special Events




FENDRY EKEL: Art and Architecture: A Way of Seeing the World


           

Opens September 12, 2009 

As part of a focus on the Quadricentennial year of the Dutch settlement along the Hudson, HVCCA presents a solo exhibition by Fendry Ekel in the Mezannine Gallery. In this exhibition Ekel’s guaches and watercolors critically investigate the way in which buildings and monuments are used as a confirmation of power to seduce, manipulate and intimidate.

Ongoing Exhibitions:

Folkert de Jong - Mount Maslow, 2007


                  

Dutch artist Folkert de Jong is one of the most innovative young sculptors today. Inspired by Abraham Maslow’s “Theory of Human Motivation,” De Jong stages an 18-foot styrofoam snow mountain being scaled by two bearded figures. Hamburger Hill references an American assault on a Vietnam position in which most of the troops died and the hill had no strategic value.


Thomas Hirschhorn - Laundrette, 2001


                  

Using commonplace materials such as cardboard, linoleum, postage tape and aluminum foil, Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn has recreated a full-scale replica of a laundrette, in which cardboard models of washing-machines are inset with television sets showing global atrocities downloaded from the internet juxtaposed to videos of the artist performing everyday, commonplace tasks. Hirschhorn, who has become the most celebrated international installation artist, challenges us to consider how poverty and neglect has led to human incivility.





www.hvcca.org


Flat Iron Gallery, Inc.

105 So. Division St

914-734-1894



Laura Gillen has a solo show  "Closeup!" 

featuring small oil paintings.....


March 4th-April 25th, 2010. 

An artist' reception will be held onSun., March 7th from 1-5 p.m.



www.flatiron.qpg.com

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