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contents thisandthatbyjl.com news in brief Page A3 highlights Page A4 STEAM westchester celebrates spring Page A7 by Janet Langsam artsbash Page A9 calendar Page A14 Photo Credit: Cathy Pinsky exhibitions Page A18 Scientists and artists share a common language. It is a language of "question- workshops Page A19 ing." Both look at the world and question how things work and envision how they can work better. Questioning is how we build our understanding of the world ArtsWNews (artsw.org/artswnews), your guide to arts around us and the subtleties of shades of meaning. It is how we achieve prog- ress. It is how we measure our humanity. Most important, questioning is how we and culture in Westchester County, NY, is published learn. Arts and sciences are both essential to our education system, not simply by ArtsWestchester, a private, not-for-profit because they provide content, but because they require questioning. This is the organization established in 1965. The largest of its kind in New York State, it serves process that leads to innovation, which many thoughtful leaders in our country more than 150 cultural organizations, 43 school districts, hundreds of artists, and believe is the key to America’s competitive edge in the global marketplace. audiences numbering more than one million. The goal of ArtsWestchester is to It is fitting that we call our exhibition STEAM, as steam in its purist form is a ensure the availability, accessibility, and diversity of the arts in Westchester. powerful force of nature. As an exhibition, STEAM highlights and celebrates the Jacqueline Walker, Board President common ground shared by scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians John R. Peckham, Board Chairman and artists. It is a testament to how both art and science contribute to a world Janet Langsam, Chief Executive Officer in which creativity and innovation move the paradigm forward. As an acronym, Salina Le Bris, Director of Communications STEAM is also being used by educators to describe an educational curriculum Mary Alice Franklin, ArtsWNews Editor that includes a combination of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering Alison Kattleman, Designer and Calendar Editor and math) and the arts. As an arts council, we work hard to keep art in class- LisaMarie DeSanto, Contributor rooms throughout Westchester because we believe it is a powerful learning tool and critical to a well-rounded education. Nathalie Gonzalez, Designer The work of ArtsWestchester is made possible with support from Westchester We live in an age of innovation. Every day new technologies, new theories, new County Government. breakthroughs, new designs, new devices, enter our lives promising to improve our day-to-day and bring us even more closely connected. In this exhibition, Robert P. Astorino, County Executive we present 31 artists, each of whom brings transformational perspective to our Michael Kaplowitz, Chairman, Westchester Board of Legislators complex world. As curator, Patricia Miranda has assembled 45 works of art by artists who question, challenge, and re-envision the world in which we live – a Westchester Board of Legislators world that is shrinking thanks to the ingenuity of artists and scientists. Together, Catherine Borgia Kenneth W. Jenkins MaryJane Shimsky their work celebrates creativity and enforces the notion that the arts are an Benjamin Boykin James Maisano Michael J. Smith undeniable part of future innovation. We are privileged to be working with both Gordon A. Burrows Sheila Marcotte Bernice Spreckman Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and the Westchester Community College Digital Arts David B. Gelfarb Catherine Parker John G. Testa Center on this journey, as well as our other many sponsors: Entergy, Con Edison, Peter Harckham Virginia Perez Alfreda A. Williams Pernod Ricard, Tompkins and The Liman Foundation. Lyndon Williams Thanks to our generous sponsors: A&A Maintenance, Aetna Foundation, Anchin Block & Anchin, Benerofe Properties, The Bristal, Clarfeld Financial Advisors, Con Edison, Curtis Instruments, Empire City Casino, Entergy, Ethan Allen Interiors, First Niagara Foundation, Gabelli Foundation, HSBC, IBM, Inspiria Media, Jacob Burns Foundation, John Meyer Consulting PC, Joseph & Sophia Abeles Foundation, Journal News, JP Morgan Chase, Key Bank, The Liman Foundation, Macy's, Macerich Cross County Shopping Center, MAXX Properties, Morgan Stanley, Nordstrom, Peckham Industries, Inc., PepsiCo, Pernod Ricard, Reckson, A Division of SL Green Realty, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, RPW Group, Simon Property Group, TD Charitable Foundation, United Airlines, VENU Magazine, Wells Fargo Bank, Westchester Community Foundation, Westchester Magazine, Westchester County Medical Center, Westfair Communications and White Plains Hospital. Observatory (detail) by Katherine Jackson
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Support ArtsWestchester Castle Gallery Showcases enjoyed a behind-the-scenes look at universal concerns of memory, Through AmazonSmile Local Artists in a private ceramic collection, a visit heritage and assimilation through to a museum founders’ home, and the personal lens of the artist. It is When customers shop at Amazon. Westchester Biennial a curator’s tour of a local museum slated to open in late January-early com, they can now support exhibition. This special group was February of next year. All of the ArtsWestchester at the same time. established in 2012 to build individ- NEA's grants undergo a rigorous By going to smile.amazon.com ual support for the arts and to help independent review process by and designating ArtsWestchester create a source of annual revenue national panels of artists and other as the chosen charity, a percent- independent of government and arts experts, followed by review age of any future purchases corporate funding. The annual mem- of those recommendations by the will be automatically donated to bership fee is $2,500. To learn more National Council on the Arts, with ArtsWestchester. There is no about Friends of ArtsWestchester, final grant decisions by the NEA need for a new Amazon account – please contact Ann Fabrizio at Acting Chairman. For more info, visit: AmazonSmile is the same Amazon [email protected]. www.arts.gov. you know, with the same products, Anne Bobroff-Hajal prices and Amazon Prime benefits. Castle Gallery at the College of Walk4Hearing Hosts For more information, visit: smile. New Rochelle’s Westchester Kickoff Event at amazon.com/ch/13-2604827. In Memoriam: Bob Kirsch Biennial will celebrate its 9th jur- ArtsWestchester Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for ied art exhibition, on view through June 20. The goal of the exhibi- Sarah Lawrence Professor tion is to recognize the diversity and innovation of recent work by emerging and established artists in Westchester County. The only one of its kind, this show is open exclusively to Westchester artists (left to right): Steve Wolfert, Hearing Loss for work created within the past two Association; Otis Livingston, Sports Anchor years. The show features several of CBS-2; Tom van Buren, ArtsWestchester; ArtsWestchester resident artists, David Goldwasser, Walk4Hearing co-chair including Kiyoshi Otsuka, Patricia Abigail Kirsch, Bob Kirsch and Lucille Werlinich The Westchester/ Rockland Spergel, Carole Curtis and former Walk4Hearing and Hearing Loss resident Rima Grad, as well a num- ArtsWestchester mourns the loss Association of America recently ber of artists who have been exhib- of Bob Kirsch, a member of the hosted its 2014 Walk Kickoff at ited in its galleries. The Biennial’s Westchester Community College ArtsWestchester. Hosting a company reception on May 4 will coincide Foundation Board and a good friend or employee event in its unique, his- with The College of New Rochelle’s to ArtsWestchester. With his wife toric gallery is one of the many ways Vijay Seshadri (photo credit: Quyen Dac annual Strawberry Festival. For Abigail, Bob started Abigail Kirsch to partner with ArtsWestchester Nguyen) more info, visit: Catering Relationships, which for and improve the quality of life in Sarah Lawrence writing professor castlegallery.cnr.edu/exhibits. thirty years has provided culinary Westchester County. For 10 Ways to Vijay Seshadri is the recipient of excellence in creative catering and Partner, visit: artswestchester.org/ the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize Friends of ArtsWestchester event management at Tappan Hill get-involved/arts-and-business. in Poetry. The award, which honors May Event Mansion and other locations in the “a distinguished volume of original ArtsWestchester Receives New York area. Bob was an influen- cial member of our gala brain trust, verse by an American author,” was NEA Grant for Exhibition awarded to the former The New helping to make our events spectac- Yorker editor for his published work National Endowment for the Arts ular. His advice was impeccable and 3 Sections. The Pulitzer committee (NEA) recently announced that it will his presence was larger than life. He described the piece as “a compelling award $74.85 million in 971 grants to will be missed. Friends of ArtsWestchester are collection of poems that examine nonprofit organizations nationwide, planning its May gathering – a visit human consciousness, from birth to including ArtsWestchester, which – Janet Langsam to an extraordinary contemporary dementia, in a voice that is by turns is the recipient of a grant for its home and art collection. The Friends witty and grave, compassionate and upcoming Crossing Borders exhibi- group, which meets several times remorseless.” For more info, visit: tion. Crossing Borders will examine throughout the year, has already www.pulitzer.org. A4 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews MAy 2014
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Dance on Film
As part of its commitment to creating a dialogue between artists and audiences about contemporary dance, Rivertown Artists Workshop (RAW) will present Dance as Authentic Narrative in Film. The screening and talk with world-renowned choreographer Marta Renzi, who has cre- ated site-specific performances in locations such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Staten Island Ferry, will show her three newest “dance on film” shorts at the Warner Library on May 15. Director Naomi Vladeck, who co-founded RAW with Sarah Levine, explained that "it made sense to provide a thoughtful dialogue around movement as a primary language in film." RAW aims to give audiences the opportunity to see contem- porary dance in an intimate setting, learn about the dance process and create an opportunity for artists and communi- ties to engage with one another. For more information about RAW, visit: www.rivertownartistsworkshop.org
From 890 Broadway, a short film directed by Marta Renzi (photo credit: Libby Pratt)
What Matters to Peekskill
An interactive public art installation will become a permanent addition to ArtsWestchester’s Annual the heart of downtown Peekskill. More than 1,000 community members of all ages, backgrounds and cultures were asked "what matters” to them. The resulting mural, created by 86 volunteers, will present 8-year-old volunteer Anna Yeh (photo credit: Lana Yu) a representative sampling of some of the most engaging and universal answers gathered from a series of live events, phone calls, emails and social media. With words of self- reflection in several languages that were given by youths, day laborers, families and more, the mural’s goal is to break down the barrier of perceived separateness and unify this culturally-diverse community. The artwork allows these citizens to act as both content and context for the piece, as it was made both by and for members of the community. Artist Lana Yu, Save the Date: June 16, 2014 who organized this project for which she received an Arts Alive grant from ArtsWestchester, stated that “while [citizens] may seem very different on Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle the surface, they will realize [through viewing the mural] that we have many of the same thoughts and values.” The installation will be unveiled on the west-facing wall of Los Andes bakery on May 10 at 2pm and will be cel- ebrated with drumming and refreshments. For more info on What Matters, artsw.org/golf visit: whatmatters.lanayu.net. MAy 2014 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews A5
To Each Their Own, In the World of Paint Westchester County Unveils Recycled
In its new exhibition, Big, Fat & Material Art Gallery Juicy, Pelham Art Center uses In celebration of Earth Day, large-scale abstract paintings to Westchester County has unveiled a explore the physicality of paint new Recycled Material Art Gallery and demonstrate how artists’ located within the county’s pri- painting processes differ. Alexi- mary recycling center, the Material Rutsch Brock, who co-curated the Recovery Facility in Yonkers. The show with Elizabeth Saperstein, gallery’s Trash As Treasure exhibition explains: “The exhibition exam- features six local artists whose work ines how paint is approached, is made entirely of salvaged, reused either as a spontaneous action or and recycled materials. Hand-painted something that looks like a mis- murals with environmental themes take, but is actually constructed.” will also complement these pieces. The textural element of the work The show aims to educate the thou- creates a new experience for sands of Westchester youth who the viewer – when examined up visit the facility each year, teaching close, the 3-dimensionality of the them about the importance of recy- paint becomes more obvious and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino partici- Shield by Emily Noelle Lambert cling and the creative ways materials pated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new appears differently for each art- can be reused. Tours will educate Recycled Material Art Gallery on Earth Day, April 22 ist’s work since each approaches the medium in a unique way. Big, Fat & participants on the recycling process Juicy is on view from May 2 through June 28, with a May 2 reception. For in Westchester County. For more info, visit: environment.westchestergov. more info, visit: www.pelhamartcenter.org. com/facilities/material-recovery-facility-tours.
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Art and Nutrition: A Healthy Combination
ArtsWestchester has been working with local schools on the creation and installation of four original lunchroom murals. Based on healthy nutritional concepts, artist residencies in Greenburgh, White Plains, Mount Vernon and Yonkers have been designed to activate nutrition education through hands- on learning and the arts. The initiative includes a ten-day artist residency for each school, in which a visual artist coordinates with classroom teachers, a registered dietician and the students to create murals entitled Healthy Foods = Happy Children. This cross-curriculum approach integrates science les- sons with themes of increased physical activity and healthy eating, and such art concepts as color and design choices, measuring, scaling, painting and the preservation of art. Students are taught to make healthy breakfasts and lunches together, and to track their fruit and vegetable intake in a diary, fos- tering math skills and furthering a sense of empowerment. The permanent murals will not only benefit the participants, they will also act Highview Elementary School (Greenburgh) mural, created with artist Ann Ladd as an ongoing reminder for future children and the school community – to keep healthy nutrition at the forefront of their lifestyles. Thanks to funds from Stop & Shop, Staples, Gabelli, and Aetna, the first of these murals will be unveiled on May 20 at Highview Elementary School in Greenburgh, where 120 third-grade students worked with ArtsWestcheser teaching artist Ann Ladd to complete an artwork entitled, Healthy Foods = Happy Children. Other murals of the same title are in progress at Yonkers Montessori Academy, with artist Miguel Cossio; Church Street Elementary School in White Plains, with artist Mie Sato; and Holmes Elementary School in Mount Vernon, with artist Pedro Nel Ospina.
ArtsWestchester + Regeneron Pharmaceuticals present an exhibition STEAM is a contemporary exhibition featuring 31 artists in collaboration with Westchester Community College's Center for Digital Arts who explore how science, technology, engineering, math and art overlap, interact, and innovate. Curated by: Patricia Miranda, Miranda Arts Project Space
ON VIEW: MAY 20 - AUGUST 16, 2014 The Peckham & Shenkman Galleries @ArtsWestchester 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains Exhibition Hours Tue-Sat 12-5pm STEM + ARTS = STEAM For more info and a schedule of public programs, visit: artsw.org/steam
E.A.T. (Education Arts Technology) Forum: Tuesday, May 20 from 4:00-6:00pm @ArtsWestchester. sunywcc.edu/peekskill SPECIAL EVENT
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westchester celebrates spring
Spring Crafts at Lyndhurst ArtsWestchester Announces Its Spring Semester of Creative Classes
Guests can immerse ArtsWestchester offers a new themselves in the semester of spring classes aimed at arts during Crafts providing artistic opportunities for at Lyndhurst in youth (ages 6-13) in centrally located Tarrytown on downtown White Plains. These May 2-4 as they offerings, beginning in May, include meet more than collaborations with esteemed cul- 275 artisans whose tural organizations and teaching art- one-of-a-kind work, ists to foster creative skills. Children from limited-edition will learn technical clay skills with jewelry to ceramic Clay Art Center during Creative and glass sculptures, – Clayventures and will discover basic will be on display drawing techniques for the Japanese and for sale. Family- animation style of Anime with artist friendly activities (photo courtesy of Artrider Productions, Inc.) Alan Reingold. All classes will take will take over the place at ArtsWestchester, located Lyndhurst lawn as visitors observe and participate in craft demonstrations at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in White and activities such as creating their own painted silk scarves, learning to Plains. Summer sessions are also play musical instruments and dancing to live music. All are encouraged to available in July and August. To learn (Photo credit: Jelani Cornick) explore the sculpture garden and walking trails on the estate’s beautiful more or register for spring or summer grounds. For more info, visit: www.artrider.com. classes online, visit: artsw.org/classes.
Clay Art Center Celebrates With Spring Fest Hudson Stage
Clay Art Center’s annual Spring Company Presents Fest on May 17 provides a festive Two Classic British day of celebration for the whole family. Hundreds of one-of-a-kind Playwrights pieces, including mugs, handmade Hudson Stage Company (HSC)’s spring tiles, sculptures and more, will be mainstage production presents the work available for sale at reduced prices. of two of England’s greatest playwrights Guests can also enjoy live music being performed in one rare event. With by Charles Scopoletti, refresh- knowledge that Sir Harold Pinter greatly ments from local food trucks and admired Caryl Churchill, special permis- kid-friendly activities such as face- sion was given to HSC by his widow, Lady painting, tile painting and hands- Antonia Fraser, to perform the two play- on clay workshops. All guests wrights' work in tandem. Pinter’s A Kind are welcome to participate in a of Alaska tells the story of a middle-aged large-scale collaborative sculpture woman who wakes from a coma after Actor Michael Bryan French will appear in both mainstage plays this spring (photo and are encouraged to visit The thirty years, while Churchill’s psychologi- courtesy Hudson Stage Company) Potter’s Field exhibition by Michelle cal thriller A Number blends the scien- Erickson, on view through May 31. tific speculation of human cloning with an examination of the relationship Additionally, Spring Fest will debut between fathers and sons. The combo will be performed on weekends from an outdoor sculpture installation Clay Art Center, Spring Fest (photo credit: Sally Ng) May 1 through May 17. For more info, visit: www.hudsonstage.com. by Gail Heidel. For more info, visit: www.clayartcenter.org. A8 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews MAy 2014
2014 arts award recap
Four hundred guests celebrated some of the county’s most influential and Those who were honored for their significant contributions to the arts in impactful artists and arts organizations on April 4 during ArtsWestchester’s Westchester included: The Village of Ossining, Hannah and Walter Shmerler, Arts Award luncheon at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown. The lun- The New Choral Society, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Hudson cheon was sponsored by First Niagara Bank and hosted by CBS-2 Reporter Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Music Therapy Institute of the Music Tony Aiello. Guests were encouraged to don their best hats to the luncheon, Conservatory of Westchester, Yorktown High School Dance Company and in keeping with ArtsWestchester's HATtitude exhibition. Westchester County Arts Leadership Association. To see more photos from the event, visit: artswestchester.org/aw/photo-gallery.
(left to right): Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts CEO Yorktown High School Dance Company performers First Niagara Bank Tri-State Regional President Jeffrey Haydon; Westchester County Legislator Peter Harckham; Cathie A Schaffer and Caramoor Center for Music ArtsWestchester Board Member David Price, Managing Director, and the Arts CEO Jeffrey Haydon Clarfeld Financial Advisors
(left to right): Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman (left to right): First Niagara Managing Director, Enterprise Banking (left to right): Westchester County Board of Legislators Michael Kaplowitz; Hannah and Walter Shmerler David Ring; Ossining Village Manager Richard Leins; ArtsWestchester Chairman Michael Kaplowitz; ArtsWestchester CEO Janet CEO Janet Langsam; Deputy Westchester County Executive Kevin J. Langsam; New Choral Society Executive Director Betsy Broyd Plunkett; CBS-2 Reporter and Arts Award emcee Tony Aiello
Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art President (left to right): Music Conservatory of Westchester Executive Director Westchester County Arts Leadership Association and Co-founder Livia Straus and WVOX Radio Host T.J. Jean Newton; Music Therapy Institute Co-Directors Lisa Sandagata and President Marc Schneider; Joseph and Sophia Abeles McCormack Tina Brescia; ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam; Westchester County award presenter Lucille Werlinich Legislator Alfreda Williams MAy 2014 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews A9
aRTSWeSTcHeSTeR | 31 Mamaroneck Ave. White Plains, NY ARTSBASH & OPEN STUDIOS Friday, May 16 | 6-9pm
Food, fun and fabulous art are that weren’t enough, the Arts Ex- what it’s all about. Kick off the change artists throw open their summer season with cocktails and studio doors so visitors can tour hors d’oeuvres prepared by chefs the building and get a glimpse into from the county’s finest restau- the creative process. It all hap- rants. Meet the artists from our pens at our historic landmark spring exhibition, STEAM. As if building in downtown White Plains.
Participating Restaurants 42 The Restaurant Flourish Baking Company Sofrito Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza Havana Central Taleggio Benjamin Steakhouse La Bocca Tastefully Yours Catering Cafe of Love Le Moulin Catering Texas de Brazil Chutney Masala Indian Bistro Myong Gourmet The Melting Pot Crabtree’s Kittle House Nonno’s Trattoria at Empire Tre Angelina artsbash chairs Dan Rooney’s at Empire City City Casino Westchester Marriott Dr. John F. M. Flynn, Interim President, Westchester Community College Casino Pane D’oro - Coopers Mill Cathie Schaffer, Tri-State Regional President, First Niagara Bank Emma’s Ale House Ritz-Carlton Westchester George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Founding Scientist, President, Regeneron Laboratories & Chief Scientific Officer And INDULGENCES By CUISINE cO-CHAIRS Ben & Jerry’s Chantilly Patisserie Lulu Cake Boutique @ The Westchester Chocolations Oasis Day Spa Anthony Gonclaves, 42 The Restaurant Bloomingdales Coffee Labs Roasters Pure Mountain Olive Oils & John Crabtree, Crabtree’s Kittle House Cathy’s Biscotti Hastings Tea Vinegars Captain Lawrence Brewery Joseph Richard Florals Tickets: $75 artsw.org/artsbash #ArtsBash Food. Fun. Fabulous Art. A10 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews MAy 2014
ArtsWestchester + Regeneron Pharmaceuticals present an exhibition in collaboration with Westchester Community College's Center for Digital Arts
STEM + ARTS = STEAM
STEAM is a cutting edge exhibition featuring 31 artists who explore how science, technology, engineering, math and art overlap, interact, and innovate. The modes of expression range from pure aesthetic objects to sound, video and light art; interactive installations to animations; 3D printing in action to science and bio-based works.
On View: May 20 - August 16, 2014
The Peckham & Shenkman Galleries Exhibition Hours @ArtsWestchester Tue-Sat 12-5pm 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains Passages by Joyce Yu-Jean Lee For more info and a schedule of public programs, visit: artsw.org/steam #STEAMexhibition
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EXHIBITING Artists
Kristin Anderson Nora Ligorano + Marshal Reese Lisa Crafts Chris Manzione Scott Fitzgerald Sherry Mayo Matt Frieburghaus William Meyer Kathy High Maria Michails Carter Hodgkin Rebecca Mushtare Katherine Jackson Patricia Olynyk Claudia Jacques Debra Pearlman Chris Jordan Curt Belshe + Lise Prown Chris Kaczmarek Evan Read Rebecca Kamen Philippe Safire Adrienne Klein Jeff Taylor Deborah Krikun Carl Van Brunt Martin Kruck April Vollmer Joyce Yu-Jean Lee
Curated by pATRICIA mIRANDA, mIRANDA aRTS pROJECT sPACE
Also on view in ArtsWestchester's Gallery9 May 16 - June 27: Unabashed Presented by The Katonah Museum Artists’ Association
This exhibition celebrates the spontaneity that is so central Divining Nature: Elemental Garden (Installation) by Rebecca Kamen to an artist's vision and depicts a diverse interpretation of freewheeling creativity.
Tuesday, May 20 from 4-6pm at ArtsWestchester E.A.T. (Education Arts Technology) Forum A discussion for educators across disciplines to engage in envi- sioning the future. Panelists will converse about their integration of arts technology into their curricula and its impact on digitally native students. sunywcc.edu/peekskill SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL
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Studio # Bryan Greene 406 Carole Curtis 806 Carrie Belk 803 Christina Berretta 811 Dafco Art Gallery 511 Donald Guarnieri 808 OPEN Jonathan Vasquez-Haight 501 Kiyoshi Otsuka 802 Marina Haight 501 Patricia Spergel 809 STUDIOS Teresa Hobson McCabe 805 ArtsWestchester resident artists open their studio doors throughout our Gail Freed 807 historic landmark building during both ArtsBash and Family ArtsBash. Sue Koch Otsuka 802 See work in progress as painters, sculptors and fashion designers craft and showcase their masterpieces. Wanda Horrell 608 Eileen Stodut 811
All ages are invited to Family ArtsBash at Arts- Westchester, a fun-filled day of hands-on art mak- ing activities and workshops. Enjoy facepaint- ing and tasty treats, explore artist open studios throughout the building and play Puzzlemania to ily win fun prizes! Also view our spring exhibition, am STEAM, a contemporary art show that explores F how science, technology, engineering, math and art overlap, interact, and innovate. SCHEDULE Open Studios & Puzzlemania! 12-5pm Crepes & French Sing-Along 12-5pm Media Upload 12-4pm ARTS Fish Prints Workshop 12-4pm “Happy” Workshop & Fashion Show 12-4:15pm Kaleidoscope Workshop 12:30-4pm Fashion Show 12:30-1pm & 2:45-3:15pm Scratch Programming Workshop 12:30-1:30pm Clay Workshop 12:30-4:30pm BASH LEGO® Stop Animation Workshop 12:30-4:30pm Saturday, May 17 | 12-5pm Model Making & Imaging Workshop 12:30-4:30pm Face Painting 12:30-4:30pm 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains | $3 per person suggested donation Makey Makey Workshop 1:30-2:30pm #FamilyArtsBash Anime Drawing Workshop 2:30-4:30pm 3D Digital Animation Workshop 3-5pm MAy 2014 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews A13
arts alive recap
At a breakfast on Friday, April 11, a total of 39 grants grams that incorporate community involvement and/ were awarded to artists and organizations that or engagement. Arts Alive grants are made possible support projects throughout the county, including with funds from the Decentralization Program (DEC), performing and fine art, public art installations, mul- a regrant program of the New York State Council on timedia exhibitions and educational programming. the Arts. To see more photos from the event, visit: More than $46,000 was awarded to support pro- artswestchester.org/aw/photo-gallery. ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam
(left to right): Rivertown Artist Workshop Director Naomi Vladeck, (left to right): NYS Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, NYS Senator (left to right): ArtsWestchester Board Member Hannah Greenburgh Public Library Librarian Diana Lennon, Pleasantville Andrea Stewart-Cousins, NYS Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, Shmerler, Harrison Mayor Ronald Belmont, Harrison Public Music Theater President Carol Arrucci, Sleepy Hollow Performing NYS Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Library Director Galina Chernykh, NYS Assemblyman David Arts Artistic Director Debralyn Press, Richard Turk of Sleepy Langsam, New York State Council on the Arts Executive Buchwald, ArtsWestchester Board Member Tom Lalla Hollow Performing Arts, NYS Assemblyman Tom Abinanti Director Lisa Robb, NYS Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, NYS Assemblyman Steve Otis
Belinda Kan, New Westchester Symphony NYS Assemblywoman Sandy Galef and NYS Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins NYS Assemblyman Steve Otis and Orchestra Copland House Director of Development Songcatchers Director Sister Beth Dowd Rebecca Sayles
Westchester County Legislator Michael Smith and Deputy NYS Assemblyman Gary Pretlow and PJS Jazz Society Village of Ossining Hon. William R. Hanauer, Ossining Public Westchester County Executive Kevin Plunkett Treasurer Gregory Koster Library Cultural Programming Specialist Carry Cubillos and ArtsWestchester Board President Jacqueline Walker A14 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews MAy 2014
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thursday 5/1 Tours: OSilas Gallery at Concordia College presents Tour Ghiberti’s Gates Folk Arts: Friends of Warner Library of Paradise & Other Treasures. Tour presents Anniversary Celebration: of Trinity Lutheran Church’s art collection Little Gardens of Tarrytown. (Hicksville, NY), followed by lunch. Van Celebrating 90 years of nurturing and leaves Concordia College at 9am. finding common ground. 7pm. www.osilasgallery.org www.warnerlibrary.org Saturday 5/3 friday 5/2 Comedy: White Plains Performing Dance: Sarah Lawrence College Arts Center presents Magnet Theater. presents Dance Spring Concert. Some of the best improvisational com- Original choreographic performances by edy in the country. 8pm. SLC’s 13 Dance Making students. 5/2 & www.wppac.com 5/3 at 7pm; 5/4 at 2pm & 7pm. www.slc.edu Fundraisers: Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts presents Cabaret Family & Kids: Hudson River Benefit in the Music Room: Rebecca Museum presents First Fridays: Video Luker sings Jerome Kern. “Luker is Games Connect. Explore video games a spellbinding soprano.” (Washington Performing Art Center at Purchase College, Michael Feinstein, 5/3 as a cultural form. 7pm. www.hrm.org Post) 8:30pm. www.caramoor.org Music: The Performing Arts Center Theater: Play Group Theatre presents Music: Manhattaville College Fundraisers: The Performing Arts presents Michael Feinstein: The 13, The Musical. Music, lyrics by Jason presents Music at Manhattanville. Center presents Snazzy Bash: Gershwins and Me. No one knows Robert Brown. Book by Dan Elish and Manhattanville students sing scenes Performing Arts Center’s 2014 the Gershwins as well as cabaret artist Robert Horn. 5/4 & 5/11, 2pm & 7pm. from classic operas and operettas Gala. Celebrating Hannah and Walter Michael Feinstein does. 8pm. www.playgroup.org accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Shmerler; featuring entertainer Michael www.artscenter.org 5/2 & 5/3, 8pm. www.mville.edu monday 5/5 Feinstein. 5pm. www.artscenter.org Theater: YCP TheaterWorks presents Music: Hudson River Museum pres- Music: Yonkers Philharmonic pres- Arsenic and Old Lace. Staging of the Lectures: Color Camera Club of ents The Art of Video Games Dance ents Tribute Concert in memory of famed farcical black comedy. At Van Westchester presents An Evening of Party. DJ Cutman remixes electronic Maestro James Sadewhite. A cel- Cortlandtville School. 5/3 & 5/10, 8pm; Asian Photography with Anastasia music from your favorite video games. ebration of Sadewhite’s life and legacy. 5/4 & 5/11, 2pm. www.ycptw.org Tompkins. Come hear the challenges of Ages 18+. 8pm. www.hrm.org At Saunders Trade High School, Yonkers. travel photography and see some great Theater: Hudson Stage Company 3pm. www.yonkersphilharmonic.org sunday 5/4 images. 7:30pm. presents Spring Mainstage produc- www.colorcameraclub.org Music: The Symphony of Comedy: White Plains Performing tion: Family Reunion. A pairing of two Westchester presents The Symphony Arts Center presents Men are from Music: Sarah Lawrence College British plays: A Kind of Alaska by Harold of Westchester All-Gershwin Mars Women are from Venus. Based presents Bluegrass Concert. Under the Pinter, and A Number by Caryl Churchill. Concert. Award-winning pianist on the best selling book, this one-man direction of Jonathan King. 5pm. At Pace University. Times vary. Adam Kent. At Christopher J. Murphy show for adults will you leave you gig- www.slc.edu www.hudsonstage.com Auditorium. 8pm. gling like a kid. 2pm. www.wppac.com Spoken Word: Friends of Warner Theater: Emelin Theatre presents www.thesymphonyofwestchester.org Dance: The Performing Arts Center Library presents The Call of Cthulhu. Forbidden Broadway. A parody musi- Music: New Rochelle Public Library presents Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. This Join dramatist David Neilsen as he cal revue with new takes on Porgy and presents Songcatchers Concert: Love up-and-coming touring comapny is root- brings to life H.P. Lovecraft’s horrific Bess, Book of Mormon, and more. 5/2 & Makes the World Go Round. An inter- ed in the athleticism of contemporary masterpiece. 7pm. 5/3 at 8pm, 5/4 at 3pm. www.emelin.org generational concert featuring songs of dance. 3pm. www.artscenter.org www.warnerlibrary.org Theater: Fort Hill Players presents love and peace. At 3pm. www.nrpl.org Film: Chappaqua Library presents Spoken Word: Harrison Public Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor. An Music: Sarah Lawrence College Power of Forgiveness, film and dis- Library presents Meet the Author: opera superstar goes missing and chaos presents So This Is Opera? Concert cussion. Features Buddhist teacher Yona Zeldis McDonough. McDonough ensues. At Rochambeau School. 5/2, showcasing opera selections from the Thich Nhat Hanh, Nobel Peace Laureate is the author of: Two of a Kind, A 5/3, 5/9 & 5/10 at 8pm. 5/3 also at 2pm. class of the same name. 4:30pm. Elie Wiesel, and author Thomas Moore. Wedding in Great Neck and other titles. www.FortHillPlayers.com www.slc.edu 3pm. www.chappaqualibrary.org 7pm. www.harrisonpl.org A16 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews MAy 2014
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the verge of a resurgence. 7pm. www. 6:30pm At Ossining Public Library. Fine & Decorative Art - Photograph - Ceramics - Numismatics schoolhousetheater.org www.ossiningdocumentaries.org sunday 5/11 Film: Friends of Warner Library pres- Have Your Art Appraised ents Dance Films of Marta Renzi. Music: Blue Door Gallery presents Screening and talk with choreographer Chrysalis Consort. An eclectic selec- and filmmaker Marta Renzi. 7:30pm. tion of twentieth century choral music. www.warnerlibrary.org Robert Allensworth 3pm. www.bluedoorartcenter.org Appraiser Lectures: Katonah Museum of Art presents The Art of Collaboration: T: 914-235-5185 monday 5/12 A Panel Discussion. Printer John E: [email protected] Lectures: Clay Art Center presents Michelle Erickson: Lund, former MoMA print curator Traditional Ceramics References Wendy Weitman and ULAE Director Bill Certi cate | NYU Appraisal Studies | Associate: AAA | USPAP Compliant in Contemporary Works. Broaden Goldston. 7:30pm. www.katonahmu- your knowledge of ceramics. At Bruce seum.org Fine & Decorative Art - Photograph - Ceramics - Numismatics Museum: Connecticut Ceramics Study friday 5/16 Circle. 1:15pm. www.clayartcenter.org ArtsW Events: ArtsWestchester tuesday 5/6 Bronxville Women’s Club. 7pm. Lectures: Chappaqua Library presents presents ArtsBash 2014. Featuring the www.musicconservatory.org Foreign Policy Discussion Group: Music: Chaminade Music Club pres- exhibition, STEAM. Meet the artists, Political Philosophy and East/West ents Concert presenting Classical tour artist studios, sample wine and sig- saturday 5/10 Differences on Foreign Policy. Guest Jazz Pianist Alexander A. Wu. Meet nature dishes from top restaurants. 6pm. Lecture: Blue Door Gallery presents Speaker Benedetto Fontana, Baruch the performer after the concert. At www.artswestchester.org Satish Joshi Urbanlights Artist Talk. College. 10am. www.chappaqualibrary.org Grinton I Will Library, Yonkers. 2pm. Joshi’s work has been widely exhibited Lectures: Chappaqua Library presents www.chaminademusic.org through the US over the last 35 years tuesday 5/13 Author Talk: Stormy Weather: The Music: Sarah Lawrence College 2pm. www.bluedoorartcenter.org Lectures: New Rochelle Public Music and Lives of a Century of Jazz presents Sarah Lawrence College Women. Talk by author Linda Dahl. Music: Friends of Music Concerts, Library presents Artist Talk: Art Is Orchestra Performance. Under the 7pm. www.chappaqualibrary.org Inc. presents St. Lawrence String Essential. Gallery owner Kenise Barnes direction of Sungrai Sohn. 1:30pm. Quartet. Program of Haydn, Bartok will talk about the genesis of her Theater: White Plains Performing www.slc.edu and Beethoven. At Sleepy Hollow High gallery. 7pm. www.nrpl.org Arts Center presents The Fox on the wednesday 5/7 School. 8pm. www.friendsofmusiccon- Music: Caramoor Center for Music Fairway. A tribute to the great English certs.org and the Arts presents The Mind farces of the 1930s and 1940s. Times Music: Downtown Music at Grace and Music of George Gershwin: vary. www.wppac.com presents Noonday Getaway Concert: Music: Caramoor Center for Music Mental Illness and Music Explored Pianist Alex Ruvinstein. Program of and the Arts presents Mothers and saturday 5/17 by Pianist/Psychiatrist Richard Bach and Beethoven. 12:10pm. Others Tea Musicale. Mini-concert fol- Kogan. Juilliard-trained concert pianist ArtsW Events: ArtsWestchester www.DTMusic.org lowed by a tour of the Rosen House and presents Family ArtsBash 2014. Enjoy afternoon tea. 1pm. www.caramoor.org and Harvard-educated psychiatrist Dr. Theater: M&M Productions and YCP Richard Kogan will give a lecture/ painting, puzzlemania, a maker-fair, and TheaterWorks presents The Water Music: Walkabout Clearwater concert. 7pm. www.caramoor.org art workshops for the whole family. Engine by David Mamet. The story of Coffeehouse presents John Gorka in 12-5pm www.artswestchester.org an inventor who’s found a way to run an Concert. Singer-songwriter John Gorka wednesday 5/14 Category: Smart Arts presents The engine on distilled water. At Ossining got his start at a Pennsylvania coffee- Music: Downtown Music at Grace Spencers Theatre of Illusion. Magic Public Library. 7pm. www.mmpaci.com house. At Memorial United Methodist presents Noonday Getaway Concert: with spectacle, drama, and personality. Church. 7:15pm. www.walkaboutclear- Rag, Blues and All that Jazz. Pianist At Westchester Community College, friday 5/9 water.org Peter Muir. 12:10pm. www.DTMusic.org Valhalla. 8pm. www.sunywcc.edu Family & Kids: Hudson River Museum Spoken Word: Hamm & Clov Stage Music: Westchester Symphonic presents Friday Night Live: Comic thursday 5/15 Company presents Story Hour. Live Winds presents Hymns Sacred Book Artists and Contests. Comic book reading by professional actors of origi- Dance: Emelin Theatre presents and Profane. Guest soloists Daniella artist Javier Cruz Winnik and others sign nal short stories. At Yonkers Riverfront Dance Off the Grid: OTG. The fourth Ashbahian, Erich Tusch, and ensembles their work. 7pm. www.hrm.org Library. 2pm. www.hammandclov.org and final event in this new dance series. Northern Valley-Demarest High School Music: Music Conservatory of Theater: The Schoolhouse Theater 8pm. www.emelin.org Concert Choir and Ars Musica. At Westchester presents Free Family presents Play Reading and Discussion: Film: Ossining Documentary & Tarrytown Music Hall. 8pm. Concert in Bronxville. Works by At the End of the Day by J. D. Zeik. A Discussion Series presents Tapped. www.tarrytownmusichall.org Beethoven, Bach, and more. At has-been screenwriter finds his career on Seating at 6:15pm. Screening begins at MAy 2014 EXAMINER MEDIA • artsWnews A17
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Music: Hudson Chorale presents forms classics, pop tunes, opera and presents Noonday Getaway Concert: thursday 5/29 Concert: War and Peace. Featuring Broadway melodies. 2pm. www.nrpl.org Lost Gems of the Romantic Era. two choral compositions written dur- Violist Vincent Lionti joined by pia- Lectures: Friends of Warner Library Music: Fine Arts Orchestral Society presents Author Talk. Richard R. ing historical events. At Irvington High of Yonkers presents Young Artists nist Alex Ruvinstein. 12:10pm. www. School. 7:30pm. www.hudsonchorale.org DTMusic.org Binkele will discuss his novel Harvey’s Concerto Concert. Concert by winners Robot, imagining what it would be like Spoken Word: Blue Door Gallery of the FAOS Concerto Competition for friday 5/23 to have a best friend who is a robot. presents From Page To Performance. Westchester high school students. At 7pm. www.warnerlibrary.org Readings with Golda Solomon and Saunders Trade High School. 3pm. Film: Chappaqua Library presents guests. 5pm. www.bluedoorartcenter.org www.yonkersphilharmonic.org Menus in Movies: A Matter of Taste, friday 5/30 Serving Up Paul Liebrandt. Liebrandt Lectures: Caramoor Center for Spoken Word: New Rochelle Public monday 5/19 is the youngest chef to have received Music and the Arts presents Library presents Performance: Stories 3 stars from the NY Times. 7pm. www. Family & Kids: The Greenburgh Chamber Talk with Max Mandel: from the Heart. Vignettes inspired by chappaqualibrary.org personal memoirs. 3pm. www.nrpl.org Library Foundation presents The Caramoor Virtuosi. A new three-part Lagond All-Stars Perform at Spoken Word: Blue Door Art Center sunday 5/18 series hosted by Evnin Rising Star alum Greenburgh Library Fundraiser. Meet presents Po Jazz on Hudson: Jazz is and violist Max Mandel. 1:30pm. www. Film: Blue Door Gallery presents Blue local authors and purchase books while Poetry, Poetry is Jazz. With Poet-in- caramoor.org Door Cinema Calder, Sculptor of Air. sampling food from local chefs. 6pm. Residence Golda Solomon. 7pm. www. Alexander Calder (1898-1976) revolu- www.greenburghlibrary.org bluedoorart.org saturday 5/31 tionized sculpture with his distinctive Theater: Hudson Valley Center for modernism. 2:30pm. www.bluedoorart- tuesday 5/20 wednesday 5/28 Contemporary Art presents Acting center.org Tours: New Castle Historical Society Lectures: Chappaqua Library presents Out: Words that Connect. Cinderella Music: Copland House presents Latin presents Castles of New Castle Author Talk: All Joy and No Fun: The Fitzgerald, a full-length play by Matty American Sketches. Three generations House Tour. A showcase of five homes Paradox of Modern Parenthood. Selman inspired by Antonio Santin’s dark of Latin composers. 3pm. in a wide range of architectural styles. New York Magazine contributing editor painting, Yeh. 7pm. www.hvcca.org www.coplandhouse.org 10am. www.newcastlehs.org Jennifer Senior explores the effects kids Music: Taconic Opera presents World have on their parents. 7pm. www.chap- Music: New Rochelle Public Library wednesday 5/21 Premiere of New Oratorio - JONAH. paqualibrary.org Based on the biblical book of Jonah.At presents Concert: A Tour of the Big Music: Downtown Music at Grace Ossining United Methodist Church. Apple. Chorale group Cantemus per-
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• Southwest Landscapes by James Maciel. Sumi Ink paintings on watercolor paper. Through 5/2. Times vary. • Watercolors without Boundaries paintings by Brigitte Loritz. Brigitte is well known in the community for her paintings of homes and historical sites. 5/4-5/30. Opening reception: 5/14, 3-5pm. Open during library hours.
Hudson River Museum www.hrm.org • The Art of Video Games. Exhibiting over 40 years of video games. Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Through 5/18, Wed-Sun: 12-5pm.
Mahlstedt Gallery www.jam415.com • Shadow Odyssey. This group exhibition focuses on the idea of the personal journey, whether it be cerebral, spiritual or physical. 5/1-5/24, Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm. Opening reception: 5/1, 6-9pm.
Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild www.mamaroneckartistsguild.org In the Forest III by Jane Petruska, Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 10th Annual Juried Small Works Show • MAG’s 10th Annual Juried Small Works Show. Works in a variety of media, all 15 inches or smaller. Through 5/24, Tues-Sat: 12-5pm. Arc of Westchester www.arcwestchester.org New Castle Historical Society • Things That Grow. Celebrating growing possibilities, this display consists of work www.newcastlehs.org representing the artists’ interpretation of the theme “things that grow.” Through • Downton Chappy: Costumes of the Downton Abbey Era. Costumes from the June 2014. Times vary. Society’s extensive costume collection a la the popular tv series Downton Abbey. Through 5/3, Tues-Wed & Sat: 1-4pm. ArtsWestchester • Here Comes the Bride. Wedding gowns from the Historical Society’s extensive www.artswestchester.org costume collection and gowns on loan from friends of the Society. Opening recep- • STEAM. Artists explore how science, technology, engineering, math and art over- tion: 5/18, 4-7pm. Tues-Thurs & Sat: 1-4pm. lap, interact, and innovate. 5/20-8/16. Tues-Sat, 12-5pm. • UNABASHED. Celebrates the spontaneity that is so central to an artist's vision New Rochelle Public Library and depicts a diverse interpretation of freewheeling creativity Presented by the www.nrpl.org Katonah Museum Artists' Association. 5/16-6/27. In Gallery9, by appointment. • A Year of Sound and Stories Traveling Exhibit. Personal audio stories that trace the many tides of immigration to New Rochelle. 5/1-5/31. Open library hours. Blue Door Gallery • Our Children, Our Artists. Includes the artwork of children in seven elementary www.bluedoorartcenter.org schools (5/5-5/15), and work by middle and high school students (5/21-5/29). • Satish Joshi Urbanlights 2013-2014. Paintings that encompass changing Reception/awards ceremony for elementary students on 5/7, 4-5:30pm; for middle seasons, through which the artist explores the natural and manmade sparkle that and high school students on 5/21, 4-5:30pm. Open library hours. surrounds us. Preview: 5/2, 5-8pm. Opening reception: 5/3, 2-5pm. Closing r eception: 5/23, 5-8pm. Thurs-Sat: 12-5pm.
Center for the Digital Arts at Westchester Community College www.sunywcc.edu • Alumni Show: 20 years of Technology and Arts Education. Curated by New Media Group’s Faculty Advisor, Associate Professor Deborah Krikun. Through 5/15. Times vary.
Greenburgh Arts and Culture Committee www.greenburghartsandculture.org • Matters of the HeART. Three consecutive exhibitions of original art created by Westchester County Residents over the age of 55. On view through 5/2 at Greenburgh Town Hall; 5/7-5/27 at Andrus-on-Hudson; and 5/29-6/11 at Fordham University. Times vary.
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Blue Door Gallery extensive oral history collection lend to conversation about immigrant/migrant www.bluedoorartcenter.org experiences. 5/20, 7pm. • Art on My Chest. Monthly open-mic workshop. 5/8, 6:30pm. OSilas Gallery at Concordia College • Artspeak Workshop. A writing workshop facilitated by poet-in-residence Golda www.osilasgallery.org Solomon. 5/17, 2pm. • En Plein Air: Painting Workshops on Location. Bring your portable easel and Bullseye Glass Resource Center materials of choice on an adventure outside the studio to paint your surroundings www.bullseyeglass.com in the real world. 5/3, 5/17 & 5/31, 10am-1pm. • Block Party: Carving Glass with Heat. Introduction to “kilncarving,” 5/2, 10am-12:30pm. The Rye Arts Center • Portraits in Glass (Ages 6-11). In this two-hour class, students will explore the www.ryeartscenter.org self-portrait. 5/14, 4-6pm. • Half Day for Half Pints. Creative arts immersion program for the Pre-K child. • Powder Printing. Explore the printing technique used by Stacy Lynn Smith to cre- Through 5/21. Mon & Fri: 9:15am-12pm; Tues & Wed: 11:45am-2:30pm. ate images on glass with rich textures and colors that can’t be achieved with tradi- Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation tional printing methods. 5/16-5/18, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-1pm. www.steffinossen.org • Sandblasting for Kiln-Glass. Sandblasting is a technique for altering the surface • Mommy & Me Dance Classes. Allows children to participate in up to seven area of glass using a highly pressurized, propelled stream of abrasive material. performing arts workshops in one day. Using movement, music, and mimic, this 5/23-5/25, Fri-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 10am-1pm. class promotes early development, helping your child reach milestones. 5/7-5/28, • Hip To Be Square: Graphic Coasters. Create a set of landing pads for your Wed: 10-11am & 11-12pm. favorite beverage. 5/28, 6-8:30pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center • First Glass Fusing. In this 2.5-hour class, you will be introduced to the fundamen- www.wiccny.org tal concepts of creating glass objects in the kiln. 5/3, 5/30 & 5/31, times vary. • Primi Passi in Italiano. Mommy & Me. Language lessons for babies and toddlers 12 months to 3.5 years old and their parents or caregivers. 5/22-6/26, Clay Art Center Thursdays 10-11am & 1:30-2:30pm. www.clayartcenter.org • Check It Out! Clay class for adult beginners. 5/3, 1:30-4:30pm. Youth Theatre Interactions • Helping Hands. For a child and adult to work together. 5/11, 1:30-4:30pm. www.youth-theatre.org • Before the Curtain Rises Performing Arts Workshop Series. Allows children Color Camera Club of Westchester to participate in up to seven performing arts workshops in one day. www.colorcameraclub.org At Yonkers Riverfront Library. 5/31, 10am-4:45pm. • Monthly Club Meetings: Learn to Improve Your Photography Skills. Learn about your camera and create better photos at the club’s monthly meetings. Most Monday evenings, 7:30-9:30pm.
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art www.hvcca.org • Make a Seed Bomb. Inspired by the season and the Hudson Valley Seed Library, mix together both art and gardening! 5/10, 2-4pm. • Creating your own Fonts. Inspired by Matt Keegan’s Alphabet Soup, students will create their own fonts using collage materials, markers and pencils. 5/24, 2-4pm.
Katonah Museum of Art www.katonahmuseum.org • Intaglio Printmaking Workshop. The Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s master printer Chris Shore introduces various intaglio print processes. 5/17, 9:30am-1pm.
New Rochelle Public Library www.nrpl.org • Listening Matters: A Community Conversation about the 20th Century Immigrant Experience in New Rochelle. Stories gathered from the library’s Rye Arts Center, Half Day for Half Pints Curtis Instruments, Inc. salutes
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