Photographs store memories, and we can’t get enough of those. There’s something so sweet about pouring over family albums, rediscovering the past and sharing stories of “remember when?” That was my feeling wandering the current exhibition, Celebrities: We Remember Them Well, at ArtsWestchester. Seeing Lyndon Baines Johnson on horseback…he appears somewhat regal and audacious. This […]
Larchmont Attorney Claire Meadow and her husband Mike have been friends of ArtsWestchester for many years. They come to our events. They volunteer at our gala. They are generous to our organization. Recently, Claire wrote to me raving about our “Fish Tales” exhibit and I talked her into letting me post her words as my […]
Think of the smooth sensual shape of a Henry Moore sculpture, the cushiness of a soft Kid Robot designer toy and a cartoonish playfulness and you might want to tickle your way to the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Arts(HVCCA). There you’ll chuckle, and, at the same time, thoughtfully ponder, as I did, the funky […]
Never thought I’d see the lowly river herring as front page news. But, there it was in the Journal News. Seems like the herring (alewife and blueback) are disappearing on the east coast and New York State is considering setting limits on how many anglers can take from the Hudson and its tributaries. You may […]
My guest blogger this week is Lynn Honeysett, Director of the Pelham Arts Center Venus is now passing in front of the sun – that once-in-a-century dot of a shadow traversing across our giant ball of life-giving light. As if responding to a universal prompting, six contemporary artists currently exhibiting at Pelham Art Center’s Light […]
The eyes of the world seem to be on Chongqing, where politics, corruption and art exist side by side. It was the municipality governed until recently by Bo Xilai, a prominent Chinese party official who was high up in the succession chain before his wealth and political ties became a notorious issue in the Chinese […]
County Executive Rob Astorino will be there applauding. So will BOL Chair Ken Jenkins, TV icon Ernie Anastos and First Niagara Bank prez Dave Ring. We’ll be shining the spotlight on people and places you will want to know at the 2012 Arts Award ceremony and luncheon at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains on […]
Painting. Drawing. Building. Those were the tools Barry Mason practiced as a kid growing up in Snow Hill, Maryland. These were also the genesis of his sprawling shaped canvases which can be seen March 13th through mid-June, 2012, at The Horizon at Fleetwood, a beautiful contemporary development with numerous amenities. Mason’s work will be on […]
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