This is the time each year when we all think about our moms. I think of mine, not just because of Mother’s Day, but also because of school graduations. Yes, my mother was a teacher. For more than 40 years, she was also a minor celebrity in the supermarket, since most of the checkout clerks […]
Scientists and artists share a common language. It is a language of “questioning.” 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 around us and the subtleties of shades of meaning. It is how we achieve progress. It is how we […]
Whoever coined the phrase “all good things must come to an end” clearly must have seen and loved our HATtitude exhibition which alas comes to an end this Saturday at 5 p.m. That is, unless some venue pops up out of the blue that can accommodate all 150 chapeaus in a manner befitting their elegance. […]
I am definitely not a hat person, although I do love hats. So I was happy to try on a few at the HATtitude exhibition of ArtsWestchester. I found out that despite my short hair, there were a few I could wear with HATtitude. Most of the try-on hats were provided by co-curator of the […]
At 8 a.m. on a very snowy morning, fifty business leaders gathered at the Ritz Carlton Hotel to hear Robert Lynch, President and CEO of Americans for the Arts talk about the value of partnering with the arts. The morning was dedicated to helping ArtsWestchester (ArtsW) develop 50 new business partnerships for it’s 50th anniversary year […]
Some 10 years ago, on a visit to Milwaukee, I was charmed by a small exhibition of hats that African American women wore to church. Each hat was more unusual than the next. I came home inspired to do something similar at ArtsWestchester. The staff was indulgent, but not exactly charged up. Time passed. The […]
It was perfect synergy to be sitting in the historic Music Room at Caramoor on the day that Pete Seeger passed away. Yes, I am old enough to remember the Weavers, the group that brought Pete Seeger to lasting fame. For those of you who have ever had a Kumbaya moment, you can thank and […]
Gearing up for a fabulous show of outrageous hats opening Feb. 9th… Our own Sistine Chapel was created in our vault by artist Judy Glantzman… Happily visited the Painted Bride in Pittsburgh, an alternative space… Luis Perlman showed stunning new work at the Upstream Gallery… Diana Gould designed our gala look. […]
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