This month, banners displaying the artwork of local artist Alfredo Ponce will be installed on lampposts throughout Ridge Hill Shopping Center in Yonkers. ArtsWestchester, in partnership with the Center, invited artists to submit designs for the commission project. As the open-air center reopens to shoppers, Market Street, where Ponce’s design…
by Mary Alice Franklin, ArtsNews Editor Many artists thrive in shared creative spaces – but the appearance of COVID-19 caused most of them to shelter in their homes. Along the way, several arts organizations have provided opportunities for collaboration, offering meaningful approaches for reclaiming a sense of community. These…
Jazz musicians Amir ElSaffar, Pablo Mayor and Samuel “Jomion” Gnonlonfoun, are each part of a growing cohort of composer/ musicians who are expanding jazz’s vocabulary through engagement with traditions alongside and outside of jazz. A live-streamed JazzFest White Plains program, “Jazz at the Intersections,” will bring together this group of…
by Kathleen Reckling, Deputy Director of Public Programs, ArtsWestchester Public art is on the rise in Westchester, in New York State, and beyond. And a national trend suggests more opportunities for muralists, sculptors, and others are on the way. At first, it may seem daunting to assemble your materials into a…
by Rocío De La Roca, Communications Associate at ArtsWestchester Summer has arrived, and kids and adults still anxiously wait to escape the monotony and strain of quarantine. Most summers, families look forward to enrolling in summer camps, a vital ritual and aid for many children and their working parents. Yet with COVID-19 still looming, countless…
With the belief that artists are at the heart of Westchester’s creative community, a group of ten more artists will receive ArtsWestchester’s Artist Relief Fund grants. These grants, each in the amount of $500, are intended to help local Westchester artists who have been adversely affected by COVID-19. Like so…
by Mary Alice Franklin, ArtsNews Editor Spray chalk, it seems, will be a hot commodity this summer. As dozens of arts organizations plan to pivot their indoor events into an outdoor format, many will be marking off socially distanced areas in the grass with chalk to ensure safe gatherings….
On June 15, Governor Andrew Cuomo cut the ribbon on the shared use path of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, officially welcoming pedestrians and cyclists to a 3.6 mile, bright blue, trailway across the Hudson River. The opening of the path was a capstone to the bridge itself –…
It took three years and an estimated 47,000 tons of steel to construct the Tappan Zee Bridge, which opened to the public on Dec. 14, 1955. According to historical sources, due to a steel shortage caused by the Korean War, the bridge was designed with a limitation that made it…
Arts leaders in Westchester speak out about their COVID-19-related recovery plans: “At RiverArts, we are pivoting our programs to virtual. Our music lessons are online. We’ve lost some kids, but gained others. We are also redesigning summer camp to happen virtually.” – Doug Coe, Executive Director, RiverArts “The reopening rules…
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