An exhibition, Veterans in Focus, will feature the photography of nine veterans who participated in an eight-week program by artists Joseph Squillante and Karen Ann Sullivan, both members of ArtsWestchester’s Teaching Artists roster. Squillante and Sullivan collaborated with the nonprofit organization Josephine Herrick Project (JHP) to create a free program…
Rye Arts Center will present A Gathering of Light 2017, a collection of photographs from members of The Ground Glass, through December 2. The exhibition features 31 photographs from 12 local photographers and covers a wide range of subjects – from abstract architecture and portraits to family life and an…
Starting on November 10, Yonkers Riverfront Library will exhibit life-sized bronze sculptures by artist Vinnie Bagwell. The two sculptures, which are from a series of five, will be included in a forthcoming public rain garden planned for the City of Yonkers. The Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden, set to be constructed…
From November 7-12, Mamaroneck Artists Guild will present an audio and visual art installation that allows participants and audiences to experience, read and share one another’s memories. Artist Christine Shannon Aaron’s community-based exhibition, The Memory Project, invited anyone who lives in, works in, or has ties to Larchmont and Mamaroneck…
An exhibition presented by Iona College Council on the Arts this month explores Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries and the Flemish Baroque period. Twenty-six works from the collection of Seena and Arnold Davis were carefully chosen by curators Tom Ruggio and Thomas Germano to provide a narrative…
On November 6, 1917, women won the right to vote in New York State. ArtsWestchester’s Give Us The Vote exhibition commemorates this anniversary with works that shine a light on the suffrage movement, as well as works that examine barriers to the voting ballot that still exist in America today….
“What one word would you give today’s youth to take with them throughout their lives?” This is the question that Yonkers artists Evan Bishop and Katori Walker, founders of the community-based art project 100 Words of Wisdom, recently asked local seniors. The goal of the project was to engage 100…
Prominent American artist Romare Bearden is celebrated for his emblematic collages, which were produced from 1964 to 1988 and illustrated the history, culture and tension of the African American experience. While he is known for these works, some of Bearden’s earlier work experimented with abstracting forms. This period in his…
New Rochelle ArtsFest has shifted its event to October this year. The weekend-long festival, organized by New Rochelle Council on the Arts, highlights more than two dozen arts venues in the towns of New Rochelle and Pelham. Festivities kick off with a Friday night “Arts in Oktoberfest Gallery Hop” on…
ArtsNews asked women leaders in Westchester, “What does the vote mean to you?” Here is what they had to say: “Each and every time I enter my polling location, greet the wonderful people at the desk, sign my name and enter my ballot confidentially and confidently, I am sincerely filled with…
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