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The Sustaining Presence – Online Exhibition Celebrating Black History Month
This February marks the 47th annual Black History Month, a celebration of the achievements and advancements of Black Americans who have contributed to the history of the United States. We are excited to honor Black History Month by providing an online invitational exhibition “The Sustaining Presence: Stalwarts of African American Contemporary Clay”, Guest Curated by…
Homecoming: An Exhibition Celebrating 25 years of Clay Art Centers Artist in Residence Program
HOMECOMING An Invitational Exhibition Celebrating 25 Years of Clay Art Center’s Artist in Residence Program March 3 – April 10, 2023 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 4, 6:30 – 8:30pm The Homecoming Exhibition celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the nationally recognized Artist in Residence program at Clay Art Center. The artists in this exhibition represent the…
Tracing Our Roots: New Rochelle’s Black History
In observance of Black History month, the New Rochelle Council on the Arts (NRCA) presents an original exhibit, Tracing Our Roots: New Rochelle’s Black History from Sunday, February 5th through Saturday, March 4th, 2023, in the Lumen Winter Gallery of the New Rochelle Public Library, during library hours. In this exhibit the NRCA continues its…
County Executive George Latimer Announces $501,571 in Matching Grants Benefiting 102 Arts Groups in Westchester
Date: January 27, 2023FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Catherine CioffiCommunications DirectorOffice – (914) 995-2932Cell- (914) 954 -5579CCioffi@westchestergov.com County Executive George Latimer Announces $501,571in Matching Grants Benefiting 102 Arts Groups in Westchester The Art$WChallenge, a Public/Private Matching Grant Program Administered by ArtsWestchester,Raises More Than $786K in Private Support for Arts & Culture White Plains, NY (January 27, 2023)…
Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra Presents its 8th Annual Beethoven Festival Concert
On Sunday February 5th, 2023 at 3pm, the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra presents its 8th Annual Beethoven Festival concert, with a varied program, conducted by guest conductor Andrés Rivas. The program features Beethoven’s magnificent Third Symphony “Eroica”, a revolutionary work in its time, written at a major turning point in Beethoven’s life and career. Into this…
ArtsMobile’s Season Served 2,000 Participants
ArtsWestchester’s ArtsMobile program offers easily accessible arts activities to the public, with a focus on communities and populations that have little to no access to the arts. As such, it brings the arts to those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to experience it, no matter their age or ability. Whether participants are seasoned artists or…
Singers in all voices are invited to join Westchester Society for its 25th Anniversary Concert Memorial Concert April 23, 2023 in South Salem New York.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2023 Contact: Ben Niemczyk: 347-223-9303 Vicky Lucas: 914- 277-3955 Email: westchesteroratorio@gmail.com Singers in all voices are invited to join Westchester Society for its 25th Anniversary Concert Memorial Concert April 23, 2023 in South Salem New York. Westchester Oratorio Society, Benjamin Niemczyk, artistic director, has begun rehearsals for the group’s exciting 25th…
New in How We Live II: GISELLA McDANIEL
Gisella McDaniel, Patagon nihayi, 2021 Gisella McDaniel, born 1995 in Bellevue, Nebraska, lives and works in New York. Gisela McDaniel is a diasporic, indigenous Chamorro (Micronesian) artist. She paints women of color, non-binary people of color, and survivors of sexual violence. Her work disrupts and responds to historical/contemporary patterns of silencing in fine art and…
Arc Stages to present The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? beginning February 3.
For immediate release: Contact Information: Adam Cohen adam@arcstages.org / 914-747-6206 Arc Stages to present The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? beginning February 3. Pleasantville, N.Y. — Pleasantville theater company Arc Stages presents The Goat or, Who Is Syliva? by Edward Albee, for their professional company, the Next Stage. The Next Stage focuses on showcasing new,…
Westchester Symphonic Winds Presents “Lift Every Voice”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Curt Ebersole – Conductor/Music Director, Westchester Symphonic Winds Phone: (914) 281-1976 · E-Mail: info@westchestersymphonicwinds.org Website: www.westchestersymphonicwinds.org Westchester Symphonic Winds Presents “Lift Every Voice” TARRYTOWN, NY – Westchester Symphonic Winds (WSW) opens the second half of its 35th Anniversary Season on February 12, 2023 at 2 pm at…