Saturday is “Free Comic Book Day,” which is when…well, if you can’t figure out what it is from the name, you’re not paying attention. Several stores in our area are taking part, handing out comic books at no charge as a way to spark interest in the form of art… Read More →
Fancy yourself an artist? Eager to show the world (or at least the patrons of the Harrison library) your stuff? The Harrison Council for the Arts is looking for pieces to display in the library on Bruce Avenue for a month at a time in 2014. Samples and “related items,”... Read More →
If choreography’s your thing, this is your weekend. On Saturday, Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation will present works from on-the-rise choreographers, including three from Westchester County, at the foundation’s annual Choreography Showcase at Purchase College, SUNY. The show begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday and costs $15 for adults; $10 for… Read More →
Clay Art Center in Port Chester has named a new administrator to succeed Executive Director Reena Kashyap next month: Leigh Taylor Mickelson, the center’s program director. Kashyap is stepping down after 15 years heading the busy nonprofit, which combines a gallery, education areas and work space for ceramics artists. Clay… Read More →
New Rochelle always boasts of its arts tradition, but this weekend, the creative works take over. ArtsFest is here, and it’s not just in New Rochelle anymore. It has expanded to include Pelham. From noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, the city will be… Read More →
ArtsFest in New Rochelle, set for Sept. 22 and 23, has grown so large that it will spill over into Pelham this year. (It starts will a preview “Gallery Night” on Sept. 20.) Visitors will be treated to a car show, jugglers, fire-spinners and balloon artists from the National Circus… Read More →
The Clay Art Center just received its largest grant, a $30,000 boost from The Common Sense Fund for a program that teaches young people “the earthy origins of clay.” Students from Port Chester High School and Greenwich Middle School will learn about ceramic traditions of Latin America, Asia, and Africa… Read More →
Browse arts and crafts, enjoy live music and take a yoga workshop on Saturday among the outdoor sculptures at Wildcliff Manor in New Rochelle, overlooking Long Island Sound. The organizer, Incoming Tide Entertainment promises “new exhibitors in ornaments, candles,
The gardens at two Port Chester elementary schools now have a permanent display of color with the unveiling of ceramic mosaics by students in an after-school project led by the Clay Art Center. At the Park Avenue School, students shaped free-form tiles, patty-cake style, for installation around the edge of… Read More →
Clay Art Center in Port Chester is promising “piles of pottery” for sale at bargain prices from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 2 to raise money for the center’s Audrey Greenwald Memorial Fund. It is also planning an exhibit on a very familiar topic in town: the use of… Read More →
