Jeff White’s first departure from the woodcut medium in many years is a series of large abstract drawings inspired by Hudson River School artist Thomas Cole, whose “Course of Empire” from 1834 expressed concern for the direction of our young country. 2 contour lines travel throughout his compositions to convey time, continuity, paradox and the both/and principal.
42 Hudson Street, Sleepy Hollow
This well-travelled space inside South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry serves as a popular Rivertowns gallery representing local artists. The first exhibit was in 1982 and in the 40+ years since then artists in many media have shared their unique views of life, the world, and self.
The Donald Gallery (Inside South Presbyterian Church) 343 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry
Monica Carrier (b. Philadelphia, PA) is an artist in New York who works primarily with ink on paper. Her drawings celebrate the absurd alongside the sincere. She works with topics of personal relationships, spaces between & pareidolia. Often with humor, she utilizes the spiritual, hand in hand with the irreverent.
92 Central Avenue, Tarrytown, NY
Yona Gonen was born and raised abroad, receiving her initial art education there. Continuing her art enrichment by taking classes at the Art Student League in NYC as well as the Visual Art center and Ecole D’Art Art School, Canada. Her work spans from the gestural to the abstract in sculpture, drawing, painting and collage. Her work has been exhibited in group and solo shows.
The Quay, 273-C South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY
The craft and history of items made by hand, especially textiles, has led Tracy Jamar to the restoration of antique quilts and hooked rugs for over 30 years. Inspired by the connection and importance of textiles in all aspects of life, she creates contemporary forms using traditional textile techniques and explores her creative voice in the legacy of hand-made fiber works.
409 Warburton Avenue, Apt. 25, Hastings
Sharon (Shroon) Seidl has never been afraid to take chances. She takes pleasure in the uncertainty of each piece as it reveals itself through color, composition and texture. Somewhere in the curious chaos lie familiar, beautiful, comforting forms. She has designed for well known musicians, album art, souvenir brochures, well-known magazines, fashion design features, mobile applications famous logos and much more.
Sleepy Coffee Too, 110 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Rana Amirtahmasebi’s artistic practice, converges ceramics, printmaking, and cartography, creating works that not only captivate the visual senses but also embrace functionality. By seamlessly blending these mediums, she strives to convey narratives that celebrate the inherent connection between her Iranian background, visual sensibilities as an architect, and personal human experience. 145 Palisade Street, Studio 200, Dobbs […]
It is no surprise that these artists, who expertly work with concepts of connectivity in their craftsmanship, also facilitate human networks outside of their studios. The artists in this show have brought people together in cooperative ways such as curating, founding an artist-run-space, community fundraising and creating an interview based podcast, among other important initiatives around visual arts and society.
Website: peepspaceny.com
Hidden beyond the warning signs and fences lays a world that is both strikingly beautiful yet often incredibly dangerous. Anastasio’s photographic works explore this realm, from the rooftop edges of high rises to the forbidden depths of underground tunnels. His work highlights the contrast between those looking down, and those left behind.
29 Shady Lane, Dobbs Ferry
The techniques found in Anne-Marie Mcintyre’s work have developed over years of studio practice. These include an extensive repertoire of hand mixed glazes and inks and combining 2D and 3D media in unconventional ways. Her ceramics are done in conjunction with her drawings and inform each other to help answer questions about the nature of consciousness and embodiment.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 339, Dobbs Ferry
This year Vincente has been busy with with watercolor and ink sketches from Italy as well as figurative work and small oils.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 401, Dobbs Ferry
Exploring gay male sexuality through the lens of pop culture imagery, distorted memory and vicarious nostalgia, Goldberg’s work encompasses collage, mixed media, and printmaking. He is interested in male camaraderie, desire and relationships, as well as emotions related to body image.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 383A, Dobbs Ferry
N8plaster lighting design shines beyond traditional lighting fixtures, incorporating creativity, innovation and traditional materials into their design. The pieces serve as both a practical light source and an artistic focal point within interior spaces.
92 Central Avenue, Tarrytown
Ariella Toeman is a classically trained Chef, turned potter. After many years in the kitchen and raising kids, she now focuses her time making pottery- bringing together her love of food, travel, and entertaining. Based in Irvington NY, Ariella creates one-of-a-kind tableware made of stoneware, thrown, altered and hand made, her pieces inspire home chefs and foodies.
You can find more of her work on Instagram (@ariella_ceramics) and on her website (www.ariellaceramics.com)
145 Palisade Street, Studio 215, Dobbs Ferry
Upstream Gallery features strong, independent artists with a particular emphasis on quality, creativity, and community. We embrace artwork focused on contemporary life and social issues. Recent gallery shows have highlighted LGBTQ and Women’s issues in depth, with a diverse group of artists represented. All fine art styles, from carefully observed realism to bold abstraction, are presented with unique artistic voices.
22 Artists working in all styles
Constanza Mallol paints what is alive, that breathes, changes, gives off scent, promises of touch, taste. She wants to seize the thrill of that life and her life colliding. Not photographic render, exalted emotion of recognizing life. Painting nature, breathing that same air, light, changing, slowly dying as she is dying she feels complete and her life is full of meaning.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 313, Dobbs Ferry
Kit Demirdelen’s work is abstract, geometric and color based. She loves playing with odd color choices and finding new relationships between color and form.
526 Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson
Zoe Denahy paints on the East End of Long Island, where she finds the light and landscape truly inspirational.
James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings
Improvisation is key to creating the paintings Tim Duch makes. He starts with a mark that has no intention, a random starting point. That mark inspires others, a shape becomes a figure, and eventually an interplay of figures populates the field. The results are far reaching, allowing the viewer’s eyes to roam over the painting, while suggestions of a narrative unfold.
114 North Washington Street, Suite #1, Tarrytown
Lindsay Harper duPont’s work is inspired by human gesture, attitude and movement. It is optimistic and embraces the absurd. Whether she’s illustrating or painting-it’s the same instinct, an improvisation with the feeling that there’s something waiting to be discovered right around the corner.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 334C, Dobbs Ferry
Eleanor Goldstein is a painter and sculptor from Westchester, NY, who works in a variety of mediums. Goldstein’s work evokes emotion through the investigation of both natural and urban environments, exploring themes of death and rebirth throughout. Her subjects are drawn from the striking industrial landscapes and transcendent forms from nature that she encounters.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 316, Dobbs Ferry
Each painting evokes the sensation of being surrounded by the rocks, waters, hills, vegetation, and unique light found in the Hudson Valley. The Palisades, the Hudson River, and environs have been an unwavering muse. The work captures childhood wonder and reverence for nature. The flattened forms, simplified shapes, and imaginative color, evoke a childlike magical realism.
James V. Harmon Community Center, 44 Main St, Hastings
Kristin Javier began as a self-taught artist who eventually sought courses in both Classical and Modern Mosaic Techniques. A former teacher and translator of Spanish and Italian, in 2018 she turned a former weekend hobby into an artistic path forward. She cuts or shapes all materials by hand before placing the tiny pieces directly into cement tinted with earthen pigments.
385 Warburton Ave, Studio 1, Hastings-on-Hudson (through left gate, down stairs to patio)
Catrin Perih is a painter and art educator based in Hastings on Hudson. Her work explores the idea of memory and is inspired by anything that evokes a sense of nostalgia.
385 Warburton Avenue, Studio 2, Hastings (through left gate, down stairs to patio)
Hagar’s art negotiates the relationship of a body to an environment in a physical and metaphorical sense. She uses plexiglass as the holding structure of her pieces, and her process involves painting, tracing her own body, adhering objects, melting and scratching the surface.
James V. Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson
Monica Shulman is a painter and photographer whose work is a form of story-telling. Rooted in the traditions of abstract expressionism, her world is best described as colorful and rhythmic and her sculptural paintings reflect an evolving universe where communication is less concrete. Her process-oriented work explores themes of the human condition, identity, and self-reflection.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 237B, Dobbs Ferry
Janet Sikirica is a fiber artist, and her main medium is wool feltmaking ranging from wearable art to home décor. Her recent endeavors include rug making using traditional Nomad techniques of Eastern Europe and Western/Central Asia. She also studies and practices Japanese Shibori dyeing techniques as well as the Korean art form Bojagi which merges various shapes and colors of a particular fabric through stitching, creating beautiful seams.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 314, Dobbs Ferry
Since 2013, Marisa Gonzales Silverstein has worked as a mosaic artist and paper sculptor, creating designs that are meditative and mathematical. Marisa received a BA in Art History from Yale College in 1992 and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1999. When not making art, Marisa helps teenagers successfully navigate the college admissions process.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 318F, Dobbs Ferry
Vicky Youngman makes functional pottery for everyday use but also enjoys creating ceramic wall art. Her approach to both involves considerable hands on exploration, experimentation and playfulness. Much like life, it’s a journey into the unknown, one of discovery with imperfections, mishaps and wonderful surprises along the way.
James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings
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RiverArts’ programs are made possible, in part, by support from The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. RiverArts’ programs are made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with support from Westchester County Government.
