JUNE 2011


Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSWNEWS


Large Scale Photographs Span the Hudson Susan Wides: The Hudson Valley, From Mannahatta to Katterskill On View at the Hudson River Museum through September 11


Through her re-imagination of social and natural landscapes, Artist Susan Wides shows us that to truly connect with a place and its history, we must walk outside, breathe its air, soak up its light, and experience its space. She explores the Hudson Valley from Manhattan to the Catskills in more than 50 large-scale photographs at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers. The exhibition opens May 28 and will be on view until September 11. The iconic contemporary landscapes show both the transformation and regeneration of a region settled before the American Revolution, which remains today the cornerstone of America’s identity and industrial development.


It has been said that the story of the Hudson River is the story of America. Wides subtly traces our constant movement within this Valley that stretches along the Hudson’s winding banks. From New York City’s decaying West Side Pier ‘D’ [November 19, 1997] to mounded and rusted cars Near Catskill Creek [October 14, 2004], this exhibition tackles the issues of development and aging infrastructure.


It examines, too, how an artist uses images to show nature evolving from the sublime to environmental degradation, and then to preservation. Photographing the character of the Hudson Valley region, Wides uses the swing/tilt technique that has become emblematic


of her work over the past 11 years, and creates a distinct sense of “miniaturization” in many of her panoramic images.


Wides shows us that to truly connect with a place and its history, we must walk outside, breathe its air, soak up its light, and experience its space.


The Hudson Valley: From Mannahatta to Kaaterskill was curated by the Museum’s Director of Curatorial Affairs Bartholomew F. Bland, and it is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog with essays by Bland and Adjunct Curator of History Dr. Roger Panetta, an expert on the Hudson Valley region. For more information, visit www.hrm.org


H-Art Gallery Presents Works by Haitian Orphans


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Child artist at the Diankonos Orphanage in Haiti.


On the afternoon of Saturday, June 4, Steel Imaginations and The H-Art Gallery, 1 S. Division St., Peekskill, will host the FREE opening reception for “POU SOLÈY LEVE” (For a Rising Sun).


The exhibition will feature art works painted by children at the Diakonos Orphanage in Port-au- Prince, as well as art by workshop leader Monica Watkins and several masks and sculptures by teenage artist Alex Louis of Atis Rezistans. The show is curated by filmmaker Nicholas Cannell and sculptor Wilfredo Morel.


”POU SOLÈY LEVE” will be on display in Peekskill from May 14 - June 14 (12-5pm daily and by appointment) before it travels to NYC for a star- studded fundraising concert at The Box on June 15.


Indian Point on Ramapo Fault, Susan Wides


For more information, watch a video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe5BEdJ31kU and contact Nick Cannell at 914-788-4038 or nickcannell@gmail.com.


Spring Photo Album


The 4th Annual Port Chester Fest celebrated the diverse cultures of Port Chester and the Town of Rye through a celebration of art, music, family workshops, and crafts on Saturday, May 21.


At ArtsWestchester’s ArtsBash on May 20 in downtown White Plains (from left): White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, ArtsWestchester Board Presi- dent Joseph Oates, Vice President, Con Edison, ArtsWestchester CEO Janet T. Langsam, and New York State Assemblyman Robert Castelli. Photo by Barry L. Mason


At ArtsWestchester’s ArtsBash party on May 20 (from left): New York State Senator Andrea Stewart Cousins and ArtsWestchester Vice President Jac- queline Walker. Photo by Barry L. Mason


Adam Kintish, Retail Market Manager of TD Bank North greets children at ArtsWestchester’s finan- cial literacy workshops, held in conjunction with the exhibition The Bank & Trust Show, on view through June 4. Photo by Joe Vericker


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