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Peekskill Open Studios Takes Place May 14-15


Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSWNEWS ARTSWESTCHESTER


ARTSAWARD LUNCHEON 2011


Photos by Lynda Shenkman Curtis


The 14th Annual Peekskill Open Studios 2011 will take place Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15 from 12 to 5pm. The event features more than 100 artists and 14 special exhibitions in galleries and other venues throughout Peekskill. Maps for self-guided tours will be provided at centralized locations. All sites are free to the public. Open studios offers the opportunity to meet and talk to artists and see the creative process at work first hand, spanning a wide range of media, including traditional and contemporary paintings, sculp- tures, video art, photography, installation, ceram- ics, prints, drawings and silk paintings.


Hudson Valley Hospital Center is holding two special events in honor of Peekskill artists and the Peekskill Arts Council Open Studios festivi- ties. On Friday, May 13 at 3pm, a limited tour of the hospital’s private art collection will be conducted by curator Suzanne Bohrer Ashley. Reservations are required, so RSVP to suzanneashley13@gmail. com. From 4-6pm, reservations are not required for an Artist Opening Reception for Joseph Squillante, Hudson River photographer, which is open to the public. The exhibition, Hudson River Suites, is displayed in the new main hospital lobby and main galleries through September 5. For more info, visit www.peekskillartists.org.


ARTIST OPPORTUNITY MNR Croton-Harmon Station, Hudson Line


MTA Arts for Transit seeks professional artists for consideration to create public artwork for the Metro-North Railroad Croton-Harmon Station on the Hudson Line in Westchester County. For submission guidelines and for more information about the project please visit http://www.mta.info/mta/aft/ about/call.html Submissions must be postmarked by Friday, May 13, 2011.


For more Artist Opportunities, visit: www.artsw.org\artistopps


MAY 2011


Lucille Werlinich presented the Sophia Abe- les Award to arts educator Jessica Fuentes, for Ms. Fuentes’ work at the Yonkers-based Greenburgh Academy.


At the Arts Award luncheon, the New Rochelle Opera received an Arts Award for the Opera’s 25 years of producing quality opera for the people of New Rochelle and the surrounding communities. From left: New Rochelle Opera Co-Founder and Artistic Director Camille Cop- polla, Fox 5 Newscaster Nick Gregory, who served as emcee of the Arts Award Luncheon, and Billie Tucker, New Rochelle Opera Co- Founder and Board President.


From left: Doreen and Gilbert Bassin of Scars- dale receive an ArtsWestchester Arts Award from Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino. The Bassins were recognized for their patronage of artists and their work with institu- tions, including the Neuberger Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art.


The Emelin Theatre received an ArtsWestchester Arts Award in the Organi- zation Category. From left: Lisa Reilly, The Emelin Theatre’s Executive Director, receives an Arts Award from Westchester County Leg- islator Judith Myers.


From left: Adam Kintish, Retail Market Man- ager for TD Bank, presents an Arts Award to Abishai Ben Reuben of the Mount Vernon- based O’Bey Foundation.


From left: County Executive Robert P. Astorino, ArtsWestchester CEO Janet T. Langsam and Honorable Ken Jenkins, Chair, Westchester County Board of Leg- islators.


Writer Benjamin Cheever received an ArtsWestchester Arts Award in the Artist Category. During his acceptance speech, Mr. Cheever spoke about his efforts on be- half of animal welfare. From left: Lu Picard of ECAD (East Coast Assistance Dogs), Writer and Arts Awardee Benjamin Cheever, and Westchester County Legislator John Nonna.


Ann Sullivan, Head of School, for the Rye- based School of the Holy Child, and Nick Gregory of Fox 5 News. The School of the Holy Child was recognized with an Arts Award for its outstanding arts program, which weaves the arts throughout all lev- els of learning.


The Mount Vernon School District was rec- ognized for its Innovative Strategies pro- gram. The program paired teachers through- out the Mount Vernon School District with artists to provide teachers with unique new approaches to teaching. From left: Ms. An- gela Addesso, Director of the Mount Vernon City School District’s Arts Program, with Dr. W “Tony” Sawyer, Superintendent, of the Mount Vernon City School District.


Neil Watson, Executive Director of the Katonah Museum of Art accepts an ArtsWestchester Arts Award for the Mu- seum's “Smart Girls Program,” a collabora- tion with the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester.


From left: Ron Jacobson, PhD., Associate Vice President, Fordham University Ms. Tara E. Czechowski, Associate Dean, Fordham Uni- versity, with Nick Gregory of Fox 5 News.


Photo Credit: Tony Seideman


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