Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. The essence of my work lies in the age-old struggle between nature and the man-made industrial world. My work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. I have taught at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute and the SVA.
Alison Bert draws on her background in music and journalism to capture the spirit of people and places using a variety of photographic techniques. Her work has been shown in juried exhibitions at the Salmagundi Club in Manhattan, the Upstream Gallery in Hastings and the Garrison Art Center. She does her own printing using archival inks on fine art paper
James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
My world is of Earth and Spirit. Nature is at once a deep source of inspiration and a comforting healer. The light which radiates from and about the subject is what I am moved to capture. I try to express the essence – the spirit of a place, a person, a moment in time.
1 North Street, Hastings-on-Hudson
I work with wool in many different forms: I felt, weave, braid, punch needle, appliqué and sew. I also make small sculptures from found objects along my travels.
526 Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson
I see landscape as an abstraction of shapes and forms. Planes of color that form a perspective in a spatial relationship. I paint primarily in the East End of Long Island. I am very influenced by the beauty and light of the surrounding area.
James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-On-Hudson
Emily is an artist and teacher based in Tarrytown, NY. She works representationally from life, with a love for careful observation and naturalism.
1 Central Avenue, Suite 302, Tarrytown
Tim has been participating in the open studio tour for many years, first in Dobbs Ferry and now in Tarrytown, where he lives with his wife Lee Eiferman in a building originally built as a synagogue, later a Knights of Columbus hall, and now renovated as their home. Tim’s work has evolved, with narrative elements underlying both abstraction and figuration.
114 North Washington Street, Tarrytown
Drawing, painting and collage on paper is my language. Humor, gesture, color, design and line form my content. I love what I do and I do what I love. Come by and see!
145 Palisade Street, Studio 334C, Hudson River Landing, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Inspired by the natural world, led by process and medium, sustained by collaboration and the collective
145 Palisade Street, Studio 318F, Hudson River Landing, Dobbs Ferry
Eleanor Goldstein is a painter and sculptor from New York City, working 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
The source of inspiration is landscape. Immersion in landscape is essential to journey towards moments of peace. Including works inspired by many walks through near and far places, EB reflects on sights that surround us. Days are crowded with freedoms and limitations. Where do we go to find peace? Landscape of mind isn’t tangible but we can walk there too
I paint daily. I often paint this landscape and each time it is a celebration. Studying the massive rocks and mighty water anchors me. I am energized by their strength and loveliness. The beauty of place has provided constant inspiration since childhood are are increasingly more important. I wish my paintings to share its sense of strength, calm, and optimism.
A former Teacher and Translator, Kristin is an improbable Mosaic Artist. What began as an exploration of Italian heritage has since become a way to express memory, spirit, and emotion. Initially self-taught, she has grown through study of both Classical and Modern Mosaic techniques. She hand cuts and places all materials directly into cement, a slow, painstaking and meditative process.
385 Warburton Ave, Studio 1, Hastings-on-Hudson
Neil Lavey was born in 1958. He graduated Cooper Union 1981. His Exhibitions include: The Leslie Lohman gallery, Rockland Center for the Arts , The Edward Hopper House in Nyack N.Y. The Blue Door Gallery & The River Front Gallery in Yonkers N.Y. and the Upstream Gallery in Hastings on Hudson, N.Y. and the The H Gallery in Peekskill N.Y.
40 Beechdale Road, Dobbs Ferry
Intimate landscapes, portraits, and figure paintings based on my people and places here in the lower Hudson Valley are at the center of my practice. But I also make large iconic paintings that struggle with American identity. I work in the loose modernist tradition of Manet, Van Gogh, and Bellows
114 Neperan Road, Tarrytown
Wendy Naidich is a photographer & potter living In Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. She often photographs architectural details which show hidden layers, patterns, and colors that are lost in the big picture. Wendy’s pottery is hand built and functional. She enjoys taking advantage of the unexpected twists and turns of clay and glaze
James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
I was born and raised in Wales and much of my work is influenced by my childhood. I use old family photographs as inspiration along with anything that evokes a sense of nostalgia: antiques, historical buildings or settings, vintage ephemera. I work with watercolor and acrylic and also create paintings digitally.
My work mainly consists of photographic objects that have been extracted from their original work and placed into a new setting…the objective is to create a surrealistic images with odd inhabitants and strange objects within the boundaries of a photograph
Richman’s interests lie in exploring the link between existence, decay and loss by photographing images that capture and preserve the fleeting nature of our world. She has been internationally exhibited in France, Italy, England and Spain. Recent US exhibitions include “Art of NY” Arkell Museum, NY, “All Creatures Big and Small”, dkGallery, Ga, and “The Still Life”, Praxis Gallery, MN
Keepers House Friends of Old Croton Aqueduct, 15 Walnut Street, Dobbs Ferry
Madge Scott is an award winning self taught artist who has sold her work worldwide. She’s had solo exhibitions, exhibited in many institutions, galleries, including the Jamaican and Congolese Embassies. Her work is in documentaries, theater and more. She’s a member of the Upstream Gallery in Hastings on Hudson
145 Palisade Street, Studio 334F, Hudson River Landing, Dobbs Ferry
My art explores themes of the human condition, identity, and self-reflection. I paint intuitively as my work is process-oriented and I learn best through experimentation. My world is best described as colorful and rhythmic and my materials, heavy layers of oil paint and oil pastel, are active participants in my paintings
145 Palisade Street, Studio 237B, Hudson River Landing, Dobbs Ferry
I am a fiber artist, and my main medium is felt making ranging from wearable art to home décor. I also study and practice 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
Marisa Gonzales Silverstein has worked since 2013 as a paper sculptor, creating designs that are meditative and mathematical but that demonstrate the interplay of light and shadow. Marisa received a Fellowship in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in 2016. She has shown her work in galleries in New York City, Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties.
145 Palisade St, Studio 318f, Hudson River Landing, Dobbs Ferry
My work in all mediums is shaped by love of natural forms, surfaces with history, creating windows of remembered experience, weather, and light. I earned a BFA Rhode Island School of Design, worked Fresco Decorative Painting in NYC. Currently I balance nurturing my family and growing my studio art practice here in Westchester.
My artist statement is simple. I paint what I love, what I find beautiful, what intrigues me and what makes me laugh. And then I hope for the best.
This color reduction woodcut is produced using three carved woodblocks, each of which is recarved multiple times for each layer of color on the print. This impression has gone through the press sixteen times, resulting in a complex range of colors, including the untouched white of the page, single hues, and colors produced by several transparent layers of ink.
Vicky is an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, Pleasantville campus, where she has taught ceramics since 2011. As a Professional Teaching Artist through ArtsWestchester she conducts ceramic arts residencies in schools, community sites and through Arts Mobile. She also teaches adults and children at Clay Art Center and through RiverArts.
James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings on Hudson
PO Box 60 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
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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.
