Sleepy Hollow Cultural Festival’s- “Celebration of Gratitude” includes the creative work of community members and local artists responding to a call for pieces that embody, reflect, or answer: What are you grateful for? Selected works collectively share and celebrate the moments, experiences, people, and things that enrich our lives in a positive way; to provide inspiration and fuel hope.
Sleepy Hollow Senior Center, 55 Elm Street, Sleepy Hollow
Photographer Michael Gaillard’s work spans a broad spectrum within the category of landscape photography. Some of his work—the work for which he’s most known—is defined by an expansive and precise yet minimal rendering of atmosphere and place, while other work calls attention fissures American narrative by capturing moments of symbolic significance he finds on his journeys around the American landscape
190 High Street, Hastings-on-Hudson
My work aims to celebrate simplicity, harmony & beauty expressed through the depiction of place… Oceans, rivers & mountains, coastal towns sprinkled with dwellings: elements of wind and light… these “players” are the good company that I keep in my daily art practice…<3 18 Harvard Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson
Kevin Sterne is an artist and writer working and living in the Hudson Valley. Originally from Chicago, he is the author of three chapbooks and a story collection. His visual work is largely influenced by his passion for the outdoors and he seeks to paint what his intuition points him towards when in nature. 13 […]
Dylan Warren is a photographer who has been traveling the United State in a van shooting the vanishing western landscape. He has also traveled to Iceland, Thailand, Amsterdam, Spain and Australia in his quest to photograph the world. He is intrigued by night skies, the Milky Way, the black sand of Iceland, the scorching desert, and lush floral of Oregon
I have been oil painting for 27 years with a deep love of the sea. It is my specialty. Many of my paintings have been done on locations here in the States and overseas. Hanging onto my canvas amongst the rocks during forty mile an hour winds to capture a scene is memorable.
The travels throughout my career made way for some amazing photographic adventures. All these experiences helped to develop my passion and ever-evolving photography career.​ As a dedicated and passionate photographer for over 25 years, I’m constantly looking for new ideas to capture. Thank you for reviewing my work.
145 Palisade Street, Studio 221, Hudson River Landing, Dobbs Ferry
Carissa “Car” Pelleteri is an American portrait and landscape photographer. She has been making photographs for over 20 years. Her most notable work, is about Montauk, New York.
Car’s first book titled, Surf+Turf: Montauk was self-published in 2014. Her second, most current book Montauk 11954, was published by Schiffer in 2018.
It features over 100 color photographs.
Athena LaTocha (b. Anchorage, Alaska) is an artist whose massive works on paper explore the relationship between human-made and natural worlds. LaTocha incorporates materials such as ink, lead, earth and wood, while observing displaced materials made by industrial and natural causes. LaTocha immerses in these environments, responding to the storied and, sometimes, traumatic cultural histories that are rooted in place
Guests must pre-register at the following link to visit Athena’s studio at The Pocantico Center: pocantico-center.ticketleap.com/riverarts-studio-tour-with-athena-latocha/
No unregistered guests will be allowed to attend
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 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
Originally from the UK, Helen has been living and painting in the Rivertowns for over 25 years. She works as an artist and educator in her studio in Dobbs Ferry. “When I paint I enjoy the process, the movement and the stillness. I try to communicate the inherent beauty of our natural world, albeit in the form of 3 pears.”
145 Palisade Street, Studio 402, Dobbs Ferry
I love painting still lifes and outdoor settings using vibrant colors, lively patterns and intricate details. The objects I choose for my still lifes are often keepsakes from family and friends; the landscape settings are mostly located close to home. I strive for my to art convey a vision of optimism and brightness
1 Mill River Lane, Apt. 305, Ardsley
The plants that I paint are ones that I love. I strive to capture their magic, beauty, texture, translucence and grace using multiple layers of watercolor, or graphite, colored pencil, or pastel.
James Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson
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.
Ted and Nune. Photographic team whose images document the grandeur and scars of the man-made world. Seeking out the spiritual dimension in monumental human constructions, they journey to remote lands to make studies of architecture and industry, bringing a joint male-female point of view to their shared vision. Both photograph, edit, and print. They do not sign their works individually.
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
Artist and art teacher at the Art Academy of Westchester (Dobbs Ferry). I prefer oils but I often explore with other mediums such as charcoal, graphite, pastels, acrylics and ink. I also like to experiment on genre. My studio is a laboratory!
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 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.
PO Box 60 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
(914) 412-5120 | info@riverarts.org
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.
