Past Special Events

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17th

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE @ HVCCA

2pm • "Words that Paint:
The Hudson Valley School in Poetry and Prose"

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“Words that Paint: The Hudson Valley School in Poetry and Prose.”

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JANUARY 17TH - FEBRUARY 16TH

PEEKSKILL PROJECT V @ The Arts Exchange (ArtsWestchester)

PEEKSKILL PROJECT V goes on the road for this special collaboration with ArtsWestchester. We’re launching our Winter Installment of PEEKSKILL PROJECT V, focused on video art, at their location in White Plains, with two major installations: “Sketches and Memories (synthesized compositions rendered later, upon the artists' safe return home),” by Paul Clay, and “HEARING SPACE,” by Bruce Odland.

The Arts Exchange (ArtsWestchester) is located at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, 9th Floor, in White Plains, NY. Please call 914-428-4220, ext 306 to schedule visits during exhibition hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm and Saturday, 12-5pm.

Janet Langsam, CEO of ArtsWestchester writes about Bruce Odland's installation: Here.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16th

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES @ HVCCA

2pm & 4pm • "Words that Paint:
The Hudson Valley School in Poetry and Prose"

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“Words that Paint: The Hudson Valley School in Poetry and Prose.”

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27TH

OPENING RECEPTION @ HVCCA

5 - 7pm • "The Power of Place"

This exhibition of works by members of the Peekskill Artist Club opens in Mezzanine Gallery. Members of the Peekskill Artist Club include Gulgun Aliriza, Emil Alzamora, Cristina Alvarez Arnold, Matthew Arnold, Andrew Barthelmes, Geoff Feder, Philip Hardy, Katherine Mangiardi, James Mulvaney, Adam Niklewicz, Jason Repolle, Shara Shisheboran, Tim Smith, Ken Vallario, and Michael Zelehoski. Exhibition is on view through April 28th.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23RD

7:30pm • HVCCA Book Club • This month's selection:

PROVENANCE: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo

Join us for a free monthly meeting where we informally discuss a selected work of fiction or non-fiction: focused on the visual arts. New readers welcome! Book Club meets the 4th Wednesday of each month.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17TH

5 - 8pm • OPENING RECEPTION @ The Arts Exchange (ArtsWestchester)

PEEKSKILL PROJECT V goes on the road for this special collaboration with ArtsWestchester. We’re launching our Winter Installment of PEEKSKILL PROJECT V, focused on video art, at their location in White Plains, with two major installations: “Sketches and Memories (synthesized compositions rendered later, upon the artists' safe return home),” by Paul Clay, and “HEARING SPACE,” by Bruce Odland.

The exhibition continues through March 9th. The Arts Exchange is located at 31 Mamaroneck AvenuE, 9th Floor, in White Plains, NY.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12TH

1 - 4pm • OPENING RECEPTION @ Field Library Gallery (4 Nelson Ave.)

"Say Peekskill," solo exhibition by Ben Altman

In Say Peekskill, PEEKSKILL PROJECT V Artist Ben Altman uses photographs and audio recordings to investigate how residents of Peekskill like their town, how they spend their time, how they came here, and if they will stay. This exploration by an outsider paradoxically has the potential to stimulate Peekskill into conversations with itself.

Say Peekskill web page: www.benaltman.net/peekskill-peekskill.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13TH

PEEKSKILL PROJECT SECOND SUNDAY

2pm • Artist Talk with Ben Altman
@ Field Library Gallery (4 Nelson Ave.)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9th

1 - 4pm • Peekskill Project V Offsite Venues open: Last Day!

2pm • Docent Tour of Peekskill Project V

Offsite Venues with Peekskill Project V Coordinator and Curator Anna Adler
 

4 - 6pm • Peekskill Project V @ The Peekskill Coffee House

Opening reception for works by Ben Altman, Sara Hart and Shara Shisheboran.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8th

2 - 10pm • CHRISTINE SCIULLI: BONFIRE @ Birdsall House (970 Main Street)

Come by between 2pm and 5pm with your family and friends to help build a sculptural installation which will be used in a virtual bonfire from 5pm -10pm. Bring some garden cuttings or tree branches, as well as your drums, poems, songs and stories to perform and share.

Click here for more information about Christine Sciulli's "Bonfire"

5pm • Tour the window installations Peekskill Project V artists have created for the downtown area.

HVCCA is partnering with The Peekskill BID to make Downtown Peekskill a leading destination for contemporary art this holiday season. Window installations will be on view December 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013.

HVCCA will give a guided tour of 14 installations in Downtown storefront windows on Saturday, December 8th, from 5-6pm. Meet at The Peekskill Coffee House (101 South Division Street). The evening will conclude with a public reception at the Pop Up Gallery, located at 906 Main Street.

ArtCrawl Artists include:

John Agne, Hu Bing, Marcy Chevali, Philip Hardy, James Mulvaney, Martha Mysko & Willie Wayne Smith, Gene Panczenko, Daniel Phillips, Elisa Pritzker, Christine Sciulli, Jonathan Stanish, Tim & Talia Trewhella and Song Xin.

6 - 8pm • Pop-up Gallery Reception @ 906 Main Street

Gallery Hours * Saturday, December 8th * 1-8pm * Sunday, December 9th * 1-6pm

Join us for live music and refreshments at the Peekskill Pop Up Gallery in Downtown Peekskill. See exciting performances, outdoor projections and have the opportunity to buy original artwork! Shop for unique holiday gifts, created by artists from Peekskill Project and the Greater Hudson Valley. For more information on the location of downtown artist installations, please see the Winter Windows Art Crawl Map.

Pop Up Gallery Artists include:

Nancy Bowen, Jo-Ann Brody, Ada Cruz, Ad Deville, Sarah Haviland, Carla Rae Johnson, Barbara Korman, Nelson Loskamp, Luis Maldonado, Eva Mantell, Don Porcella and Gae Savannah.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2ND

FREE ARTS DAY!

1pm • Docent Tour of Exhibitions @ HVCCA

2 - 4pm • Education Workshop @ HVCCA
 

Director of Education Jo-Ann Brody will take participants on a mini-tour of the PPV Exhibition, focusing on artists working with collage and assemblage. Explore methods of creating your own collages!
-Open to kids of all ages, under 5 requires parental supervision
-Space is limited: RSVP to Jo-Ann Brody,
jbrody@hvcca.org

2 - 4pm • Education Workshop @ HVCCA
 

Explore ideas about how we inhabit space and the objects we surround ourselves led by PPV artist Elisa Pritzker. Create small sculptures inspired by Pritzker's installation "Eclectica Store" @ 417 Main St.
-Open to ages 10 and up, including adults!
-Space is limited: RSVP to Jo-Ann Brody,
jbrody@hvcca.org

4 - 6pm • "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child"

Special Screening of the documentary, followed by a Q & A with Director Tamra Davis.

-Space is limited: RSVP to Jo-Ann Brody, jbrody@hvcca.org

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th

7:30pm • HVCCA Book Club

Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art byPhoebe Hoban @ HVCCA
 

Join us for a free monthly meeting where we will informally discuss a selected work of fiction or non-fiction— focused on the visual arts. New readers welcome!
 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18th

12 - 3pm • "Free Not Free"

Interactive Performance with Marcy B. Freedman @ HVCCA

2 - 4pm • Education Workshop @ HVCCA
 

Students $2 (Free for Members)
"What I'm Made Of," a workshop led by the artist collective The Ladies' Auxiliary. The artists will lead a tour through their installation "Fair Trade Deli & Wellness Center" at Tessy's Deli. Explore what it means to create personal goals and create a work of art that symbolizes past and future accomplishments!
-Open to Ages 10 and Up
-Space is limited: RSVP to Jo-Ann Brody,
jbrody@hvcca.org

2 - 4pm • Education Workshop @ HVCCA
 

Students $2 (Free for Members)
Create "clay paintings" in Plastelina inspired by Peekskill Project V Artist Brie Ruais' work in the museum.
-Open to kids of all ages, under 5 requires parental supervision
-Space is limited: RSVP to Jo-Ann Brody,
jbrody@hvcca.org

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24th

7:30pm • HVCCA Book Club: Air Guitar by Dave Hickey

Dave Hickey, cuts loose and speaks to the reader in vibrant tones and tempos in his collection of essays on life, drugs, art, and an ideal democracy.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7th

2-4pm • The Public Tile Project is Back @ HVCCA

This is an open call to children of all ages to participate in the Public Tile Project. We are creating a tile mural of the Hudson River landscape to go on the wall on Central Avenue in Peekskill. Pick an image and recreate it on a clay tile in glaze. The tiles will be fired and assembled to create a prominent mural on Central Avenue.

Find more information on previous Public Tile Projects
http://www.hvcca.org/public-tile-project.html
For more questions please contact our Director of Education, Jo-Ann Brody jbrody@hvcca.org

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th

HVCCA Book Club

Wednesday, September 19 @ 7:30pm Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory Smith ISBN-10: 0913391190 Jackson Pollock was more than a great artist, he was a creative force of nature. He changed not only the course of Western art, but our very definition of "art." View Flyer (PDF)

Family Art Day

Sunday, July 22nd, 2-4pm Join us for a family mini-tour of CIRCA 1986 & CIRCA 1986 Redux: R.M. Fischer! Tour followed by a scavenger hunt, and hands-on art activities inspired by the exhibitions. All art materials provided, all ages welcome. Parent participation required for children 5 and under. Free for members, $5 per person for non-members Space is limited: RSVP to Jo-Ann Brody or 914.788.0100 View Flyer (PDF)

Saturday, July 21st, 2 - 4pm This panel brings together artists at different stages of their careers to discuss their work, their practice and how motherhood has affected them. The artists deal either directly or obliquely with motherhood as subject matter while avoiding the pitfalls of self-martyrdom and sentimentality. After they introduce their work, the discussion will open up to include the audience in sharing ways to maintain a productive studio practice and career while balancing the obligations and rewards of family life. Panelists: The Ladies Auxiliary, Judy Glantzman, Lori Merhige, Diana Quinby, and Jackie Skrzynski Event is FREE and open to the public. View Flyer (PDF)

Sunday, July 8th @ 3pm A special live performance within the galleries of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA), featuring Synapses Dance Ensemble and Peekskill Youth, with live music performed by Ray Blue and his Pro-Am Ensemble. Event is FREE and open to the public.

Over the course of three evenings, NYC’s most cutting-edge galleries are opening their doors for intimate conversations with gallery owners and directors who will offer insights on their vision, on what they see as important and lasting, and their suggestions on how to gain access to important works. Several of the artists will also be available to discuss their work. Dinner with wine will follow each session. Space has been reserved at a fine restaurant at a convenient distance from the gallery.

Sunday, April 22, 3 to 4 pm Join us for a lively discussion between artist and Chair of the Columbia Master of Fine Arts Department Gregory Amenoff and two of his former students Francesca DiMattio (represented by Salon 94) & Josephine Halvorson (represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co ).

Sunday, April 15, 2-5 pm Come explore the exciting and playful art of the 1980s. Experiment using different materials and putting them together in strange new ways. View Flyer (PDF)

Sunday, February 12, 3 to 4 pm Free with Admission Docent Marc Zeitschik will tour through Circa 1986 focusing on artists who were "pushing the envelope" in the 80's. Some have continued to have successful careers in the arts, and a select few have become practically household names. The tour will feature 10 artists whose work in the 80's was truly avant-garde and still powerful today.

January 22, 2012, 2:30-3:30pm

January 22, 2012, 4:00-5:00pm In Support of the current exhibition, Circa 1986, HVCCA will host a lecture featuring artist Rick Prol and collector Ari Straus. Learn more...