This and That by JL

For many years after my ex-husband Ed and I decided to go our separate ways, his brother Mort would pack his Volkswagen bus with his three children, his ukulele and harmonica, and various Chilean relatives whom he brought here after the fall of the Allende government in Chile. It’s heartfelt to note that back in the 70s, a call from my congressman was sufficient […]

To be sure, there are many ways to use fabric in the search of artistic meaning. For me, it has been a lifetime journey, starting in my childhood. I was, so to speak, “born to the velvet.” By this I mean to say not that I was a rich kid, but that velvet was an […]

It may be wishful thinking on my part, but it seems to me more artists are migrating out of the city to a more bucolic life in upstate New York. Maybe it’s just a Covid thing or an affordable housing shortage, but on a recent trip upstate the signs of artists seemed ubiquitous. Alas, I […]

June may be “busting out all over” in Westchester, but so is public art. Developers are teaming up with ArtsWestchester to commission temporary and permanent murals, and sculptures in downtown White Plains. All this creative activity coalesces in a five-day Serious Fun Arts Fest, taking place in White Plains from October 12-16. The truth is, public […]

This blog post is a guest blog written by Adam Chau, ArtsWestchester’s Exhibitions Manager: As you walk into ArtsWestchester’s gallery to see our current exhibition, Who Writes History?, you may notice four very familiar images. With an uncanny nostalgic feeling, you may or may not be able to discern where you’ve seen these scenes – […]

ArtsWestchester’s current Who Writes History? exhibition was conceived during the height of the disinformation surge in this country. If one were to ask Winston Churchill his view on the subject, he would likely say with a smirk: “history is written by the victors.” And, to be sure, many scholars agree. However, at ArtsWestchester we think […]

When I was a little kid growing up in Far Rockaway, Queens, there was a war raging in Europe. As a toddler, of course I was too little to understand the gravity of what was going on. Or was I? Something about Ukraine brought me back some eighty years to a reoccurring scene in my childhood […]

Recovering from a life-changing accident, Frida Kahlo was bedridden for many months at age 18. With a makeshift easel, a mirror and some of her father’s oils, she painted portraits of herself to fill the time. Thus began one of the most revered images in art history—that of Frida Kahlo herself—which has resonated for decades. […]