For some reason unbeknownst to me, I have this thing about the arts. Call it an obsession? A calling? It’s hard to explain, but whatever it is, I found myself last week spending a rainy day in Albany asking for a mere $4 million dollars for the arts in a $142 billion state budget. Feeling almost […]
It was a rainy day in Albany, but the mood was upbeat as a group of arts advocates made their way to legislative offices. The mission was a $4 million lift for the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). A contingent from Westchester, including Dominick Balletta from the Jacob Burns Film Center; Eileen […]
Last week, ArtsWestchester lost a dear friend. Bill McNamee, our board member for nearly ten years passed away all too soon. As a busy senior executive, he travelled the world for Citigroup, yet always found ways to help ArtsWestchester, and in doing so, helped thousands. More often than not, he’d return our calls from some […]
Auntie Mame has nothing on Mamie Duncan-Gibbs. In fact, our Mamie is every bit as talented as the lady who made famous the name Mame. Mamie Duncan-Gibbs is the Executive/Artistic Director of Youth Theatre Interactions (YTI), an organization dedicated to teaching children the importance of discipline, confidence and creativity through the performing arts. She is […]
Sound is an all encompassing art form. “You only need those two holes in the sides of your head to participate,” says Bruce Odland, a sound artist, whose Hudson River work Hearing Space is now being shown at ArtsWestchester’s Gallery 9 in White Plains. “Hearing is a connective sense, with your ears always connected to the environment,” […]
The secret is out. In a former life, I raced sailboats…reluctantly of course. It was a rite of passage that came with marriage. Racing a Snipe-class boat (13 ft.) in the Atlantic Ocean seemed the least I could do for a future husband who loved to sail. Weaker hearts might have remained single. As it […]
More than 20 years ago, at the urging of my kids, I rented a safe deposit box for safe keeping of some treasured items. I can’t remember what’s in the box, haven’t been there in 20 years, nor can I find the key. The bank advised me that at my expense, they could break into […]
What do former Vice President and Governor Nelson Rockefeller, opera singer Roberta Peters, and jazz musician Dennis Bell all have in common? Can’t think of anything? Well, I can. They’ve all won an Arts Award! This is ArtsWestchester’s annual award that recognizes a plethora of artistic talent, supportive patrons of the arts, and community do-gooders […]
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