The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion - Sculptures by Dorothy Gillespie
2023-03-27 09:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-28 09:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-29 09:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-30 09:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-31 09:00 - 20:00, 2023-04-01 09:00 - 20:00, 2023-04-02 09:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Rockland Center for the Arts,27 South Greenbush Road, West Nyack, NY 10994, USA
The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion
Sculptures by Dorothy M. Gillespie
The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park
Oct. 15, 2021 – Oct. 2023
Free to the Public, Dawn to Dusk
RoCA is proud to present the The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion exhibit as a part of a tribute to the 20th Century artist and feminist, Dorothy Gillespie. The exhibit will open October 15th in The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park at RoCA.
Dorothy Gillespie’s joyful and brilliantly colored starbursts glimmer hanging from the trees as well as lining the pathway. The pieces create an enchanted garden of colors in motion. Though stationary they seem to possess a kinetic quality. Two larger pieces can be seen at the entry to RoCA. The exhibit was partially installed this summer and will be completed for exhibit October 15th. The exhibit will remain on display through October 2023.
Gillespie (1920-2012) was born in Roanoke, VA and lived in Nyack during the later years of her life. She pioneered joyful, new directions of metal sculpture and is best known for large-scale, colorfully painted arrangements of cut aluminum strips curling, radiating, or undulating in giant arrangements of ribbons, enchanted towers, or bursting fireworks. She was well known as a painter, sculptor and installation artist whose work incorporated many significant 20th-century trends in art.
During Dorothy Gillespie’s youth … “girls did not attend art school, at least not ‘nice’ girls,” said Gillespie in 2010. Nevertheless, she was determined to be an artist and attended the Maryland Institute College in Baltimore. She was more fortunate than women sculptors in the 19th Century who were mostly hired as studio assistants by established male sculptors with few exhibitions. Harriet Hosmer, Emma Stebbins, Edmonia Lewis, Frances Grimes and Helen Mears were some of the few who made names in the arts as women during that time. They did not pursue monumental work as frequently as men did and mostly produced works in bronze and consistent middle-class demand for small-scale sculpture to decorate the home and garden. Today many more women are now entering traditional male dominated sculpture roles in metal, wood and stone, thanks to the pioneering activism of women like Dorothy Gillespie in the 20th century.
An influential force in the women’s movement, Gillespie encouraged more women’s art in museums and art in public spaces. In 1970, Gillespie joined Women in the Arts and created picket signs protesting at the Whitney Museum demanding that the curators choose more women artists for their “Annual exhibition. The demonstration worked, and more women artists were chosen for the show. Although the increase was very slow, over time it increased from 8 percent to 40 percent. Gillespie was the Founder of the Women Artists Historical Archives of the Women’s Interart Center in NY, NY, filming and taping interviews of some of the most important women artists of the 20th century as well as presenting her own radio show. Gillespie along with Joyce Weinstein founded a group called the NY Professional Women Artists. The 14 members lectures at Universities and wrote articles to encourage other women artists.
Gillespie also coordinated a course to educate and enlighten women in the visual arts, after being invited to teach at The New School in NYC. The intent was to prepare women for a new, more aggressive role to function in the art world. Due to her already busy schedule, she asked artist Alice Barber to share the task of revealing to the young students the ‘system’ that drove the NY art world and how to succeed. In 1974 she organized an innovative outdoor exhibition, Walk Through Art, mounted in Central Park, Battery Park, and Rockefeller Center, then travelling to fifty colleges, universities and street fairs. Compelled to involve viewers in her work, she created large 7 ft high triangles of art for people to walk through the sculptures. Gillespie has held positions of designing programs as a Professor of Art, being a Board of Trustees for more than one college or art center, as a visiting artist in residency and as the Chairperson of the Fine Arts Committee for the International Women’s Art Festival.
Dorothy Gillespie’s career spanned seven decades, always at the forefront of the American Art movement. She studied at the Maryland Institute College in Baltimore before moving to New York City, where she studied at the Art Students League. Her works grace many institutions, museums, colleges, universities and public spaces, including the permanent collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the United States Mission to the United Nations. She was one of the first artists to offer her art to the world through displays in the lobbies of public institutions and governmental centers such as the Mayo Clinic, Epcot Center, Warren Wilson College, Fort Lauderdale Airport-Delta Terminal, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, the Miami Public Library, United States Mission to the United Nations, and the Court House Square – Roanoke, VA and Universities across the country.
Among her many honors, Gillespie received the Alice Baber Art Fund, Inc. Grant Award: a Doctor of Pedagogy from Niagara University in Niagara Falls, A Doctor of Fine Arts (Honoris Causa) from Caldwell College in Caldwell, NY, an Allied Professions Award from the Virginia Society, the American Institute of Architects in Richmond, VA., the Distinguished Alumni Award from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, the Outstanding Services Award from University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art, and the Gala 8 “Distinguished Woman” Award at Birmingham Southern College.
The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park is open from dawn to dusk, free to the public. Brochures can be picked up at the registration desk. For more information visit: www.rocklandartcenter.org or call 845-358-0877.
This exhibition was made possible thanks to the generous support of The Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation and Gary Israel.
RoCA’s programs are made possible, in part, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Funding is also made possible by the County of Rockland.
RoCA gratefully acknowledges support for its programs from The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation, M&T Bank, The M&T Charitable Foundation, The Dorothy Gillespie Foundation, Peter & Rebecca Lang, Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman P.C., Luxury Kitchen and Bath, Golden Artist Colors, Inc., QuietEvents, the Estate of Joan Konner, Lighting Services Inc., Sarah and Stephen Thomas, the Mark and Jessie Milano Foundation, Zaklin Family Charitable Fund, The County of Rockland, Simona and Jerome Chazen, Art Services Group, RoCA members, donors and business members.

Post-Impressionism In Its Own Right: Online Class
2023-03-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Bethany Arts Community, 40 Somerstown Rd, Ossining, NY, 10562, United States
Join Jill Kiefer, Ph.D. as she leads her Online Course series for BAC entitled: “Post-Impressionism In Its Own Right” for 6 Tuesdays, 02/21-03/28, 2023 from 10 – 11 AM.
Discussions of Post-Impressionism are often limited to its relationship with Impressionism. But this diverse and distinctive movement stands very much on its own—having traveled quite different paths than those explored by the Impressionists. Indeed, Post-Impressionism embraced the past, the present, and the future—and its influence remains a force today.
In this program, we’ll focus on the key Post-Impressionists (Seurat, Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin) to examine their unique achievements. Which ones most avidly pursued symbolic and subjective meanings in their art? How and why did structure, optics and order become the obsession of others? In what ways did their combined efforts and aesthetic visions define what would become the modern idiom? Join us as we seek the answers to these questions, and identify how Post-Impressionism fits into the broad tapestry that is art history.

Nyack Farmer's Market
2023-03-30 09:00 - 13:00 | Main Street Parking Lot, 119 Main Street, Nyack, NY, 10960, United States
Nyack Farmers Market – A Four Season Outdoor Farmers Market
The Market offers a cornucopia of the best local produce, grass-fed meat, fresh seafood, beautiful baked goods, perfectly prepared foods, and handcrafted goods ready to fill your tables and gift baskets.

HOURS:
Thursdays from 9am to 1pm, outdoors year-round in the Main Street parking lot year-round.

PARKING:
Parking in the Artopee Lot is free during Market hours, and street parking is free before 10am. Meters throughout the Village are in effect Monday-Saturday from 11am to 7pm. Farmers Market vendors and patrons: please do not park in the M&T Bank parking lot.

Diamonds Are Forever But How Much Do You Really know About Them?
2023-03-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Metal and Stone Jewelers, 12 South Broadway, Nyack, NY, 10960, United States
Please join us in our shop, Metal and Stone Jewelers, for an evening of diamond education given by our in house GG (Graduate Gemologist) Seth Gopin. Learn how to buy diamond jewelry in an educated way. As Sy Syms used to say……An educated consumer is our best customer!

OGHAM WITH MORGANA
2023-03-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Nyack, NY, USA
Ogham, the mysterious ancient Irish alphabet, is based on a set of characters (feda) that are associated with specific trees and/or plants and is considered to represent an ancient system of knowledge. Most often used today for divination, each letter symbol has specific, and often complicated and multi-faceted, concepts associated with each one. The 20 symbol-letters (‘feda’) are organized across 4 ‘families’ (aicme). Morgana will guide us in learning about each feda and its associated plant over the course of a year.
We will learn where Ogham originated, how to pronounce and write the feda, and utilize plant matter, teas, poetry, art, historical lore, guided meditations and of course the Ogham Intention Oils, to integrate us with each plant’s healing essence.
The Second Aicme ‘hÚathe’ begins March 2nd…
– hÚath (H), Hawthorn: (Overcoming) Despair, Fear & Anxiety
– Dair (D), Oak: Strength & Endurance
– Tinne (T), Holly: Mastery, Skill & Manifestation
– Coll (C), Hazel: Wisdom, Enlightenment
– Ceirt (Q), AppleTree: (Dealing With) Misfortune and Bad Luck
Sign up for a single class, or an Aicme of 5.
Each class only $21
Each Aicme (5 Feda) $90 (save $15)
(20% discount for Students, OAPs, Veterans, Persons with Disabilities, call for details)

Japanese Drums Performance - March 31st
2023-03-31 17:00 - 18:00 | Palisades Center,1000 Palisades Center Dr, West Nyack, NY 10994, USA
March 31, 2023
Location: Level 3, Food COurt
Time: 5pm – 6pm

Opening Reception
2023-03-31 17:00 - 18:30 | Edward Hopper House,82 North Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USA

VOYAGE OF THE SPIRITUAL ASTRONAUT CONTINUES ...
2023-03-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Nyack, NY, USA
JUST FOR MEN
Open, hosted discussions allowing men to voyage to their spiritual side, sharing and learning together, and creating a Circle of Support for one another …
No sign up necessary, drop in and meet some likeminded souls!

Anthony Rodia
2023-03-31 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-03-31 21:30 - 23:00 | Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main Street, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
A first-generation Italian-American born and raised right here in Westchester County, New York, Anthony Rodia came out of the womb making people laugh. In his 20’s he tried a few open mics, but ultimately took a different career path as a finance manager of a luxury car dealership. In 2019, Rodia returned to comedy and left his day job to become a full-time stand-up comic. He hit the ground running and performed 100 shows in just nine months, and within three years Anthony has gained a massive fan base online and around the country.
In a very short time, Anthony gained over 900,000 social media followers and his YouTube videos have amassed over 22 million views. Rodia’s comedy pulls from his real life and razor-sharp observations on marriage, parenthood, road rage, and everything else worthy of a social media rant.
With the onset of quarantine, Anthony made the most of a captive audience, delivering a staggering 86 weekly videos. “ROAD RAGE WEDNESDAY” became a fan favorite, but his Uncle Vinny and Zia Lucia characters transformed into a phenomenon. They are the crazy uncle and aunt you love but can’t be out in public with, who speak their minds (whether you asked for it or not).
In 2021, Anthony launched Rodia Wines, which include a Zia Lucia’s White Blend and Uncle Vinny’s Red Blend that both pair perfectly with any of your favorite Italian dishes. Rodia Wines will soon be available in local retail stores and is currently available online at https://rodiawines.myshopify.com/.
Rodia also host the weekly podcast, Little Bit of Laughs on Podcast One. Get to know the comedian behind your favorite viral videos and stand-up comedy alongside his co-host and radio legend Goumba Johnny. Join Anthony and Goumba as they get into hot topics, rants, pranks, and listener’s questions and stories.
Anthony has appeared on Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, FOX’s Good Day New York, and Elizabeth & Elisa on News 12, he quietly claimed the throne of “KING OF OFF THE BOAT COMEDY.”
Rodia is currently selling out comedy clubs and theaters across the country on his The Road Rage Tour.

Photo Exhibit: 82 Pieces of '82: Main Street, Nyack
2023-04-01 - 2023-04-02 | Historical Society of the Nyacks 50 Piermont Ave., Nyack, NY, 50 Piermont Ave., Nyack, 10960, United States
82 Pieces of ’82
Main Street, Nyack
Photos by Brad Hess
The Historical Society of the Nyacks
50 Piermont Avenue

The exhibit will be open Saturdays from 1 – 4 January 21st through April 15th
In 1982, photographer Brad Hess walked Main Street in Nyack every Sunday morning, taking over 3,000 black and white photographs. Trying out a new film, he decided Main Street was where he would experiment with it. As the images emerged from his dark room, he became fascinated with the quality of the film as well as the opportunities Main Street offered him. He returned nearly every Sunday morning for the next year, walking from 9W to the riverfront.

82 Pieces of ’82, Main Street, Nyack will be our first traditional “opening” since COVID. Please join us in thanking Brad for sharing his amazing work with us, and hearing what he has to say about these street scenes and their meaning for Nyack. We look forward to your questions, feedback and commentary. Brad will have the floor around 1:30. Please come masked – we want to minimize everyone’s exposure to our current variant with its high transmission potential. And for that reason also, our refreshments are very minimal.

Members Exhibition @ Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center
2023-04-01 - 2023-04-10 | Edward Hopper House Art Center, 82 N Broadway, Nyack, NY
Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center is pleased to relaunch the Members Exhibition for current Artist Members. The Spring Show – April 1-9, 2023 – is an “Open Call Members Exhibition” showcasing up to 50 artists, each of whom may enter one original artwork.
Fully registered Artist Members will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
To register:
1) Pay your $20 registration fee here
2) Complete this online registration form
3) Exhibitors must be current Museum Members at the Artist ($65), Friend ($125) or Patron ($300) levels through April 2023.
To join or renew, go to the Membership item on our Fareharbor Dashboard then select your level: Click Here
Questions on your membership status? Contact info@hopperhouse.org

Croton Point Nature & History Hike
2023-04-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Croton Point Park, 1 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10520, United States
Croton Point Park Naturalist John Phillips and Village of Croton Historian Marc Cheshire will lead a hike on Saturday, April 1, at 9 a.m. to explore Croton Point’s history, natural history, archaeology and geology. The hike will last roughly 1.5 to 2 hours. This event is free. Meet at the gate to the RV park, where parking is available. Ages 6 and up; wear sturdy shoes. The same hike will take place on April 15.

Dave & Buster’s Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, Palisades Center, Nyack
2023-04-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Nyack, NY, USA
TICKETS: https://www.prekindle.com/event/61121-breakfast-with-the-easter-bunny-2023-west-nyack
Hop on in for Breakfast with the Easter Bunny. We have two great ticket packages available for a celebration that is fun for the whole family!
Bunny Ticket: All American Breakfast Bar, Orange and Cranberry Juice, Coffee, $15 Power Card, Easter activity, pictures with the Easter Bunny, suggested 18% gratuity, and taxes
Chick Ticket: All American Breakfast Bar, Orange and Cranberry Juice, Coffee, pictures with the Easter Bunny, suggested 18% gratuity, and taxes
Questions? Please contact Jodi Bergin at (214) 92336 or jodi.bergin@daveandbusters.com
All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times; All adults must have tickets for entry. Children under the age of 2 do not need a ticket for entry.
Once purchased, all tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable. Restrictions May Apply. See Store for Details.

Lyndhurst Mansion Opens for the Season!
2023-04-01 09:30 - 16:30 | Lyndhurst Mansion, 635 S Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
Explore Lyndhurst, a majestic estate on the banks of the magnificent Hudson River, where every visitor can experience firsthand an American icon of architecture and landscape. Located in the Lower Hudson Valley, Lyndhurst’s proximity to New York City makes it an easily accessible day trip by train or car. Whether you are a first-time visitor or returning guest there is always something new to discover.
Lyndhurst Mansion can be experienced through multiple guided tour options. Perfect for first-time guests, our one-hour Classic Mansion tour explores Lyndhurst’s sumptuously decorated first and second floors and includes entry to occasional special exhibitions. The Upstairs/Downstairs tour visits unique mansion spaces such as the observation tower, kitchen, laundry building, and servant spaces. A Decorative Art tour explores our art collections in more detail including fabulous paintings, furniture, and sculpture. Landscape tour options highlight our restored lower landscape, with fountains, views of the Hudson River, and entry to the c.1894 Bowling Alley. Occasionally specialty tours visit the Rose Garden, Greenhouse Frame, and the c. 1911 Swimming Pool building.
If you prefer to spend the day outdoors and stroll through the beautiful grounds, a Daily Grounds Pass will allow you to explore the Lyndhurst property on your own. Purchase mansion tour or grounds pass tickets in advance online at the link shown.

Dahlia Sale and Talk
2023-04-01 10:00 - 14:30 | Nyack, NY, USA
Featuring an informational talk with tips and benefits of growing dahlias at home, we’re offering a wide selection of tubers at a great price! For more information, you can visit our website
This sale is to benefit the Children’s Garden at Marydell!

Unique Crystal Fine Art Paintings
2023-04-01 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Arts Alive Art Gallery,85 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USA
Do you love crystals? Experience the power of crystals
in a new collection of 20+ original fine art crystal paintings.
Each painting combines the power of a specific Color, Image, and Crystal to
produce positive energy for peace, joy, success, and/or wealth. Crystals in the paintings include: Citrine, Amethyst,
Rose Quartz, Clear Quartz, Peridot, Moonstone, and others.
You will feel the power of these unique crystal paintings when you visit.
Paintings come with info about the crystal, color, and image used
and are affordably priced from $60 to $195.
This is a must-see, brand-new, unique fine-art genre.
Arts Alive Art Gallery, 85 South Broadway, Nyack, NY
Saturdays & Sundays 1 – 4 pm.

Serendipity by Design
2023-04-01 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-02 13:00 - 17:00 | 85 S Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USA
A pop-up exhibition featuring monoprints and monotypes by Nina Berlingeri, Barbara Esmark, Kellyann Monaghan, and Susanna Ronner.

Swimming on Air
2023-04-01 13:00 - 2023-04-30 16:00 | Lagstein Gallery,85 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USA
Yvette Cohen’s Floating on Air exhibit of brightly colored canvas and dowel
flat surface ‘painting-sculptures’ reevaluate the perception of space,
juxtaposing disparate angles and parts.

Event
2023-04-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Nyack, NY, United States
Test event.

Light of Day: A Tribute to John Price
2023-04-02 13:00 | Penguin Rep Theatre,7 Cricketown Rd, Stony Point, NY 10980, USA
Penguin Rep Theatre & Joe D’Urso present LIGHT OF DAY 2023: A TRIBUTE TO
JOHN PRINE, a concert of music raising awareness and funds to fight
Parkinson’s Disease, PSP and ALS.
Saturday, April 2, 2023
Starting at 4 p.m.
Penguin Rep Theatre
7 Crickettown Road, Stony Point, NY
Tickets: $25
Featuring:
Joe D’Urso
Loren Korevec
David Frye
Tim O’Donohue
Gary Solomon
Michelle Solomon
Christopher Brown
Jake Thistle
Patricia Mazza
Can’t come, but would like to support the cause? Go to
http://www.LightofDay.org
