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Nyack Sketch Log: Art Puts Nyack on the Map
by Bill Batson
At the request of the Chamber of Commerce, three local artists have put Nyack on the map. Literally.
Author: Bill Batson
Local Arts Index: Khader Humied
For over a century, our region has been home to extraordinary artists. Local Arts Index highlights the work of individuals who continue our community’s rich creative legacy.
“I make functional objects with an emphasis on recycled and found materials. I created a car tire chair, Retire, and Bungee Cord Chairs as well as a Pallet Desk made from recycled pallets. As an architect, I feel that architecture is art.”
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Onondaga Clan Mother Visits Nyack Center
Onondaga Clan Mother Freida J. Jacques will speak at the Nyack Center on Friday, May 17 at 7p about the upcoming Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, a paddle down the Hudson River this summer that coincides with the 400th anniversary of the first treaty between Dutch settlers and the Haudenosaunne (Iroquois) people.
Sk8 Park T-Shirt Art Contest
Organizers of Nyack’s first skatepark are drafting local artists to their cause. Nyack-Needs-A-Skatepark, the group that recently came under the umbrella of the Nyack Parks Conservancy as the Skatepark Committee, is holding a t-shirt design competition. All proceeds from the sale of the shirt, emblazoned with the winning design, will go to support the construction of a skateboard plaza in Memorial Park.
Nyack Sketch Log Honors South Nyack’s Tish DuBow
by Bill Batson
Former South Nyack Mayor Patricia “Tish” DuBow was honored by residents and local elected officials at a community celebration in Franklin Street Park on Friday May 9. After nine years in the Mayor’s office, DuBow chose not to run for another term. However, DuBow’s 23 years of public service are not over. She has been appointed to complete the un-expired Trustee term of Bonnie Christian, who was elected Mayor on March 19th. This week’s sketch log is dedicated to DuBow’s service to the citizens of South Nyack.
Local Arts Index: Tracy Kachtick-Anders
For over a century, our region has been the home of extraordinary artists. Local Arts Index highlights the work of individuals who continue our community’s rich creative legacy.
“I own Vincent’s Ear, Nyack’s only arts and crafts supply store. I love nothing more than when someone comes in and they tell me how they wish they were artistic but aren’t, and I am able to introduce them to a simple craft, like dyeing silk scarves or making a beaded bracelet.”
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Nyack Sketch Log: Our Village Was A Stop on The Trip to Bountiful
by Bill Batson
Nyack was a stop on The Trip to Bountiful. The play of that name was just nominated for a Tony Award for best revival, and its author, Horton Foote, lived in this house in Upper Nyack in the 1950s. Foote joined theater greats Helen Hayes, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and Carson McCullers who called our village home. For a moment in time, if you wanted to find some of the most important figures in American theater, you need only take a stroll down Broadway – in Nyack.
Local Arts Index: John Gromada
For over a century, our region has been the home of extraordinary artists. Local Arts Index highlights an artist who is continuing our community’s rich creative legacy.
On Tuesday, April 30, Nyack resident John Gromada received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Sound Design for a Play for Michael Wilson’s production of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful. In addition to Gromada, the play was honored with three more nominations including: Cicely Tyson for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play, Condola Rashad for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play and Best Revival of a Play. The Tony Awards will be announced on June 9, 2013.
Tour Pretty Penny, Former Home of Helen Hayes
Nyack’s most famous house on North Broadway was once home to the First Lady of American Theatre. On Sun May 5 you can take a rare tour of Helen Hayes’ storied house on the Hudson, Pretty Penny, to benefit Nyack’s Edward Hopper House Art Center.
Nyack Sketch Log: Oak Hill Cemetery According to Luke
by Bill Batson
According to former Oak Hill caretaker Luke Conroy, “cemeteries are for the living.” Seated in the first floor office of this house, where he oversaw these hallowed grounds and met with family members, Conroy found his true vocation. “I realized that I was there to help families work through their grief to seek wholeness,” says Conroy who followed a spiritual path that took him from Oak Hill to St. Ann’s Church, where he is now a Deacon.
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