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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.
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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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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.
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.
Local Arts Index: Ann Oppenheim
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.
“As a senior at Bowdoin College, my studio art oil painting professor, Thomas Cornell, asked me my future plans. I explained that I was taking a job in corporate finance. Professor Cornell crossed his arms and sternly lectured that I was meant to be an artist.
I promised him that day that I would return to art when it was possible. After 15 years as a Chartered Financial Analyst on Wall Street in the Junk Bond department of J.P. Morgan, I kept my promise.”
Local Arts Index: Lauren Rudolph
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.
“Gazing into the eyes of the subjects in my paintings is an intense and powerful experience for me. They have voices that come from within that need to be heard. Eyes fascinate me because their depth and energy is piercing. Through the use of mixed media, I create art that expresses connection.”
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Nyack Sketch Log: Towering Treasures
by Bill Batson
In London, the jewels are in the tower. In Nyack, the towers are the jewels. The evidence of our architectural opulence is on display in “Towers of Nyack,” a photo exhibit by Bob Goldberg that runs through June 1 on Saturdays from 1-4p, at the Museum of the Historical Society of the Nyacks located at 50 Piermont Avenue. If you haven’t experienced Bob’s love for local architecture and history during one of his walking tours or lectures during the last three decade, this show gives a hint of what you’ve been missing.
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Local Arts Index: Dan White
Dan White was born in Haverstraw in 1970, the youngest of four children to Rina and George White, Sr. Both his parents worked for Rockland County. His father was a noted landscape painter. He lives in Nyack with his wife Dena and son Benjamin.
“I mostly work in pen and ink on paper, but have broadened out to use brushes. My most recent pictures use ink wash for gradation and dry brush for texture. I’m trying to incorporate more color in my work. Because most of my drawing is done on my commute, I’ve taken to using color markers, mostly because they’re easy to transport. If I’m extra-motivated, I bust out the watercolors.”
