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Award Winner | IMPRINT OF LIGHT
Congratulations to IMPRINT OF LIGHT for winning Best Spiritual/Mystical Film in the Amsterdam International Film Festival 2021. RiverArts was proud to debut “Imprint of Light,” a dance, music & video collaboration that was broadcast in May. “Imprint of Light” is a magical journey within the imagination, toward the illumination of the human spirit and its relationship to the 4 elements of the earth.
RiverArts revives chamber music series | The Rivertowns Enterprise
Music by Arnold Schoenberg and Richard Strauss has been selected to celebrate the return of RiverArts’ Chamber Music Concert Series on Sunday, Nov. 21, from 1-3 p.m. in the gallery at the Newington-Cropsey Foundation in Hastings. This will be RiverArts’ first chamber music concert since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Annual Chamber Music Fundraiser Hosted by The Newington-Cropsey Foundation
RiverArts® is proud to announce the return of their Chamber Music series. The first concert of the year will be the annual fundraiser hosted by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation in Hastings-on-Hudson. The concert will feature Arnold Schönberg’s late romantic masterpiece, Verklärte Nacht [1899] in its original version for string sextet. Also on the program will be Richard Strauss’ Piano Quartet [1886].
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2026 Spring Benefit
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SummerArts Camp | Week 1
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SummerArts Camp | Week 2
August 10 @ 9:00 am - August 14 @ 3:00 pm -
SummerArts Camp | Week 3
August 17 @ 9:00 am - August 21 @ 3:00 pm
Celebrate and cultivate the Arts in the Rivertowns! Join the 2021 RiverArts’ Studio Tour!
RiverArts is delighted to welcome artists and art lovers back for this vibrant celebration of art in the Rivertowns, an exciting opportunity to enjoy the diversity of art throughout our community. Over the last two and a half decades, the tour has grown into one of the most anticipated arts events in Westchester County. Join us as we celebrate the return of the RiverArts Studio Tour on Saturday October 23, 2021, 11am – 6pm.
Solace trio aims to uplift and console with ‘Serene Spring’ | The Rivertowns Enterprise
“Serene Spring – An Evening of Chamber Music” is the name of the Solace Trio’s program of works chosen to acknowledge the lows of the past year and to celebrate where we are now. The concert will take place on Friday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Ardsley and is co-produced by RiverArts and Doug Coe, former executive and artistic director of the organization. This will be the first time that RiverArts has held a concert at St. Barnabas. The church that is there now opened in 1956; however there has been a St. Barnabas at the site in Ardsley for more than a century, according to Larry Wolf, music director for 14 years and another Hastings resident.
RiverArts to serve a 9-hour banquet of music | The Rivertowns Enterprise
For nine hours, music will fill the Rivertowns on Saturday, June 5, during the largest in-person cultural event in this area since before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. From noon to 9 p.m., more than 100 performances will be held at 24 outdoor locations in Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Irvington, and Tarrytown during the sixth annual RiverArts Music Tour.
Music Tour 2021 | River Journal
RiverArts today announced that the 6th annual RiverArts Music Tour will take place on Saturday June 5, 2021 from noon – 9pm throughout the villages of Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington and Tarrytown. Rain date: June 6th
Upcoming Events
May 3 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm at St. Barnabas Episcopal ChurchSpring Chamber Music Concert: String Quintets
May 13 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Jazz Forum2026 Spring Benefit
May 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Hastings Public Library, Orr Room, Lower LevelFigure Drawing – May 20
- June 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Hastings Public Library, Orr Room, Lower Level
Figure Drawing – June 4
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