RiverArts was envisioned and brought to life by visual artists over 50 years ago. Their pioneering artistic spirit continues to thrive today, as we find new ways to bring color, texture, light, and perspective to our Hudson River community.
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.
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.
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].
The RiverArts Studio Tour is returning on Saturday, Oct. 23 after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This marks the first time the Studio Tour, which invites the public into artists’ workspaces, is taking place in the fall rather than in April, as has been the annual tradition. More than 70 artists from Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington, and Tarrytown are participating.
January 24 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm at HudCo
February 8 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Shames JCC
February 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm at Hastings Public Library, Orr Room, Lower LevelMarch 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm at Hastings Public Library, Orr Room, Lower Level
Founded by artists in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, in 1963, RiverArts has been making the arts a part of everyday life in Westchester’s Hudson River communities for more than 50 years. Today, our programs and performances reach more than 20,000 people annually.
RiverArts needs you. Let’s continue our journey of discovery for the next half-century. A gift to RiverArts supports artistic excellence in our community and helps ensure that art remains accessible to all with our many free and low-cost educational and performance offerings.
With more than 30 annual offerings in Visual Art, Music, Dance, Writing, Theater and more… there’s something for the artistic spirit within all of us. Find your inspiration along the Hudson.
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.
— Ossie Davis
