Upcoming Exhibits

Ernest Rubenstein Gallery and Whittaker Gallery

Ernest Rubenstein Gallery 

Ceramics NYC – an exhibit of ceramics by contemporary artists working in New York City. 
On exhibit: September 15 to October 20, 2010
Opening reception: Wednesday, September 15, 6-8pm

       Four contemporary ceramicists working in New York City.   Eric Bonnin, Darin Gerhke, Lynn Goodman and Matthew Yanchuk.  There a number of excellent community based ceramics programs as well as long standing and new ceramics co-op studios in New York that make the city a creative center for ceramics.  This exhibits brings together a few of ceramicists from different parts of the city.   Ceramics programs include Brickhouse Ceramics in Long Island City, Educational Alliance, Greenwich House Pottery, Westside Y, and 92nd  Street Y. Ceramic groups and alternative centers include Brooklyn Potters and Tribeca Potters. http://www.ericbonninceramics.com,  http://www.drgceramics.com,  http://www.lynngoodmanporcelain.com, http://www.mayware.com

 

"Picturing the Lower East Side" - an exhibit of painting by members of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. 
On exhibit: October 27 to November 23, 2010
Opening reception: Wednesday, October 27, 6-8pm 
      New York, and particular the Lower East Side has been a source of inspiration for artists for over a century.  This exhibit presents a wide range of artists working in a variety of styles who each an enthralled with the painting the city of New York. Artists include Anneli Arms, Violet Baxter, Lynda Caspe, Peter Colquhoun, Mryon Heise, Robert Feinland, Hortense Kassoy, Marion Lerner-Levine, Patricia Melvin, Kate O'Toole, Vincent Pinto, Jacqueline Sferra-Rada, Phillip Sherrod, Philip Southern and others. Above image: Brooklyn Bridge by Patricia Melvin

Rebecca Cooperman
A memorial exhibit of painter and art activist, a member of the Alliance of Figurative Artists.
Wednesday, November 24 to December 1, 2010

 

"Up-cycled" 
Artwork by five contemporary artists who create sculpture out of already re-cycled plastic that can no longer be re-cycled.
Wednesday, December 8 to January 20, 2011   Image: plastic from discarded plastic containers by Shari Mendelson.
Opening reception: Wednesday, December 8, 6-8pm

Whittaker Gallery

“A Portrait of Harlem”
Photography by Lenore Browne
Wednesday, December 8 to January 21, 2011
Opening Reception: Wednesday, December 8, 6-8 pm

         This exhibit of black and white photographs presents Harlem as it reflects the economic and social changes of the current neighborhood landscape similar to the changes experienced by other communities New York City, particularly  Washington Heights and the Lower East Side.  The photographs preserve the image history of Harlem where elements of its past, present and future coexist at this time.  This is a pivotal time for community members to visually and artistically experience and discuss their vision of their neighborhood’s future.  The photographs have also been on view at the Harlem Arts Alliance and three New York Public Library branches in Harlem.

This exhibit series is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Harlem Community Arts Fund, a program of the Harlem Arts Alliance, with funding from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.