North Castle Town Hall Public Art Site

On June 13th, The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art is once again installing a large-scale, outdoor sculpture entitled "Tree and Sky" in front of Town Hall in Armonk, NY. Cathrin Hoskinson's poetic sculpture "Tree and Sky" is made of cut and painted aluminum and was recently exhibited in the 22nd Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition.

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Where: North Castle Town Hall, 15 Bedford Road, Armonk, NY

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Submission Opportunity

We are accepting submissions from the Northeast region for an exhibition entitled Concealed/Revealed: environment, technology, surface, subject and space in contemporary art. Deadline for submissions:

August 3rd, please see website for full details.

Broadacre City/Usonia: The Ideal Community and The Ideal Suburban Home

The Manhattanville College Gallery of Fine Art, in conjunction with The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, presents a two-part exhibition exploring modern and 21st-century concepts about the greening of America: Broadacre City/Usonia: The Ideal Community and The Ideal Suburban Home. Press Release Available.

Exhibition Located at Manhattanville College Gallery of Fine Art
2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY. 10577, Directions

Dates: May 21–June 19, 2009

Gallery Hours: This exhibition is free and open to the public Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 11-7p.m. and Saturday, 12-4 p.m.

 
Opening reception: May 21, 2009, 6–8 p.m.

Panel Discussion: June 6, 2009, 2–4 p.m.

Moderated by Johanna Cooper. Panel includes Roland Reisley, author of Usonia New York: Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright, William Meyer, artist; and Matthew Skjonsberg, architect.
Advance reservations requested: $10 suggested donation. Please contact Katie Stratis at the Studio to make your reservations (914) 273-1452 email: director@studiony-alternative.org.

Broadacre City/Usonia: The Ideal Community
This part of the exhibition (curated by Johanna Cooper) is a view into Frank Lloyd Wright’s revolutionary proposal for a city of the future, “Broadacre City.” Photographs of the 12-foot-square model, along with articles, books, and educational material, serve to enlighten, teach, and inspire the public about this prescient and insightful project. The exhibition also spotlights the only extant manifestation of Broadacre City, albeit fragmentary, the community known as "Usonia" in Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY.

The Ideal Suburban Home
The second part of the exhibition is a contemporary art installation designed by William Meyer. The installation takes the form of a rickshaw-kiosk containing imagery, interactive data, and materials of green suburban culture. Meyer provides an artist’s perspective of how sustainable design begins to fulfill some of Wright’s utopian community ideals. The Ideal Suburban Home references current intersections between high-efficiency building, living architecture, and sustainable community lifestyles in the Lower Hudson Valley.