Transcript Edward Hopper House Art Center

Edward Hopper House Art Center
2012
Exhibitions
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Members Exhibition January 7 - February 5, 2012
Singular Visions/Multiple Views
A group show by current faculty members of the Rockland Community College Art
Department. February 11- March 25
Max Greis: Allegory & Fantasy in Nature March 31-May 13
Inside Edward Hopper's Truro Studio: Paintings by Philip Koch
March 31 - July 1
Inkternal: Kari Lindstrom & Sky Pape
May 19-July 1
Currents: Contemporary Abstract Painting in the Hudson Valley July 7 – August 26, 2012
Edward Hopper: Early Nautical Scenes
Earth, Sea and In-between, Sept 1- Oct 21, 2012
A Photographic Journey through Hopper's World by Charles Sternaimolo, Ongoing
For more details: http://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/2012.html
Current Exhibitions
19th Annual Small Matters of Great Importance Exhibition
This year we had a 60% increase in submissions and are displaying the work of over
40 artists both local and international. Juror: Ken Carbone Co-founder and Chief
Creative Director of the Carbone Smolan Agency.
Juror Ken Carbone hands out awards
and discusses his selections at the
opening reception
Exhibition Postcard
Exhibiting Artist Carole P. Kunstadt
Current Exhibition
Favorites from the Arthayer R. Sanborn Hopper Collection Trust and
other early Hopper work and Memorabilia.
Thru April 2013
This display features work from the Sanborn Collection that had
Special meaning to Arthayer and Ruth Sanborn. Other early Hopper works and
memorabilia are also on view
Installation Photo
Jo Hopper, Self Portrait,
n.d, watercolor on paper
Media
Kari Lindstrom (dances created by Kari Lindstrom in conjunction with the exhibition Inkternal
opening May 19, 2012)
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http://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/videos.html
Hopper Happens (Multimedia festival in the village of Nyack celebrating Edward Hopper)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K3TEes1ECJ0
Photo Gallery (photos of exhibitions, special events and programming)
 http://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/photo-gallery.html
Voyeur, Bridgman|Packer Dance (a work-in-progress by Bridgeman|Packer Dance inspired
by the work of Edward Hopper. In their unique integration of live performance and video
imagery, choreographer/dancers Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer take the paintings of
Edward Hopper as their point of departure.
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http://www.bridgmanpacker.org/progress.html
Workshops
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School Break Workshop: Artist Trading Cards ages 7-12
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No Fear Shakespeare: Acting Intensive for Middle Schoolers
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Unfolding Words of Love- A class for adults, creating unique
booklets with keepsakes and special materials
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Art Lives-Fundamentals of acting for children ages 6-13
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Floral Design- Taught by NY Botanical Garden Instructor Ken
Norman
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EHH & Roca Professional Development SeriesKen Norman’s floral design
A panel of museum, gallery and fine art professionals talked about the art industry
Student from Art Lives
Jazz Concert Series
32 Annual Music in the Garden jazz concert series
Schedule of performers
 July 5 - Lynn Stein & Friends
July 12 - The Little Big Band under the direction of Frank Basile
July 19 - Peter Furlan Project
August 2 -Trumpet Summit Scott Wendholt & Duane Eubanks
August 9 - Dick Voigt's Big Apple Jazz Band
 Total of 1200 people in attendance
Programs & Special Events
Drawing Board to Broadway: A talk with Set Designer Jim Youmans
His designs have been seen in numerous Broadway productions including
West Side Story and Gypsy, he has served as art director for several HBO
productions and numerous other television shows.
Jim Youmans’ Set Design for Come Fly Away
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Three Things You Didn't Know About Edward Hopper,
a presentation by exhibiting artist, Philip Koch
Since 1983 Philip Koch has had thirteen residencies in Hopper's Cape Cod painting studio
in S. Truro, Massachusetts. In this presentation, Koch will present photographs he took of
Hopper's Truro studio and a selection of the paintings Hopper made there. He will give
clues to the mysteriously wide appeal of Hopper's art. Philip Koch is a senior Professor at
the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Philip Koch, second from the right
Phillip Koch’s exhibition in the Hopper
House Hallway Gallery
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3rd Annual Artistic Curiosity Scholarship
The award is given to one high school junior from each public high school in Rockland
County. These students have been selected by the guidance counselors of each of
Rockland County’s public high schools with recommendations by art, music and
English teachers. Through this scholarship, the Edward Hopper House Art Center
gives recognition to students who demonstrate outstanding and unique creative style
and self-expression. The objective of this award is to encourage a talented young
person to pursue a career in the arts.
“This will help make my dream come true... I am
so thankful and extremely glad for what you guys
did for me. You changed my life forever.”
~Recipient of the 2010 Artistic Curiosity Scholarship
Scholarship Recipients
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Two On The Aisle, A One Act Play Competition
Plays were selected by a panel of performing arts professionals. Selected plays were given a
workshop style showcase of two performances at the Edward Hopper House Art Center. All
submitted plays will received notes/ an analysis from the jurors. Plays could address any topic or
theme but must meet the criteria and follow instructions listed in the guidelines. We were looking
for playwrights at all stages of development, both professionals and pre-professionals.
Selected plays were:
Recalculating by Eugenie Carabatsos
A road trip, a GPS and a relationship that has lost its way.
Can Garmin, their trusted GPS, help Emma and Harry find
their way home
The Tram by Mary Crescenzo
What happens when two women from two different worlds collide
on the tram from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island? In the shadow
of an asylum's ruins, fears and dreams are transformed with the
help of a bag of bittersweet chocolates.
The Toupee by Tom Dunn
The play is about a young woman who gets early release from a jail
Two on the Aisle curtain call
sentence in return for agreeing to work with a non-profit agency that
helps ex-cons transition into a new, reformed life. Tom is a college
professor and writer and was the Director of New Dramatists from 1980 to 1989.
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Special Event that featured
Jill DeVonyar & Richard Kendall,
Curators of Degas and the Ballet:
Picturing Movement, an exhibition at the
Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendall
discussed the exhibition and Degas’s
fascination with dance and dynamism.
Degas Talk Invitation