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ART FROM THE HEART III

April 25th - May 17th, 2009
Opening Reception, Saturday April 25th, 6-9PM

A collection of visual art by Coler Goldwater Specialy Hospital and Nursing Facility Patients and Residents Hosted by the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association



ART FROM THE HEART 3



VERNISSAGE 8 -- Group Show

March 14th - April 19th, 2009
Opening Reception, Saturday March 14th, 6-9PM



VERNISSAGE 8 -- group show



WINTER OF CHANGE -- Group Show

December 6th, 2008 January 25th, 2009
Opening Reception, Saturday December 6th, 6-9PM



WINTER OF CHANGE



Georgette Sinclair -- Great Escapes

October 18th - November 23rd, 2008
Opening Reception, Saturday October 18th, 6-9PM



GREAT ESCAPES

Esther Cohen -- LIGHT

October - November 8th, 2008
At the Octagon, 888 Main Street



COLOR EMOTION 3



FALL FOR THE ARTS 3

September 6th - October 12th, 2008
Opening Reception, Saturday October 4th, 6-9PM



FALL FOR THE ARTS 3

Vernissage 7

June 14th, 2008 - August 24th, 2008
Opening Reception, Saturday June 14th, 6-9PM


A show by Gallery RIVAA members. Guest artist: Mihai Caranica


Inventions

Vernissage 7

March 15th, 2008 - April 27th, 2008
Opening Reception, Saturday March 15th, 6-9PM


Vernissage 7

VISAGE

January 19th, 2008 - March 2nd, 2008
Opening, Saturday January 19th, 6-9PM


VISAGE

COOL FOCUS

November 17th - January 13th, 2008

Opening, Saturday November 17th, 6-9PM

 

Ioan and Beatrice


 

Ioan Popoiu and Beatrice Popoiu

RECENT WORKS

October 13th - November 11th, 2007

Opening, Saturday October 13th, 6-9PM

 

Ioan and Beatrice


 

STONE AND FIRE

Tad Sudol - Photography

September 8th - October 7th, 2007

Opening, Saturday September 8th, 6-9PM




SUMMER EXPRESSIONS

July 14th - August 26th, 2007

Opening, Saturday July 14th, 6-9PM




ART from the HEART II

June 2nd - July 8th, 2007

Opening, Saturday June 2nd, 6-9PM

A collection of visual art by ColerGoldwater Specialy Hospital and Nursing Facility Patients and Residents Hosted by the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association




VERNISSAGE 6

March 31 - May 20th, 2007




GEORGE SARU

An artist of international stature for a third of a century, Saru is represented in the permanent collections of major museums in Europe, Japan and The United States, and has his own place in St. Petersburg's Hermitage.

Visit the web site of George Saru at www.SaruGeorge.com For more information about this exceptional artist.

March 3rd-25th, 2007




FAMILY REUNION

A one-act play about three generations of a family, will be performed at the Gallery RIVAA on Sunday, March 4th, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the series titled "Our Lives - Our Experiences, by Roosevelt Islanders".

Who better to write about human relationships than our own Helen Roht, long time Roosevelt Island resident? In 1941, working as a French translator for the Office of War Information, not knowing where she was assigned, she sailed to England under sealed orders in a convoy of 88 liberty and battle ships, German submarines chasing them. In London, she broadcasted daily news roundups from Piccadilly which, unknown to Helen, included coded messages for the French Resistance movement.

Helen officially retired from the UN in 1973; but, fluent in numerous languages, she never stopped working there. She heads the Committee on Aging at the Assn. of Former International Civil Servants; has a BA from Hunter College and a Masters from Columbia. Here on RI, Helen started the Seniors Association and served as its pro bono program director for 6 years.

Sunday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street

From left: Helen Roht, Playwright Cast: Martin Samstat, Phyllis Burdoe, Mary Cavanaugh, Miebaka Yohannes, and Harry Small (not pictured)


From Tuscany to Paris
Rachel Garrick, Toshiko Kitano Groner, Leendert Van Der Pool, Georgette Sinclair

September 9th - October 8th , 2006
Opening Reception Saturday, Spetember 9th, 6-9PM

Group Show
Where Art Exists, Communities Flourish

August 5th - September 3rd, 2006


STREET EDGE
Photography of Eliza Sudol

May 27th - June 25th, 2006


VERNISSAGE 5
A Group Show

March 4 - April 16, 2006


DOUBLETAKE
Works of Esther Piaskowski Cohen

January 21-February 19,2006

Wintechromatic
Holiday Group Art Show

November 19th, 2005 through January 8th, 2006


GROUP SHOW
October 15th - November 13th, 2005

Featuring works of Valeriu Boborelu, Cristina Elinesco, Beatrice Popoiu, Ioan Popoiu, William Sinclair, and Florentin Tanas.



SOUTHPOINT
2006 Biennial International Ideas Competion

September 10th, 2005 through October 9, 2005
Opening Reception September 17th, 6-9PM

The Emerging New York Architects Committee, AIA NY Chapter is announcing the second biennial international ideas competition for emerging architects to explore issues of universal design and historic rejuvenation in developing a visual / performing arts center on Roosevelt Island.

For more information see :

Registration begins : September 1, 2005
Registration ends : November 18, 2005
Submission deadline : January 13, 2006


STILLNESS
July 2nd - August 14th, 2005


Art from the Heart
May 21st - June 19th, 2005

A collection of visual art by Coler Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility Patients and Residents.


Coming to Light:
The Louis I. Kahn Monument to Franklin D. Roosevelt for New York City

This exhibition celebrates Louis Kahn’s architectural vision for the Roosevelt Memorial on Roosevelt Island, one of New York’s most spectacular sites overlooking the United Nations, Queens and New York’s south harbor. Documentation of the architect’s sketchbook containing poetic writings and notes on the project will be displayed, along with other drawings that reveal Kahn’s process as he developed the project in 1973-4.

Aerial view of Southpoint Park with overlay of Roosevelt Memorial, detail, 2004. Courtesy, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. and TerraServer.com

Presented by the Roosevelt Island Visual Arts Association in association with The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. This exhibition was made possible with support from The Reed Foundation.


Roosevelt Island Schools
February - March, 2004

Works by Roosevelt Island's youngest artists.

Rafal Olbinski
Fall, 2004

Posters

Gabaret Salgian
June, 2004

Icons in traditional style

Vernissage 3

Vernissage 3
March 27 - May 23, 2004

RIVAA's third anniversary show!

Works on Paper

Works on Paper
January 24 - February 29, 2004

8-8

8-8
November 8 - January 8, 2004

TABOO

TABOO
September 13th - October 26th, 2003

Open your eyes to the unexpected. What is Taboo? RIVAA artists answer this provocative question in a mixed media exhibition.

EXPOSURES

EXPOSURES
July 26 - September 6, 2003

In Exposures, ten artists representing this international community explore dramatic visual expressions in color and black and white photography.

VERNISSAGE 2

VERNISSAGE 2

VERNISSAGE 2
March 29th - May 25th, 2003

RIVAA's first anniversary show.

LET'S FACE IT

LET'S FACE IT
September 28th - November 23rd, 2002

A simulacrum of spirit in the face and the body.

ANALOGIC SENSATIONS

ANALOGIC SENSATIONS
July 13th, 2002

This festival aims to recontextualize media and establish an active relationship between us and our environment. The presented works use a variety of media to engage all the senses. Meaning threads through the integration and interaction of the works. We look to illuminate contemporary processes of communication and help viewers interpret messages consciously rather than subconsciously.

See the Analogic Sensations website

STONE AND FIRE

Tad Sudol - Photography

September 8th - October 7th, 2007

Opening, Saturday September 8th, 6-9PM




SUMMER EXPRESSIONS

July 14th - August 26th, 2007

Opening, Saturday July 14th, 6-9PM




ART from the HEART II

June 2nd - July 8th, 2007

Opening, Saturday June 2nd, 6-9PM

A collection of visual art by ColerGoldwater Specialy Hospital and Nursing Facility Patients and Residents Hosted by the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association




VERNISSAGE 6

March 31 - May 20th, 2007




GEORGE SARU

An artist of international stature for a third of a century, Saru is represented in the permanent collections of major museums in Europe, Japan and The United States, and has his own place in St. Petersburg's Hermitage.

Visit the web site of George Saru at www.SaruGeorge.com For more information about this exceptional artist.

March 3rd-25th, 2007




FAMILY REUNION

A one-act play about three generations of a family, will be performed at the Gallery RIVAA on Sunday, March 4th, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the series titled "Our Lives - Our Experiences, by Roosevelt Islanders".

Who better to write about human relationships than our own Helen Roht, long time Roosevelt Island resident? In 1941, working as a French translator for the Office of War Information, not knowing where she was assigned, she sailed to England under sealed orders in a convoy of 88 liberty and battle ships, German submarines chasing them. In London, she broadcasted daily news roundups from Piccadilly which, unknown to Helen, included coded messages for the French Resistance movement.

Helen officially retired from the UN in 1973; but, fluent in numerous languages, she never stopped working there. She heads the Committee on Aging at the Assn. of Former International Civil Servants; has a BA from Hunter College and a Masters from Columbia. Here on RI, Helen started the Seniors Association and served as its pro bono program director for 6 years.

Sunday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street

From left: Helen Roht, Playwright Cast: Martin Samstat, Phyllis Burdoe, Mary Cavanaugh, Miebaka Yohannes, and Harry Small (not pictured)


From Tuscany to Paris
Rachel Garrick, Toshiko Kitano Groner, Leendert Van Der Pool, Georgette Sinclair

September 9th - October 8th , 2006
Opening Reception Saturday, Spetember 9th, 6-9PM

Group Show
Where Art Exists, Communities Flourish

August 5th - September 3rd, 2006


STREET EDGE
Photography of Eliza Sudol

May 27th - June 25th, 2006


VERNISSAGE 5
A Group Show

March 4 - April 16, 2006


DOUBLETAKE
Works of Esther Piaskowski Cohen

January 21-February 19,2006

Wintechromatic
Holiday Group Art Show

November 19th, 2005 through January 8th, 2006


GROUP SHOW
October 15th - November 13th, 2005

Featuring works of Valeriu Boborelu, Cristina Elinesco, Beatrice Popoiu, Ioan Popoiu, William Sinclair, and Florentin Tanas.



SOUTHPOINT
2006 Biennial International Ideas Competion

September 10th, 2005 through October 9, 2005
Opening Reception September 17th, 6-9PM

The Emerging New York Architects Committee, AIA NY Chapter is announcing the second biennial international ideas competition for emerging architects to explore issues of universal design and historic rejuvenation in developing a visual / performing arts center on Roosevelt Island.

For more information see :

Registration begins : September 1, 2005
Registration ends : November 18, 2005
Submission deadline : January 13, 2006


STILLNESS
July 2nd - August 14th, 2005


Art from the Heart
May 21st - June 19th, 2005

A collection of visual art by Coler Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility Patients and Residents.


Coming to Light:
The Louis I. Kahn Monument to Franklin D. Roosevelt for New York City

This exhibition celebrates Louis Kahn’s architectural vision for the Roosevelt Memorial on Roosevelt Island, one of New York’s most spectacular sites overlooking the United Nations, Queens and New York’s south harbor. Documentation of the architect’s sketchbook containing poetic writings and notes on the project will be displayed, along with other drawings that reveal Kahn’s process as he developed the project in 1973-4.

Aerial view of Southpoint Park with overlay of Roosevelt Memorial, detail, 2004. Courtesy, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. and TerraServer.com

Presented by the Roosevelt Island Visual Arts Association in association with The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. This exhibition was made possible with support from The Reed Foundation.


Roosevelt Island Schools
February - March, 2004

Works by Roosevelt Island's youngest artists.

Rafal Olbinski
Fall, 2004

Posters

Gabaret Salgian
June, 2004

Icons in traditional style

Vernissage 3

Vernissage 3
March 27 - May 23, 2004

RIVAA's third anniversary show!

Works on Paper

Works on Paper
January 24 - February 29, 2004

8-8

8-8
November 8 - January 8, 2004

TABOO

TABOO
September 13th - October 26th, 2003

Open your eyes to the unexpected. What is Taboo? RIVAA artists answer this provocative question in a mixed media exhibition.

EXPOSURES

EXPOSURES
July 26 - September 6, 2003

In Exposures, ten artists representing this international community explore dramatic visual expressions in color and black and white photography.

VERNISSAGE 2

VERNISSAGE 2

VERNISSAGE 2
March 29th - May 25th, 2003

RIVAA's first anniversary show.

LET'S FACE IT

LET'S FACE IT
September 28th - November 23rd, 2002

A simulacrum of spirit in the face and the body.

ANALOGIC SENSATIONS

ANALOGIC SENSATIONS
July 13th, 2002

This festival aims to recontextualize media and establish an active relationship between us and our environment. The presented works use a variety of media to engage all the senses. Meaning threads through the integration and interaction of the works. We look to illuminate contemporary processes of communication and help viewers interpret messages consciously rather than subconsciously.

See the Analogic Sensations website

(c) 2003 RIVAA