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Greetings!
The vibe of the arts in downtown Yonkers resonates on the walls of the Community Gallery@BDG. For the summer, we have transitioned the gallery space into providing opportunities for the community to embrace the arts. The Arts for Healing show is a deeply personal show for both artist and viewer. We hope to see you at the opening on Wednesday.
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Update
Blue Door Monthly Meeting
This is a chance to find out what's happening and offer your input. Our next meeting will take place on Monday, July 13th at 6:00 p.m. at the Yonkers Riverfront Library in the trustees room on the fourth floor.
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At the Gallery
Blue Door Gallery
13 Riverdale Avenue
(south of Main St.)
Yonkers, NY 10701 Gallery Hours:
Wednesday 12-5pm, Thursday 12-5pm,
Friday 2-7pm, Saturday 12-5pm
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At the Gallery
BLUE DOOR GALLERY EVENTS
in JULY
Opening Reception
Saturday, July 1st, 4-8pm
Performance by Deuces Child, Acoustic Duo
A Gospel Tea / Art Talk
Saturday, July 11th, 12-2pm
Minister Toki L. Booker
Beings that Heal Us
Saturday, July 18th, 2-4pm
Debbie Marks-Kahn, ATR-BC, LCAT
and Celeste Walls, ATR-BC, LCAT
Discovering Your Personal Stories
Through Drama and Movement
Saturday, July 25th, 2-4pm
Maria Scaros-Mercado, RDT-BCT, LCAT
Community Drumming Circle
Closing Reception of Arts for Healing 2-5pm
Saturday, August 1st, 2-4pm
Tracey Bishop, MT-BC, LCAT
Maya Benattar, MA, MT-BC
For more information, see website: July Events
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Community Project
Vicky Youngman
& Hamilton Elementary
Mural 
This ceramic tile and painted mural was recently completed by Vicky Youngman, artist-in-residence, Janet Rush, art teacher, and the 6th grade students of Hamilton Elementary School in Mount Vernon. It is 14 feet long and the first of its kind to be permanently installed at the school. The theme brings together the students' cultural heritage and values, the concept of personal responsibility, consideration of career options and the building of school community spirit.
The mural, and other ceramic and mixed media student work, is represented in a current exhibition, "Innovations - When Education and the Arts Meet," at The Rotunda Gallery of the Mount Vernon Public Library. This exhibition marks the culmination of Innovative Alternative Strategies for Educators of Visual Art, an educational initiative designed to enhance visual arts education in the Mount Vernon School District. The U.S. Department of Education awarded the district a three-year grant for the project, which the district is developing in collaboration with Arts Westchester. Innovations is on view through August 23. More info at www.artswestchester.org.
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Arlé Sklar-Weinstein, Blue Door Gallery Director, is a featured artist in the newly published book: ART and SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION BY FINLEY EVERSOLE, PH.D 2009 Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont
Arlé, along with Luis Perelman, were among the five artists invited to create Art Violins for the Westchester Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra's Fund Raising Auction Gala.
Luis' aluminum can strips were skillfully cut and attached to all his violin's surfaces.
Arlé deconstructed hers, using all the elements of wood and string to create a shadow box specimen case. |
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Community Gallery @ BDG
presents
Inspired by Heritage
August 15th - September 12th
The Community Gallery @ BDG proudly announces a wonderful opportunity to showcase our diverse community. The Community Gallery @ BDG is inviting artists to exhibit their work at the Blue Door Gallery in Yonkers. Artists will be chosen who illustrate imagery and artifacts of your culture. We invite artists of all ages to provide a generational viewpoint of the vast cultures which surround us. You do not have to be a Blue Door member.
We also invite artists to submit proposals to share aspects of their culture through talks, demos, storytelling that provide educational and awareness opportunities to the community as part of our outreach efforts.
Please send images of your work (CD or Photographs) to yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com or mail directly to Blue Door Gallery, Inspired by Heritage, 5 Hudson Street,Yonkers, NY 10701. If sending art via e-mail please place title of the show in the subject line. A SASE may be included if you wish return of materials.
Artists may submit up to three (3) images.
Maximum artwork size: 36" x 60" framed.
Three-dimensional no heavier than 100lbs
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: July 3rd, 2009
Blue Door Gallery
13 Riverdale Avenue (south of main st)
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 375-5100
yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com
www.bluedoorgallery.org
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Artist Opportunities at the Gallery
Exciting News for Area Artists
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Blue Door Gallery's
BDAA Members Second Annual
Juried Exhibition
DEADLINE: December 2, 2009
Members of The Blue Door Art Association will have opportunities to display their works in this special members-only exhibition. If you are not yet a member, this is a great time to join or renew your membership to be part of this exciting venture.
The Blue Door Gallery's BDAA Members Second Annual Juried Exhibition will take place from January 9 to February 13, 2010.
CO-JURORS: Lisa Cooper and Enrico Giordano
Lisa Cooper, Art Consultant and Owner/Director: Elisa Tucci Contemporary Art Gallery, Riverdale, New York, representing the work of artists who have a deep emotional and spiritual connection to nature, and the environment, and a keen awareness of the interplay between ancient and modern world cultures
Professor Enrico Giordano, Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY.
A detailed prospectus will be available on the BDAA and BDG websites in August.
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Artist Opportunity
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Riverfront Library Exhibition
The
Blue Door Artist Association is looking for artists to display their
work in our upcoming exhibition commemorating the discovery of the
Hudson River. We are looking for images that depict the river both in
fact and as metaphor. The exhibition will take place in the Yonkers
Riverfront Library in October.
Please email images and contact information to yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com.
For further information, please call
(914) 965-3397.
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Artist Opportunities
CALL FOR ARTISTS
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
(Save/Adapt/Manipulate)
MIXED-MEDIA AND FOUND OBJECT EXHIBITION
October 31st to December 5th, 2009
Submissions
of your work may be emailed to yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com. Please
include contact information. Submissions are validated with payment of
your $25 application fee mailed to the gallery. (You may also send CD's
or photographs by mail.)
Please send your submissions and $25 application fee* to
BLUE DOOR GALLERY
5 Hudson Street
Yonkers, NY 10701
Deadline for submissions is August 15th, 2009.
A SASE may be included if you wish return of materials.
*Application fee applied to exhibition fee of approximately $150, if chosen.
Arlé Sklar-Weinstein
Director: Blue Door Gallery
Martin Gewirtz, Gallery Manager
BDG 914-375-5100
cell 914-584-6291
yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com
www.bluedoorgallery.org
13 Riverdale Avenue - 5 Hudson Street
Yonkers, NY 10701
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At the Gallery
Show & Tell
Saturday afternoons at the gallery continue to be a wonderful time for all, with art demonstrations and projects for all to participate in.
Don Axleroad
 Florence Suerig & Amy Bilden
Turhan von Brandon
 Sally Aldrich
Leslie Miller
Jef Campion & Katherine Adamenko
 Belle Manes
 Lily Schor
 Suzanne Ashley
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Newsletter Management Team
Celeste Walls
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