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Burkina Faso Portraits: 3 Families, 50 Years

Burkina Faso Portraits: 3 Families, 50 Years

White Plains Public Library is pleased to present a new exhibit in the Museum Gallery titled Burkina Faso Portraits: 3 Families, 50 Years by Beryl Goldberg. The exhibit will be on display through the end of March. Photographer Beryl Goldberg presents this photo essay of three families from Burkina Faso: “I first met the founding generations—the parents—in 1972. They were true entrepreneurs. They moved from rural villages to the cities, where they found opportunities that were only possible in the urban environment: schools, financial (economic) possibilities, and different standards of living. They all had connections to the city markets, where
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February 13, 2025 3:06 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Gallery, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: African Diaspora, Beryl Goldberg, Burkina Faso, museum gallery, Photo Essay, and Photography Exhibit.

My Body as a Memory Exhibit

My Body as a Memory Exhibit

Caribbean Archive’s debut exhibit, My Body as a Memory, will be on display in the Library’s Gallery from September 8th through October 9th, with an opening reception and performance on September 8th from 6:00–8:45 p.m. My Body as a Memory features five artists of Caribbean/Latin Caribbean and African descent and surveys paintings, performance art, and video/film. My Body as a Memory will explore the theme of the traveling body across the Caribbean and the African diaspora. Our past, the present, as well as the future, cannot be avoided. Consequently, the body becomes an archival gift. Catching sight of this transition,
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September 6, 2022 1:10 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Gallery and Library News.
Tags: art gallery, Caribbean Archive, exhibit, museum gallery, and Zainab Floyd.

Fair Street USA Block Party & Exhibit

Fair Street USA Block Party & Exhibit

Block Party: Wednesday, June 29th at 5:30 p.m. on the Library Plaza On view in the Library Gallery July 1 – July 30. Fair Street USA is a Fair Housing Education Public Art Exhibition sponsored by the City of White Plains Planning Department and funded by a HUD grant. Local community groups worked with artists to design and create interactive models that “speak” to participants.
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June 29, 2022 2:57 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Gallery and Library News.
Tags: art, art exhibit, fair housing, gallery, and museum gallery.

Exhibition of Paintings by Lori Kapner Hosp

Exhibition of Paintings by Lori Kapner Hosp

On view in the Library's Museum Gallery from April 3rd through May 27th, 2022. An opening reception will be held on Sunday April 3rd, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. Capacity will be limited to 25 persons at a time. Westchester-based artist Lori Kapner Hosp's paintings pay tribute to the beauty and richness of the home lands that newcomers to the U.S.have left behind. Each painting offers a glimpse of the people, traditions or culture of the country it represents. Lori’s art honors the bravery, heart and exuberance of our
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March 22, 2022 3:32 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Gallery and Library News.
Tags: art, art exhibit in white plains, art gallery in white plains, artists, Hearts and Homes for Refugees, Library art gallery, Lori Kapner Hosp, museum gallery, and paintings.

An Exhibition of Artist books by Marc Shanker

An Exhibition of Artist books by Marc Shanker

The Library will host an exhibition of Artist Books by self-taught artist Marc Shanker. The show runs from Monday, December 6th, 2021 through Friday, February 4th, 2022. “My books are words extended by images, and images extended by words. The physicality of books focuses attention and adds to their significance. Whether large or small, books exert a power unlike any other object,” states Shanker. The exhibition includes over thirty prints and eleven Artist Books. Shanker’s books include collage and mixed media adaptations of Aeschylus’ The Orestian Trilogy, and Looking into the Eye of Doom, The Diary of a Greek Soldier
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November 16, 2021 3:23 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Gallery, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: art, art exhibit in white plains, art gallery in white plains, artists, Library art gallery, Marc Shanker, and museum gallery.

Regeneration Art Exhibit

Regeneration Art Exhibit

This new exhibit will be on display in the Library's newly renovated Museum Gallery on the second floor starting Tuesday, June 1st, through Friday, September 3rd. The gallery is accessible during normal Library hours. “Regeneration” looks at a future focused on climate justice. The exhibition includes drawing, collage, mixed media, photography, painting and poetry. Participating artists are Stephanie J. Alvarado, Isabella Bannerman, Diane Brawarsky, Carlos Mateu, Gina Randazzo and Ed Young.   Artwork from left to right: Ed Young, Fish, 2020, Multimedia on Masonite, 5”x8”x3” Fish symbolizes “Sparingness” in which we celebrate the time of our gift of fellowship, harvest,
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May 27, 2021 9:17 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Gallery, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: art, art exhibit, museum gallery, and Studio collective.

Art Exhibit: Akimie Worrell

Art Exhibit: Akimie Worrell

Join us on Saturday, November 17 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. for the opening reception of Akimie Worrell's art exhibit “No Longer Hidden: Being—without—Being Sick Cell.” “No Longer Hidden: Being-without-Being Sickle Cell“, is an exhibit comprised of mixed media art portraying to the perils, small comforts, and life, one faces when: navigating the world with the horrific pain of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Akimie Worrell grew up in Barbados, and graduated with a M.S. from The College of New Rochelle. She was born with the inherited, debilitating blood disorder SCD. Worrell navigates life between worlds of fashion, art and illness. She states
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November 2, 2018 1:58 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: eNewsletter, Events, Gallery, and Library News.
Tags: art reception and museum gallery.

Fourth Annual Harlem Fine Arts Show Comes to White Plains

Fourth Annual Harlem Fine Arts Show Comes to White Plains

The premier showcase for modern and contemporary art from the African Diaspora will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:00 p.m. at the White Plains Public Library. This year’s show will honor Mary Frances Perkins and Max Rodriguez. “The City of White Plains is once again thrilled to be a host location for this important fine arts show as it branches out from its home location in Harlem,” said White Plains Mayor Tom Roach. This year's theme is “Artists and Authors” and attendees will have an opportunity to view and purchase works by emerging and professional artists and renowned
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March 2, 2015 6:00 am | by | No Comments
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Tags: all ages, art, gallery, and museum gallery.

Artist Reception: Diane McCulloch – Fantasy Visions

Artist Reception: Diane McCulloch – Fantasy Visions

Join us this Sunday, January 13 from 1-3 p.m. for the opening of “Fantasy Visions,” an exhibit of paintings in mixed media that are at once colorful, thought-provoking, and entertaining. Artist Diane McCulloch will be in attendance. One of her paintings, Chinese Destiny, is shown here. “Fantasy Visions” will be on display in the Museum Gallery until February 22. This show is brought to you by the Friends of White Plains Public Library.
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January 10, 2013 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Gallery, Homepage, and Library News.
Tags: adults, all ages, art, Friends, gallery, and museum gallery.

Painting on Silk Demonstration

Painting on Silk Demonstration

Berenice Pliskin has been a working silk painter for the past 20 years. Her paintings have been featured in news media and museums and exhibited widely. Some are being shown in our Museum Gallery right now (through November 16th) alongside her husband Bob's work. On Wednesday, October 24 from 7-8 p.m.Berenice will demonstrate her silk painting techniques and give a guided tour of her paintings on view in the Library Museum Gallery. Please join us to learn about this intriguing medium. (At left: Carlos is Learning English by Berenice Pliskin)
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October 17, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Classes, Gallery, Homepage, Library News, and Uncategorized.
Tags: adults, art, classes, and museum gallery.

The Art of Bob and Berenice Pliskin

The Art of Bob and Berenice Pliskin

Artists Bob and Berenice Pliskin mount a retrospective exhibit of their work on view through November 16th in our Museum Gallery. Ms. Pliskin's work features paintings on silk. Mr. Pliskin displays his photography. Meet the artists at a reception on Sunday, October 14th, at 2 p.m. Ms. Pliskin will give a demonstration of the painting on silk technique on Wednesday, October 24 at 7 p.m. (Picture at left: Beach at Vernazza by Bob Pliskin)
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October 2, 2012 7:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Gallery, Homepage, Library News, and Uncategorized.
Tags: adults, all ages, art, and museum gallery.