Past Exhibitions

Matthew Murray: Abandoned America

Tracy Silva-Barbosa: Transcending Time

March 27 – May 9, 2010

Murray ’s photographs of abandoned and decaying buildings reveal an ethereal stillness while Silva-Barbosa juxtaposes disparate elements in her mixed media paintings to create a delicate narrative vocabulary.    

Dorothy Deyrup: A Retrospective

Dennis Revitzky: New York StateLandscapes 

February 13 –March 21, 2010

Deyrup's (1908-1961), social realist perspective captures private moments and local scenes that compliment Revitzky's timeless, richly textured New York State landscapes.

Annual Members' Exhibit

January 16-February 7, 2010

A collection of works created by Hopper House members. 

All current members of Hopper House are invited to include one work in this eclectic display of creativity.

Drawings from Guantanamo

December 12-January 10, 2010

Since 2006, Janet Hamlin has been the sole court artist covering the Guantanamo Bay tribunals, working initially with The Associated Press, and then freelancing with various media outlets which include The Toronto Star, CBC, CNN, to name a few.  These drawings are the only visual images of the detainees and as such, have been seen worldwide in every media format. This is the first public display of some select originals. Janet Hamlin also facilitates the figure drawing workshops held weekly at Hopper House, with Melanie Rodriguez assisting.

Focus on the Figure

December 12-January 10, 2010

Curated by Janet Hamlin and William Sayles

Selections from the Thursday evening figure drawing sessions

Readings

October 31-December 6, 2009

Curator:Stanford Kay

Opening Reception: Sunday, November 1, 2-4 pm
Books are in a unique class of objects that are mere bricks of paper and glue if unopened butwhich open into worlds of fact, experience, and imagination. To hold a book in one’s hand is to hold a world, a thought, a life. How we relate to books and what books we choose to opendefines us and the life we live. Stanford Kay and Buzz Spector have checked out the book, each in their way: as subject, object and material. A painter and photographer respectively, they focus on content and our relationship to it as object. The contents of these books are hidden from us, but they are repositories for thoughts, stories and experiences. The paintings and photographs that these artists produce are themselves similar vessels. Click here to read a review of this exhibit.

16th Annual National Juried Small Matters of Great Importance

September 19 - October 25, 2009

Juror Richard Kendall, Curator-at-Large at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Selected Artists: Gail Bach, Aileen Boyce, Kathy Bruce, Louise Captein, Pat Dennis, Claire Fox, Mark Gilliland, Jessika Hamilton, Michael Iskowitz, Elizabeth Leal, Quentin James McCaffrey, Sylvia Mendel, Jeanie Neyer, Howard Oransky, Mary Ann Reilly, R.G. Solbert, Patrice Sullivan, Andrew Zimmermann. Closing Event: Sunday, October 25, 3pm Meet the Juror: Richard Kendall, Curator-at-Large of the Clark Art Institute and author of numerous art books.

Three Styles in Clay: Works by Rosemary Aiello, Norman Epner, and Taesik Song

August 15 – September 13, 2009

Curator: Hilda Epner

Three artists with very different approaches to their ceramic art are highlighted in this exhibit

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Event-

Top to Bottom: A Hudson River Arts Map Installation

June 13-August 9, 2009

Curator: William Hochhausen

The exhibition comprises work in all media, including drawing, painting, photography, prints, and sound pieces, that has been inspired by the Hudson River.  The work iorganized by region and thereby creates an art map of Hudson River creativity. 

Australian Aboriginal Dreaming

April 25 - June 7, 2009        

Curator: Michele Armenante

Australian Aboriginal paintings by artists from the central desert and Nulla Arabunna regions, including Marie Warren, Maureen Nampajinpa Hudson, Gloria Petyarre, Two Bob Tjungurrayi, and Nora Moore.  The paintings depict Dreamtime--a time of creation, the underlying essence of all Aboriginal life and nature.

John Descarfino Urban Landscapes  

Michelle Rogers: Le Temps Retrouve/Revisiting The Past

March 14 – April 19, 2009                          

Curator: Carole Perry

Michelle Rogers’ enigmatic triptychs form a bridge between her own photography and earlier anonymous postcard photographers. John Descarfino’s starkly lyrical paintings exemplify transition in urban landscapes alluding to their pasts as they present temporal conditions.

An Elegant Distortion: Ruth Geneslaw, Nina Glaser, Elizabeth Hill

January 31 - March 8, 2009

Curator: Ashley Newcomb

Ruth Geneslaw creates colorful and playful wood carvings that focus on the struggles of modern day women and prominent issues in today's society. Nina Glaser captures images of self reflection with her beautifully distorted paintings. Displaying a wide range of emotions, her collection blurs the lines between reality and imagination. Elizabeth Seewald Hill focuses on the individual, telling stories through her paintings she gracefully intertwines the past and present establishing a personal connection with the viewer.

Annual Members'  Exhibit and Sale

January 3 - 25, 2009

Focus on the Figure: A Selection of Drawings from the Figure Drawing Sessions

December 6 – December 21, 2008

Curators: Janet Hamlin & Liz Sayles

A selection of works created during the weekly figure drawing sessions. 

Common Ground: Teaching Young Artists

November 1 - 30, 2008

Curator: Joseph Fusaro

Nyack Schools K-12 Visual Art Teachers and their students come together for a unique exhibit at Hopper House. Teachers have selected students who work in ways that are somehow related to their own approaches making art-- sharing a common ground that extends beyond the classroom. This exhibit will feature a wide variety of media and subject matter. Participating artists include: Deborah Alter, Kathy Buckley, Mary Burke, Marena Cannella, Mia Casesa, Gene Cespon, Ethan Cohen, Caroline Cummings, Harold Downing, Dorothy Edelstein, Joe Fusaro, Andrew Handrea, Sophie Kleeman, Samantha Long, Jacqueline Mahan, Lizz Mann, Frank Milillo, Reid Parsekian, Sean Sweeney, Ed Walsh, Kevin Yohannen.

15th Annual National Juried Small Matters of Great Importance

September 27 - October 26, 2008

Juror: Tracey Bashkoff, Associate Curator for Collections and Exhibitions, Guggenheim Museum.  Selected artists: Janet Amalfitano, Jamie Andrew,  Rachel Burgess, Anthony Campbell, Marilyn Cvitanic, Christina Day, Claudia Drake, Kurt Dyrhaug, Sharon Florin, Marilyn Gelfand, Nancy Gibbs,  Robert Glaisek, Arthur Gunther, Johann Heffner, Lila Horn, Mike Iskowitz, Andrew  Jones,  Kathy Kuryla, Anni Lorenzini, Leigh Merrill, Nancy Nichols, Chung Park, Natasha Rabin,Deborah Ragasto, Mary Ann Reilly, Jana Rumberger, Nadine Sage, Sally Savage, Ursula Schneider, Sayaka Taninokuchi, Nat Thomas, Vaughn Wascovich,  Josh Willis, Kimberly Witham, Win Zibeon 

From the Studios at Hopper House: Kai Ladzinski & Patti Mollica

June 28 - August 10, 2008

Curator: Ginger Stoltze

Juried Art Exhibit and Sale to Benefit Gay Pride Rockland

May 31 - June 22, 2008

Curated by Hal Parker and Susan Harrington

D. Robert Brebbia and George Doerre ARTSTREAM
April 19 - May 25, 2008
Curator: D. Robert Brebbia

Brebbia’s watercolors feature landscapes and what he calls “Waterscapes”, landscapes that include sea, river and other water venues. Doerre's work comprises watercolor, graphite and pastel landscapes, as well as farm animals from New York State farms.

Biennial Juried Photography Show 2008

March 8 – April 13, 2008

Juror: Ken Karlewicz

Featuring: Jack Amster, Alfredo Bini, Julie Blattberg, Claudio Cricca, Heather Leigh Douglas, Juan Fana, Wilfrey Fana, Lisa Forman, Colette Fournier, Richard Alan Fox, George S. Gati, Marilyn Gelfand, Kathleen Gerard, Agostino Gestri, Danee Gilmartin, Fabrizio Giraldi, Lionel Goodman, Arthur Gunther, Hussein Holland, Emma Karlewicz, Dana Krengel, Jorge Madrigal, John R. Math, Jeffrey McMullen, Michele Miller, Charles Minichiello, Lucia Cirino Murphy, Alexander M. Noble, Paolo Nigris, George Potanovic, Jr., Rolfe Ross, Sally Savage, Dyana Van Campen, Kellie Walsh, Laurie Wilson, Kimberly Rose Winkler, Joy Yagid

Carole P. Kundstadt: The Poetics of Collage

Annemarie Zwack: Where the Wheel was Born

February 2 - March 3, 2008

Curator: Bill Hochhausen

Annual Members’ Show

January 5 - 27, 2008