HVCCA: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art

Upcoming Special Events

The Peekskill Education Foundation (PEF) 2nd Annual
Creating a Caring Community Dinner

Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Colonial Terrace, 119 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor 8:00pm

The PEF will present the Caring Community Citizen Award to Marc and Livia Straus, founders of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, in recognition of their support of the PEF and the schoolchildren of Peekskill. Proceeds from the event will help fulfill the PEF’s mission, which is to enrich and expand the educational experiences and opportunities of all students within the Peekskill City School District.

For more info please visit www.peekskilleducationfoundation.org

Peekskill Project Round-Table Lecture

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 at the HVCCA at 4 PM

Speakers include Peekskill Project Curators and Artists; Ombretta Agro’Andruff, Evonne M. Davis and Emma Wilcox from Gallery Aferro, Joyce Manalo from ArtForward and artist Deborah Fisher and more.

Ongoing Exhibitions

ORIGINS

September 13, 2008 - July 26, 2009
ORIGINS presents major works by 30 artists from 15 countries using natural materials: clay, ash, fiber, wood and soil including Magdalena Abakanowicz, Carl Andre, Huma Bhabha, Louise Bourgeois, Anselm Kiefer, Zhang Huan, Richard Long, Kiki Smith, Mierle Ukeles and Franz West.

PEEKSKILL PROJECT 08

Through Nov 23, 2008
City wide public arts festival with 55 international artists with works throughout the city.

RICHARD DUPONT: BETWEEN STATIONS

September 13, 2008 - December 21, 2008
Sculptural Installation

GRIMANESA AMORÓS: ROOTLESS ALGAS

September 13, 2008 - December 21, 2008
Multimedia Installation

Ongoing Long-Term Installations

Folkert de Jong - Mount Maslow, 2007

Dutch artist Folkert de Jong is one of the most innovative young sculptors today. Inspired by Abraham Maslow’s “Theory of Human Motivation,” De Jong stages an 18-foot styrofoam snow mountain being scaled by two bearded figures. Hamburger Hill references an American assault on a Vietnam position in which most of the troops died and the hill had no strategic value.

Thomas Hirschhorn - Laundrette, 2001

Using commonplace materials such as cardboard, linoleum, postage tape and aluminum foil, Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn has recreated a full-scale replica of a laundrette, in which cardboard models of washing-machines are inset with television sets showing global atrocities downloaded from the internet juxtaposed to videos of the artist performing everyday, commonplace tasks. Hirschhorn, who has become the most celebrated international installation artist, challenges us to consider how poverty and neglect has led to human incivility.