Opening Weekend: Paintbox Leaves

The following programs will be on both Saturday & Sunday:

Drop-in Activities
1 - 4 pm

• Face Painting, the Colors of Fall With Agostino Arts.
  
• Leaf-printing, Art with Fallen Leaves Led by Pepe Coronado.
  Ages 5+. 20 participants at any one time.
  First-come, first-served.
  
  
• Sculpt a Fall Fruit
  Led by Vicky Youngman, pinch unglazed clay into the shape of pumpkins, apples, and other fall fruits and vegetables.
  Ages 7+. 20 participants at any one time;
  First-come, first-served.

Lab Carts Environmental Activities
1 - 3 pm
Take a turn on Hudson Riverama lab carts to see the effects of pollution on the river
and how marshlands are made.

Leaf Peeping Tour
2 - 3 pm
Explore Paintbox Leaves with other families and discuss autumn's apple picking, jumping in leaf piles, and leaf peeping!

Especially for Members!
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Designed especially for members, enjoy these sneak peak tours.

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Saturday, September 25
Members Exhibition Tour!
Paintbox Leaves
11 – 11:45 am
See and discuss the vivid paintings of Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, Jasper Francis Cropsey and Albert Bierstadt.

Two Artists, Two Fall Days

The colors of autumn come indoors at the Museum with printmaker Pepe Coronado and ceramist Vicky Youngman. The leaf and the pumpkin, fall icons, are the inspiration for Paintbox Leaves workshops, September 25 and 26. Pepe Coronado, born in the Dominican Republic, is a Master Printmaker with his own studio in Hastings. His art, the inking of an object to make multiple impressions on wood, silkscreen, and other surfaces, is centuries old and has always been practiced by great artists such as Durer, Daumier, Matisse, and Picasso. Pepe said, "I am looking forward to this new print project, creating images of the leaf in its beautiful natural form. They will truly be paintbox leaves!"

Vickie Youngman is a ceramic artist. She loves working with malleable clay, which molded into an object reminds us of its beauty as we use it everyday. "Whether a mug inspires laughter with morning coffee or a vase is used for a special plant, I feel a connection to the person (using it)," said Vickie. A lesson in a community pottery class triggered her fascination with "usable" art. Now she brings her talents to schools and adults with an added dimension — combining painting and ceramics to create permanent murals. Vicky has taught art therapy at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and teaches ceramics at Arts Westchester.