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Embracing MLK

By Matt Ross

The statue depicted, “The Embrace,” is one of the most interesting and compelling works of art. It is inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King embracing and the statue sits in Boston Common. Created by artist Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group, the purpose…

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An Eye into the Future

By Matt Ross

This artwork from Cameron Welch is one that I absolutely love. I find it to be optimistic and it provides me with a feeling of hope that is so important to be thinking about as we move into the holidays and wind down this year. It is my perspective that…

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AI Art…What Does it Mean?

By Matt Ross

That’s a broad question. On one hand, the image above looks pretty cool and was generated in seconds via Open Art AI. “Holiday Season Contemporary Painting Colorful” was the prompt and in seconds this image was created. There are so many ways to look at this topic, but to tell…

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Thankful

By Matt Ross

As I get older, one of the things that makes me happiest is to share some joy and help others. So, I thought I would take a minute to pass along some thoughts after Thanksgiving so that we can keep the gratitude going that I felt last week. Recently, I…

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Teen Artists in the House

By Matt Ross

The image you’re looking at was taken last week on a random pop-in at One River School in Larchmont, NY. It is also indicative of what’s happening at each of our locations. We have been able to create a new method that is inspiring teens artists to have more fun…

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World Class Sculptural Objects

By Matt Ross

When I started One River School, I wanted to create an art school that focused on more than just painting.  So, we created our core program Art Shuffle® to allow students to try all aspects of artmaking by “shuffling” the projects regularly which allows them a journey across all media. Take a…

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Artist Profile: Lonnie Holley

By Matt Ross

One of the guideposts of One River School is to “teach through the lens of living artists”. This allows us to create context for artists who are showing their work today and to honor their contributions to society by writing lesson plans about them and creating context for the work…

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Welcome to One River School in Manhasset, NY

By Matt Ross

This past Saturday, we held the grand opening for our 15th and newest location in Manhasset, NY and I am so excited.  Some things are simply worth waiting for.  The origin of our new school in Manhasset, NY was when we signed our lease in 2019, but the pandemic and…

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The Struggling Artist No More

By Matt Ross

It is amazing how things have changed. Now that we live in a world where visual content is crucial in all aspects of business and life, artists and creative types are benefiting dramatically. The argument that Science & Math rule and Artmaking is not a required skill has been debunked.…

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Fall in Place

By Matt Ross

This morning I was driving to a meeting and the traffic was unusually bad…or was it? Perhaps I got used to the lesser congestion over the summer and with schools now fully back in action, it made me think that I needed to reset my calendar and recognize that fall…

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