Jack Whitten The Messenger
The artwork above is titled “911”. The artist Jack Whitten lived in Tribeca and was standing outside when the planes flew overhead, and he watched the buildings get hit and the chaos that ensued. He stopped making art and for the next five years he worked exclusively on this object…
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The Inspiration of Eddie Martinez
Sometimes things just hit you instantaneously. That’s how I felt when I first saw Eddie Martinez’ artwork. It was 2011 and I was deep into the process of thinking about starting One River School when I stumbled on Eddie’s paintings at an art fair. At the time, I remember…
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Artist Profile: Lonnie Holley
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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Artist Mary Devincentis
Over the last two weeks, we have opened new exhibitions in our Allendale and Montclair locations celebrating the work of Mary Devincentis. I am enamored with Mary’s artwork and after watching her connect with students at our schools, I’m a huge fan of her as a person as well. …
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Artist EJ Hauser
Over the last 10 years, I have developed so many relationships with artists that I treasure. In some cases, we have had the chance to exhibit their work as well. This past weekend was really special because I happened to be lucky enough to have a West Coast trip timed…
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Artist Profile: Eric Hibit
As I continue to study contemporary art, I have refined my personal perspective around what artwork I am most attracted to. And, it is abundantly clear that I am a sucker for color and Eric Hibit wrote the book on it. Literally. Eric is currently our featured artist in…
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Two River Has Come a Long Way Too
Don’t be confused by the title above because in September 2013, we presented an exhibition entitled “Two River” that featured five female artists from Brooklyn. At the time, we wanted to share with our community some of the most compelling female emerging artists from Brooklyn (located two rivers away from our first location…
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Painting in a Pandemic
This past weekend, we opened a new exhibition at our Allendale location with artwork by Jared Deery. Jared is one of my favorite people in the art world… he is self-aware, thoughtful, hard-working and talented. When I was talking with Jared about the exhibition, he told me that so much of…
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Defend the Imagination
Ten years ago I was trying to figure out how to connect Contemporary Art to a compelling and fun classroom experience. And, in order to do so, I needed to truly understand what drove artists to do what they do. While this was going on, I was also uncovering so…
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Brian Calvin
As an educator and art collector, I am motivated to share more about the artists that jump out at me and one of my favorite artists, Brian Calvin, recently opened a show in New York at the Anton Kern Gallery. Brian Calvin (born in 1969 in Visalia, California) is an American…
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