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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Art Exhibitions With a Lesson
One of the coolest things we do at One River School is show work from world class artists AND invite them in to do a lesson with our students. This is one of the drivers that I believe in…support living artists by sharing their work and creating more passion for…
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On Collecting Art & Building Culture
There is a misunderstanding that one who collects art has to be wealthy. I recognize this makes sense, as art is typically expensive and not in everyone’s monthly budget. I thought this way until I heard a Donna Nelson artist talk at The New School in 2015. Donna, an acclaimed…
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Five Tips for New Art Collectors
Why don’t more people collect art? There are a multitude of reasons, but I also think there is something psychological at work. People assume that you have to be among the richest people in the world to collect art, but that is simply not true. Also, there are no simple…
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Three Tips for The Novice Contemporary Art Buyer
If you have never bought contemporary art I have 3 tips to get you started. 1.) First of all, decide what you are trying to accomplish. Is it purely a decorative goal for your home, or is there a larger goal at hand? When I say “larger goal,” I am…
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