Last week I shared some thoughts about our recent student exhibitions and promised you some images to demonstrate the spirit of what is happening here at One River. Click here and check out an exhibition image from each of our schools across the country. It’s profoundly important that people have a…

Twice a year we do student exhibitions that allow everyone in our system to create an object and share their outcome with the world. It is a profound experience to see how students tackle an assignment knowing in advance that their artwork will be on display next to their peers.…

There are so many answers to the question above. The truth is, a lot of uncontrollable thoughts can creep into your frontal lobe and get the best of you. Don’t let it happen. Here’s my prescription: Write down five things that you want to happen next year that will make…

I captured these photos of two teen students on Saturday and clearly there was something compelling going on. If you look carefully, the artwork they’re making is “in process”.  But, if you take a look at their eyes, there is an unmistakable sense of concentration that is magical to me.…

There was a time when art collecting was only relevant for a very small percentage of the world’s population. But today more people are actively engaged with collecting Contemporary Art for a number of compelling reasons.  Never before has there been such an abundant commercial marketplace for living artists and…

Thank you.  Eighteen months after the pandemic began, One River School has had an incredible summer and we are so grateful for your support.  Thousands of campers found out first-hand how compelling our program is and as we transition to fall, we have never been more excited to embrace the…

There are sunsets and there are sunsets.  Last night, I was finishing dinner on the north fork of Long Island when I looked out the restaurant window and saw a flaming ball just above the horizon.  It had been raining most of the day but somehow in the northwest sky,…

When I get together with my friends, they often wonder inquisitively why I like art so much and they ask me “what is it that makes this or that painting interesting?”   I use to respond with long and thoughtful presentations about the artist, their practice, the medium, subject matter…