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Sometimes you meet people that just have “it.” Hard to put your finger on what that is, but to me “it” has to do with a few things: authenticity, character and talent. It helps when this person also makes people around them better and happier…this infectious combination is embodied in my friend Adrianne Rubenstein. Four…
One of the things I find amazing is the way we process things and often create dual messages out of concepts that really ought to have a singular meaning. This clearly applies to the holiday season and I thought it would be cool to share a Monday Thought about this. Quite often the holidays conjure…
It’s about people. What we do everyday is about getting inside people’s brains to scratch around a bit. You don’t just wake up one day and become a great artist…or writer…or musician. It takes time, patience and some god given talent. And if you reinforce the right things along the way, you will certainly demonstrate…
This past Saturday was a truly special day. In celebration of our new exhibition 12”, we had teens from the School of Rock in Tenafly play an acoustic set at the gallery. It happened to be during our Advanced Teen Art Class and it gave us a chance to have those students work on a…
Watching TV is a huge challenge for me no matter how innovative the show may seem. Last night I sat down to watch Homeland (episode 4…I’m behind) and found my thoughts drifting away every ten minutes. No matter how hard they tried to build drama, I just wasn’t going to buy in. This is my…
Part of my mission at One River is to close the cultural gap by sharing the stories of inspiring artists with our students and our community at large. Last year, I was walking through the Frieze Art Fair in NY and stumbled onto something that stopped me in my tracks. You know that feeling when…
Most of our students love to draw or paint but struggle when creating sculptural or 3-D artwork. Often times, they have a harder time rendering their visual concepts in a three-dimensional form. One of the great things about our “Art Shuffle” programs is that they integrate all of these methods…our projects challenge students to…
One River will be celebrating the beginning of our third year by presenting our 2014 Two River Exhibition. Two River celebrates Brooklyn as the capital of today’s emerging artworld. As part of this year’s survey, we have included veteran artists who clearly inspire the handful of Brooklyn based emerging artists we have paired them with. I am thrilled to have invited Tamara…
Students are required to complete a Foundation Course that provides a generalized introduction to the programs fundamentals. Within this 8-week / 90 minute class, students explore the creative and technical principles of their program. Upon completion of the Foundation course, students are prepared to enter the backbone of our program, One River’s Project Series. Here students work on monthly…
Last night I was driving home and was fascinated by the full moon, aka Super Moon. Did you see it? It was outta control…larger, clearer and brighter than I have ever seen it in NJ. Apparently this was a phenomenon that everyone saw over the last week and Huffington Post (scroll down to see slideshow) did a…