Free Arts Day

Free Arts Day is a Westchester holiday season tradition. Each year in early December, arts lovers of all ages are welcomed at cultural sites throughout the county as arts organizations offer free admissions to their museums, arts centers and historical sites while hosting music and dance performances, storytelling performances, and workshops for every taste.

ArtsWestchester Downtown White Plains has a new arts and culture hub! ArtsWestchester houses two beautifully-restored gallery spaces, where each year, up-and-coming local visual and performing artists showcase their talent in exhibitions and performances. Join us for a day of family art workshops!   > Family Art Workshop. Create colorful artwork out of felted wool   > Family Art Workshop. Create a unique ornament out of clay and paint

Clay Art Center The Clay Art Center in Port Chester has been putting idle hands to (artistic) work for over 50 years. Sculpting, handbuilding and wheel throwing classes and workshops are just a few ways the center can keep you busy. Check out live demonstrations or take a stab at creating your own handmade pottery on this day!   > Artist Open Studios. The working studios of Clay Art Center artist residents.   > Potter Wheel and Hand-building demonstration. Watch artists demonstrate these art      techniques   > Empty Bowls Workshop. Create a handmade bowl for the a soup kitchens fundraiser

Historic Hudson Valley Sites History comes alive at four of Historic Hudson Valley’s museum sites this Free Arts Day. Visit the home of Legend of Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving; help milk a cow at the working farm at Phillipsburg Manor; learn the art of weaving at Van Cortlandt Manor; and more. Visit these beautifully preserved historic sites located in our own backyard!  > Washington Irving’s Sunnyside estate which features expansive landscape and gardens  > Phillipsburg Manor, a working farm and slaves’ garden with interpreters in period costume  > Van Cortlandt Manor, featuring blacksmithing demos, costumed interpreters and beautiful     gardens  > Union Church of Pocantico Hills, featuring stained glass windows by Henri Matisse and     Marc Chagall

Hudson River Museum Westchester’s oldest and largest museum offers more than a spectacular view overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades. Melding art, history and science, the Hudson River Museum features art galleries, a permanent environmental gallery, year-round public art and science programs and even a planetarium!  > Nybelwyck Hall Dollhouse Exhibition: A 24-room dollhouse featuring 900 miniature objects  > Voyage on the Nile Exhibition: Elihu Vedder’s panoramic paintings and drawings of Egypt  > The Curious World of Patent Models Exhibition: One-of-a-kind toy-sized models reflects     19th century innovations  > Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society Concert: 19th century songs and stories     performed in period costume  > 24 Rooms & Counting Workshop: Create a dollhouse-sized room with wallpaper,     handmade furniture, artwork, and small figures  > Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice Workshop: Construct a miniature gingerbread house

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art No need to trek into the city for a visit to MoMA when Westchester has its own contemporary art center! View artwork from well-known, as well as emerging artists in the contemporary art world. Check out the latest exhibition, and learn about the New York art scene of the 1980s.  > Another Road: Dance performance by Andrea Elam and inspired by HVCCA’s exhibition     CIRCA 1986  > Circa 1986 Exhibition: Works of 47 important artists, such as Jeff Koons, Robert     Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, who emerged in the period between 1981 to 1991  > Banner Project Celebration. Unveiling of community art installation, plus kids activities

Hudson Valley Writers’ Center Are you are writer? Looking to get your creative juices flowing? Stop by the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center for classes in memoir writing, poetry workshops, readings by established writers and more literary programs.  > The reading of Return by Erin Browne, a Hudson Valley Writer’s Center writer

Jacob Burns Film Center This state-of-the-art theater complex, renovated and expanded in 2001 houses three  theaters, each unique in design and perfect for the foreign, independent and documentaries screenings. Are you more interested in creating movies than watching them? Take a class at the center’s fully-equipped Media Arts Lab.  > Screening Of Gods and Men (2010): The solemn yet uplifting tragedy of eight French     Christian monks caught in religious violence in North Africa

Katonah Museum of Art Take a trip to the northern corner of Westchester and check out one of the most celebrated small museums in the country. The Katonah Museum of Art hosts a variety of shows, lectures, and workshops. It also features the only interactive space in the community where children can explore, interpret, and create art: the Children’s Learning Center.  > New York, New York! The 20th Century. Drawn from the collection of the Norton Museum     of Art, this exhibition celebrates the city as artistic muse  > Storied City: New York in Picture Book Art. Original art from more than thirty-five picture     books that focus on New York  > Joseph Wheelwright: Tree Figures. Giant figures created from trees found on his Vermont     property  > Professional Saxophonist Leo Johnson presents a program of classical and Jazz music.     Presented by Eastchester Arts Council

Neuberger Museum of Art You will find exhibitions from fresh “neu” artists, as well as an amazing collection of African art at the Neuberger Museum at Purchase College. This teaching museum strives to promote arts education and offers several public programs such as Art Sandwiched-In lunchtime art discussions; Family First Saturdaysfree events; and much more.   > Docent-led tours of the Roy R. Neuberger Collection, featuring examples of modern,      contemporary and African art   > Viewer’s Choice. Enjoy a tour of any exhibition of your choice   > Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheel. Figurative paintings that combine fantasy and      reality, humor and horror   > For the Love of Art: Letters to Roy R. Neuberger. A collection of personal notes, letters,      cards, and drawings given to Roy R. Neuberger from various artists   > Focus on Milton Avery. Four paintings by Milton Avery bequeathed by the estate of Roy      R. Neuberger (1903-2010)

New Rochelle Public Library This library is more than a literary center. With monthly concerts, film screenings, cultural celebrations and other diverse programming, it has become an invaluable arts resource to the New Rochelle community. Join them as they spotlight the county’s most talented musicians!  > 48th Annual Westchester Musicians Guild Young Artists Concert: Featuring winners of     the Young Artists Competition talented musicians in grades 7-12

Pelham Art Center Serving not only southern Westchester but also the Bronx, the Pelham Arts Center focuses on providing an arts experience in a community setting. With free visual art exhibitions, performances, readings and more, there is something for every art-lover to enjoy!  > Craft-Tastic. Annual Holiday Studio Tour and Sale, featuring fine functional pottery and     ceramic sculpture by 35 CAC artists  > Diwali, Hindu Festival of Lights: Festival featuring classical Indian dance, henna tattoo     application and more

The Picture House Film fans in Pelham rejoice! The recently restored state-of-the-art film center re-opened to the public earlier this year and will continue to screen independent, international, documentary, and classic cinema for years to come.  > Screening of The Princess Bride (1987): A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an     evil prince and a beautiful princess.

Westchester Fashion Academy for Children The next Vera Wang or Alexander McQueen may be sketching their first work of art on 6thfloor of ArtsWestchester’s building in White Plains. The Westchester Fashion Academy for Children features unique programs to train and educate children in various areas of the fashion industry.  > Fashion Designer Sketching: Learn how to properly draw fashion ideas the same way     designers do

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