WPCNR ART NEWS. From Westchester Arts Council. April 16, 2006: Westchester Arts Council’s Live @ the Arts Exchange series provides a wide variety of exciting performances and other events each month. Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the Grand Banking Room at the Arts Exchange, 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains. Call 428-4220 or visit www.westarts.com for more information.
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Soles of the Movement
Artist Chris Burns presents Soles of the Movement, a multi media project that aims to bring African Americans’ struggle for civil rights out of abstraction and into the immediate world of the viewer. It uses historical music, photographs, film footage and memorabilia, especially shoes, to create and support the environment. The piece commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights Movement. Soles of the Movement was made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and is on view through May 17 in the Shenkman Gallery at the Westchester Arts Council’s Arts Exchange. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 12-5pm.
Ballet Folkorico Ecos de Mexico
May 5, 7 pm
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo as the Westchester Arts Council hosts Untermyer Performing Arts Council, presenting Ballet Folklorico Ecos de Mexico in a performance of authentic regional folk dances of Mexico and other traditional performers. This concert is part of Live at the Arts Exchange, a six month long festival of the arts made possible with funding from State Senator Nicholas Spano. $10 per ticket, seating is general admission.
Dance on Video with Live Chamber Music
May 6, 7 pm
Westchester Arts Council hosts Chamber Dance Project’s string quartet, accompanied by a screening of the company’s acclaimed New York City dance season. This concert is part of Live at the Arts Exchange, a six month long festival of the arts made possible with funding from State Senator Nicholas Spano. $10 per ticket, seating is general admission.
Fridays with the Phil: Classics at the Piano
May 12, 6:45 p.m.
Westchester Arts Council hosts the Westchester Philharmonic, led by conductor Paul Lustig Dunkel, presenting piano quartets and quintets by Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert, from an era that gave birth to today’s most popular classical music. This concert is part of Live at the Arts Exchange, a six month long festival of the arts made possible with funding from State Senator Nicholas Spano. $10 per ticket, seating is general admission.
Showstoppers
May 13, 7 pm
Westchester Arts Council hosts Sleepy Hollow Performing Artists, in a program filled with climactic dance numbers from the 1940s to today, performed by NYC pros of stage and screen! This concert is part of Live at the Arts Exchange, a six month long festival of the arts made possible with funding from State Senator Nicholas Spano. $10 per ticket, seating is general admission.
Shunzo Ohno Jazz Quartet
May 18, 7 pm
Bask in the crystal clear tones of this master of the trumpet and his band. Ohno has played with the Gil Evans Orchestra and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. This concert is part of Live at the Arts Exchange, a six month long festival of the arts made possible with funding from State Senator Nicholas Spano. $10 per ticket, seating is general admission.
Traditional Irish Music Night
May 20, 7 pm
Fiddler Brian Conway thrills with his highly ornamented Sligo fiddling style. Brendan Dolan is one of the premier piano accompanists in Irish music today. This concert is part of Live at the Arts Exchange, a six month long festival of the arts made possible with funding from State Senator Nicholas Spano. $10 per ticket, seating is general admission.
The Live @ the Arts Exchange series is made possible with funding from NY State Senator Nick Spano and with support from our media sponsors, The Journal News and Westchester Magazine, and with special thanks to El Aguila, WFAS and the White Plains Times.
Westchester Arts Council, founded in 1965, is the largest, private, not-for-profit arts council in New York State. Its mission is to provide leadership, vision, and support, to ensure the availability, accessibility, and diversity of the arts. In 1998, the Westchester Arts Council purchased the nine-story abandoned bank building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains, the county’s major city and seat of county government. It has since renovated the building, converting the space into the multi-purpose arts center now known as the Arts Exchange.
