Yoho Open Studios- April 17 & 18

OPEN STUDIOS

Saturday, April 17, 2010        12 pm -5pm
Sunday, April 18, 2010        12pm - 5pm

YOHO Artists' 7^th Annual Open Studios, This Year Featuring the Earth Day Exhibit "One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure”

Location:        YOHO CENTER FOR THE ARTS
                540/578 Nepperhan Avenue
                Yonkers, NY 10701
Contact:         Barbara King - bergerkent@optonline.net for individual statements from artists and visual material, or to set up interviews
For renting artists loft space, call George Huang at (212) 317-1423 ext 601 or Zuki Pjetrovic (917) 682 - 5172
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Yonkers, NY – For the past seven years, Artists, Gallery Owners, Art Collectors, Critics, Curators and Art lovers from all over Southern Westchester and the Bronx have made YOHO Center for the Arts their destination during our annual Open Studios weekend.  At this year's Open Studios on Saturday April 17th and Sunday April 18th we're also featuring a 3,000 square foot Gallery space exhibiting the works of many of the talented local artists.
        Our Open Studio event gives the public an opportunity to see where the art is made and to meet the artists in a one-on-one atmosphere. In our studios’ relaxed atmosphere, the art loving public will discover how accessible art really is. They can meet with the artists and familiarize themselves with their creative processes, materials and range of works. Visitors may purchase artwork directly from the artists. Many of our artists are gallery-affiliated and have exhibited internationally. Many of their works are part of numerous collections in the United States and abroad.
       
        In keeping with the spirit of Earth Day on April 22nd, YOHO is proud to feature this year its Green-themed exhibit "One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure." The exhibit promotes the importance of alternative and creative ways to "Go Green" by recycling, reusing, and transforming things we would normally throw away into works of art. Participating Artists in this year's Exhibit include: RJ DiBenedetto, Kevin Gordon, Adam Shultz, Dakota Christianson, Catherine Latson, Dean Tomasula, Laurie Vigoda, and George Gutierrez.

The YOHO Artists are a collective of 55 artists and craftsmen, including painters, sculptors, etchers, jewelers, photographers, illustrators, assemblage artists, musicians and more.  Since it’s redesignation as the YOHO Center of the Arts in 2009, YOHO has hosted several Gallery Nite arts receptions. Patterned after popular gallery receptions in Chelsea, the Gallery Nite events focus on arts-related networking within an art-filled open studio-like environment. The next Gallery Nite event is scheduled for Friday June 4, 2010 from 6 PM to 8 PM. Nearly 100 art lovers attended our last Gallery Nite Event.

ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S OPEN STUDIOS INCLUDE: 
Adam Shultz, Amy Pasco, Barbara King, Catherine Latson, Dakota Christianson, Daniel Ortiz, David Fischweicher, Dean Tomasula, Deborah Yasinsky, Diane Mitchell, Eli Benjamin Yamin, Elizabeth Debethune, Ervin Vincent T. Chandler, George Gutierrez, Ginny Fox, Joe Hanerfeld, Joel Neff, Kevin Gordon, Laurie Vigoda, Marko Gosar, Michelle Frick, Noelle Knight, Paulo Suzuki, RJ DiBenedetto, Ruth M Gilbert,  Steve A. Nunez, Tom Blake and Victor Rothman.

REMINDER- this week is YoHo Artists Open Studios

Yesterday (April 16) marked the ribbon cutting of the new entrance to the Yoho Artist Studios-- including a proclamation by the mayor of "Yoho Artist Studio Day"
SEE PROCLAMATION TO LEFT.

And this weekend is the open studios at Yoho.

Go check out the artist community that's building there, buy some art, and talk to local artists.

It's the right thing to do!
Date: Sat/Sun Apr 18 - 19. 12 noon to 5 PM
Website: YOHOartists.com SEE PICTURES of the Artists, their Art and Event Photos
Tel: (212) 317- 1423 ext YOH (964)
Light Refreshments will be also be served.


PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Marco Avedano Bonnie Barbash-Lief Ryan Bartley Tom Blake Louise Cadoux Ervin Chandler Craftsman Piano Elizabeth deBethune RJ DiBenedetto Arthur Dworin David Fischweicher

Ginny Fox Ruth Gilbert Kevin Gordon Marko Gosar George M. Gutierrez Barbara King Michael Konrad Desiree Koslin Lanny Lasky Catherine Latson Diane Mitchell

Nikos Nafpliotis Carole Naggar Steve Nunez Sandy O'Brien Amy Pasco Melanie Roher Victor Rothman Adam Schultz Nat Shapiro Paulo Suzuki Eli Yamin

6th Annual YOHO Artists Open Studio 4/18 & 4/19

WHAT: 6th Annual YOHO Artists Open Studio
Dates: 4/18/2009 - 04/19/2009
Times: 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM
Address: YOHO Artist Lofts - 578 Nepperhan Ave btwn Lake & Orchard St, Yonkers, NY
Tel: (212) 317 - 1423 ext YOH (964)
Admission: FREE to Public
Description: Yonker's artists at YOHO ART LOFTS are having open studio displaying a wide variety of Paintings,Works on Paper, Sculptures, Multimedia, Photography, Jewelry, Assemblage. Musical performances as well. Light Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. Come and experience what's going on artistically in Yonkers! Family Friendly event
For Info, visit Website: YOHOartists.com

May 20-- Taste & Tour

66 Main on the Yonkers Waterfront is having a Taste and Tour on May 20th from 6 to 8 pm
There will be sample foods from Yonkers restaurants and tours of their loft apartments at 66 Main Street in Yonkers.

You can find out more about their apartments, about a contest that they are having, and other information at www.66main.com or you can contact ruth@theONswitch.com.

Tell them you saw it on the Yonkers Arts Blog!

5th Annual YOHO Open Artist Studio May 17-18

May 17 - 18, 2008: FIFTH ANNUAL YOHO ARIST OPEN STUDIO: Yonker's artists at YOHO are having their 5th Annual Open Studio and the event is open to public. All are welcome.

Come and experience what's going on artistically in Yonkers - Event is free to the General Public who will have an opportunity to see and interact directly with the artists. Various disciplines will be on display including Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculptures, Multimedia, Pastels, Photography, Jewelry, Assemblage and more! Join these artists with your family and friends for a relaxing and entertaining afternoon at the YOHO Artist Lofts on Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers, NY - the up and coming SOHO of Yonkers! For more event information, map, driving directions or to see the artists and their works online, visit: http://www.YOHOartists.com

Location: 578 Nepperhan Avenue, 5th Floor (at corner of Lake Ave) at the Alexander Smith Carpet Mills Buildings (enter from rear parking lot - entrance on Lake Ave)

Date: Sat/Sun May 17 - 18. 12 noon to 5 PM
**Open to Public***
Website: YOHOartists.com
Tel: (212) 317- 1423 ext YOH (964)
Light Refreshments will be also be served.

What is YOHO?! an organization of Yonkers-based artists having studios and produ! cing their works in renovated loft spaces within the former Alexander Smith Carpet Mills buildings on Nepperhan Avenue. Over the years, artists have been drawn to these affordable yet spacious work lofts for their high ceilings and abundant light and now, their critical mass represents not only the epicenter of the arts within Yonkers but strives to be the gateway to the arts for lower Westchester in the coming years.

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BRAND NEW YOHO ARTIST LOFTS - Affordable and Inexpensively Priced Studio Space Available Soon! Currently constructing new studio and gallery space on the 4th floor at 578 Nepperhan Avenue . Come see what we have to offer. Spaces starting as low as $400/month. Special Promotion if you sign up before the spaces are ready - 25% off for the 1st 3 months!

Also available - small office, warehouse and manufacturing. Call (917) 682 - 5172 or (212) 317 - 1423 ext 625 to make an appointment to see them.

More info, visit YOHOartists.com
578 Nepperhan Avenue Yonkers, NY (just off the Saw Mill Parkway)

DIRECTIONS
By Car: See Website for driving directions
By Train: on weekends, MetroNorth trains depart Grand Central at 20mins(local) and 51 mins(express) past the hour. Yonkers is on the Hudson Line. Tickets may be purchased from machines across from tracks 32/33. Off Peak tickets are $5.75 each direction. On the Track Board, the departure time is what to look for (local trains will say Croton Harmon, express trains will say Poughkeepsie). Local trip to Yonkers takes 31 mins. Express trip takes 27 mins. Cabs are always available at the Yonkers Station.
BeeLine Bus service (www.westchestergov.com/beelinebus), from Getty Square, the Number 5 Bus. (Limited service on Saturdays (every hour) and Sundays (every two hours)).
Public Transportation from Bronx: At end of 1 subway line (Broadway & 242nd) Beeline Bus Service 1,2,3 (confirm with driver) to Getty Square then the No. 5 to 578 Nepperhan.

YoHo Artist Studios- Nepperhan Business Center

The Nepperhan Business Center, at 540-578 Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers, New York, is a huge property on the outskirts of downtown Yonkers. It features 140,000 sq ft of historical landmark space in a series of reinvigorated factory mills that were newly renovated in 2003.

They have spaces of all kinds for all kinds of artists and small businesses. Marketing it as YoHO (the Soho of Yonkers, the lofts feature excellent light, 24/7 studio access, commercial elevators, and easy access to the property from the highway.

In addition to artist lofts, they offer manufacturing and warehouse spaces of 1,000, 2,000, 4,000 and 5,000 sq ft with management office on-site. The site is in the Yonkers Empire State Development Zone and Federal Empowerment Zone, so if you can create jobs, you get special tax benefits.

For more information, visit their website http://heightsre.com/ or give them a call--
George at (212) 317 - 1423 ext 601
Cheuky at (212) 317 - 1423 ext 625
Contact Zuki to see this space at (917) 682-5172