Month: October 2022

2022 Studio Tour Weekend is here!

I’m excited to be participating once again in the upcoming RiverArts® Studio Tour Weekend on November 5 & 6!

For those of you who have visited in the past, this is the same event that was traditionally held in April. Studio tour preparation involved planting spring flowers… While I’m still in Ardsley, it’s at a new location. See Directions and Parking below for details. The most important thing that never changes is my passion for painting desserts – and sharing them with you!

Consider this an official invitation.

You are invited to my Open Studio this Saturday & Sunday, November 5 & 6, from 11 am – 6pm

Beverly Shipko’s Home Studio at The Lofts

423 Saw Mill River Road, Third Floor Lounge, Ardsley, NY 10502

Please note: The Lofts management has graciously offered the beautiful, contemporary Lounge space on the 3rd floor in my building (Building A) for this event. So I will be able to show you more than in my own apartment. While technically this isn’t my working studio, there will be work-in-progress and materials to show you. Plus, I’ll just picked up my newly framed prints that I am proud of!

When you arrive at the building, you will have to be buzzed in. Scroll down to read more about that.

And, the bonus is that another talented realist painter, Linda Friedlander, is a short walk away in the 3rd Floor Lounge of Building C (1 Mill River Lane). So this stop is a twofer (two artists for the price of one!).

Please feel free to contact me with any questions though email at beverlyshipko@mac.com or by cell. You can also reach me on Facebook (Beverly Shipko, Artist) and Instagram (@beverlyshipko).

Tour Maps For the RiverArts Studio Tour Weekend

As you can see from the official Studio Tour poster below, 80 artists in the Rivertowns (Hastings, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown) will be participating in this event. You can download the map in advance and print it at home and plan your strategy. I’ll be happy to help you plan your route.

For your reference, I’m #24 on the Studio Tour map and Linda is #23. Another fellow Ardsley artist and friend, Carol Sommerfeld, is #25 on the map.

2022 Studio Tour Weekend is here!

This is really a major milestone year for RiverArts which is celebrating its 60th year anniversary. Congratulations, #RiverArts!!

RiverArts Studio Tour Registration

Please click here to register in advance to help secure future funding for this annual event. “Attendance” matters (sounds like we’re in school again…).

Directions and Parking

Please contact me at beverlyshipko@mac.com for information for directions and parking.

I look forward to seeing you this upcoming weekend – and restarting this annual tradition!

Hop On Over to One Martine Gallery

In case you missed the Food For Thought Exhibition Opening last week, please join us at One Martine Gallery for the White Plains #SeriousFunArtsFest Gallery Hop this Thursday, October 13th from 6 to 9 pm.

Food For Thought is featuring 29 of my paintings and prints through Thanksgiving Weekend (Sunday, November 27th), along with the delectable artwork of Nancy Cohen and rich still life photography by Andre Baranowski. Three of my vending machine paintings are showcased in this window display – of which I am very proud! (I can’t help myself…).

Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 to 6pm, Sundays 12-5pm, Closed Mondays.

Oil & Acrylic Paintings by Beverly Shipko: Icons of the Vending Chip World (20 x 20 inches), America’s Favorite Candies – Icons of the Vending Candy World (10 x 20 inches) [left] and Food Choices (36 x 36 inches) [right]

I am very excited about this evening re-opening, which is easy to be now that I’ve seen the show.

Webmaster Laura says this is my best show yet (of course she’s a bit biased, but it’s fabulous to hear!). The spacious gallery has a contemporary Manhattan vibe. Plus the entire exhibit is beautifully designed by Walker Manzke, Director of One Martine Gallery. Thank you, Walker!

Invitation

Here’s is the official email invitation.

Plus Gallery Hop Night is FREE and includes a total of 3 gallery locations all within walking distance of each other, one of which is One Martine Gallery.

One Martine Gallery (located at 1 Martine Avenue), is a new gallery in downtown White Plains, New York, within walking distance of the White Plains train station. If you’re driving, see the parking directions at the bottom of this post.

In addition, the Gallery Hop is part of a much larger Serious Fun Arts Fest 5 Day event in White Plains running from October 12 to 16, sponsored by Arts Westchester and presented by Montefiore Einstein. Specifically, it includes everything from concerts to live mural painting, a public art walking tour to dancing in the streets. Click here for more information.

While the official Gallery Hop time is 6 to 9 pm, I will be there closer to 5:30pm to greet people coming directly from work.

Normal gallery hours are: Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 to 6pm, Sundays 12-5pm, Closed Mondays. Food For Thought runs through Thanksgiving weekend.

Parking and GPS Instructions

Since I got a lot of positive feedback from my previous parking instructions, I am repeating them again here.

One Martine Gallery (not to be confused with the apartment complex 1 Martine at City Square on your GPS device) is located on Martine Avenue, a one way street going south towards the White Plains train station. 

The parking garage entrance is just past the gallery as Martine starts to curve to the right towards Bank Street. You can see Seward Johnson’s statue of an embracing couple right before the driveway. See below for a photo and parking instructions provided by the gallery.

Finally, if you pass the entrance, don’t panic! Simply keep going around the block and try again. I found the entrance easily the second time – and that was without this photo. 

 Call (914) 948-1284 if you have any questions, or email info@onemartinegallery.com. 

Once you’re at the gallery, ask for directions to the concierge desk to validate your parking ticket for free parking.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.

I hope you can make it Thursday, October 13th for this fun event! We all need a lot more fun, don’t we?