Past Events

Inside the Artist's Studio: Moshe Bursuker

May 11th, at 6pm, via Zoom
$10

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED! PLEASE CALL ROCA, 845-358-0877 TO REGISTER

Glassblower Moshe Bursuker will virtually give us a glimpse into his studio. Bursuker’s glass pieces are inspired by his love of both photography and sculpture. He has developed a relationship between two artistic mediums that conflict in many ways. While glass is three-dimensional and formed by hand with heat, photography is two-dimensional, seen by the eye and created by light.

Sari Dienes: A Virtual Presentation (via Zoom)

with Rip Hayman and Barbara Pollitt of the Sari Dienes Foundation

This lecture is part of RoCA’s new series: The Luminary Artists of Rockland.

Thursday, April 22 at 7:00pm (a Q & A will follow the presentation)
Tickets: $10

Online registration is now CLOSED! To purchase a ticket and receive Zoom information for tonight's lecture, please call 845-358-0877. Thank you!

Sari Dienes’ life spans the 20th century with a 60-year career in art. She was not an artist restricted by any genre, including surrealist painting, colorful etchings and prints, rubbings, collage, sculpture, ceramics—even performance art—into her vast body of work.

The Luminary Artists of Rockland is made possible through a generous grant from M&T Bank and sponsorship from Kantrowitz, Goldhamer and Graifman, PC.

Performing with Derrick Anderson, Mark Ortmann & Fernando Perdomo

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th at 7:30pm

Tickets: $25

Over the course of a career that's spanned three decades, 13 albums, Grammy and Golden Globe nominations, TV & film appearances (Buddy Holly in "La Bamba"), and thousands of performances, Marshall Crenshaw's musical output has maintained a consistent fidelity to the qualities of artfulness, craftsmanship, and passion, and his efforts have been rewarded with the devotion of a broad and remarkably loyal fan base.

Along with touring around the country and the occasional recording project, Marshall currently hosts his own radio show, "The Bottomless Pit", every Saturday at 10 PM on New York's WFUV (http://www.wfuv.org/content/bottomless-pit). Other current projects include an in-progress documentary film about legendary record producer Tom Wilson. "This is a road that I never imagined taking before" says Crenshaw, "but it's been amazing and is going great."

Proof of vaccination and wearing masks indoors are required.

Charles White: "Stroke of Genius"

A Film by Samuel Harps
Saturday, June 4 at 7:00pm
(free of charge, masks & proof of vaccination required)

Program registration begins Saturday, May 21

The film screening will be followed with a Q&A with Samuel Harps and Dimitri Dewes, Jt.

A young art student from Hampton Institute interviews Charles White about his mural "The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America" which the artist painted on the walls of the Historically Black University. With Dimitri Dewes, Jr. and Paris Campbell.

This free program is in conjunction with the Charles White: Influences exhibition in partnership with the Gordon Center for Black Culture & Arts and the CEJJES Institute. The exhibition is on view April 2 through June 11, 2022 in the Emerson Gallery @ RoCA.

This project is made possible with funds from the ReStart the Arts, a regrant program of ArtsWestchester with support from the Office of the Governor, the New York State Legislature and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Charles White: Influences
Special Preview Event: Friday, April 1, 7:00-9:00pm

Guest speakers, wine and hors d’oeuvres.All proceeds from this event will benefit the Gordon Center for Black Arts & Culture and RoCA.

 Tickets: $45 (adults)
$35 (students & seniors)

$150 VIP (includes a copy of the book Charles White: Black Pope by Esther Adler and reserved seating for the play Charles White: Stroke of Genius (June 11)

Masks and proof of vaccination are required.

Exhibitions on view: Charles White: Influences and "See, Observe, Think, Reflect, Internalize" Photography by Collette V. Fournier

The Martin Luther King Multi Purpose Center Invites Families to a FREE event at RoCA in conjunction with the Charles White: Influences exhibition

Saturday, May 21
3:00–5:00pm
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

This event is in partnership with the Gordon Center for Black Culture and Arts, the CEJJES Institute, & Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA).

Spend the day with your family making art together with Kanitra Perrault (art teacher at both MLK & RoCA) and learn about the artist, Charles White. This fun-filled day will include a gallery tour of the exhibition, refreshments, as well as wood sculpture and painting art workshops!

This program is free of charge, but registration is required. A shuttle bus will take families from MLK to RoCA at 2:30pm and will depart from RoCA at 5:00pm to return to MLK.

To register, call 845 358-0877 or visit our website, rocklandartcenter.org.