Mayor Mike Spano today announced the final schedule of events for City’s 8th annual Yonkers Arts Weekend (YAW) festival on Saturday, May 21. The festival is a one-day event, filled with exciting new programs such as pop-up exhibitions, monoprint demonstrations and DIY workshops, children’s workshops, musical performances, portrait artists, and much more at locations across the city.
Attracting more than 10,000 visitors a year, Yonkers Arts Weekend features hundreds of local, regional and international artists, painters, photographers, sculptors, and musicians in the City’s most exciting cultural hotspots including city galleries, the Carpet Mills Arts District, Hudson River Museum, and Untermyer Gardens. Since its inception in 2014, YAW has created a prominent arts district in the City of Yonkers, several city galleries have opened, and dozens of local and international renowned muralists and artists have contributed to the City’s downtown revival under the leadership of Mayor Mike Spano.
“Yonkers continues to secure its reputation as an artistic hub in the region and we are so excited to share that with residents and visitors each year during Yonkers Arts Weekend,” said Mayor Mike Spano. “Yonkers has a thriving arts community and I’m thrilled that we can offer a jam-packed one-day festival for artists to display their talents.”
Yonkers Arts Weekend is FREE to the public and will showcase a wide range of artistic mediums, workshops, musical performances and guest appearances including:
- City of Yonkers x Yonkers Gallery Pop-up Show [Riverfront Library Atrium, 1 Larkin Center; 11AM-6PM]
- A collaboratively curated exhibition featuring a wide-range of diverse artists who responded to the citywide call for entry.
- US+U/Warburton Galerie’s Exhibition: “The Poetry of Unwritten Letters” [Warburton Galerie, 16 Warburton Avenue; 11AM-6PM]
- A group exhibition that explores the depth of both conscious and unconscious thought an artist puts into their creative practice and the ways in which their work represents unspoken words – instead communicated through a visual language.
- Riverfront Gallery’s Exhibition: “Momento Mori” Momento [Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center; 11AM-6PM]
- Artists working in all media explored the inevitability of death and its impact on all of us in their dynamic works. The unforgettable works in this exhibit reminds us that each moment of life is sacred.
- Blue Door Art Center’s Exhibition: “One More Time: Recycled Artifacts” [Blue Door Art Center, 13 Riverdale Avenue; 11AM-6PM]
- See artwork by over 50 local artists featuring recycled and upcycled objects. The focus is to show how one can elevate trash and turn it into art while helping to save the Earth.
- Yonkers Arts’ 13th Annual CMAD (Carpet Mills Arts District) Yonkers Artist Showcase and the 19th Annual YOHO Open Studios [For specific times and locations visit https://yonkersartsweekend.com/]
Enjoy LIVE musical performances (Jazz Showcase, Jam Session, R&B Showcase), the Youth Fashion Show, and Pop-up Exhibitions. - Hudson River Museum’s “The World of Frida” and “Frida Kahlo in Context” [Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue; 12:30PM-4PM]
- Visitors are invited to enjoy FREE admission to the museum and family-friendly activities, including art workshops that celebrate the bilingual exhibitions “The World of Frida” and “Frida Kahlo in Context” and the thriving arts in Yonkers. Various activities such as games and demonstrations will take place in the Hudson River Museum’s Courtyard. To view Hudson River Museum’s up-to-date COVID-19 protocol, visit https://www.hrm.org/plan-your-visit/
- Untermyer Park and Gardens: LIVE Musical Performances by the Untermyer Parks Council as well as the Yonkers Parks Department and a Photographic Graffiti Art Display [Untermyer Park and Gardens, Amphitheater, 945 N. Broadway; 1PM-5PM] Enjoy various LIVE musical performances under the blue skies of the Untermyer Park Amphitheatre. UPAC presents Joe Giglio Trio (1PM-3PM). The Yonkers Parks Department presents Carlos Jimenez Mambo Dulcet, a nine piece latin jazz band (3PM-5PM). Also, includes a graffiti art exhibition by Graffiti Art Expert Ken Davis.
Visit Yonkersartsweekend.com for more information.
