First Thursday Gallery Hop Reminder: September 5 @ 5:30 P.M.

First Thursday Gallery Hop Presents Stunning Art Exhibitions Open to the Public.



Yonkers, N.Y. (August 26, 2019) – Fall’s First Thursday Gallery Hop will feature several exhibits that explore cultural diversity and how these groups enriched historic and present-day Yonkers. The monthly art walk takes place Thurs., Sept. 5. Blue Door Art Gallery,. Philipse Manor Hall, Urban Studio Unbound (US+U) / Warburton Galerie, and Riverfront Art Gallery will be open to the public from 5:30-7:30 p.m. that evening.

 

Blue Door Art Gallery, 13 Riverdale Ave., is hosting the “POP-UP Exhibition: Indelible Images of Jauja, Peru - The Photography of Teodoro Bullón”, which will run Sept. 5 - Sept. 7. Travel through space and time to turn of the century Jauja, Peru and explore this impressive archive of glass plates by watchmaker, merchant, and photographer, Teodoro N. Bullón Salazar.

 

Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Ave., presents “NEW WORK and INSTALLATIONS by L. BRANDON KRALLl” that will run from Sept. 5 - Sept. 30. The works presented in this exhibition demonstrate a range of activity that constitutes the work of L. Brandon Krall.

 

Riverfront Art Gallery, 1 Larkin Center, Fourth Floor in the library, is hosting an exhibit, “Madge Scott & Patricia Stuart Conversate”. Madge Scott and Patricia Stuart are story-tellers. Their work depicts the faces, the lives, feelings and the souls of their subjects including children sucking sugar cane, marches of the ancestors, moonlit prayers, and everyday life in Jamaica.

 

US+U / Warburton Galerie, 16 Warburton, is pleased to present select drawings from our  8 week workshop "Visualization and Form" facilitated by teaching artist Lindsey Francis. This exhibition will highlight the progression of weekly lessons and show culminating bodies of work from these beginning adult drawing students. 

 

Local restaurants,  including Bella Havana, Café Hudson, Dolphin, Francey Brady, Guapo, Khangri Sushi, Le Moulin, X20, Yonkers Brewery and Zuppa, will be offering a ten percent discount on food and drink specials for all gallery attendees. Visitors can snap a picture of the restaurant voucher for any of the five venues.

 

The Gallery Hops are free and a wonderful time to experience downtown Yonkers’ exploding art scene, making it a cultural destination for residents, curators, and collectors.  

 

About the First Thursday Gallery Hop

 

The First Thursday Gallery Hop takes place on the first Thursday of each month, attracting hundreds of attendees to downtown Yonkers.  It is produced by Haifa Bint-Kadi and sponsored by the Yonkers Gallery Group, an alliance of galleries including Blue Door Art Center, Friends of Philipse Manor Hall, Urban Studio Unbound / Warburton Gallerie, and Yonkers Riverfront Library. For more information, please email thegallery@ypl.org.