February
was one of the very last months to be added to our calendar, because
the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. I can see
that: Sometimes the stretch from late December into mid-March can feel
like one, long, uninterrupted test of endurance. Mother Nature did us a
great kindness in giving us gems like Wave Hill, where the vistas, the
sparks of bright winter color, the bare beauty of tree and bough, are
complemented so well by our programming. This week, that includes a
provocative performance piece, an open house for our Winter Workspace
studio artists, a tea-tasting workshop, wellness sessions and our second
Horticultural Lecture of the season and… well, you get the idea. And if
you have kids home for President Week, check out the family workshops
we’ve got in store.
SAT, FEBRUARY 15 FAMILY ART PROJECT: EXOTIC DESERT DWELLERS
Join visiting artists Adam Frezza and Terri Chiao—who
have exhibited as part of Wave Hill’s Sunroom Project Series—on a visit
to Wave Hill’s Cactus and Succulent House. Sketch these exotic desert
dwellers, then, using paper mâché, bendable wire, paint and paper, make
an exotic paper plant of your own. Free, and admission to the grounds is
free until noon.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM–1PM
SAT, FEBRUARY 15 TAI CHI CHUAN
Quiet
like a mountain, moving like a river, Tai Chi is a sequence of gentle
movements based on images found in nature. In this beginner-level class, Irving Yee,
a member of the William CC Chen Tai Chi School, introduces students to
the internal martial arts and promotes an awareness of its benefits.
Winter sessions are held indoors. Session fee: $25/Wave Hill Member $15.
Registration opens online and onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center.
(Reservations may not be made by telephone.) Online registration closes
at 8AM on the day of this session. Cancellations must be made by 3PM the Friday
before; after that, refunds will not be made. Drops-ins will be
accommodated as the limited space permits. Participants must present a
Member’s ID card or a printed program registration form at the front
gate.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 10‒11AM
SUN, FEBRUARY 15 WINTER WORKSPACE SESSION 1: OPEN STUDIOS
For
the fifth winter, Glyndor Gallery is transformed into studio spaces for
artists to develop new work and offer opportunities for public
interaction in the context of the garden. Individual artists share their
studio practice with the public on this open studio day. Artists
include Aron Louis Cohen, Jessica Lagunas, Dana Levy, Evie McKenna, Cheryl Molnar and Jan Mun. Registration not required for this drop-in event. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 1‒3PM
SAT, FEBRUARY 15 WINTER TEA-TASTING WORKSHOP
Take a delightful winter tea-tasting journey with Chris Cason,
co-founder and tea sommelier of Tavalon Tea. Warm body and soul with
different varieties and styles of teas, while “steeping” yourself in the
history and culture of tea. Participants receive complimentary tea
samples. $30/$20 Wave Hill Member. Registration required, online at www.wavehill.org, onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 2–4PM
SUN, FEBRUARY 16 FAMILY ART PROJECT: EXOTIC DESERT DWELLERS
Join visiting artists Adam Frezza and Terri Chiao—who
have exhibited as part of Wave Hill’s Sunroom Project Series—on a visit
to Wave Hill’s Cactus and Succulent House. Sketch these exotic desert
dwellers, then, using paper mâché, bendable wire, paint and paper, make
an exotic paper plant of your own. Free with admission to the grounds.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM–1PM
SUN, FEBRUARY 16 HATHA YOGA
Reduce
stress, increase your energy and bring strength and flexibility to
mind, body and spirit with a yoga practice. Classes are led by Yoga for
Bliss director Neem Dewji and other certified instructors. Ms.
Dewji is certified in Hatha and Therapeutic Yoga from The Yoga for
Health Foundation, England, and The Integral Yoga Institute, NYC. All
levels welcome. Winter sessions are held indoors. Session fee: $25/Wave
Hill Member $15. Registration opens online and onsite at the Perkins
Visitor Center. (Reservations may not be made by telephone.) Online
registration closes at 8AM on the day of this session. Cancellations must be made by 3PM the Friday
before; after that, refunds will not be made. Drops-ins will be
accommodated as the limited space permits. Participants must present a
Member’s ID card or a printed program registration form at the front
gate.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 10‒11:15AM
SUN, FEBRUARY 16 MEDITATION
This
fall, take a moment to release stress and reconnect with your inner
self while practicing meditation. Each session includes instruction in
simple techniques followed by 20 to 30 minutes of meditation. Classes
are led by Yoga for Bliss director Neem Dewji and other certified
instructors. All levels welcome. Winter sessions are held indoors.
Session fee: $25/Wave Hill Member $15. Registration opens online and
onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. (Reservations may not be made by
telephone.) Online registration closes at 8AM on the day of this session. Cancellations must be made by 3PM the Friday
before; after that, refunds will not be made. Drops-ins will be
accommodated as the limited space permits. Participants must present a
Member’s ID card or a printed program registration form at the front
gate.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11:30AM‒12:45PM
SUN, FEBRUARY 16 GARDEN & CONSERVATORY HIGHLIGHTS WALK
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 2PM
SUN, FEBRUARY 16 CONCERT: THE CROSSROADS PROJECT
A riveting multi-disciplinary presentation, The Crossroads Project lives at the intersection of art and science. It was conceptualized by physicist Robert Davies
and based on his desire to bring science to art-going audiences.
Davies’ artist collaborators are Riverdale residents, composer Laura Kaminsky and painter Rebecca Allan, and the Fry Street Quartet performs
live. Crossroads examines the critical issues of global sustainability,
climate change and how society might respond. 80 minutes, no
intermission. Tickets $32, $28 Senior, $18 child (ages 7 to 18); Wave
Hill Members $22; child $12. Tickets on sale online at www.wavehill.org, onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center or by calling 718.549.3200 x251.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 2PM
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 2PM
MON, FEBRUARY 17
Closed to the public.
TUE–THU, FEBRUARY 18–20 PRESIDENTS’ VACATION WEEK FAMILY WORKSHOPS
Spend an afternoon—or two or three—making art like the masters, with the Family Art Project’s Rama Mandel.
Each afternoon, explore the artwork of a different major artist, and
with his or her work as your guide, use a variety of mediums to create
your own art. Programs are geared to children between the ages of five and 10 with a parent or caregiver. Space is limited. Registration is required, online at www.wavehill.org,
onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center or by calling 718.549.320 x251.
$25/$15 Wave Hill Member per session includes one child and one adult.
Additional child or adult $10.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 1:30–3PM
TUE, FEBRUARY 18 FAMILY WORKSHOP: LARGER THAN LIFE
Spend the afternoon making art like the masters with the Family Art Project’s Rama Mandel.
This afternoon, explore the evocative paintings of American artist
Georgia O’Keefe, particularly the flowers, shells and bones she loved to
expand into larger-than-life images. Using water-soluble ink and
acrylics, paint your own images. Programs are geared to children between the ages of five and 10 with a parent or caregiver. Space is limited. Registration is required, online at www.wavehill.org,
onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center or by calling 718.549.320 x251.
$25/$15 Wave Hill Member per session includes one child and one adult.
Additional child or adult $10.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 1:30–3PM
WED, FEBRUARY 19 FAMILY WORKSHOP: DASHES, LINES AND SWIRLS
Spend the afternoon making art like the masters with the Family Art Project’s Rama Mandel.
This afternoon, we focus on Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch
post-Impressionist painter whose large body of work incorporated his
highly recognizable use of dashes, lines and swirls. Begin by
experimenting with mark-making, then use pencil and charcoal to create
your own sketches of the landscape and finally apply acrylic paint to
canvas, Van Gogh-style. Programs are geared to children between the ages of five and 10 with a parent or caregiver. Space is limited. Registration is required, online at www.wavehill.org,
onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center or by calling 718.549.320 x251.
$25/$15 Wave Hill Member per session includes one child and one adult.
Additional child or adult $10.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 1:30–3PM
WED, FEBRUARY 19 HORTICULTURAL LECTURE #2—MARGERY L. DAUGHTREY: DREADFUL DISEASES DANGLING OVER OLD FAITHFUL ORNAMENTALS
This
ongoing series is hosted by Wave Hill’s Friends of Horticulture
Committee and is devoted to landscape design and the meaning of our
interactions with plants and the natural world, The second lecture of
the season is provided by Margery L. Daughtrey, expert plant
pathologist and Senior Extension Associate with Cornell’s Department of
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology. She covers the myths and
facts about big garden issues around disease, and prepares you to guard
the plants you love, with a special focus on several new and re-emerging
diseases that are suddenly very relevant to gardeners in the NYC area.
With challenges like impatiens downy mildew, boxwood blight and rose
rosette virus—plus new rusts and powdery mildews—what’s a plant lover to
do? The last lecture in this series takes place March 19.
Series: $60/$48 Wave Hill Member, Student. Individual lectures: $25/$20
Wave Hill Member, Student. Reservations recommended, online at www.wavehill.org, onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center or by calling 718.549.3200 x216.
NEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN, 170 EAST 70TH STREET, MANHATTAN, 6PM
THU, FEBRUARY 20 FAMILY WORKSHOP: PAINTING WITH SCISSORS
Spend the afternoon making art like the masters with the Family Art Project’s Rama Mandel.
This afternoon, experiment with “painting with scissors,” one of the
technique used by French artist Henri Matisse to create his bold,
vibrant and distinctive canvasses. With fast-drying tempera paints and
scissors, create colorful cut-outs to fashion into collages, just like
Matisse. Programs are geared to children between the ages of five and 10 with a parent or caregiver. Space is limited. Registration is required, online at www.wavehill.org,
onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center or by calling 718.549.320 x251.
$25/$15 Wave Hill Member per session includes one child and one adult.
Additional child or adult $10.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 1:30–3PM
A
28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River
and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and
legacy of its gardens and landscape, to preserve its magnificent views,
and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs
in horticulture, education and the arts.
HOURS Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM—4:30PM. Closes 5:30PM, March 15—October 31.
ADMISSION $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6—18. Free Saturday mornings until noon. Free all day on Tuesdays in February. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.
PROGRAM FEES Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.
Visitors
to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer.
Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the
gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/
DIRECTIONS
– Getting here is easy! Located only 3o minutes from midtown Manhattan,
Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate
and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the 242nd
Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available
for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with
continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot
and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.
Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.
