You're Invited To Roosevelt Island Motorgate Gallery Opening Displaying Fall For Arts Festival Murals Saturday April 2 - Reception Follows At Gallery RIVAA

 Image From RIOC

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) reports:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2016 Motorgate Gallery Opening. The event will take place at the Motorgate Garage Atrium (628 Main St.) this Saturday, April 2nd at 12 PM. Come and celebrate the addition of new murals painted at the 2015 Fall for Arts Festival to the Gallery's collection! The Gallery opening is sponsored by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation and curated by the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association. Immediately following the opening, a reception will be held at Gallery RIVAA, located at 527 Main Street. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. For more information visit.

Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA invites you to the Motorgate Gallery opening ceremony and reception afterwards. According to Gallery RIVAA:

Dear all,

Please join us for the opening ceremony of Motorgate Gallery on Saturday, April 2nd at 12PM at Motorgate Garage followed by a reception at 1PM at Gallery RIVAA.

Opening: Motorgate Garage at 12pm
628 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY 10044

Reception: Gallery RIVAA at 1pm
527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY 10044

We hope to see you there!

Warmly,
RIVAA

Examples of the Fall For Arts Murals to be exhibited at the Motorgate Gallery are at bottom of the invitation.

More on the 2015 Fall For Arts murals at this previous post.

The Roosevelt Island Motorgate Gallery opened in 2013. Here's what happened



at the Ribbon Cutting Opening Ceremony.

Roosevelt Island Explorers Kids And Parents Celebrate Fall For Arts Festival By Creating Cardboard Cars, F Train, Tram, Airplane, Coach & More

Roosevelt Island Explorers (RiEX) Leila Vujosevic shares these photos and reports on the Roosevelt Island 2015 Fall For Arts Festival held Saturday October 10:

Many Island families came to Blackwell Park on a perfect fall day to take part in the annual Fall for Art Festival organized by RIOC and RIVAA.

This year’s theme was: Roosevelt Island: Celebrating Our History and Our Future.

Roosevelt Island Explorers invited families for an engaging, creative and fun workshop – creating vehicles that take us to, from and around the Island, including new inventions.

Materials: cardboard boxes, tubes, cake circles and tape.

It did not take long before imaginative creations filled the Blackwell Park lawn:

 cars in variety of shapes,

sizes

 and colors,

 dozens of trams suspended from a rope,

a coach,
 

 F train,
 

even an airplane

 and a helicopter.

Everybody had a great time - children and their parents.

This was another demonstration of the rich possibilities our beautiful Island offers to its residents – Roosevelt Island Explorers will continue to engage families in similar activities spreading the joy of being together.

More on Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival from previous post.

More on Roosevelt Island Explorers at their Facebook Page.

Mural Artists Say Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival Is Very American, Fun And Art For The Noisy Masses - Check Out The Murals

An excellent video about the 2015 Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival from Qifan Cheung



and more scenes from the October 10 Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival.

Here's last weekend's mural (finally got a picture without shadows!) #rooseveltisland #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/Z3ioYoSUXu

— Jeff Lee (@jeffreally) October 16, 2015

@Rooseveltisland thanks! Glad you liked it! There's some more info about it on my blog: http://t.co/Hw9Kq7AYyp

— Jeff Lee (@jeffreally) October 17, 2015

Jeff Lee writes on his blog:

The theme for 2015 was "Roosevelt Island: Celebrating Our Past and Our Future" The image of the nurse is based on a photo of a nursing student from "Roosevelt Island (Images of America)" by Judith Berdy but I replaced her face with my grandmother's from the 1940's.

In keeping with the theme, the nurse represents the past of Roosevelt Island. In the same way that a place can be haunted by past sins and wrongdoing, it can also be "haunted" by the good things in its past. In Roosevelt Island's case, this refers to the hours of care and support given by nurses, doctors, and other caregivers over the years....

Here's more Art by Jeff Lee and all of the Roosevelt Island 2015 Fall For Arts Murals which are located at the Rivercross Lawn and next to Blackwell House.

A nighttime vision of the north from Roosevelt Island. #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/tEgsuQye2Q

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) October 10, 2015

Great work from the Roosevelt Island senior group! #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/GLjV5sZ0Nx

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) October 10, 2015

CLICK FOR MORE MURAL PHOTOS

There more on the 2015 Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival at this previous post.

The murals will eventually be exhibited at the Motorgate Art Gallery.

Beautiful Day At Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival - Music, Painting, Crafts, Cardboard Car Construction & More

A beautiful day this afternoon for the annual Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival.

There were artists painting murals on Rivercross and Blackwell House Lawn,

arts & crafts with the Roosevelt Island Day Nursery and

Roosevelt Island Historical Society,

RIHS Images From Judy Berdy

Roosevelt Island Explorers cardboard vehicles construction,

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pony rides,

music at Meditation Steps

& more.

The Roosevelt Island Twitterverse adds:

A beautiful day to paint on Roosevelt Island. #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/qB6uwAJdF7

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) October 10, 2015

A nighttime vision of the north from Roosevelt Island. #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/tEgsuQye2Q

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) October 10, 2015

Great work from the Roosevelt Island senior group! #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/GLjV5sZ0Nx

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) October 10, 2015

The future of Roosevelt Island. #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/jjrlFzbwyG

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) October 10, 2015

A great view for enjoying some jazz on Roosevelt Island! #fallforarts pic.twitter.com/GGn73R5Xi3

— RIOC NYS (@RIOCny) October 10, 2015

A little riverside jazz for your afternoon. #rooseveltisland pic.twitter.com/k5e0ju13g0

— Bruce Terrell (@bruce_terrell) October 10, 2015

Great fall festival on #rooseveltisland pic.twitter.com/Q71lNPpiwl

— FinnYorker (@NYTTYTTYY) October 10, 2015

Also, a wonderful concert by the Ray Abrams Big Band at the Meditation Steps




Terrific day at the Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival.

You're Invited To Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival Saturday October 10 - Family Friendly Showcase Of Painting, Make Your Own Art, Music, Cardboard Vehicles & More

According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) reports:

Join us this Saturday, October 10th for a free, family-friendly day of art & music at the 2015 Fall for Arts Festival, 11 AM to 4 PM. Bring your family and friends for an amazing, fun filled day of an artistic showcase of painting, free make-and-take art workshops and live music of talented New York City based Jazz musicians. The event will take place on the Lawn South of Rivercross (south of 505 Main Street), Gallery RIVAA (527 Main Street), Blackwell Park & Plaza and the Meditation Steps.

This is a rain or shine event.

This event is presented by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation in partnership with Gallery RIVAA and the R.I. Explorers.

Event schedule can be found here: http://rioc.ny.gov/pdf/FFA2015.pdf

Image From RIOC

The Roosevelt Island Explorers report:

We have another large-scale project for the Fall for Arts this Saturday – building vehicles that take us to/from/around RI today, and will try to invent some new ones for the future (the festivals theme is – celebration of RI history & future)…

All that from cardboard boxes (if you remember, we had built the Renaissance City last year)

Here's the cardboard box Roosevelt Island Explorers Renaissance City from 2014 Fall For Arts Festival at Southpoint Park.



The Roosevelt Island Historical Society (RIHS) is seeking volunteers to help out at the Fall For Arts Festival.

The 2015 Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival was postponed from last Saturday to October 10 due to rain.

More scenes from 2014 Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival.