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Education through the arts is a core aspect of our mission.
Our year-round education program includes working world-class artists on engaging and timely projects. Over the years, we have provided access to the arts on a number of social issues. We provide education for youth, adults, schools, and individuals. Some projects that we have worked on include The I’m Tired Project, The Tile Project, and Writing The Walls.
Community outreach through our Artist-in-residence programs
We have two types of residencies: in-school residencies with local artists to work closely with youth, and an artist-in-residence program at the museum for international artists to make new bodies of work to be exhibited.
Exhibiting at least one resident per year, our international artist roster includes Anne Samat, Jinsu Han, Mark Berghash, Remy Jungerman, among others. Our artists provide world-class artwork to the residents of Peekskill and give lectures and workshops to the public.
Jinsu Han working with Youth
Climbing the Walls
Asking artists across genres to contribute visual art, music, monologues, and poetry that explore the ways we are experiencing life now and how we imagine the future. Climbing the Walls was conceived from a desire to create in a time of disorientation and disconnection. We conceived of the project as a way to connect and explore a shift in the moment, ultimately looking both at COVID-19 and the protests. As more and more people decided to participate, across all genres, we realized how lucky we were to be in an artistic community that came together to communicate.
Writing Off The Walls
Writing the Walls started 15 years ago when Artistic Director Mara Mills, Studio Theater in Exile, Livia Straus, co-founder Hudson Valley MOCA, and Jo-Ann Brody, HVMOCA staff, decided to enhance the museum exhibitions by inviting poets and playwrights to contribute original works reflective of their interaction with the art.
This year, we launched Writing Off the Walls, an on-line Visual Art and Word event, offering writers a chance to interact with the art works in How We Live: Part II. While the initial exhibition featured sculpture and video, two-dimensional works have been added, works that speak to challenges we daily face. Writers are to focus on the works new to the exhibition, though dialogue can reference the original sculptures and videos as well.
