Exhibitions & Events
The Romantics:
Piano Quartets of Fanny Hensel and Johannes Brahms
3:00 PM @ RIVAA GALLERY
Sunday, February 16, 2025
On Sunday, February 16 at 3 PM, the brilliant Aisslinn Nosky, concertmaster of the Handel and Haydn Society, returns to RIVAA Gallery's concert series with Yi-heng Yang, fortepiano, Maureen Murchie, viola, and Sarah Stone, cello, in a program of Romantic-era chamber music on period instruments. On the program are Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 and Fanny Hensel's Piano Quartet in A-Flat Major.
There is no entry fee but a suggested donation of $25 for adults and $10 for students / seniors. Your donation supports the musicians and RIVAA programs.
The Lives That Made The Life We Live
February 7 - March 2, 2025
Celebrating Black History Month @ RIVAA Gallery
​​​Opening reception: February 8th, 2025
6:00 - 9:00 PM
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Curators: Amazia Thompson | Angie St. Louis | Bleu Pablo | Dhierry Clermont |
Saundra Lamb​​
The Lives That Made The Life We Live is an exhibition highlighting unlauded Black inventors and their silent impact on our way of living. Through this exhibition, artists explore the effects of Black inventions on the physical world and human psyche in mediums ranging from paint and textiles to photography and film. Serving as a tribute to these forgotten legacies, it calls for recognition and respect for Black creators who touch every part of our lives, often missed and taken for granted, spanning culture, technology, medicine, and everything in between and beyond.
Join us at RIVAA Gallery on February 8th, for art, music and performances at the opening ceremony of this exhibition honoring Black History Month.
Basswood and Steel Sculpture
@ The Octagon
January 5 – March 28, 2025
​​​Opening reception: Thursday , January 9, 6 -9 pm
The Octagon Gallery: 888 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, New York City
The exhibition Basswood and Steel Sculpture features sculptures Waterfall, Ascent, and Foxtrot by Victoria Thorson whose artistic practice centers on a search for abstract forms.
Thorson works with basswood valued by artists for its soft, fine, even texture. It is in the process of making that she discovers the final form.
The artist explains: “With minimalistic precision basswood is cut into tilting planes. Next, it is carved, shaped, and smoothed to a softness of touch. I sense the wood’s strength and flow by intuitively feeling the lines of energy in the grain, cracks and knots of the wood. Each form is then anchored by a repurposed, found steel object that is the right proportion, weight, and aesthetic to become part of the sculpture.”