Visiting Tappan, New York: Celebrate Rockland Talent
Celebrate Rockland Talent
By the 1920s, Rockland County became home to many artists, writers and stage celebrities. Henry Varnum Poor, the painter and muralist; Maxwell Anderson, the playwright; and Kurt Weil, the composer, all lived on South Mountain Road in New City. Edward Hopper, the world-renowned artist, lived in the county as did actresses Helen Hayes and Katherine Cornell and memorable actor Burgess Meredith. (Source: http://www. mynewyorkgenealogy.com)
The Tappan Library has highlighted works in our collection by or about writers and artists who have resided across the county.
The Arts in Rockland
VISUAL ARTS
UPCOMING Exhibitions in Rockland
- Arts Council of RocklandThe Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR) coordinates community arts grant announcements, scholarships for students pursuing higher education in the traditional arts, and supports the marketing of its member artists.
- Hopper House Art CenterThe birthplace and childhood home of American Realist style painter Edward Hopper, located in Nyack, is now listed on the registry of National Historic Sites. A cultural center, the Hopper House features open drawing and painting sessions, art exhibits, and special events. An entire room is dedicated to the work and life of Hopper himself.
- Rockland Center for the ArtsRoCA offers classes in fine arts to include painting and drawing, a ceramic studio with workshops, and exhibitions and a Summer Arts Day Camp.
- Arts Alliance of HaverstrawClasses and workshops in the visual and performing arts as well as online artist galleries.
- Adult Elementary BalletAdult Elementary Ballet (ages 18+) is offered through the Nyack YMCA for adults of all ages and is “is sensitive to all ability levels.” Adults have the flexibility to drop-in for a one-time session. Students learn the fundamentals of ballet.
The Arts in Rockland
WRITERS
- Hudson Valley Romance Writers of AmericaHVRWA is a small chapter of the Romance Writers of America. We are located in the lower Hudson River Valley in New York State. Our diverse group of writers are dedicated to supporting our members' creative and publishing goals and to the promotion of the romance genre. Meetings take place at the Palisades Mall Community Room.
- Ramapough PoetsRamapough Poets is a group of dedicated poets, who meet regularly to hone their skills in the craft of poetry, through the workshopping of original poems, and who seek to support the art of poetry in the community through readings and related activities.
- Hudson Valley Writers CenterJust over the border from Rockland in picturesque Sleepy Hollow, the Hudson Valley Writers Center offers workshops on all facets of the craft of writing and editing as well as 1 and 2 day seminars. The Center also offers readings for local authors and promotion for new and emerging poets.
Other Sites of Interest to Artists
- New York Heritage
New York Heritage is a research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about the people, places and institutions of New York State. The collections in New York Heritage represent a broad range of historical, scholarly, and cultural materials held in libraries, museums, and archives throughout the state. Collection items include photographs, letters, diaries, directories, maps, books, and more.
New York Heritage is a collaborative project of eight Empire State Library Network members: Capital District Library Council, Central New York Library Resources Council, Long Island Library Resources Council, Northern New York Library Network, Rochester Regional Library Council, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, South Central Regional Library Council, and Western New York Library Resources Council.
Rockland's Featured Talent
Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper by Call Number: 759.13 WELLSISBN: 9780714845418A combination of a collection of portraits of the artist, and reproductions of his paintings and drawings to include watercolor, oil, and some etchings as well as narrative to discuss the essence of Hopper’s work as pieces that elude, as the author describes “inescapable silence.”
Baryshnikov at Work by Call Number: 792.8 BARYISBN: 0394735870Charles Engell France describes Baryshnikov at Work best in the title’s introduction “[t]his book is a history in pictures of [dancing more than twenty new roles in less than two years in the mid 1970s] and a history in words about how he felt in every role he danced – what it was like to perform new works in styles he had never dreamed of attempting, what it was like to develop the ones he knew.”
Tappan's Famous First
Do you (or did you) use soy-based formula to ease colic or baby’s sensitive tummy? Did your pediatrician recommend the switch? According to research published at www.soyinfocenter.com, The earliest published research on soy flour in America was done by pediatricians. Ruhrah (1909) discussed the possibilities of using soybeans, ground to a meal, as a valuable addition to the diet of infants who were sensitive to milk or sick. In 1910 Ruhrah reported that he had worked for Mr. M.F. Deming (of the Cereo Co. in Tappan, New York – now Haring Adams House) to make a whole soy flour, from dehulled soybeans, for use in infant feeding.