NRCA Members Exhibit is "Outrageous"

    “Outrageous” is the theme of this year’s New Rochelle Council on the Arts’ annual Thea Eichler Members Exhibition, on display at the New Rochelle Public Library’s Lumen Winter Gallery  March 4^th through 28^th. For this year’s exhibition NRCA members were invited to submit what they considered their most avant-garde (or outrageous) work. The show features pieces by Murray Beaver; Marisa Boan; Leenda Bonilla, Cristina Cerone, Dorothy Cherbavaz; Anne Theresa Dillen OSU; Ruth Epstein; Debra Friedkin; Adrienne Garnett; Candyce Golis; Livia Gus; Dorothy Lorenze; Maristela Margutti; Charles G. McLaughlin; Rebecca Mills; Katrina Rhein; Jesse Sanchez; Marilyn Shilkoff; Rebecca Singer; Morena Tagliapietra; and Julie Wosk. Co-chairs for the Members Exhibition are Katrina Rhein and Chris Arena.

     An opening reception will be held Sunday, March 10^th from 5:30 to 7 pm. The reception will be preceded by a variety showcase in the Ossie Davis Theater from 3:30 to 5 pm, featuring the talents of Enid Blount Press, Camille Coppola, the Eichler Family; Genevieve Flagello; Rebecca Mills; Gary Novikoff;  David Patterson; Pamela Sklar; the Tessera String Band; Thoughts in Motion Dance Company and David Tobey. Both the variety showcase and reception are free and open to the public. The New Rochelle Public Library is located at1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Visit www.nrpl.org for directions.

      Thea Eichler is honored annually by NRCA as the group’s founding member; she has been active in the cultural life of New Rochelle for more than 30 years. As the Program Chair of the New Rochelle Council on the Arts, she was the creative force behind years of themed art shows, concerts, special events and exhibits that highlighted the historical role New Rochelle played in contributing to the arts. Thea also was the co-founder in 1979 of the New Rochelle Chorale, now known as the Sound Shore Chorale.

     NRCA was created by the New Rochelle City Council in 1975 to stimulate and encourage the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and the public’s interest and participation therein. NRCA has worked to fulfill that mission by sponsoring art exhibitions, theatrical productions, dance recitals, film screenings, lectures, and concert series as well as city-wide events like ArtsFest and the Sound Shore Shakespeare Festival. This season NRCA programs are made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with funds from Westchester County Government, the City of New Rochelle, and the support and participation of NRCA’s  membership.  For more information on how to become a member visit NRCA on the web at www.newrochellearts.org.