RIVAA
10 pieces
From Challenge Grants to P.R.: Many Facets of J. Luce Foundation
New York, N.Y. When my mother passed away in 2001, I was inspired to create Orphans International Worldwide ( OIWW ) that went on to help vulnerable children in Africa, A…
Marin and Alina Gherasim In Great New Exhibit at RIVAA
Memory-Continuity New York, N.Y. Saturday, May 7, the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association opened a new exhibit in its main gallery at 527 Main Street. The collection…
Ulla and Gustav Kraitz to Unveil Blue Dragon on Roosevelt Island, NYC
New York, N.Y. A dedication ceremony for the Blue Dragon sculpture, donated to Roosevelt Island by world renowned Swedish artists Ulla and Gustav Kraitz, will be held at…
Polish Cultural Salon for All Opens in New York City
New York, N.Y. I first met cultural icon Barbara Plewińska - “Basia” to her many friends in New York and around the world - after she passed recently from cancer. I met h…
Possibility of Museum on NYC's 'New' Roosevelt Island
New York, N.Y. Not often does an important new museum open in New York City. One is possible now because the Roosevelt Island Steam Plant is about to be decommissioned. T…
Roosevelt Island Prepares for Third Annual Cherry Blossom Festival
New York, N.Y. Warm weather is upon us at last, and with it comes the Third Annual Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Festival. Located under the 59th Street Bridge, across…
MOOTAS Officers, Advisory Board & Visibility
Friends of the Roosevelt Island Steam Plant (FRISP) is incubating The Museum of Technology, Art & Science (MOTAAS) Both FRISP and MOOTAS are supported by The James Jay Du…
Museum of Technology, Art and Science on Roosevelt Island?
New York, N.Y. Cornell NYC Tech is headed to Roosevelt Island, New York City - 'Silicon Island of the East.' Architect Tadeusz Sudol of the Roosevelt Island Visual Art As…
Roosevelt Island Art Bridges Two NYC Boroughs
New York, N.Y. Roosevelt Island has been much in the news as Cornell prepares to make it the East Coast's tech center. This narrow, 2.5 mile long island, opposite the U.N…
Georgette Sinclair’s Work to be Featured at NYC’s Salmagundi Club
By John Laing, edited by Jim Luce. “I first met the exceptionally talented Georgette Sinclair at the Roosevelt Island Visual Artists’ Association ( RIVAA ) that I have wa…