| Upcoming Exhibitions at Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection 5901 Palisade Avenue Riverdale, New York 10471 718.581.1596 Leonard Nones: Portraits of Resilience New Exhibition on View Special Viewing: Wednesday, February 26, 3:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. art@riverspring.org or 718 581-1596  A professional fashion and advertising photographer for fifty years, Leonard Nones (b. Philadelphia, 1930) has created a series of twenty-four portraits of his neighbors at RiverWalk, an independent living residence at RiverSpring Living, and at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale. Nones displays a lifetime of experience as a professional photographer in drawing out the vibrant expressions and animated spirits of his subjects. Portraits of Resilience reveal full and rich lives, individuals whose vitality and personalities come across, coaxed by Nones’s gentle directions. They show that while getting older has its challenges, this chapter of life is also a time of opportunity and growth, of wisdom and reflection, a time to make new friends, and to continue doing what you love. Image: Leonard Nones, Portraits of Resilience, from left to right: Rita Schliselberg, Icilda Mitchell, Jay and Judy Kopstein, Roberta Seidner, 2025. Archival pigment prints, 19 x 13 in. each. Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven New Exhibition on View Sunday, March 2 Reception and Artist’s Talk: Sunday, May 4, 1:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. art@riverspring.org or 718 581-1596  This exhibition features twenty-two paintings, pastels, and drawings by Shelley Haven that map the geologic history of rocks, cliffs, canyons, and ravines with layers of line, form, color, and tone. Haven, a Bronx-based artist, finds the complexity of rock formations a compelling inspiration that expresses nature’s resilient response to the challenges of time. Nature’s places of creative transformation and survival have been the focus of Haven’s studio practice for thirty years. She inspires others to be present and engaged in nature, to be healed and strengthened, and to advocate for its preservation. On view March 2–June 29, 2025. To learn more about the exhibition, click here. Image: Shelley Haven, Bash Bish Falls Remembered III, detail, 2018. Oil on linen, 30 x 40 in. Courtesy the artist. |
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