JOIN US FOR PEEKSKILL's OPEN STUDIO June 2-3, 2012

Peekskill Art’s Alliance Presents
15th Annual PEEKSKILL OPEN STUDIOS
Sat & Sun, June 2 & 3, 2012 - 12 to 5 pm

Free maps, & information available at the Jan Peek Gazebo @ Division St. & Park Ave., Peekskill, NY
55 minutes from Grand Central on the Metro North Hudson line.
MEET ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, DANCERS & POETS WHO AREN’T MOVING TO BUSHWICK

On the first weekend of June 2012, Peekskill’s expanding creative community will again open their studios and performance spaces to host a weekend of more than 100 visual & performing artists, 15 special exhibitions in galleries and a crafts fair. Browse studios, shops and galleries by day, wine tasting, dining & music all evening.
Peekskill’s unique artist loft program offers affordable live/work space to visual artists, performers and poets who earn their living through creative practice. Work will range from traditional and contemporary, paintings, sculptures, video art, photography, installation art, ceramics, prints, drawings and performances. There will also be an outdoor arts & craft fair on Esther St., directly across from the Paramount Center for the Arts.
Artists, performers and writers in their studios provide the core attraction for this free City-wide event.

List of participating Museums, Galleries and Non-Profit Arts Organizations:

  • The Bean Runner Café, exhibit & music
  • The Energy Movement Center
  • The Flatiron Gallery
  • The Field Library Gallery
  • The Garden Gallery at Hudson Valley Health Care Center, outdoor sculpture
  • The Hart Island Project, Non-profit arts organization
  • The H-Art Gallery at Steel Imaginations
  • Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art: Entry free of charge for Open Studios.
  • Hudson Valley Hospital – Art for Health - Paramount Center for the Arts Upper Gallery
  • The Peekskill Clay Studios at the Hat Factory - Peekskill Coffee House, exhibit & music
  • “Peekskill Artists: Off the Beaten Track” – studios surrounding the Historic Downtown Artists District
  • Performance Art in the Downtown Area
  • Studio No. 9 – fine art and furniture - Westchester Community College Gallery


Maps for self-guided tours will be provided at Jan Peek Gazebo and other locations. - Images available on request. Guided tours of artist’s district studios will leave from the Jan Peek Gazebo at the intersection of Division and Park Streets at 1:00 & 3:00 p.m. each day.

Open Studio sponsors include the Peekskill BID, the City of Peekskill and businesses throughout the area. For a complete sponsor list see website: Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce