Hastings-on-Hudson Arts Commission

05/22/2026

Allen M. Hart grew up in Washington Heights, walking through the woods down to the Hudson River, collecting Lenape arrowheads along the way. That curiosity and wonder never left him. 🌿

🎉 Hart showed his work at Upstream Gallery and Blue Door Gallery, and was beloved by everyone who crossed his path. He worked on his art every single day until the end of his life. See more of Allen’s work on his website: allenmhart.com

You may also order a copy of his book, Allen M. Hart: A Painter’s Life and Work, at www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1775490

🖼️ His paintings are on view now through June 2nd at Hastings Village Hall Gallery; oil paintings, pen and ink, and mixed media that glow with jewel-like intensity.

Come meet the work of a man who gave everything to his art and his community.

04/28/2026

Did you read the great coverage in the Dispatch about our current artist, Allen Hart? 👏

In her Yonkers apartment, Millie Hart, who is 99 years old, keeps her late husband Allen’s legacy alive by displaying and maintaining his vast body of artwork. Twelve years after the prolific painter’s passing, Millie and her two sons are offering the community a glimpse into his expressionist canvases through an exhibit at Hastings’ Village Hall Gallery, which opened April 10 and continues through June 2.

Read more on our website with the link in our bio.

04/07/2026

Come celebrate the art and life of Allen M. Hart this Sunday!

🎨 His paintings and works on paper pull you into a world where myth, memory, and the absurd collide; expressionistic landscapes, vivid animal portraits, and self-portraits glazed with jewel-like intensity. Bold, prolific, and endlessly curious, Hart worked on his art every day until the end of his life.

See more of Allen’s work on his website: http://allenmhart.com

You may also order a copy of his book, Allen M. Hart: A Painter’s Life and Work, at https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1775490

Allen M. Hart
🖼 Expressions: real and absurd
🗓 Sun, April 12th
⏰ 4:00–6:00pm
📍 Hastings Village Hall Gallery, 7 Maple Ave
🎉 Light Refreshments | Free event | Open to all
On view April 10—June 2

03/27/2026

This Sunday, join Neil Lavey for an inside look at his current exhibit — pulling back the curtain on the techniques, locations, and layered stories behind the work.

Talk + Tour with Neil Lavey
🖼️ River Dreamer: Recent Work
📅 Sunday, March 29th
⏰ Meet the artist at 1:30pm | Talk begins at 2pm
📍 Hastings Village Hall Gallery, 7 Maple Ave
🎉 Free & open to all

Lavey — a Dobbs Ferry native and Cooper Union grad — works across oil painting, watercolor, and sculpture, including new experimental pieces developed through 3D printing. He’ll speak to the techniques, the places that inspire his watercolors, and the humor woven into his oils.

🖼️Exhibition on view through April 3rd.

03/16/2026

Join Neil Lavey for an inside look at his current exhibit — pulling back the curtain on the techniques, locations, and layered stories behind the work.

Talk + Tour with Neil Lavey
🖼️ River Dreamer: Recent Work
📅 Sunday, March 29th
⏰ Meet the artist at 1:30pm | Talk begins at 2pm
📍 Hastings Village Hall Gallery, 7 Maple Ave
🎉 Free & open to all

Lavey — a Dobbs Ferry native and Cooper Union grad — works across oil painting, watercolor, and sculpture, including new experimental pieces developed through 3D printing. He’ll speak to the techniques, the places that inspire his watercolors, and the humor woven into his oils.

🖼️Exhibition on view through April 3rd.

02/24/2026

🌊 Step into Neil Lavey ’s River Dreamer at the Hastings Village Hall Gallery (and out of the cold) —and it’s a full-range look at an artist who’s not afraid to experiment.

👉 One of the standout parts of this new work is a set of new experimental 🗿 sculptural works developed through 3D printing at , in White Plains. Exploring form, volume and surface through contemporary process 👨‍🎨 while staying grounded in classical sculptural and bronze casting thinking.

02/07/2026

Thank you Rivertowns Dispatch for sharing Neil Lavey's story!
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“My style is reminiscent of artists like Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton, from the 1930s,” he said. “I playfully call it early American testosterone. There’s a fair amount of big, bulky men in my work. That’s no accident.”
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Opening reception at the Hastings Village Hall Gallery tomorrow, Sun, Feb 8th 3:00–5:00pm

01/29/2026

Hastings! The Rivertowns! Everybody! You’re invited! 🖼️✨

Come say hi, bring a friend and get lost in the dream. 👋

Join us for the 🎉 opening reception of Neil Lavey’s River Dreamer at Hastings Village Hall Gallery.

🌊 Over 30 new works will be on view from this Rivertowns-based artist, Dobbs Ferry native, Cooper Union grad whose practice moves between painting, illustration and sculpture—with decades of visual storytelling behind every piece.

Opening Reception
🗓️ Sun, Feb 8th
⏰ 3:00–5:00pm
📍 Hastings Village Hall Gallery, 7 Maple Ave
🎉 Light refreshments • Free event • Open to all

01/14/2026

⏳ Final weeks to experience Kit Demirdelen’s powerful exhibition of color and form.

Closing Jan 31, this show brings together ceramics, punch-needle rugs, and watercolor in a deeply personal exploration of memory, change, and creative ritual.

✨One highlight✨ a piece started 20 years ago after the birth of Kit’s daughter and completed this year — a poignant bridge between the past and the present.
Visit before it’s gone.

📍 Hastings Village Hall Gallery
7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson

Kit Shapiro Demirdelen

12/29/2025

🧵 Don’t miss this extraordinary blend of color : forms now on view at the Hastings Village Hall Gallery.

✨🎨 The pieces in this exhibition were created over the past year, a year that was challenging for the artist,Kit Shapiro Demirdelen . The act of making became a safe space, a way to process political turmoil, global instability and personal transition. The result is work that holds both vulnerability and strength, grounded in repetition, labor, and the meditative nature of craft.

On view through Jan 31, 2026 — take time to experience this thoughtful, moving exhibition.