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If artworks and honeybees had ears, they would feel the great vibrations of the concerts that took place during this exhibition.
This is the last week for the show and although no concert, we would love to see you!
Please join us and celebrate the last evening of NATURE
Spring – the joyous beginning of the natural cycle makes people radiant, light at heart, hopeful, and sometimes sweetly pained.
Songs about spring have proliferated from ancient to modern times.
Asako will sing wonderful art songs from around the world. She will be joined by David Holkeboer on a beautiful Steinway grand piano and clarinetist Christa Somers.
Please join us to enjoy these beautiful songs of spring on the day of the new moon, surrounded by beautiful flower-themed paintings and sculptures by Judi Harvest.
We are excited and honored to announce that the famous soprano Asako Tamura will present a Solo Recital ~Flowers, Spring, and Moon~at the beautiful Stride Arts Gallery on Thursday, March 31st, 2022. This is the first soprano concert in our Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series!
Asako has performed a wide variety of roles in Europe and the USA since she sang with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, and Luciano Pavarotti as the female soloist in the Three Tenors Concert in Yokohama before the World Cup Championship 2002. Recently she was honored to sing the National Anthem as the first foreign opera singer at the Exhibition Game of the Yankees vs the Nationals.
We're excited to announce the New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS)
will be back at Stride Arts Gallery on Thursday, March 17 at 6 pm, and present you with an inspirational concert in collaboration with the Sullivan String Quartet, including the music of Dvorak, Shostakovich, and Schubert.
Throughout it all you will be surrounded by exquisite artworks by Judi Harvest - the abstract paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and multimedia works that tell stories behind the beautiful solo Exhibition “Nature”.
03.08.2022 Thank You and See You Soon
Dedications and Inspirations Violin & Piano Duo Recital
We look forward to seeing you for Judi Harvest: NATURE exhibition at Stride Arts, on view March 3- April 8th
and the two upcoming concerts in the gallery
Thursday, March 10th and Thursday, March, 17th, 6-9 pm
02.28.2022 You Are Cordially Invited! Concert and Exhibition Opening
Terra String Quarte x Judi Harvest
Join us on March 3, 6:00 pm at Stride Arts galleryfor a beautiful chamber concert Memories and Modernity performed by the Terra String Quartet and an eye-opening solo art exhibition Nature by Judi Harvest.
The Stride Arts series, Modern Art Meets Chamber Music, continues into this new year. We await the sparks these artists will create to ignite our passions for music and art in 2022.
02.25.2022 Upcoming Concert Memories and Modernity & Exhibition Opening: NATURE
The Stride Arts series, Modern Art Meets Chamber Music, continues into this new year with Memories and Modernity, a concert by The Terra String Quartet, on the opening night of Judi Harvest’s Solo Exhibition, Nature. We await the sparks these artists will create to ignite our passions for music and art in 2022.
02.24.2022 Thank You and See You Soon
Our heartfelt thanks go out to all of you who made The Fifteenth Annual ABC Gala and Stride Arts’ collaborative exhibition Breaking New Ground, a complete success. With the theme of “Women in the Arts” and an evening that included works by Janet Goldner, Judi Harvest, Kristina Kossi, Geraldine Neuwirth, Seanna Noonan, and Sarah Walko, performances by ABC laureates of works by women composers, and a celebration honoring 97 year-old pianist Ruth Slenczynska surrounding the release of her latest CD, My Life in Music, we are grateful for your support in helping Stride Arts and the Alexander & Buono Foundation bring to the public what many have described as a thoroughly enjoyable, memorable, and satisfying evening.
02.22.2022 You Are Cordially Invited!
Memories and Modernity The Terra String Quartet & Solo Exhibition: Nature
The Stride Arts series, Modern Art Meets Chamber Music, continues into this new year with Memories and Modernity, a concert by The Terra String Quartet, on the opening night of Judi Harvest’s Solo Exhibition, Nature. We await the sparks these artists will create to ignite our passions for music and art in 2022.
01.18.2022 You are cordially invited: Bach & Brew!
As part of Fifteenth Annual ABC Gala, presented by the Alexander & Buono Foundation, Stride Arts is pleased to announce “Breaking New Ground,” its newly curated exhibition being held at Stride Arts Gallery February 17-27, 2022.
The exhibition theme is “Women in the Arts” and celebrates female visual and performing artists who, past and present, define and expand the world’s artistic vision through their contributions as performers, composers, painters, and sculptors.
01.18.2022 You are cordially invited: Bach & Brew!
Stride Arts is excited to invite you to aTonalHit's special concert, Bach & Brew! Violinist Katha Zinn and pianist Illya Filshtinskiy will be returning to our gallery, along with clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich, to bring a night of Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Bartok, and McKinley. Equally appealing will be their homebrewed beer, ginger ale, and kombucha, free while they last! Come for a night of fun, light drinking, and music surrounded by beautiful pieces of art at the Stride Arts gallery! Please see all event details below.
12.01.2021 You Are Cordially Invited! Winter Rhapsody
Piano Duo Concer & End-of-the-year 2021 Exhibition
As we approach the final month of 2021 and the beloved holiday season, Stride Art’s Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series has accompanied you from spring to winter. From the day when New York City finally allowed our space to reopen to the public to now, from Awakening to The End of Time, our gallery has been home to countless moments of artistic enrichment and musical delight. We are honored to have provided a center for art, friends, conversation, and passion.
Let us gather once again before the holidays for a spectacular Winter Rhapsody, the seventh episode of our series and the last concert and the art exhibition opening of 2021. The concert will be brought to us by Shelest Piano Duo, a husband and wife team praised for their "stirring performances of rare repertory" by Fanfare Magazine. At the same time, The End of the Year 2021 Exhibition will represent all Stride Arts artists and pay tribute to an incredible 2021! Let us collectively show a most sincere thank you to all our friends, audience members, and collectors.
11.16.2021 You Are Cordially Invited! Speaking the Language of Music
Conversation with composer William Goldstein and host/ violinist Peiwen Liao
We are excited to announce renowned Hollywood composer William Goldstein will chat with the host and violinist Peiwen Liao at the Stride Arts Gallery on November 30, 7 pm as part of the Music Conversations, A Stride Art Series. We will explore the topic of instant composition and invite the audience to participate with Mr. Goldstein on stage together. Series director and violinist Peiwen Liao will conduct an informal on-stage conversation with Mr. Goldstein, followed by a musical performance between the two musicians, and end the event with a Q&A session with the audience.
11.11.2021 You Are Cordially Invited! ~Navigating Art ~ A Stride Arts Education Series
We are excited to announce the start of an art education series at Stride Arts called Navigating Art. Starting on November 17, 2021. We will offer 1-hour lectures on Wednesday nights and 2-hours art workshops on Saturday afternoons. These lectures and workshops will teach a variety of subjects in art history and give you an opportunity learn to produce different styles of art yourself with the guidance of a professional artist. You will receive information about this through our e-newsletter. We are beyond thrilled that Ms. Michelle Platnik will be leading the start of this series. She is not only an accomplished artist but also a passionate and experienced educator who cares deeply about sharing her wealth of knowledge in art history and practice.
10.12.2021
You Are Cordially Invited! THE END OF TIME Concert Theater & IN THE AIR Art Exhibition Opening
Join Stride Arts in welcoming Hallo-weekend this year with a most unique episode of the Modern Arts Meets Chamber Music series: The End of Time by Salon Séance and In The Air by artist Kerstin Roolfs. From a comfortable gallery exhibiting abstract, automatic drawings and paintings by Kerstin Roolfs, dive into the history and emotional depth of classical music through a séance conducted in the form of concert theater. Creatively curated by world-class artists of numerous disciplines, Salon Séance’s special program delivers a connection between the soul and classical music one can only experience for themself. Surrounding this special musicianship will be Kerstin Roolfs’ abstract watercolor series and her newest works inspired by the pandemic. Let us celebrate Halloween in séance-inspired attire as we trace through the automatic, free-spirited strokes of Roolf’s works and embark on a timeless musical journey with Salon Séance.
09.05.2021 You Are Cordially Invited! MOON A Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival
The Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series presents MOON, a violin recital by Peiwen Liao and a photography exhibition opening by Peter Andrew Jeschke.
Come join us for the Mid-Autumn Festival/Moon Festival with our artist and musicians as we honor this holiday with music of celebration, love, and nostalgia. You will be treated to music by American female composer Amy Beach, German composer Johannes Brahms, and a selection of treasured Chinese songs. The charm in Amy Beach’s Romance is perhaps one of its greatest assets as it tugs away at your heartstrings throughout the work. Brahms’s passion, fueled perhaps by his forbidden love for Clara Schumann, is on full display in his Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor. And lastly, this medley of Chinese pieces takes the listeners deep into the themes of homecoming, community, and love – all of which are central to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Perhaps, at the end of this concert, you will come away with a bountiful “harvest” of music and enrichment. Throughout it all you will be surrounded by exquisite artworks by Peter Andrew Jeschke that tell stories behind the meaning of the Moon Festival.
08.16.2021 You Are Cordially Invited! SHADOWS: A Cabaret & Art Exhibition
The Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series at Stride Arts presents Shadows: A Cabaret performed by bass-baritone Robert Osborne and pianist Xu Cheng. Shadows features songs of love and revolution, crime and corruption, exile and experiment, danger and loneliness in an international Cabaret. You will hear renowned songs by Kurt Weill, Franz Waxman, Friedrich Hollaender, Mischa Spoliansky, Giovanni D’Anzi, Cesare Bixio, Marc Blitzstein, William Bolcom, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and others. Join bass-baritone Robert Osborne and pianist Xu Cheng on a musical tour of some of the darker, more obsessive and more sinister paths of popular song from the 1920’s to 1940’s.
Accompanying the music will be a Stride Arts collection of modern artworks that tell stories about life, nature, and human nature.
07.30.2021 A Night of Live Piano and Live Painting
Congratulations to Stride Arts for successfully hosting the fourth exhibition opening and concert in the Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series this summer. Thank you for coming to 「Romantic Landscapes」 Solo Piano Concert by Sandro Russo and 「Melody in Smoke」Exhibition Opening by Mher Khachatryan at Stride Arts.Congratulations to the piano prince of our night, Mr. Sandro Russo, on a wonderful and full of romance piano solo concert, with the two brilliant artists who collaborate in a live, spontaneous painting session as an encore. In the beautiful piano melody of Sandro, Mher created an oil painting in only 2 minutes. What is even more amazing is that when the painting was turned 180 degrees, the audience instantly realized that he was painting a pair of hands playing the piano! Stride Arts and the audience expressed their most beautiful thanks! Thank you to our talented artist and musician for blessing a full audience with powerful live art and good sound, technique live music. Congratulations to Mr. Mher Khachatryan on a bustling exhibition opening.
07.13.2021 You are cordially invited!
Romantic Landscapes Solo Piano Concert & Melody in Smoke Art Exhibition Opening
The Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series continues with a solo piano concert, Romantic Landscapes, adorning the exhibition opening of Melody in Smoke by New York-based Armenian painter Mher Khachatryan. Italian-born pianist Sandro Russo, acclaimed for his profound sense of poetry and distinctive style, will present a rich collection of Romantic masterpieces, featuring works by Schumann, Chopin, as well as four of the most dazzling and highly evocative Transcendental Etudes by Liszt. Surrounding the music will be Mher Khachatryan’s mesmerizing interpretation of the lingering connection between darkness and light, the living and the dead, the past and the present: smoke. Created from extinguished flame, smoke carries the remnants of light and life, hinting life’s fragility. Through masterful oil painting, Khachatryan’s captures the ethereal, delicate, and elusive nature of smoke, reminding us to stay connected to this world and the one beyond.
06.21.2021 You are cordially invited! Vibrancy
The third exhibition opening of our Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series, Vibrancy, will feature a salon concert performed by The New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS). The artistic highlight of Vibrancy features two creatively and visually inspired female artists: Katherine Maude Thomas and Sara Sill.
Join us on July 1st, 6:00 pm for the opening reception of Vibrancy and enjoy an evening of tangible art and heartwarming live music.
06.09.2021 You are cordially invited! A Midsummer's Night's Dream
As the second exhibition of our Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series, the opening exhibition of A Midsummer's Night's Dream will feature a private concert performed by the founders of aTonalHits,Illya Filshtinskiy (piano) and Katha Zinn (violin). The powerful team of artists at Stride Arts will bring you works of different art forms and different expression styles but full of summer enthusiasm, while aTonalHits ‘s music will bring us on a trip to celebrate midsummer! Join us on June 17th, 6:00 pm for the opening reception of A Midsummer's Night's Dream and enjoy an evening of eye-opening art and heartwarming live music.
06.04.2021 Art and Music Awakened Everyone
Congratulations to Stride Arts for successfully hosting the first exhibition opening and concert in the Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series this summer.Thank you for coming to Awakening: A Celebration of Spring! It was an unforgettable reopening for Stride Arts, and we hope you had a very enjoyable evening filled with inspiring art and music!
5.18.2021 You are cordially invited! Awakening Exhibition Opening
As America slowly but surely emerges from over a year of quarantine and social distancing, Stride Arts eagerly welcomes the full return of art lovers to our gallery by launching a series of cross-collaboration between modern art and classical music. We are passionate about bringing you the simple pleasures in life we have been so deprived of over the past year: live music, tangible art, and fulfilling social interaction. Follow Stride Arts for a summer of exquisite art accompanied by virtuosic chamber music, as we feature a new contemporary artist and renowned musician every two to three weeks.
4.22.2021 Earth Day: Environmental Advocacy Through Art
On this Earth Day, Stride Arts is honored to present Mr. Stephen Hall, whose captivating paintings scream the importance of environmental sustainability. Let us take these powerful artworks as a warning and awaken everyone to love and protect our planet!
3.16.2021 Happy East
No need to hunt, the sales are here!
Hope these wonderful woodcarving works will bring happiness to your life this spring
Born on Penghu Island, living and working in Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Chih-Hui Chuang has been a professional artist for over 30 years.Chuang displays a unique skill which combines painting with wood carving, to “paint as carving and carve as painting” as described by art critic Huang Zu Yin. Chuang knows intimately how to present twisted and overlapping spaces in his creations - images that are restructured after bold deconstruction. Through fantasy images, audiences can see Chuang’s philosophy of life and find a way to an internal world.
3.08.2021 Celebrate International Women's Day
“Collective action and shared ownership for driving gender parity is what makes International Women's Day impactful. Gloria Steinem, world-renowned feminist, journalist and activist once explained "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights." So make International Women's Day your day and do what you can to truly make a positive difference for women.”
2.11.2021 Happy Lunar New Year
The spring festival celebrating the Year of the Ox is upon us!
The traditional 15 daylong festival is also the most important time in the Asian lunar calendar and carries special significance for the year ahead. The ox is a symbol of strength, honesty, confidence, wealth and prosperity, exactly what the world needs after a year of upheaval and anxiety!
1.1.2021| Looking Forward to 2021
With the challenges of 2020 behind us we’re more grateful than ever to our Stride Arts’community. We’re eager to set our eyes to the future with optimism for what 2021 holds. In 2021 Stride Arts plans many great programs featuring exciting emerging and established artists. We can’t wait to share more wonderful art and inspiration with our audience.
12.2.2020 | Artist of the Week Chu Okoli
Chu Okoli is a world-renowned Houston based visual artist trained in classical drawing and painting. He takes inspiration from his background as a sculptor, installation artist, designer, writer, innovator and visionary and has forged a new style in painting using concentric circles as a filter through which he sees the universe and the world around him.
11.25.2020 |Giving Thanks In 2020
The holiday season is a social season – which looks and feels very different this year. Give thanks and send love by gifting loved ones a great piece of art in 2020. Stride Arts’ Holiday Art Selection features a wonderful variety of artwork by our amazing new artists.
11.18.2020 |Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving will be here soon. This time around things will be different given that most of us won’t be able to gather with our loved ones to celebrate. We want you to know that we are here with you and we want to thank you for being with us throughout these difficult times. Your support means a great deal to us.