Mother's Day is nearly here. Want to spice up a day typically filled with chocolates, flowers, and (overpriced) special restaurant menus? The good folks at Washington Irving's Sunnyside are cooking up a treat that just might satisfy the need for a little diversity in your Mother's Day plans.
On Sunday, a dozen artists will be scattered throughout Sunnyside's romantic landscape, putting pen and brush to paper and creating new works on site, for a special Sunday event called Artists-on-the-Hudson.
Visitors are invited to come hang out, watch the artists work, and create their own masterpiece as well. You can drop in anytime from 10-5. There'll be a lemonade reception for the artists' finished works around 4.
No brunch plans? You've got options right on site. Geordanes of Irvington (yum yum) will provide a mix-and-match menu and all the fixings for a picnic lunch.
In the afternoon, there's even a bit of music, courtesy of the Singing Spring Sisters.
Why artists? Why here?
"Irving shared a common fascination of the Hudson Valley and its flora and fauna with Romantic artists like Thomas Cole and George Harvey," explains Dina Rose Friedman, site director of Sunnyside and an artistic sort herself.
"Many of those artists were inspired by the Hudson's landscape, so our event taps right into that tradition," she told HVBlogger.
Artists taking part include Jan Aiello of Croton, Barbara Barbieri of Garrison, Renee Edelman of Ossining, Vern Ford of Bedford Corners (and Blaze fame ), Elaine Friedman (Dina's mom. How cool!) of New Rochelle, Betsy Leitzes of Irvington, Margaret Leveson of Brooklyn, Ronnie Levine of Tarrytown, Constanza Mallol of Hastings, Doreen Picker of Peekskill (and Blaze fame ), Shelley Robinson of Sleepy Hollow, and Ella Yang of Brooklyn.
OK, I couldn't help posting this. Just in case you are on the fence about coming to Sheep-to-Shawl today (or tomorrow) at Philipsburg Manor, just try and resist this guy, who was snapped last week by one of our primary photographers, Bryan Haeffele.
