MAXWELL FINE ARTS, after a nine month “sabbatical” will reopen on September 11, 2009 with its contribution to Peekskill’s Quadricentennial Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of our glorious Hudson River. This contribution is entitled the WaterProject@MFA, which will be occurring at several sites throughout the City of Peekskill, and includes the following:

Waters of Change Video Still by GeneFree Production Marcy B. Freeman and Gene Panczenko

In MAXWELL FINE ARTS Sculpture Garden and Parking Lot:

Video Screening:  Friday, September 11, 2009, 8:30-10:30 PM (Rain Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 8:30-10:30 PM):

A free, outdoor video program curated by two local artists, Marcy B. Freedman and Gene Panczenko, including a screening event called WET! and an installation called IMMERSION..

WET! features short videos by emerging and established artists from around the country, carefully selected by Freedman and Panczenko, that investigate the majesty of water, its uncontrolled, destructive, metaphorical and aesthetic qualities, each video being projected onto the exterior wall of the carriage house gallery in an hour long “flowing” program.

IMMERSION is a brand new multi-channel, site-specific installation by Gene Panczenko, that will allow viewers to experience water in a completely new and unexpected way, being projected in and through the MAXWELL FINE ARTS Sculpture Garden, and onto the 'Collaborative Concepts’ sculptures, garden walls and stone terraces.

This video program,WET! and IMMERSION, is for one night only, and is free and open to the public.

MAXWELL FINE ARTS is an art gallery located in a renovated Victorian carriage house, c.1860, and an attached sculpture garden in the artist district of Peekskill, New York. This exhibition space presents unique and original works of contemporary art by emerging and established artists. All exhibitions are curated by Bill Maxwell, Dana DeVito and invited guest curators.

MAXWELL FINE ARTS is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 noon to 5 pm, and by appointment. Its location is conveniently accessible by auto and public transportation at the junction of Routes 6, 35 and 202.

For further information contact: Bill Maxwell or Dana DeVito, Co-Directors of MFA, 914-737-8622, info@maxwellfinearts.com.