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:

In MAXWELL FINE ARTS Sculpture Garden:
Public Opening Reception: Friday, September 11, 2009, 6:30-8:30 PM (Rain Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 6:30-8:30 PM):
An outdoor sculpture and installation exhibition entitled TRIBUTARIES curated by Hudson Valley’s Collaborative Concepts, a not-for-profit, artist-run organization that has sponsored exhibitions in the Hudson Valley since 1999. The group is concurrently hosting “Collaborative Concepts at Saunders Farm” in Garrison, NY as well as “Collaborative Concepts at The Hat Factory’s Art Lot,” on North Division Street in Peekskill. read more...

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. read more...

MAXWELL FINE ARTS @ THE PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill.
“UNDERTOW: Thinking Water,” photographic images of water by six artists. August 28 to October 24, 2009, with a closing reception, 2:00–4:00 PM, October 24, 2009:
A photography exhibition entitled “UNDERTOW: Thinking Water,” curatedby Bill Maxwell and Dana DeVito, Co-Directors of MAXWELL FINE ARTS and installed at the Upper View Gallery in the Paramount Center for the Arts. read more...

In and through the City of Peekskill:
September 11, 2009 through November, 2009:
Lisa Prown and Curt Belshe’s site-specific CRITTERS signage project opens throughout the City of Peekskill, up from the Hudson River, through MAXWELL FINE ARTS and onto the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA). read more...