David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
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December 2, 2025
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Into Light, RIVAA’s Holiday Show Opens on Saturday
The Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association (RIVAA) invites the community to RIVAA Gallery for our annual Holiday Show. “Come celebrate the season with us, give a gift of art and make art a part of your holidays,” the artists’ collective…
Art and Artists Dance Past Fumbling RIOC in Winning Fall for Arts
On a chilly autumn day, the art and artists animated Fall for Arts 2022, dancing through and painting over RIOC’s miscues. Powered by the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association (RIVAA) and Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance (MSTDA), the show…
Is Fall For Arts Failing This Year Because of RIOC Neglect?
Fall for Arts failing this year seemed likely from its belated start and now seems more so. An email blast from RIOC, its primary sponsor hints at chaos and disconnection. After dumping the project on an ill-equipped partner, RIVAA, the…
Three Solos Opens Tuesday at Gallery RIVAA
Three Solos, an exciting new exhibit featuring three veteran artists opens the doors at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, on Tuesday, September 6th. Then, come Saturday, the artists – AnneMarie Dannenberg, Piotr Roland Olszewski and Victoria Thorson –…
Saving Fall for Arts 2022. RIVAA To The Rescue
Fall for Arts 2022 was in jeopardy last month. RIOC‘s troubled President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes told managers that he was canceling the event. The meeting was in his bunker on the second floor of Blackwell House. But members of the…
Affordable Art Weekend at Gallery RIVAA
Come and visit us at Gallery RIVAA for our Affordable Art Weekend coming up this Friday evening from 6-9 pm, Saturday and Sunday from 11-5pm August 26, 27, and 28, 2022 with arts and crafts. Your purchases go toward supporting…
A New Leader for the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association
This week, The Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association (RIVAA) elected a new president. She is Sandra Gavelyte, an architect, born in Lithuania. She replaces RIVAA founder Tad Sudol. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News In Gavelyte, RIVAA has…
Liu Shiming “Sculpting the Chinese Spirit” Opening
On Saturday, May 21st, 2022, Sculpting the Chinese Spirit: Vitality in Stillness, featuring works by Liu Shiming, opened at Gallery RIVAA. It’s significant because, for the first time, a museum in China lent its work for exhibit on Roosevelt Island….
Liu Shiming Exhibit at Gallery RIIVAA on Roosevelt Island
The Liu Shiming exhibition at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, opens Saturday, May 21st at 2:00 p.m. The works are from the Liu Shiming Foundation Museum in China. The opening is at 2 PM tomorrow, May 21st. According…
Vernissage 21 opened last night with joy and sorrow
Last evening, when Vernissage 21 opened at Gallery RIVAA, a community eager for art after two years of restrictions packed the space. Roosevelt Island shook off the pandemic and embraced visual art. But the blessings mixed with loss. by David…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor