The Rye’sAbove butterfly sculptures debuted on the Village Green Thursday, bringing a second year of public art, climate awareness and scholarship funds to the community. About eighty people, including a flight of public officials, came out to witness the organizers from Rye Rotary and the Rye Arts Center unveil these oversize pollinators. “I want to […]
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Oversized Pollinators To Land on Village Green Thursday
The Rye’sAbove butterfly sculptures debut on the Village Green this Thursday at 11am. Last Friday, organizers from Rye Rotary and the Rye Arts Center were out tending to these oversize pollinators so they are ready for your viewing pleasure later this week. After the butterfly sculptures are kept on public display, they will be auctioned […]
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Rye’sAbove Butterfly Sculptures Debut on Village Green August 11th
The unveiling of this year’s “Rye’sAbove” butterfly sculptures will be held on Thursday, August 11th on the Village Green at 11:00am. The event is open to the public. Organized by the Rotary Club of Rye and The Rye Arts Center, the sculpture display debuted last year for the first time. After the butterfly sculptures are […]
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Alvin Clayton Exhibit Coming to Rye Arts Center
In celebration of Black History Month, the Rye Arts Center will open the the exhibit Alvin and Friends on Thursday, January 13th. The show will feature artist Alvin Clayton and highlight emerging Black artists from the region. Clayton is a Trinidad-born artist, owner of Alvin and Friends restaurant in New Rochelle, model, and Renaissance man […]
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Rye’sAbove Butterfly Auction Raises $29K for Rotary & Art Center Programs
On Tuesday evening, the Rye’sAbove butterfly auction at the Wainwright House raised $29,420 to benefit the scholarship and educational programs of the Rye Rotary and the Rye Arts Center. The 36 butterflies, that spend the summer adorning the village green and various Purchase Street storefronts, garnered more than 400 bids. The highest bid was $4,500 […]
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Rye’sAbove Butterflies Take Flight in September Fundraiser
You have walked or driven by the Rye’sAbove larger-than-life butterflies in the village green. Now you have an opportunity to take a butterfly home while funding programming of our local non-profits. The Rotary Club of Rye and The Rye Arts Center announced the “Rye’sAbove” program will conclude at a benefit and close of auction event […]
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PIMP’ing Butterflies from the Village Green
Paint In My Passion (PIMP) Artists Evan Bishop is just one of the artists that created the several dozen butterflies you can see across Rye’s village green and aflutter in stores up and down Purchase Street. In his butterfly creation, Bishop PIMPs (“Paint in My Passion”) by celebrating hip hop. Watch the video below to […]
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“Rye’sAbove” Butterfly Project Debuts on Village Green
The “Rye’sAbove” butterfly project, announced this past March, debuted on the village green last Wednesday. The medium and large butterflies will be on display throughout the summer on the green and twenty five small butterflies will be displayed at Rye businesses until September. An online auction for the butterflies will raise funds to benefit the educational […]
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Pride Mural Unveiled at Rye Town Park
Late Wednesday afternoon, an inventive, expressive and bright Pride mural was unveiled at Rye Town Park. The mural, to be on display in the park through July 4th, was created by over twenty students under the direction of Rye Arts Center teacher and muralist Ann Ladd. A crowd of fifty people heard comments from pRYEde […]
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Rotary & Arts Center Aflutter on Butterfly Art Project
Large metal butterflies will take over Purchase Street and the village green this summer. This is not some new sci-fi version of The Birds. It is an art project collaboration between the Rotary Club of Rye and The Rye Arts Center designed to raise money for art and educational programming. Inspired by a successful program […]