Events

3rd Annual “Hopper’s Nyack” Plein Air Pop-Up Week

• Location: Various locations throughout Nyack, NY

• A week-long series of outdoor painting events, workshops, receptions, and public activities celebrating outdoor painting (en plein air) across Nyack.

• Program Cost: Varies by individual event

1. “Hopper’s Nyack” Flash Sketch Mob

• Date & Time: Saturday, October 10, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

• Location: Edward Hopper House Museum and around Nyack, NY

• Description: Led by artist Bill Batson, participants create dynamic, interpretive new sketch views of Nyack outdoors in a group environment.

• Program Cost: $10 Members | $15 Public | $20 Household Members (up to 4) | $25 Families (up to 4)
• Led by Bill Batson,* participants will create dynamic and interpretive new views of Nyack. Centered on locations from Edward Hopper House’s Walking Tour, artists of all skill levels will create artworks en masse that capture the streetscape, places, sights, and people of the village. This project is rooted in the idea that Edward Hopper artistically responded to his environment, capturing both the history and contemporary experience of what he saw – so we encourage you to capture the environment through your own creative contemporary lens, too! *This event is modeled on the Flash Sketch Mob of 2012 and 2015 conceived and organized by Bill Batson.

3) “Hopper’s Nyack” Family Day Plein Air Workshop (Part of Plein Air Pop-Up Week)

• Date & Time: Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Rain Date: Sunday, October 18, 2026)

Location: Nyack Memorial Park, Nyack, NY 51 Piermont Avenue (park corner of Piermont and Depew), Nyack, NY 10960

Description: Presented in collaboration with the Creative Arts Workshop as part of Plein Air Week. A family-friendly outdoor painting session capturing the scenery around Memorial Park.

Cost: Free with RSVP

Families come to Memorial Park for an afternoon of family and children’s art making with plein-air painting of landscapes and objects in nature with acrylic paints. Instruction will be in partnership with Creative Arts Workshop! Adult artists of all skill levels are invited to bring their own supplies and materials to paint outdoors at the Park or throughout Nyack.

 

4) NEW- “Hopper’s Nyack” Adult Plein Air Painting Workshop

• Date & Time: Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Rain Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026)

• Location: Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center

• Description: An intensive outdoor painting masterclass co-taught by artists Susan Chen, Heidi Howard, and Susanna Coffey. Includes hands-on painting instruction followed by a mini-critique and reception in the Museum Garden.

• Cost: $200 Members | $250 General Public
• Pre-registration deadline: October 7, 2026. Limited to 20 artist participants.

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ArtsRock presents its 5th concert celebrating the power of music to change the world featuring a roster of artists including Tom Chapin, The Chapin Sisters, Suzanne Vega, Michael Mark, John Forster, Adam Falcon, Joe D’Urso, Andy Krikun, The Altogether, and more. Join us for an inspired and inspiring evening of music and community.

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New York City-based contemporary dance company Barkin/Selissen Project is dedicated to bringing people together through dance. Stardust Gallery, featuring acclaimed repertory and glimpses of the company’s newest work, is inspired by chance encounters and the mysteries that exist just beyond our understanding. It is an evening of imagination and discovery that celebrates the unexpected ways we find meaning, belonging, and connection.

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A performing  Arts Festival with 15 shows over 18 days in venues throughout Nyack

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The practice of mindfulness meditation cultivates a more peaceful mind, an awakened heart, and an ability to experience an enlivened presence in this moment. This one-hour weekly class (Tuesdays through December 8) will include teachings on mindfulness and meditation practice.

Suggested donation $15 per class or pay what you can.

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Edward Hopper House Museum’s annual Arts Education Benefit returns Sunday, October 4, at Renamor, a historic estate in Tuxedo Park, New York.

VIP “Artist’s Eye” Conversation: Presented by Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty, this year’s Benefit features an intimate “Artist’s Eye” conversation with James Prosek, artist, writer, and naturalist; Sarah Sockbeson, Penobscot artist; and Pieranna Cavalchini, Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Together, they’ll explore art, nature and our relationship to the natural world, themes at the heart of James Prosek: Memory, Trees & Shadows, currently on view at Edward Hopper House Museum.

Benefit Party: The afternoon continues with seasonal cocktails and light fare, auctions and more, all in support of arts education programs inspired by the legacy of Edward Hopper.

Sunday, October 4, 2026

“Artist’s Eye” Conversation: 2–3 PM

Benefit Party: 3–6 PM

Renamor, Tuxedo Park, NY

Learn more and reserve tickets at edwardhopperhouse.org

Parking and location details to be provided with Ticket / RSVP closer to event date

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