Legislaure to honor local artists
-
- March
- 17
The Rockland County Legislature will recognize five local artists whose works have been put on permanent display in the Allison-Parris County Office Building during a ceremony tomorrow.
The event will also recognize Avi Nagin, 17, of Pomona, a violinist who has been named concertmaster of the New York State Youth Symphony.
The gathering will mark the new displays of art by photographer Ned Harris, sculptor Eric David Laxman, and painters James Kimak, Eleanor Grace Miller and Michael Iskowitz. Each has art work on exhibit at the Legislature’s offices, including the public waiting room and workers’ offices. 
The displays are the result of the county’s “Percent for Art Law,” Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, D-West Nyack, said. The law was passed by the Legislature in 1986 and incorporates the selection and placement of artwork into construction projects on county government property. Cornell said the Legislature’s lobby and offices were chosen following the renovation of those spaces, a project undertaken in 2006.
Nagin will perform during the ceremony Wednesday, and Cornell said there would be a short slide show highlighting the various art on view publicly at county-government buildings and property.
Legislators Connie Coker, D-South Nyack, and Ilan Schoenberger, D-Wesley Hills, will present Nagin with the legislature’s distinguished service award.
The public can attend the 6:15 p.m. ceremony.
We’ll have a story on the event with more details about the Percent for Art program in The Journal News and on LoHud.com tomorrow.
Above: Laxman works on a sculpture of welded steel and stone called “Plow” in this 2006 photo by Journal News staffer Mark Vergari.
This entry was posted
on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 at 2:48 pm by Laura Incalcaterra. 
Print
| 
Email
