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March 9 - April 30, 2007

The Hebrew Home at Riverdale is pleased to announce its latest exhibition Ode to Spring: Drawings, Prints & Photographs which features recent gifts to the Home’s permanent collection and includes a varied selection of works by contemporary artists Ingrid Calame, Jane Kent, Sean Scully, Jane Hammond, Benjamin Edwards, Cedric Smith, and Steve Giovinco.

The works exemplify each artist’s unique style and range from Jane Hammond’s still life hand-colored relief print to Ingrid Calame’s lyrical abstract work on paper. Steve Giovinco’s landscape photographs capture the beauty and stillness of nature. Cedric Smith’s photographs of deliberately placed vintage snapshots juxtaposed within contemporary settings produce striking visual commentary on race in the rural South. Benjamin Edwards is an artist who uses urban images, adapting them into fragmented and futuristic works to create pictures familiar to the eye, yet original in their crisp, science fiction-esque tableaux.

The exhibit will be on view from March 9 - April 30, 2007 where it is open to the public free of charge from 10 – 4 pm daily. Spring is a time for renewal and re-awakening, and the work in this exhibit, whether a “conventional” still life of flowers in a vase or the quiet, focused imagery of Sean Scully’s black and red grid, feels new, vital, and full of promise.

As a member of the American Association of Museums, the Home is committed to exhibiting contemporary and modern works of art. The Hebrew Home at Riverdale, which houses a collection of 20th century art, is a nonprofit, non-sectarian geriatric center serving more than 3,000 elderly persons through its resources and community service programs. Its 19-acre main campus overlooks the Hudson River at 5901 Palisade Avenue in Riverdale. For further information regarding the exhibition or The Hebrew Home’s art collection, contact the Curator’s Department at (718) 581-1596 or the Public Relations Department at (718) 581-1225.