Welcome
In September 2006, this spectacular venue for the display and study of artwork in every imaginable medium replaced the Concordia Gallery, which had been mounting exhibitions for 30 years. This year the Gallery will offer an exciting calendar of exhibitions, lectures, and programs for all ages. The OSilas Gallery is free and open to the public.
View the complete listing of currently scheduled of events for 2008 - 2009.
Planning Your Visit to the Gallery
The OSilas Gallery Welcomes Educators!
Contact us to create a program tailored for your needs. We offer private tours, workshops or professional development programs for both educators and their students. Contact Director Patricia Miranda for more info at 914-337-9300 x2173.
Lectures, receptions, and films are free and open to public. No reservations are required. Ample, free parking is available on the Concordia College campus.
The OSilas Gallery is located in the Donald A. Krenz Academic Center on the second level of Scheele Memorial Library on Concordia College's Bronxville campus.
| Gallery hours: | |
| Monday-Thursday: | 11:30am– 7:30pm |
| Friday & Saturday: | 1:00pm– 5:00pm |
| Sunday: | 2:00pm– 5:00pm |
OSilas Gallery Welcomes New Director Patricia Miranda
Click here for Press Release
Patricia Miranda photo
OSilas Gallery Gala Benefit: Tour the Arts with OSilas
Saturday, November 22, 6-8pm
Dress up to support the OSilas Gallery! Join us for a Gala Benefit to raise funds for the gallery and to honor the former Gallery Director, Serdar Arat. Music, cocktails, a unique selection of fabulous art tours, and more.
Tickets: $100
Reservation Card, click here.
Full Art Tours descriptions, click here.
For more information: 914-337-9300 x2173
Current Exhibition
BUILT: Sculptural Trends in Clay
Now through December 11, 2008
In conjunction with: All Fired Up! A Celebration of Clay in Westchester
Curated by Creighton Michael
The exhibition will explore installation and sculpture-based trends in ceramics through the work of these four contemporary artists: Nikolai Grinchenko, Marc Leuthold, Ian Meares, and Jeffrey Mongrain
Click here for BUILT Press Release
The Vale of Kashmir: Photographs by John Isaac
February 2- April 8, 2009
John Isaac,UN photographer from 1969 to 1998, celebrates the people and landscape of Kashmir and the unique way of life that has developed there. In lush color, he captures details of daily life: canals on Dal Lake, the ancient city of Srinagar, harvesting of saffron, Hindu pilgrimages, shepherds on the Himalayan slopes, prayers at the mosque, and the private realm of family life.
Gallery Talk
Thursday, February 5
7-8pm, Reception and Book Signing 8-9pm
John Isaac will talk about his photos of Kashmir and sign his new book, The Vale of Kashmir, published by W. W. Norton, with an intro by Art Davidson.
Art on Film
Thursday March 19, 7-8:30pm
Film and discussion about the culture and art of the people of Kashmir
Children in the Gallery: ARTyFACTS Program
Saturday, March 21, 3-5:30pm
Figures in an Imaginary Landscape: A Show of Digital Painting
February 2- April 8, 2009
The show will feature paintings which are made with digital technology as well as painting in four dimensions with video. Using the personal computer as a tool for art-making, Fitzgerald brings beauty, humanism, and warmth to the usually cold of technological environment. Fitzgerald is Assistant Professor at Concordia College where she heads the New Media Area of Study.
Video Symposium
“Would Leonardo Have Used Photoshop?”
Thursday, February 26, 7-8:30pm
Kit Fitzgerald will discuss media, art, new technology, and the PC as a folk instrument.
Music in the Gallery: From India to Egypt: A Silk Road Journey
Sunday, March 29, 4pm
Yousif Sheronick, Concordia Conservatory Faculty, frame drums & Durbakeh
Steve Gorn, Bansuri flutes, clarinet
Music moves with caravans. A song, a rhythm, a musical instrument pass along the Silk Route between Asia and the Mediterranean. Yousif Sheronick and Steve Gorn enliven traditional melodies and rhythms with their distinctive voice of culture.
Young Talent at the OSilas Gallery
StArt '09: Westchester High Schools Student Art Exhibition
January 23- 30, 2009
Friday, January 23, Reception and Awards 7-8:00pm
Third Annual exhibition showcasing the work of talented area high school students.
Concordia '09: Concordia College Student Exhibition
April 20- May 2, 2009
Thursday, April 23, Reception and Awards 7-8:30pm
Annual Concordia College Student Art Exhibition. Includes work from Concordia students and adult students from the Art at Concordia Community Arts Program.
Art at Concordia Student Show
Friday, May 15- 29
Friday, May 29, Reception and Awards 7-8:30pm
Youth students from the Art at Concordia Community Arts Program affiliated with the OSilas Gallery.