(Long Island, NY) East End Arts, along with many Riverhead organizations, is excited to announce a multi-day interactive Art on the River series of events featuring international visionary artist Chris Dyer, East End Arts Artist-in-Residence from August 20 through August 23, 2015. This series of events, meant to bring awareness, healing and protection to the Peconic Estuary,is presented by Suffolk County National Bank, East End Arts, Riverhead Business Improvement District, East End Rowing Institute, Peconic Paddler, Cornell Cooperative Extension Peconic Estuary Program Outreach & Education, Hyatt, Long Island Aquarium, and Hotel Indigo.
Chris Dyer. Photo Credit: East End Arts.
Throughout Dyer’s residency from August 20 through 23, there will be several Peconic River-based events while Chris paints the boats along the waterfront on the days leading up to the Cardboard Boat Race on August 23, including a free workshop for teens, film screening, paddleboard demos, and rowing events. For more information, visit HERE.
Chris Dyer is a Peruvian Canadian artist, living in Canada, and traveling the world half of the year. He experiences different cultures and then re-expresses them into his own oneness visions. He serves as a bridge builder between different art movements from skateboard graphics, visionary paintings, street art murals, and more. He wants to break barriers and see everything as one optimistic reality. Though his subject matters are as varied as his styles, his art is just a reflection of his personal spiritual journey. For more, look for his coffee table book, his documentary, or visit him online at www.positivecreations.ca.
Chris will paint row boats to be used for future Peconic River events like the Cardboard Boat Race that will take place on Sunday, August 23, 2015. For more information about the Cardboard Boat Race event, please visit http://riverheadbid.com/cardboard-boat-show/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork.
On Saturday, August 22, 2015 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, teens are invited to participate in a free workshop with Chris Dyer: “Express Yourself Art Workshop Creativity Jam” which will take place at East End Arts Carriage House located behind East End Arts at 133 E. Main Street, Riverhead, NY. Teens will join Chris for an open brush painting workshop of wooden rain barrels as Chris does a spray painting demo and talks about the history of graffiti, street art, and his intentions of building bridges with visionary art. Chris will discuss using public art to reinvent places and objects. This will be a special opportunity to pick Chris’ brain on anything at all. In the hours he will need to finish his painting, teens will brush paint Peconic Estuary Rain Barrels alongside Chris. Advance registration required. For more information and to register, visit http://www.eastendarts.org/school/classes.html/event/2015/08/22/teen-workshop-express-yourself-art-creativity-jam-free.
On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Chris will host a screening of his documentary film “Positive Creations” and lecture on his life as an international visionary artist. This event is free and open to the public, and will take place at East End Arts Carriage House located behind East End Arts at 133 E. Main Street, Riverhead, NY.
Additionally, on Thursday, August 20 and Friday, August 21, Peconic Paddler will offer Stand Up Paddleboard demonstrations and rentals from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (http://www.peconicpaddler.com/) and East End Rowing Institute will offer rides in Olympic Rowing shells from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (http://www.eastendrowing.com/).
Peconic Estuary Program will have a rain barrel painting event alongside Chris Dyer to illustrate the importance of directing concentrated water flow away from house foundations and nonpermeable surfaces to avoid foundation damage and surface runoff. Learn more about your local estuary, with the Peconic River, Peconic Lake and all its amazing bays and tributaries, while improving your property and reducing pollution from entering local waters. In 2012, the Peconic Estuary became one of 28 estuaries in the nation to receive the designation as an “Estuary of National Significance” by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For more information on the Peconic Estuary please visit http://www.peconicestuary.org/ and follow @PeconicEstuary on Twitter.
This series of events is made possible through the generous support of Suffolk County National Bank (https://www.scnb.com/), Chris Dyer (http://positivecreations.ca/), and the following partners: Cornell Cooperative Extension (http://cce.cornell.edu/), East End Arts (http://www.eastendarts.org/), East End Rowing Institute (http://www.eastendrowing.com/), Peconic Estuary Program (http://www.peconicestuary.org/), Peconic Paddler (http://www.peconicpaddler.com/), Town of Riverhead (http://www.townofriverheadny.gov/), and Town of Riverhead Business Improvement District (http://riverheadbid.com/). Additional partners welcome!
For more information, contact Pat Snyder at 631-727-0900 or psnyder@eastendarts.org.
East End Arts, established in 1972, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit arts organization, and operates a School of the Arts, an Art Gallery, and presents a variety of events and programs to promote the arts year-round. Proceeds from all events, sales, classes, donations, and memberships benefit the mission and commitment to building and enriching our community through the arts by way of education, support, advocacy, and inspiration.
