Despite the summery weather, with temperatures in the 80’s, the Island celebrated its Fall for the Arts festival last weekend. The...

After a summer hiatus, both the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, and the Roosevelt Island Residents Association held their first...

Many Islanders and Island organizations heeded the call from Figment NYC, the two-day free participatory arts event being held here this...

Despite it being a cold and rainy evening (there were heat lamps!), artists and art lovers assembled in Motorgate last Friday evening to...

The month of March has brought yet another exciting and eclectic art exhibit to the RIVAA (Roosevelt Island Visual Arts Association)...

The RI Jazz Collaborative Band, featuring Lynn Beville, provided live music at the opening, by Alexandre Tolipan This year’s annual Black...

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation spent much of Thursday night's Board of Director's meeting getting their ducks in a row as...

When the historic Octagon building, formerly an insane asylum, reopened in 2006 as an apartment building, Victoria Thorson’s sculpture,...

Although it is still listed as one of the “amenities” on the Octagon website, the 10-year old art gallery in the historic landmark insane...

On Wednesday morning, a few dozen Islanders and art lovers sat in front of a podium on the hill that connects Good Shepherd Plaza with...

Andres “Jay” Molina is tired of talking about his wheelchair. As part of the Open Doors program, he and a small group of fellow Coler...

“I call it American history – black history is part of American history,” said curator Lorraine Williams in her remarks at the opening of...

When was the last time you heard two upright basses play a Mingus tune? Or a guitar trio? How about a vocalist with a quartet behind her?...

The non-profit Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association (RIVAA) was established 16 years ago to establish and encourage the arts on...

Despite a scorching heat wave, Islanders came out to enjoy a day of art, exercise, dance, and music at the Fall for Arts Festival on...

Two wave statues temporarily placed on the Island as part of the City-wide La Mer Wave Walk project may be the most recent art...

Two new sculptures will grace Roosevelt Island for the next month as part of the City-wide art installation project La Mer Wave Walk, a...

The search for love – in all its messy, joyful, aching, hopeful forms – will be on display this weekend at the Main Street Theatre &...

Set against a backdrop of the magnificent, vibrant colors of Ioan Popoiu’s paintings at Gallery RIVAA, poets recited works full of...

Sixteen years ago, after nine Island related victims perished in the 9/11 attacks, the newly formed Roosevelt Island Visual Arts...