Exhibitions & Events
Mandala Workshop
Ticketed Event @ RIVAA
Saturday, January 17 from 2-5PM
This mandala workshop invites participants to explore and express their personal identity through a rich, intuitive art-making process. Using the circle as a personal container, participants will create a mandala that reflects who they are.
A mandala is a beautiful circular form of art that invites creativity and reflection. In this three-hour workshop at RIVAA Gallery, participants will enjoy an afternoon combining gentle guidance, moments of reflection, and the pleasure of coming away with a meaningful artwork created on canvas. No prior art experience is required, and all levels are welcome. Additional details are available at the registration link.
What participants gain:
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A deeper connection to their personal story and identity
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A tangible artwork that holds meaning and intention
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A calming, restorative creative experience
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Insight, affirmation, and self-compassion through art
Admission: $25 general admission, $15 for RIVAA members
Age: 14 and above
Parent or guardian consent required for participants under 18
RIVAA programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Tony Vita: Smoke and Mirrors
Solo Exhibition @ RIVAA
On view: January 8 – February 1, 2026
RIVAA starts the New Year off with a bang in Smoke and Mirrors, a solo exhibition of new artwork by Tony Vita running from January 8–February 1, 2026.
He moves through many forms as a multimedia artist, weaving photography, animation, video, and sound with a hand shaped by a lifetime in traditional media. His work emerges less from planning than from a stream of consciousness, unfolding intuitively as it takes shape. It is more a way of seeing than a style- a point of view that quietly insists upon itself. Each piece becomes a metaphor, an attempt to give visual presence to ideas and feelings that language cannot express.
The opening reception takes place at RIVAA Gallery, 527 Main Street, Roosevelt Island on Saturday, January 10, from 5–7PM.
Start your year off in the best possible way by coming to the opening of this exciting exhibition. See you at RIVAA!
Anne-Marie Dannenberg: A Certain Slant of Light
Solo Exhibition @ The Octagon
On view: December 22, 2025 - March 22, 2026
RIVAA presents Anne-Marie Dannenberg’s Solo photography Exhibit at The Octagon “A Certain Slant of Light” beginning on December 22, 2025 to March 22, 2026.
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“Using the unpredictable alchemy of light as her primary medium, Dannenberg’s photographs are visually rich and poetically resonant. They transform ordinary experience into images that hover between recognition and ambiguity.” Fran Kaufman Nyc Dec. 2025.
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Join us for the reception in the New Year on January 17th, 2026 from 5- 8 pm at the Octagon, 888 Main st. Roosevelt Island, NY 10044