Current Exhibitions & Events
'Kairosclerosis'
September 27 - January, 3, 2025
​​​Opening reception: October 5, 2024
6:00 -9:00 PM
@The Octagon, 888 Main St. Roosevelt Island, NY, NY
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Amazia Thompson
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While life can be difficult to navigate, there are sudden moments of happiness. You can savor such a moment when you view the symmetry, geometry, balance and order of Amazia Thompson’s artwork. Combined with the positivity of bright and vibrant colors, it gives hope that chaos need not prevail.
The exhibition 'Kairosclerosis' runs at the Octagon on Roosevelt Island, 888 Main Street from September 27, 2024 to January 3, 2025. Join RIVAA and Amazia Thompson at the opening reception on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 6-9 PM.
Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
Roosevelt Island: Art, Memory, & Community
Panel Discussion @ RIVAA Gallery
Join us for a discussion in conjunction with the current photographic exhibition, Roosevelt Island: The Vision Revisited.  RIVAA will bring together three distinguished panelists, who through their talent and remarkable efforts, have contributed to the beauty and quality of our built environment on Roosevelt Island. Amanda Matthews is a sculptor and creator of The Girl Puzzle, a tribute to groundbreaking investigative journalist Nellie Bly. Through her reporting, Nelly Bly changed how mental illness was treated in this country. Gina Pollara, Executive Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park from 2006-2013, oversaw the construction of the memorial designed by architect Louis I. Kahn to commemorate the 32nd President of the U.S. Susan Rosenthal, President and CEO of Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation from 2016-2020, conceived the idea of a monument to Nelly Bly. Chris Vail, exhibiting photographer, Roosevelt Island: The Vision Revisited, will moderate the discussion.