  | NAF Private Tour : Double Dutch - July 17th, 201007/17/2010Please join NAF alumni, members and friends for a beautiful train ride up the Hudson River and a private tour of Dutch installation art at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill, New York. DOUBLE DUTCH Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art An exhibition celebrating the Quadricentennial of the Dutch discovery and settlement of the Hudson River and its environs,the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA), in Peekskill, New York, showcases contemporary Dutch installation art through July 26, 2010. Sixteen artists are shown in a 11,000 sf exhibition space. The exhibition extends to the Hudson River waterfront where several major, site specific works are also shown. The selection involves artists with great promise - most have never exhibited in the US. Much of the work has been created specifically for this exhibition, including work by three artists who came to Peekskill for the HVCCA artist-in-residence program. All the artists in the exhibition were born in the Netherlands or spent their formative art training there. The work has a strong relationship to architecture which is important in The Netherlands today; the work echoes some of the formidable history of Dutch furniture, and the sense of space and openness likely relates in part to the particular Dutch landscape. The tour will be lead by one or both of the HVCCA founders, Marc and Livia Straus. Metro North Train Schedule Roundtrip advance (group) ticket: $13.25 Participants will meet at the information booth in the main hall of Grand Central Terminal no later than 9:30 am and proceed immediately to the track. Upon arrriving at the Peekskill station, participants will be met by car to take the short drive to the HVCCA. The tour will start at approximately 11:15 am. Following the tour, the group will return to the Hudson waterfront for a picnic lunch (bring your own or purchase at station). The return train will leave Peekskill at 2:19 pm. Those traveling on the group ticket must board the train as a group, in both directions. Participants are welcome to provide their own transportation or travel with a regular ticket on the same train (cost: approximately $20 roundtrip). Whether traveling on the group ticket or individually, all participants must register by Thursday, July 15th at 5:00 pm. Participants traveling on the group ticket must pre-pay. Don't miss this very special event! NAF Alumni Committee New York Double Dutch is funded, in part, by the Cultural Committee of the Netherland-America Foundation The event is now closed for registration. To view the images of this event, please click here. Photo credit: Erwin Maas
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