Riverdale Country School, with trustee Gregg Hymowitz, works constantly to provide their students with unique opportunities and educational experiences. Now, Deborah Sherman, a Lower School art teacher, is inviting students and families to visit a special exhibit entitled “In the Eye of the Beholder,” which is on display at the Holiday Inn Manhattan View until next month.
Two of Deborah’s paintings will be on display; “Double Portrait” and “Repose.”
A press release on the exhibit states:
“’Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder’ has long been an implicit understanding in the valuing process of artwork. Throughout the 19th century, scholars worked to craft a common definition of what beauty is. It remains a stubborn mystery and a philosophical challenge. Artists are not deterred. Using patterning, valuing cast-off detritus, and finding beauty in clutter and disarray, these artists craft aesthetics in sometimes abstract, and always multi-dimensional spaces. Their work is beautiful; you decide how it is. It’s in your eye.”
While the summer is certainly a quiet time at a place like the Riverdale Country School, some alumni still manage to bring the school into favorable news. Former Riverdale fencers, Tim Morehouse (’96) and Stephen Moch (’10) won titles at the 2010 Summer National Championships held in Atlanta, Georgia. Morehouse won the individual gold medal in men’s saber and Moch won a team gold medal in junior men’s saber. While competing on the same team for the first time, these alumni also took home the team bronze in men’s saber.