Colorful yarns
The enduring popularity of knitting is celebrated at Flying Fingers Yarn Shop in Tarrytown, where WAG visits to get the latest from longtime owner Elise Goldschlag.
Feats of clay
Loretta Lam is an award-winning Hudson Valley jewelry designer with an international following. Her passion for jewelry extends beyond her own work, though, as she’s putting the finishing touches on a contemporary-jewelry book due out in April.
Passion for fashion
The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its fall exhibition this month. “In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection” spotlights a pioneering collector who assembled one of the finest private fashion collections in the country.
Skills that serve
Navod Jayawardhane, a 16-year-old Wilton High School student, relied on his affinity for electrical engineering to develop a unique Food Pantry Box that serves the community through the Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown Heights.
In tune with history
Musician and academic Christopher Brellochs shares the adventures of his “Music of the Gilded Age in the Hudson Valley” sabbatical, when he explored the area’s rich history through the music that might have been played during the period’s glory days.
Creative spark
Longtime fiber artist Karen Madden is sparked by a new creative direction – working in metal
Artful living
Eleish van Breems Design, the Westport studio known for promoting an artful Nordic aesthetic, expands its reach with Eleish van Breems Home. This new retail shop just around the corner offers home furnishings, antiques, décor and gifts.
Art as healing
Meghan Spiro is a Hudson Valley photographer whose “day job” is working as a commercial photographer and designer. But her artistry continues beyond the workday. Spiro uses her own time to explore social issues ranging from conservation to domestic violence.
Vera, ever vibrant
Vera Neumann was an artist turned textile designer who famously lived in an award-winning Marcel Breuer-designed home in Croton-on-Hudson. Her home goods and signature scarves, avidly collected today by fashionistas of all ages, highlighted a career celebrated in “Vera Paints a Scarf” at the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan.
Fashion forward
“Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion,” a tribute to the pioneer of Space Age fashion and futuristic design, continues through Jan. 5 at the Brooklyn Museum.
Seat yourself
Sometimes a chair is more than a chair. “The Chair Show,” opening Sept. 28 in White Plains, explores the creativity, forms and traditions of seating.
That finishing touch
WAG talks to Karen Tolchin of Current Home in Scarsdale about its service COMPLETE By Current Home designed to help homeowners refresh a room – or entire interior.
This boutique rocks
For those who consider shopping their sport of choice, ROCKS Jewelry Gifts Home provides quite the sophisticated playing field. The elegant Chappaqua destination for fine and fashion jewelry – plus home goods and accessories – marks the second Westchester boutique for owner Tanya Tochner.
Stylin’ in the garden
Munder-Skiles, the award-winning garden-furniture company with a showroom in Garrison, has introduced a new collection of planters – lightweight options designed to look like real stone.
Boldly onward
True creative, Ridgefield jewelry designer Amy Kahn Russell – introduced to WAG readers in December 2017 – integrates her “hobby,” designing intricate mosaic work including wall art and mirrors, into her lineup.
Monet for a rainy day
No matter if your downtime finds you at the local botanical garden or the ballpark, a RainCaper is a smart – and stylish – companion in case of rain.
One woman, endless talent
A visit to the home-studio of Susan Obrant reveals the seemingly unending creativity of this fashion and costume designer, painter and illustrator.
View finder
Photographer Allyson Monson’s work is bold, reflecting her background in interior design. She showcases her work at home-décor shops in Rye, Scarsdale and Westport, but her booth at the Architectural Digest Design Show in Manhattan offered proof that she’s ready to expand her reach.
A time of transition
Hudson Valley artist and independent curator Carla Goldberg is in the midst of transitions – a new home, a new studio and a new exhibition that recaps her past 10 years of work.
Celebrating a citizen of the world
The late singer-songwriter, poet and author Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) was a global icon. A museum in his hometown of Montreal mounted a tribute exhibition to this citizen of the world that’s now on an international tour – with its first stop the Jewish Museum in Manhattan.