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Croton Council on the Arts
Visual art, fiction, nonfiction and poetry from artists and authors around town, around the country, and around the world.
85 pages
97 works
53 authors and artists
Features the art of Romare Bearden!
Click Here to go to the NCR website.
Croton’s Creative Women
Women’s Viewpoints – Ourselves, Our World
Art Show for women artists in all stages of their careers from, or living in, Croton. Last day for submissions was Jan 15, 2026. to go to the show website.
Photography Show for Croton women photographers. Contact Robin Schwamb for more info: 914-497-4860 or robinschwamb@icloud.com
Fall 2025
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85 pages
97 works
53 authors and artists
Spring 2025
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84 pages
79 works
46 authors and artists
Fall 2024
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78 pages
94 works
56 authors and artists
Let's Talk on Jan 21
Let's talk about a book that you love: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, a short story – your love for it will inspire others.
— Love, Cornelia
Let's Talk
Dec 17, 2025
Christmas Party
The Owl and the Pussycat
Let's Talk
Nov 2025
Silvina López Medin
Click Here to view her website...
Let's Talk
Let's Talk is a literature group that meets on the third Wednesday of each month.
Let's Talk
Sept 2025
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Let's Talk
July 2025
Anna Karanina
by Leo Tolstoy
Let's Talk
Dec 2023
The Waste Land
by T. S. Eliot
Photographers of
Northern Westchester
PNW.crotonarts.org
PNW is a small and friendly group of photographers who meet on the 1st Wednesday of each month for friendship. mutual inspiration, and to share the love for photogrqaphy and digital art.
Share your fav photo from 2025 at the February PNW meeting on Wed, Feb 4
Meetup at the Met Museum in NYC
Dec 9, 2025
Click Here to see pix from the meetup
At the Nov 5, 2025 meeting, Dennis Thornton talked about his marvelous still life project.
Oct 2025
Dance the Shore
by Michael Washburn
CCoA Mixers
Let's Get Together!
We have mixers where people who want to be a part of the arts community meet one another. The next one is ________. Everyone is welcome and you do not have to be a CCoA member.
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Croton Council on the Arts

Happy Valentine's Month!
We are pleased to announce our upcoming events for February and subsequent months, which include a newly introduced section highlighting Members' News and Happenings.
Our calendar for March, in honor of Women’s Month, features a vibrant lineup celebrating the achievements and stories of women. Art and photography exhibitions will spotlight the creativity of women artists. The theatre performance is written and performed by a woman about a woman delving into the unique experiences and perspectives of women, while special live concerts will showcase music performed by women. Croton High School art students will also participate, contributing their talents and joining in the festivities as we recognize and honor the impact of women in our community.
CCoA thanks volunteer graphic designer Irina Sinitchi for refreshing our newsletter design – we hope readers enjoy it!

 

Get Involved Campaign

The Get Involved Team (GIT) met twice in January to explore everyone's interests and strengths, and find tasks that match. We can always use more volunteers!

The current team consists of graphic designers, event planners, educators, photographers, performers, poets and writers, journalists, administrators, idea people, and people people.
GIT is focusing on turning our ideas into upcoming programs/workshops, flyers for events, content for social media campaigns, and the revitalization of the website, in addition to writing grant proposals for ArtsWestchester and other foundations.

Click Here for more info

 

CCoA's 50th Anniversary in 2027

The Council will be 50 years old next year! We'd like to celebrate our birthday in style, and we'd like to hear your thoughts on how to do that. Please reply to this email if you'd like to be involved in planning the festivities, or have thoughts about great ways to celebrate the Council's milestone birthday.

 

Upcoming Events

March is Women’s History Month! Mark your calendars and join our celebration! Click Here to see the flyer. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the women who've taken leadership roles in creating these events. The committee for Our World’s Creative Women, Carla Dago, Valerie Leis, Jane Parkhouse and Kathleen Walkup, have been working for months to organize this series of events. They would like to thank Cornelia Cotton, Bruce Dollar, Jeanne-Noel Mahoney, Donna Prizzi, Judy Rayer, Robin Schwamb and Irina Sinitchi for their support, along with the students from the Women’s Empowerment Club and the Croton area Girl Scout troops and their leaders.

 

Women’s Viewpoints:
Ourselves, Our World

Exhibition of contemporary Croton women artists
Ottinger Room, Croton Free Library
March 2 to April 30, 2026
Reception: Saturday, March 7, 1-4 pm

 

A Woman’s View: A Student Art Exhibition

This exhibition is organized by the Croton-Harmon High School’s Women’s Empowerment Club and will show work by Croton students.
At the Black Cow, 4 Old Post Rd S, Croton
March 2 to March 31
Reception is Thu, March 5, 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Women Behind the Lens

Exhibition of contemporary Croton women photographers
Gallery, Croton Free Library
March 2 to April 30, 2026
Reception: Saturday, March 7, 1-4 pm
Submission Deadline: February 7, 2026
Calling all Croton women photographers! Our upcoming Women Behind the Lens show is a non-juried exhibition of your work.

Click Here for more info

 

Historic Croton Women

March 1 to March 31
Posters featuring more than 100 years of notable women of Croton-on-Hudson will be on display at businesses throughout the Village. Croton Girl Scout troops will host a hunt to find all 31 posters. Raffle prizes.

 

Denise Bessette – No Regrets

 

A One-Woman Play

In celebration of Women's Month, CCoA is presenting Denise Bessette at The Grand on March 8th at 7 pm, performing her one-woman play "No Regrets."

The Grand, 130 Grand St, Croton
March 8, Dinner at 5 pm, Play at 7 pm

Click Here for more info

 

More Upcoming Events

 

Two Ways into Print: Getting Your Writing Published

Join Cornelia Cotton and Dr. Jeanne-Noel Mahoney to learn how to get your writing published. Jeanne-Noel brings decades of experience about submitting work for publication. She's also the Editor-in-Chief of the New Croton Review. Cornelia Cotton has self-published three books of her writing and of notable Croton artists. The New Croton Review, Cornelia’s books and other literature will be on display.

Symphony Knoll, 15 Mt Airy, Rd S, Croton
March 15, 4-6 pm
No charge to attend these talks

 

Jessica Krash & Sophia Steger

A concert and cocktail reception featuring Washington, DC composer & pianist, Jessica Krash with Bennett Conservatory alumna violinist, Sophia Steger benefiting the Else Bennett Scholarship Fund.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley, 2021 Albany Post Rd, Croton
March 21, 5-8 pm
Snow date March 22, 5-8 pm
Tickets are $85 before March 1st, and $100 afterwards.
To purchase tickets, email bennettconservatory@gmail.com

 

Summer Camargo Jazz Artist and Her Group

A free jazz concert at the Croton Free Library on March 22 at 2 pm. This concert is sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Advisory Council.

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Members' News and Happenings

CCoA members can now submit their events for inclusion in our newsletter, social media, and the Westchester events calendar. Please send your flyer, press release, and any text or images to news@crotonarts./org

 

Maxine Young

Escape Into Visual Images of Wildlife, Nature, and Birds
Hendrick Hudson Library, 185 Kings Ferry Rd, Montrose, NY
February 1 to Feb 27
Reception: Feb 1, 2-4 pm

Click Here for more info

 

Richard Eagan

In-Security – 6th Annual Juried Exhibition
Hudson Valley MOCA | 1701 Main St, Peekskill, NY
February 7 to April 30
Reception: Feb 7, 3-5 pm
This is a perfect opportunity to see the Museum if you have not already! – Richard Eagan
Click Here to visit MOCA's wenbsite.

 

Maria Pia Marrella

Open Ending
Buster Levi Gallery | 121 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY
February 7 to March 22
Opening Reception: Feb 7, 5-8 pm
Closing Party: Mar 22, 5-8 pm

Click Here for more info

 

Richard Eagan

Hysterical Coney Island: An Art Memoir of the Coney Island Hysterical Society
Book Release
Stay tuned for promotional events in February

 

Maria Pia Marrella

Re-View Re-New
Westbeth Gallery | 55 Bethune Street, NY, NY 10014
March 4 to 22
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sun 1-6 pm
Reception: March 5, 5-8 pm

 

Community Events

 

Joyce Hammann and Bari Mort

A free tribute concert to Aaron Copeland, sponsored by the Croton Arts and Hiumanities Council.

Croton Free Library | 171 Cleveland Dr, Croton
Feb 8, 2 pm

Click Here for more info

 
 
The Croton Council on the Arts is a non-profit working to:
  • Make the arts a source of enjoyment and pride in Croton
  • Build a vital community of artists, art lovers, and creative people.
  • Help artists get their work out there!
The council runs events and publishes a worldwide arts and literature journal called the New Croton Review (NCR) Website: (NewCrotonReview.com).
The people who run CCoA's events and projects are:
Yoshimi Arai*CCoA Treasurer
Jim Christensen*
JimChristenssen@crotonarts.org
 CCoA President, Photographers of Northern Westchester (PNW) group leader
Cornelia Cotton*Let's Talk group leader
Bruce Dollar*NCR Managing Editor, CCoA Website
Steve Jacoby*NCR Editor
Valerie Leis*NCR Art Editor, Local Color Show, 2026 Creative Womens' Project
Jeanne-Noel Mahoney*NCR Editor-in-Chief
Loomis MayerNCR Editor
Judy RayerPromotion, Community engagement, Get Involved Program, Newsletter Editor
Kathy WalkupNCR Editor
* Denotes a CCoA Board of Directors member.
Croton has a long and continuing tradition of being a magnet for artists of all disciplines. The Croton Council on the Arts was born and grew out of this tradition and Croton’s 1976 Bicentennial celebrations. Local artists and supporters joined forces to stage events for the public in Croton and surrounding villages. Under poet and President Ruth Lisa Schechter’s dynamic leadership, the new council organized many productions in theater and dance, exhibitions of painting, sculpture, photography, and musical recitals and poetry readings. The Croton Review, a literary magazine, was published annually in the 1980s. Croton residents greeted these contributions to our Village with great enthusiasm and CCoA quickly became a valuable asset in the cultural life of our community.
CCoA is in constant need of volunteers to help us run our activities, and come up with new ones. It's also a great way to network and enhance your sense of community. CLICK HERE to send email to us if you have questions or want to get involved with CCoA activities.
The Croton Council on the Arts is a registered 501-C3 nonprofit in New York State. We greatly appreciate your donation, and we'll send you a receipt when we receive confirmation from PayPal™
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Your donation will help us support the arts through a variety of programs. The Croton Council on the Arts is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. A copy of our most recently filed annual financial report may be obtained from the Attorney General’s Charities Bureau's Charities Registry at www.charitiesnys.com or by writing to us at crotonarts@gmail.com or at the USPS address below.
You can donate by clicking the PayPal button (above) – OR – by mailing a check payable to Croton Council on the Arts to us at:
  • Croton Council on the Arts
  • c/o Yoshimi Arai
  • 7 Elm St
  • Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
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