As Artistic Director, Lynn has made the Rockland Center for the Arts (ROCA) a leading venue for contemporary arts in the lower Hudson Valley region. She has curated and responsible for installing 185+ thematic exhibitions of paintings, ceramics,multi media, video, sculpture, and more .She has doubled the physical venues available for such programs. Among several unique contributions, Lynn has launched two enclosed time-based media spaces, Catherine Konner outdoor sculpture park of over 15 major pieces many from the New York Public Art Fund, and has reconceived existing galleries to expand opportunities for more artists to exhibit their work. As a multi-faceted and high level performing artist, Lynn brings an ease of communication to all her varied and key encounters as she goes about her job. She has a profound understanding of a range of artistic needs, processes and temperaments.
Barry Kostrinsky is the founder of Haven Arts Gallery a large gallery and performance space that reinvigorated the South Bronx arts scene from 2004-2009. The Municipal Arts Society (MAS) awarded haven Arts a certificate of merit in 2006. Barry has contributed to a variety of panels including a NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Percent for art program, and a Bronx Museum symposium for the Artist in the Artists in Marketplace (AIM) program. Barry formed and moderated a talk for the Artists Talk on Art(ATOA) Series at The School of Visual arts (SVA). Currently Barry serves as a member of the Arts in Public Places (AIPP) committee for Rockland County. His past experiences managing a manufacturing company and his financial background in asset allocation makes Barry uniquely qualified to understand and to write about the art market. Barry is an artist and a curator.
BWW Reviews: 3 Hot Summer Spots for Art: Turrell, Punk Couture and White Snow at the Guggenheim, MET and Park Ave. Armory
July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013
It is hard enough to know what we really see and experience. Are you feeling all life has to offer, is your head down or are you alive? It is even harder to know what others feel. When two people see art do they see the same thing? No, definitely not. Lynn Stein and I enjoyed a day in NYC at the Guggenheim, the MET and the Park Avenue Armory. What did we see and how did we experience the same exhibits?
BWW Reviews: Affordable Art in NYC
April 10, 2013
April 10, 2013
The Affordable Art Fair docked inland at 18th street just west of 7th avenue on March 4 and set sail through March 7th.
BWW Reviews: Around the NYC Art World
April 4, 2013
April 4, 2013
Lynn Stein and Barry Kostrinsky begin a new adventure to share what we see, think and hear in and around the New York City art world. Lynn and Barry bring a wealth of art world experience; we are both artists and curators. Lynn, the artistic director in West Nyack at the Rockland Center of the Arts (ROCA), is a multi talented performer and Jazz singer as well as a visual artist in her own right. Barry cannot hold a tune to save his life.
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