On the last Wednesday of each month from February through September, join Art Bennett and other guest teaching
artists in the library’s café space from 6pm-8pm for evenings of fun, creativity, and community. Musicians
are welcome every month, with all musical skill levels welcome. Bring your instrument and any tunes you
want to work on, or just bring your ears to relax and listen. Art likes to run a workshop-style event, where you
get a chance to see how musicians who have never played before work together to create! An electric piano
and a PA will be available. A few times through the year, guest teaching artists will come and run workshops
focused on visual arts, dance, and/or hip-hop in parallel to Art’s music workshop. These sessions are
modeled after musician and educator Art Bennett's experience in the 1970s Loft Jazz scene in NYC, where
artists of all mediums collaborated and created together. The Artists' Loft will create a place for artists of all
mediums to come together in downtown White Plains. This project is made possible with funds from the
Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.
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