YONKERS MAYOR SPANO TO KICKOFF 5th ANNUAL YONKERS ARTS WEEKEND

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano will join local and visiting artists and Yonkers Arts Weekend participants Wednesday, May 2 at 12:00PM on the 5th floor of 86 Main Street, to kick-off Yonkers Arts Weekend and to announce the weekend’s schedule of events and exhibits planned around the City.

Yonkers Arts Weekend, Westchester County’s largest urban arts festival, takes place May 5-6, involving over 300 artists, sculptors, performers, designers and musicians across four spectacular venues across the City: the YoHo Open Studios at the Carpet Mills Arts District, Downtown galleries and mural paintings, Hudson River Museum, and Untermyer Gardens.  For more details on Yonkers Arts Weekend, visit www.yonkersartsweekend.com or the Yonkers Arts Weekly on Facebook.

***Interviews & Photo Opps***

Who:             Mike Spano, City of Yonkers Mayor

  Wilson Kimball, Commissioner, Dept. of Planning and Development

  Melissa Starke, Urban Studio Unbound/YAW Curator

  Masha Turchinsky, Hudson River Museum, Director

  Local/Visiting Artists                

What:           Yonkers Arts Weekend Kick-Off 

Where:         Yonkers Arts Weekend Pop Up Gallery

                         86 Main St., 5th Fl

                         Yonkers, NY                 

When:          Wednesday, May 2

                        12:00PM