Second-Ever 'Hopper Happens' Kicks Off Friday

Last year, married an appreciation for Edward Hopper with flash mobs and building-sized projections.

This year, it's happening again.

The second-annual festival will run from Aug. 10 to 31, and feature galleries, movies and more spread across the village.

"The focus of last year's 'Hopper Happens' was to expose a broader audience to the work of Edward Hopper," said Kris Burns, the Nyack artist who organized this year's fete, and last year's. "This [time], I’d like to expose people to what I call a 'Hopper state of mind.'"

Burns will use QR codes, projectors, photos and film to transform Nyack into a living Hopper piece—life-size figures painted onto storefronts, short films that spotlight a particular place's importance in the Hopper universe, pop-up galleries and more.

For a complete schedule of events, see below:

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August 10       BACKYARD CINEMA:

Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick, (1978)

Manhatta, Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler, 1921)

August 17       BACKYARD CINEMA:

Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock, (1954)

Hopper’s World Pop-Up projection

August 17 – 24        POP-UP GALLERIES

LOCATIONS:

Grace’s Thrift Shop

Johnny Cakes

Maria Luisa

Nyack Gourmet

Pickwick   

August 17 – 24        DIGITAL WALKING TOUR: CHASING EDWARD HOPPER

LOCATIONS: Full list TBA

Corner of Main and Franklin

 Carson McCuller’s House

 Edward Hopper House Art Center

 Corner of South Broadway and High Ave.

August 19                POP-UP PROJECTION

                                 HIGH AVENUE

                                 HOPPER’S WORLD

August 23                POP-UP PROJECTION

                                 FRANKLIN AVENUE

                                 HOPPER’S WORLD

August 24                POP-UP PROJECTION

                                 MIDLAND AND MAIN

                                 CHASING EDWARD HOPPER- an original short

August 31                BACKYARD CINEMA

                                                    The Night of the Hunter, Charles Laughton, (1957)

                                                    Flash Sketch Mob- A slideshow

Aug.17, 18, 19,

        23, 24               HOPPER HOUSE MEDIA LAB