Last call...

To see the “Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden,” at ArtsWestchester’s Arts Exchange building in White Plains through Oct. 23. 

These sweet figures are among
the proposed sculptures for a
project honoring enslaved Africans
in Westchester, now on view at
ArtsWestchester in White Plains.

The exhibit is actually a taste of a public-art project proposed for Yonkers by Vinnie Bagwell, a sculptor based there. 

The sculpture garden honors the enslaved Africans who lived and toiled at Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers, six of whom were among the first to be manumitted by law in the United States, 76 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The exhibit – which includes five maquettes (one-third scale models) of the proposed sculptures and architectural drawings of a corresponding park -- also explores the history of slavery in Westchester.

Hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. The Arts Exchange is at 31 Mamaroneck Ave. 914-428-4220, artswestchester.org

Read Georgette Gouveia’s cultural musings at the artsmuse.blogspot.com, a collaboration with artswestchester.org.