STUDIO OPENING

The Ted & Nune Studio and Gallery Stone & Candle Book Signing and Exhibition is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. at its studio, 45 Main St., Hastings-on-Hudson. The exhibition runs through Jan. 6; exhibition hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday or by appointment.

Treasures of the early Christian era, many of them meditative world heritage sites as early as the 4th century will be presented.

Stone and Candle, a photographic journey conceived by the couple Ted Andreasian and Nune Karamyan, is an ode to Armenian landscape, Christian architectural creations and the magnificent churches that were skillfully brought out of the rocks and assembled over the course of centuries.

Their partnership has produced several internationally recognized projects, including Stone & Candle, Desert Agreement, and Crawlspace, and their work is held in many private collections and exhibited worldwide.

Andreasian and Karamyan, residents of Hastings-on-Hudson, are respectively, the vice president and fine art co-chair of the American Society of Media Photographers, New York chapter. They work out of their new studio where they exhibit fine art prints, offer museum-grade printing services, and hold photography and printing workshops,

It delivers weekly food parcels with books and activities to 700 low-income families with school-aged children in Westchester and Putnam this summer and will also provide backpacks filled with school supplies to each school-age child. The program, which partners with Feeding Westchester in Westchester County and the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Putnam County, launched on July 11 and will run through Aug. 23.

“During these times of high inflation, where everyone’s dollar is worth less, it is essential that we help families that were already struggling to make ends meet,” said Faith Ann Butcher, chief impact officer at United Way of Westchester and Putnam. “This program helps alleviate food insecurity, reduces summer learning loss and eases the parents’ or caregivers’ financial burden brought on by the back-to-school season.”