A Collaborative Juried Exhibition A Collaborative Juried Exhibition Huntington Arts Council & Huntington Historical Society

A Collaborative Juried Exhibition  Huntington Arts Council  & Huntington Historical Society Interpretive Sights: Art in Facts

Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023 Jurors: Lauren Brincat, Wendy Curtis, Karli Wurzelbacher July 21 – August 26, 2023 The Huntington Arts Council, in collaboration with our neighbors The Huntington Historical Society, invites artists to participate in Interpretive Sights: Art in Facts. Interpretive Sights will seek to tie together the relationship between art and history through direct inspiration of select artifacts and historical documents representing Huntington’s storied history. Works should create new experiences of the archival material through various media and techniques. Entries will draw inspiration directly from one chosen object (per work) of the six selected from the Huntington Historical Society’s Collections. Images and descriptions of the artifacts are detailed below. For more information on the jurors, download bios here. The historical inspirational objects from the HHS collections will be on display and available to the public to view in-person at the Conklin Barn, 2 High St, Huntington, NY 11743. All are welcome. Questions regarding the viewings should be directed to Emily Werner at collections@huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org

Launch Viewing Reception Thursday, February 2nd 5:00PM-8:00PM Light refreshments will be provided

Additional Viewing Hours Friday, February 3rd 4:00PM-6:00PM

Additional Viewing Hours Saturday, February 4th 10:00AM-12:00PM

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Artifacts and Historical Documents  Use these items as inspirations for submissions.  Click this link for additional images as well as full historic descriptions the pieces

PINCUSHIONS, c. 1900

LINGERIE DRESS, c. 1904

BOAT SKETCHES,  1930s-1950s

COLLECTION OF HAIR JEWELRY 19th Century

BLIZZARD OF 1888  EPHEMERA, 1888

VOTES FOR WOMEN, 1912

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For questions email Sarah McCann, smccann@huntingtonarts.org

About Huntington Arts Council Now celebrating our 60th year, the Huntington Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization which enriches the quality of life of Long Islanders with programs and services that address the needs and interests of artists, cultural organizations and the community. The Council's programs reach over one million Long Island residents, and it serves the entire region with its cultural listings at www.huntingtonarts.org. The Huntington Arts Council has been designated a "Primary Institution" by the New York State Council on the Arts, a title meaning "vital to the cultural life of New York State." The Council is the official arts coordinating agency for the Town of Huntington, and serves as the primary regranting agency on Long Island for the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), in addition to its services to over 600 member cultural organizations and individual artist members. Programs are made possible in part by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Town of Huntington, the Suffolk County Department of Cultural Affairs, the County of Suffolk, corporations, foundations and individuals.

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