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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Art League of Long Island

55th Long Island Artists Exhibition

Exhibiting through July17

at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery

"Thanks Brianna for the Sunflower", oil painting by Kathy Burns

This year's exhibit features 51 artists, chosen by Thomas Germano, painter and art historian, who teaches at SUNY Farmingdale and the New York Academy of Art Graduate School in NYC.

Mr. Germano made his selections from a field of 284 entries in all fine art mediums. He has chosen three artists for Awards of Excellence: Diana De Santis, William A. Dodge and Doug Reina.

In addition, he singled out Shain Bard, Kathy Burns, Celeste Mauro, Frank Sposato and

Nancy Wernersbach for Honorable Mention.

To view list of participating artists, please visit

www.artleagueli.org.

Click here to view gallery photos

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Now showing in the Strolling Gallery

See works by Suzanne Young and her talented students in the Art League's Strolling Gallery through July 12

Left: "Beach Play" oil painting by Ralph Keefe

Right: " Oyster Pond-Greenport" oil painting by Leslie Barnett

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What's Happening Around Town

"Masters"exhibiting at The Huntington Arts Council's Main Street Petite Gallery through July 15. The best of the best from the past season of juried shows are featured in this annual premiere event of artists work at The Masters Show.

"The quality, professionalism and stunning personal views from each artist in this show is worthy of a visit to the Main Street Petite Gallery" said Diana J. Cherryholmes, Executive Director.

On display are the Best in Show and Honorable Mention winners from this year's juried

Still Life, Portrait, Landscape and Photography show.

Participating Artists:

Judith Davidson*, Terance McManus*, Sherry St. Renz*, Chuck vonSchmidt, Jeff Webb*,

Denis Ponsot**, Diane Lennox Bares*, Robin Pedersen*, Kevin W. McEvoy, Brian Richardson, Mario Simeone, Cody Jacobs, Irene Andreadis and Peter A. Kopher.

* Art League members and/or students

** Art League Faculty member

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Artists and Craftspeople are invited to apply for a space at the Art League of Long Island's 48th Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts Fair. The juried fair takes place in the Art League's spacious gallery and art studios December 3 & 4, 10am - 5pm. Download prospectus here.

The South Huntington Public Library will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary this September 2011. Local visual artists are invited to participate and show their work in the gallery from September 10th through October 13th 2011.

The artists' reception will be Saturday, September 24th from 2-4pm.

The theme is "The Art of Reading". Submit one work that expresses this idea.

There are no color or style restrictions. Creative interpretations of this theme are eagerly anticipated.

Entry Procedure: Please send a high resolution JPEG ( 350 dpi or larger or 3" x 5" in size)

of the work, clearly labeled with the Artist's name, address, phone #, title, medium and dimensions along with a current Artist's resume and statement.

All accepted work must be original and created by the submitting artist. It must be wired to hang,

(No saw-tooth hardware). They strongly suggest the use of Plexiglas over Glass.

Please clearly label the back of your work.

Sales are encouraged and a 25% commission of the retail price will go to the SHPL.

Please submit before the deadline of July 10th 2011 to

dk.hangingart@gmail.com Artists selected will be notiﬁed by phone by July 15th 2011.

If you have any questions, you can contact Deborah Katz at 631-549-4411.

The Town of Huntington requests submission of qualifications from professional artists residing in the U.S. for this project involving creation of a public art project for a small public plaza to be constructed in this Long Island north shore community this fall. Preference will be given to local or regional artists. Estimated public art element budget of $65,000. Copies of the RFQ can be obtained from the Town's web site Submission (receipt) deadline is noon on July 15, 2011.

The Village Connection Magazine features works of local artists each month on its cover and invites Huntington area artists to submit artwork for consideration of front-page placement. Please email villageconnection@live.com a jpeg as well as a short write-up for inclusion on the contents page. Visit their site at www.villageconnectionmag.com.

Framing Productions of Syosset is offering their storefront window and wall space for 3-6 months at a time for a small fee. They will not charge commission on the sale of your work. Opportunity for an artist's reception is available.

For more information contact John or Ralph at (516) 364-6000.

September 2011 marks the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Together with the Akira Yoshizawa Museum-Theatre of Origami, the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University seeks submissions of paper sculptural artwork for the Peace Tree 9/11 Memorial in Stony Brook, New York. This memorial commemorates peace as a response to the tragedy of 9/11.

Submissions must be two or three-dimensional paper sculptures that may include origami,

cutouts, lanterns, strip folding, snapology, and knotology.

For more information please contact: Jennifer Iacona at OPT911memorial@notes.cc.stonybrook.edu or visit www.stonybrook.edu/wang, www.iap-peacetree.org.

Deadline for Submissions is August 31, 2011

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