Islip Arts Council Celebrates Earth Month with an Eco Fair May 2, 2026 10:30am-4pm/ Earth Day event at the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge. April 18

Art advocacy for environmental awareness is of benefit to everyone.  Jamie Forbes, Publisher Finartmagazineblog.blogspot.com, and Sunstormfirnartmagazine.com As an Environmental advocate. In 2019 I built  my web-site titled Eco-Art Awareness, : https://sites.google.com/view/eco-advocacy/home to draw awareness for our  everyday environment.     STAY CONNECTED MEMBERSHIP     CLASSES     ECO FAIR In conjunction with the second Earth Day Art Exhibition, Artists For the Earth, Islip Arts will host its first Eco Fair! Date & Time: Saturday, May 2, 10:30am-4pm Location: South Shore Mall, Bay Shore, outdoors on the lawn behind the gallery (left of the Dick's Sporting Goods entrance.) What to expect: Educational/resource tables throughout the day Free On-site Shred truck next to Lord & Taylor's provided by AARP (11am-1pm) Upcycled Art Vendors & Natural Homemade Products  Free Clothing Swap Booth & Used Art Supplies Sale Eco-themed Art Activities for Kids & Adults Artists For the Earth Gallery Reception (1-3pm)  Featured Resource Tables by: Long Island Aquarium (providing a touch tank) Long Island Beekeepers Club Long Island Pine Barrens Society Seatuck Environmental Association Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge Sierra Club of Long Island Keep Islip Clean (KIC) This event is FREE and family-friendly! SEEKING VENDORS! Islip Arts is seeking artists working with upcycled materials as well as artisans selling eco-friendly/holistic products to accompany the Eco Fair! Date: May 2nd, 10:30am-4pm Location: 1701 Sunrise Hwy, Bay Shore (Outdoors next to Dick’s Sporting Goods) Vendor Fee: $40 VENDOR FORM EARTH DAY AT WERTHEIM NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE NEW ART CLASS! REGISTER 4-Week Sewing Course: Make Your Own Summer Wrap Skirt In this beginner friendly course, you will learn all essential basic sewing skills needed to sew with confidence. Learn how to layout and cut a pattern, sew in darts, machine finished or French seams, how to make self-fabric bias tape, and sew in machine button hole. Our finished project will result in a fun, one-of-a-kind, beautiful wrap skirt perfect for the spring or summer season ahead. Meets for 4 weeks on Wednesdays 5-7pm May 6, 13, 20, 27 Fee: $140  UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS REGISTER PAINT LIKE A MASTER PAINT & SIP: Rene Magritte Spring Saturday, April 18, 5-7PM In our Paint Like A Master Paint & Sip Series, students recreate a new painting each month made by the classic Masters - from Van Gogh to Kandinsky to Monet & beyond. This month, we will paint Surrealist Painter Rene Magritte's painting "Spring," created in 1965. All painting supplies and step-by-step demonstration will be available. $40 / All supplies and wine will be included.  $40 / Refreshments included. REGISTER LIFE DRAWING: OPEN FIGURE NIGHT Tuesday, April 21, 6-8PM Spend an evening working on your life drawing skills with a live model at the gallery! Whether you are shaking off some rust or new to drawing the figure, you are welcome to come alone or bring a friend and practice! This uninstructed class is a great opportunity to get loose in drawing during short and long poses provided by the model. Bring a drawing pad, charcoal or pencils, or utilize the gallery supplies. Standing easels and table top easels will be provided upon request. $20 per person. OPEN MIC NIGHT @ THE GALLERY Friday, April 24, 6-9PM Come poets, musicians, comedians, and singers! We are hosting our own Open Mic Night at the Gallery to showcase local talent and enjoy each other's company. Sign ups begin at 6:30pm / Show starts at 7pm Suggested Donation: $5  Performer sign ups - Free SUBMIT POEMS & SHORTS HERE REGISTER OCEAN THEMED RESIN WORKSHOP  Join Linda of BohoArtShed for an ocean themed resin workshop at the gallery! All supplies are included. Friday, May 8, 6-8 pm / $40 REGISTER Collective Collage: Create a Zine or Postcard on World Collage Day  Saturday, May 9, 5:30 - 7:30pm World Collage Day—initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018—is an annual international celebration of collage, held every second Saturday of May. Collage is an art form that combines different images and materials—typically 2D elements—to create a new and unique work of art. Using simple tools like glue or tape, collage is accessible to everyone. Islip Arts is excited to participate in this year’s celebration by hosting a Collective Collage Workshop. Students can create a postcard (or two) to send to someone they love, or design a mini zine that tells a story, holds poems, or expresses their creativity. $30.00 All supplies included   PLEINATHON: All Day Plein Air Painting Marathon Saturday, May 16, 10am-4pm Location: Fire Island - Sailor's Haven/Sunken Forest Pleinathon invites artists of all levels and backgrounds to come outside and take in the fresh air and observe nature while painting outdoors. This year, we will take a ferry over to Fire Island and paint the beautiful scenery of Sailor's Haven & Sunken Forest. Each participant will spend the day painting at their preferred spot and will get to enter their completed painting(s) in the upcoming Plein Air Exhibition at the Gallery. Fee: $40.00 - Includes one roundtrip ferry ticket from Sayville Ferry (valid only for May 16/Rain date May 17)  REGISTER FOR PLEINATHON HERE   ANNUAL TEENYS Sunday, June 14, 7pm "Teenys" is an annual, Tony-style gala intended to recognize outstanding high school theater students within the Town of Islip. The program celebrates, rewards, and supports young performers, promoting their pursuit of professional arts education. Mission: To honor local performing arts students, promote high-quality artistic training, and spotlight school theater programs. The Gala: An annual celebration featuring red carpet events and performances. Merchandise/Support: The council offers tickets, t-shirts, lawn signs, and "shout outs" to celebrate nominees. Location: The program is administered by the Islip Arts Council and will take place this year on Sunday, June 14, 7pm at Bay Shore High School. HELP SPONSOR THE TEENYS EXHIBITIONS   IAC and the Central Islip Civics Council, along with the Suffolk County Youth Bureau present work from young artists attending the Central Islip School District. The program began in 2017, offering an opportunity for students to express themselves in positive and creative ways. On view April 1 - 18 Join us at the reception: April 16, 5-7pm     In honor of Jewish heritage, IAC welcomed Jewish artists to exhibit artwork that reflects, celebrates, or is inspired by their culture, traditions, lived experiences, artistic voice, or pieces they feel proud to share. This exhibition is currently delayed at the Central Islip Cohalan Courthouse, Mezzanine 2nd Floor. We apologize for any inconvenience.  Reception & Celebrations: May 13 & 27    BLOOM: A Celebration of Floral & Botanical Art We are celebrating works inspired by flowers, plants, gardens, and botanical forms, exploring how nature can evoke emotion, tell stories, and capture moments of growth and renewal in this upcoming show at My Town's Cafe in East Islip. On view April 16 - June 16 Reception: TBA Artists: Adam Alesandro Lori Allen-Bauer Teresa Clark Suzanne Conti Casey Cunningham Dennis Dubey Brenna Eagan Johanna Frammosa Meghan Gasior Theresa Graff Jenn Grasso- Moise Karen Jakubowski Jennifer Maggio Gwendolyn Martino Eva Piteo Cai Radleigh Sergio Russell-Diaz Colette Steinhauer Maya Trimner Rob Verbeck Dawn Votapka #islipartscouncil#earthday#ecofair#jamieforbeseco-art avocate#wertheimwildliferefuge#art environmentalfun

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Sceners Gallery exhibits in association with Almine Rech Gallery " Forms & Temtaptations" 13 April-13 June , Where Paris!!!

"FORMS AND TEMPTATIONS" 13 APRIL - 13 JUNE 2026 88, Boulevard de Menilmontant, 75020 Paris Chair Rotschild, Pierre Legrain, 1920, France Screen Test, Allen Jones, 2016, UK Sceners Gallery X Allen Jones (Almine Rech) © Jan Liégeois

From 13 April to 13 June, Sceners Gallery presents ‘Form and Temptation’, in collaboration with the Almine Rech Gallery, bringing together works by Allen Jones, Ruhlmann, Bugatti, Legrain, Moser and Dunand. The exhibition creates a dialogue between early 20th-century design and the pop aesthetic of the 1960s. It explores a pivotal moment when objects were no longer confined to their function or mere decorative role. Gradually, modernist designers began to conceive of objects as spaces of freedom, where form, materials and proportions took on as much importance as function.  In the 1960s, this trend became more radical with artists such as Allen Jones. Against a backdrop of cultural liberation, art opened up to the body, desire and popular culture. Objects became vehicles for projection, sometimes ambiguous or provocative,  where body and artefact became indistinguishable. The exhibition thus brings together two dynamics: on the one hand, objects gradually freed from their function; on the other, works that question their utility from the moment of their conception. Between these two approaches, a space of tension is created where form becomes a terrain of expression, fiction and desire, transforming the way we perceive objects.

Hommage au cubisme, Jean Dunand, 1940, France Red refrigerator, Allen Jones, 2018, UK Sceners Gallery X Allen Jones (Almine Rech) © Jan Liégeois #scenersgallery,#alminerechgallery, #fineartmagazineblog.blogspot.com,#sunstormfineartmagazine.com.#artfunforever#parisartfun    Cabinet, Carlo Bugatti, 1900, Italie Cover story, Allen Jones, 2021, UK Sceners Gallery X Allen Jones (Almine Rech) © Jan Liégeois

IN the Bronx??/ Catch the Lehman College Art Gallery Curator's Tour, Wednesday pril 15th, 4PM 250 Bedford Park Rd. This look like good fun

Curator's Tour FREE TICKETS REQUIRED Join us for a Curator's Tour of our current exhibition, The Painted Word: Text, Gesture, and Expression in Contemporary Art, with Bartholomew Bland.   Wednesday, April 15 at 4:00 PM Click Here for Free Tickets - Wednesday, April 15 Lehman College Art Gallery’s exhibitions and programs are made possible through generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Initiatives through New York City Council Discretionary Awards; City Council Members Eric Dinowitz, Diana Ayala, Kevin C. Riley, Oswald Feliz and Kristy Marmorato, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation, Jacque and Natasha Gelman Foundation, The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund and the Charina Foundation.  Website

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