On Long Island in the dead of not so Winter? The Islip Arts Council Yoga Classes caught my eye!

Yoga Classes at The Museum Upcoming Yoga Offerings  at the Museum Chair Yoga With Angela Strynkowski This gentle yoga class uses the support of a chair for yoga poses and gentle stretches. Participants will learn how to breathe more efficiently and move with mindfulness, while stretching and toning their bodies. Safe for anyone with limited mobility, pregnant women, and those with existing medical conditions. Wednesdays:  11:00 am - 12:00 pm Session D: February 12, 19, 26, March 4, 1, 25 (no 11th and 18th) Session E:  April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6 Session F: May 13, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24 (no may 20th)  Member Fee: $45 per 6 week session  Non-Member Fee: $70 per six week session Drop Ins Welcome $12 Gentle Restorative Yoga  With Angela Strynkowski Gentle Restorative Yoga blended with Pranayama (yogic breathing practices) for balancing, healing, and calming the body and mind. Yoga Props (blocks, bolsters, and blankets) are supplied to allow the body and mind to let go and deeply relax into each posture. The majority of this class is on the floor and is suitable for all levels.  Tuesdays: 9:30 am - 10:45am Session H: February 18, 25, March 3, 10, 24, 31 (no March 17TH) Session I: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12 Member Fee: $45 per six week session Non-Member Fee: $70 per six week session Drop Ins Welcome $12 Classical Hatha Yoga  With Angela Strynkowski This class is appropriate for students new to yoga as well as for more seasoned practitioners who want to refine their technique and refresh their understanding of the fundamentals. Through mindful work and attention to the breath, students will learn safe alignment in basic postures and sun salutations. Build strength, flexibility, balance, and awareness to prepare to enter more advanced classes safely. Wednesdays:  9:30 am - 10:45 am Session D: February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 4, 25 (no 11th and 19th) Session E:  April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6 Session F: May 13, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24 (no may 20th) Member Fee: $45 per six week session  Non-Member Fee: $70 per six week session Drop ins welcome $12 Morning Yoga in the Museum With Katrina Kuan This course is designed for beginners to intermediate. Spend an hour stretching, breathing, and strengthening your body through yoga practice. Bring your own mat and water bottle. Thursdays: 9:45 am - 10:45 am  Session H: January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 5 Session I: March 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23 Session J: May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11 Member Fee: $45 per session  Non-Member Fee: $70 per session NEW CLASS: Gentle Yoga with Angela Tuesday 11am  Gentle yoga is a yoga style which as its name suggests, is very gentle in its approach and therefore, not as strenuous as the other practiced forms of yoga. Gentle Restorative yoga, because of its innate gentle nature, is perfect for those who cannot meet the demands of physically straining exercises.  A typical gentle yoga session consists of slight modifications of the standard poses of hatha yoga.  The ultimate aim of this kind of practice is to make sure that the practitioner does not experience any discomfort while performing the pose. With a generous use of props and breathe work the practioner will be asked to practice a level to promote deep relaxation through deep and gentle stretching. In addition to making modifications in the poses and lowering the intensity of the practice, in gentle yoga, the pace of the performance of the poses is also much slower. The practitioners are given time to perform the poses so that they are comfortable.  The body is also given adequate time to recover between poses.  We will end our practice with a deep rest. This class is suitable for most levels of experience. 6 Class Series  Session H: February 18, 25, March 3, 10, 24, 31 (no March 17TH) Session I: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12 Pre-Registration Required  Member Fee: $45 per six week session Non-Member Fee: $70 per six week session  Drop ins Welcome $12 Please click below to read more about  About Breast Cancer Yoga Breast Cancer Yoga --  Restorative Yoga for Survivors and their Caretakers With Angela Strynkowski The vision for Breast Cancer Yoga is to offer “comfort and hope” to women in recovery. Breast Cancer Yoga combines gentle restorative yoga, special breathing exercises, and medicinal complementary therapies that support you in your recovery and healing on ALL levels. BCY shares healthful life choices based on reliable knowledge. Breast Cancer Yoga also offers healthy lifestyle tools for breast cancer prevention and recovery with therapeutic yoga poses and breathing exercises that bring together the mind, body and spirit.  Saturdays/Sundays: Session B: February 8th 2;30PM Session C: March 1st (Sunday) 1PM-2:15PM Session D: April 11th 2:30PM-3:45PM Session E: May 9th 2:30PM-3:45PM No Fee: All Breast Cancer Yoga workshops are offered by donation Pre Registration Required  Please Call 631-224-5420 Become a member of the Islip Arts Council!  Senior and Student membership - $35 and Individual membership - $50 Family membership - $65. Call to become a member to save $25 on each class you sign up for. Memberships lasts a year. Meet Our Yoga Teachers at IAM Katrina Kuan  Katrina considers herself both a student and a teacher of yoga when she graduated under A Jewel in the Lotus School in 2019 (RYT 200). Her class welcomes all levels where one can find their sense of relaxation in a soft meditation in the beginning of class followed by poses that are broken down to fulfill their best alignment. She is passionate about art and yoga and is happy to be working within the vicinity where she can express these two Angela Strynkowski About Angela Angela Strynkowski E-RYT 500 & Katrina Kuan RYT 200 Namaste  Islip Art Musuem at Brookwood Hall  ‌  ‌  ‌

Islip Arts Council | 50 Irish Lane, East Islip, NY 11730 #yogaclass#islip#fineartmagazine#healthyhappy

25th Annual LA Art Show Announces Performances, Panel Discussions & Live Art Demonstrations Ahead of Weekend Crowds

SHOW HOURS
Saturday, February 8, 2020 | 11am – 7pm
Sunday, February 9, 2020 | 11am – 5pm
 

LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER - SOUTH HALL
1201 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90015
 

TICKETS
https://www.seetickets.us/event/THE-LA-ART-SHOW/381725

With the 25th Annual LA Art Show well underway, the fair has announced a wide array of programming that will unfold over the weekend, encompassing panel discussions, performances, screenings, workshops, podcast recordings, and live art demonstrations, all from some of the leading influencers in modern and contemporary art. 

As the most comprehensive contemporary international art show in America, this programming will introduce patrons from art all over the world. 

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This looks like fun join the Audubon Society, Counting is Caring: Join the Great Backyard Bird Count

Counting is Caring: Join the Great Backyard Bird Count

The 23rd Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) begins next week on Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14, and continues through Monday, February 17. And when the latest science shows that two-thirds of North American birds are threatened by climate change, there is no better time to get involved. The GBBC is a free, fun, and family-friendly way to support bird conservation.Here’s how it works: spend as little as 15 minutes on one or more days of the count tallying birds in your community, and then submit your lists online. The data collected by volunteers from around the world powers conservation initiatives and helps us better understand how climate change will impact the birds we all love. All it takes is 15 minutes to make a difference. Keep reading to learn how to participate in this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count.

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Eastern Bluebirds. Photo: K. Bartels/Great Backyard Bird Count #audubobbiedcount#fineartmagazine#fun

Call for Artists! Show your works internationally THE GLOBAL ART AGENCY PRESENTS

THE GLOBAL ART AGENCY PRESENTS:

Since 2010, the GAA has been the award-winning international art fair organiser. ALL OUR EVENTS ARE CURATED MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF ART ON SHOW, SUPPORTING THE ART COMMUNITY’S INTERESTS IS IMPORTANT TO US.

READ OVER 300 SUCCESS STORIES TO DATE #showart#fineartmagazne#fun

Interesting viewing: Ancient Treasures form Elam

Elam was an ancient kingdom of Asia, situated north of the Persian Gulf and east of the  Tigris River, and corresponding approximately to the present-day province of Khuzistan in Iran.  The capital of Elam and its most fabled city was Susa, today the city of Shush. This powerful  empire has been overshadowed in history by the rival kingdoms of Babylon and Assyria.  However, the Elamite Empire deserves to be placed in a list of the world’s most important  and influential ancient cultures. Archaeological signatures for the area exist as far back  as the sixth millennium B.C. The empire itself was founded in around 3200 B.C.,  and it lasted – in various guises – almost continuously until the mid first millennium  B.C.; much of its history is also documented using the world’s earliest deciphered  alphabet, which makes it of extraordinary value to historians and archaeologists.     The Barakat Gallery is proud to hold an extensive  collection of Elamite masterworks, many of which  can be viewed below or by clicking HERE     FEATURED WORKS

Bronze Sword Stone Double-Headed Ram Bronze Staff Finial Surmounted by a Bull

Bronze Roundel with Zoomorphic Motifs Bronze Plaque with Inscribed Face  An Exquisite Silver Vessel

Bronze Handle Alabaster Anthropomorhic Figurine Bronze Bull Vessel

Current Bi-Weekly Auction: Begins Wednesday February 5th   Our February auction is our first ancient Numismatics auction with all 12 lots consisting of coins from across the ancient world.  Standouts include a superb Roman Gold Aureus of Emperor Hadrian, an exceptional Macedonian Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, and a very fine Kushan Gold Dinar of Emperor Vasudeva III amongst many other selections.   Click on the image to the left to view the lots.

CONNECT WITH BARAKAT GALLERY

Barakat Gallery London: 58 Brook Street, Mayfair, London +442074937778 Beverly Hills: 421 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California +14242395840 Seoul: 58-4, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, South Korea +821034973413 West Hollywood: 941 N La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90069 +13108598408 Hong Kong: 68 C Hollywood Road Kelford Mansion. Sheung Wan.Tel.00852-26382005 21 Wong Chuk Hang Road Global Trade Square 1901Wong Chuk Hang-Aberdeen Tel.00852-26382191 #ancientelam#fineartmagazine#intresting

February, some fun exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Through May 17
Perelman Building
Coming of age during the dramatic cultural shifts of the 1960s and 70s, the artists in this distinctively American movement explored nontraditional materials and methods to create adventurous, deeply imaginative works.

Designs for Different Futures
Through March 8

New European Galleries
Ongoing

Horace Pippin:
From War to
Peace

Through December 2020

See how Pippin distinguished himself as one of the most original artists of his generation.

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
philamuseum.org

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