b.j. spoke gallery ~ 299 Main Street ~ bjspokegallery.org
fotofoto gallery, formed in 2003, is the oldest fine art photography gallery on Long Island. The photography collective exhibits photographers with independent vision, focus and purpose and is dedicated to the artistic development of its members and the greater photographic community. • Located in the heart of Huntington, NY, fotofoto gallery hosts an extensive calendar of members' solo and group exhibitions, workshops, salons, special events and competitions including Pop-up Shows, Your Best Shot, Phone-Ography and National Open-Photography Competitions and Exhibitions. • fotofoto gallery is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
DESIGNERS OF FINE FRAMING SINCE 1957
Industry is an artist's guild and music venue located in the heart of Huntington village. The Guild currently has about forty members.
We are a space where art and socializing come together organically (hopefully) -without any of the usual financial underpinnings of the art world.
There's a bar, a stage and a cheese store to help with the socializing. Buy a painting and you support the arts, buy a drink and you support the spot; pay the cover and you support the band.
We don't charge ourselves commission (all sales go to the person who created the piece) and there is no cost to be a member.
It's simply a place where artists can congregate, discuss, experiment, and create free of any charges.
The idea is sublimely expressed by a painter, "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."
-anonymous one eared artist.
HUNTINGTON ART CENTER ~ 7 Wall Street
Salt Marsh Yarrow by Michael Sansone
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON ~ Traffic Signal Box Public Art Projects
The Sound by Emily Martin
The Huntington Historical Society’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial building was built as the town library in 1892. After the library moved to its current location at the other end of Main Street in 1958, the building, still owned by the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Association, was used by the Huntington school district. From 1969 on it became home to the Town Historian. In 2000, the Association donated the building to the Huntington Historical Society. The Society undertook an ambitious eight year restoration project and re-opened it as a museum in 2008.
Return to Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation is an art exhibition that includes photographic stills which recreate the representation of women from the colonies in Orientalist postcards dating back to the early 20th century. To broaden the cultural context of these staged images, the exhibition also includes fabric-based digital collages by artist Mara Ahmed that celebrate South Asian cities, architecture, and peoples. The exhibition and its catalog provide information about the history of colonial postcards, the role of photography, Western imperialism and the construction of the East, the colonial male gaze, women of color as figures of a phantasm, and ways to resist such objectification and framing.
Exhibit September 17th- October 15th (*October 1st - Opening Reception 12:00-1:00 pm)
Return to Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation is a short, experimental film directed and produced by Mara Ahmed. It pushes the documentary medium in unexpected ways by opening with three contemporary South Asian American women who recreate British colonial postcards from the early 20th century. Dressed in lavish traditional attire and jewelry and shot exquisitely in a darkened studio, the women emulate the awkward poses of the postcard women, only to subvert the colonial male gaze and acquire autonomy by choosing an action of their own. This symbolic ‘returning’ of the Orientalist gaze is layered with discussions about Eurocentric beauty standards, representations of South Asian women in media and culture, stereotypes, othering, identity and belonging. The film hopes to create community by facilitating conversations about erasure and the politics of representation.
It will premiere at Cinema Arts Centre on October 1st, 2023, at 2:00pm with a panel discussion directly following the film.
Industry Lounge and Gallery ~ 344 New York Ave.
digho is a full service art and design studio with a passion for supporting the arts. Teamed up with neighbor, Lenny Marks, of Len Marks Photography for a perfect space to showcase local art. digho proudly presents this solo show of Thomas Bennicase of Hardtack arts.
This exhibit is intended to show a representation of the varied facets of Thomas’ array of art-making styles.
The collages presented are based on public domain and self-made images that are intentionally stripped of identification, mixed together and altered with cut and paste techniques and painted and drawn over. Conceptually, the images are constructed using an improvisational method where the resulting content displays a composition of images, seemingly unrelated, having the effect of imbuing a faint recollection or a familiarity that cannot be placed.
The graphic images presented, or “Yield” Series, is a long-term study of interchangeable graphic components;A vocabulary if you will, where the parts can be assembled and re-assembled to form several different compositions. They portray a modular, sentient being that is a factory for tears, influenced by circuit and diagram design and orthographic technical drawing.
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Whispers of Nature: An Artistic Ode to Nature by Xi Wang
October 1 – 30
Reception: Art Walk, Sunday, October 1, 12 – 5 pm
Xi Wang presents her beautiful Traditional Chinese paintings. Her work seeks to ignite a profound connection between the viewer and the essence of cultural heritage, fostering a deeper appreciation for the past, present, and the artistry that binds them. In addition to Ms. Wang’s gallery exhibit, her painted fans will be on view in the main floor display cases.
Art Gallery & Youth Program Room
Take part in the free, self-guided tour of Huntington Village Art Galleries and stop by the Huntington Public Library to meet artist Xi Wang and view her exhibit, Whispers of Nature: An Artistic Ode to Nature. Bring the kids upstairs to the Youth Program Room where they can complete a colorful masterpiece of their own. The Friends of the Huntington Public Library are also hosting their Fall Book Sale. No registration required. Open to all.
The Heckscher Museum ~ 2 Prime Ave. ~ heckscher.org
HUNTINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ~ 338 Main St. ~ Art Gallery and Youth Room
Established in 1975, bj spoke gallery is a member owned and run cooperative art gallery and not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, located at 299 Main St, Huntington, NY. b.j. spoke gallery has been bringing art to the community and community to artists for over 48 years. b.j. spoke strives to further an understanding of the arts by offering; exhibits of our members’ work, two annual national juried art competitions EXPO and PAPERWORKS, Harvest of Artists - a non-juried exhibition for local artists, The Artist Circle, a biweekly meeting open to all artists, Music and Poetry events and more.
Besides the solo exhibiting members, fellow gallery members' paintings and sculptures will be on exhibit. The artists will be available to discuss their work and answer questions. Members include:
digho at Len Marks Photography
376 New York Ave ~ dighoarts.com
The Huntington Art Center is celebrating 66 years of designing and creating fine Custom Framing! Please join us in our new location! We have moved from 11 to 7 Wall Street! We now have a large, open gallery space and frame design showroom. Our Artist Invitational will showcase art from Women Sharing Art, a Long Island based artist collective, showing paintings, photographs, mixed media, fused glass and more! The theme is "Local Inspiration". We'll also have live music by Willie Steel, playing acoustic guitar in the background. Come celebrate the arts with us!
Now celebrating its 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.
fotofoto gallery ~ 14 West Carver St. fotofotogallery.org
Dockers Sunset by Hillary Serota Needle
An Eddy by Edward Acosta
Huntington Historical Society’s
History and Decorative Arts Museum at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Bldg
228 Main Street
Phyllis Baron, Abstract painter
John A. Bell, Sculptor with found metal
Katherine Criss, Surrealist
Lesley Magaril Delia, Clay medallions
Bernadette DeNyse Russell, Painter
Elizabeth Ehlichman, Painter
Andrea Fortunoff, Photographer
Anthony Hunter, Pop-political & Street painter
Barbara V. Jones, Abstract panels
Karen L. Kirshner, Abstract/ Pop-surreal artist
Kevin Larkin, Abstract painter
Nicole Lasdin, Fantasy painter
J. Lefsky, Abstract painter
Adriena Masi, Realist painter
Lynne Meneses, Figurative painter
Minoo Moadel, Abstract painter
Nicole Prey, Abstract painter/photographer
Eileen Shaloum, Figurative painter
Elaine Shyer, Abstract painter
Cindy Shechter, Landscape painter
Steven Vando, Watercolorist
Mark Vogler, Representational painter
Theodora Zavala, Representational painter
The Museum is happy to participate in the Fall 2023 Huntington Village Art Walk, a self-guided tour of exhibitions at the Heckscher and galleries in the Village of Huntington! At the Heckscher, on view: Courtney M. Lenoard: Logbook 2004- 2023 and Raise the Roof: The Home in Art
We will have live music by Deanna Hudson in the galleries from 12:30 – 3 pm, and we will have tours of each exhibition in both English (3pm and 4 pm) and Spanish at 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm. Free
Huntington Arts Council ~ Main St. Gallery, 213 Main St. ~ huntingtonarts.org
Traffic signal boxes that have been transformed by artists into works of public art are documented in this section of the Public Art Inventory.
Go to http://www.huntingtonny.gov/TrafficSignalBoxes to download a map of the area.
Installations of additional Signal Box projects are ongoing in Huntington Village. Photos and information about new installations will be added as they are completed. A location map including these new locations will be added upon completion of all planned projects for the year.
A self-guided tour of the new exhibits at the museums and galleries, in the Village of Huntington, New York. Many of the artists' will be on hand to talk about their inspiration, while you enjoy tasty treats and check out the art scene in the Village! Live music playing along the way. Free! No tickets, just come on down! Scroll down the page for more information on each participant.
Pick up your flyer with the map at the info table under the Paramount Marquee, or at any of the venues.
STEP RIGHT UP
The Unsettling Imagery of an American Carnival
Created and Curated by Craig S Banks
On view at Spotlight October 2023
A Note from the Artist:
This project has been a uniquely artistically satisfying experience. Through concept, material and techniques assembled over a lifetime, combined with layers of texture, meticulous detail and disturbing imagery I have created a dystopian tribute to the American Carnival, hoping to instill in the viewer a sense of both wonder and amusement mixed with an equal sense of dread and discomfort.
Step Right Up…
spotlight at the paramount ~ 370 New York Avenue