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Dystopia

Long Hall Gallery at Toast Coffeehouse
THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL Presents

Dystopia
Curated by John Cino & Beth Giacummo
October 21 – November 21, 2017

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Dystopia, a group exhibition featuring the artwork of Detlef E. Aderhold, Anu Annam, Krystle L. DiNicola, Lisa Harden-Stone, Gina Ienopoli, Jaynes Johnes, Linda Louis, Melissa Maiello, Andrea Manning, Tommy Mintz, Ben Owens, Michael Sauer, Mark Strodl, Syelios Stylianou, Chris Vivas, Joan Weiss and Nechana Winston. The exhibition is curated by John Cino & Beth Giacummo and is on view at Toast Coffeehouse in Patchogue from October 21 – November 21, 2017. The exhibition is on view during Toast’s hours of operation.

What:      Dystopia
When:     October 21 – November 21, 2017
Where:    Toast Coffeehouse, 46 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY 11772
Hours:     Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday, 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

The theme of the exhibition is dystopia, an imagined place where everything is degraded, and is part of the A Toast to the Arts: Patchogue Arts Council Founders Gala. The two-tier event begins at the Patchogue Arts Gallery on Thursday, October 26, at 7:00 PM and moves across the street to Toast Coffeehouse at 8:30 PM. The theme of the Founders Gala is based on Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s 1927 epic German Expressionist sci-fi film drama. The Founders Gala is also based on the Cubism, Futurism and Bauhaus art movements. The gala will highlight PAC programing and festivities will include items available for auction, creative raffles, photo-op fun and wine paired with delectable bites. All work on exhibit is for sale with 50% of the proceeds will go to benefit the programming of the Patchogue Arts Council.

 

ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL –The Patchogue Arts Council was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue NY. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org.

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A Toast to the Arts: Patchogue Arts Council Founders’ Gala

Since 2008, PAC programming has introduced tens of thousands of people to downtown Patchogue and its vibrant arts community. We ask you to join us in celebrating the founders of the Patchogue Arts Council during its first annual A Toast to the Arts: Patchogue Arts Council Founders’ Gala. This two tier event will begin at the Patchogue Arts Council Gallery and move across the street to Toast Coffeehouse. The evening’s theme is inspired by Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s iconic, futuristic 1927 film. The gala will highlight PAC’s programming, which includes art, music, spoken word, and performance. Festivities will also include items available for auction, creative raffles, photo op fun, and wine paired with delectable bites.

This has been a watershed year for the Patchogue Arts Council marking an important step in our growth. We have been awarded a special workforce grant from the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA) enabling us to hire our first Executive Director. Receiving this award recognizes the growth and substantial professional contributions PAC has made to the arts community on Long Island and in New York State.

The Patchogue Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The mission of the Patchogue Arts Council is to promote, support, and encourage the arts. PAC provides artists working in all mediums with opportunities to share their work, network with other creatives, and participate in arts advocacy initiatives. The Patchogue Arts Gallery provides year-round exhibition programming and community engagement. In addition to supporting a variety of artists and art forms, the Patchogue Arts Council also works to engage a diverse audience by presenting a broad range of programs. We are proud to play an integral role in the cultural renaissance and revitalization of Patchogue and the arts on Long Island.

Research has shown that for every dollar a community invests in the arts, four flow back to the community. We hope you will consider helping us continue to strengthen our communities through the arts!

For a pdf of the Gala sponsorship, click here: https://patchoguearts.org/wp-content/uploads/Gala_Sponsorships_Ads_Sheet_Final.pdf

Use the donation button below to purchase tickets or make a donation for the gala.
  • Pre-Gala Reception with LIV tastings only $45.00
  • Gala Evening including Reception with LIV tastings for one person $100
  • Gala Evening including Reception with LIV tastings for two people $180
  • If you can’t join us for the gala evening but would like to make a donation please enter any amount that is meaningful to you.



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Paint the Great South Bay

The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) is pleased to announce Paint the Great South Bay 2017 Plein Air Event, Exhibit, and Wet Paint Sale. The Patchogue Arts Council invites artists to paint en plein air along the Great South Bay, ranging from Smith Point Beach to the Fire Island Lighthouse. Proceeds from this event help the Patchogue Arts Council continue to create events and programing that encourages, promote, and support the arts on Long Island.

Important Event Dates:
Saturday, August 26 through Sunday, September 3, 2017 RAIN OR SHINE

click here for the full prospectus: https://patchoguearts.org/wp-content/uploads/PGSB_Prospectus_2017_Final-.pdf

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Upcoming Exhibition: Lyrical Abstraction

PATCHOGUE ARTS GALLERY PRESENTS

Lyrical Abstraction

Curated by John Cino

September 9 – October 27, 2017

Reception: Saturday, September 9, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM

(Chris Ann Ambery, Deeper)

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Lyrical Abstraction, a group exhibition curated by John Cino. The exhibition features the artwork of Susan Abramson, Chris Ann Ambery, Stuart Bigley, Hyon Hartberger and Pamela Waldroup. The exhibition is on view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery from September 9 to October 27, 2017, with an opening reception on Saturday, September 9, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.

 

What:    Lyrical Abstraction

When:   September 9 – October 27, 2017

Where:  Patchogue Arts Gallery, 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue, NY 11772

Cost:   Free and open to the public

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Ratgrrl “The Constellation, Dos Esposas”

The art of grief
BY TARA SMITH

“Sad lady art” is the term Jessica Valentin uses to describe her work; one she embraces with a smile. She’s always tried to make sense of her grief in a light hearted way, using the hashtag #sadladyproblems following the death of her husband, Darren, in 2015. The loss came after Darren’s hard-fought battle with brain cancer, Valentin explained. But she was no stranger to grief: she had been widowed twice by the time she turned 37.
Try as she might, those themes of heartache and loss remain constant in her colorful graphic art. “I lost a husband in my twenties and in my thirties,” Valentin says, softly. “A lot of what I do is influenced by my grief, and working through it, but also trying to make something colorful and beautiful out of that pain.”

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PAC Spotlight #3 – Amalia Drewes

The Patchogue Arts Council

presents

“1967: Summer of Love”

This week’s Spotlight Artist:

Amalia Drewes

“I am inspired by nature, spirituality, and stories of the everyday person.”
-Amalia Drewes

(Amalia Drewes, Sun and Moon masks, multi media, 2015 5ft long)
Pictured above was Amalia’s piece that was on display at the Patchogue Arts Gallery’s “1967: Summer of Love” exhibit.  

 

I asked Amalia what the ‘Summer of Love’ theme meant to her:

“First, I want to mention how important this exhibition is.  I am 24 years old, I did not have opportunity to grow up during the 60s and 70s when Love was a symbol of hope, peace, and togetherness. Love was how people “fought back” against violence and prejudices. I believe this is a similar time for the need of people coming together and sharing love with one another, to fight against the negativity of current events.
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My Sun and Moon masks reflect the idea of lightness and darkness.  The Sun is bright and welcoming.  The Moon is dark and mysterious.  Separate, they are their own objects, but together they become so much more, they balance the ways of life.  Although the Sun and Moon are different, they must exist together in harmony.  I believe that The Summer Love exhibition gives us the same opportunity to harmonize with our communities, even if we don’t always agree with our neighbors.”

 

Amalia has done live performances with her pieces. It’s interesting how people reacted to the different masks.

Amalia: “The two masks were included in an Art Performance in Thompkins Square Park, to celebrate the Sun and Moon during specific times of the year.  It was incredible to see the difference between how people reacted to the darkness of the Moon and the brightness of the Sun. I found that most people were afraid to approach me as the Moon, some even ran away from me in fear.  The Sun encouraged people to walk up to me, take pictures with me, and dance with me in the park.“

[Amalia Drewes, Sun and Moon Sketch]

Artist Bio:

My name is Amalia Drewes. I am a professional Mixed Media Illustrator. I lived in Manhattan and went to school at The New School, Parsons School of Design for 5 years, but I currently live in West Babylon, NY (my hometown). I graduated with a BFA in Illustration.  Although I learned a lot from school, most of my skills are self-taught through playful experimentation. I have been a part of many shows and exhibitions throughout the last 7 years. Out of all the shows that I am showcased in, I truly enjoy being a part of fundraisers and contributing to a more meaningful purpose to help others around the world.  I was included in The Child Trafficking awareness Fundraiser, hosted by Set NYC (2016), and the La Alianza

‘GIRLS’ fundraiser (2016).  The money made from all the sold artwork went towards the support and education for young girls and boys worldwide.  Right now, I am passionate about supporting musicians.  I have completed many Album Covers and Album art templates.  My most recent work for Album Art is

“Under One Sun,” composed by Billy Drewes and completed with the liner notes written by Paul Simon. It is truly an honor to work with musicians, as I believe Visual Art and Music work hand in hand.


More at:

www.amaliadrewes.com
@AmaliaDrewes
Facebook

Be sure to stop by our gallery to see some of the best art Long Island has to offer.

See you next time when we feature another artist at the PAC.

Gallery Info:
Patchogue Arts Gallery
20 Terry Street, Ste. 116
Patchogue, NY 11772
631-627-8686

Hours:
Wed: By Appointment
Thurs-Fri: 2pm-7:30pm
Sat-Sun: 1pm-5pm

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Kevin Wieser
Social Media/Community Coordinator
for the Patchogue Arts Council

 

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Patchworks 2017

Patchworks 2017
The Annual Juried Members Exhibition Juror: Pat Rogers

July 15 – August 27, 2017
Reception: Saturday, July 15, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present its upcoming Annual Juried Members Exhibition entitled Patchworks 2017. The exhibition is curated by Pat Rogers, the managing editor and publisher of Hamptons Art Hub. Patchworks 2017 features the artwork of Berges Alvarez, Carole J. Amodeo, Anne T. Baum, Linda Beckerman, Thomas Benincase, Jennifer Berotti, Amy Bisagni, Jim Byrne, Ana Castro, Mary Jean Cirrito, Krystle DiNicola, JoAnne Dumas, Richard Gardiner, Joan M. Genchi, Bryan Gutman, Samantha Hernandez, Lori Horowitz, Alan N. Johnson, Neil Leinwohl, Linda Louis, Lilian Masten, Lawrence Monat, Mark Propper, Dave Rogers, Will Ryder, Ted Stamatelos, Ellen Talisman, Mac Titmus, Dwight Trujillo, Pamela Brewer-Varacek, Gina Vigliarolo, and Mary White. The exhibition is on view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery from July 15 to August 27, 2017, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 15, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.

What: Patchworks 2017
When: July 15 – August 27, 2017
Where: Patchogue Arts Gallery, 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue, NY 11772
Cost: Free and open to the public

About the Exhibition

The Annual Juried Members Exhibition gives all current members of the Patchogue Arts Council the opportunity to exhibit their artwork at the Patchogue Arts Gallery, located at 20 Terry St. Suite 116, in Patchogue, NY. There is no submission fee, and artists are invited to submit up to two works of art in any medium. The exhibition highlights the many talents of the Patchogue Arts community, exhibiting a mixture of painting, sculpture, photography, and more. 2017 marks the sixth year PAC has held an exhibition exclusively for its members at the Patchogue Arts Gallery.

About the Juror
Pat Rogers is an award-winning arts journalist and art writer. Since 1997, Rogers has continually written about artists and finds joy in presenting art to the public. She is the publisher and managing editor of Hamptons Art Hub, an online-only publication she founded in 2012 that fosters awareness of the visual arts in The Hamptons, the East End, New York City, Miami, Long Island, Fairfield, and Westchester Counties. The Hamptons Art Hub publishes reviews, features, artist profiles, and columns presenting events and exhibitions. Rogers previously spent 13 years writing about the visual arts for The Southampton Press and was an initial arts columnist for Long Island Pulse.

ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL – The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc., was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue NY and is open Thursdays and Fridays, 2:00 – 7:30 PM, Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 – 5:00 PM. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org.

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Artist Spotlight #2 – Linda Louis

The Patchogue Arts Council

presents

“1967: Summer of Love”

This week’s spotlight Artist:

Linda Louis

“Art has no rules … it is not like medicine, or science, or the law… in art rules exist to be broken. Art invites the ephemeral, the subjective, the idiosyncratic.  Art celebrates innovation, it delves the mind.” [From Linda’s artist statement]

(The Mystical Trip, Oil on Canvas, 34 x52, 2016)

Pictured above is Linda’s piece that was on display at the Patchogue Arts Gallery’s “1967: Summer of Love” exhibit.  

 

Linda gave us some background info about her piece:

‘The Magical Trip’(now The Mystical Trip) first emerged as part of a series of 12 small, roughly 5”x 7” wax and pigment paintings on paper. They did not have a names. I informally called them ‘personal experiences’. Fascinated by this particular ‘personal experience’, and drawn to working on wood, it transitioned itself into a 36”x36” wax and pigment painting called ‘A Remarkable Journey’. After a time, while still inspired by the subject, I turned again to this particular image, thus creating the 34”x52” oil on-canvas painting called ‘The Magical Trip’. – Linda Louis

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ACES Mag Article

THE SUMMER OF LOVE HAS COME TO PATCHOGUE

 

It has been 50 years since the young descended en masse on the city of San Francisco and began a cultural revolution. Over 100,000 flower children gathered in Haight-Ashbury to spread their idealistic counter-cultural movement, which embraced the themes of peace, love, psychedelia, and Zen philosophy. It is this revolutionary time that is at the core of this year’s Summer of Love 1967-2017, presented by the Patchogue Arts Council.

 

Beginning this past April and continuing through late September, The Summer of Love 1967-2017 features a series of exhibitions and events inspired by the themes of the late 1960s. On view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery is 1967: The Summer of Love, a group exhibition curated by John Cino and featuring artwork inspired by the Summer of Love, psychedelia, and flower power themes. The exhibition is on view through June 25, while next door the Artspace Residents’ Gallery features the exhibition Surreal Abstract Expressions, curated by Dave Rogers and on view during the month of June.

Satellite exhibitions can be found in Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company, Toast Coffeehouse, the Patchogue-Medford Library, and the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company hosts the solo exhibition Neil Leinwohl: The Summer of Love, which presents select ink-jet prints by Neil Leinwohl, on view through July 16. Toast Coffeehouse hosts the solo exhibition You Spin Me Round, which exhibits new work by Ratgrrl from June 1 – August 30. The Patchogue-Medford Library and the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts both exhibit the iconic photography of renowned artist Rowland Scherman during the month of June. The political photography of Rowland Scherman can be found at the Patchogue-Medford Library in the exhibition Lens on the Later Sixties; selections of his cultural and musical imagery of the 1960s can be found at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts in the exhibition Sounds of the Sixties. All exhibitions are on view during the business hours of their respective venues.

The festival also incorporates the 2nd annual Arts on Terry street fair, co-presented by the Patchogue Arts Council, Artspace Patchogue, and the Patchogue-Medford Library. The full-day event features pop-up art exhibits from Long Island-based arts organizations, individual artist booths, family-friendly vendors and activities, street artists, live music, demonstrations, and much more. Arts on Terry will be held on Sunday, June 4, from 12:00 – 6:00 PM, on Terry Street in front of the Artspace building in Patchogue, NY. The event is rain or shine and free to attend.

 

In addition to the multitude of exhibitions and Arts on Terry, the Patchogue Garden Club hosts outdoor sculpture installations by John Bell, Laurence Lee, Bill Shillalies, Dwight Trujillo and Ratgrrl in the garden at the corner of Terry Street and South Ocean Avenue in Patchogue, NY. The sculpture garden also features painted logs that were created during the Patchogue Arts Council’s 8th annual Log Jam Festival that took place at Blue Point Brewery on May 28. The sculpture garden will be on view from June 4 to September 30. The Patchogue-Medford Library will also display a temporary mural painted by John Hollingsworth. As with the rest of the festival, the mural is inspired by the Summer of Love, psychedelia, and flower power themes. The mural will be on view on the rear wall of the Patchogue-Medford Library through September 3.

 

The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. For more information on The Summer of Love 1967-2017 and Arts on Terry, please visit www.patchoguearts.org.

 

Jay Schuck

 

Patchogue Arts Council

20 Terry St., Suite 116

Patchogue, NY 11772

 

Image Credit

Red Lady Spin Me Round © Ratgrrl 2017

Love the One You’re With © Neil Leinwohl 2016

 

All images courtesy of the Patchogue Arts Council

 

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Interview with Grammy Winner – Rowland Scherman

Patchogue Arts Council Presents: Rowland Scherman

by Tara Smith

You may know Rowland Scherman by name, or you may not. His iconic photographs have been hanging around Patchogue in both the library and theater lobby as part of the Patchogue Arts Council’s “Summer of Love” tribute.
Scherman was the first photographer for the Peace Corps in 1961, documenting the work of volunteers all over the world. His photos helped define the image of the agency we know today. In 1963, he became a freelance photographer, frequently published in Life, Look, National Geographic, Time, Paris Match and Playboy just to name a few.
He photographed many of the iconic musical, cultural and political events of the 60’s including the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, the March on Washington, DC, the Beatles first US concert and Woodstock. He traveled with Bobby Kennedy on his campaign for the presidency, went on tour with Judy Collins, was in the studio when Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their first album.

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