The PAC Sketch Club was created for the purpose of getting people together to discover the value of sketching. Sketching itself is its own art form, sketching helps artists “see” better and enhances drawing skills. Sketching is also a fun way of recording the world around us much more intimately than a camera.
Satellite Gallery at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co.
THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL Presents
Totems | Bryan Gutman
May 6 – June 24, 2018
Reception: Sunday, May 20, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Totems, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Bryan Gutman. The exhibition features a series of paintings that reflect the spiritual totem side of birds. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from May 6 to June 24, 2018 with a reception on Sunday, May 20, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public
Bryan Gutman is a fine artist who lives and works in Patchogue, NY. He received a BFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and a MFA from Brooklyn College in New York. He is the Owner and Co-Founder of Fee-Fi-Faux, Inc., a decorative painting, handmade tile and wallpaper business, alongside his wife Tina Folks. His artwork has been exhibited across Long Island at the Patchogue Arts Gallery, Heckscher Museum, East Ends Arts Council, and Guild Hall. Gutman is an active member of East Ends Arts and 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.
Satellite Gallery at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co.
THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL Presents
Five Years Later: A Retrospective
Curated by Jay Schuck
March 10 – April 29, 2018
Reception: Saturday, March 10, from 4:00 – 5:00 PM
The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Five Years Later: A Retrospective, a group exhibition featuring the artwork of Linda Abadjian, Carole J. Amodeo, Ana Castro, JoAnne Dumas, Kristen Hadjoglou, and Chris Zec. These select artists have shown their artwork at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. between 2013 and 2018 and have been invited back to celebrate our five-year anniversary of presenting artwork at Roast. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from March 10 – April 29, 2018 with a reception on Saturday, March 10, from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
What: Five Years Later: A Retrospective
When: March 10 – April 29, 2018
Where: Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co., 41 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY 11772
Cost: Free and open to the public
In 2013 Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company opened its walls to the Patchogue Arts Council, inviting PAC members to exhibit their artwork. Five years later, we celebrate the relationship of the Patchogue Arts Council and Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company by inviting a selection of artists who exhibited at Roast during the last five years. The exhibition is a companion to the 2018 exhibition Five Years at Roast, featuring the artwork of Linda Abadjian, Carole J. Amodeo, Pam Brewer-Varacek, Ana Castro, JoAnne Dumas, Kristen Hadjoglou, Claudia Mirzaali, Eric Murphy, Caitlyn Shea, Ted Stamatelos, Rasa Valiene, Courtney Young, and Chris Zec. This exhibition is on view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery from March 10 – April 22, 2017 with a reception on Saturday, March 10, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
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.
Satellite Gallery at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co.
THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL Presents
Gargoyles | Ana Castro
January 14 – March 4, 2018
Reception: Sunday, January 21, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Gargoyles, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Ana Castro. The exhibition is a series of gargoyle prints using multiple techniques including intaglio, woodcut, and linoleum. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from January 14 to March 4, 2018 with a reception on Sunday, January 21, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
Ana Castro is a fine artist from Patchogue, NY. She received a BA in Studio Art and Art History from Stony Brook University in 2014. She is attending CUNY Queens College to receive her Masters in Art Education. She participated in Gallery North’s 2016 Summer ArtVentures program and offers open printmaking sessions and introductory printmaking courses for children at Gallery North’s Community Art Center. Her artwork has been exhibited at the Patchogue Arts Gallery, Gallery North, and Greenpoint Gallery.
Colors Thru Time | Ted Stamatelos
Now on display at Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. is Colors Thru Time, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Ted Stamatelos. The exhibition features unique mixed media and glass pieces that re-examine archetypal sculptures in a new, contemporary light.
In his series of work, also titled Colors Thru Time, Stamatelos appropriates and manipulates classical imagery. The majority of the works on display depict classical Greco-Roman sculpture. He crops the photographs and drawings of these classical works, removing them from their settings. Stamatelos places his subject matter into fields of color that he creates through multiple layers of colored ink stains, dripped on Plexiglas. This artistic process is part intentional and part happenstance. Stamatelos chooses the color of inks he uses, but cannot control how they drip or stain the Plexiglas. This can lead to colors blending into one another or colors pooling is parts of the composition while leaving other sections relatively untouched.
Representative of the exhibition is Colors Thru Time #1. The work features, assumingly, a Greco-Roman bust or a sculpture inspired by antiquity. The bust sculpture is echoed and overlapped on top of itself, mimicking diplopia or double-vision. The artist blends complimentary colors such as yellow and purple throughout the composition with sections of orange and violet peppered on the outskirts of the picture plane. Stamatelos brings his classical subject matter to the outer edges of abstraction through a series of overlapping imagery and color theory.
Ted Stamatelos is a fine artist from Long Island, NY. He has been an accomplished art therapist since 1976, directing art programs for the developmentally delayed at the Western Carolina Center. He began painting full-time in 2007 and has numerous exhibitions throughout Long Island and in Manhattan.
Colors Thru Time #1, 2016
The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 2008 to promote, encourage, and support the arts on the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council and Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Company created the PAC Members Gallery at Roast in the summer of 2013 as an alternative exhibition venue where PAC members can exhibit their artwork. In addition to exhibiting artwork and brewing award-winning coffee, Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. hosts a monthly poetry night on the first Saturday of every month.
Colors Thru Time, featuring the artwork of Ted Stamatelos, is on display at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. now through January 7, 2018. A reception will be held on Sunday, December 3, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
Jay Schuck
Exhibitions Coordinator & Assistant Curator
Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co.
41 E. Main Street
Patchogue, NY 11772
Image Credits
All images are courtesy of the artist
© Ted Stamatelos
Abstract Reflections | JoAnne Dumas
Now on display at Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. is Abstract Reflections, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of JoAnne Dumas. The exhibition features select abstract photographs, mounted on panel, of the various Long Island seascapes.
In her artwork, Dumas attempts to capture the ever-changing lights that reflect off the surfaces of different bodies of water. She explores the many shores of Long Island with her camera, before returning to the studio to edit and manipulate the images. The artist finds an endless variety of shapes, patterns, colors, and translucencies that are created by the interplay between light and water. Many of her finished pieces are presented without a frame. This allows them to hang as if they are floating in the exhibition space.
One such work in the exhibition is Silver and Blue #13. Despite it’s abstract, metallic appearance, the work is representative of one of Long Island’s many bodies of water. The rhythmic ebbing and flowing of the cool blue water reflect the sun’s rays that are representative in the brilliant yellows that appears through the composition. On the left-hand side of the piece, just above the central axis, appears to be a disturbance in the water. A ripple-like blemish, probably cased by a dropped object into the water, disrupts the otherwise tranquil scene. On the right-hand side of the photograph are pale, pink and tan reflections of what could be a boat or seaside building. The colors remind the viewer of a late afternoon sunset, sitting on the docks, watching the light dance off the water’s surface.
Another, larger work in the exhibition is Earth Tones #2. As the title suggests, the piece is a splendid display of earth tones. Forest green, brown, pale blue, gray and white blend together in an abstract arrangement. On first glance, it may be difficult to determine the subject matter of the piece. Here, Dumas breaks down the composition and makes the familiar appear unfamiliar. Color, shape and form are the true objects under observation in the piece. As with many works in the exhibition, it is difficult for the viewer to determine a sense of depth within the composition. Many pieces on display appear two-dimensional, as if the photograph was taken directly above the body of water. By concealing the space within the image, the artist brings the viewer’s attention to the abstract qualities of her work.
JoAnne Dumas is a fine artist who lives and works on Long Island, NY. She received her Bachelor and Master degrees from the Pratt Institute in New York City. Dumas previously taught visual arts at SUNY Suffolk County Community College. Her artwork has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout New York. She has been the recipient of New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grants, and has participated in several international artist residencies and symposiums.
The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 2008 to promote, encourage, and support the arts on the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council and Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Company created the PAC Members Gallery at Roast in the summer of 2013 as an alternative exhibition venue where PAC members can exhibit their artwork. In addition to exhibiting artwork and brewing award-winning coffee, Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. hosts a monthly poetry night on the first Saturday of every month.
Abstract Reflections, featuring the artwork of JoAnne Dumas, is on display at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from September 24 to November 12, 2017. A reception will be held on Sunday, October 1, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
Jay Schuck
Exhibitions Coordinator & Assistant Curator
Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co.
41 E. Main Street
Patchogue, NY 11772
Image Credits
All images are courtesy of the Patchogue Arts Council
© JoAnne Dumas
Now on display at Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. is On the Water, a solo exhibition featuring the photography of Roy Biederman. In this series of work, collectively titled Kai: On the Water, Biederman focuses on waterfront scenes from Manhattan to Montauk. All works on exhibit were taken either on the water, or within 500 feet of water, and inspire notions of summer.
Colorful boats, buoys, and scenic offshore cityscape images all adorn the walls of Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. in Patchogue. One piece in the exhibition, Marian S. Heiskell, depicts a New York Water Taxi ferrying passengers around Manhattan. There is a strong sense of motion and forward movement in the composition as the ferry cuts across the water. The horizon line is lower, which allows the artist to render more of the skyscrapers, which continue to pass the boundaries of the photograph, in the background. The cloudless sky, passengers in t-shirts and sundresses, and the color palette of the photograph all inspire notions of leisure and relaxation. Upon seeing the work, the viewer is instantly whisked away, dreaming of a day trip to New York City.
Another work on display is Anton 32. The photograph depicts one of the buoys found in New York Harbor. The floating structure, one of two featured in the exhibition, is placed just to the right of the composition and aids in the navigation of the harbor’s waterways. The buoy acts as a divider in the composition, balancing one of New York City’s bridges and the buildings in the background. Water crashes upon its lower section and sunlight reflects off its right side. As in the previous work, the sunlight, cloudless sky, and full foliage of the background trees indicate that the photograph was taken during the summer months. There is a tranquil quality to Biederman’s work; the artist has a knack for taking pictures that are beautifully composed and balanced.
Roy Biederman is a photographer from Patchogue, NY. As a police photographer, Biederman captured Pope Francis’s papal visit and President Barack Obama’s visit to New York City in 2015. He is an active member of the Long Island Photographic Federation and the Patchogue Arts Council’s Photographer’s Group. His artwork focuses on the landscapes of New York City and Long Island as well as portraiture. The photos of Kai: On the Water, from Manhattan to Montauk were all taken while on a boat or within 500 feet of the water and are an ongoing exploration of local waterfronts.
On the Water, featuring the photography of Roy Biederman, is on display at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. July 23 to September 17, 2017. A reception will be held on Sunday, July 30, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL
presents
Neil Leinwohl: The Summer of Love
Curated by Jay Schuck
May 21 – July 16, 2017
Reception: Sunday, June 11, from 2 – 4 PM
The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Neil Leinwohl: The Summer of Love, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Neil Leinwohl. The exhibition features select inkjet prints by the artist that are inspired by the 1967 Summer of Love. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from May 21 – July 16, 2017 with a reception on Sunday, June 11, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
What: Neil Leinwohl: The Summer of Love
When: May 21 – July 16, 2017
Where: Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co., 41 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY 11772
Cost: Free and open to the public
Neil Leinwohl is a fine artist from Brooklyn, NY. Leinwohl attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City in the 1960s before leaving school to enlist in the army in 1966. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg and served as a photographer in the Vietnam War. His artwork has been exhibited across Long Island with select exhibitions at the Art League of Long Island, Studio 5404, Gallery North, and the Long Island Museum.
PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL Presents
Walls That Talk | Anne T. Baum
Curated by Jay Schuck
March 26 – May 14, 2017
Reception: Sunday, April 2, from 2 – 4 PM
The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Walls That Talk, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Anne T. Baum. The exhibition features selections from her Mass MOCA series, a series that utilizes the building of the Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art as its subject matter. Shapes resembling faces, people, and animals presented themselves to the artist in the chipped and cracked mortar and brick walls of the 150-year old factory building. Walls That Talk is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from March 26 – May 14, 2017 with a reception on Sunday, April 2, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
Anne T. Baum is a fine artist from Long Island, NY. Her photography and watercolor paintings focus on a variety of subject matter, ranging from portraiture and nature scenes to abstraction. Baum received her BA in Ceramics in 1991 from Empire State College. Her artwork has been exhibited across Long Island with select exhibitions at the Long Island Craft Guild, the Gillette House in Sayville, and the Patchogue Arts Gallery.
“Outlined in Silver”
“Looking Through the Window”
“In Conversation”
The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Decadence, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Courtney Young. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co., 41 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY 11772, from January 22 to March 5, 2017 with a reception on Sunday, February 5, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
Courtney Young, Breakfast for Dinner, 2014
Choosing subject matter that is rich in color and texture, Young takes her photographic references and brings them into the studio where she crafts inspiring compositions that serve as faithful representations of their real-world counterparts. Young strives to recreate the memories of her favorite childhood foods, while evoking hunger in others. Sections of her paintings are consciously blurred, which consequentially sharpens other aspects of her works. This conscious blurring, for the artist, creates a sense of emphasis while also conveying a loss of clarity that often occurs if one is an emotional eater and uses food to fill a void.
Courtney Young, Guilty Pleasure, 2015
Courtney Young is a fine artist from Bay Shore, NY. She received her MA in Art Education from Adelphi University and is currently an MFA Candidate at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Her artwork has been exhibited across Long Island with select exhibitions at the Heckscher Museum of Art, Islip Art Museum, and the Anthony Giordano Gallery. Young is an active member of the Pastel Society of America, the Art League of Long Island, and the Patchogue Arts Council.
Courtney Young, Black, White and Jelly All Over, 2015