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October 2020
Art League of Nassau County- Fall Membership Virtual Art Exhibit
Fall Membership Virtual Art Exhibit is a judged show where paintings of various mediums are submitted. Awards are given and paintings are available for purchase.
Find out more »Huntington Historical Society presents: A Toast to Huntington’s History
Experience Huntington’s history from your couch while you help preserve it for future generations! Every fall for the last 30 years our major fundraiser, "An Evening of Food & Wine Under the Stars," welcomed up to 500 attendees on our Kissam property to sample delicious fare provided by local Huntington restaurants, craft beer from local breweries, and a large selection of wines. In order to keep our community safely connected to the Society and local history, and to support our…
Find out more »Art League of Nassau County
October General Virtual Meeting is open to the public. There will be a watercolor demonstration by artist Dennis Ponsot. The meeting can be accessed through our website: artleagueofnc.org
Find out more »The Babylon Chorale presents: Virtual Mondays Haydn “Creation”
Every Monday, the Babylon Chorale will be bringing in a specialist to discuss a variety of topics related to choral music. Sessions will be one hour in length followed by a brief Q&A with the presenter. This week, Sarah Galo will be presenting about Haydn "Creation". For information on registering to attend this event, please visit www.babylonchorale.org
Find out more »Walt Whitman Birthplace Association presents: Poetry Open Mic
WWBA is delighted to present Poetry Open Mic! Six Featured Poets will present their poetry and the audience will be invited to share as well(as much as time permits)! Join us for a night of poetry, music, and fun! Events require preregistration. Pre-Register for this Event and view our future & past virtual events here: https://www.waltwhitman.org/zoom-upcoming-and-past-events/ $5 suggested donation WWBA staff is currently displaced from our office and closed for public tours of Walt Whitman’s childhood home. Your online contributions…
Find out more »Northport Artists Coalition presents: Poets in Port
Presented by the Northport Arts Coalition, via Zoom. Featured poet and open mic. The last Friday of the month (10/30, 11/27, 12/18, 1/29). Anyone interested in participating please contact poetry coordinator, Linda Dickman at libearyn@gmail.com
Find out more »November 2020
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association Presents: Virtual Poetic Meditation with WWBA Long Island Poet of the Year Christina M. Rau
WWBA is delighted to present Meditation, Poetry, and Yoga with Christina M. Rau. On a chair or on a mat in the comfort of your own home, you can join in for a session of meditation, yoga, and a little bit of poetry listening. Breathe and move to settle your thoughts and find some moments of calm and peace. Open to all levels, including first-timers. Join us for this four-session series. *The group will meet Sundays, November 1st - November…
Find out more »The Babylon Chorale presents: Virtual Mondays Musical Theatre
Every Monday, the Babylon Chorale will be bringing in a specialist to discuss a variety of topics related to choral music. Sessions will be one hour in length followed by a brief Q&A with the presenter. This week, Andrea Galeno will be presenting about Musical Theatre up to the 1980s. For information on registering to attend this event, please visit www.babylonchorale.org
Find out more »Suburban Art League Presents An evening with Antonio Masi
Artist Antonio Masi will demonstrate his unique watercolor techniques with a landscape. Depending on the regulations for Covid-19 as provided by the Community Center
Find out more »The Babylon Chorale presents: Virtual Mondays Musical Theatre
Every Monday, the Babylon Chorale will be bringing in a specialist to discuss a variety of topics related to choral music. Sessions will be one hour in length followed by a brief Q&A with the presenter. This week, Steven Altinel will be presenting about Musical Theatre from the 1980s to present. For information on registering to attend this event, please visit www.babylonchorale.org
Find out more »Walt Whitman Birthplace Association presents: Spoken Word Reading and CD Launch with Mary C. M. Philips
WWBA is delighted to present Spoken Word Reading and CD Launch with Mary C. M. Philips. Join us for this exciting event! Events require preregistration. Pre-Register for this Event and view our future & past virtual events here: https://www.waltwhitman.org/zoom-upcoming-and-past-events/ $5 suggested donation WWBA staff is currently displaced from our office and closed for public tours of Walt Whitman’s childhood home. Your online contributions have never been more vital to sustaining our efforts. We can keep our weekly online programs and…
Find out more »The Art Guild Presents “A Modern Approach to Watercolor Workshop” with Antonio Masi
In this three day workshop with award-winning watercolorist Antonio Masi, the focus will be on how to approach watercolor from a contemporary point of view, powerful, emotional and as and expressive medium. Antonio applies watercolor in a thick manner, giving his subjects a startling boldness. Learn unusual perspectives, attention to details, create poetic moody works. He will demonstrate every morning explaining the materials (paints, paper, palette, brushes, etc), his set-up and how he applies color. Although Antonio is known as…
Find out more »Huntington Arts Council Presents “Mirror, Mirror”
The Huntington Arts Council invited artists of all media to submit work of self-refection. This exhibit addresses the questions: What kind of mirror does your artwork hold up to the world? During times of reflection is it a full length, vanity, compact, or a fun house mirror containing many multitudes? Maybe it is more of a looking glass. Allow yourself to observe and then say, “I contain enough”, and let it out. Artists were inspired by this quote from Walt Whitman’s, Song…
Find out more »Canta Libre: Do-Ing Music
Join Canta Libre in this celebrated concert series hosted by the Northport Arts Coalition.
Find out more »Northport Arts Coalition presents Do-Ing Music – classical music series
Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble will be performing a virtual concert of newly composed pieces live from the musicians home studios. Please contact Janet Naideau of the Northport Public Library - janet.naideau@nenpl.org or (631) 261-6930 ext 318 after November 1, to obtain the Zoom link information. The link will also be posted on the library website www.nenpl.org as well as the Canta Libre website www.cantalibre.org.
Find out more »The Art Guild presents Still Life: The Perrin Method workshop with Dennis Perrin
A workshop with Dennis Perrin is more than just a teaching event about technique and picture making. It’s a comprehensive seminar on how to think about painting, where a painting comes from. a self-examination of the question “Why Paint?” as well as a thorough exploration of color, value, temperature, technique and materials. Attending a The Perrin Method™ workshop ensures a complete exposure to the lineage of the great painters historically and an immersion in the full enjoyment of the Creative…
Find out more »The Babylon Chorale presents: Virtual Mondays Latin American Choral Music
Every Monday, the Babylon Chorale will be bringing in a specialist to discuss a variety of topics related to choral music. Sessions will be one hour in length followed by a brief Q&A with the presenter. This week, Ahmed Anzaldua will be presenting about Latin American Choral Music. For information on registering to attend this event, please visit www.babylonchorale.org
Find out more »Art League of Nassau County- Zoom Fall Watercolor Workshop
Zoom Fall Watercolor Workshop. Artist Dennis Ponsot is teaching this 3 hour class. Limited to 15 participants.
Find out more »The Babylon Chorale presents: Virtual Mondays Brahms “Requiem”
Every Monday, the Babylon Chorale will be bringing in a specialist to discuss a variety of topics related to choral music. Sessions will be one hour in length followed by a brief Q&A with the presenter. This week, Dr. David Fryling will be presenting about Brahms "Requiem". For information on registering to attend this event, please visit www.babylonchorale.org
Find out more »December 2020
Huntington Men’s Chorus presents: Virtual Fall Concert
The Huntington Men's Chorus will present a virtual on line presentation in December 2020 under the direction of our new conductor Ms. Jennifer Haney. The chorus will be accompanied by Patricia Facchiano. The presentation will be available on line @ huntingtonmenschorus.org and on Facebook or Zoom. Until there is a vaccine for Covid 19 we will not present a live concert.
Find out more »An evening with Jan Guarino
Artist Jan Guarino will demonstrate her watercolor techniques with a landscape/ Depending on the Covid-19 regulations as proposed by the Community Park.
Find out more »Walking With Whitman: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Poet Edgar Carlson and Open Mic
This is the 10th season of Poetry in Performance: Walking With Whitman, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene paired with local poets on the Walt Whitman Stage. Join us for this exciting event! Events require preregistration. Pre-Register for this Event and view our future & past virtual events here: https://www.waltwhitman.org/zoom-upcoming-and-past-events/ $5 suggested donation WWBA staff is currently displaced from our office and closed for…
Find out more »The Babylon Chorale presents: Virtual Mondays Lessons & Carols
Every Monday, the Babylon Chorale will be bringing in a specialist to discuss a variety of topics related to choral music. Sessions will be one hour in length followed by a brief Q&A with the presenter. This week, Fr. Stephen Tamke will be presenting about Lessons & Carols. For information on registering to attend this event, please visit www.babylonchorale.org
Find out more »January 2021
An evening with Kevin Mc Evoy
Artist Kevin Mc Evoy will demonstrate his oil techniques with a landscape. Depending on the covid-10 regulations proposed by the Community Center.
Find out more »Huntington Arts Council presents: In A New Light: Call to Artists
These last several months, as a community we have encountered trials and tribulations from COVID-19, tropical storms, and everything else in between. We pulled through and will continue to do so. Let’s enter the New Year looking forward with a continued positive outlook and to a bright year ahead. The Huntington Art Council is asking artists to create works that bring positivity and hope to our communities near and far. In A New Light will be an non-juried exhibition of…
Find out more »The Heckscher Museum presents Connie Fox: Sammy’s Beach
After spending decades visiting Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton, artist Connie Fox captures the moods and seasons of her visits through the years in her bold, evocative paintings. The full Sammy's Beach series will be on view in the Museum. Museum Hours are Thursday to Sunday, 12 pm to 5 pm. Advance ticketing required. Go to Heckscher.org for details.
Find out more »Huntington Arts Council Presents Arts Administrator Forums
Arts Administrator Forums is a quarterly roundtable for not for profit arts administrators and educators. The Forums provide the opportunity to explore strengths and challenges of the field, exchange information, encourage collaboration, develop connections and foster a network on Long Island. These events will feature established and emerging leaders in arts administrator fields and focus on topics that present challenges to non-profit arts programs today. Please save the following date for the 2020-2021 schedule: April 20. Check huntingtonarts.org for additional information…
Find out more »Heckscher Museum presents: Wood Gaylor and American Modernism
Wood Gaylor (1883-1957), was an active member of the art world of New York City and Ogunquit, Maine, in the 1910s to the 1930s. He was part of The Penguin, an irreverent group of artists that put on exhibitions, held weekly sketching sessions, and mounted fantastic Arts Balls, complete with costumes, comical skits, and papier-mâché props. Inspired by these events, Gaylor settled into a signature painting style featuring brightly colored, flat, outlined figures in grand spaces. Museum Hours are Thursday…
Find out more »March 2021
The Art Guild Presents Painting with Colored Pencils Workshop: “White on White” with Cynthia Knox CPSA
All white is not the same! Cynthia will guide you through the nuances of white with each item in this still life – from the cream of the background to the pinks and blues in the peonies and cup. Discover the difference between drawing and painting with colored pencils in this three-day colored pencil workshop. Cynthia Knox will guide you step by step through the process of creating this stunning still life (photo reference shown) and will demonstrate her signature…
Find out more »April 2021
The Art Guild Presents The Portrait in Colored Pencil Workshop with Jesse Lane
Draw a dramatic, realistic portrait with award-winning artist Jesse Lane. Learn the secrets of turning colored pencil into a Fine Art medium…. creating works as rich and nuanced as any oil painting. Everyone works on the same portrait as Jesse gives detailed demos, step by step, sharing his signature style… including special tips for creating nuanced skin tones, compelling eyes and realistic hair. Classes are thorough as Jesse breaks down complex rendering into simple shapes. All skill levels are welcome!…
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