Long Island Community Arts Calendar
May 2022
The Firefly Artists Present: Nuno felting with Firefly Oksana Danziger
Nuno Felting Felting is a friendly technique that is simple to learn and create with. Some popular felting projects include decorative pillows, quilts and jewelry. In this workshop students will learn the needle felting technique over the course of 2 hours and after that you will take home a beautiful felted flower. Wool is a magical fiber that has tiny scales that stick together. This allows the user to create a pattern from it on the felt using a needle…
Find out more »Firefly Artist Helen Murdock-Prep Presents Acting Workshops!
Come join Firefly artist and theater educator Helen Murdock-Prep for lots of fun exploring the wonderful world of acting in these workshops that feature Improv, Monologues and Scenes. Tuesday, May 17th; 6:30p-8:30p Tuesday, May 24th; 6:30p-8:30p $100 for both workshops To register, please email Helen at hmurdock@optonline.net
Find out more »June 2022
Firefly Call to Artists: pARTy ‘Til the Cows Come Home!
Be on the lookout this summer for a call to artists on our website www.thefireflyartists.com for a special exhibition to be held in our Firefly Artists' Darcy Arts Center celebrating cows and farm life. Inspired by our neighborhood Cow Harbor Day festivities, and the fact that our own Firefly Drigo Morin has been using his incredible animal portraiture skills to benefit the Lewis Oliver Dairy Farm for a while now, we will be inviting artists to submit works along the…
Find out more »Firefly Artists Special Exhibition: “Reflections” featuring Dan Welden & Gregory Corn
Join us in welcoming these world renowned artists for a very special exhibition in our Darcy Arts Center entitled, "Reflections" Dan Welden is a Master Printmaker, Painter, Teacher, Author, "an experimenter, explorer and a seeker of beauty. When I set out to work, there is no image in mind, but the vision unfolds as the work evolves. It usually begins with simple forms and marks with broad areas. It then becomes more refined and delicate and knits itself together through…
Find out more »Firefly Artists Reception: “Reflections” featuring works of Dan Welden & Gregory Corn
Join us in welcoming these world renowned artists at the reception for a very special exhibition in our Darcy Arts Center entitled, "Reflections." Dan Welden is a Master Printmaker, Painter, Teacher, Author, "an experimenter, explorer and a seeker of beauty. When I set out to work, there is no image in mind, but the vision unfolds as the work evolves. It usually begins with simple forms and marks with broad areas. It then becomes more refined and delicate and knits…
Find out more »July 2022
Firefly Artists Watercolor Masters Series: Fabio Cembranelli
The Firefly Artists are pleased to announce this 4th installment in our Watercolor Masters Series championed by Firefly Jan Guarino, a lifelong learner who loves to bring artists who inspire her in to teach you!!! Fabio Cembranelli, a renowned Brazilian artist, started painting at university, where he studied architecture. After graduating, he took drawing, sculpture and photography courses in his home town of São Paolo, and continued his studies in Europe and US during the 90s. He still lives and…
Find out more »The Firefly Artists Presents: Introduction to Illustration with Renee Reichert
(photo pending) Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an illustrator? Would you like to illustrate your own book cover? Poetry? Poster for an event? Please join us for a two-session workshop as we explore "What is Illustration?" through the art of professional illustrators. Elements of design, color theory and the relationship between images and text will be discussed. Students will then create their own illustration using their choice of media and style. The $100 fee…
Find out more »August 2022
Firefly Artists Printing Event: BIG INK
The Firefly Artists are thrilled to have Big Ink back at The Firefly Artists. BIG INK hosts large-scale woodblock printmaking events across the United States and we have been lucky to have them visit us in the summers of 2018 and 2019. Artists that are interested in carving a woodblock of at least 24 by 36 inches are invited to participate. First, you submit a design for consideration. If selected, you’ll have two months to carve a woodblock based on…
Find out more »Firefly Artists Special Exhibition: BIG INK
The Firefly Artists are thrilled to have Big Ink back at The Firefly Artists. BIG INK hosts large-scale woodblock printmaking events across the United States and we have been lucky to have them visit us in the summers of 2018 and 2019. Artists that are interested in carving a woodblock of at least 24 by 36 inches are invited to participate. First, you submit a design for consideration. If selected, you’ll have two months to carve a woodblock based on…
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