Pop Up Tree House Inspires the Imagination for One Day
A tree house is a place for play and wonder, a safe haven set aside in nature for exchanging secrets and dreams. Whether we grew up...
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Portfolio: Skyscraper Serenity in Architecture Portraits by Mike McLaughlin
Photography by Mike McLaughlin may bring to mind images of potato trucks on cultivated farmlands, solitary houses perched on the edge...
Photographer Mike McLaughlin Connects Modern Architecture & North Fork Living through the Beauty of Simplicity
Photographer Mike McLaughlin has a deep appreciation for the North Fork and New York City. His landscapes and seascapes capturing life...
Portfolio: Christine Matthäi Infuses Photography with Philosophy
Christine Matthäi loves islands: Manhattan Island, Long Island, and Grand Bahama Island. A native of Germany, Matthäi divides her...
Salon on the Lawn Celebrates Emerging Artists at LongHouse Reserve
The second annual "Salon on the Lawn" celebrates the arrival of summer with a benefit party and curated show of emerging artists over...
Discarded Objects Become Treasured Jewels in Elisca Jeansonne’s Upcycled Jewelry
East End artist Elisca Jeansonne creates upcycled jewelry from found objects: bright costume baubles that give new meaning to often...
Music and Dancing Put the Groove in a Weekend Art Show Featuring Large Scale Works at Ashawagh Hall
A live music performance followed by a DJ for dancing on Saturday; a retro Tea Dance with disco hits from the ’70s and ’80s on...
In Sculpture and Prints, Hiroyuki Hamada Works Toward a “Mysterious Place”
For Hiroyuki Hamada, making art is the kind of organic process that comes to him more naturally than discussing it. “I always have a...
A Family of Artists: Yektai Father and Sons Share Gallery Space at Guild Hall
In the Moran Gallery of Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY are the works of three men in the Yektai family, a father and his two sons, in...
Graffiti Retrospective from Bronx Bombers VIC 161 and TAG at White Room
Bursting color and energy fill The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton. In “Up From the Underground,” for the second year in a row...
Miles Jaffe Exhibit Offers Wry Commentary on Art and Commerce
A collection of large-scale paint tubes—accompanied by mammoth imitations of jottings and sketches on lined paper pinned up by...
Springs Invitational Art Stories: Students of Janet Jennings Trace Her Influence on Their Process
“What gives life meaning? Where is regeneration? It’s about learning,” said Kate Rabinowitz, one of Janet Jennings’s painting...
Springs Invitational Art Stories: Athos Zacharias, 90, Ties Vibrant Action Painting to New York School
Now 90, Hamptons painter Athos Zacharias is at once driven by his need for artistic expression and surprised, as he says, “that my...
Springs Invitational Art Stories: The Wednesday Group Reveals a Range of Art Inspired by Nature & Each Other
“En plein air is not for wimps,” said Alyce Peifer, an oil painter and member of The Wednesday Group Plein Air Painters of the...
Springs Invitational Art Stories: A Love Story – Jerry Schwabe, Barbara Sansone & Lenox
A muscular beauty with a neat mane and extended tail lifts his front hoof and lowers his head and neck as if to bow. Barbara...
Springs Invitational Art Stories: Artists Phyllis Hammond and Tracy Harris Share Accabonac Harbor
Artists Phyllis Hammond and Tracy Harris, who each have art selected for this year’s Springs Invitational at Ashawagh Hall, are...