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It's high season for the Patchogue Arts Council with our Walking Arts Tour, Autumn Arts Festival, and Biennial all coming up in the next month. As an organization that is 100% volunteer driven, the only way these events can happen is with your help. We hope we can count on you this year to sign up for one or more of the following volunteer opportunities.
The Patchogue Arts Council is currently presenting the
(September 24 - November 6). This juried exhibition is featured in the windows and storefronts of Patchogue. We are honored to have Photographer and Educator
JoAnne Dumas serve as juror. Maps as well as more information is available by visiting
here.
2011 Patchogue Arts Biennial
The 2011 Biennial Committee is elated to be returning the event to its pilot location at Briarcliffe College.
This year's event will take place from
October 22 - November 13. The gallery is open each week on Tuesday through Friday from 12-8pm and Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm. An artist's reception will be held on October 29 from 2-5pm.
The Patchogue Arts Biennial is the largest contemporary art exhibit on Long Island. The exhibit is an invitational exhibit exposing the public to a variety of contemporary art forms, many of which are not usually seen in traditional venues. The artists of diverse backgrounds are drawn from all of Long Island; Brooklyn to the East End.
A special thank you to the following sponsors:
$5,000 & Space Host Platinum: Briarcliffe College
$6,000 Gold +: Suffolk County Depart of Economic Development & Workforce Housing, County Executive Steve Levy
$5,000 Gold: St. Joseph's College & LI Pulse Magazine
$2,500 Silver: Patchogue Business Improvement District
Catalog Ads: ArtSpace Patchogue Lofts
$50 & $100 Individual Supporters: Marjorie Roe, J. Signs Inc., Patchogue Family YMCA-Brookhaven Roe Y Center, Roe Realty Corp., The Colony Shop, Zenith Abstract LLC., and Linda Leuzzi
Fourth Patchogue Arts Festival
Join us for a free day of art, music, poetry and performance in the lobby of the Patchogue Theatre and throughout Patchogue on October 23 beginning at noon.
Schedule of events:
12:00 p.m. - Reception in the PTPA Lobby for the artists of the Walking Tour, this year's tour is curator by photographer JoAnne Dumas
1:00 p.m. - Meet Elizabeth Oakes Smith, a famous author who lived in Patchogue in mid-nineteenth century. A brief historic reenactment courtesy of Loren Christie and the Greater Patchogue Historical Society will take place in the PTPA Lobby
After saying goodbye to Ms. Smith, grab a map and hit the streets to take the Walking Arts Tour. In addition to the Walking Tour Exhibit, additional arts venues will be open including: the 2011 Patchogue Arts Biennial at Briarcliffe College, WH Design/The Shoppe, Shands Loft Gallery at the Brickhouse Brewery, Gather Studio, the Gallery at 40 So, and Artspace Patchogue Gallery
2:00 p.m. - Join PTPA Board member and Patchogue Arts Festival Co-Chair Christopher Capobianco for a guided tour of the theatre
2:30-4:00 p.m. - The Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center will be screening "Surprise Short Films"
4:30 p.m. - Live in the Lobby at the Patchogue Theatre featuring alternating poetry and music from Long Island Poetry by National Whiting Award Winners Julie Sheehan and L.B Thompson, Spoken Word Artist Frankie Soto/Hidden Legacy and poet extraordinaire, Ed Luhrs. This portion of the evening will be co-hosted with an introduction by the award-winning PAC poet Michelle Whittaker. The music features Long Island Singer-Songwriters Robert Bruey, Marci Gellar,Athena Wisnewski, Bill Scorzari, Steve Mall, Jewlee, and Otar
A special thank you to Paradiddle Records, all of our sponsors and volunteers that make this event free to the public.
