Summer Solstice Celebration at Sands Point Preserve, June 20

Summer Solstice Celebration at Sands Point Preserve, June 20

by | Mar 23, 2019 | Past Events

Plein Air Painting at Sands Point Conservancy’s Summer Solstice Celebration
Thursday June 20, 2019
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Join us for a beautiful evening of plein air painting and
BYO picnic dinner and stay until the sun sets!

Spend the longest day of the year outdoors on the beautiful grounds of the Sands Point Preserve. (We’ll step inside one of the mansions, if it rains.) There will be guided walks into the woods, along the pond and shoreline; nature-based art projects; a special Family Yoga session; lawn games and more!

You are welcome to bring what you wish to paint with. We’ll be bringing watercolors, pencils, watercolor paper and sketch pads to share with other attendees – children and adults.

Admission
Art Guild or Sands Point Preserve Members: $10 per car (Members of The Art Guild may use the one-time pass they receive with membership. Carpool with a friend or two! Don’t have a pass? Stop by and pick yours up!)
Non-Members: $20 per car
Pay at the Gatehouse; includes parking. Dogs on leashes are permitted.

You are welcome you decide at the last minute if you’re coming, but please let us know by emailing!

The Sand Point Preserve/Conservancy is located at 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point, New York, 11050. For directions to the Sands Point Preserve, click here.

CreARTive – Sat., August 10, 2019 1-4pm

by | Mar 23, 2019 | Past Events

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US – WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY!!

Interested in classes for your kids? Click here for Kids Classes or Click here for Middle School to HS classes! 

And be sure to get on our list — become a member or email us at info@theartguild.org to get on the list!

Families – Join Us For CreARTive – Sat., August 10, 1-4pm

Families are invited to our FOURTH CreARTive at The Art Guild, on Saturday, August 10, 2019, from 1-4 pm. The open house with FREE art-related activities such as:

  • Tie dying
  • Japanese Relief Printing
  • Clay Hand-Building
  • Djembe Drum Making
  • Painting, Drawing & more!

CreARTive is a great way for parents to meet instructors and familiarize themselves with The Art Guild. New projects added for 2019! The projects will be geared for ages 5 through 12.

“Our art classes for kids are fun and educational,” said Susan Herbst, Director of Programming. “Our teachers are amazing professionals who come up with creative projects every week all year long. We’d like to reach out to parents, schools and the community to let them know that we offer fun, reasonably priced art classes for students of all ages – from kindergarten through high school, as well as college and beyond.”

Please be aware that we share the property with private families. Please be courteous of others while at Elderfields.

Thank you to everyone who came last year! See what The Port Washington News said about us!.

 

This event is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor M. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.

 

 

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My Long Island: Places, Spaces, Faces, Juried Photography Exhibit, March 2-24

My Long Island: Places, Spaces, Faces, Juried Photography Exhibit, March 2-24

by | Mar 12, 2019 | Past Exhibitions

MY LONG ISLAND: Spaces, Places and Faces
Juried Photography Competition & Exhibition
On View: March 2 – 24, 2019

 

“My Long Island: Spaces, Places & Faces” a Juried Photography Competition and Exhibition. What makes Long Island unique to you? There are as many answers as there are people! Let your mind and your camera roam freely to show us your special view of Long Island. Use your imagination, your graphic eye, and all your photographic skills to bring to life your individual vision. Avoid the ordinary – give us your fresh perspective.

Criteria All styles from abstract to realism are welcome. All works must be original. The selection committee’s decision is final. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from February 25 – March 24, 2019.

JUROR OF AWARDS: Katrin Eismann is an internationally respected artist who specializes in interpretive travel, still life and portrait photography. She is also an educator and the author of four acclaimed books on digital photography. Katrin is the founder and chair of the Masters in Digital Photography department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA). She received her BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her MFA at SVA. For more information visit her website: photoshopdiva.com.

ENTRY FEE  Registration is required! (Fees below.) Entry fee is non-refundable.

ENTRIES Digital submissions of up to three (3) images via email to
artshow@TheArtGuild.org or uploaded to our website, should be  between 1 and 3MB each, and between 2,000 and 4,000 pixels on their longest side. Please label your images as follows: artist’s lastname_firstname_entrynumber_title.jpg
(ex: smith_john_1_beachsunset.jpg). DO NOT UPLOAD IMAGES NAMED
IMAGE.jpg or FULLRESOLUTION.jpg or similar. When images have the same name our database overwrites the image.

Works previously exhibited at The Art Guild Gallery will not be considered. Contact us at 516-304-5797 or info@TheArtGuild.org with any questions regarding uploading or emailing your images.

SIZE And Framing For uniformity of the exhibit, the minimum photo size is 8” x 10” excluding the mat. The mat must be all white, and the frame must be a dark color. Frame size must not exceed 36” on the longest side. 

Frame MUST be wired securely for hanging, with the wire attached via screw eyes or D-rings to the frame, NOT the backboard. Sawtooth hangers are not allowed. No tape or string on the back. No gallery wraps. Work must be labeled with the title (if any), photographer’s name, street address, phone number, and email address. Matting and framing of your work must comply with the above OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.  

FINALISTS The Selection Committee will review all entries and notify each artist as to the acceptance of the submitted work. The Art Guild has the right, in its sole discretion, to choose which eligible entries will be accepted to be exhibited. All decisions are final. Artists whose work has been selected will be notified after February 13, 2019. 

Delivery of ARTWORK Selected artwork, (ready for display), is to be delivered on the dates indicated below. Please provide a typed bio or artist statement, printed on one side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of white paper. Entries must be delivered to The Art Guild, 200 Port Washington Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030, at these times.
• SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24: 3-5 pm
• MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25: 5-7 pm

AWARDS 1st Place $300 • 2nd Place $200 • 3rd Place $100 • Honorable
Mention certificates and Student Award/s (if applicable) will also be awarded.

SALES Artwork may be sold directly by the artist with a suggested donation of 20% of the selling price from the artist to The Art Guild. Note, however, that sales may not be made at the exhibition. All work must remain on view for the duration of the exhibit.

LIABILITY & INSURANCE The Liability Waiver on the entry form must be signed by the artist submitting images for consideration. It is the responsibility of the participating artist to insure or self-insure any work submitted for inclusion in this exhibit.

QUESTIONS: Email photoshow@TheArtGuild.org. Please put “Photo Show” in the subject line. 

CALENDAR

DEADLINE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8: Application & images must be received.

• Acceptance/Rejection notification after, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

DROP OFF  Entries must be delivered to The Art Guild, 200 Port Washington Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030, at these times.

• SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24: 3-5 pm
• MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25: 5-7 pm

Exhibit
•  Saturday, March 2 – Sunday, March 24, 2019
Gallery open Saturdays & Sundays 1:00 – 5:00 pm & by appointment 

Artist’s Reception & Awards Ceremony
• Saturday, March 2, 3-5 pm   

Pick-Up
• SUNDAY MARCH 24: 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Exhibit Closes)     
• MONDAY MARCH 25: 5:00 – 7:00 pm  
Works not picked up within 120 days (6 months) of the final day of the exhibit will become property of The Art Guild.

Submissions are now closed.

 

GO! The Art of Transportation – March 30-April 28

GO! The Art of Transportation – March 30-April 28

by | Mar 12, 2019 | Past Exhibitions

GO! The Art of Transportation – March 30-April 28

CALL FOR ENTRIES The Art Guild invites all artists, 18 years and older (high school students ages 14-18 years may enter in the student category), to submit artworks for consideration for “GO! The Art of Transportation,” a Juried Competition and Exhibition. Train, plane, automobile, horseback, covered wagon, ferry, sailboat, bus, or bicycle, how do you get around town or around the world?

CRITERIA All styles from abstract to realism are welcome. All works must be original, and have been created in the last five years. The selection committee’s decision is final. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from March 25 – April 28, 2019. DEADLINE EXTENDED: WEDNESDAY, March 13.

MEDIUMS Including but not limited to acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, collage, encaustic, etching/prints, or sculpture with pedestal. (NO COPIES, NO PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL MANIPULATIONS, REPRODUCTIONS OR GICLEES.)

JUROR Antonio Masi is President of the American Watercolor Society and has been featured in The Artist’s Magazine, PBS: Sunday Arts, NBC-TV: Weekend Today in New York,” and Newsday’s “Bridgemaster.” He’s had solo exhibitions at the NY Centennial Commission of the Queensboro Bridge, the Forbes Gallery in NY, the NY City Transit Museum, and the Salmagundi Club, and was featured in The New York Times video, “Living City: A Tale of Two Bridges” in 2014. For more info, visit his website: antoniomasi.com.

ENTRY FEE  Registration is required! (Fees below.) Entry fee is non-refundable.

ENTRIES Digital submissions of up to three (3) images via email to artshow@TheArtGuild.org or uploaded to our website, should be  between 1 and 3MB each, and between 2,000 and 4,000 pixels on their longest side. Please label your images as follows: artist’s lastname_firstname_entrynumber_title.jpg (ex: smith_john_1_beachsunset.jpg). Do not use the # or other symbols in the file name. You MUST change the actual name of the image file. Images CANNOT be named “image.jpg” or “fullrender.jpg” or similar – our database overwrites these images. If you email the images, you must include your name, contact information and the title, medium, value, and size in your email.

Works previously exhibited at The Art Guild Gallery will not be considered. Contact us at 516-304-5797 or info@TheArtGuild.org with any questions regarding uploading or emailing your images.

SIZE AND FRAMING Size, with frame, must not exceed 36” on the longest side. Work should be cleanly matted and/or framed (if appropriate), wired securely for hanging, with the wire attached via screw eyes or D-rings to the frame, not the backboard. (Gallery wraps are acceptable.) No saw tooth hangers, no tape or string on the back. Work must be labeled with the title (if any), artist’s name, phone number, and email address.  

FINALISTS The Selection Committee will review all entries and notify each artist as to the acceptance of the submitted work. The Art Guild has the right, in its sole discretion, to choose which eligible entries will be accepted to be exhibited. All decisions are final. Artists whose work has been selected will be notified after March 14.

DELIVERY OF ARTWORK Selected artwork, (ready for display), is to be delivered on the dates indicated below. Please provide a typed bio or artist statement, printed on one side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of white paper.

AWARDS 1st Place $300 • 2nd Place $200 • 3rd Place $100 • Honorable Mention certificates and Student Award/s (if applicable) will also be awarded.

SALES Artwork may be sold directly by the artist with a suggested donation of 20% of the selling price from the artist to The Art Guild. Note, however, that sales may not be made at the exhibition. All work must remain on view for the duration of the exhibit.

LIABILITY & INSURANCE The Liability Waiver on the entry form must be signed by the artist submitting images for consideration. It is the responsibility of the participating artist to insure or self-insure any work submitted for inclusion in this exhibit.

QUESTIONS Call 516-304-5797 or email artshow@TheArtGuild.org with “GO!” in the subject line. 

Fill out the form below, upload your images as per the instructions above, and pay with your credit card via PayPal. (PayPal is our credit card processor. You do not need a PayPal account to use your credit card.) Images MUST be smaller than 3MB.
If you have problems with the uploader, please email your images to artshow@TheArtGuild.org  – with ALL contact information, image titles and mediums.

CALENDAR

• DEADLINE EXTENDED: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 Application & images must be received.
• AFTER MARCH 13: Acceptance/Rejection notification


DROP OFF  Entries must be delivered to The Art Guild,
200 Port Washington Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030, at these times.

• SUNDAY, March 24: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
• MONDAY, March 25: 5:00 – 7:00 pm

EXHIBIT
• Saturday, March 30 – Sunday, April 28
Gallery open Saturdays & Sundays 1:00 – 5:00 pm & by appointment 

Artist’s Reception & Awards Ceremony
• Sunday, March 31: 3:00-5:00 pm (All Welcome)

PICK UP
• Sunday, April 28: 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Exhibit Closes)
• Monday, April 29: 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Works not picked up within 120 days (6 months) of the final day of the exhibit will become property of The Art Guild.   

2019 Members Showcase, May 25-June 30

2019 Members Showcase, May 25-June 30

by | Mar 12, 2019 | Past Exhibitions

2019 Members Showcase May 25 – June 30 

Sponsored by 

The Art Guild invites the public to view the 2018 Members Showcase Exhibit and enjoy the beautiful grounds of Elderfields Historic Preserve at a Garden Party Reception and Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 31, 6-8 pm. Awards of merit, the annual Terri Shkuda Award for Broadening Creative Pursuits, and High School Scholarship winners announced. There will also be live music.  The show will be on view from Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, June 30, 2019. The gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 – 5 pm (or by appointment). The reception and gallery are always free and open to the public. 

JUROR OF AWARDS: Charles A. Riley II, PhD, Director of the Nassau County Museum of Art. Before becoming Director, Dr. Riley had a long association with the Museum as both a curator-at-large and a presenter of lectures in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibitions. Dr. Riley is the author of 32 books including, The Jazz Age in France, The Art of Peter Max, and The Saints of Modern Art. Dr. Riley has appeared on CNN, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and Fox News. Born and raised in Manhasset, Dr. Riley is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University and received his Ph.D. from The Graduate Center of CCNY.

REGISTRATION AND ENTRY FEE Pre-registration is required! (Fees on the right.) You MUST pre-register no later than May 17. Works will be accepted on a first come first served basis. There is no jurying-in process and no need to send us your images. (Due to space constrictions, The Art Guild may close registration before May 17, if it’s determined that the galleries will be at maximum capacity.)

NOTE NEW SIZE RESTRICTIONS: SIZE WITH FRAME, MUST NOT EXCEED 24” on the longest side. Work MUST be cleanly matted and/or framed (if appropriate), wired securely for hanging, with the wire attached via screw eyes or D-rings to the frame, not the backboard. (Gallery wraps are acceptable.) No saw tooth hangers, no tape or string on the back. Work must be labeled with the title, artist’s name, phone number, and email address. 

DELIVERY OF ARTWORK Artwork is to be delivered on the dates indicated below. Please provide a typed bio or artist statement, printed on one side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of white paper.

AWARDS 1st Place $300 • 2nd Place $200 • 3rd Place $100 • Terri Shkuda Award • Honorable Mention certificates • Student Award (if applicable) will also be awarded.

SALES Artwork may be sold directly by the artist with a suggested donation of 20% of the selling price from the artist to The Art Guild. Note, however, that sales may not be made at the exhibition. All work must remain on view for the duration of the exhibit.

LIABILITY & INSURANCE The Liability Waiver on the entry form must be signed by the artist submitting images for consideration. It is the responsibility of the participating artist to insure or self-insure any work submitted for inclusion in this exhibit.

QUESTIONS Contact us at 516-304-5797 or info@TheArtGuild.org.

 

CALENDAR

• FRIDAY, May 17: Registration must be received.

DROP OFF  Entries must be delivered to The Art Guild,
200 Port Washington Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030, at these times.
• SUNDAY, May 19: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
• MONDAY, May 20: 5:00 – 7:00 pm

EXHIBIT
• SATURDAY, May 25 – Sunday JUNE 30
Gallery open Saturdays & Sundays 1:00 – 5:00 pm & by appointment

ARTIST’S Reception & Awards Ceremony & Garden Party
• FRIDAY, May 31 : 6:00 – 8:00 pm
FREE and open to the public.

Pick-Up
• SUNDAY, June 30: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
• MONDAY, July 1: 5:00 – 7:00 pm