Mental Health Awareness Month: Make Art with Live Music Group the “Serenade Duo” on May 9th

Mental Health Awareness Month: Make Art with Live Music Group the “Serenade Duo” on May 9th

by | Apr 9, 2025 | Events, Homepage

judith caseley mosaics

Art and Music

Inspiration in Sound: Make Art with  the “Serenade Duo” 

Conversation led by Serenade Duo
Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Level: All
Fee: $15 members / $25 non-members

Let music spark your creativity in this unique interactive experience with the award-winning Serenade Duo—flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. You’re invited to draw, paint, write, or create however you’re inspired in the moment as they perform beautiful and expressive music from around the world,

Bring your favorite creative tools—sketchbooks, journals, watercolors, or even just your imagination—and enjoy the freedom to make art while listening to the live sounds of flute and guitar. Whether you’re sketching the performers, capturing the mood of the music, or simply reflecting in your journal, this event is all about connecting sound and self-expression.

Open to all ages and artistic abilities, this relaxed, judgment-free space celebrates the joy of creating and the emotional power of music. The Serenade Duo will also share insights and stories behind the pieces, adding depth to your experience as you listen and make.

 

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Just Salad Donation Day on May 9th

Just Salad Donation Day on May 9th

by | Apr 9, 2025 | Events, Homepage

Just salad donation day

Just Salad Fundraiser

Donation Day

Date: FRIDAY MAY 9TH
Time: ALL DAY
Where: Just Salad at Soundview Marketplace

Enjoy a delicious lunch or healthy dinner at Just Salad at Soundview Marketplace in Port Washington and earn money for our The Art Guild! Just Salad will generously donate 30% of the proceeds to us. Just make sure to mention “The Art Guild” at checkout! The fundraiser runs all day on Friday, May 9th all day.

Annual Membership Meeting 2025

Annual Membership Meeting 2025

by | Apr 8, 2025 | Homepage, Past Events

annual meeting 2025

Annual Membership Meeting

Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 7pm
Location: The Port Washington Public Library

 

Please join us at our Annual Membership Meeting!  Learn what we are planning for the future and join us for a whirlwind presentation by Debbie Wells, “Artful Fun Facts”.  This is an important meeting, as the issues to be discussed will affect the direction in which we move over the course of the next year. We kindly ask all of our members to please attend. If you cannot attend the meeting, please complete the attached Proxy below prior to the meeting so your vote is counted. (Note that the Proxy is not applicable to our student members; however, they are welcome to attend the meeting).

*You do not need to be a member to attend Debbie Well’s presentation. It is open to all. Voting is restricted to members.

The agenda for this meeting will include:

  • Presentation of Financial Report
  • Election of Proposed Directors
  • Summary of the past year’s events
  • Discussion of future events
  • Presentation by Debbie Wells

Members – unable to attend the Annual Member Meeting? Make sure your vote is included by completing the Proxy below prior to the meeting!

Membership expired? Renew today!
Proxy for Annual Meeting
The Art Insider’s Guide to NYC and Beyond with Debbie Wells

Artful Fun Facts

Presentation with Debbie Wells

Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 7pm
Location: The Port Washington Public Library

*You do not need to be a member to attend Debbie Well’s presentation. It is open to all.

celebrate mindfulness with chair yoga and art therapy exercises

celebrate mindfulness with chair yoga and art therapy exercises

by | Mar 15, 2023 | Homepage, Past Events

mental health awareness mindfulness event

Celebrate Mental Health Awareness in the Month of May!

Meditate & Create

Date: May 8th
Time: 7 – 9:00pm
Free event! Open to high school students and up!

This May, The Art Guild, is  hosting island wide events during May Mental Health Awareness Month. Please join us on May 8th as Sandy Wilding, yoga instructor from YogaLife, starts off the night leading chair yoga and breathing exercises. Pamela Schindler-Thomsen, licensed art therapist, will follow up with a mindful art project. Space is limited so please RSVP. Free event! Open to high school students and up.

Sold out! Sign up for waiting list.

IN COLLABORATION WITH

sandy wilding yogalife

Sandy Wilding – yoga instructor

Several years ago I was mentally drained and physically beat up from my job. I decided to take some time off to heal. I wandered into a yoga studio in Port Washington and never looked back. I knew that after just two weeks of practice I wanted to become an instructor and was certified to teach within 6 months. I hold several certificates, including Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Health and Wellness Coaching, Restorative Yoga and Reiki. Besides teaching yoga year round, I spend my summers teaching kids’ yoga at Port Day Camp. During the school year I am a Teacher Assistant in the ENL program at Schreiber High School. Please join me on a journey to a place where the heart is open and the mind is free.

Namaste


Pamela Schindler-Thomsen – Licensed Board Certified Creative Arts Therapist

I’m a licensed Creative Arts therapist specializing in helping children through adults identify obstacles in their lives that cause conflict in their day to day lives.

I like to think outside the box and use creative thinking in helping my clients problem solve.  In session I like to use mindfulness.  Whether that means focusing on our senses instead of the chatter in our minds to help be in the moment, or deep breathing to quiet that chatter.

We can’t solve tomorrow’s issues with todays information.  I stress the importance of being present, because we CAN handle anything in the moment, but cannot change what happened in our past, or control what happens in our future.

In session, I use breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and hypnotherapy to help with anxiety.

Together we will work to identify, challenge and replace  thoughts that don’t work in your benefit.  We replace these thoughts with healthier, more realistic ones which help improve overall quality of life, and a greater sense of joy.I love to use metaphor, storytelling and art to help in this process.

I have worked as a licensed therapist in various settings for over 20 years helping people with various mental and emotional difficulties.

We are so much stronger than our fears and negative thoughts.  We all have goals, which are important..but the HOW TO attain them is the important part..and that’s where I come in.  We all get stuck, but that’s only temporary, we can all become unstuck and grow.

2022 Nassau County High School Student Juried Competition & Exhibition

2022 Nassau County High School Student Juried Competition & Exhibition

by | Sep 12, 2022 | Exhibitions, Homepage, Past Exhibitions

Adult & kids workshops in painting, urban sketch, watercolor, acrylic pour, printmaking, yarn, photography, oils, iphone

2022 Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit & Competition

On View: November 6 – 26, 2022
Reception & Awards: Sunday, Nov 6th  3-5pm
Deadline for Submission: Monday, October 17 midnight EST

SPONSORED BY

square the circles

Square the Circles

College Counseling, Test Prep Tutoring, Essays, & Interview Prep
Achieving Success One Student at a Time

 

Congratulations to the following artists for their acceptance to the exhibit!

Roy Arunima (Valley Stream North HS)  Behind Her Eyes
Melad Asli (Great Neck South HS)  Lost In Translation
Katherine Bachmann (Manhasset Secondary)  Perfect College Numbers
Quinn Cacioppo (Manhasset Secondary)  Advenal Zone
Brigitte Calderon (Oceanside HS)  Colorful Taste
Gabby Cardone (Herricks HS)  Female Rage
Madisen Carpentier (Paul D. Schreiber HS)  Jackpot!
Iris Chen (Manhasset Secondary)  Under Going Perfection
Yue Chen (Syosset HS)  Faded
 Raw
Isabella Chvasta (Syosset HS)  Succession
Madison Cohen (Portledge HS)  Living Through A Prizm
Bryan Da Silver (Manhasset Secondary)  Making The Wrong Decisions
Ava De Angelis (Oyster Bay HS)  Feeding The Beta
Daniella Dell’Aquila (Manhasset Secondary)  False Shelter
Amelia Diminico (Oceanside HS)  Untitled
Maya Flam (West Hempstead Secondary)  Time managment
Sela Goldfarb (Paul D. Schreiber HS)  Me Stepping
Emily Gross (Paul D. Schreiber HS)  Self Portrait
 Grandpa
Cassidy Gulliksen (Oceanside HS)  You Are My Dad
 Strawberry Fields
Saamia Hassan (Hicksville HS)  painful Begining
Brianna Hayes (Manhasset Secondary)  Beautiful Predator
Natalie Hayes (East Rockaway HS)  Hide Out
 I Just Want to sleep
Roselyn Ho (Manhasset Secondary)  A Maid Serves Its Master
Gloria Hsia (Great Neck North HS)  Imagination
Alyssa Huang (Syosset HS)  broken
 Euphoria
Olivia Im (Syosset HS)  Stuff
Soraya Jabir (Syosset HS)  Sculpture Study
Brian Jaco (Hicksville HS)  Art Supplies
Riya Jassi (Hicksville HS)  Have You Seen Me
Esther Jung (Syosset HS)  Shopping Spree
Lily Ke (Syosset HS)  Me Myself And I
Sammar Khwaja (Locust Valley HS)  Nancy Franke Study
Avery Ko (Great Neck South HS)  Distorted Fruit
Willaim Koch (Locust Valley HS)  The walls of our Youth
Lilia Landaverde (Glen Cove HS)  Eat Me
Kenneth Li (Manhasset Secondary)  The Forgotten
Ming Yan Liu (Manhasset Secondary)  Sweet Facade
Sienna Loiacano (Our Lady Of Mercy Academy)  The Hunger To Survive
Katrina Ludwikowski (Syosset HS)  Duck
Camryn Lyttleton (Baldwin HS)  Coral Skies
Yael Madjar (George W. Hewlett HS)  Breakfast Club
Grace Maldonado (Oyster Bay HS)  The Darkness Of The Eye
Elena Mingorance (South Side High School)  Seeds Of Hope
Julia Molina (Hicksville HS)  Teeth
Natalia Monsale (Glen Cove HS)  Blossoms Of Gardenia
Sadie Muller (Paul D. Schreiber HS)  June
Julianna Nabet (Locust Valley HS)  Open Me Carelessly
 Dormant
Minkyung Nah (Great Neck South HS)  Music Is Mother
Lauren Oliver Boppert (Oceanside HS)  Dreaming
Marley Parmely (Hicksville HS)  I Love Butter With My Pop Tarts
Veer Patel (Manhasset Secondary)  Old Vs Young
Phoebe Pinder (Glen Cove HS)  Opacare
Julia Punzone (Oceanside HS)  Desolation
Olivia Rapaccuiolo (Paul D. Schreiber HS)  6 Am dream
Leyla Rodriguez (Oceanside HS)  Love From Dad
Elizabeth Ruggiero (East Rockaway HS)  Philautia
 The Fruit Of Our Labors
Isabella Sanchez (Hicksville HS) Palette
William Santamaria (Glen Cove HS)  WSA
Annabel Scrivener (Our Lady Of Mercy Academy)  Autum Still Life
Gianne Shin (Manhasset Secondary)  Reminiscence Of My Home Town
 Childhood Plays
Kimberly Shrestha (Valley Stream North HS)  The Magical Library
Clare Simon (Locust Valley HS)  Trilogy
Rebecca Slobin (Great Neck North HS) Power
Francisco Suriel (Baldwin HS)  Untitled
Paige Sweeney (Oyster Bay HS)  The Magnifying Glass
Emily Tang (Syosset HS)  Sea Turtle
Lily Wagner (Hicksville HS)  12:37
Lauren Whitely (Syosset HS)  Perserverance
Kimberly Widjaja (Hicksville HS)  Starlight
 Art Supplies
Sitting Xiao (Gen Douglas MacArthur HS)  Animal Kingdom
Sofia Xu (Syosset HS)  Serval zentanale
Ruby Zhang (Syosset HS)  Flight
 Mother Nature
Elizabeth Zheng (Manhasset Secondary)  Lost In A Persona
Alisha Zhou (Manhasset Secondary)  Sleepless Nights
Huiqi Zhou (Roslyn HS )  I Day And night
AWARDS

1st Place $300 • 2nd Place $200 • 3rd Place $100 • Honorable Mentions

CALENDAR & IMPORTANT DATES

CALENDAR

DEADLINE: Monday, October 17, 2022 at midnight EST – Application, images and payment must be received.
ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION NOTIFICATION: on or after October 22th

EXHIBIT
• November 6 – November 26, 2022

Artist’s Reception & Awards Ceremony
• Sunday, November 6, 3-5pm

ARTWORK DROP OFF
Sun, Oct 30 – 3pm to 5pm
Tues, Nov 1 – 1pm to 6pm

ARTWORK PICK UP
Sun, Nov 27 – 3pm to 5pm
Mon, Nov 28 – 1pm to 6pm

TROUBLESHOOTING

QUESTIONS Call 516-304-5797 or email artshow@TheArtGuild.org. 

If you have problems with the uploader, please email your images to artshow@TheArtGuild.org  – with ALL contact information, image titles and mediums. We will invoice you for payment. Submission will not be included in curating without payment. 

Emailed images must include your name, contact information and the title, medium, value, and size in your email.

To resize or compress your images, go to PICRESIZE.com

Please be aware that the digital images you send should look as good as they possibly can. These will be the images that will be will be reviewed by our curators and displayed in our online gallery. Try to photograph your image in natural light, that the image is straight and that there is no glare on glass or varnished surface.

FAQs

Submitting through BOCES:

You can enter as many students as you wish and pay through BOCES.
Each student can submit their artwork and fill out the form on our website.
We will send you an invoice for the total number of students that you can submit to BOCES.
There is no group discount.

School District is paying:

Each student can fill out the form on our website and submit the work. (Disregard the mandatory payment. You can submit artwork without payment.)
Please send an email to artshow@TheArtGuild.org with the students names.
We will send you an invoice for all of the participants that you can submit to the district. There is no group discount.

Teacher is submitting artwork for a group of students:

The teacher can email all of the students artwork to us together at artshow@TheArtGuild.org and you will be invoiced after. There is no group discount. You can be the contact – meaning we would not email the students if they are accepted, we would just email you.

QUESTIONS Call 516-304-5797 or email artshow@TheArtGuild.org.

SELLING YOUR ARTWORK

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.

SIZE & FRAMING
If your artwork is selected, it must be framed. Frame size must not exceed 30” on the longest side Frames must be wired securely for hanging with screw eyes or D-rings to the frame, NOT the backboard. No sawtooth hangers, tape, strings. We can wire for you for a $10 fee. Gallery wraps are acceptable, but must be at least 1” thick. Work must be labeled with the title, artist’s name, street address, phone number, and email. Framing of your work must comply with the above OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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.