Islip Arts Council

See you tonight!

At the first official group show opening reception at My Town’s Cafe in East Islip

We’re excited to combine two of our favorite things: art and cafe vibes ☕️🖼️

Come see the work tonight from 6-8pm and meet some of the artists displaying their Nautical themed work ⚓️⛵️🌊🐟 on display now until August 31st !

Cafe Hours ☕️:
Monday-Sunday, 7AM - 9PM

All are welcomed! ✨
Delicious refreshments will be available for purchase 🥐🍰🍵☕️

Swipe to see the participating artists

ISLIP ARTS // LONG ISLAND VEGAN FAIR🎨🖌️🌯🌱🥦🤝 Back with another art filled outdoor fair with amazing vegan dishes 🍽️

🗓️WHEN: Sunday, August 17
🕛12-6PM

📍WHERE: Lawn at Islip Arts Council Gallery
1701 Sunrise Hwy, Bay Shore (South Shore Mall next to Dick’s)

🦮🐕‍🦺 DOG FRIENDLY / KID FRIENDLY

✨ART ACTIVITIES INSIDE THE GALLERY 🖼️🎨

VENDORS WANTED ! SEEKING LOCAL HANDMADE ART💓

ISLIPARTS.ORG TO APPLY

Our July Featured Artist: Lisa Stancati - On view July 1 - August 1

This series of works features plants from the artist’s garden in Port Washington, Long Island. The photographs are cyanotypes that have been printed on fabric -a photographic contact print process that relies on sunlight to make an exposure. The silhouettes come from the plant’s contact with the light-sensitized fabric.

Combining this process with contemporary techniques such as digital negatives, the artist incorporates parts of herself in the images, showing only her hands or handwriting. It is about her engagement and interactions with the natural world.

Lisa Stancati is a photographer born in Queens, New York raised in Great Neck, New York. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in photography, a New York State Council on the Arts Creative Individual/Statewide Community Regrant, an Honorarium Arts Festival of Atlanta, a Special Opportunity Stipend East End Arts Council, and the Heckscher Museum Award.

She is in private and public collections, including The Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

She received a BFA from SUNY College at Purchase with a degree in photography and an MS in Art Education from LIU, Post. She currently teaches in a public high school and resides in Port Washington, New York.

Can’t believe it’s July already!

Here’s our Summer ART programs/events we have for this month! Sign up for one or all of them by visiting isliparts.org or calling 631-888-3525

🌞JUL. 3 - COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT 5-8pm
**only a few spots left!**
Come to the gallery and work on your unfinished projects in a friendly group of artists working amongst one another. Donation based. Pre-register to save your spot

☕️⚓️JUL. 8 - MY TOWN’S CAFE & ISLIP ARTS PRESENT: MY TOWN’S ART NOOK
A new art rotation at the cafe! This season’s theme: Nautical
Join us for our first opening reception for the current group show on Tuesday, July 8, 6-8pm. All are welcomed. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

🌞JUL. 12 - DIY SUMMER BOHO HANDKERCHIEF TOP 1-3pm
Turn a bandana into a cute flirty and fun top perfect for summer and festival season! Embellish, add lace, iron-on, and more to your handkerchief to make a functional yet stylish piece of art.
$25 per person. All materials included. Pre-register to secure your spot.

🌞JUL. 17 - OPEN FIGURE NIGHT 6-8pm
Bring your preferred materials and study the human figure. A model will be present. Class meets without an instructor. $20 / You must pre-register.

🎏JUL. 19 - SIP & PAINT: HENRI MATISSE’S “THE GOLDFISH” 5-7pm
Relax and sip while the instructor provides step-by-step instructions to complete a rendition of Henri Matisse’s “The Goldfish” from start to finish. Materials and refreshments included. $40 / pre-register

See you this Friday, June 27 from 5-7pm to celebrate Pride with Islip Arts! 🦄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Free event! All are welcomed. Refreshments will be served.

Swipe to see our participating artists and poets✨🪩

NEW WORKSHOP ADDED ✨🩵🫧

SUMMER BOHO HANDKERCHIEF TOP
Saturday, July 12, 1-3pm

Summer is finally here! ☀️

Want to create your own fun, flirty, custom summer top?

Get creative in this fun summer art class where you’ll design and assemble your own breezy, stylish handkerchief top using lightweight fabrics, bold prints, iron-on patches, and simple sewing techniques!

Perfect for the summer season and festival vibes, this DIY fashion project is beginner-friendly and totally customizable!

$25 per person

All supplies will be included to customize your top. Feel free to provide your own handkerchief. Some will be available.

Sign up at isliparts.org or call 631-888-3525

Swipe to see some samples! ✨🫧

NEW✨COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT

Join us for Community Craft Night at the gallery! A new summer series held once a month where artists get to come hang, be inspired by others, and work on their procrastination projects (we all know we have them).

If trying to work in your home/studio isn’t doing it for you, then this is the perfect opportunity that’s low-budget friendly and 100% donation-based.

Bring one or two projects you’ve been sitting on Thursday, July 3rd, 5-8pm. In this 3-hour studio time you can engage with others, choose not to talk, or plug your headphones in. There is no pressure while working on your projects.

No fee. Donations accepted the day-of.

You must pre-register to secure your spot 🔗

isliparts.org / 631-888-3525

A glimpse into some of the pieces entered into The Q***r Experience ~ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ a Pride Month Exhibition on view through July 15!

Let’s celebrate together during the reception on Friday, June 27, 5-7pm🌈 🎉🍾
An interactive art station will be present!

Perfect night for a rainy paint and sip☔️🖌️🖼️🍷

Students recreated Monet’s Water Lilies - Harmony in Blue 💧🪷

Join us for the next one, The Goldfish, by Henri Matisse

July 19, 5-7pm

Sign up at isliparts.org

🔔CALL FOR ART

SUMMER MEMBERS EXHIBITION:

🌈ALL ABOUT COLOR🌈

Islip Arts is seeking art from Members for the next Summer Members Exhibition.

Color plays a role in everyday life, affecting human and animal behavior relating to emotional responses, mood, and survival. We ask artists to contemplate on color and how it exudes life’s natural responses.

There is NO entry fee. You must be a Member of the Islip Arts Council to join (become a Member at isliparts.org).

All work must include at least one color and may have up to however many colors the artist wants in their piece There is no size limitation.

Media Considered:
-2D & 3D art
-Digital art
-Photography
-Sculpture
-Installation

DEADLINE: JULY 15

SUBMIT YOUR WORK AT ISLIPARTS.ORG

This Saturday! Join us for our June Paint & Sip 🥂🎨 5-7pm

This month’s painting:
Water Lilies, Harmony in Blue by impressionist Claude Monet 🩵💙💚

Spots available / $40 per person

Supplies, food & drink included 🍷🧀🍪🖌️

Swipe to see our next scheduled paintings for the rest of the year 🖼️✨✨✨

Sign up via isliparts.org or call 631-888-3525

See you tomorrow, 5-7pm at the reception for the Pleinathon 2025 Exhibition! Showcasing works done on Bayard Cutting Arboretum grounds.

Come see and support your fellow Plein Air painter friends, learn what Pleinathon is about, and enjoy some complimentary refreshments at our gallery located inside the South Shore Mall. All welcomed.

You can pre-order a Pleinathon shirt! Screen printed by local artists.