I’ve Got the Music in Me:Juried Art Exhibition
Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s juried art competition. All 59 final entries are on display in the Visitors Center through October 23.
LIMarts:Inspired By…
Artistic inspiration can come from a variety of experiences: a person, a place, an object, a dream…anything. Come see what inspires our LIMarts members and take part in a unique opportunity to support the Long Island visual artists and artisans com …
Drawn from Life:Objects and Stories from William Sidney Mount’s Paintings
Most of what Mount captured on canvas with his brushes and paints is gone; only a handful of the exact objects he used for reference survive, and Long Island’s rural culture and environment changed drastically in the century following his death in 1868.
Long Island in the Sixties:
Before serious demographic shifts and culture wars directed the national spotlight away from this region, Nassau-Suffolk gripped its position as the most prosperous area in the United States in the early 1960s, as the white ethnic middle class continue …
Common Ground:The Music Festival Experience
Sweaty and loud, familiar yet exotic, muddy and exuberant–an organized chaos of discovery and adventure. That is the music festival experience. But why do we gather in fields to hear music?
The Brush is My Pen:Art that Tells Stories
The Brush is My Pen explores American art in the narrative tradition, from the 1820s through today.
Mort Künstler:The Art of Adventure
Known for his meticulously researched paintings of the American Civil War and other significant historical subjects, Mort Kunstler, of Oyster Bay, is also a prolific illustrator…
Through Our Eyes 2017:
In honor of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month in November, The Long Island Museum is honored to serve as a showcase for the fifth annual Through Our Eyes exhibition. This unique collaboration will feature the work …
Young Island:William Sidney Mount’s Scenes of Childhood
Costigan Gallery, Art Museum William Sidney Mount’s body of work featured a wide array of children in paintings ranging from delicately executed portraits to scenes of rural youngsters on the verge of big mischief. Many of Mount’s most memorable genre …
One Square Foot:Annual LIMarts Members’ Exhibition
Main Gallery, History Museum LIMarts, a collaborative arts group, a membership initiative of the LIM, is following up last year’s successful inaugural members’ exhibition with One Square Foot featuring the works of LIMarts members in a variety of media …