Prints Please: Selections from ULAE

February 8 – March 25 
Reception: February 26 from 1- 4 pm
Curated by ULAE and Islip Art Museum Staff

Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) began making lithographs in 1957 through collaboration with some of the most eminent artists of the twentieth century. The partnerships that formed resulted in ULAE’s status as an acclaimed fine art print publisher.

The exhibit will present the history of ULAE in Islip Town through a survey of prints that have evolved from multiples to unique handcrafted editions. Events will include an exposition focusing in art businesses and non-profit art organizations in Islip Town. 

Urban/Suburban

April 11 – May 27
Reception April 22 from 1-4pm
Curated by Karen Shaw

The United States is comprised mostly of city dwellers and suburbanites. This same demographic is communicated through the visitors and artists of the Islip Art Museum. This exhibition features artists who reflect their environment in their work whether it be Urban or Suburban.

The Garbage Barge Revisited: Art from Dross 

June 13 – September 2 
Reception: July 29 from 1-4pm
Curated by Karen Shaw

In 1987, Islip Town became infamous when a barge containing tons of commercial trash from the town was forced to sail along the Atlantic coast for 3 months in search of a landfill for the waste. As a result, Islip Town paved the way for the nation to reduce, reuse, and recycle. 

This exhibition, our annual Open Call invites artists to consider alternate ways to repurpose cast-offs, which might otherwise be waste. 

Occupying Potato: 
An Exhibition of Contemporary Potato Art

September 19- November 18
Reception: September 30 from 1-4pm 
Curated by Jeffrey Allen Price 

The Potato Revolution continues with an international exhibition of contemporary Potato Art at the Islip Art Museum.  “Occupying Potato” brings together a wide range of works by artists deriving inspiration from different aspects of the Potato.  This exhibit explores the potato as the most nutritional and abundant vegetable in the world; looks at its storied history and wide-ranging scientific uses and its spiritual aspects as well as its enduring comedic potential, and the prevalence of the potato in popular culture – a very unique exhibition.