Islip Art Museum
2009 Exhibit Schedule

Fashion Forward
Through January 25, 2009
Reception: December 7, 2008
A holiday exhibition features artists who look to the world of fashion for inspiration. Karen Shaw is the curator of an exhibition that is strictly tongue-in-chic!
view color catalogue (PDF)
read New York Times' review

Idea Lab: Women's Studio Workspace
February 11 - April 19, 2009
Reception: February 22, 2009
This exhibit highlights the growing field of artists' workspaces in New York State and features work by alumnae of Women's Studio Workspace in Rosendale. WSW supports artists who create work on paper.

The Challenge of Collecting
April 27 - May 31, 2009
Pre-modern...modern...post-modern...Curator Janet Goleas explores the ways in which the Islip Art Museum’s growing Permanent Collection mirrors more than fifty years of shifting trends in the contemporary art world.

My Long Island
June 24 - September 6, 2009
Reception: July 26, 2009
In Part Two of a tribute to landscape, the Islip Art Museum's annual Open Call and Invitational considers Long Island's unique terrain. Guest curator Carole Jay, a Long Island artist and curator, is particularly interested in work that portrays motifs that define the suburbs and surroundings. All artists are invited to submit a single work in any medium for consideration. Call 224-5402 for a prospectus.

Weather Channel
September 16 - November 15, 2009
Reception: October 4, 2009
Curated by Karen Shaw, this exhibition features works that are informed by the debate about global warming and changing weather patterns.

Glass Art Now
November 25, 2009 - January 24, 2010
Reception: Dec.6
This holiday exhibition features glass artists who stretch the boundaries between glass as craft and glass as art. Curated by Karen Shaw.

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EXHIBITIONS AT THE CARRIAGE HOUSE WORKSPACE

In Process
Open Studio: May 3, 2009

Site Specifics '09
June 6 - July 26, 2009

Projects '09
August 15 - October 4, 2009

Treemendous
December 6 through January 10, 2009
read Janet M. Goleas' review


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