Huntington Arts Council

fotofoto gallery presents Exhibitions & Competitions Happening July through October, 2025
2025-07-03 11:00 - 2025-11-15 18:00 (America/New_York) | fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
WHAT’S HAPPENING at fotofoto gallery?
• July, August and September: Your Best Shot Push-Pin Exhibition, Summer Jam Exhibition and Phone-ography Competition.
• October 5th: Huntington Village Art Walk featuring a Members Group Exhibition.
• The 2nd Monday of each month: Artist Member Paul Mele runs our fotofoto gallery Salon where members and non-members alike meet at the gallery to present their photographs and receive feedback from photographers at all levels.
MANY EXCITING EVENTS STILL TO COME… More Solo Exhibitions and Workshops! Check us out on Facebook, Instagram and our website.
Interested in learning about ARTIST MEMBERSHIP at fotofoto gallery? How to submit a portfolio for membership consideration?
• CONTACT US at: https://fotofotogallery.org/contact-us/
CURRENT ARTIST MEMBERS:
Ennid Berger, Anne Cognato, Bruce Cohen, Tom D’Emic, Andrea Fortunoff, Dennis Gai, Richard Gardner, Mark Mancher, David McCrae, Paul Mele, Eileen Novack, Alan M. Richards, Victoria Shields, Pamela Waldroup.

Fearless watercolors On-Line Zoom Classes
2025-09-09 11:00 - 2025-12-16 13:00 | Zoom
Have you always loved to paint but were afraid to try watercolors? Or tried watercolors and wasn’t successful? Well get ready to learn techniques that will allow you to feel free while holding onto detail, gain control, make corrections and have fun. AND we’ll be getting ready to paint scenes for our holiday cards too!
In these classes you will learn: 1) to use color wheel and avoid muddy paintings: 2) how to let watercolor paint do the work for you: 3) how to bridge the palette and why its so important; 4) to integrate your own style and creativity; 5) utilize the right colors to achieve movement & granulation; 6) to trust your instincts and allow blossoms, drips and splatters to work for you … and the proper order in which to do it all.
You will receive my reference photo, my contour drawing, a live critique, a recording of the class and my final painting to help you along. This is an interactive class, not a webinar. You are able to ask questions and interact with me ~ it’s as close as we can get without being together.

Fearless Watercolors In Person
2025-09-11 11:00 - 2025-12-11 14:00 | Huntington Arts Council, 213 Main Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
Watercolors are perceived as difficult, unforgiving medium to paint in and the hardest to learn and impossible to correct. I teach the beauty of how forgiving the medium really by painting landscapes, florals, waterscapes, still lifes, people… we paint anything and all things!
You will gain a new skill, a deeper understanding of the medium and lose the fear around watercolors, have fun and develop tangible ideas that they can use way beyond these classes. I simply LOVE this medium and long to embrace the unexpected and unusual effects of watercolors and integrate them into my paintings.

Walt Whitman Birthplace presents Roam. Create. Send.
2025-09-14 17:00 - 2025-10-27 17:00 | Walt Whitman Birthplace, 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, NY, 11746, United States
Create on a postcard a work based on a Whitman verse. Put the verse on the back that inspired it and mail to us. 3 entries $30.00. This exhibition will open at TCAC then travel to the Whitman Birthplace and Museum. All entries will be exhibited and then juried for Best in Show, Most Honorable Mention, and People’s Choice awards. The awards will be announced at the Whitman Birthplace and Museum by Catlyn Shea director of Whitman. Click on QR code to enter from anywhere in the world! Must be postmarked by September 1st, 2025.

Ron Becker Presents: Solo Exhibit at Shelter Rock Art Gallery
2025-09-21 08:00 - 2025-10-22 17:00 | Shelter Rock Art Gallery, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, NY, 11030
Shelter Rock Art Gallery
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Rd.
Manhasset, NY 11030
1-516-627-6560
exhibit dates: September 21 – October 22, 2025
Opening reception- Sept. 21, 2025 1pm – 3pm
Contact Gallery for viewing appt. post reception

fotofoto gallery presents “A Group Exhibition of Photographic Works by Artist Members.” September 25 – October 18, 2025.
2025-09-25 11:00 - 2025-10-18 18:00 | fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
fotofoto gallery presents “A Group Exhibition of Photographic Works by Artist Members.” September 25 – October 18, 2025.
ARTIST MEMBERS: Ennid Berger, Anne Cognato, Bruce Cohen, Tom D’Emic, Andrea Fortunoff, Dennis Gai, Richard Gardner, Mark Mancher, David McCrae, Paul Mele, Eileen Novack, Alan M. Richards, Victoria Shields, Pamela Waldroup.
• fotofoto gallery, 14 West Carver Street, Huntington, NY 11743 • 631-549-0448 • https://fotofotogallery.org/
• Gallery Hours: Thurs. 12:30-4pm; Fri. Sat. Sun. 11am-6pm; and by appointment • fotofotogallery.org • Facebook: fotofotogallery
14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY 11743 United States

The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History
2025-09-28 12:00 - 2026-03-15 17:00 | Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Avenue, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
This exhibition is the first to recognize Emma Stebbins (1815–1882) as one of the most significant American sculptors of the nineteenth century. While her Bethesda Fountain in Central Park has been a global icon for 150 years, the full scope of Stebbins’s life and work is virtually unknown. From 1857 to 1870, she created innovative sculptures while living in Rome with her wife, renowned Shakespearean actress Charlotte Cushman, who championed her career. Stebbins modeled inventive and incisive interpretations of literary and biblical subjects, unprecedented allegories of American industry, and notable portraits of her friends and family. In 1863, with the order for the Bethesda Fountain, she became the first woman to earn a commission for a public sculpture from the city of New York. When Bostonians installed her statue of educator Horace Mann on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House in 1865, she became the first woman in the country to complete an outdoor bronze monument.
Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History brings together most of the artist’s rare extant work, including a portrait drawing and several sculptures that will be on public view for the first time in a century. In addition to fourteen sculptures, the exhibition features archival material including photographs that document lost marble sculptures and plaster studies that Stebbins never realized in stone or bronze. Stebbins completed the Bethesda Fountain to celebrate the Croton Aqueduct, which brought clean drinking water to New York City. The inclusion of paintings and photographs by historic and contemporary artists including William Merritt Chase, Martha Edelheit, and Ricky Flores attest to its enduring relevance as a monument to health, healing, and peace.
The exhibition is curated by Karli Wurzelbacher, PhD, Chief Curator of The Heckscher Museum of Art, which stewards the largest collection of Stebbins’s work. An extensive scholarly publication with a foreword by Pulitzer- and Tony-award winning playwright Tony Kushner accompanies the exhibition.

BAFFA Art Gallery presents Big Works
2025-10-04 12:00 - 2025-10-19 16:00 | BAFFA Gallery, 47 Gillette Avenue, Sayville, NY, 11782, United States
The BAFFA Art Gallery welcomes back the South Bay Art Association with their second BIG Works exhibit in October. Big Works: a SBAA Member Exhibition can be viewed on October 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, and 19 from Noon to 4:00 PM, with an opening reception on October 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
The BAFFA Art Gallery is situated in the historic Gillette House, located at 47 Gillette Avenue in Sayville. For additional information: www.baffa.org or (631)589-7343.

Jan Guarino presents Fearless Watercolors at the Landgrove Inn
2025-10-14 - 2025-10-18 | Landgrove Inn, Vermont, 132 Landgrove Road, Landgrove, VT, 05148, United States
I was once you. Struggling to become a better watercolorist. Seeking classes, workshops, teachers and techniques and mostly walking away a bit discouraged and disappointed.
Well, I believe I just may have some of the key ingredients you’ve been looking for. My students tell me that I am the watercolor teacher they’ve been looking and couldn’t find – and it is likely that I may be that for you as well. I invite you to be part of an immersive experience that will open new ways to approach a blank sheet of white paper.
The result will likely forever change the way you think of painting in watercolors. Along with techniques, my clear process to putting paint and water to paper will help you more successfully express your passion for this medium.

Basics in Clay with Angela Rogan
2025-10-15 09:30 - 12:30 | Art League of Long Island, 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills, NY, 11746, United States
Wheel focused, handbuilders welcome!
This course offers an introduction to foundational ceramic techniques, with an emphasis on wheel throwing.
Students will develop core skills such as centering, pulling, and shaping while gaining an understanding of the materials and processes involved in working with clay.
Hand building methods are also supported, providing flexibility for students to explore alternate forming techniques. While designed with beginners in mind, all experience levels are welcome. A sketchbook or notepad is recommended for note-taking, idea development, and tracking progress throughout the course.

The Art Guild of Port Washington presents Beachy Waves with Christine D’Addario
2025-10-17 10:00 - 2025-10-18 16:00 | The Art Guild of Port Washington, 200 Port Washington Boulevard, Manhasset, NY, 11030
2 Day Oil Painting Workshop
Christine is excited to share her secrets to painting the perfect beach day! All levels are welcome.
The first day will begin with a beachscape demonstration. She will be providing reference photography from her collection. You are also welcomed to use special photos of your own, so with Summer around the corner start preparing your photos for this exciting workshop.
The second day we will dive into wave painting! Christine will share various approaches to creating a seascape that conveys light and joy. Her goal is for you to have fun and to take home fresh artwork that will keep you smiling and bring happiness all year long.

Harborfields Library presents The Como Brothers
2025-10-19 14:30 - 16:00 | Harborfields Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn, NY, 11740, United States
Matt and Andrew Como, the dynamic singer/songwriter duo from Long Island, NY, bring their infectious energy and heartfelt music to the stage! Known for their signature blend of pop, rock, and soul, their songs have been featured on hit TV shows like General Hospital, The Young & the Restless, Call Me Kat, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, MTV’s The Real World, and more. Join them for an unforgettable afternoon of music, featuring beloved hits from the 1950s to today—plus their own original songs that have captivated audiences worldwide! Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library. All are welcome. Please register.

Fearless Watercolor On-Line Zoom Classes with Jan Guarino
2025-10-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Each week meet me on Zoom for a 2+hr comprehensive class to learn how we paint landscapes, lighthouses, animals, still lifes and florals in watercolors. Learn new techniques and build skills that allow you to enjoy the freedom of watercolors while adding details, gain control and have fun with beautiful medium. You will receive the photo reference and a contour drawing before the class, complete instruction and a critique in the class and the recording with my painting after the class.

Helen Murdock-Prep presents Adult Acting Classes
2025-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Huntington Arts Council, 213 Main Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
Come join theater educator Helen Murdock-Prep to learn about the wonderful world of Acting! Theater Games, Improv, Monologues and Scene Study. Tuesday’s @7pm at the Huntington Arts Council.
Adults 18 and older.
To register, call: 631-885-4635

Huntington Camera Club
2025-10-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington, 11743, United States
Huntington Camera Club meets every Tuesday 7:30pm to 9pm. Check the website for specific topics including education, inspiration, organization and just plain fun photography related events.

fotofoto gallery presents 3 Solo Exhibitions of Photography: ANDREA FORTUNOFF • PAUL MELE • PAMELA WALDROUP: October 23 – November 15
2025-10-23 11:00 - 2025-11-15 18:00 | fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
fotofoto gallery is excited to present 3 SOLO EXHIBITIONS of PHOTOGRAPHY
by fotofoto gallery Artist Members: ANDREA FORTUNOFF • PAUL MELE • PAMELA WALDROUP.
• Exhibit Dates: October 23 – November 15, 2025
• Artists’ Reception: Saturday, October 25, 5-7pm.
• fotofoto gallery, 14 West Carver Street, Huntington, NY 11743 • 631-549-0448
• Gallery Hours: Thurs. 12:30-4pm; Fri. Sat. Sun. 11am-6pm; and by appointment
• fotofotogallery.org • Facebook: fotofotogallery

Serenade Duo presents Concert & Create
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Art League of Long Island, 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills, NY, 11746, United States
Join the international award-winning ensemble, Serenade Duo, as they fill the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery with music. Bring a sketch pad, journal, other creative tools, and allow flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter to inspire your creativity with their expressive playing of cross-cultural “Global Chamber Music”.
Bring your own art supplies or use some materials provided by the Art League.
FREE Admission
Michelle LaPorte is a 2025 Artist Fellowship Grant Recipient. This work is supported by Long Island Grants for the Arts through funds provided by the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.

The Art Guild of Port Washington presents Alla Prima Animals with Suzanne Sheran
2025-10-24 08:00 - 17:00 | The Art Guild of Port Washington, 200 Port Washington Boulevard, Manhasset, NY, 11030
2 Day Oil Painting Workshop
Unleash your inner wildlife artist in “Alla Prima Animals,” an oil painting workshop focused on capturing the soul of your subject. Alla prima, or “wet-on-wet,” isn’t just about painting quickly—it’s about making every brushstroke count. Learn to observe, simplify, and translate the unique character of animals onto canvas in this 2 day workshop. We’ll explore color mixing, dynamic brushwork, and the art of seeing beyond the reference photo to create paintings that are both vibrant and full of life. Reference photos will be available for you to use or you can bring your own.
For Beginner to Advanced Students

Huntington Arts Council presents CALL TO ARTISTS: Essence of Form
2025-10-24 08:00 - 17:00 | NY
The Huntington Arts Council invites artists to participate in Essence of Form, juried by Edward Acosta. Essence of Form explores how abstract shapes, colors, and lines can convey deep, often unspoken meanings. The exhibition invites viewers to move beyond the tangible and engage with the intangible, discovering how even the most minimal forms can evoke powerful emotions and thoughts. All visual media are welcome.
Submission deadline: January 8th, 2026 | To submit go to, www.huntingtonarts.org
About the Juror: Edward Acosta (b. 1982, Puerto Rico) is a New York-based visual artist with family roots in the Dominican Republic. Acosta is celebrated for his distinctive artistic voice, which blends a perfectionist’s touch in his intricate line work with a bold and masterful command of color. His unique style reflects his meticulous attention to detail and commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual expression.
From a young age, Acosta has been captivated by art’s power to transcend language and culture, drawing on Pop Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Geometric Abstraction, and Abstract Expressionism in his work. He is known for bold, vibrant acrylic paintings that feature precise linework, layered organic forms, and themes of nature, movement, and emotional tension.
Acosta lives and works in Commack, NY, and has exhibited in major institutions including the Heckscher Museum, Long Island Museum, and Gallery North. His solo show Contours & Currents premiered at Gallery North. He also creates art installations in luxury real estate and speaks at art events.

Reflections on Water: A Solo Photographic Exhibition by Andrea Fortunoff
2025-10-25 17:00 - 19:00 | fotofoto gallery, 14 W. Carver Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
Reflections on Water: A Solo Photographic Exhibition by Andrea Fortunoff.
The exhibition at Fotofoto Gallery, located at 14 West Carver Street in Huntington, runs from October 23, 2025, through November 15, 2025. The opening artist reception will be held on Saturday, 10/25/25, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Artist Member Susan Kozodoy Silkowitz featured in Long Island Arts Council 45th Annual Juried Photography Show
2025-11-01 08:00 - 2025-11-30 17:00 | Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Rd, Freeport , NY, United States
This show, at the Freeport Library was juried by Charles Traub.
A Reception will be held on Thursday, November 7th, 2024, at the Freeport Memorial Library from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Awards presentation is at 7:30pm. The public is invited and there is no fee to attend

Heckscher Museum of Art presents Día de los Muertos Family Celebration in Heckscher Park
2025-11-01 12:00 - 17:00 | Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Avenue, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
Families are invited to celebrate Día de los Muertos at this special event in Heckscher Park in collaboration with the Town of Huntington Hispanic Advisory Task Force and Latina Moms Connect, Inc.! Enjoy learning about this holiday and how it is celebrated around the world. Meet artists Kelynn Z. Alder, Manuel Alejandro Macarrulla, and Erwin List Sanchez* and create works of art inspired by the celebration. Bring your own photographs or other personal items to leave at our ofrenda, to honor and remember your loved ones. Activities throughout the day will include Mexican style calaveras, maraca decorating, maskmaking, flower crown making, and more. Stop by all of the outdoor stations to experience everything!
Live Mexican music performed by Alejandro Gonzalez. Enjoy complimentary churros, pan de muertos, and hot chocolate donated by The Oaxaca Restaurant, The Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Mac Bounce Party Rentals, and the Town of Huntington Institute of Human Services.
In collaboration with the Town of Huntington Hispanic Advisory Task Force, Latina Moms Connect, Inc., The Oaxaca Restaurant, The Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Mac Bounce Party Rentals, and the Town of Huntington Institute of Human Services.

SUNY Suffolk presents Canine Circus
2025-11-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Van Nostrand Theater at Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY, United States
Laugh your tail off at the canine comedy show. Fetch your tickets now before they’re gone!
General admission: $15.00; Veterans and students 16 years of age or younger: $10.00.
**Suffolk students with current ID: Two FREE tickets.
Please visit the website for tickets: sunysuffolk.edu/spotlight

Suburban Art Leagues Free Demo with Christine Greene (DATE CHANGED TO MONDAY)
2025-11-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Syosset Woodbury Community Center, 7800 Jericho Tpke, Woodbury, NY, 11791, United States
Join caricature artist Christine Greene as she sketches members from the audience who can win a seat in the model’s chair! At least 5 sketches will be done that eventing! Free refreshments. This event will be held on Monday, Nov. 2 due to Eklection Day (the building is closed on Tuesday, Nov. 4).

Balanced Mind Conference
2025-11-04 10:00 - 12:00 | NY
The Balanced Mind Curriculum Conference (BMCC), in collaboration with Nassau NYSCAME, provides educators with high-quality professional development in the areas of Art, Dance, Music, and Theater. Educators share ideas with colleagues across Long Island, New York, with the overall aim of enhancing content knowledge and pedagogical skills, promoting a culture of professional inquiry, and addressing curricular connections.
Eric Fine will present his revolutionary approach to teaching music theory and demonstrate that all music, including all theory terms and topics, can be distilled into a single unifying concept. He will then illustrate how, from an understanding of this one concept, an organized overview of how all music works and is created naturally unfolds.

4-Day Workshop: Enhance Your Understanding of Music Theory
2025-11-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Please CHOOSE or add your venue!, NY, United States
4-Day Workshop- offered online or on-site
Regardless of the option you chose, the 4-day workshop is designed to enhance your understanding of music theory, to fill in the gaps, and provide enlightening “aha” moments, leading to a deeper connection with how music works. Furthermore, this course aims to maximize your investment of time, money, and effort while cultivating the skills and understanding needed for improvisation and composition.
The workshop consists of 4 sessions, each lasting approximately 1.5 hours. During these sessions, I will guide you through the material and demonstrate key concepts.
Workshop Includes-
Full access to the Online Video 4-Day Workshop. This will allow you to review the material before and after the workshop
Also Includes 3 Bonus eBooks- ($90 Value)
History of Music Genres
History of Note Names
History of Music Notation
The First Session will take place on Thursday, November 6, at 6:30 p.m. Following that, each following session will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., allowing you to choose the day and time that works best for you.
Space is limited, so join today at-
https://www.beforeyoulearn.com/musictheory
and schedule your sessions using our online calendar once you’ve determined which days’ work best for you.
The cost is $220.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!

The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York (MYO) Suffolk Choirs at Staller, November 2025
2025-11-06 19:30 - 20:30 | Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States
Performing Ensembles
Suffolk Treble Choir: Craig B. Knapp, Music Director | Cara Verity, Pianist
Suffolk Senior Treble Choir: Rachel Nagle, Music Director | James Nagle, Pianist
Suffolk Symphonic Choir: Brad Drinkwater, Music Director | Joseph Franzino, Pianist

Suburban Art League presents Howard Rose Workshop
2025-11-08 10:00 - 15:00 | NY
Join Howard Rose for a workshop on photo editing on phone for painting references, using various strategies. Time may be revised but date is Nov. 8Non-Member fee is $75 and members are discounted to $65. Pre registration is mandatory up until Oct 17 and can be done here https://www.suburbanartleague.com/workshops.html

Serenade Duo presents Concert & Conversation
2025-11-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Setauket Neighborhood House, 95 Main Street, East Setauket, 11733, United States
Join international award-winning ensemble Serenade Duo, Michelle LaPorte flutist and Gerry Saulter guitarist, for an engaging recital of “Global Chamber Music” in the historic Setauket Neighborhood House. Enjoy the Duo’s program “Artful Expressions” featuring flute and guitar music by composers from Around the World surrounded by the inspiring exhibition of works by the Setauket Artists. To enhance the listening experience, Serenade Duo will share some friendly conversation about the pieces and composers. Audience interaction is encouraged – be a part of a musical event designed to bring people and the arts together!
Free General Admission
Pay-What-You-Wish contributions appreciated. Seating is limited.
Please register to attend: www.serenadeduo.com/calendar
Michelle LaPorte is a 2025 Artist Fellowship Grant Recipient. This work is supported by Long Island Grants for the Arts through funds provided by the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.

The Harborfields Library presents Pure Joy with Paige Patterson: A Musical Journey for the Soul
2025-11-09 14:30 - 16:00 | Harborfields Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn, NY, 11740, United States
With an eclectic mix of songs spanning Sinatra to Santana, Broadway to Bon Jovi, and the Harlem Renaissance, Paige Patterson takes audiences on a captivating musical journey. Relive cherished memories and rediscover the magic of timeless music in a show that’s sure to uplift, inspire, and bring pure joy. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. All are welcome, please register.
