HAC’s mission is to support artists, especially at this time. Here you’ll find resources such as available grants, online classes, and virtual exhibition opportunities. For the most up-to-date information, please check back frequently and reach out to the contacts in individual listings or visit their websites.

Tech Crew Needed

Huntington Arts Council is seeking to fill several tech positions for hire as seasonal employees with the Town of Huntington within Dept. of Parks & Recreation. Please review the appropriate job description linked in the title, for more information; Production Manager/Theatre Technician, Audio Engineer and Production Stagehand/Technician. To schedule an interview, contact: John Chicherio, Director of Performing Arts – Phone: 631-271-8423 x111. Please e-mail resume and references to: jchicherio@huntingtonarts.org  

Call For Artists:

**Huntington Arts Council**- 
A juried exhibition of the Huntington Arts Council & Huntington Historical Society Jurors: Lauren Brincat, Wendy Curtis, Karli Wurzelbacher July 21 – August 26, 2023, Submission Deadline: June 5, 2023. The Huntington Arts Council, in collaboration with our neighbors The Huntington Historical Society, invites artists to participate in Interpretive Sights: Art in Facts. Interpretive Sights will seek to tie together the relationship between art and history through direct inspiration of select artifacts and historical documents representing Huntington’s storied history. Works should create new experiences of the archival material through various media and techniques. Entries will draw inspiration directly from one chosen object (per work) of the six selected from the Huntington Historical Society’s Collections. Click here for all of the details.

Huntington Councilwoman Joan Cergol and the Town’s Committee to Commemorate Black History invite all artists to participate in a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a public art project celebrating Black history in the Town of Huntington. A budget not to exceed $75,000 is available for this project, which is expected to cover all aspects of the commission, including design, fabrication, installation and related incidental costs.

The public art project will be located at Fair Meadow Park in Huntington Station, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Park Avenue, Pulaski Road, and East Fifth Street. The committee is looking for a project that pays tribute to the contributions, and in many cases, sacrifices, of noteworthy Black residents from the Town’s earliest days to its present. Huntington has been home to African-American musicians, Pulitzer-prize winning journalists, religious leaders, writers, community activists, trailblazers, business owners, and elected officials. Regardless of their economic or social station, quite a few of these individuals have left a lasting imprint of their life’s passion, personal struggles and work in Huntington, and in some cases, far beyond.  For your reference, we provide examples to inform you of our local African-American heritage that can be found online in booklets published by the Town’s African-American Historic Designation Council at www.huntingtonny.gov/African-American-Heritage.

Interested artists can obtain this RFP and its details after registering on the Town’s website: www.huntingtonny.gov/Bids/RFPs and/or www.huntingtonny.gov/Black-History-Art-Project. Please note the deadline for submissions is Friday, May 5, 2023.

The Art League of Long Island-The Art League of Long Island’s 53rd Annual Art in the Park. Fine Art & Craft Fair. June 3 & 4, 2023. 10am – 5pm Both Days. Heckscher Park, Huntington NY Application Deadline:  May 15, 2023. The Art League invites artists to submit applications to show and sell their original fine art and fine craft at the fair. Full details, click here.

The Art League of Long Island-The BIG Picture! In the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, June 10-July 7, 2023, Juror: Simon Levenson. Application Deadline: MAY 18, 2023 @ 11:59PM. Artists from Suffolk, Nassau, Brooklyn, and Queens are invited to submit applications to show large 2D and 3D works in our spacious bi-level gallery. Details, click here.

The Town of Huntington will be hosting its Family Earth Day Celebration, sponsored by Councilmembers Joan Cergol and Salvatore Ferro, on Saturday, April 22 from 10 AM to 2 PM at Manor Farm Park (210 Manor Road).

The free event brings together local businesses and nonprofits to promote environmental stewardship and ecologically-responsible living in the community through a variety of fun activities for all ages. We would like to have 1-2 volunteers to paint faces at the event.

Attached is a prospective flyer for this year’s event; in addition, please see below for articles with more information on last year’s event.

• “Earth Day Celebration to Feature Family Fun in Huntington April 23” (Long Island Press)
• “Manor Farm Park in Huntington to host Earth Day festivities April 23” (Times of Huntington-Northport)
• “Huntington Families Celebrate Earth Day” (Huntington Now)

Email to naronov@huntingtonny.gov and jzove@huntingtonny.gov for questions and details.

The Kevin McEvoy Atelier Of Drawing And Painting-Introducing: Classicalartathome.Com Learn How To Draw From Your Own Home. Learn How Identify Geometric Essence In Every Image, Draw Those Shapes That Build It And See How The World Of Drawing Opens Up To You. For $14.99/Month, A Sketchbook And A Couple Pencils You Can Embark On The Journey Of Classical Drawing.  And If It Doesn’t Work You Can Discontinue Your Membership At Any Time. Studio Art Classes Spring Session I: April 5 – May 10Spring Session II: May 17 – June 21

Going Local Tours- Local Looks! a pairing of local businesses and artists to create vignettes that highlights what makes each a local treasure. This is an ongoing project looking for more artists and business partners. For more information contact melissa@goinglocaltours.com

Studio Rentals, Residencies, and Collectives:

Eglevsky Ballet has several areas in their Academy in Bethpage available for rent. The lobby space, accommodates 50-60 standing with bar height tables, main dance studio, 125 with room for performance. Tables and chairs are available as part of the package. They also have three other studio spaces that can be rented at an additional price either in combination with the others, or separately. All are equipped with stereo and televisions that are included in the price. For details contact the Academy at 516-746-1115/ info@eglevskyballet.org

Art League of Long Island 2023 Gallery Rental. Please note: prices may change without notice.
Entire gallery per 2 week rental (3 weekends) $3000, 3 week rental (4 weekends) $4200.
Charges include publicity via ALLI’s press advisories and email blasts to members and its wider audience, staff services at reception (setting-up, serving alcohol, cleanup) as well as setting the lights, installing vinyl lettering, and repairing the walls after work has been removed. Sales made through the Art League of LI will incur NYS sales tax and a processing fee of 6%. Receptions are held on a Saturday afternoon at no additional charge. Saturday evening receptions incur an additional fee of $500, Sunday afternoon reception an additional $350. Additional services are available. For more information go to https://artleagueli.org/

Textile Arts Center Artist in Residence
The Textile Arts Center seeks applicants for the 13th Cycle of TAC’S Artists in Residence (TAC AIR). TAC AIR is a nine month program that combines studio access with a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, regular critical dialogue and mentorship, providing residents an opportunity to learn and explore the textile medium, and an alternative to traditional higher education programs.
Learn more: https://textileartscenter.com/artist-opportunities/artist-in-residence/

A Northport Art Collective- The Firefly Artists is a newly renovated cooperative gallery in Northport Village. For more information, visit thefireflyartists.com.

Keyholder Residency Program- Lower East Side Printshop, NY, offers emerging artists FREE year-long studio residencies to develop new work and foster their artistic careers

Studio Space Available– East Northport, $400 on a month-to-month basis. Includes heat, electricity, and water. Call or text 516-982-8287.

Grant Opportunities:

Creative Capital- Artists and Project Grants

Craft Emergency Relief Grant- Craft Emergency Relief Fund, now CERF+, is offering emergency relief grants of up to $3,000. 

Innovate Artist Grants- Check website for the current grant cycle. Innovate Grant distributes (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. Grant cycles are in the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.

National Endowment for the Arts- Check out available grant opportunities here