09.25.2020 Columns Guest Column: When it comes to voting, the devil is in the details By now, many of us feel like the prisoner in Frank R. Stockton’s 1882 tale, “The Lady or the Tiger?” It’s about an innocent hostage, barbarically tossed into the...
10.21.2012 News Riverhead exhibit: Art for nature’s sake “Nature Incorporated,” at Art Sites in Riverhead, celebrates the launch of Peconic Green Growth, a not-for-profit organization founded by gallery director Glynis Berry to promote a sustainable environment. The...
07.21.2012 The Arts The artist becomes the subject in Jackie Penny’s memoir For old timers here, just the name of the artist — Jackie Penney — conjures images of the North Fork’s fields, sea and sky. Eel-grass tickling the surface of...
01.21.2012 News Love comes alive on canvas with Orient man’s paintings Stroll through Orient village and you’ll notice some unusual tropical plants popping up in local gardens. This summer, when the young shoots of these Basjoo banana plants are 15...
12.17.2011 News Children trim sails for Mattituck artists’ peace-promoting project World-renowned artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov live quietly in Mattituck. But they are forces to be reckoned with on the global cultural stage. The Russian-American couple, who once lived...
11.26.2011 News Galleries’ winter shows offer feast for the eyes You won’t find a partridge in a pear tree or eight maids a-milking, but you will find 12 nudes cavorting and one duck a-splashing among the offerings at North...
10.26.2011 News The Arts: Group show at Riverhead gallery explores connections among veteran artists’ work Mention Art Sites to artists, collectors and critics who know the Riverhead gallery and they’ll likely say, “Glynis — she has some eye.” They’re talking about Art Sites director...
09.03.2011 News Life and Times: Artful approaches to a tough art market In the art world, when the going gets tough, the tough get creative. Art dealers, the first to be affected during an economic downturn, know that now is the...
06.13.2011 News Arts Council hosts folk show for the ‘unschooled’ artist Folk artists don’t ask, “What is art?” They just make it — in the form of everyday objects, some utilitarian, some pure whimsy. Weather vanes, signboards, painted enamelware, itinerant...
05.11.2011 News The Arts: Simultaneous shows capture the bright and dark sides of nature After the gloomy winter we’ve endured, “East End Light,” the current juried art exhibition at Riverhead’s East End Arts Council, celebrates the hope and promise that comes with spring....