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September 28, 2012
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CAST YOUR VOTES for
DAN'S BEST OF THE BEST
Voting will end midnight October 2.
East End Arts nominated as
BEST ART GALLERY
on the North Fork
Click here to cast your vote!
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EAST END ARTS SCHOOL
FALL REGISTRATION
NOW OPEN
CLICK HERE for the complete list of classes & workshops
PRIVATE & GROUP
MUSIC INSTRUCTION
We offer private and group music lessons to children and adults for voice, piano, guitar and most band and orchestral instruments at all levels.
CLICK for More Info
CLICK HERE for discount offers ending next week
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EAST END ARTS GALLERY
*FINAL WEEK*
JOY
National Juried
Art Show & Competition
Gone-International
Show Dates: August 31 - October 5
East End Arts Gallery
133 E. Main Street, Riverhead, NY
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4
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ROSALIE DIMON GALLERY
Dan Welden
& Elizabeth Malunowicz
on exhibit
August 3 - October 31
CLICK HERE for more info
Rosalie Dimon Gallery
at the Jamesport Manor Inn
370 Manor Lane, Jamesport
www.jamesportmanorinn.com
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RIVERHEAD TOWN HALL GALLERY
 Natalia Clarke
Art is One of My Languages on Exhibit
200 Howell Ave
Howell Avenue and E. Main St
in Riverhead
General Hours: 9AM - 4PM
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East End Arts
ARTS TALK SERIES
FREE Monthly Arts-in-Community Series
First Fridays Series
Held at East End Arts
E. Main Street, Riverhead NY
October 5, 5:30 PM:
EEA School Open House
CLICK HERE for more info
Third Thursdays Series
Held at historic Brecknock Hall
One Brecknock Road, Greenport NY
October 18, 6:30 PM:
Songs on the Sea:
Sea Shanties
CLICK HERE for more info
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EAST END ARTS
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East End Arts'
Artist-in-Residence
LONG ISLAND OPERA
Starting in October 2012
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OPEN STUDIO
Tuesdays, 10AM - 2PM
Visual artists of all levels are welcome to Open Studio 10AM - 2PM in the East End Arts Carriage House, 133 East Main St., Riverhead - bring your own Art supplies. A printing press is available for rent during that time for artists that have been certified to use it. This on-going opportunity is limited to East End Arts members. You are welcome to join at any time. Meet and work with other artists. Call 727-0900 for more information.
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JOIN the East End Arts Family TODAY
With a new pricing structure beneficial to members and our growing list of programs and opportunities, NOW is the time to join our community of visual and performing artists. Join the 100+ new members who have joined since the beginning of the year...
Click Here to reap the membership benefits of
East End Arts!
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Increase business visibility.
Invest in your community.
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SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS!
East End Arts is a non-profit organization with the mission of bringing the arts to everyone and inspiring our communities through support, advocacy and education. We depend on the support of our community to help sustain our programs and to ensure the future of the arts in our region. Any amount makes a difference!
CLICK HERE to join East End Arts supporters in keeping the arts alive on the East End!
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First Friday, October 5 JOIN US! EEA SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
6-8 PM ~ FREE
Enjoy arts and crafts activities for children, introductory Mommy & Me music classes, open recording studio, demo music lessons, and more! Take a tour and enjoy a refreshment with us to celebrate our 18th Season!
For more info: 631-369-2171 EEA School, 141 E. Main Street, Riverhead NY 11901
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LIMITED SPACE STILL AVAILABLE . . .
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Art Entrepreneur &
World-Renowned Artist
Elaine Thompson
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Professional Development
PROMOTING AND SELLING YOUR ART
SATURDAY, October 13, 10:30AM-1:00PM
Art Entrepreneur and world renowned artist, Elaine Faith Thompson, will talk about your personal image, becoming known as an artist and how to make a profit while you are still living. "The business of art" is about free publicity and promotion, and painting what collectors will purchase. It's also about being innovative in thinking outside the box with alternative options of networking, exhibiting, reproducing and marketing your art. Thompson will discuss artist's contracts and legal rights.
Cost: $30 EEA members / $45 nonmembers
EEA School, 141 E. Main Street, Riverhead NY 11901
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AFRICAN DRUMMING SKILLS
WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8:00PM
October 10 - December 19
Learn traditional West African hand drumming and chant. Instruction will be given in traditional rhythms leading to complex rhythmic patterns. Rhythmic patterns are combined with chant to produce traditional West African musical arrangements. Drums provided for on-site use. Ages 10 yrs-Adult
10 sessions, no 11/21
Cost: $100 members EEAC/$150 nonmember
EEA School, 141 E. Main Street, Riverhead NY 11901
For more info, call 631-369-2171
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 October 2012MARITIME HERITAGE of the North Fork FESTIVAL National Arts & Humanities Month
A Signature Series Event of Arts Alive Long Island collaborating with North Fork organizations in hosting maritime-themed events and programs throughout the month of October 2012.Sponsored by Sea Tow
Including these FREE Events on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18:
At Brecknock Hall, 1 Brecknock Road, Greenport, NY 11944
Maritime Inspired Art, a juried exhibit
Opening Reception: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Songs of the Sea performed by Frank Hendricks
6:30 - 7:30 PM, Part of East End Arts' Third Thursdays Series
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UPCOMING VISUAL ART CLASSES for ADULTS At the EEA SCHOOL!
Don't miss these special opportunities to learn
under the guidance of an accomplished artist . . .
 Asian Brush Painting (Sumi-e)
SATURDAY, September 29, 10:00AM-3:00PM
PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAIT PERSPECTIVE
SATURDAY, September 29, 10:00AM-12:00PM
A DAY OF PAINTING AT THE HARBOR
WEDNESDAY, October 10, 9:30AM-3:30PM
MIXED MEDIA - THE EXPLODED SQUARE
An exercise in the usage and interaction of positive and negative space.
TUESDAY, October 16, 5:30-7:30PM
CLICK HERE for more info
TO REGISTER: CALL 631-369-2171
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Upcoming Art Classes for KIDS . . .
At the EEA SCHOOL!
 UNLOCK YOUR IMAGINATION THROUGH LITERATURE & ART
THURSDAYS: Oct. 11 - Nov. 1, 4:30-5:30PM
Instructor: Deirdre Humphrey
CREATIVITY and IMAGINATION abound! Each week different pieces of engaging literature will be shared and integrated with art activities. Young artists (Ages 5-8) will be introduced to a wide array of mediums in this dynamic and fun-filled experience.
Cost: $40 EEA members / $60 nonmembers
FUN WITH MIXED MEDIA I & II
WEDNESDAYS, (4:30-5:30PM) 
Session I: Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24
Session II: Nov. 28, Dec. 5, 12, 19
BEGINNER GROUP GUITAR
THURSDAYS, 5-6PM, October 4 - December 13 (10 sessions, no 11/22)
THE ART OF ACTING
THURSDAYS, October 4 - December 13 (no 11/22)
TO REGISTER: CALL 631-369-2171
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Upcoming Art Classes for TEENS . . .
At the EEA SCHOOL!
FASHION DESIGN FOR TEENS 
SATURDAY, October 13, 1:00-3:30PM
DRAWING FOR TEENS
SATURDAYS, October 20 through November 10, 12:45-2:15PM
TEEN PHOTO SHOOTS BUILT ON CREATIVITY
SATURDAY, October 20, 1:00-3:30PM
ONE-ACT CO-CREATIONS
SATURDAYS, October 20 - November 10, 9:30AM-12:30PM
TO REGISTER: CALL 631-369-2171
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Friday, September 28 - Sunday, September 30 
New Forms Group'sAnnual Arts & Fine Crafts Show11 AM - 5 PMMartha Clara VineyardsThe New Forms Group is having their annual arts and fine crafts show and sale on Friday, September 28, Saturday, September 29, and Sunday, September 30. The artists of the New Forms Group are: C.C. Bookout, ceramist; Harvey Hellering, photographer; Will Paulson, woodworker; Joan R. Rogers, printmaker; Alice Van de Wetering, jeweler; and new artist Sarah McNamara, fiber artist. Their new location, this year, will be at the Martha Clara Vineyards, in Gallery 2. Open and free to the public.
Martha Clara Vineyards, 6025 Sound Ave, Riverhead NY
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NOW through October 22 
Plein Air Peconic VII Annual ExhibitionThe South Street Gallery, GreenportPlein Air Peconic VII Annual exhibition and sale of paintings and photographs of East End Landscapes featuring land conserved by The Peconic Land Trust will be on exhibit from September 21 through October 22. The artists of Plein Air Peconic participating in this show are painters Casey Chalem Anderson, Susan D'Alessio, Aubrey Grainger, Anita Kusick, Michele Margit, Gordon Matheson, Joanne Rosko, Eileen Dawn Skretch and photographers Tom Steele, Kathryn Szoka, And Ellen Watson. For more information about the artists: www.pleinairpeconic.com. Gallery open daily from 12-5PM through September; Thursday-Monday 12-5PM in October. For more information about the exhibition visit www.thesouthstreetgallery.com or call 631-477-0021.
The South Street Gallery, 18 South Street, Greenport NY
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Ongoing Registration 
Lyrical Children's Music Together® Classes
At EEA Carriage House, RiverheadComing this Fall: Music Together®: Family Style Musical Fun with your newborn through five year old! Nurture you child's natural musical, creative spirit in a play-based, developmentally appropriate environment. Classes are a mixed-age environment - great for families with siblings. As an internationally recognized program celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, Music Together pioneered research-based early childhood music education that emphasizes and facilitates caregiver involvement in a child's musical growth. According to Kenneth K. Guilmartin, Founder/Director of Music Together, "All children are naturally musical and have the ability, from birth, to learn music. Nurturing children's innate musicality as early as possible provides a strong foundation for later success." Free Demo opportunities. Reservations Required for classes begin September 25. Discount for East End Arts Members. For more info visit www.lyricalchildrenmusic.com or https://www.facebook.com/LyricalChildren.MusicTogether or call 631-208-4003
East End Arts Carriage House, behind the EEA School, 133 E. Main Street, Riverhead NY
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A Message from our friends at the Suffolk Theater...
TELL US YOUR SUFFOLK THEATER STORY! 
As we prepare to light the lights and raise the curtain on the new Suffolk Theater on Main Street, we need your stories - your memories and any other information you'd like to share. Additionally, if you have any programs, pictures or other theater related memorabilia, please let us know. We hope to create a visual, as well as physical mini-museum - The Suffolk Theater History Project! so that we may truly celebrate this Riverhead landmark. Please email bobspiotto@optonline.net and on with the shows!
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
 CALL FOR SINGERS: HARVEST GOSPEL CONCERT SERIES Join East End Arts and Harvest Gospel Artistic Director Maryanne McElroy in celebrating 26 years of Harvest Gospel Concerts by singing in the 2012 choir. Share the joy of music from the soul! Open to all singers! NEW REHEARSAL DATES: Must be available for rehearsal 6-9PM on the following Saturdays: October 13, 20 & 27 and November 3. All rehearsals held at Friendship Baptist Church, 59 Anchor Street, Flanders NY. Register at first rehearsal. Performance dates are Nov. 15 (Mattituck Presbyterian Church); Nov. 16 (Southampton Cultural Center); and Nov. 17 (Friendship Baptist Church, Flanders); all are 8PM performances. Click Here for more information. Any questions, contact East End Arts: 631-727-0900 or publicrelations@eastendarts.org.
CALL FOR ARTISTS & CRAFTSMAN: EEA'S HOLIDAY MARKET The East End Arts Gallery seeks unique, one-of-a-kind artists' works and wares for the Annual Holiday Market. Starting on November 30, through the month of December, gorgeous  hand-made ornaments, one-of-a-kind jewelry and wearables, and unique ceramics and crafts will fill East End Arts' three galleries from top to bottom as visitors from all over Long Island come to the Gallery to buy exclusive and inspired items, perfect for gift-giving during the holiday season. No entry fee! Artists interested in participating have two options for applying: by in-person interview or by mailing-in a CD. Mail-in applications must be received by the East End Arts Gallery by Saturday, November 3, and in-person interviews must be scheduled by Friday, November 9 by calling 631-727-0900. For prospectus and an application, CLICK HERE CALL FOR MUSICIANS: LI Winterfest Now Accepting Applications for the 6th Annual Winterfest Jazz on the Vine: February 9 - March 17, 2013. Applications are now being accepted for musicians looking to perform at LI Winterfest concerts at Long Island's East End Vineyards: CLICK HERE or visit http://www.liwinterfest.com/liwinterfest/musician_form.html. Applications must be submitted electronically at the above link. Press packets can be mailed to East End Arts, Attn: Winterfest 2013, 133 East Main  St, Riverhead, NY 11901, but please note, an online application is required. Priority will be given to groups that have a website or online presence and a promotional plan in place actively promote their scheduled performances. Deadline to apply is November 1, 2012. Questions can be directed to Patricia Snyder: 631-727-0900 x 304 or psnyder@eastendarts.org. OPEN CALL FOR EXHIBITING ARTISTS Weekly Farmers Market in Downtown Riverhead: Saturdays, Summer & Fall, 9AM-4PM Seeking artists to exhibit their work and wares on Saturdays during a weekly farmers market along the Peconic River in Downtown Riverhead, behind East Main Street, sponsored by the Riverhead Business Improvement District. Exhibitor fee is $25 per day. Exhibitors must be set-up by 10AM; exhibit location is granted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Contact Ray Pickersgill at robertjamessalonservices@yahoo.com for more information and to sign-up.
Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers The Center for Book Arts invites applications for Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar For Emerging Writers. The next section of this seminar is scheduled for the Fall of 2012. The seminar is tuition free for participants and includes the cost of materials. Those selected must attend the entire five-day workshop. Postmark deadline is October 1, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.centerforbookarts.org/opportunities/.
Barter Opportunity for Excellent Seascape Artist Spend September and October 2012 in charming, immaculate, vintage North Fork cottage with large room to paint in Long Island Sound Community (4 minute walk to private beach) in exchange for 4'-6' wide gorgeous, churning seascape painting. Email JPEGS of sample artwork and reason for your interest to: tobayferm@aol.com. If artwork is the right fit, cottage owner will provide information about cottage and beach.
PROMOTE YOUR WORK Patch.com is offering an exciting FREE publicity opportunity for artists. The community news website has created a column called First Impressions - where an image of artwork is posted each week and readers respond by writing comments about what the work means to them. At the end of the week, the artist posts what they were thinking when they created the piece. Click on the title above to see the first installment featuring local photographer Meryl Spiegel's Scissored, from her Phantoms series. Patch is looking for artists to participate. All you need is a jpg of an image of your work (size: at least 72 dpi, at least 6 x 6 inches) and a paragraph describing what you were thinking when you created the artwork. Email the image and descriptive paragraph with your name, town of residence, name of the work, medium, and artist website to Meryl Spiegel: meryl@merylspiegel.com. Please also notify if you are a member of East End Arts. Meryl will contact you if your work is selected. Take advantage of this great opportunity for FREE artist publicity!
CALL FOR MARINE ARTISTS The Kiwanis Club of Greater Westhampton announces the First Annual Oyster Festival to be held Columbus Day weekend, Saturday, October 6 at the Westhampton Beach Marina on Library Avenue. Rain date is Sunday, October 7. One goal of the Oyster Festival is to raise awareness about our Waterways and the importance of preserving their Eco-systems. This will happen while enjoying oysters, clams, seafood, music, kids' rides and marine-related interests. The fee for a marine or martime art booth is $100. For more information and to register, contact Ralph Schenk at hesperuscorp@yahoo.com.
OPEN CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY fotofoto gallery, 14 West Carver Street, Huntington, NY seeking entries for National Photography Competition. The juror is Naomi Rosenblum. The deadline for submissions is October 7, 2012. The exhibition runs from November 30 through December 30. For more information and prospectus, visit www.fotofotogallery.org. Artist-in-Residence Opportunity The Center for Book Arts is pleased to continue the Artist-in-Residence Workspace Grant for New York Emerging Artists program in 2013. Up to five New York-based emerging artists will be offered space, time and support to explore the production and exhibition of artist's books and related work in year-long residencies. The purpose of this program is to promote experimentation in making book art, thus artists from all disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The Center especially encourages applications from artists of culturally diverse backgrounds. Artists are invited to submit applications postmarked by October 15, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.centerforbookarts.org/opportunities/. CALL FOR ARTISTS: GROUP SHOW at Inaugural MIAMI PROJECT 2012 New Emerging Artists is currently accepting artist submissions for a 5-person show at the Inaugural MIAMI PROJECT 2012. MIAMI PROJECT, which runs along Art Basel, is a new contemporary and modern art fair held December 4-9, 2012 in Miami's Midtown/Wynwood Art District. Miami Project will feature 65 galleries from around the world selected based on the strength and relevance of their programs. This year's show will be housed in a comfortable and centrally located modular structure located at NE 1st Avenue & NE 30th Street. The Artists Chosen to Exhibit will Receive: Group Show at MIAMI PROJECT 2012; Physical artwork seen by thousands of collectors, press, and industry insiders; 70% of the sale price on all work sold is awarded to the artist; Marketing & PR package worth $10,000; featured in MIAMI PROJECT catalogue. All artists must be 18+ years old. All media considered. Industry Standard Application Fee is $35.00. Submission deadline is October 20, 2012. To apply visit: http://www.newemergingartists.com/opportunities. Call for Artists: Art League of Long Island's 57th Annual Member's Exhibition The Art League of Long Island is accepting applications for their 57th Member's Exhibition at the League's Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery in Dix Hills. Artists who are not currently members are invited to join as members when submitting applications. Registration form and $30 fee must be received by October 22, 4PM. Exhibition juror Judith Levy is the Director of Gallery North in Setauket. The exhibition will take place in two parts: artists whose last names begin with the letters A - L will be exhibiting November 4-25, and those with the letters M - Z will be exhibiting December 9-30. For prospectus, visit www.artleagueli.org. OPEN CALL FOR WOMEN ARTISTS: A.I.R. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 18-month professional development program with solo show opportunity for NYC area self-identified women artists. 2013-14 PANELISTS: Katherine Chan, Director, David Nolan Gallery; Nancy Princenthal, Contributing Editor, Art in America; Instructor, Writing and Criticism MFA program, School of Visual Arts; Judith Rodenbeck, Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art, Sarah Lawrence College. Application deadline is October 28, 2012 at 11:59 PM. Applications accepted online only. There is no application fee. For more information and application, visit http://www.airgallery.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.page&pagename=Fellowship&pageid=148. CALL FOR ARTISTS Applications now being accepted for the 2013 Golden Foundation Residency Program The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts announced today that applications are now being accepted for its 2013 residency program. Through its residency program, the Golden Foundation provides artists a one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore the widest, most innovative range of materials and technology available today for the professional artist working with paint. Located in the beautiful rolling hills of central New York and just several hundred yards from the Golden Artist Colors manufacturing facility, the Golden Foundation Residency is housed in a 19th century dairy barn which has been transformed into a 21st century artist residency, with large studio spaces and private apartments. The deadline for applications is October 29, 2012. For more information, the Golden Foundation Residency Program Application can be accessed by visiting http://www.goldenfoundation.org. CALL FOR ARTISTS: 10 x 10 Show at The South Street Gallery Stop by The South Street Gallery in Greenport and pick up a complimentary 10x10 cradled birch plywood board for our sixth annual 10x10=100 Art Show and Sale to benefit The North Fork Environmental Council. The first board is complimentary. Up to two additional boards may be purchased for $7 each. All works will be sold for $100 each: 25% of each sale going to the gallery and the remainder split between the artist and the NFEC. Works are due at the gallery by Sunday, November 18. Preview: Friday, November 30. Sale Begins: Saturday, December 1, 6PM. For more information, visit http://thesouthstreetgallery.com/event_details.cfm?e_id=64. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Poetry Chapbook Competition The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. The deadline for the 2013 competition is December 1, 2012. The winning manuscript will be chosen in the spring of 2013 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook printed and bound by artists at the Center for Book Arts. The edition is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, ten of which are reserved for the author and the remainder of which will be offered for sale through the Center. The winning poet will also receive a cash award of $500, and a $500 honorarium for a reading, to be held at the Center in the fall of 2013, as well as an exclusive opportunity to stay at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York as one of their Winter Shakers. This year's judges will be Harryette Mullen & Sharon Dolin. For more information, visit http://www.centerforbookarts.org/opportunities/. Group for the East End Seeking Volunteer Photographers Volunteers are needed to photograph the Group's environmental educators in action during classroom and field trip lessons. Please e-mail kfullam@eastendenvironment.org if you are interested in helping out. Weekday, daytime hours only. Opportunity lasts from now until June 2013. The Group will provide a tax letter for professional photographers who donate their time.
CALL FOR VENDORS: Harbes Farms Festivals Harbes Farms is seeking vendors for upcoming festivals, including the Harvest Festival held October 20-21. For more information, contact Barbara Sheryll at bsheryll@optonline.net.
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS Artists of all mediums are invited to collaborate in a unique airport venue being developed in East Moriches, NY. This ongoing destination venue will serve fliers throughout the tri-state region, and Hamptons daycation seekers by engaging them in a one of a kind empowering, creative, and entertaining daycation experience that has to do with taking flight, and upon landing finding oneself enchanted through creativity and epicurian delights to be "somewhere else". The venue may also serve the collaborating artists as a salon for personal development and growth as the co-founder is a certified life-coach specializing in the "Art of Personal Empowerment". Artist may preview this venue from August - October by appointment at no charge, and will receive one of the 20 VIP 50%-off coupons good for the 2-3 person instructional demo flight in a Cessna 172. Please call Susan at 302-354-8033 or Donald at 646-691-7991 for details. SEEKING TEEN ACTORS FOR COMMERCIAL Seeking males and females ages 16-18 who are real football fans for an AT&T Commercial! Billy Hopkins Casting is looking for 3 teenagers of any/all ethnicities. Must be real football fans. Casting will be held this week in New York. If interested, send picture, age, info and/or resume to bhcastingsearch@gmail.com. |
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Art Writing Workshop In partnership with the International Association of Art Critics/USA Section, the Arts Writers Grant Program offers applicants consultations with leading art critics. For more information, please visit http://www.aicausa.org. |
Thank you, The Times Review Papers!
East End Arts would like to thank The Times Review Papers for being our media sponsor and for keeping the community up-to-date on our fabulous artists and programming. Become a subscriber to The Riverhead News-Review, The Suffolk Times, The North Shore Sun or The Shelter Island Reporter for your local news and information.
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