MARGARETVILLE — Longyear Gallery of Margaretville is pleased to announce the opening of a special exhibit, “Night,” a new group show featuring the art of many Longyear Gallery members, accompanied by a group show of the art of the other Longyear members. Opening on Friday, March 22, this special exhibit will run through Sunday, April 21 with the Artists’ Reception on Saturday, March 23 from 3-6 p.m.
The art appearing in Longyear Gallery’s new exhibition “Night” focuses on night as a time of day, or a state of mind, peopled or solitary, celebratory or somber. The subject reflects a scale of directions from sinister to hopeful and the work exhibited covers the gamut of twilight to the first glimmer of light in the morning. Night and its various shades of darkness can be viewed as a place of gestation and of mystery as well as something unknown emerging or coming around the corner to haunt you. The various media used by Longyear Gallery members will be reflected in the works exhibited in “Night.”
Longyear Gallery is a cooperative art gallery that first opened in Margaretville in Fall 2007. The art of Robert Axelrod, Robert Buckwalter, Marcia Clark, Neil Driscoll, Don Freeman, Gail Freund, Elaine Grandy, Louise Kalin, Hedi Kyle, Linda Lariar, Margaret Leveson, Helane Levine-Keating, Patrice Lorenz, Ron Macklin, Frank Manzo, Helene Manzo, Anthony Margiotta, Sheila McManus, Richard Kirk Mills, Wayne Morris, Lesley A. Powell, and Deborah Ruggerio will be featured in “Night.”
The Longyear Gallery Members’ Exhibition will include the art of Joanne Barham, Temma Bell, Ann Lee Fuller, Irina Grinevitsky, Robin Halpern, Louise Kalin, Bonnie Mitchell, Alan Powell, Victoria Scott, Gerda van Leeuwen, and Ros Welchman.
Future Spring 2024 Longyear Gallery exhibits will include “Interpretations,” a solo exhibition featuring the work of Longyear artist Leslie A. Powell, running from Friday, April 26th – Monday, May 27th with the opening reception on Saturday, April 27th from 3-5 p.m., along with “Anna Contes Memorial Exhibit,” a solo exhibition honoring Longyear Gallery’s beloved member Anna Contes who passed away in 2023. Opening on Friday, May 31st and running through Monday, June 30th will be two solo exhibitions featuring the work of Longyear Gallery artists Joanne Barham and Helene Manzo, with the artists’ reception on Saturday, June 1st from 3-5 p.m. All solo exhibitions will be accompanied by a Members’ group show.
Longyear Gallery’s exhibition “Night” will be on view Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Holiday Mondays each weekend from 11 p.m.-4 p.m. Longyear Gallery is located Downstairs in The Commons, 785 Main Street, Margaretville. For information, please see Longyear Gallery’s website, www.longyeargallery.org, or call 845 586-3270 during gallery hours.
