Main Street Petite Gallery

Art Auction Fundraiser

213 Main St.

Huntington, NY 11743

Opens November 6, 2009 6pm

Meet the Artist – Sat. Nov 21st at 2pm

Auction closes – Friday Dec. 4th at 6pm

Original art from oils to watercolors to pastels to gold and diamond jewelry will be available for bidding starting Friday, Nov. 6 as the Huntington Arts Council’s “L’Art Pour L’Art” opens with a gala reception from 6 to 8 p.m.

The festivities take place at the Arts Council’s Main Street Petite Gallery, 213 Main St., Huntington. The silent auction fundraiser runs until 6 p.m. on December 4, providing the public an opportunity to “bring art to life” by taking home a stunning work of art.

Florence L. Dallari, assistant director of the Huntington Arts Council, stated, “The Huntington Arts Council is appreciative of all of the artists and businesses that support this fundraiser. An original piece of art can be yours for as low as $25 and you can purchase a raffle for just $5. We encourage the community to visit our gallery during this month-long event to enjoy one of the benefits of living in Huntington.”

The proceeds support the exhibition programs of the Arts Council’s two galleries. Along with more than 40 pieces of art, some of the raffle items are a pair of subscription tickets for the Long Island Philharmonic, gift certificates for Besito, Honu, RED Restaurant and others, as well as theater and movie passes.

The gallery will be open for the duration of the auction Friday evenings until 8 p.m. and from 1 to 5 p.m. on the first three Saturdays of November. A “Rockin’ Sock Puppet Making Workshop” is on tap for kids ages 5 to 11 on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Space for this project, where kids will make the puppets and put on their very own puppet shows, is limited, so call 631-271-8423 ext. 14 to make your reservations early. Then on Nov. 21 at 2 p.m., some of the donating artists will be at the gallery to talk about their work. More information is available at the Arts Council’s Web site, www.huntingtonarts.org, or by calling 631-271-8423.

Artists Supporters:

Mary Ahern, Irene Andreadis, Shain Bard, Charles Blake, Edith Rae Brown, Ethel Brown Camhi, Victoria Carlin, Joseph Constantino, Susanne Corbelletta, George D’Amato, Sandi Daniel, Sandro Diani, Lillian Dodson, Michael Fairchild, Jim Finlayson, Holly Gordon, William Grabowski, Jahn Guarino, Ed Hall, David Haussler, David Jaycox, Jr., Andrew Jiritano, Kate Kelly, Herb Knopp, Anita Lamb, Lisle, William Low, Diane Lundegaard, Edward McEvoy, Kevin W. McEvoy, Jane McGraw-Teubner, Rhoda Needlman, Cecil Pang. Jack Pierce, Vivian Pollack, Renee Reichert, Mara Sfara, Marie Sheehy-Walker, Joseph J. Stelmach, Donald Thiergard, Tonito Valderrama, Von Schmidt, Lois Walker, Stokely Webster, Barbara White, M. Ellen Winter, Elizabeth Yaar & more…….

Raffle Sponsors:

Besito, Bottles and Cases, Canterbury Ales, Cinema Arts Center, Ciro Spa, Honu Kitchen & Cocktail, Jacqueline-Fine Jewelry, John W. Engeman Theater, Jonathan’s Ristorante, L. I. Philharmonic, Mediterranean Snack Bar, Mundays, Northport Tasting Room & Wine Celler, Prime, Red, Theater Three, Universal Touch Massage

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The program is hosted at The Southampton Cultural Center, Long Island, NY.

Saturday, November 8^th, 2008 at 8am – 2pm.

For add’l info go to the website My Career in the Arts.org

The theme of this event is:

BREAKING IN IS HARD TO DO

Talent alone guarantees nothing.

Talent doesn’t guarantee professional success in the arts. Whether your intended career is in dance or theatre, writing or painting, you need an entrepreneurial mindset, good contacts and competence in basic business skills: selling, negotiating, writing contracts. No one is better qualified to teach their skills than Long Island’s top visual and performing artists.

Come for the breakfast. Stay for the lunch.

8AM-8:30AM Breakfast/Registration

8:30AM-8:35AM Welcome

Kirsten Lonnie, Executive Director, Southampton Cultural Center

8:35AM – 8:45 AM The Economic Impact of the Arts

Michelle Stark, Commissioner, Office of Film & Cultural Affairs/
Suffolk County Department of Economic Development

Live music, art exhibitions, independent films and theatrical performances are revitalizing Main Streets across the country. A look at how cultural activities drive economic growth.

8:50AM – 9:00 AM Brand Me – Where Your Career Starts

Cindy Smith, ImageQuest Communications, Inc.

Not every brand comes wrapped in plastic. As a creative professional your brand creates expectations, defines your identity and expands – or limits – your opportunities. Learn how to take charge of Brand Me from the onset, and maintain control throughout your career.

9AM – 9:15AM Act I: My Career in the Arts

Josh Gladstone, Artistic Director, Guild Hall/John Drew Theatre, East Hampton

9:15AM – 9:45AM Myth-Busting: The 10 Big Lies That Keep Artists Poor

We don’t pay our contributors, we  offer exposure.” “All great artists suffer for their art.”  “We acquire  all rights.” Sound familiar?  Hear how our panelists deal with these and other myths.

Moderator: 

Bonnie Grice, radio host and director of cultural programming, WLIU-FM

Panelists: James Faith, Faith Ent., producer, Great South Bay/American Music Festivals 

Shenole Latimore, jazz musician 

Jim Lennon, photographer

Bunny Hoest, cartoonist, “The Lockhorns”

9:45AM – 10AM The Interview

Vic Skolnik, co-director, Huntington Cinema Arts Centre

One of Long Island’s most influential cultural figures, Victor Skolnick co-founded the Cinema Arts Centre in 1973, bringing year-round, top-quality international films to Long Island. He screens hundreds of films a year and showcases about 200 at the centre.

10AM -10:25AM Getting to Yes All creative people must sell. Here are three approaches.

Panelists:

Agnes Ehrenreich, owner, Chrysalis Gallery, Southampton

Lisa Kende, Manager, The Kende String Trio, Manhasset

Jacueline Penney, painter

10:25AM-10:45AM Making Friends with Technology

Today’s digital media, including the Internet, CD-roms and podcasting, enables the entrepreneurial artist to produce, market and sell his or her own work, find gigs, get media attention, find collaborators and more.. Learn strategies for successful online self-promotion; how to be part of online communities, and more.

Panelists:

Mary Ahern , Digital imagery

Rob Dircks, co-founder, Acoustic Long Island podcast

Shenole Latimer, jazz musician

10:45AM -11AM BREAK

11AM:11:15AM You’ve Got a Mouth – Now Talk

Saralee Rosenberg and Ellen Meister are both Long Islanders with new books out on the suburban female experience. They met on the book promotion circuit. They talk about how they fuel sales, one listener at a time, and how silence is decidedly not golden for authors with books to peddle.

11:15AM -11:30AM Spin Control: Gettting and Keeping Media Attention Learn what journalists look for in cultural  stories and how to get in front of them.

Panelists:Bonnie Grice, Director of Cultural Programming, WLIU-FM

11:30AM -12:15PM It’s The Law. A handshake and trust  - good. A solid contract – priceless. Learn to write enforceable contracts, to license and protect your intellectual property, and other important legal stuff..

Panelists: Kathryn Dalli, Attorney with Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo LLP, in Riverhead Jim Lennon, Jim Lennon Photography

12:15PM – 12:45PM  Breakouts – Speed Mentoring Meet informally with speakers and other creative artists or business specialists. Exchange ideas,  ask questions, meet mentors.

1-2PM LUNCH

Keynote: Success Starts with You. Emmy-award winner and founder, Wainscott  Studios, Mitchell Kriegman Mr. Kriegman began his diverse career as a short story writer, performance artist and video artist. In the early 1980′s, he joined the team of Saturday Night Live as a performer, writer and filmmaker. Soon after, Kriegman began creating, developing and producing series for Comedy Central, Nick at Nite, Disney Channel and other cable networks. He has written for such publications as The New Yorker, National Lampoon, Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar. As the creator of shows such as, Clarissa Explains It All, Bear in the Big Blue House, and Book of Pooh, and executive head writer and developer of numerous other signature television series including Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Doug, and Life with Derek, Kriegman is the creator and executive producer of It’s a Big Big World, the Emmy-nominated PBS preschool series focusing on environmental awareness. Today, he owns Watermill Studios and employs a growing staff. He discusses how he did it.

1. Introduce myself.

Education
Family
Career path

2. Art

Beginning
Influences
Botanical Painting
Digital Painting

3. Business

Starting a business
Online Design (service business)
Print
Internet
Art Naturally (product business)
Direct and wholesale prints
Traditional Painting
Digital Painting

4. Tools

Classes
Hardware & software
Accounting    Taxes, business & sales
Lawyer, Copyright, Trademarks
QuickBooks
Inventory management
Daylite software, contact management
Excel & Word

5. Corporate ID

Business cards
Brochures
Website
Mailers
Vendors
Wholesale mattes & frames
Printers
Shipping materials, cartons, tape
Shopping bags
Sales receipts

6. Venues

Art Festivals
Vertical Markets
Flower Shows
Representation
Publishers
Corporate & Hospital buyers
Stores
Ecommerce
Direct Mail

7. Join Professional Organizations

Garden Writers
Perennial Plant Assoc.
Metro Hort
Rhodi and other Societies
LI Womens Prof Assoc.

8. Small Business Owners

Create mailing lists
Gather from shows and speaking engagements
Pay for input of directories
Buy lists

9. Sales

Ask for the order
Follow up on leads
Close sales
Return Calls
Stay organized

10. Wrap-up

Do what you’re passionate about
Play to your skillset
Read and study your product or service
Read and study how to run a business
Read and study marketing
Analyse your competition
Focus

Enjoy yourself!

11. Q & A Time

Creativity and The Business of Art

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 at 7:30 PM

People who create art use their talents to enhance the world around us.  But artists don’t always know how to use that same creativity to promote and market their craft.  Though Mary Ahern has been a fine artist for over 30 years, like many baby boomers of her generation she needed to earn a steady living so she entered the business workforce. After many years in both regional & national sales and marketing positions Mary started her own graphic design business in the early ’90′s.

Now, using this entrepreneurial spirit, Mary is putting all her sales and marketing experience to promoting her own Art and her Artistic vision. She would like to share with you many of the steps she has taken to accomplish her goals.  How to start a business, inventory management, legal and financial concerns, promotional materials and networking opportunities will be discussed.  You will also take a guided tour of her current exhibit so you can see for yourself how her art has evolved as she has learned how to use her talent to build a lucrative business.  Please call the Reference Desk to register.

By Susan Hope

“Welcome To My Garden”

Harborfields Public Library

31 Broadway – Greenlawn NY 11740 – 631-757-4200

Artist Reception
Sunday February 4, 2007 – 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Artist Lecture
February 27, 2007 7:30

Topic: “Creativity & The Business of Art”

During the entire month of February of 2007, I will be having a one-person Art Show at the Harborfields Library in Greenlawn NY. At the show I will be featuring both my Traditional Botanical Fine Art and my Digital Paintings.

My Botanical Fine Art is composed of paintings in watercolor and oils as well as my highly detailed graphite drawings. My new Digital Paintings are a combination of  graphic design and virtual painting.

All my Art models and subjects are drawn from either my own garden, my own collections or from specialty florists.

The "Welcome To My Garden" Show at the Harborfields Library in Greenlawn NY.

Having morphed my Horticultural education into my Art has given me the opportunity to have my work informed with a passion for the subject along with a knowledgeable and professional grounding. This immersion in my subject makes my Art work so much more powerful, accurate and personal.

Mary Ahern lectures on Fine Art, Botanical Illustration and the Business of Art