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Arts Cultural News Is Published 14 Years, and Continues to Be a Good Friend Three Times a Year by the to the Organization 213 MAIN STREET, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 • 631.271.8423 NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Huntington NY 11743 Permit No. 275 **************ECRWSS Arts Cultural POSTAL CUSTOMER HUNTINGTONARTS.ORG FALL-WINTER 2017 (Oct-Jan) News VOLUME XVI • ISSUE 3 • FREE Letter from the Executive Director The arts are a vibrant part of life in shows, and continues its busy schedule. JOURNEY Program offers multi-cultural Huntington and on Long Island. The fall Our Invitational Show Timeless Art features arts education workshops for teachers (see offers many exciting events at Huntington the work of four longtime members which page 8). We are very proud that HAC is Arts Council. As I continue my tenure as has been on display since September 15, now an approved Continuing Teacher and Executive Director, I am proud of all of the followed by “Nightmare on Main Street” Leader Education (CTLE) sponsor by NYS programs and activities that we are able to and our annual Art Auction which will Department of Education. Visit accomplish with the help of the dedicated take on a new and exciting redesign so to HAC offers many exciting and enriching staff, board and our loyal members. speak as On the Block. The Huntington Art activities. Please visit us often and enjoy the huntingtonarts.org Our busy summer season began with a Walk will be held on Sunday, October 22 in arts along with us. bang on June 8 with our Back to the 60’s collaboration with several Huntington arts celebration event honoring Susan Miller organizations (see ad below). with the Harry and Sandy Chapin Arts and Our NYSCA Long Island Arts Grants Humanitarian Award (see below). The program wraps up the workshops for To Donate - Text the word “Give” to Huntington Summer Arts Festival kicked off grantees, and our grants coordinator, 631-419-7087 and follow the prompts on June 27 with 42 evenings of entertainment Emily Rapuano, will continue to work Marc Courtade featuring something for everyone. Our Main with applicants to offer technical assistance Executive Director Street Gallery housed several successful with their grants. Our Arts in Education Huntington Arts Council Fall-Winter 2017 Table of Contents Huntington Arts HAC Welcomes New Board Members 6 Children & Family Council Honors The Board of Directors of Huntington Joshua Kreitzman Arts Council welcomes three new members is a certified public 8 Arts In Education Susan Miller to our 2017-18 slate. The installation of accountant and works 8 Grants officers took place for Kreitzman & at the Annual Kreitzman CPAs. In a 9 Exhibition Program Meeting of the former life he was an membership on actor and performed June 14. musical theatre and Cover Art Design: Marc Franchi improv all over the Yellow Crowned Herons has served the country. He currently by Charles Fillizola residential real lives in Deer Park estate market on with his wife and two daughters. Long Island and New York City Angela Rogan Pictured are l-r: Marc Courtade, Susan Miller, Samuel Miller, Sandy Chapin for over 30 years is a Brooklyn- Huntington Arts Council honored Susan as a loan officer, based artist and Main Street Gallery Miller with the Harry and Sandy Chapin underwriter and educator. As a 213 Main St., Huntington Arts and Humanitarian Award at our Back to area manager. Huntington native, the 60’s Celebration Event on June 8 at the Past and current Board affiliations include she is a product Larkfield. 160 guests celebrated HAC, from of the Huntington Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9am - 5pm the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless, our founding in 1963 to the present day. the Long Island Housing Services and The Arts Programs Sat. 12pm - 4pm The award was presented to Susan by Sandy Morgan Center. He is currently with Capital and is excited for Chapin in recognition of her contributions One Bank. the opportunity 631.271.8423 to HAC and the Long Island community. give back to her She was a loyal HAC board member for community. Arts Cultural News is published 14 years, and continues to be a good friend three times a year by the to the organization. In addition, she has Huntington Arts Council, Inc. and been a long time member of the Board of is made possible, in part, with Directors of Long Island Cares and an active fundraiser for them. We thank Susan for public funds from the New York helping us to raise critical funds to allow us State Council on the Arts, the Suffolk to continue our important work in support of County Office of Cultural Affairs, the the arts. Town of Huntington, corporations, foundations and individuals. The Arts Council gratefully acknowledges the support of Town Supervisor Frank Petrone and Council members Mark Cuthbertson, Susan Berland, Eugene Cook, Tracey Edwards and the Suffolk County Delegation of the New York State Assembly and Senate and the Suffolk County Council members. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Samuel E. Miller - President Joshua Kreitzman STAFF Huntington Arts Council is a Marc Courtade Executive Director 501(c)(3) not for profit organization. Toni Wortman - Vice President Linda Louis John Chicherio Performing Arts Director To include a bequest to Huntington Arts Kay Sato - Secretary Kevin O’Connell Maureen H. Starr Director of Public Relations & Marketing Council in your will add “I give to Huntington Arlene Haims - Member at Large David R. Okrent, Esq. Kieran Johnson Business Manager Arts Council, Inc, with offices at 213 Main Beth Levinthal - Member at Large James C. Ricca, Esq. St, Huntington, NY 11743 a general bequest Gina Van Bell Arts in Education Coordinator of $[amount], to be used for its exempt Eileen Boyd Cahill Angela Rogan Emily Rapuano Grants for Arts Coordinator purposes.” Marc Franchi Sandy Chapin Arts in Education Chairperson Rachel M. Kalina Office Assistant Page 2 - Huntington Arts Cultural News - Fall/Winter 2017 Issue For information on advertising please contact Huntington Arts Council at 631-271-8423 Letter From The Supervisor Dear Friends: Generous support from both the website at www.HuntingtonNY.gov/ In 2015 the Huntington Village BID and the Huntington TrafficSignalBoxes. However, as with Town of Huntington Station BID has helped enable the any artwork, these are best experienced in selected designs installation of ten new Signal Box Public person, so please look for these projects by five different Art projects over the summer and into the as you travel in Huntington Village and local artists for fall. Five new projects have been installed Huntington Station. transformation of on Main Street (between New York Avenue Meanwhile, the Town has selected traffic signal boxes and the West Neck Road/Woodbury Road designs for ten more Signal Boxes projects along Wall and intersection). In addition, new projects at locations on Rt. 25A and Rt. 110 and is Supervisor Frank P. Petrone Mark Cuthbertson Susan Berland Gerard Streets in have been installed, or are in the process of waiting for approval from NYSDOT to Town Councilman Town Councilwoman cooperation with the Huntington Village being installed, at the following locations: proceed with their installation. I invite you Business Improvement District (BID). Due three projects on Depot Road (between join me in looking forward to these new to the positive public response to these 10th Street and 17th Street), one at the creative installations delighting us in the eye-catching Public Art installations, we West exit from the LIRR North Parking coming months as we journey through our subsequently issued additional Requests Garage in Huntington Station, and one at community. for Proposals (RFP) from area artists for the intersection of Woodbury Road/High transformation of more signal boxes in Street/Soundview Road/Carley Avenue. Huntington Village, as well as to extend Images and further information about Frank P. Petrone these projects to locations in Huntington both the 2015 projects and those recently Supervisor Station. installed can be found on the Town’s Town of Huntington Eugene Cook Tracey Edwards Town Councilman Town Councilwoman Staff News Fall 2017 Members We are pleased to announce the addition Emily is a graduate of Southern of three new staff members to the team at Connecticut State University with a BA, Art New Members of the Month the Arts Council; Kieran Johnson - Business History. Her professional Manager, Emily Rapuano – Grants for Arts background reflects her Seniors/Students Members of the Month is a benefit Coordinator and Rachel M. Kalina- Office affinity for the Arts. Most Peter Granelli for those members in the category of Assistant. recently at Artbean Inc. Eloise Linger Artist, Business and Organization. On Emily has also worked the designated page on our website we at both the National 9/11 Individual will acknowledge our appreciation for Memorial and Museum Davenport Plumer their support by profiling each of the listed Kieran is a practicing as well as Yale Center for Artists, Business and Organization. artist and arts British Art. Benefactor educator. Kieran John Miller Please visit www.huntingtonarts.org previously worked in Rachel joins the Arts Council staff with over the next several months and see a brief operations for Volunteer a background in communications and art. Artists profile on the following members. Lawyers for the Arts Rachel is a writer and editor whose work Anu Annam and The Richard Avedon has appeared in Long Island Pulse and Lisa Arce Artist ParentGuide. She is Foundation. He is active Rebecca Bahr Judy Bernhang with The Society for also a jewelry designer Lauren Skelly Bailey Photographic Education, and owns The Wood Susanne Corbelletta Alyssa Brancazio The Penumbra & Watch creating Dan Hittleman Lisa DelSignore Foundation, College Arts Association one of a kind work. Chuck Laufman among other arts organizations. He holds Rachel is a graduate Clemente Ettrick Cecil Man Sun Pang a BFA from Purchase College School of of Binghamton William Graf Art and Design and an MFA from Kendall University with a BA Margaret Henning College of Art and Design.
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