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Labor Day Landscape Art
Exhibition Celebrates Beauty of the East End
A Portion of the Proceeds to Benefit The Nature
Conservancy |
East Hampton, New YorkAugust 20 , 2007 --
Twelve artists have joined together to present a Labor
Day Landscape Exhibition celebrating the beauty and diversity
of Long Island’s East End. The show will be held
at Ashawagh Hall, Springs on Friday, August 31 st through
Monday, September 3rd from 10am to 5pm daily. A
portion of the sales from the exhibit will be donated
to The Nature Conservancy. The public is invited to attend
the opening reception on Saturday, September 1 st from
5pm to 8pm.
“ The artists in the exhibition
share a passion for the landscape, and in recognition
of the need to protect our natural resources and open
spaces, a portion of all sales will go to The Nature
Conservancy to assist them in their work” said
photographer Tom Steele, organizer of the event. The
exhibition focuses on the East’s End dynamic landscape
which includes ocean beaches, farmlands, dunes, bays,
salt marshes, fresh and salt water wetlands, coastal
and maritime forests, and more. In addition to this uniquely
diverse landscape the quality of light here on the East
End is very magical, it’s a wonderful combination
for plein-air artists.
The twelve exhibiting artists
are: Casey Chalem Anderson, Susan D’Alessio, Jim
Gingerich, Aubrey Grainger, Alec Hirschfeld, Gail Kern,
Gordon Matheson, Michele Margit, Eileen Dawn Skretch,
Anne Seelbach, Ray Spahn and Tom Steele. The exhibition
includes oil paintings, acrylics, pastels, watercolors
and photography, including panoramic landscape photographs
up to seven feet in width. Award winning filmmaker
Alec Hirschfeld, will be screening a rough-cut of scenes
from his new project “Out Here In The Fields”.
The screening will run continuously during the exhibition. “Out
Here in the Fields” is a work-in-progress in conjuction
with the Peconic Land Trust and Eastern Life Films. It
portrays three stories of preservation, Quail Hill Farm,
The Babinksi Farm and the Shellfisher Preserve.
This
exhibition reflects a growing relationship and dependence
between plein-air artists and conservation groups, but
the subject matter for many plein-air artists is quickly
disappearing as open space and sensitive ecosystems are
encroached upon. The work of plein-air artists promotes
awareness and an appreciation of the natural beauty and
fragility of the landscape, and ties in to the mission
of The Nature Conservancy to preserve nature and protect
life. “The Nature Conservancy is delighted to be a partner
in this exhibition,” said Nancy Kelley, executive director
of The Nature Conservancy on Long Island. “Artists like these
help make significant contributions to conservation in that they
raise the level of awareness of our magnificent landscapes.
In addition,
we are thrilled that our work has also helped protect some of the
places from which they have drawn their inspiration.”
The Nature
Conservancy has long been involved in protecting critical habitat
including places like the Atlantic Double Dunes, Accabonac Harbor,
the Montauk moorlands and grasslands, Napeague, Northwest Woods,
Northwest Harbor, the Long Pond Greenbelt, Scallop Pond, North Sea,
Quantuck Creek in Quogue, Western Flanders Bay, the eastern Pine
Barrens and the remaining forested groundwater recharge areas of
the South Fork. In addition to preservation, the management and restoration
of our key ecological areas - forests, dunes, bays, harbors, and
wetlands – is essential.
Ashawagh Hall is located at the corner of Springs Fireplace Road and Old Stone
Highway in East Hampton. For more information about the artists or the exhibition
call 631-987-7005 or visit www.EastEndLandscapes.com. For
more information on The Nature Conservancy call 631-329-7689 or visit www.nature.org/LongIsland
The
Nature Conservancy is a leading international, nonprofit organization that preserves
plants, animals and natural communities representing the diversity of life on
Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. To date, the Conservancy
and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection
of more than 14 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more
than 83 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific.
On Long Island, The Nature Conservancy has helped to preserve more than 100,000
acres. Visit us on the Web at nature.org/longisland.
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