This document provides a summary of Beth Giacummo's curatorial history, including her role as Museum Exhibition and Curatorial Director at the Islip Art Museum from 2010 to present. It describes her work organizing exhibitions that explore contemporary issues, and her involvement in the New York Contemporary Art Symposium, which brings international artists to Long Island for residencies and cultural exchange. The document lists several exhibitions curated by Giacummo at the Islip Art Museum exploring various themes through the works of listed artists.

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ISLIPART MUSEUM
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY ● May 2010-Present
MUSEUM EXHIBITION AND CURATORIAL DIRECTOR/ SR. CURATOR
The Islip Art Museum is the leading exhibition space for contemporary art on Long Island. The New York Times has called the
Museum the "best facility of its kind outside Manhattan." An ambitious exhibition program features contemporary art by national and
international artists, as well as emerging artists from local communities.
The Museum presents four exhibitions a year in the galleries of the Brookwood Hall mansion, a landmark estate on Long Island's
south shore. Exhibitions are organized to reflect issues and concerns in the current art world.
The Museum also presents lectures, fine art classes for adults and children, and workshops and tours for all age groups. The Museum
Store features one-of-kind craft items, artwork, gifts and unusual stationery and fine jewelry.
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NYCAS NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY ART SYMPOSIUM 2015
2015 ● Wanderlust
Works from NYCAS NY Contemporary Arts Symposium
Curated by Beth Giacummo & Jessica McAvoy
2015 marks the second biannual international artist residency known as the New York Contemporary Art Symposium (NYCAS).
Wanderlust features works by artists invited to participate in the 2015 NYCAS program as well as artists working locally, nationally,
and abroad. The exhibition survey's works influenced by the engagement of different cultural experiences.
For 2015, NYCAS is emphasizing and providing opportunities for local artists to collaborate with the invited international artists.
Wanderlust is one of the organized exhibitions focused on pairing works by local artists with works created by the visiting artists. The
Islip Art Museum and its' collaborators hope that the Long Island community at large will benefit from this exchange and exposure to
the different cultures and creative practices of the participating artists
Artists Exhibited:
Essay By Bruna Justinic (Croatia), John Cino (USA), Andrei Budescu (Romania), Joanne Dumas (USA)
Ina Kristine Hove (Norway), Christine Kertz (Austria), Maria Koshenkova (Russia), Dan Lachacz (USA), Daniel Lagos (Chile)
Michael Liszka (Poland), Nicole Marandola (USA), Jamie Mareno (USA), Eric Murphy (USA), Mate Rainer (Hungary), Alex Raptis
(USA), Kathy Seff (USA), Ida Siebke (Norway), and Magda Uchmann (Poland).
Part of the NYCAS 2015 Program:
NYCAS seeks to encourage and improve the cultural exchange between artists and collaborating communities. This program is
inspired by D. Fleiss & East West Artists International (DFEWA) whose mission is to establish a working cooperation that will
encourage and improve the cultural exchange between artists of varying backgrounds creating a broader understanding of
contemporary arts. Symposiums are held multiple times a year throughout the world. NYCAS will take place on Long Island from
October 16 – 31, 2015.
NYCAS brings art professionals from around the world together to foster new international networks, develop cross-cultural
understanding, and cultivate cooperation. The symposium will again provide 12+ international artists with housing, studio space, all
meals, trips to cultural centers, and selected artist supplies at no cost to them. Lifting these financial burdens for the artists provides
them the opportunity to explore their creativity with others.
For 2015, NYCAS has increased the opportunities for local artists to collaborate and exhibitions will feature the works of local artists
paired with works created by the visiting artists. As collaborators the Islip Art Museum and Patchogue Arts Council will arrange
events enabling all members of the community to benefit from this exchange resulting in exposure to the cultures and creative
practices of participating artists (please see attached). The 2013 Symposium introduced the community to a variety of art forms
including a moving performance art piece surrounding the 9/11 memorial housed in IAM.
BETH GIACUMMO
32 Orchid Rd., East Patchogue, NY | Beth.isliparts@gmail.com | (631)806-4722

2. Other Exhibitions / Events Coordinated with NYCAS 2015: Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2015 ● Artist Talk w/ NYCAS 2015 Artist Andrei Budescu, PhD: Alternative Historic Photography Process
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2015 ● Alternative Historic Photography Workshop w/ NYCAS 2015 Artist Andrei Budescu, PhD
2015 ● Experiments: Historical Photography
Curated By: Jessica McAvoy
Islip Art Museum Store Exhibition Space, East Islip, NY
Featuring Participants of the Historic Photography Workshop
2015 ● Artists In Motion
Curated By: Jay Schuck
Shand’s Loft Gallery @ Brick House Brewery, Main St, Patchogue, NY
2015 ● Made in Romania
Curated By Beth Giacummo
Gallery 40, 40 S. Ocean Ave, Patchogue, NY
2015 ● IAM pAIRed: NYCAS 2015 Exhibition
Curated By: John Cino, Beth Giacummo
Patchogue Arts Council Gallery, Patchogue, NY
EXHIBITIONS CURATED AT IAM
2015 ● Compendium
Curated by Lorrie Fredette & Beth Giacummo
Compendium details the interchangeable qualities of art and science. This exhibition considers artists that are planted in both
disciplines, offering the Islip Art Museum and their visitors a survey of art and the artists that drive the conversation.
The taxonomy of disciplines based on the National Science Foundation (NSF) include but are not limited to biology, botany, cell/
molecular biology, ecology/evolution, environmental studies, genetics, microbiology, astronomy, earth science, physics, geology,
statistics, and mathematics.
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the power of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a
stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists,
manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most
primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the
rank of devoutly religious men. - Albert Einstein
Artists Exhibited: Brandon Ballengée, Gianluca Bianchino, Julia Buntaine, Beverly Fishman, Michelle Frick,
Phil Hastings, Jeanne Heifetz, Mark Nystrom, Taney Roniger, Travis LeRoy Southworth, Laura Splan, Werner Sun, and
Elaine Whittaker.
2015 ● Print Up Ladies
Curated by Beth Giacummo
Print Up Ladies was a survey of contemporary works created by female artists exploring various printmaking techniques both
traditional and non-traditional.
Works explored various themes including gender, the body, identity, politics, fantasy and the environment, often with playfulness and
humor. Various printmaking forms are used and include traditional woodcut, screen-printing, and layered mono-prints.
A special selection of works will be on view courtesy of ULAE Universal Limited Artist Editions Studio.
Artists Exhibited:
Artists Exhibited: Lee Bontecou, Cecily Brown, Amy Cutler, Helen Frankenthaler, Orly Genger, Sheila Goloborotko, Dora Lisa
Rosenbaum, Nicole Marandola, Jessica McAvoy, Elizabeth Murray, Eileen Palmer, Lisa Petker-Mintz, Minna Resnick, Swoon, and
Lisa Yuskavage.
2014 ● Faux Sho’
Curated By Beth Giacummo
Faux Sho’ promotes contemporary artists exploring methods and materials that highlight illusionism of all forms to fool the viewers’
eye. Work exhibited will translate and redefine traditional trompe l’oeil realism. Faux Sho’ exaggerates the false and recreates urban
textures, street art parodies and scenes from life into two and three-dimensional imitations.
Artists Exhibited: Avital Burg, Kate Clark, Hannah Cole, Tim Conlon, A.J. Fries, Daniel Greene, Do Ho Suh, Robert C. Jackson, Brett
Kern, Ben Owens, Naomi Safran-Hon, Mary Sweeney, and Courtney Young, Dean West, and Nathan Sawaya.

3. 2014 ● It’s Getting Hairy
Curated By Beth Giacummo
It’s Getting Hairy the exhibition: will feature artists exploring hair as a medium and or concept to create new works and installations.
This exhibition will also feature a series of sculpted hairpieces that will later become part of a live hair show for the It’s Getting Hairy
collaborative event with SPARKBOOMTM.
Artists Exhibited:Dasha Bazanova , Andrea Cote, Maureen Lehmann, Maria Macedonio – Ritter, Puneeta Mittal, Fran Nordstrom, and
Dawn Marie O’Conner.
2014 ● Shock –U- menteries
Curated By Beth Giacummo
Enigmatic works created specifically for the Islip Art Museum challenge the viewer to physically explore the space of the museum
while mentally seeking explanation to these perplexing installations. Lured into each gallery through intrigue and ambiguity one
encounters a thought provoking artists’ reaction to circumstance. Shock – U – Mentaries offers an interpretative response to effects on
humanity resulting from man-made or biological origins. Whether the effect is on a personal, local, national or global level the artist
has offered us an explicative installation to examine from which to draw our own conclusions and thoughts within each space.
Artists exhibited: Lorrie Fredette, Tony Ingrisano, Tobi Kahn, Heather Layton, and Jeffrey Allen Price.
NYCAS NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY ART SYMPOSIUM 2013
2013 ● The Fleiss – Giacummo – McAvoy NY Contemporary Art Symposium 2013 (FGM)
Founder and Co-Director
Provides a residency on Long Island for 12+ international artists. FGM seeks to encourage and improve the cultural exchange between
artists and collaborating communities. This program was inspired by D. Fleiss & East West Artists International (DFEWA), whose
mission is to establish a working cooperation that will encourage and improve the cultural exchange between outstanding artists of
varying backgrounds from eastern and western countries. DFEWA continues to achieve this aim by working in close contact with
artists from all around the world. Artists who participate in the symposiums create a broader understanding of the contemporary arts in
their respective communities around the world. Symposiums are held in locations through out the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Artists will be provided housing, studio space, all meals, trips to cultural centers, and selected artist supplies at no cost to them during
FGM. Lifting these financial burdens for the artists provides them the opportunity to explore their creativity with themselves and
others. Artists will be collaborating on Long Island from September 27 through October 7, 2013.
This program brings art professionals from around the world together to form new networks, foster international connections, develop
cross-cultural understanding, and cultivate cooperation. As a FGM collaborator, the Islip Art Museum will arrange a series of events
enabling the community, general public, local artists, and art students to benefit from this exchange, resulting in exposure to the
various cultures and creative artistic practices of all participating artists. In addition, the Patchogue Arts Council collaborated by
arranging artists’ talks in Patchogue and providing a gateway to other opportunities in the community such as exhibition.
Exhibitions accompanied this program, curated by Beth Giacummo
2013 ● Artists of Fleiss – Giacummo – McAvoy NY Contemporary Art Symposium 2013 (FGM) at Briarcliffe College Gallery,
Bethpage, NY
2013 ● Made In Poland at Gallery 40 South, Patchogue, NY
2013 ● New York Bound: International Book Art Biennial
Curated By Dorothea Fliess (Museum of Art Satu- Mare Romania) and Beth Giacummo
A selection of artist made books from around the world and our annual open call. This exhibition promotes and encourages artists’
unconventional ideas about books. We ask artists to explore the book as an object, book-installations, one-offs, author's books, artist's
books, writer's books, experimental and limited editions, fine press books and the like. Curated through a number of open calls held
internationally and nationally.
Artists exhibited: Anna Marie Akdine Garzon, Rosaire Appel, Eileen Arnow-Levine, Aileen Bassis, Kamila Bednarska, Ronald Beetz,
Stefan Balog, Andrei Budescu, Sabrina L. Cacciatore, Patti Capaldi, Darlene Charneco, Guyang Chen, John Cino, Andrea Cismasiu,
Suzanne Coley, Pam Cooper, Anne Covell, Elena Cristea, Katherine D. Crone, JoAnne Dumas, Evelyn Eller, Ronald Gonzalez, Daiva
Gudelyte, Carmella Gullo, Karoly Gyongyi, Bernard Hallstein, Sarah Hogan, Ani Katz, Christine Kertz, Andor Komives, Beata Kruk,
Aimee Lee, Dawn Lee, Sue Huggins Leopard, Leslie Madigan, Traistaru Mirela, Lauren Monte, Ayano Mouri, M. Abou el Naga,
Sarah Nicholls, Leslie Nobler, Leah Oates, Poti Orsolija, LuAnn Palazzo, Zsoka Paqyi, Chris Perry, Jussara Pires, Mikhail Pogarsky,
Ben Rinehart, Maria Macedonio-Ritter, Jenna Rodriguez, Kara Rooney, Rocco Scary, Leonard Seastone, Norman Shapiro, Carolyn
Sheehan, Rosemary Wilson Sloggalt, Meryl Spiegel, Tamar Stone, Vasile Tolan, Bianca Tschainter, Monica Vasinca, Susan Viguers,
Patrick Vincent, Mezouar Wafaa, Ellen Wiener, Mancia Widenor, Thomas Parker Williams, Tmima Z, Mou Zhu, and Szemak Zsuzsa.

4. Design and implement program (in-partnership with Co-director Jessica McAvoy and Dorothea Fleiss):
• Attend various International residencies to meet possible artists to be invited to NY Symposium
• Research existing residency programs, visualize, and establish a well-rounded and successful program that balances the artists’
studio time, trips to cultural centers, exhibitions, and community outreach events (e.g. artist talks, networking events and
receptions, and open studios).
• Collaborate with community organizations and galleries to create events.
• Schedule and coordinate: fundraising timeline, trips to cultural centers, community
outreach events; exhibition installation and receptions; staff.
• Handle and install art work with awareness to cultural sensitivities of the creating
artists.
• Supervise staff and ensure artists’ cultural and professional needs are met.
• Compile and distribute press and marketing materials.
Budget formulation ($10,700), fundraising, and financial oversight:
• Research all cost factors (e.g.: transportation; housing and Create opportunities for sponsorship (financial and in-kind), draft
package materials (traditional and indiegogo.com), investigate potential funders, draft private foundation grants, and secure funds.
EXHIBITIONS CURATED AT IAM CONTINUED
2013 ● Survey of NYFA ‘MARK’Artists
Curated By Beth Giacummo
MARK is the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) statewide program for visual artists based in New York State, living outside
of New York City, from all disciplines who want a unique opportunity for individualized focus on the professional and business side of
their creative practice. MARK is designed to address the concerns of artists living outside of New York City while providing them
with a new network statewide. This exhibit was curated from the artists now recognized as MARK Alumni.
Artists exhibited: Yura Admas, Dennis Bertram, Laura Cannamela, Robert Carioscia, John Cino, Oreen Cohen, Giada Crispiels,
Joanne Dumas, Ginger Ertz, Paul Farinacci, Shanti Grumbine, Kate Hamilton, Pat Hauck, Erica Hauser, Roman Hrab, Michael
Krasowitz, Dan Lachacz, Rob Licht, Sara Lynch, Leslie Parke, David Powell, Thea Lanzisero, Claire Lesemann, Wayne Montecalvo,
Laura Moriarty, Gina Occhiogrosso, Barbara Page, Iacopo Pasquinelli, Jennifer Gioe Peper, Larry Poole, Anne Raymond, Doug Reina,
Anne Seelbach, Kathleen Sherin, Lindsay Stern, Suzy Sureck, Pamela Topham, Angela Voulgarelis, Jessica Warner, Leigh Yardley,
and Deborah Zlotsky.
2013 ● La Placita
Curated by Beth Giacummo and Loretta Corbisiero
In the Caribbean Islands is where the community comes together to celebrate and experience flavorful food and festivals of music and
art. Experience the vibrant excitement of the Caribbean Plaza through La Placita, a survey of New York artists originally from the
Caribbean, or inspired by the culture of the Caribbean.
Artists exhibited: Francisco Alvarado-Juárez, David Antonio Cruz, Maria Dominguez, Becky Franco, Lisa Iglesias, Veronique Leriche
Fischetti, Miguel Luciano, Reyes Melendez, and Ronny Quevedo.
2012 ● Prints Please: Selections from ULAE
Curated By Beth Giacummo
A survey of prints that surveyed ULAE’s history in the art world, and success of a business and its loyalty to the town of Islip.
Artists exhibited: Lee Bontecou, Cecily Brown, Sam Francis, Jane Hammond, Bill Jensen, Jasper Johns, Joey Kotting, Julian
Lethbridge, Suzanne McClelland, Elizabeth Murray, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, James Siena, Kiki Smith,
Cy Twombly, Terry Winters, and Lisa Yuskavage.
MUSEUM STORE GALLERY EXHIBITS CURATED
Mini solo exhibitions to support the careers of local emerging artists.
2015 ● Stepping Stones: Ida Siebke
2015 ● INKED: Kathy Seff
2014 ● Color Space Edges: By Matthew Neil Gering
2014 ● Flora – Fauna: By Jennifer Formica
2013 ● Holiday Art Salon: Various local artists

5. 2013 ● NYFA MARK ARTISTS LI
2013 ● The De-unification of Line: By Jamie Moreno
2012 ● The Potato Prints: By Archie Rand
2012 ● Metagraphs: By Colin Goldberg
2012 ● Mythical Atmosphere: Prints by Romsamarie Eisle
2012 ● Thoughts of Form: Paintings by Karyn Cernera
2012 ● Rhythms: Digital works by Joanne Dumas
2011 ● Cross-Eyed and Painless: New works by Tony Ingrisano
2011 ● Sights of Stripes: Selected artists from annual open call
2011 ● Bike Works: Mixed media works by Robert Mielenhausen
MAIN MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS OVERSEEN AND DIRECTED
2016 ● Transformations of a Visionary: Paul Mommer
Curated by Loretta Corbisiero
Rediscover the artist Paul Mommer (b. Luxembourg, 1899-1963), a well-known and frequently exhibited artist of the mid-
twentieth century who was featured in three impressive retrospectives; two at the Museum of Modern Art: Twentieth Century
Portrait (1942) and Romantic Painting in America (1943) as well as one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: American
Painting (1950). Transformations of a Visionary: Paul Mommer is a retrospective of the artist which highlights the diversity
of his style and technique throughout the first half of the twentieth century. This exhibition offers an opportunity to
experience the work and historical documentation of the artist.
This exhibit is curated by Loretta Corbisiero through Heart for Art, Inc. a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that encourages,
supports, and creates opportunities for the arts, artists, and arts professionals with an emphasis on, creating, exhibiting and
engaging communities. Heart for Art, Inc. provides Grassroots to Global Arts Programming, a full art immersion experience
through development, awareness and collaboration of the arts.
2015 ● Pocket Size
Curated by Rhonda Cooper
IAM Pocket Sized invited artists from around the world to create art that fits in the palm of your hand! I AM Pocket Sized exhibits a
large survey of paintings, drawings, collages, sculpture, and more.
In today’s art world, where the notion that bigger is better seems to be too-often taken for granted, it’s refreshing to see that
contemporary artists are continuing to produce work on a small scale as well. While small-scale paintings and sculptures, or
maquettes, have often been produced as preliminary studies for larger-scale works, the artists represented in the IAM’s current
exhibition demonstrate that small works hold a valid and unique place of their own in an art world often dominated by more sizable
creations.
Artists exhibited: Detlef E. Aderhold, Max Victor Alper, Lisa Argentieri, Susan Barrasi, Linda Beckerman, Ennid Berger, Phyllis
Bilick, Katey Carey, Darlene Charneco, Ye-seul Choi, John Cino, Denise Collado, John Crimmins, Rosetta DeBerardinis, JoAnne
Dumas, Shana Einhorn, Cara Enteles, Ann Fox, Reu’ven Gayle, Tony Geiger, Gabriella Grama, Michael Griske, Barbara Grossman-
Karyo, Sylvia Harnick, Jeanne Heifetz, Neddi Heller, Katherine Hiscox, Paul Hitchen, Kyle Horne, Takafumi Ide, Debbie Johnston,
Heidi Jukes, Drew Kane, Deborah Katz, Heejung Kim, Bernard Klevickas, Kathy Klompas, Jeni Kobylarz, Elizabeth Kolligs,
Rachelle Krieger, Deanna Lee, Cynthia Loewen, Jennifer Maggio, Bobbi Mastrangelo, Claudia Mirzaali, Lauren Monte, Pat Moran,
Alexandra Muzek, Stephanie Navon-Jacobson, Fred Neudoerffer, Vanessa Nguyen, Keith Perkins, Ramona Perrin, Mario Politi,
Richard Quinn, Evelyn Ramos, Andreas Rentsch, Alan M. Richards, Deena des Rioux, Helen Rousakis, Sue Runkowski, Lorena
Salcedo-Watson, Laurie Samara-Schlageter, Jane Schiowitz, Sungsook Setton, Alisa Shea, Sally Shore, Ruby Silvious, Megan
Sirianni-Brand, Elena Soterakis, Ted Stamatelos, Stelios Stylianou, Chanika Svetvilas, Dianne Talan, Christine Verga-Maday, Gina
Vigliarolo, Mary Waka, Caroline Waloski, Sharon Way-Howard, Patricia Yantz, Nancy Yoshii, Courtney Young, Helen Zajkowski,
JoAnne Zambito, and Anthony Zummo.
2015 ● Remembering Things Past
Curated By John Cino & Jay Schuck
Remembering Things Past features foreign-born artists working in America. The artists in this exhibition all made the journey from
their home country at different stages in their lives and incorporate past interests, memories, and experiences of their home country
into their artwork. The variety of their forms and subject matter reflect the uniqueness of their experiences. Remembering Things Past
willtravel to the Islip Art Museum from the Patchogue Arts Gallery.
Artists exhibited: Linda Abadjian, Pablo Caviedes, Cui Fei, Ana Golici, Anti Lui, Meleko Mokgosi, Jason Paradis, Filiberto Perez,
Fatima Shakil, Richard Smith, Annemarie Waugh, and Shirley Wegner.
2014 ● Mash Up
Curated By Stephen Lamia, Ph.D.

6. It has been slightly over one hundred years since Picasso and Braque experimented with the then new art form called “collage.” To
mark that ground-breaking innovation, The Islip Art Museum announces its Annual Open Call for artists to contribute work displaying
this century-old art form. As has been previously done, we are calling upon the global community of artists to submit their work for an
exhibition featuring collages in mixed media.
This exhibition promotes and encourages artists to employ both conventional and unconventional ideas about collages, especially
those that incorporate two or more media into them.
Artists exhibited: Elizabeth Albert, Martin Azevedo, Lisa Baglivi, Ayako Bando, Jackie Branson, Mitsuko Brooks, Robert Calvert,
Robert Carioscia, Monica Chulewicz, Cedric van Eenoo, Garance, Jenny Gordon, Joan Hall, Beth Heit, Robert Herman,
Leslie Hirst, Kiya Kim, Kathy Klompas, Kristin Macukas, Elizabeth Malunowicz, Judy Mannarino, Dana Mano-Flank, Eileen
McClellan, Joseph McNally, Annette Merlis, Robert Mielenhausen, Diane Miller, Susan Newmark, Eileen Palmer, Jacqueline Dee
Parker, Michelle Posner, John Michael Prudente, Rae Raff, Susan Reedy, Stephanie Reit, Lealand Eve Richard, Deena des Rioux,
Christopher Robinson, Samantha Robinson, Robert Rothstein, Lisa Salosaari-Jasinski, Pamela Saturday, Evan Schwartz, Anne
Seelbach, Neva Delihas Setlow, Beth Shipley, Megan Sirianni-Brand, Stelios Stylianou, Janice Sztabnik, Steven Terr, Shawn
Uttendorfer, Marlene Weisman, Kristen T. Woodward, Burhan Yilmaz, Nancy Yoshii, Tmima Z, LuAnn Palazzo, Gary Bibb, William
Evertson, Joan Harrison, Matthew Rose, Ria Vanden Eynde, and Susan Shulman.
2014 ● Redacted
Curated by Janet Goleas
The exhibition examines alterations, inversions, erasures, cover-ups, cut-aways, strike-throughs and other amendments in vision,
thought and execution by contemporary artists working in a variety of mediums and methodologies.
Artists exhibited: Josh Blackwell, Sharon Butler, Jonathan Callan, Eric Dever, Stacy Fisher, Brian Gaman, Jim Lee, Lauren Luloff,
Stefana McClure, Linda Miller, Bonnie Rychlak, Mathias Schmeid, Tim Spelios, Ryan Steadman, Ryan Wallace, Ross Watts and
Letha Wilson.
2013 ● Fluid Reformations: Smith, Gaffer, Potter
Curated by John Cino
Perhaps more than any other medium sculpture requires the unique marriage of material and process. Wood and stone are carved,
subtracting mass while other materials are combined as in welded steel or assembled found objects. 'Fluid reformations' refers to
processes borrowed from craftsmen or women working with forged metal, blown glass or wheel thrown ceramic. Contemporary
smiths, gaffers and potters are as likely to make non-functional sculpture as the more traditional craft forms. In each a solid material is
made fluid before manipulation, mass is preserved while form is altered. Each material is made into a slow moving fluid and it is that
fluid state that imparts formal qualities to the final object. Fluid Reformations': Smith, Gaffer, Potter offers a cross section of the work
of contemporary sculptors working in traditional mediums.
Artists exhibited: Christopher Delloiacono, Eva Hild, Rachel Miller, Kait Rhoads, Martha Walker, and Toots Zynsky.
2012 ● Occupying Potato: Cult of the Potato 2012
Curated by Jeffrey Allen Price
The Potato Revolution continues with an international exhibition of contemporary Potato Art at the Islip Art Museum. Occupying
Potato brings together a wide-range of works by artists deriving inspiration from different aspects of the Potato-its status as the most
nutritional and abundant vegetable in the world, its storied history, its wide-ranging scientific uses, its spiritual aspects, its enduring
comedic potential and the potato’s prevalence in Popular culture are all explored in this unique exhibition.
Artists exhibited: Fran Beallor, Michiel Brink, Martin Bromirski, Ginou Choueiri, Adrian Villa DaVila, Anna Alicja Feitzinger, Jean-
Louis Gonterre, Joffe & Pye, Allan Innman, Lucy Kippin, Viviane Le Courtois, Andrzej Maciejewski, Paul McMahon, Mongobì,
Ciprian Muresan, Eimear O’Connor, Rika O’Hara, W. David Powell, Archie Rand and Jon Cone, Peter Root, Judith Samen, Italo
Scanga, Salvatore Scarpitta, Ryan Seslow, Adam Taye, Brian Tolle, Uber Tuber, and Chad Woody.
2012 ● The Garbage Barge Revisited: Art from Dross
Curated by Karen Shaw
In 1987, Islip Town became infamous when a barge containing tons of commercial trash from the town was forced to sail along the
Atlantic coast for 3 months in search of a landfill for the waste. As a result, Islip Town paved the way for the nation to reduce, reuse
and recycle. This exhibition, our annual Open Call, asks artists to consider alternate ways to repurpose cast-offs, which might
otherwise be waste.
Artists exhibited: Scott Andresen, Elizabeth Albert, Jeff Becker, Joyce Bressler, Martha Burgess, Emanuel Ciobanica, Irina Danilova,
Elizabeth Duffy, Grant Elyse, Michael Ensminger, Cara Enteles, Kathryn Frey, Margaret Frey, Christopher Gideon, Carmella Gullo,
Sarah Hardesty, Ruth Hardinger, Molly Heron, Bernadette Ilse, Robin M. Jordan, Tamiko Kawata, Noelle King, Kirsten Kucer,
Michael Kukla, Keith Long, Barbara Lubliner, Brian Miller, Jimmy Miracle, Sean Naftel, Michael Neff, Ann Nguyen, Janet Nolan,
Anne Percoco, Camille Perottet, Gilda Pervin, Oliver Peterson, Laura Petrovich-Cheney, Katherine Powers, Ben Pranger, Jeffrey Allen
Price, Gabriele Raacke, Cindy Roe, Dave Rogers, Joseph Scinto, Katie Selden, Suzan Shutan, Linda Stillman, Annie Varnot, Marcia
Widenor, Gavin Zeigler, Viviane Romboli-Seppey, Debbie Hesse, and Rashmi Talpade.
2012 ● Urban/Suburban
Curated by Karen Shaw

7. The population of the United States is made up mostly of city dwellers and suburbanites. The visitors to the Islip Art Museum are in
the same demographic. The artists whose visions we exhibit, likewise, come from one or the other. So it is no surprise that some
artists reflect their environment in their work. This exhibit featured artists who explore in various media ideas of location as well as
the links, highways and commuter trains that form an integral part of an urban/ suburban life.
Artists exhibited: Kim Beck, William Carroll, Darlene Charneco, Corydon Cowansage, Grant Haffner, Noah Klersfeld, Steven Miller,
Cheryl Molnar, Antonio Petracca, Travis Shaffer, E. E. Smith, and Susan Wides.
2012 ● Secret Messages
Curated by Karen Shaw
Invisible ink, ESP, dots and dashes, semaphore signals, hieroglyphics, pictograms--all are coding mechanisms in which one form of
information is transformed into another form of representation, one sign exchanged for another. Coding is an exclusive form of
communication. Having the key is key.
Artists exhibited: Ariel Ruiz Altaba, Suzanne Anker, Dennis Ashbaugh, Doug Beube, Aric Obrosey, Michael Ensminger, Cui Fei, Paul
Glabicki, Charles Gute, Alfred Jensen, Amy Pryor, Dee Shapiro, and Cristina Vergano.
2011 ● In Bloom
Curated by Karen Shaw
This exhibit featured imaginary and real flowers and plants as envisioned by contemporary artists. Show includes a garden tour and
related lectures.
Artists exhibited: Lucille Bertrand, Kathryn Frey, Susan Hoeltzel, Mary Judge, Becky Newsom
Ray Rapp, Eric Rhein, Susanna Starr, Joy Taylor, Jim Toia, Hilary Tolan, Merrill Wagner, Deb Todd Wheeler, and Alison Williams.
2011 ● Flag Day
Curated By Janet Goleas
An object that is designated as a flag -- whether national, personal or ornamental -- is purposeful and symbolic. Like painting, flags
are rooted in the distinct conveyance of an idea. Since Betsy Ross stitched those first 13 stars into a circle, there have been over 27
iterations of the American flag, each one signifying a precise adjustment in meaning. From the patriotism of Childe Hassam to
appropriation as in Jasper Johns' Flag and David Hammons' African American Flag to the fierce protests against Dread Scott for his
1989 installation at the Chicago Institute of Art, the flag -- graphic, plastic and ripe with content - is an ongoing artist's muse.
As the face of a nation, the flag itself - any flag, in any country - can be a powerful tool for dissidence as well as patriotism. The solid
green of Libya; color triunes used by Lithuania, Thailand, France; the sleek graphics of Botswana, Columbia, Germany and club
pennants, banners, markers, nautical flags and decals - each represent a concept that is as rich in imagery, color and graphic design as
it is in political, personal or national content. In concept, however, flags are plastic. As a tool for communication they can function
symbolically or literally; they might adhere to a fixed pattern or be fluid in theory or philosophy or perhaps, like painting itself, they
might serve as a statement of personal identity unrelated to politics.
Artists Exhibited: Ivin Ballen, Patrick Brennan, Mary Carlson, Amanda Church, Michael Conrad, Peter Dayton, Carla Edwards,
Jameson Ellis, Veronique Fischetti, Joe Fyfe, David Gamble,William Graef, Priscilla Heine, Christopher K. Ho, Darren Jones, Stephen
Maine, Christa Maiwald,Karyn Mannix, Bobbi Mastrangelo, Joe Nanashe, Gabrielle Raacke, Lynn Richardson, John Salvest, Matthew
Satz, Andrew Schoultz, Robert Seng, Michael Solomon, Rafael Vargas-Suarez, Banks Violette, and Ryan Wallace.
MUSEUM STORE GALLERY EXHIBITS OVERSEEN
2015 ● Automomentum: By Eric Murphy
Curated By Jay Schuck
2014 ● The Texture of Color: By Alexander Percy
Curated By Jay Schuck
2014 ● Exploring the Feminine in Egg Tempera: By Chasten Pagan
Curated By Jay Schuck
SELECTED SPECIAL EVENTS / AFTER-HOURS EVENT SERIES
IAM Up Late -
2015 ● October: Weird Science Soirée
2015 ● August: I AM Pumped
2014 ● May: It’s Getty Hairy
Hit The Lights - Conceptualized and organized after hours bi-monthly artist networking event in collaboration with FRESH Art Long
Island artist collective. Features curated projected video works from local and national artists, live music and refreshments featuring
local restaurants.
2013 ● May: Slide Slam
2012 ● October: Potato to Party
Richard Stabile, Founder of Long Island Vodka will explain the process of this North Shore Distillery with a behind the scenes look at

8. what it takes to create an award winning Vodka from potatoes.
2012 ● October: Potato Performance Night
2012 ● August: Hit The Lights
2012 ● June: Slide Slam
An Islip Art Museum & Emerging Art Long Island Collaboration attended by the members of the Islip Art Museum, Emerging Art
Long Island, Islip Arts Council, Patchogue Arts Biennial, Patchogue Arts Council, Briarcliffe College Gallery, Hit The Lights, FRESH
Art Long Island, Mary Lou Cohalan of Carriage House Projects and Pat Rogers of HamptonsArtHub.com will also be in
attendance. This is an opportunity to have your work seen by multiple venues on Long Island!
2012 ● June: Hit The Lights
2012 ● May: Hit The Lights
2011 ● August: Hit The Lights
BRIARCLIFFE COLLEGE GALLERY
Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, NY ● May 2010-March 2014
GALLERY CHIEF CURATOR & EXHIBITION COORDINATOR
Design and Oversee exhibition schedule, coordinate and design exhibitions, and manage art and exhibition installation. Plan and
coordinate artist receptions. Acts as in house curator.
• Accomplishment: Organized and implemented professional gallery exhibition, faculty exhibits, and living classroom
exhibitions and special workshops.
2014 ● Faculty Exhibition: Current Faculty Full-time and adjunct
2014 ● Branded: Student Exhibition
2013 ● FGM- International Residency Program: FGM NY 2014 Artists
2013 ● Shimmer: Works by JoAnne Dumas
2013 ● Pens and Pixels: Works by Michael Mastermaker
2012 ● Storytellers: Artists exhibited: Anesti Zakos and Lealand Eve Richarson
2012 ● Vacencies: Artists exhibited: Caitlyn Shea, Leigh Ann Klein, Michael Krasowitz
2012 ● Musing Students: Curated student exhibition
2011 ● Expresiones: Celebrando Arte y Cultura Latina (The Long Island Latino Art Exhibition)
Artists exhibited: Lorena Salcedo-Watson, Tonito Valderrama, Janet Cruz, and Rosamaria Eisler
2011 ● Fowl Follies: Living Classroom with Jessica McAvoy
2011 ● Ambitious Ambitions: Thesis Exhibit
2010 ● Let Me Sleep On It: Living Classroom with Tony Ingrisano
2010 ● Organic Abstractions: Curated By Beth Giacummo
Artists exhibited: John Cino, Debra Zlotsky, Bill Shillalies, Kat Cappillino
PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL
Patchoque Arts Council Inc., Patchogue, NY ● 2008-Present
CURATION - ARTS ACTIVISM - FUNDRAISING - PROGRAMMING - MARKETING
2014&2015 ● Chair of Marking and Pr, Patchogue Arts Council Music Arts & Cinema Festival, A Program of the Patchogue
Arts Council, Patchogue, NY. The Patchogue Arts Council mounted their first ever PAC MAC Festival (Music Arts Cinema) in 2014
( again in 2015). Conceived as a way to unite and showcase the various artistic venues, movements, artists, and musicians in the
Village of Patchogue, this enormous undertaking involved many collaborations and could not have been pulled off without support
from the local community.
PAC collaborates with the the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, the artist community at Artspace Patchogue Lofts and Plaza
Cinema and Media Arts Center.
PAC MAC 2015 Signature Events include:Outdoor sculptures and exhibitions in multiple venues including Briarcliffe College, PAC
Gallery, Shand's Loft, Roast Coffee, PTPA Lobby and the gallery at Artspace. Musical happenings at the Patchogue Theater for the
Performing Arts, the Congregational Church and 89 North Music Venue. Film and animation screenings at Shand’s Loft at the
Brickhouse and the Patchogue-Medford Library. And Creative media workshops at Plaza Cinema and Media Arts Center along with
their regular programming of first run independent cinema. Herstory writers workshop readings in the Lobby at the Patchogue
Theatre. Poetry and Prose at Roast Coffee and Tea and A new musicals production at the Patchogue Theatre in collaboration with
local playwright.

9. • Design and facilitate all festival graphics, printed media and distribute press and marketing materials (press releases, print and web
advertisements, post cards, maps of artists’ locations, t-shirts, podcasts, all event and gallery signage, etc.)
• Prepare a comprehensive media outreach plan for each festival.
• Research all cost factors and negotiate with vendors e.g.: distributing calls for artists,
exhibition mounting, and advertising, marketing and media costs.
2011- 2013 ● Patchogue Arts Gallery: Coordinated and Co-Curated
The Patchogue Arts Gallery is an exhibition space run by the Patchogue Arts Council. The galleries mission is to present a variety of
Contemporary art exhibitions and is co-curated with John Cino, Lori
Devlin and myself on behalf of the Patchogue Arts Council.
2013 ● Nature/Nurture:
Artists exhibited: Bill Shillalies, Chris Delloiacono, Rosanne Ebner, Kyeong Guk Jeon, Anti Liu and Eileen Sackman
2012 ● Both Sides Now: Robert/ Bob Carter
2012 ● Art of the Forge: Racheal and Tim Miller
2012 ● Richard Smith: Paintings and Drawings
2008-2013 ● Co-chair, Patchogue Arts Council Walking Arts Tour, A Program of the Patchogue Arts Council, Patchogue, NY. This
is an alternative space exhibit where artists submit their work to be selected for display in the windows and storefronts of local
businesses and vacant spaces for approximately 8 weeks. The program creates a gallery-caliber curated art exhibit which encourages
foot traffic through a section of downtown with many retail vacancies exposing the general public to current, contemporary art forms,
and minimizing sections of community blight.
Design and implement program (in partnership with Co-chairJessica McAvoy):
• Research existing local, regional, and international programs of similar focus;
liaison with coordinators similar events and community stakeholders; and brainstorm solutions to community revitalization needs
to ensure the program had a clear vision of promoting both the arts and the downtown district of the community.
• Create artist calls and legal waivers, and oversee their completion and filing.
• Schedule and coordinate: fundraising timeline, art drop off and exhibition
installation for the works of over 40 artists; coordination with the Patchogue Arts
Festival (see below for more information) and volunteers.
• Design and distribute press and marketing materials (press releases, print and web
advertisements, post cards, maps of artists’ locations, t-shirts, podcasts, etc.). Budget formulation (approx.: 2008/09 $1k, 2009 $3k,
2010 $5k, 2011 $5k, 2012 $4k), fundraising, and financial oversight:
• Research all cost factors and negotiate with vendors e.g.: distributing calls for artists,
exhibition mounting, and advertising, marketing and media costs, and formulate
budgets.
• Create opportunities for sponsorship (financial and in-kind), compile package
materials, investigate potential funders, draft private and government grants, and
secure funds.
Exhibition installation:
• Examine up to forty different exhibition spaces each event; negotiate with retailers
and building owners for participation and ensure waivers are received; solve technical aspects of installing a variety of artistic
medias in alternative spaces; provide guidance for site specific installation pieces, and train interns and volunteers on how to install
safely and securely.
• Co-curate (2008 and 2013) ensuring a cohesive exhibit of gallery caliber with cultural, retailer, and community sensitivities
respected.
• Appoint outside curators and provide guidance for the selection and display of the art ensuring a cohesive exhibit of gallery caliber
with cultural, retailer, and community sensitivity respected (2009-2012).

10. 2008-2013 ● Co-chair, The Patchogue Arts Festival, A Collaborative Event of the Patchogue Arts Council and the Patchogue
Theatre for the Performing Arts, Patchogue, NY. A day of art, poetry, performance, and music open to the public free of charge. The
day’s events include: an artists’ reception for those on exhibit in the Walking Arts Tour and viewing of the exhibit (see above for more
information); a performance (e.g.: choreographed dance, historical reenactment, improvisational theatre); spoken- word/poetry and
original music performance; curated video-art viewing.
Design and implement program (in partnership with Co-chairs Jessica McAvoy and Christopher Capobianco):
Research all costs and include in Walking Arts Tour budget.
• Experience:
• Liaison to cultural, arts, theatre, community, educational, government, social service, and trade groups; maintain relationships, and
build collaborations.
• Design and coordinate the day’s schedule.
• Curate mid-day performance.
• Invite local and regional government dignitaries and ensure attendance.
2009 & 2011 ● Patchogue Arts Biennial Co-Curator & Pr/ Marketing Chair, Program of the Patchogue Arts Council, Patchogue,
NY. The Patchogue Arts Biennial is Long Island's largest contemporary art exhibition with the mission to expand the community's
view of the trends, function, and purpose of art in the 21st century. Inspired by the New York Armory Show of 1913 that brought
modern art to the US, the three-week exhibit is housed in a 10,000 square vacant space in downtown Patchogue and features a broad
range of artists from Long Island at various stages in their careers. See above for organization description.
Program budget development and fundraising (approx. $63k):
• Co-Curate 40 + Contemporary Artists to exhibit in 09’ & 11’ Biennial
• Research all press related cost factors and negotiate with vendors (e.g. venue, construction, security, art work transportation,
exhibition mounting, reception, coordinating
community events, advertising, and marketing); and formulate budget.
• Assist in securing funding approx. $40k + additional $23k in-kind negotiated).
2009-2012 ● Lobby Arts Gallery: Coordinated and Curated
The Lobby Art Gallery is an alternation exhibition space located inside the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. The solo
exhibits feature work local artists and is co-curated with John Cino and myself on behalf of the Patchogue Arts Council.
2012 ● Distant Lands: Works by Dan Fusco
2012 ● You Are Here: Works by Dan Lachacz
2012 ● Instinct: Works by Ben Owens
2012 ● Dreams In White: Works by Beatrice Croon
2011 ● Blood Flowers: Works by Lorraine Ramekin
2011 ● Urban revisions: Works by Jack Pierce
2011 ● Lessons in Earth Science:Works by Ted Stamatelos
2010 ● Works of Goya: Works by Jessica McAvoy
2010 ● Motion: Works by JoAnne Dumas
2010 ● Paintings by Rani Carson: Works by Rani Carson
2009/2010 ● Nature Spirits: Works by Janell O’Rourke
2009 ● New Works: Works by Clayton Orhek
2009 ● Face North: Works by Jason Paradis
2009 ● In Passing: Works by Robert Mielenhausen
EAST END ARTS COUNCIL
East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY ● Nov. 2009-Aug. 2011
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY COORDINATOR
The East End Arts Council is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1972 to serve artists and promote the arts on the East
End of Long Island. Located in the historic Davis-Corwin (circa 1840) and Benjamin homes (circa 1850) on East Main Street in
Riverhead, the Arts Council operates an art gallery and gift shop, as well as the region's only Community School of the Arts. There is a

11. new exhibit every four to six weeks, featuring both well-known and yet-to-be-discovered artists. The Arts Council also presents music,
dance and theatre at various
locations all over the East End. In addition the EEAC has began the process of developing an Artist In Residence program for
emerging artists come and live on site in their newly renovated Carriage House. As the program coordinator the following artists were
chosen for the EEAC AIR program with a solo exhibit featured in the Carriage House exhibition space.
www.EastEndArtsCouncil.org
Oversaw selection, placement, and scheduling of artists. Curated and handled art, assisted artists with exhibit installation, and planned
and coordinated artist receptions.
• Media Management: Graphically design, compose, produce, and distribute exhibition media including press releases,
postcards, press kits, advertisements, announcements, newsletters, exhibition catalogues, art inventory, and artist statements with
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and PageMaker
• Accomplishment: Developed all aspects of newly formed A.I.R. Program (Artist in Residence) hosted by East End Arts Council
and designed, developed, and distributed A.I.R. applications
2011 ● The Humble Quilt A.I.R. Maria Macedonio
2011 ● Fowl Folies A.I.R. Jessica McAvoy
2010 ●Works in Progress A.I.R. Jennifer Gioe Peper
2010 ● Resident Potato & The Think Potato Institute A.I.R. Jeffrey Allen Price
2010 ● Sculpture In Progress A.I.R. John Cino
2010 ● Narcitypes A.I.R. Linda Carlsen
2009 ● Rabbitholes and Revelations A.I.R. AnnMarie Tornabene
INDEPENDANT PROJECTS
LongIsland/ NYC ● 2006-Present
INDEPENDANT PROJECTS
Personal projects that focus on alternative exhibition venues, local emerging artists and artist collectives.
2015 ● Rustography: By Jeffrey Allen PriceToast
2015 ●Abroad in Lucca: Student works from Visual Arts Residency In Lucca, Italy. ( Co-Curated with Loretta Corbisiero)
2014 ● You are Here: Solo exhibition Dan Lachacz, 2nd Ave. Firehouse Gallery
2013 ● Hullabaloo @ Fountain Art Fair Exhibit, Manhattan NY
2009 ● Pods: Works by Debra Rodman- Peck, Patchogue,NY
2006 ● Anything But People: Solo exhibition Dan Lachacz, Center for Visual Arts, Blue Point, NY
*(Funded by a NYFA SOS Grant)