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Wet Paint Festival
Fifth annual outdoor event to be held in Setauket and Port Jefferson
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Since its inception in 2005 the annual Gallery North/Joseph Reboli Wet Paint Festival has become a much-anticipated event in the Three Village area. This year marks the fifth annual festival, held to benefit Gallery North.
As in the past, on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11 from 10 am to 5 pm expect to see over 50 artists out and about in the community painting scenes of interest. Stop by to watch and chat with them as they capture the local scenery on paper and canvas.
On Sunday, July 12, from noon to 5 pm, the artists' works will be on display at Gallery North, 90 North Country Road, Setauket. From 5:30 to 7:30 pm people are invited to bring a picnic to the gallery grounds, listen to live music and enjoy, and perhaps bid on, the paintings — some still wet — at the auction.
New this year
In past years, the artists taking part in the festival have been painting scenes in the Setauket and Stony Brook areas. This year, in addition to Setauket and Poquott, artists will be painting in the village of Port Jefferson as well. This is a particularly appropriate choice since Joseph Reboli was born in Port Jefferson (in 1945) and graduated from Port Jefferson High School, now Earl L. Vandermeulen High School.
Another new aspect of the annual festival is the children's plein air workshop, being held on Saturday, July 11 from 10 am to 2 pm. Eileen Sanger, an accomplished plein air painter and founding member of the Long Island Plein Air Painters Society, will teach the workshop, giving children ages 10 and older the opportunity to enjoy painting outdoors as well. The children's finished paintings will hang on a clothesline outside of Gallery North on Sunday, June 12, during the auction of the paintings created during the Wet Paint Festival for all to see.
Reboli Red
Local artist and longtime supporter of Gallery North, Joe Reboli passed away in 2004. Some of his work will be on display at Gallery North during the wet paint festival, a festival named in his memory.
Noted John McKinney, "Joe Reboli … never strayed far from his roots, in his work or his life. The paintings he made and the friends he made mostly came out of this local soil, which he found rich with subjects and personal attachments … For most local people, the beauty of his work lies in his arresting vision of commonplace scenes we saw every day. His sense of place and light transformed them for us … Those of us — and there were many — who were lucky to call him friend were drawn by his dry humor and sunny personality … He possessed an uplifting outlook that's revealed in the light his paintings captured. I see Joe's unique spirit in everything he put on canvas."
Particularly exciting this year, noted Colleen Hanson, director of Gallery North is that "Gamblin Paints located in Portland, Ore. have made a special oil paint to commemorate this year's
festival."
Said Eileen Sanger, on the artists' advisory board of Gallery North, "I contacted Gamblin and asked them if they wanted to donate some art supplies (for the festival). He (Robert Gamblin) called and said he had a new red paint he wanted artists to try. He said he would put anything we wanted on the label. We all jumped up and said, 'Reboli Red.'"
Added Sanger, "When we got the call we were floored. It's so awesome! What a tribute. It's too bad that Joe's not around to see it."
For further information on Gallery North and the Joe Reboli Wet Paint Festival, call 751-2672 or go to www.gallerynorth.org.
Artists locations for the Wet Paint Festival
During the festival, each artist has discretion to select a location within the described area.
Port Jefferson Waterfront
Area A Centennial Park
Davis, Anthony
Davison, Linda
Johnston, Larry
Mantell, Keith
Molloy, Jim
Reina, Doug
Sanger, Eileen
Teubner, Jane McGraw
Area B Yacht Club and Wharf
Barry, Rose
Dos, Rasma
Mehling, Robert
Prentiss, Linda
Area C Scenic Park
Green, Linda M.
Kavanaugh, Vera
Setton, Sung-Sook
Siegel, Barbara Jeanne
Vandenburg, Jessica
Area D Danford's and Harbor
Cavallero, Diana
Cimonetti, Jenna
Giandalia, Stacy
Grauke, Katie
White, Christian
Poquott and Setauket Shore Road
Poquott
Area E Shore Road
Blank, Renee
Greaf, C. Elizabeth
Lehner, Gerard
McGann, Eileen
Simos, Kathryn
Sullivan, Shawn
Setauket
Area F Shore Road
Auber Jahnel, Judy
Kelly, Liz
Napolitano, Annette
Testa, Bruce
Setauket
Area G Shore Road
Chandler, Barbara
Chase, Gail
Cole, Linda
Hammer, Evan
Jahrsdoerfer, James
Musarra, Muriel
Santiago, Oscar
Stratton, Angela
Setauket
Area H Shore Road
Breck, Sheila
Bueti-Randall, Nancy
Chagaris, Esther Marie
Graber, Faye
Hiz-Ertlemeier, Suzan
Scholl, Neil
Setauket
Area I Main Street
Dexter, Michelle
Dooley, Sean
Kelson, Kathleen
Ranieri-Chamberlain, Alaine
Story, Ivy
The children's location workshop is scheduled to take place on the grounds of Gallery North on Saturday, June 11 from 10 am to 2 pm.
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