Islip Arts Council

Islip Arts Council The Islip Arts Council is dedicated to leadership, advocacy and excellence in the arts. Our Gift Shop displays local artisans' work and are for sale.

Islip Arts Council Gallery is currently located at the South Shore Mall (next to Dick's Sporting Goods). We offer a unique array of in-person and online art classes, workshops, and more. Visit our website for our upcoming events www.isliparts.org

CALL FOR ART ✨The Islip Arts Council invites members to submit artwork for our upcoming exhibition, Color and Light: Wor...
05/29/2026

CALL FOR ART ✨

The Islip Arts Council invites members to submit artwork for our upcoming exhibition, Color and Light: Works Inspired by the French Impressionists.

Celebrate the beauty of color, atmosphere, movement, and light through works inspired by the Impressionist tradition. We welcome creative interpretations across mediums!

Interested in submitting or becoming a member? Visit Isliparts.org

The submission deadline is June 27!

Join the Suffolk County Courts this June as we celebrate Pride 2026: Standing Firm Together in Power & Pride!This is a n...
05/27/2026

Join the Suffolk County Courts this June as we celebrate Pride 2026: Standing Firm Together in Power & Pride!

This is a non-traditional installation exhibit, as it will be virtual for now!

🎨 Open to LGBTQ+ and ally-inspired artwork
Virtual exhibition format
$10 submission/admission fee

🏳️‍🌈 PRIDE 2026: Standing Firm Together in Power & Pride Celebration
📅 June 17, 2026 | 1 PM
📍 Ceremonial Courtroom S-24, John P. Cohalan Court Complex, Central Islip
Keynote Speaker & Honoree: Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Esq., Senior Counsel, Lambda Legal.

Interested in submitting? Link on profile!

A Centuries-Old ForestSailor’s Haven is home to one of the best known areas of Fire Island National Seashore—the Sunken ...
05/14/2026

A Centuries-Old Forest

Sailor’s Haven is home to one of the best known areas of Fire Island National Seashore—the Sunken Forest. It is located near the center of the island, across the Great South Bay from Sayville, New York.

Sunken Forest is a rare ecological community. This type of maritime holly forest, said to be around 300 years old, is found behind well-established sand dunes along the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Massachusetts. According to the New York Natural Heritage Program, the Sunken Forest was ranked as “globally rare,” meaning there are few remaining occurrences of this assemblage of plants throughout the world.

This Saturday, painters will get to experience painting the beautiful landscapes of Sunken Forest within Sailor’s Haven, Fire Island, during our fourth year of Pleinathon! 🖌️

Registration fee: $40 - includes one roundtrip ferry ticket and entry into the Plein Air art exhibition in the gallery June 10 - 30 🖼️

Spaces available; participants must register before the event to ensure everyone gets their ferry ticket!

***Ferry from Sayville leaves at 9:25am. All participants must arrive between 9-9:15am to get their tickets***
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TAP ROOM FUNDRAISER🍔🌮🥙🥗🍺TOMORROW You can help support the Arts Council simply by dining at the Bay Shore Taproom!!On May...
05/13/2026

TAP ROOM FUNDRAISER🍔🌮🥙🥗🍺

TOMORROW You can help support the Arts Council simply by dining at the Bay Shore Taproom!!

On May 14, from 12-11pm, The Tap Room in Bay Shore will donate 30% of event sales to the Islip Arts Council - just dine in and show or mention the flier above!

You can also MEET the IAC BOARD at 6:30pm! Get to know who’s behind the workings of our Arts Council.

Want to order online? Use code: ISLIPARTS

Your generous donations help the Islip Arts Council continue to offer various programs for all outlets of creativity.

SWIPE to see our upcoming events!

The 'Honoring Jewish Heritage' exhibition is officially up and on view! ✨We’re so excited to finally share this incredib...
05/09/2026

The 'Honoring Jewish Heritage' exhibition is officially up and on view! ✨

We’re so excited to finally share this incredible collection of artwork with you all.

Join us for:
🎉 Celebration Reception — May 13th at 1 PM
📚 Educational Program — May 27th at 1 PM

All are welcome — we hope to see you there!

💡Gift idea:With Mother’s Day around the corner, why not surprise her by purchasing a beautiful art piece from My Town’s ...
05/08/2026

💡Gift idea:

With Mother’s Day around the corner, why not surprise her by purchasing a beautiful art piece from My Town’s Cafe?

On view now is the Bloom show - a celebration of floral and botanical work by local artists.

From photographs to mixed media, there is an array of beautiful pieces that are sure to brighten up a room.
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Featured artists
Adam Alesandro
Lori Allen-Bauer
Teresa Clark
Suzanne Conti
Casey Cunningham
Dennis Dubey
Brenna Eagan
Johanna Frammosa
Meghan Gasior
Theresa Graff
Jenn Grasso-Moise
Karen Jakubowski
Gwendolyn Martino
Eva Piteo
Cai Radleigh
Sergio Russell-Diaz
Colette Steinhauer
Maya Trimner
Rob Verbeck
Dawn Votapka

Join the artists at the closing reception on Tuesday, June 16, 6-8pm! And be sure to visit the cafe now before the show comes down to grab a tasty treat. ☕️🥐

HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT IAC🪡☀️Summer Wrap Skirt / 4-Week Course Beginner-friendly - Learn essential basic sewing skills n...
05/05/2026

HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT IAC

🪡☀️Summer Wrap Skirt / 4-Week Course
Beginner-friendly - Learn essential basic sewing skills needed to sew with confidence.

Our finished project will result in a fun, one-of-a-kind, beautiful wrap skirt perfect for the spring or summer season ahead. 💐

Meets for 4 weeks on Wednesdays, 5-7pm: May 7, 13, 20, 27

Fee: $140 / Register at isliparts.org **SPOTS AVAILABLE**

🪼🪸Ocean Resin Workshop with BohoArtShed
Dive into a fun new medium and join Linda of BohoArtShed for an ocean themed resin workshop at the gallery! All supplies are included.
Friday, May 8, 6-9pm

Fee: $40 / Register at Isliparts.org **SPOTS AVAILABLE**

✂️🗺️Collective Collage: Create a Postcard on World Collage Day
Create and send a postcard to your loved ones! Sending postcards may be a lost art, but receiving one is certain to put a smile on the recipient’s face. We will get crafty with scissors, magazines clippings, and glue! All welcomed. No experience necessary.

Saturday, May 9, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Fee: $30 / Register at isliparts.org ***SPOTS AVAILABLE***

For more info on our programs, call 631-888-3525 📲

Our next open figure drawing class is scheduled to be on Friday, May 29! Grab your sketchpad and favorite materials or u...
05/05/2026

Our next open figure drawing class is scheduled to be on Friday, May 29!

Grab your sketchpad and favorite materials or use the gallery supplies in this 2 hour studio time 🙂

$20 per person / sign up at isliparts.org

All levels welcomed!

CALL FOR ART!! 🖼️“En Plein Air” Open Invitation to Plein Air Painters 🖌️Calling nature lovers and Plein Air Painters! We...
04/28/2026

CALL FOR ART!! 🖼️

“En Plein Air” Open Invitation to Plein Air Painters 🖌️

Calling nature lovers and Plein Air Painters!

We are looking to showcase works done “en plein air” or “in the open air” for our upcoming exhibition in conjunction to the Pleinathon Art Show.

Exhibition Period: June 10 - 30, 2026

Plein air painting became most widely known by French Impressionists Monet & Renoir and later by Van Gogh who found beauty and inspiration by the outdoors in which most of their paintings took place. This call for art invites artists to embrace the immediacy of working on-site, translating light, atmosphere, and landscape into expressive, observational pieces that reflect the beauty of the world as it unfolds in real time.

Media considered: Drawings & Paintings (must be done outdoors)

Submission Deadline: May 30

More info and to submit your work visit isliparts.org

COLLECTIVE COLLAGE: Create a Zine or Postcard on World Collage Day ✂️🗺️Saturday, May 9, 5:30 - 7:30pmWorld Collage Day—...
04/25/2026

COLLECTIVE COLLAGE: Create a Zine or Postcard on World Collage Day ✂️🗺️

Saturday, May 9, 5:30 - 7:30pm

World Collage Day—initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018—is an annual international celebration of collage, held every second Saturday of May.

Collage is an art form that combines different images and materials—typically 2D elements—to create a new and unique work of art. Using simple tools like glue or tape, collage is accessible to everyone.

Islip Arts is excited to participate in this year’s celebration by hosting a Collective Collage Workshop. Students can create a postcard (or two) to send to someone they love, or design a mini zine that tells a story, holds poems, or expresses their creativity.

$30.00 All supplies included

Register at isliparts.org 😊

Address

1701 Sunrise Highway
Bay Shore, NY
11706

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

+16318883525

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