Mr. Bailey has been teaching and performing for over ten 
years. He was coached and mentored in traditional African drumming, chant and dance by his godfather, master drummer and Musical Ambassador of Nigeria, Babatunde Olantunji. Mr. Bailey has taught drumming at The Ross School, the Hayground School, Quogue Elementary and East Moriches Elementary School. He has facilitated multiple drumming workshops for adults in community centers, private homes and in corporate office settings in the United States, Africa and Australia.
Ms. Balepina is a graduate Moscow State Conservatory 
School of Music. She has taught piano lessons throughout Russia, Europe, and Japan. While living in Montana, Ms. Balepina was a member of the Music Teacher National Association, the Montana State Music Teacher Association and president of the Butte-Anaconda Accredited Music Teacher Association. She has performed extensively throughout Europe and the U.S.
Ms. Bixby has been performing professionally and teaching 
piano and organ throughout Long Island for over thirty years. She received her BA from Colby College and an MA in education from Long University. In addition Ms. Bixby is a NYS certified teacher.
Mr. Blydenburgh attended SUNY Suffolk, SUNY at 
at Fredonia School of Music and SUNY Stony Brook. He holds an AS, a BA and an MM in Music Performance, as well as K-12 teacher certification in both New York and New Jersey. He has taught elementary school general music and middle school instrumental music where he assisted in developing curricula for public school and summer music programs. Mr. Blydenburgh has been teaching privately for over 15 years and has been with the School of the Arts for 5 years.
Mr. Boucher has been teaching guitar for over twenty years. In addition to teaching, he has performed extensively throughout Long Island and in Alaska. He has recorded several CDs with his band “A. R. T. – Work.”
Ms. Chen, pianist and harpsichordist, is a native of Taiwan. She has recently completed her Doctor of Music Arts degree and Master of Music degree in harpsichord performance at Stony Brook University where she studied with Arthur Haas. Ms. Chen received a Bachelor of Music degree and Master of Music degree in Piano from the Cleveland Institute of Music. At Stony Brook, Ms. Chen was the teaching assistant to Prof. Haas for four years. In recent summers Ms. Chen has been the director's assistant for the Baroque Academy at Amherst Early Music Festival and the International Baroque Institute at Longy. Ms. Chen is an active soloist and chamber music player, even winning the third prize in the Darius Milhaud Performance Competition during her time at CIM. She has performed with the New York Continuo Collective, Sprightly Companions, and Stony Brook Baroque Players. Ms. Chen is a founding member of Inégale, and organized an international concert tour in Taiwan in 2005. She and her group performed and gave master classes in four different cities. She has also performed in the United States and Canada.
Ms. Den Boer received her M.A. in Music from Stony Brook University 
and her B.A. from McGill University, Montreal as well as a D.E.M. from the Conservatoire National de Region, Lyon, France. She currently holds the position of Head Piano Teaching Assistant at SUNY Stony Brook where she instructs undergraduates in piano, organizes the undergraduate piano program and coaches and accompanies undergraduates in preparation for recitals. In addition, she has given both private and group piano instruction and music theory to students of all ages. Ms. Den Boer has performed in music festivals in Austria, France, Canada and the US. She is well versed in musical styles ranging from classical to jazz and contemporary.
Ms. Gale has been teaching piano and voice in the Long Island area for over twenty eight years. She holds a BS from St. Josephs College and a MS in Music Education from Long Island University, C. W. Post, with a major in piano, as well as fifteen post graduate credits. She holds permanent New York State Teacher Certification for grades K-12. Her vast experience includes teaching piano to students ranging in age from four and five year olds through college level. She has taught college prep in music theory, ear training and pedagogy. Ms. Gale is an active NYSSMA adjudicator in piano, voice and All State voice. She is the Recital Chair, Vice President and Repertoire Consultant for Suffolk Piano Teacher’s Foundation. She sings with LISCA, BAFFA, Choral Society of the Moriches and the Congregational Church of Patchogue as a soprano I. She enjoys teaching all types of music and believes strongly in bringing out the creativity of each individual through the repertoire.
Mr. Gatz holds an MM degree in Jazz 
performance from the Manhattan School of Music and a BFA from Long Island University. Mark has performed with Billy Joel, Van Morrison, and Tito Puente. Mark has appeared on NBC’s “Law and Order” and records music for Bill Cosby’s “Little Bill” TV show on Nickelodeon. Mr. Gatz recently performed under the direction of Julie Andrews and is currently recording a CD of his own original compositions.
Mr. Johnson is the son of legendary 
Milwaukee jazz musician, William "Scat" Johnson. As soon as he was old enough, Bill accompanied his father to gigs at historic Bronzeville and Milwaukee clubs. He attended Wisconsin Conservatory College of Music and then migrated to New York City where he climbed the competitive ranks of the New York City Jazz scene while studying with such jazz greats as Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Buster Williams, Cecil McBee and Rufus Reid. He then did graduate studies at Long Island University, where he was later named as Bass and Jazz Combo Instructor. He played for singer, Abbey Lincoln before touring with Lionel Hampton and Illinois Jaquet, with whom he played at the 1993 Presidential Inaugural Ball. He toured worldwide with Arthur Taylor (Taylor's Wailers) as well as with other greats such as Abraham Burton, Marc Carey, Charles Davis, Wallace Roney and the Geri Allen Trio. He has been teaching for over 30 years.
Ms. Kafrissen received a BA in Music Education from 
Wilkes University in Pennsylvania and is a certified Suzuki instructor and member of Suzuki International, the Suzuki Association of America and the American String Teachers Association. She has taught at the School of Fine Arts and Music in Goshen and Warwick, the Suffern Montessori School, and the Brookhaven Youth Orchestra Suzuki Program.
Ms. Milligan is a woodwind specialist/elementary instrumental and choral instructor who is currently employed as a NY State Permanently Certified, K-8 General/Special Ed. Music Teacher for Connetquot School District. She served in the United States Military as a Marine Corps Musician: Flutist/Piccoloist/Alto saxophonist. She currently performs as a professional flutist in a Violin/Flute Duo with James Lewin Jr. Together this duo performs at arts festivals and exhibitions, weddings, funerals, restaurants, coffee houses, private parties, adult homes and churches.
Mr. Lewin is a graduate of the Aaron Copland 
School of Music and has studied with: Lilo Kantorowicz-Glick, Jacob Glick, Caroll Glenn, Patinka Kopek and Emmanuel Vardi. He attended the Bennington Chamber Music Conference and has performed with the Queens College, Potsdam and St. Lawrence Orchestras as Principal Viola and was adjunct faculty at St. Lawrence University. Mr. Lewin has been teaching Violin and Viola for over 25 years. In addition to his music, his artwork has been shown in both the Phoenix and UUFB Galleries in Bellport and several of his poems have been published.
Ms. Love studied piano, voice, and choral music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. Her first piano teacher was Russian pianist Alexander Plotnikoff (her father) and she continued her studies William Cheadle at Westminster. Ms. Love has taught locally, has worked in arts administration, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Suffolk School of Music.
Ms. Luxemburg has a Master of Music degree in Voice 
from Boston University School for the Arts and specialized in the study of French at Mount Holyoke College. Highlights for her performing career include appearing as Rosina in the Barber of Seville at Aspen Music Festival, as soprano soloist in Messiah at the Kennedy Center and as Mrs. Hildebrand in the Wolf Trap Opera production of Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. She has appeared with the New York City Opera, Washington National Opera, Washington Concert Opera and Wolf Trap Opera. In addition to giving private lessons, Ms. Luxemburg has taught at Trinity College and Shenandoah Conservatory.
Mr. Maul is an East End composer, pianist and performance-art specialist. He studied 12-tone composition with Isaac Nemiroff at SUNY Stony Brook where he earned a BA and went on to do graduate work in electronic music. Mr. Maul has written several compositions, including modern songs, suites and dance pieces, several contemporary operas, three musical theatre works and music for software. His works have been performed throughout the United States, Canada and Ireland.
Ms. Modugno’s life has revolved around music since the age of five when she began taking piano lessons. At the age of sixteen she began teaching privately and playing in local churches and then continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music and the Mannes Conservatory of Music in New York City. Ms. Modugno is currently director and organist/pianist for the St. Patrick’s Choir in Smithtown and director /pianist for the Medford Chorale Society. She enjoys performing concerts with other musicians and singers in cultural centers and libraries throughout the East End.
Mr. Pelham, an accomplished vocalist, studied Music Performance 
at SUNY Suffolk with Paul Satzman and privately with Ron Miexell. He has a rich background in classical and jazz show choirs and has performed with Rosemary Clooney at the Westbury Music Fair. In addition, Mr. Pelham has been employed as a piano accompanist for college musicals and for NYSSMA students. For the past 15 years he has been working in local churches as Director of Music, Choir Director, and Organist. He is currently employed as Organist at North Shore United Methodist Church.
Mr. Reeve has been teaching and performing on Long Island for over 50 years and has been the director of the North Fork Jazz Ensemble for a decade. His performances have spanned the Eastern seaboard and many of his former students have gone on to be professional musicians. Mr. Reeve holds a BA and an MA in Music Education from Columbia University, and holds the honor of being a charter member of the Kings Park Music Hall of Fame.
Ms. Shilling is a full time harpist who has been performing on Long Island for thirty years. She is graduate of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam where she studied with Arlene Wangler. She has performed in numerous venues and as a member of the pit orchestra for theatre groups through NY, NJ and CT. Recently, Ms. Shilling was seen performing for Peconic Bay Medical Center and the Peconic Landing Garden Festival.
Mr. Torres studied Audio Recording Technology and Engineering, and Business at Five Towns College with an additional concentration in Early Childhood Education. Mr. Torres founded Constituent Recordz in 2000, a music based outreach initiative focusing on creating/recording and publishing contemporary music with an emphasis on reaching youth with a positive healthy message. Mr. Torres personally has sponsored, performed and participated in music events at MYK Café in Montauk, Vail Leavitt Music Hall, The Stephen Talkhouse in East Hampton and Club Pyramid in Manhattan among others.
Jeannie Woelker attended Boston Conservatory of Music 
and CW Post. Ms. Woelker is a certified Suzuki cello teacher and owner and cellist of Heartsong Music, and a member of the Bay Chamber Players, Basically Baroque and the Southampton Chamber of Musical Festival. She has twenty years experience as a private cello instructor.
Ms. Wong received her MA in 
Piano Performance from SUNY Buffalo and a BA in Music from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She did addition graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is currently a doctoral student attending SUNY Stony Brook. She has taught piano, oboe and music theory in private studios as well as at the college level throughout New York and Hong Kong and has performed on piano, oboe and harpsichord in a variety of music festivals as well as with several ensembles.
Mr. Wright is an accomplished bassist and guitarist. He is 
well known throughout Long Island and New York City as a professional musician and teacher. His performances include work with Bo Diddley, Little Buster, Jim Chapin, Walter Perkins, Ranny Reeve, Mark Gatz and numerous others.
Liz Casey has been working in the field 
of education and drama for over ten years. Liz holds a Masters of Arts from the Gallatin School at NYU in New York City where she studied how drama and education can work to promote social change and empower young people. Most recently, Liz ran the drama portion of the summer program at East End Arts Council's Renaissance Kid Camp and the "Act it Out" program for campers at East End Hospice's Camp Good Grief. Liz worked for NYU's Creative Arts Team in New York as a teaching artist for two years where she transformed animals into allegorical characters to connect to themes in young people's lives and to the curricula needs of teachers. As a teaching artist for another non-profit arts-in-education organization called LEAP (Learning Through Expanded Arts Programs), she used drama and storytelling to teach literacy skills to elementary school students. Currently, Liz is offering classes in Improvisation, Acting and Creative Play for non-profits and towns across the East End, including The East End Arts Council and Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. She is also busy developing a program utilizing drama as a tool for education for local elementary schools.
Ms. Furey has over 20 years experience in front of and behind the camera, including as director, producer, casting director, film & video editor, acting, public speaking and voice coach, actor and model. Many of her students work professionally in the film/television industry, nationally aired commercials, and include winners of the prestigious Emmy, Telly, and Teeny Awards.
Ms. Pasca holds a BA in Literature and Theatre Arts from Emerson College. She taught preschool age through the high school level with The University of Florida’s Extension program and Briarwood Montessori School. She taught also taught and directed musical and drama vignettes at the Palm Beach Christian School, has acted with local Long Island theatre companies, including The Hampton Theatre Company and Gateway Children’s Theatre and was a broadcast news host for the NAB Convention in Las Vegas.
Christopher Scheer grew up performing, playing and working at the North Fork Community Theatre. He holds a BA from Muhlenberg College in Theatre, where he also studied philosophy and religion. Credits include the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire, Fun with Eggs in Philadelphia, and the renowned Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he recently appeared in the Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Ms. Archer holds an MA 
in Art Education from Adelphi University and did post MA work with CW Post / LIU, Nassau Community College, School of Visual Arts, NY University, Suffolk County Office of Education and BOCES. She taught art full-time on the elementary and secondary level for 25 years, has been involved in teaching part-time for various community organizations and presents workshops at the local, state and national levels. Ms. Archer is an active member of the National Art Educators Association, Long Island Art Teachers Association and the NYS Art Teachers Association.
Starting with an early interest in biology and geometry, sculpture John Cino has throughout his career explored the interface between organic and geometric. He has drawn inspiration from diverse fields some of which include music, literature, calculus astrophysics and information theory in creating works that have ranged from the architectonic to the surreal. His current body of work, begun in ceramic and more recently in carved wood, explores the response of biological forms to fluid dynamics. During a nearly 30 year career his works have been shown throughout the metropolitan area. Large scale works are on exhibition on the campus of Adelphi University and Unison Sculpture Park in New Paltz, New York.
In the 1990's he was president of the sculptors collective, 14 Sculptors with galleries in Soho. Recently he has been active with the Patchogue Arts Council, chairing The Patchogue Biennial. He is currently teaching sculpture and art history in a number of area colleges
Legendary Rankin / Bass Animation Artist Don Duga has been 
at the forefront of American Animation for more than 40 years, having worked with some of the most prestigious Animation Studios in the world. He is a versatile animator, director and producer. His work includes but, is not limited to, UPA and RANKIN/BASS STUDIOS to commercials, SESAME STREET and feature films. Don has storyboarded such classic characters as Mr. Magoo and Underdog, and has worked on animated features such as “ THE LAST UNICORN,” “MAD MONSTER PARTY,” and “DAY DREAMER.” The journey for Don began in 1958, when he studied with mentor, Don Graham, at California’s Chouinard Art Institute. After finishing school, Don took his talents to UPA Studios, but it was his time with Rankin/Bass Studios where Don took part in projects like “Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer,” “The Year without a Santa Claus,” “Mad Monster Party,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” and of course “Frosty the Snowman.” As a Storyboard artist at Rankin/Bass Studios, Don specialized in laying out the essential frame work for the various film projects. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Don worked animating Commercials for various national companies. A relationship with Hostess Foods proved to be a large success for Don where he designed and brought to life such memorable characters as Twinkie the Kid, Captain Cupcake, King Ding Dong, and Fruit Pie the Magician. POLESTAR FILMS and ASSOCIATED ARTS, a company DUGA cofounded along with animator, IRRA VERBITSKY, has won numerous awards, including the prestigious CARNEGIE MEDAL for Best Children’s film of the year and the ASIFA EAST AWARD for their work on “OWEN,” which was narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker
Mr. Feit holds a BFA in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts and received an MS and MFA from Long Island University, C.W. Post. He participated in additional graduate studies at Kodak Color Workshops, NY, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, FLA, and at Towson State University, MD. Mr. Feit has taught on both the high school and college level as well as at local art centers and was press photographer for the United States Navy. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout the North East.
Listed in “Who’s Who in American Art,” Ms. Freund has exhibited her watercolors across the United States. She has received numerous awards and has been featured in newspapers throughout New York and Florida and exhibited at the NY Expo and Design Showcase.
Ms. Gartelmann, a native of the North Fork, has studied with several famous watercolorists, including Edgar Whitney, Frank Webb, Ray Loos, Claude Croney and Edythe Kane. Her works have been shown in many Long Island galleries and have won numerous awards. Ms. Gartelmann is a “loose style painter,” referring to the painting technique whereby rigid boundaries between objects are softened and less defined.
Ms. Gelfuso, a professional artist and teaching artist, relocated to Long Island in the summer of 2006 after graduating from the Hartford Art School in West Hartford,
CT. She holds an MFA and BFA with a concentration in drawing and painting. She is adjunct professor at Saint Joseph's College in Patchogue and Suffolk Community College in Riverhead where she teaches Art Appreciation, Painting, American Art History, and 2d Design. Her teaching experience outside of the college level includes all ages! She taught spring and summer sessions for high school art students, worked as a substitute teacher (K-12) for the East Hartford public school district has experience as a pre-school art teacher. In addition, she teaches at local arts councils and offers private art lessons. As a teaching studio artist, mentoring young adults toward a more creative life has been very gratifying. The most rewarding part of this experience has been the ability to observe the change she sees in her students. Her feels her role in guiding students to develop and deepen their
critical sense of the arts, as it relates to everyday life, is essential. Her future goals include obtaining a full time professorship for college level instruction within an art department, as well as, to continue in her journey as a "working artist".
Beth Giacummo earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, and an MFA in New Forms from Pratt Institute. Her love of glass and travel has led her to many cities and countries where she has had the opportunity to live/study- some of them include the Escola d'Arts Plastique I Disseny, Spain, the Pilchuck School of Glass, Seattle, Washington, and the Danish School of Design, Copenhagen, Denmark.
As the Assistant Director of The Center for Visuals Arts in Blue Point she has been teaching Fine Arts to students of all ages for the past 8 years. Ms. Giacummo is also an adjunct professor of Fine Art at Briarcliffe College, an instructor at Suffolk Community College, Mill Pond House Gallery and now the East End Arts Council. As a mixed media installation artist she has exhibited her work both locally and internationally over the past 9 years. Most recently Ms. Giacummo was chosen as one of 12 NYFA MARK artists from Long Island. And she has been asked to join the EEAC family as a visual arts program consultant/A.I.R. coordinator. As a local arts activist Ms. Giacummo is also proud to serve as a trustee for the Patchogue Arts Council, Chair of Promotions for the Patchogue Arts Biennial and Co-chair of the Walking Arts Tour. www.Bethgiacummo.org
Ms. Greaf is most widely known for her watercolor landscapes but works in oil and other media. She particularly enjoys teaching drawing and watercolor. She has primarily shown her artwork in galleries and numerous other shows in California and New York. Her work is in collections across the country. She studied art at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC, the Academy of Art and the De Young Museum School in San Francisco, CA, Marin Community College, and the Mendocino Art School.
Killelea's paintings, headlined as "exquisite watercolors" in a feature article in American Artists Watercolor magazine, were done on location during his travels locally, nationally and internationally. He is an inveterate plein-air painter who carries his brushes with him almost everywhere he goes and loves to connect with his subjects off the beaten track, and often without speaking their native language. He has written stories to accompany watercolors he did while traveling through Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. In the summer of 2006 he drove from NY to California and then through northern Europe recording 33 visual impressions as he went. "I keep trying," says Killelea, "but there just doesn't seem to be enough time to paint all the paintings I see." He is on the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Regions Committee and an artist member of the
American Society of Marine Artists, a US Navy veteran, and an avid outdoorsman. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (NACC). Most of his working life has been in newspapers as an art director and photo editor at Newsday on Long Island, the NY Daily News and the Boston Herald American, and later as a liaison between printers and the design staff at Curran & Connors, the nation's largest producer of annual reports. Killelea's watercolors have been exhibited in a variety of museums and art galleries, as well as numerous community displays. His work and bio are included in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC and his paintings are currently on display at the Terra Cotta Gallery at Castello de Borghese in Cutchogue, NY. His paintings have been displayed in the Riverfront Art Center in Wilmington, DE, the Frye Art
Museum in Seattle, WA, the Cummer Art Museum in Jacksonville, FL, the Museum in the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, and in the Vero Beach (FL) Art Museum. Two of his paintings were part of an exhibit in the Capital Building in Washington, DC and became part of the US Navy Museum collection in Washington. In February 2007, he had a major solo exhibit at the NY Mercantile Exchange in NYC. He is a graduate of SUNY Farmingdale and has attended Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Arts. He currently teaches classes and presents on watercolor painting at the EEAC and the Art League of LI as well as at Peconic Landing in Greenport, and upstate NY. He taught a weeklong workshop last August at the Bucks County (PA) Art Workshops and will return there in June 2010. His award winning work is in many private collections and has been reproduced on book
covers and posters, in prints, magazines, newspapers, and on numerous greeting cards. His paintings and prose are the substance of two books he created to celebrate the North Fork, the first in 2004, "Wandering the North Fork", and the second in 2006, "Seasons on the North Fork". A copy of the American Artists' Watercolor magazine article on his China painting is on his web site:www.killeleart.com. Killelea and his wife currently reside in Elma, NY.
Mr. Leahy-Dominski is a current student at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Dover, New Jersey where he is pursuing his dream of becoming a professional artist. He is excited to be able to share his passion for Comic and Anime art within his community.
Ms. Macchio holds a 
BA in Visual Arts from the School of Visual Arts of Manhattan and an AA from Nassau Community College. Her oil paintings can be seen in commercial establishments as well as many private collections. Ms. Macchio has taught at the Babylon and Smithtown Arts Councils as well as continuing education programs.
Ms. Nehls graduated from Carthage College with a degree in art education. Throughout her teaching career, she has taught on every level; elementary, middle and high school, as well as classes for teachers. She completed her Masters Degree in Studio Art at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. In June of 2000, she retired from teaching to follow her dream of studying figure painting and drawing at the Art Student League of New York. Ms. Nehls’ solo exhibit entitled “Children at Play” has been shown at the Grace Institute Gallery in New York City, NY and at the Garden City Public Library in Garden City, New York. One drawing from the exhibit was published in the American Artist Drawing Magazine Spring 2006 issue. Over the years her work has received numerous awards and has been published in newspapers and magazines. She is the 2009 recipient of the Margo L. H. Hammerschlag Scholarship award at the Art Student League of New York. For samples of Ms. Nehl’s work visit www.elizabethnehls.com.
Ms. Nemeth received her MA in Art Education and her BA in Fine Arts from Adelphi University and did graduate studies at C.W. Post, Rhode Island School of Design and Cold Spring Harbor Lab and Cooper Union. Ms. Nemeth taught art education at the secondary level for over 30 years and has been a scenic artist and designer in N.Y.C. since 1984. She has designed and created numerous theatre sets and received many awards for her accomplishments.
Linda Prentiss is a printmaker/painter from eastern Long Island. She studied solarplate etching with Dan Welden in Florence, Italy, in 2005, and earned the MFA degree in printmaking from CW Post Campus of Long Island University in 2007. She exhibits in Gallery North in Setauket, the Old Town Arts and Crafts Guild in Cutchogue, and teaches at Suffolk Community College, Dowling, and CW Post. Examples of her solarplate etchings can be viewed at: www.lindaprentiss.com
Ms. Setton recieved her M.F.A. at Goddard College and B.A. from SUNY Stony Brook. She studied East Asian water-ink painting and calligraphy under Korean and Chinese Masters. Ms. Setton is and instructor at Manhattan China Institute and Westchester Community College. She exhibited her work widely both in the US and UK. She is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including the "Best of Show" award at the National Juried Exhibition of the Sumi-e Society of America, Inc. For more information please visit www.sungsooksetton.com
Meryl Spiegel is a Long Island photographer who reflects the landscape and people around her whether she is at home on the East End, roaming Manhattan
or traveling abroad. Her subjects range from seascapes to still life to street life. Working
primarily with a medium-format camera and color film, her images look more like paintings than
photographs. She has exhibited widely throughout the East End at a variety of venues including
Parrish Art Museum, St. Joseph's College, Ashawagh Hall, Levitas Center, Remsenburg Academy,
Quogue Library, and East End Arts Council where she was awarded "Best in Show." Her photo essays
have appeared in The Southampton Review published by Stony Brook University. Ms. Spiegel studied
photography at the International Center of Photography (ICP) and the Center for Media Studies
in Manhattan as well as the Image-Ouverte School of Photography in the South of France. She is
also a writer and adjunct professor with an MFA in Writing.
Ms. Stroh took her first oil painting lesson with Helen Rundel at the age of 14. Ms. Rundel was a very talented and acclaimed local artist whose instruction gave Laura the foundation to further her art vocation. Ms. Stroh received her BA in Fine Arts from SUNY Stony Brook. During her college years she was introduced to colored pencil drawing, and for many years she worked in the medium, exhibiting in many shows, including the Sayville Outdoor Art Show where she won second prize. Ms. Stroh then began to use oil paints as her chosen medium as she felt oil paint was more expressive, and now exhibits her paintings in galleries and shows on Long Island. She finds the beauty of the North Fork to be the inspiration for the landscapes she paints. Recently animals have been included in her paintings, adding an interesting focal point.
After earning degrees in Art Education, Mrs. Stype taught in the Greenport School system for over 20 years. Upon her retirement she developed a passion for botanical art and holds certification for the society of Botanical Artists in England and can add the initials DipSBA to her signature. She is also a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists.
As a portrait photographer, I chose physically attractive men and women to photograph, wanting to capture their beauty immortally on film, for, as an overweight woman, I wished to possess, in some way, that kind of beauty that was considered ideal by society's standards. Upon talking to my subjects, however, many of them didn't feel confident in their appearance. I started questioning what was beautiful then and decided to see, from an objective view - the camera's - whether or not I was.
As time went on, I began to evolve and, in turn, that led my image making to change direction pointing more inward as I now look to resolve other personal issues in my life. My work has taken on a more narrative approach and within the last 7 years or so, has included mythological and romantic themes. My work is greatly inspired by the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, The Pictoralists, the Pre-Raphaelites, and Romanticists. I am an award-winning artist exhibiting and publishing internationally, being reviewed in The New York Times, Newsday, and other paper/web publications. I have also been interviewed by women's organizations on the topic of body image in contemporary society. Essays and prose have been written as reactions to my photographs. My work is in several personal collections in the US, Canada and the UK.
Ms. Cavanagh holds a BS in 
Art Education from Southampton College LIU. She has been teaching art for many years throughout the Long Island community, including for the Town of Riverhead, Our Lady of the Hamptons, St. Joseph’s and St. Andrews schools, and has been an active member of the community through involvement in Girl Scouts and Community Awareness Programs.
Based in Westhampton, Abby Vakay, internationally recognized for her "fiberpaintings", works with recycled textiles, in both traditional techniques and innovative explorations. Her work has been widely honored and published in Rug Hooking Magazine, RHM's Celebration of Hand Hooked Rugs five times, the cover 2004. Her work is featured in "A Passion for the Creative Life", Textiles to Lift the Spirit by Mary Sheppard Burton, and Playing Card Rugs with The 9 Of Diamonds. Since 2000. Abby has taught at The Smithsonian Institute, in Washington, D.C., The American Folk Art Museum, and gives workshops all over North and South America and Europe.
For more about Abby and to see her work, her website: www.abbyvakay.com
Ms. Wozniak studied at Harpur College, SUNY Binghamton. In 1994, along with her husband, she opened her own photography studio, Photo Graphic Links Corp. She enjoys shooting architecture, portraits, and finds the digital darkroom filled with endless inspiration. To find out more Ms. Wozniak please visit her company web page, www.pglinks.com.
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