Past Exhibitions

Juried Art Exhibition 2012

June 28 - September 23, 2012
Opening reception, Thursday, June 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm 
($5/Free for Museum Members)

Tri-state artists are invited to present a wide spectrum of media and expression. 

Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place
 

We are proud to annouce the artists chosen to be a part of this year's Juried Art Show! 

Please join us to celebrate these talented artists at the opening on June 28, 2012. Congratulations to all! 
Spread the word via Facebook invite here. 

Heidi Alamanda, Mahtab Aslani, Irma Bohorquez-Geisler, Nancy Bonior, Arlette Cepeda, Sue Collier, Everet, Laura Fantini, Beth Galton, Leo Garcia, Tony Geiger, Aimee Hertog, Holland Houdek, Vladimir Kezerashvili, Jamie M. Lee, Jeongeun Lee, Jean Marcellino, Sean Martin, Diane Miller, Pamela Montalbano, Rudolph Montanez, Randall W.L. Mooers, Denise Mumm, Bill Murphy, Rebecca Mushtare, Maureen O’Leary, Janice Patrignani, Andrea Phillips, Florence Poulain, Daniel Rosenbaum, Howard Springer, Audrey Stone, Nina Talbot, Shira Toren, Regina Walker, Sarah Yuster, Chizuco Sophia Yw and Michael Zelehoski. 

The 2012 Juried Art Winners Are:

1st Place
Loveseats
Michael Zelehoski
assemblage with found wood and deconstructed chairs, 2010
24” x 37”

2nd Place
Broken Dish & Light Pole
Mahtab Aslani
oil on panel, 2011
8” x 8”

3rd Place
Ground Plume
Daniel Rosenbaum
paper, pencil, ink, paper mache and
styrofoam on stretched canvas, 2011
41.5” x 37” x 11”

Judges:

Bartholomew Bland, Director of Curatorial Affairs
Hudson River Museum

Rachel Lawe, Director
International Collage Center

Download the prospectus here. 

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Two Brown Onions
Randall W.L. Mooers
Oil on panel, 2009

This exhibit has been funded in part by: 

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Bobby and Allan Weissglass
Staten Island Advance

Constructions of Conscience: The Social Art of Susan Grabel

January 29, 2012 – May 29, 2012

At the Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place.

A retrospective exhibition surveying 40 years of the artist's sculpture and prints. Grabel's serial works deal with the human dimensions of social, cultural and political issues, such as homelessness, alienation and the image of the aging woman's body. Her art is an attempt to face things that we encounter daily but often refuse to acknowledge.

Gesture: In Paint and Software

July 7, 2011 – January 8, 2011

Helen Levin & Golan Levin, an intergenerational art exhibition

This exhibition captured the colorful compositions in paint by abstract artist Helen Levin, and real-time computer applications created by her son, Golan Levin. The energized paintings, coupled with interactive software, provided a unique art experience.

Top: "Meshy" by Golan Levin  Bottom: “Reminiscences” (66 “ x 50", acrylic on canvas, 2006) by Helen Levin

Portraits of Leadership: African American Entrepreneurs of Staten Island

February 12, 2011 – November 1, 2011

At the Staten Island Museum’s History Center, Snug Harbor Campus, Building H, 1000 Richmond Terrace, SI, NY 10301

An exhibit of video and audio interviews with photographic portraits featuring local black community members who remember, dream, and share their stories. Curated by Jeannine Otis with photographer Willie Chu, guest historian Cynthia Copeland, and folklorist Chris Mulé. To view the program from this exhibit, click here.

Visit our SIMuseum youtube page to view the Portraits of Leadership videos. 

This exhibit and its programming were made possible with support from:

Andrea Phillips: Pieces of Spirit

February 3, 2011 - June 5, 2011

Phillips' vibrant collage art works intertwine spirit, humanity, and creativity. Themes in this exhibit included: Battles, Beauty, and Transcendence. Phillips, a master of simplicity, is inspired by fabric, Persian miniatures, and the urban New York Community in which she lives. Curated by Diane Matyas.

Message in a Bottle

Unknown Dates

Message in a Bottle - Local history via glass bottles.

Tina Kaasman-Dunn has curated this display of over 150 found bottles, from the museum archives and her private collection. Collectors' tips included.

Beauty Rediscovered: the Wigands

January 24, 2010 - January 17, 2011

Beauty Rediscovered: Paintings by Adeline Albright Wigand & Otto Charles Wigand

This exhibition will bring to light the rediscovery of two late 19th – early 20th century New York artists who represent a neglected strain of American painting. The Wigands studied with important artists of the period in New York and Paris, and brought the fruits of their classical training and education to Staten Island where they lived and worked from 1916 until their deaths in 1944.

The exhibition contains nearly 50 works, including 4 from the Staten Island Museum’s permanent collection. The remaining pieces are made available courtesy of private collectors, many of which are Wigand family members. “James Wigand, the artist’s great nephew, has been especially helpful in making the exhibit possible” says Diane Matyas, Program Director. “He is an avid art collector, and worked with Mr. Bland over the past several years to help research and gather works from owners throughout the U.S.”

Through James Wigand’s support the Museum will be publishing a book Color and Light by noted art historian Kristen M. Jensen with an introduction by Bartholomew F. Bland.

"Both Otto and Adeline lived on Staten Island for much of their lives, and were actively involved in the Art Section of the Staten Island Institute. While adherence to their strict salon training meant that their work grew unfashionable over time, it is now being re-evaluated on its own merits. Elegance, grace, and technical assurance are hallmarks of the work of both artists, and their training represented many of he highest ideals of art in the nineteenth century carried over into the twentieth". - Bartholomew F. Bland

To view the program from this exhibit, click here.

Juried Art Exhibition

Unknown - May 31, 2009

Artists living or working on Staten Island were called to submit original works of art completed within the last 5 years.  In late-January, a jury of art professionals were called upon to select 28 pieces for exhibition from over 400 submissions.

Juried Art Exhibition featured the works of:

Serena Agnellini, Allan Avidano, Stephen Barnett, Florence Barry, Milton Black, Betty Bressi, Robert Bunkin, Patrick Deciccio, Antonio De Santis, Sue Ehrlich, Leo Garcia, Bill Higgins, Jenna Lucente, William E. Lyons, James McCormack, Ann Marie McDonnell, Bill Murphy, Jeannette Murray, Stephen Parker, Janice Patrignani, Andrea Phillips, Sage Reynolds, Colman Rutkin, Justina Sais, Robert Sievert, Howard Springer, David Taft, Michi Yamaguchi

Seeing Green – a petite exhibit

October 10, 2008 - February 8, 2009

A “petite” exhibit by Staten Island based artists. Seeing Green is an installation of original 3-D and 2-D works of art representing the artist’s community response to the themes of organic forms, nature, green energy, green living, recycling, conservation, and environmental concerns.  

“We asked artists to submit works – to start an impulsive visual art “eco-discussion” a subject embraced by many local creators. The tiny 5” x 5” size limit challenge will add to the green theme presented in the Making Things Go (bicycle) exhibit this summer, and now with leaf storm,” explains Ms. Matyas.

The result is an eclectic installation of playful shapes, unusual landscapes, and conceptual statements.

Artists included:

Tina Bliss, , Betty Bressi, Mary Campbell, Richard Capuozzo, Anita Cimino, Fran D’atria Romano, Antonio De Santis, Sue Ehrlich, Loren Ellis, Elle Finn, Winsome B. Jacobs, Ann Marie McDonnell, Tim Moran, Chris Spollen, Ensze Tan, Michi Yamaguchi, Kira Yustak, Barb Zwar, John Zwaryczuk<

Growing a Collection: Recent Art Acquisitions

Unknown, 2010 - June 4, 2010

Growing a Collection: Recent Art Acquisitions, featured selected works of art that have come into the permanent collection since 2004. Approximately 45 objects will be put on display; these include paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, fine art photography and decorative arts, from antiques to contemporary works. The exhibition will describe for museum-goers the various means by which a museum builds its collections, and will celebrate the artists and donors who make the process possible, many of whom are members of the local Staten Island community.

CONTACT:1609

June 18, 2009 - January 10, 2010

Timed to complement the international celebrations of the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's year of entry to New York Harbor (September 11, 1609) CONTACT:1609 presents the work of seven contemporary artists as they interpret this early encounter between the Native American peoples and the Europeans. Starting with that fateful encounter the clock started ticking for the Lenape culture, and began an era known by archeologists as the “Contact Period.”
 
Participating artists include:

Bedel Tiscareno (Painter/Sculptor), Gabri Christa (Film Director, Dancer and Choreographer), Nadema Agard (Director of Red Earth Studio Consulting / Productions), Linda Blanchette (Pyrographic Artisan, Ebon Arts), Kristi Pfister (Painter, Muralist and Mosaic Artist), Yvonne Simons (Painter, Executive Director at The Anne Frank Center, USA) and Courtney M. Leonard (Artist/Potter).<

Making Things Go!: Bikes & Human Powered Vehicles

April 18 2008 - September, 2008

Featuring the works of Chris & Tom Spollen and John Spetz. Imagine pedaling 60 mph! Creative minds are tinkering and inventing eco-friiendly 100% human powered vehicles in local basements. Learn how and why they do it, and view their remarkable vehicles and related designs.

Sponsored by the Staten Island Bicycling Association with additional support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Spanish Camp: 1929 - Today

October 12, 2007 - March 30, 2008

The story of a unique summer bungalow community as it flourished and finally met its end. Oral history, vintage photos, and a poignant photo essay by Michael Falco.

Part of the Target Free Friday MuseumNite Series

Leaf Storm: Joy Nagy

October 10, 2008 - February 8, 2009

Artist Joy Nagy will tell you it can happen anytime, if you are open to the beauty and drama that abounds along the roadside. 

Since she started to create burdock portraits and studies, Nagy's understanding and reasons for making art about the plant has grown into larger ideas and comparisons of micro and macro forms.

Nagy has created burdock pieces using countless mediums and processes, including; graphite, gouache, silver point, collegraph prints, (real) leaf installations, silver plated leaves, and cubes made with the notorious sock-loving burrs.