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Jennifer Angus, In the Midnight Garden. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. Photo by Ron Blunt.
Jennifer Angus, Memento Vitae, Courtesy of the Shelburne Museum.
Beauty Unseen: Jennifer Angus and Bob Sober, Courtesy 108 Contemporary
Saturday, September 25
71st Annual Fence Show
We’re back! Each year, the Fence Show transforms the museum’s front lawn into an outdoor gallery featuring local artists and craftspeople. See paintings, ceramics, prints, jewelry and textiles and take something original home from this longstanding festival.
Photo by Imara Moore
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Jennifer Angus: Magicicada
Using responsibly-collected and preserved specimens, the artist Jennifer Angus creates site-specific installations of insects pinned directly to a wall and other surfaces creating exquisite patterns reminiscent of textiles or wallpaper.
Jennifer Agnus, Memento Vitae, Courtesy of the Shelburne Museum.
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A Museum that's Unique to Staten Island
Our permanent collections contain natural science specimens, archival records, and works of art and design, which represent Staten Island’s natural and cultural history across time.
Anthony Toney (1913-2004), Afternoon on a Hill. Oil on Canvas, 1956.
Thank you to our major institutional funders.
The Staten Island Museum is a proud member of the Cultural Institutions Group (CIG), a public-private partnership with the City of New York, and receives operating support from the City of New York which owns its building through the Department of Cultural Affairs, Commissioner Gonzalo Casals, from Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council, Speaker Corey Johnson, with additional support from Staten Island delegation and the Staten Island Borough President, James S. Oddo.