Arts Center Hosts Reception on Exhibit Focusing on Environment

GREAT NECK, NY — March 8, 2018 — The Gold Coast Arts Center recently hosted an artist reception for the gallery exhibition titled, “Collective Consciousness.” Revealed in this exhibit is the way artists explore their relationship with current environmental issues.

Gallery curator Jude Amsel stated, “The gallery affords artists a platform from which they use their vision to bring their concerns to the forefront and to make green initiatives the subject of cultural conversations.” Ms. Amsel noted, “Some of the artists make bold statements about the natural world through the use of multi-media, graphic design and video installations, expressing their views about the imprint that humankind continues to leave on our planet.”

Collective Consciousness runs from February 14-April 1, 2018 at the Gold Coast Arts Center 113 Middle Neck Rd., Great Neck, NY.

“People use art to express themselves completely, both who they are inside and to the outside world. To quote Thomas Merton who was a Trappist monk, ‘Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time,’” said New York State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso who stopped by the reception to recognize the Gold Coast Arts Center and congratulate the artists.

Participating artists include Lauren Skelly Bailey, Yoon Cho, Charles Cohen, Linda Cunningham, Beth Williams Garrett, Nancy Gesimondo, and Luba Lukova.

All works in the “Collective Consciousness” exhibit are available for purchase at affordable prices. For more information about the artists or the exhibit, or to arrange school or docent-led tours, please visit www.goldcoastarts.org, or call 516-829-2570.

About the Gold Coast Arts Center
The Gold Coast Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting the arts through education, exhibition, performance and outreach. Located on the North Shore of Long Island, it has brought the arts to tens of thousands of people throughout the region for more than 20 years. Among the Center’s offerings are its School for the Arts, which holds year-round classes in visual and performing arts for students of all ages and abilities; a free public art gallery; a concert and lecture series; film screenings and discussions; the annual Gold Coast International Film Festival; and initiatives that focus on senior citizens and underserved communities. These initiatives include artist residencies, after-school programs, school assemblies, teacher-training workshops and parent-child workshops. The Gold Coast Arts Center is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Partners in Education program, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. More information can be found at www.goldcoastarts.org.

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Left to right: Jude Amsel, curator, Gold Coast Arts Center; Regina Gil, founder and executive director, Gold Coast Arts Center; artists Beth Williams Garrett; Nancy Gesimondo and Yoon Cho; New York State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso; artists Charles Cohen; Lauren Bailey Skelly and Linda Cunningham.

Photo credit: Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Images of the original artwork can be uploaded here: http://bit.ly/2DLmCRM