Call for Artists: Diversity in Our Lives

The Art League of Long Island’s upcoming juried exhibition “Diversity in Our Lives” invites artists from the Tri-State area to submit artwork dealing with their interpretation of diversity. Two-and three-dimensional work in any medium may be submitted, including photography and fine craft. Sorry, no videos. The exhibit will be on display in the Art League of Long Island’s gallery May 25 through June 23, 2019. The deadline to submit entries is Friday, April 19, 2019 at 4pm. The exhibition juror is Thomas Germano, Professor of Art and Art History, Farmingdale State College.

The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. The Art League of Long Island hopes, through this exhibition, to encourage understanding of each other and move beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.

About the juror: Thomas Germano received his Associates Degree in Art from Nassau Community College in 1983. He then went on to study painting and art history at Cornell University earning his bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in 1985. After building a portfolio and working in the field for two years, he received a scholarship to Yale University to study painting with William Bailey and Bernard Chaet at the Yale School of Art, receiving his Master’s Degree in Fine Art with a concentration in painting in 1989. Thomas Germano has exhibited his art throughout the United States and abroad and his work is in numerous public and private collections. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe and teaches an annual class in Renaissance Art History in Europe. He has taught classes at Long Island University/ C.W. Post Campus, Nassau Community College, Suffolk Community College, the New York Academy of Art, and currently teaches painting, drawing and art history at the State University of New York at Farmingdale. He conducts frequent art history lectures throughout the New York area. He lives and paints in New York.

To obtain prospectus call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org. Applications must be submitted online through smarterentry.com.

The Art League of Long Island (est. 1955), located in Dix Hills, is a not-for-profit visual arts organization that offers classes and workshops for children and adults, from beginner to advanced levels. The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery hosts a dozen exhibits per year, featuring contemporary works by many local artists.