A Shot in the Light

Friday, May 2, 2025

You Don't Want to Miss This

May 2 through May 11, Tuesday-Saturday, 2-4 p.m. Those are the hours you may view this very special multimedia, multigenerational

exhibit at the Northport Arts Association

(NAA) building on 3rd Street

(just west off Mill Street).

"Origin and Echo," brainchild of Northport art teacher Jenny Evans, paired student artists, from nursery school through high school, with adult artists in the community. The adults were asked to create a work "responding" to the work of a particular student--I think (I need to double-check this) without knowing the identity of the student. Paired student and adult artists met for the first time at Thursday afternoon's opening of the show.

There is no way my brief introduction and a few photographs can begin to do justice to this show. You need plenty of time to go through at a slow, leisurely pace, looking closely and carefully, because each individual piece, all the "origins and echoes," as well as artists' statements

are endlessly fascinating.

Making my way from one part of the exhibit to the next, I was thoroughly engaged,

mentally and aesthetically,

and I could not stop smiling.

So give yourself a big helping of joy: Immerse yourself in beauty made by Northport students and adult community members. Do not miss the opportunity!

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Wild Leeks in the Morning

How the spirit is lifted by the emergence of bright green leaves on a sunlit morning!

Claytonia was still enjoying her beauty sleep, but those petals will open as the day warms. Leaves and corms are edible.

And this is only the beginning of spring ephemera in the woods. Another spring! What a gift!

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Pernette's: the Preview

Design and style for the home, from primitive and rustic through Victorian and all the way to modern -- Pernette's in Northport has it. Open to the public beginning today, April 19, 2025.