Arts league exhibit for society members

The Island Now

The Art League of Long Island is pleased to display works by members of the Long Island Chapter of the Sumi-e Society in an exhibit titled “The Music of Nature” in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery’s upper level Jan. 31 through Feb. 17.  An artists’ reception takes place Sunday, Feb. 1 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Sumi-e is a style of East Asian painting practiced for well over one thousand years.  Sumi-e, the Japanese word for black ink painting, is an art form that strives to capture the essence, the Chi, of the life of the subject in the painting, evoking the poetry of nature.  

The artist uses the ink freely with a controlled brush stroke.  The goal of the brush painter is to use the brush with both vitality and restraint …constantly striving to be a better person because their character and their personality come through in their work.

The Long Island Chapter of the Sumi-e Society, a local affiliate of the non-profit Sumi-e Society of America, was founded by Sung Sook Setton in 1998 to increase awareness and appreciation of sumi-e.  Membership is open to all who appreciate East Asian art.  

The exhibit will display Sung Sook’s works along with her fellow member artists: Phyllis Bocchicchio, Fumiko Carle, Carolyn Clarke, Meryl Greene, Maryann Kane, Talat Jaleel, Terry Kimmel, Harriet Margulis, Betty Nolan, Rita Palmeri, Kelly Roth, Laurie Samara- Schlageter, Judith Sutton-Fagan, and Dot Zammit.  Sung Sook is also an instructor of East Asian Brush Painting at the Art League of Long Island.

The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is open free of charge Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. 

For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

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