Creative Haven: Black Artists of Sag Harbor

Thursday, Jun 1, 2023 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Long Island Museum
631-751-0066

A community with rich African and Native American histories, Sag Harbor became home to an outstanding, emergent, and well-connected community of Black artists by the early 1960s.

Drawn to the area by its historic foundations as a home to whalers in the 18th and 19th centuries and Black summer residents in the 20th century, artists brought a modern sensibility and camaraderie to their work and experiences rooted in this community.

This exhibition features the work of a total of 12 artists, including Frank Wimberley - b. 1926, an outstanding abstract painter who vacationed in Sag Harbor beginning in 1960 and built a home there in 1965, abstract expressionist and collagist Al Loving - 1935-2005, the talented couple Reynold Ruffins - 1930-2021, a famed illustrator who was also a painter of energetic acrylic compositions, and his wife, Joan Ruffins - 1932-2013, an Impressionist artist who trained at Cooper Union in the 1950s, and Nanette Carter - b. 1954, an abstract collagist who was profoundly impacted by her formative experiences with artists such as Wimberley and Loving.

A rich exploration of creative work and connections between artists, the exhibition will feature 12 artists in all, including work by Claude Lawrence - b. 1944, Harlan Jackson- 1918-1993, and Michael Butler - b. 1955, who is also serving as a guest co-curator of this exhibition.

Location: Costigan Gallery, Art Museum

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