The Art League of Long Island’s 54th Long Island Artists Exhibit will be showing at the League’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery starting June 6 and run through July 3. The opening reception will take place June 11 5pm – 7pm. The exhibit can be viewed Monday through Friday 9am – 4pm, and on Saturday and Sunday 11am - 4pm. The gallery is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills, NY. For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

The Art League of Long Island, now in its 56th year, celebrates its popular Long Island Artists competition with a reception for the winning artists on Friday, June 11, from 5 to 7 PM. This year’s exhibit features 46 artists, chosen by Heidi Lange, director of the DC Moore Gallery, 724 Fifth Avenue, NYC.

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Smith Clothing presents-
Picture Windows: a solo show by photographer Jason Green.

Come join Smith and Jason Green for an opening on August 13th from 5-10 pm and look through the biggest picture window in town. Bliss Foods joins in providing delicious refreshments  for the Picture Windows opening at Smith, 28 Nugent Street in Southampton, NY. The photo exhibition of Mr. Green's newest work will run through September 13th,  displaying fresh, evocative land and seascapes Along side 4 clothing designers: Sister Cat, Alissa Smith, Anna Marcel, and Alisha Trimble.

In his late twenties, Jason Green has been photographing on the east end of Long Island for several years. His work has been displayed at many galleries and art collectives, including Arts 4, Bonic Tonic, the Benson/Keyes Gallery, East End Arts Council, Labl, Wild Thyme Restaurant and The Chelsea Community Center. His photographic work is in the collections of private patrons and is regularly featured in the Independent newspapers.  He also received an honorable mention in 2005 at the East End Art Council's juried show. This will be Jason Green's first solo show.

"Mixing fun with a serious purpose was the idea behind the creation of the Hamptons Art website, www.fripit.com. Website administrator Ben McHugh, who enjoys the process of setting up websites, started Fripit three years ago when artist friends began asking him to design sites for them. In order to avoid being swamped with lots of favors for friends, Mr. McHugh said he’d make one website and post whatever anyone gave him there.

At first, Fripit was the cyberspace home for artists without websites, people who felt thwarted by technology that seemed difficult to master. Now most of Fripit’s artists have their own websites but still want to be part of a website group."