“Feast or Famine” Fine Craft Exhibit opens at Art League of Long Island September 29
(Long Island, NY) The Long Island Craft Guild’s exhibit at the Art League of Long Island’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery challenges artists to interpret “Feast or Famine” in media such as clay, fiber, glass, paper, leather, metal/jewelry and wood. Feast or Famine opens September 29 and runs through November 3. The public is invited to meet the artists at their reception on October 20, from 3 to 5pm.
The phrase “feast or famine” indicates a condition characterized by alternating extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc. Artists often lead a feast-or-famine life. Almost everyone has had too much or not enough of something, whether it is love, wealth or food. Consider the phrase in a relative sense also: a person adrift in a small boat at sea would think a bottle of water is a feast; a wealthy banker might regard having to sell one of his country estates a famine. Often having too much or too little magnifies personality traits such as greed, selflessness, a strong moral sense, or hate. As the British novelist and journalist James Buchan wrote, “The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern time.”
Exhibit juror Francine Medoff has studied at the New York Studio School, the Art Students League, with Paul Wood and Elsie Nydorf, and in Italy at Pietra Santa. She was also very involved with the Pen and Brush Club of New York. Lately she has been working with mixed media bas-relief constructions. She is also known as the author of the children’s book The Mouse in the Matzah Factory.
The gallery is open to the public Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM and weekends from 11 AM to 4 PM. There is no admission charge.
The Art League of Long Island is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. For directions call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.
The Long Island Craft Guild is committed to the development of the crafts movement, and seeks to promote the exchange of information and experiences that will benefit both artists and the community. Membership in the Guild is open to all people interested in the creation and exhibition of fine craft. The LICG is an independent, non-profit educational organization. Since 1956, the Guild has provided educational and informational services, regular meetings and workshops, and a sense of community among crafts people.
More information is on the Guild’s website, www.licg.org.
