The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) is pleased to announce Paint the Great South Bay 2022 Plein Air Event, Exhibit, and Wet Paint Sale. The Patchogue Arts Council invites artists to paint en plein air along the Great South Bay, ranging from Smith Point Beach to The Fire Island Lighthouse.

Proceeds from this event help the Patchogue Arts Council continue to create events and programming that encourage, promote, and support the Arts on Long Island.

Please contact info@PatchogueArts.org for any questions or concerns;

Annual Plein Air Event, Exhibition & Wet Paint Sale

Artists paint | August 19 – August 27, 2022 

Exhibition and Wet Paint Sale on view August 28 – September 4, 2022:

Exhibition, Reception and Wet Paint Sale to celebrate the end of the PGSB plein air event.

PGSB Closing reception September 4 from 2:00 – 5:00 PM  

Guest Juror Alexandra Giordano

ABOUT OUR JUROR

Alexandra “Sasha” Giordano
Alexandra “Sasha” Giordano is the Assistant Director at the Hofstra University Museum of Art. Her responsibilities include curating exhibitions, managing the collection, developing programming and strategic planning. Alexandra is currently curating the exhibition When We All Stand, January 2023, which examines the collective power of the arts and artists to chart a pathway for national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and activism. The exhibition is planned in conjunction with the Barack H. Obama Presidential Conference at Hofstra University, April 2023. Previously, Alexandra worked for The Metropolitan Museum of Art as the Assistant National Manager of Visual Planning where she developed campaigns that coordinated with merchandising, marketing, design and curatorial departments. She is adjunct faculty at SUNY Farmingdale College and Nassau Community College where she teaches Prehistoric Art to Gothic Art, Renaissance Art to Modern Art, American Art, Baroque Art, Renaissance Art, History of Graphic Design, and Freshman Seminar classes. In 2019, she received a SUNY Students First Grant for developing curriculum to include virtual and augmented reality in the art history curriculum. Alexandra holds a Master of Arts in Art History from CUNY Queens College with a focus on late pagan and early Christian iconography.