The Outdoor Art Show & Music Festival is a two-day event hosted every September. With over 90 exhibitors, this outdoor festival provides a diverse selection of affordable, exciting, original paintings, prints, photography, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glassware, artisan created jewelry, handmade crafts, decorations, clothing, and so much more! The event will be free and open to the public.
The Outdoor Art Show and Music Festival hosted by Gallery North has featured some of the finest art and craft from regional artists and artisans over its long 55-year history, making it a vital part of the regional art community and a significant tradition for the public. Keeping with the event format of past years, the Outdoor Art Show and Music Festival will include art in a vast range of media, as well as delicious and exciting food vendors, St. James Brewery, raffle prizes, and an area devoted solely to kids’ activities. In addition, Gallery North is teaming up with WUSB 90.1 fm/107.3 fm Stony Brook, NY this year to present live musical performances. The WUSB Music Stage will feature four music groups each day of the festival, some of which will be featured on WUSB Radio in advance of the Outdoor Art Show and Music Festival. Art show awards and recognition will also be granted for Best in Show within several categories, including crafts, fiber art, glass art, jewelry, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, and more. Our 2021 judges will include Karen Levitov, Director and Curator of the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University; Lorraine Walsh, Art Program Director and Curator for the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics; and contemporary artist, Nancy Bueti-Randall. All award winners will be featured in Gallery North’s Winner’s Circle exhibition in 2022. The Outdoor Art Show and Music Festival will offer an excellent opportunity to support local artists, local musicians, and local businesses in a safe environment. Gallery North is thrilled to once again present this special and historic experience for our community. Our hope is that this large, vital cultural event will reconnect us, and reinforce the importance of creative culture to healing the community in the aftermath of the pandemic.
The Outdoor Art Show and Music Festival will be situated outside along North Country Road in Setauket, between 25A and Ridgeway Avenue, and on the grounds of Gallery North (90 N. Country Rd, Setauket). Working together, Gallery North and WUSB will provide this series of wonderful, community events for the benefit of the Three Village community, as well as Long Island’s creative communities.
