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ArtSI gearing up for a weekend of creative wonder

by Amy Zavatto on August 16th, 2024
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Artist Tia Bowman’s painting “Cover Me in Sunshine,” oil on canvas. (Photo courtesy of ArtSI)

This Saturday and Sunday, the 14th annual island-bound, open studio event of the season, the Artists of Shelter Island (ArtSI) Studio Tour, kicks off with 20 artists offering a rare, inside peek into the places where they produce as well as finished and in-progress works.

The annual event, held the third weekend in August, has become a popular late-summer look into the individual artist’s world, eschewing tickets and appointments for an open arena of discovery. 

With Manhattan a renowned center for art from around the world and the Hamptons, too, a well-known hub of international and local arts and culture, awash with well-known names, the exclusivity of the art world has, both real and perceived, left many creators and appreciators of their work feeling boxed in — or out. 

ArtSI formed back in 2010 as a breakaway group of artists wanting to share their work in a more accessible manner to a broader audience. The first one featured more than 20 local artists and was so successful, it became an annual event. Three of those original, pioneering Studio Tour artists will be featured in this year’s event: Diana Malcomson, Roz Dimon and June Shatken.

ArtSI created a handy-dandy artist map to create your own self-guided art perusal. The following artists correspond to the numbers on the map as part of this year’s tour:

  1. Connie Abate, 26 Little Ram Island Drive
  2. Tia Bowman, 22 Merkel Lane
  3. Linda Brienza, 6 Oak Tree Lane
  4. Fred Buonocore, 70 Gardiners Bay Drive
  5. Catherine Corry, 10 Bay Shore Drive
  6. Kathryn A. Cunningham, 4 Gibb Drive
  7. Roz Dimon, 57 South Ferry Road
  8. Laurie Dolphin, 43 South Midway Road
  9. Melora Griffis, 20E North Cartwright Road
  10. Katherine Hammond, 2 Peppermill Lane
  11. Megan Hergrueter, 4 Sylvan Place
  12. Lily Hoffman, 10 Bay Ave.
  13. Sally Jacobs Baker, 51 Gardiners Bay Drive
  14. Diana Malcomson, 36 Lake Drive
  15. Mary Ann Moy, 9 Lakeview Drive
  16. Carl Norr, 12 North Midway Road
  17. Susan Schrott, 19 Shelterlands Path
  18. June Shatken, 11 Strawberry Lane
  19. Jana Sheinker, 24 Margaret’s Drive
  20. Peter Waldner, 14 Worthy Way

Check the ArtSI website for more information on the mediums each specialize in. This year’s Studio Tour will be on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19 from noon to 5 p.m. No reservations are necessary — just an open mind and love of art.

Amy Zavatto is the Editor-in-Chief for southforker, northforker and Long Island Wine Press. She's a wine, spirits, and food journalist whose work appears in Wine Enthusiast, InsideHook.com, MarthaStewart.com, the New York Post, Liquor.com, SevenFifty Daily, Imbibe, Men’s Journal and many others. She's the author of The Big Book of Bourbon Cocktails, Prosecco Made Me Do It: 60 Seriously Sparkling Cocktails, Forager’s Cocktails: Botanical Mixology with Fresh, Natural Ingredients, and The Architecture of the Cocktail. She is a respected judge for the American Craft Spirits Association’s annual small-production spirits competition, and has moderated numerous panels on the topics of wine, spirits, cocktails, and regional foodways. She is the former Deputy Editor for the regional celebratory publications, Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn, as well as the former Executive Director of the Long Island Merlot Alliance. She is a member of the New York chapter of the international organization of women leaders in food, wine, and spirits, Les Dames d’Escoffier. The proud daughter of a butcher, Amy is originally from Shelter Island, N.Y., where she developed a deep respect for the East End’s natural beauty and the importance of preserving and celebrating it and its people.

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