Isalos Fine Art

Often as the Lupine Festival approaches in mid-June, the question is "will the lupines be in bloom yet?". This year, the question is "will they still be in bloom?" It looks like they will. The above photo is from last night's stroll out on Indian Point Road.

We have a pretty full line-up for the weekend. We're having our annual Island-Wide Gallery Night tomorrow (Friday) from 4 - 7. Galleries and studios arise from the woodwork for the event- this year we have well over twenty (and still counting). This is the first I've heard of some venues; it's a great way to check out a lot of art and craft in a quick island tour.

At Isalos, we have some exciting new  work: a stunning new painting from Vaino Kola, pastels and watercolors from gallery newcomer Gina Sawin, as well as new work from some of our usual suspects. I'll even hang some art with lupines in it. In our first few years here, we hosted an unjuried lupine show for the Chamber of Commerce, which eventually went somewhere else, then disappeared altogether. I think the gallery walk/drive is a better alternative.

After checking-out all the art, be sure and get to the gWatson Gallery at 7:30 for a musical event: "Dos Canosos, Un Tigre", an ensemble playing Afro-Cuban & Latin Music will perform on the newly-constructed  stage. Then on Sunday night at 7:00, Kimberly Oppelt, a soprano, will perform songs of Kurt Weill and the American Songbook.