Letter: Thankful for Success of Clothesline Art Sale

Contributed by Lisette Ruch

This year’s Bellport Day included a vintage twist on the typical art walk. No one could miss the clothesline strung up with art zigzagging all of Main Street! The Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council volunteers organized a Clothesline Art Sale to raise money for local art programs to benefit not just the visual arts, but also music and performing arts. Part exhibition and part sale, work by local artists of all ages, from first grade to the golden years, turned Main Street into a dazzling artistic landscape with old time charm.

“With so many styles, colors and talent, this was a fun and visually stimulating event that showcased how much Bellport has to offer as well as raised a substantial amount of money for art programs,” said LuAnn Thompson, Co-Chairmen of the sale.

“We wanted to bring as many people downtown as possible. But we also wanted everyone to be able to walk away with an original work of art that spoke to them, so all of the pieces were sold for only $20 each!” added Lisette Ruch, Co-Chairmen of the sale.

Unsold art still available for such a fantastic price. If you would like to purchase a work, please stop by the Phoenix Fine Art Gallery to own affordable art and support keeping art in Bellport.

Participation was fantastic with over 200 works of art donated by local, well-known, accomplished artists. We also had about 200 works of art donated from Mrs. McCann’s Kreamer Street Elementary School art classes.

Thank you to all the contributing artists! Without your support and donations, this event would never have been successful or raised so much money for the arts:

Kreamer Street Elementary School!

Samantha Balzer
Gregory Barbera
Cameron Binnington
Colby Binnington
Ryder Binnington
Kassidy Borsilli
Michael Chait
Jean Coakley
Brother Gerard Cormier
Josephine Curiale
Emily Czaja
Letty Damm-Norjen
Michele DePalo
Nick Delihas
John DiNaro
Rosamaria Eisler
Celeste Fosmire
Laurie Fosmire
Jennifer Furman
Jo-Jo Furman
Lottie Giordano
Eva Gochman
Susann Gude
Bobbie Gugliotta
Pauline Hazard
C. Hensen
Sharon Henson
Daveen Hervey
Juliette Hubley
Larry Johnston
Anne B. Katz
Amelia Kocay
Elosie Kocay
Colette Lewin
Camille Marryat
Lilian Masten
Ava Quinn Matlock
Frank Mullen
Virginia Musentry
Muriel Musarra
Jimmy O’Brian
Rosanne O'Reilly
Erin O'Reilly
Denise Palermo
Camille Palermo
Christine Pedersen
Karen Pedersen
Taylor Pedersen
Sally Pezza
Phyllis Potts
Noah Quog
Margaret Rand
Louis Reeves
Lorraine Rimmelin
Mary Riotto
Lisette Ruch
Mary Samuels
Joan Senator
Joan Sicignano
Julia Skalyo
Lester Sprague
Ted Stamatelos
Don Stonebridge
Chris Taylor
LuAnn Thompson
Jim Vaughan
Dawn Wakiya
Kathleen Wagner
Ann Wiswall
Daniel Wooster