Artists Registry

June Long-Schuman

Farmingville NY United States

http://www.junelongschuman
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Artist’s Statement
November 4, 2001

Two days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, I began sketching as a personal response to this atrocity. Like many of us, I was grief stricken by the number of victims and the amount of lives lost. I simply could not continue to paint pretty pictures and had to reassess my role as an artist. For is not the purpose of art to see beyond the surface of things, to uncover truths, to seek meaning. I felt obligated to fulfill this role and create a work of art that could help make sense of it all, perhaps raise spiritual awareness and offer condolence. So I commissioned myself to create this monumental painting that will serve to honor the souls who have not perished, but have moved to a new dimension. It is my candle.

June Long-Schuman is an award-winning fine artist and teacher who has shown her work locally on Long Island, and in Newport Rhode Island. Tranquility, immortality, and the spiritual nature of existence have all played a part in her work. She is currently represented in the Home Art Gallery in Port Jefferson, NY. and has a Solo show there until May 5th.

After graduating with a BFA in Fine Art from Pratt Institute in 1977 June went on to Dowling College in 1985 to receive a teaching Certification in Art. June continued studying art at C. W. Post in the graduate program and later received a Masters in Liberal Studies from Stony Brook University. She studied printmaking with Dan Welden in 1985 and has had numerous award-winning shows featuring her monoprints.
Since 1998 June has focused on plein air painting in oils.

“My goal is to capture the light and the essence of the place so the viewer can share the experience and the feeling of being there. Art is a visual language. It tells a story, evokes emotion and preserves history.”

Eastern philosophy and an alternate form of medicine called Reiki have played an important part of Junes work. After a 2 year long period of study June became a Reiki Master in July of 2001 which has had a significant impact on her life and art work.

The historical importance of art as an expression of the times and as a vision of the future is also relevant to June’s work.

So struck by the loss of innocent life and the tragic events that occurred on September 11th, June decided to create a memorial that would pay tribute to the victims and heroes that were lost. She visualized a “traveling mural,” its theme – Faith, Love and Hope – to be a multi-panel painting that would include the faces of all the victims on the background of the American Flag. The 5’ x 6’ center panel titled “Soaring Spirits at Ground Zero” was completed in 2002 and shown locally on Long Island. On September 10th June received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Felix Grucci for the WTC Memorial TM Project. The painting is presently up for sale as well as G'Clee prints of the painting and it will be on display at the Sachem Public Library in Holbrook, NY this August. A percentage of the sale will go to the National Memorial Museum fund.

“Art, like music has a tremendous healing power – it is a vehicle through which we can reflect, observe and raise awareness.”

EXHIBITIONS

Selected Juried Show
2012 - Plein Air Competition at Sagamore Hill: show in the Art Space, Oyster Bay, NY
2012 - Life Around Us Exhibition - My Studio, Port Washington, NY
2010 - X Marks the Spot - Discovering LI's Teasured Places, Mills Pond House Gallery
2004 - 2nd Juried Landscape Show - Main St. Petite Gallery, Huntington
2001 - Heckscher Museum of Art - Long Island Artists Exhibition
2000 - Baldhill Art Gallery - The North Shore Art Guild’s 7th Annual Open Competition 1991 - Mills Pond House - Annual Juried Show, St. James, NY
1990 - Chelsea Art Center - Annual Juried Show, Norwich, NY
1990 - East End Art Council Gallery - Annual Juried Show, Riverhead, NY
1988 - Fire House Art Gallery - National Works on Paper Competition Garden City,NY

Selected Individual Shows
2016 - Home Art Gallery, Port Jefferson, NY
2012 - Sachem Library, Holbrook, NY
2012 - Cutchogue Library, Cutchogue, NY
2007 - Smithtown Library, Smithtown, NY "Soaring Spirits at Ground Zero"
2003 - Smithtown Library, Smithtown, NY "Soaring Spirits at Ground Zero"
2003 - Suffolk County State Building, Hauppauge, NY "Soaring Spirits at Ground Zero"
2002 - Cohalan Courthouse, Central Islip, NY "Soaring Spirits at Ground Zero"
1997 - Alfred Van Loen Gallery, South Huntington Library, NY
1995 - Sachem Public Library, Holbrook, NY
1995 - Huntington Arts Council Gallery, Huntington, NY

Selected Group Shows
2016 - Wet Paint Studio Group show - The Village Center in Port Jefferson, NY
2015 -Wet Paint Studio Members show - Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, NY
2015 - Sachem Public Library, Holbrook, NY
2012 - Plein Air Art Event at Sagtikos Manor in Bayshore, NY
2008 - Long Island Museum Juried Art Show, Stony Brook, NY
2008 - Rag and Bone Art Gallery, Newport, RI
2007 - Art League of LI Summer Art Adventure Exhibit
2004 - 2007 Art League of LI Faculty Show, Huntington , NY
2003 - Neighborhood House, Setauket, NY
2002 - Courthouse Dining Gallery, Mineola, NY
1987 - Gallery North, Setauket, NY
1996 - Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, NY
1995 - Hutchins Gallery at C.W. Post - HTAL Faculty Show, Brookville, NY
1994 - Anthony-Giordano Gallery, Oakdale, NY

Awards and Honorable Mentions
2015 - Honorable Mention - Wet Paint Members show at Bayard Arboreum
2005 - Included in 9th Edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2005
2002 - Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for WTC Traveling Mural Project
1994 - Honorable Mention: B.J. Spoke Gallery, HTAL members show
1993 - Honorable Mention: Gallery North Outdoor Art Show
1990 - Honorable Mention: East End Art Council Gallery, Juried Exhibit
1990, 1991 - Third Prize Graphics: Gallery North Outdoor Show
1988 - Honorable Mention: Islip Art Museum, members show
1988 - Honorable Mention: Fire House Gallery, Nat.’l Works on Paper Competition
1987 - First Prize Graphics: Gallery North Outdoor Show