350 Years of Oyster Bay History in Art

Fall Exhibit Celebrates Oyster Bay's Founding

In keeping with the Town-wide anniversary celebration, the Oyster Bay Historical Society's annual Fall Exhibition will examine 350 Years of Oyster Bay History in Art.

The Historical Society's Exhibition committee, in collaboration with Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler, is working with local artists to interpret the significant people and events of Oyster Bay's first 350 years. The Exhibition and associated catalog will include artwork of the 1653 sale of the Town Spot by the local Matinecocks to the first settlers, Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, and the Revolutionary War spy Robert Townsend; as well as changing landscapes, village scenes, and harbor views. Both period and contemporary artwork will be represented, some created expressly to raise funds at auction for the Society's new library and collections storage facility.

The opening of the Fall Exhibition on Sunday, November 16, 2003 will be celebrated with a lecture by Jennifer Goldsborough, Ph.D., followed by a reception at the Earle-Wightman House at 20 Summit Street, Oyster Bay. Dr. Goldberg, the author with Gregory R. Weidman, and Mary Ellen Hayward of Classical Maryland, 1815-1845: Fine and Decorative Arts from the Golden Age, will talk about 350 years of Oyster Bay Interiors.

You are invited to take part in this ground breaking retrospective. Contact Director Thomas Kuehhas at 516-922-5032 to find out how you can help.