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Exploring the Porous Boundaries Between Culture & Nature

Beth Young
There's no better representation of human culture than a much-loved book, and it's not just the words on the pages that represent humans' striving for understanding and meaning. Every bit of paper pulp, every stitch in the binding, is a way of wrapping our collective quest for understanding in an expression of art and love. Southold-based artist Ellen Wiener’s work has always been a thread through the liminal spaces between
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Shelter Island Library Seeks Submissions for Bliss Morehead Poetry Grant

East End Beacon
The Shelter Island Public Library is now accepting applications for its fourth annual Bliss Morehead Poetry Grant.  This grant of $1,000.00 is awarded each April to the annual poetry competition winner. Applicants must be unpublished poets aged 17 or older and reside on the East End of Long Island (Riverhead and points east). Bliss Morehead was a resident of Shelter Island who dedicated much of her life to the art
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Steve Mumford’s “Before Midnight, Fed. Courthouse, Portland BLM, July 25, 2020.
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Documenting a Year-Long Crisis

Beth Young
Pictured Above: Steve Mumford’s “Before Midnight, Fed. Courthouse, Portland BLM, July 25, 2020. Art is ever present in our world, even when that world is turned upside down.  Last year, the Southampton Arts Center could have been forgiven if it decided to sit out the pandemic, along with many other arts institutions that were crippled by being given “non-essential” status.  But building on its relationship with the New York Academy
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