April 2026

Sara Cedar Miller
Flowers / Ocean

William Ris Gallery
1291 Main Road, Jamesport, NY 11947

Reception Saturday April 11th, 2026 3 – 6 pm

In this series of abstract photographs, Sara Cedar Miller uses flowers to capture their visual essence rather than render their botanical detail in order to arrive at their pure color, light, and form. Her abstract images of the ocean were taken with similar formal concerns: the blurred movement of waves contrasted with the sharp calligraphic drawing created by sunlight glinting off the rushing waters. In both series she invites the viewer into a space of contemplation and surprise, offering an ethereal, atmospheric, sensual and visually stunning experience. I am drawn to what is fleeting, whispered, and magical.

Sara Cedar Miller has been a fine art photographer for over fifty decades and has exhibited widely. She had a book of her work,Sara Cedar Miller, published by Blue Sky Gallery funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Until her retirement, Miller was the photographer and historian of Central Park for the Central Park Conservancy for forty years and has written and photographed the Park in four celebrated books.

Miller is a proud member and supporter of the Peconic Land Trust that works to save threatened Long Island working farms, natural lands and its heritage. Miller and the William Ris Gallery will be donating a portion of the sales to benefit the Peconic Land Trust.

The show runs through May 11th, Mother’s Day.

Cliff Baldwin
Colorful Coup

East End Arts at M&T Bank
133 Main Street, Westhampton, NY 11978

Reception Friday April 24th  3 – 5 pm

Recent functional painting/placards that follow up the artist’s series of protest pieces begun in 1991 at Franklin Furnace. Works that are more fitting than ever given the current state of the world. These delightful tasty pronouncements are inspired by The Politics of Nonviolent Action by Dr. Gene Sharp, a guide to alternative responses to kakistocracy.

M&T Bank will also feature Printed Money Errors, the artist’s personally designed currency produced in uncut sheets, replete with smears, misprints and sliding images. The exhibition runs through mid summer.

The Greenport Group:
Stow Wengenroth & the Flacks
and
New Work by  Marionette-Maker
Carmen Campos

Floyd Memorial Library
539 First St.
Greenport, NY 11944

Opening reception Friday, April 24, 5–7 pm

The main body of The Greenport Group comprises nearly fifty rarely exhibited artworks by one of America’s most acclaimed lithographers, Stow Wengenroth (1906–1978). Wengenroth lived in Greenport for over twenty years and his intricate lithographs are in the collections of America’s most prominent museums, including the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Met and MoMA.

The exhibition also features Wengenroth’s local artist cohorts—his wife, the doll- and marionette-maker Edith Flack Ackley (1887–1970), and her sister, children’s storybook author and illustrator Marjorie Flack (1897–1958). Items on display from the library’s collection include Ackley dolls, books and manuscripts, and inscribed first-edition children’s books by Marjorie Flack. While the library does not hold any original Edith Flack Ackley marionettes—objects that are exceptionally rare—this installation features two newly commissioned cloth marionettes by contemporary puppet-maker Carmen Campos, Ed.D.

Uncommon Artist: Boris Torres
Artist Talk & Studio Tour

Soundview Greenport 
58775 County Rd 48
Greenport, NY 11944

Sunday, April 26th, from 5 – 6 PM.

Join us for our 8th Uncommon Artist of the 2026 season, Boris Torres, for an Artist talk Sunday April 26th from 5-6pm in the Halyard followed by a tour of his studio.
Torres has exhibited widely in museums and galleries including The Bronx Museum of Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum, and Cheim & Read. His work is held in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Ecuador. Torres’s paintings have been featured in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and Out Magazine, as well as inc films and television including Keep the Lights On, Love Is Strange, American Horror Story, and Only Murders in the Building. He is represented by Kates-Ferri Projects, New York.

ULAE Tour
with North Fork Contemporary

Universal Limited Art Editions
Bay Shore, NY 11706

Monday April 27, 2:30 pm

Join us as we visit one of America’s premiere printmaking studios right here on Long Island.
– Behind-the-scenes access to this historic printmaking studio
– Insight into traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques
– Learn about ULAE’s remarkable legacy and the celebrated artists who have worked there
– View current projects in progress and see work being done.
This is a rare opportunity to visit a cornerstone of American printmaking history. We hope you’ll join us!