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Longyear Gallery is an artist-run cooperative, representing emerging and seasoned artists located throughout the New York State region.

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  • Longyear’s First Days

    by Lynn Woods Galleries tend to come and go, which makes the legacy of Longyear Gallery rather extraordinary:  Its sign has graced Margaretville’s Main Street for nearly 20 years, since 2007. The gallery is located in a rambling wood building that had originally housed a department store back in the 1920s, or maybe even earlier,…

  • MARY McFERRAN’S “STORM DRESSES”AND “Members’ Late Winter Group Exhibition”

    LONGYEAR GALLERY, FEBRUARY 13th – MARCH 15th, 2026OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14th from 3-5 p.m. Longyear Gallery of Margaretville is pleased to announce the opening of two new concurrent exhibitions: “Mary McFerran’s ‘Storm Dresses’” and “Members’ Late Winter Group Exhibition.” Opening on Friday, February 13th, these exhibitions will run through Sunday, March 15th with the…

  • Louise Kalin

    By Lynn Woods Louise Kalin’s solo show of prints at Longyear Gallery, entitled “First Impressions, Second Thoughts,” held last November, featured a series of large prints whose bark-like textures and fissures seemed evolved from nature herself. Alternately, they read as palimpsests, fragments of ancient inscriptions worn away by the forces of weather over the eons.…

  • Cabinet of Curiosities at Longyear Gallery

    by Lynn Woods Four years ago, Longyear Gallery member Hedi Kyle had an idea: why not transform the cabinet of shelves in the hallway just outside the gallery entrance into a miniature gallery of sorts, displaying objects and artworks related to a specific theme. After she brainstormed the idea with fellow gallery member Elaine Grandy,…

  • Mary McFerran’s Storm Dresses 

    Floods, fires, droughts, and hurricanes have become familiar events as our planet endures the ongoing effects of climate change. Storm Dresses invites viewers to confront these forces of nature on a personal level. Artist Mary McFerran uses clothing as her canvas, drawing on its intimate connection to human experience. Across cultures, clothing reflects identity, geography,…

  • Explore Art at Longyear’s Holiday Exhibit 2025

    HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT: ARTISTS CHOOSE ARTISTS 2025 NOVEMBER 21st – JANUARY 4th ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 3-5 P.M. Holiday Invitational Exhibit: Artists Choose Artists 2025” will open Friday, November 21st at Margaretville’s Longyear Gallery. This is Longyear’s fifteenth invitational show and will feature exhibitions of the work of 71 of Longyear Gallery members’ favorite guest…

  • Longyear Gallery Holiday Invitational Exhibit

    Holiday Invitational Exhibit Plus Members’ Group Show Friday November 21, 2025 – Sunday January 4, 2026 Opening reception: Saturday, November 22 from 3 – 5pm  Longyear Gallery has a yearly tradition of artists choosing artists for this show.  It is one of the gallery’s favorite shows and we are excited to bring new artists into our…