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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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  • Sheila McManus’ “Colors of the Year”

    by Lynn Woods “Colors of the Year,” the current solo show of Longyear member Sheila McManus, consists of a series of abstract acrylic gouache paintings whose exquisite color harmonies of multiple squares arranged within a grid suggest careful premeditated planning. In fact, chance played a major role in the creation of each piece, from the…

  • SHEILA McMANUS’S “COLORS OF THE YEAR” & LONGYEAR MEMBERS’ GROUP SHOW

    FRIDAY, OCTOBER  16th – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15th, 2026 OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th from 3-5 p.m. Longyear Gallery of Margaretville is pleased to announce the opening of two new concurrent exhibitions, featured artist Sheila McManus’s solo show “Colors of the Year” and a Longyear Members’ Group Show. Opening on Friday, October 16th, these exhibitions will…

  • FRANK MANZO MEMORIAL & CENA POHL CRANE NEW MEMBER INTRO EXHIBITIONS

    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER  11th – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 2026 *** OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th from 3-5 p.m.CLOSING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th from 3-5 p.m. Longyear Gallery of Margaretville is pleased to announce the opening of three new concurrent exhibitions, Frank Manzo Memorial Exhibition, honoring late Longyear Gallery member Frank Manzo; Cena Pohl Crane New Member…

  • Deborah Ruggerio’s “Time as a Canvas” Show of Landscapes

    by Lynn Woods Stepping into Longyear Gallery, the first painting that catches your eye is Deborah Ruggerio’s Sunny Brook Farm Standing Alone, part of her solo show entitled “Time as a Canvas.” Painted in oil on two pieces of barn wood, the work depicts an abandoned barn, gaps showing through its weathered gray vertical planking,…

  • Anthony Margiotta’s “More Controlled Hallucinations” & Deborah Ruggerio’s “Time as a Canvas” 

    Longyear Gallery of Margaretville is pleased to announce the opening of two new concurrent featured artist solo exhibitions, Anthony Margiotta’s “More Controlled Hallucinations” and Deborah Ruggerio’s “Time as a Canvas,” accompanied by a Longyear Members’ Group Show. Opening on Friday, August 7th, these exhibitions will run through Sunday, September 6th The ink and gouache pieces…

  • Alan Powells’ Life-Size Termite Garden and Irina Grinevitsky’s Romantic Playgrounds

    by Lynn Woods The solo show of Longyear member Alan Powell, which runs this month through August 2, as does the solo exhibition of fellow member Irina Grinevitsky, is unusual in that it is a sculptural installation. The star of the show is an assemblage of several figurative sculptures crafted of deer skulls, cement, pipes,…

  • LONGYEAR GALLERY: IRINA GRINEVITSKY’S “PLAYGROUND”  and ALAN POWELL’S “KIKI AND THE TERMITES”

    FRIDAY, JULY 3rd – SUNDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 2026 OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, JULY 4th from 3-5 p.m. Longyear Gallery of Margaretville is pleased to announce the opening of two new concurrent featured artist solo exhibitions, Irina Grinevitsky’s “Playground” and Alan Powell’s “Kiki and the Termites,” accompanied by a Longyear Members’ Group Show. Opening on Friday, July…

  • Lesley A. Powell’s “Jux Ta Position” and Neil Driscoll’s “57 New Paintings”

    by Lynn Woods As a New York City-based Pilates teacher and former dancer and choreographer, Lesley A. Powell has a deep connection with the movement of the body. In 2016, after establishing a large studio in the attic of the Victorian house in Fleischmanns she shares with her brother and fellow Longyear Gallery member, Alan…

  • LONGYEAR GALLERY: Neil Driscoll, Lesley A. Powell and Members’ Show 5/29-6/28/26

    NEIL DRISCOLL’S “57 NEW PAINTINGS”  and LESLEY A. POWELL’S “JUX TA POSITION”LONGYEAR GALLERY, MAY 29th – JUNE 28th, 2026OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, MAY 30th from 3-5 p.m. Longyear Gallery of Margaretville is pleased to announce the opening of two new concurrent featured artist solo exhibitions, Neil Driscoll’s “57 New Paintings” and Lesley A. Powell’s “Jux Ta…

  • Marcia Clark Paints the Edge of the World

    by Lynn Woods “Travel As Muse,” a group show of paintings and drawings currently on view at High Falls’ Wired Gallery, grew out of the art  tours gallery owner Sevan Melikyan has been conducting since 2018. On the last trip he organized to Istanbul three participants who happened to be artists shared their sketches with…