August 9, 16, 23, 30 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Domesticities & The Cutting Garden 4055 State Rte 52, Youngsville, NY, United States
Artists are invited to spend August Sundays in the Garden, using it as a source of inspiration. Come for an hour, or stay all day!
RSVP requested 845 482 3333
An exhibit of photographs by Maureen Neville premieres July 3rd
Photographer Maureen Neville will present an exhibit of her photographs at Domesticities from July 3rd through August 3rd with an opening reception on July 11th from 2 – 5 pm.
Drawn to the sea from an early age, Maureen spends a significant amount of time by the ocean. Her show will feature photos taken from her time spent on Block Island (Rhode Island) this past February. Maureen weathered the infamous blizzard of 2026 in a house right on the water. When she finally shoveled herself out, she stepped outside to a fairy tale world full of inspiration. About her work, Maureen states, “Solitude is important to me and an inspiration for photography. I find myself drawn to places with an absence of crowds, particularly near the water. Riparian by nature, I can be happy near an ocean, lake, river, or pond. Simple quiet moments are often the most powerful, with just me and my camera. A quiet exuberance.”
The images in this exhibit also convey Maureen’s deep love for the bucolic setting just outside her own door. Her house is directly across from a farm pasture and a few miles from the Delaware River. Her love of photography began in Key West, where she lived for over twenty years. While in Key West, Maureen studied photography briefly but put her camera aside for many years. She finally picked up her camera again with a more serious focus about 10 years ago.
The Gallery at Domesticities in Youngsville, NY announces a solo exhibit by the painter Marjorie Morrow in June with an opening reception on Saturday, June 6, 2-4 pm. The Abstracted Landscape—From the Vault presents a selection of her colorful impressions of the Catskill landscape and explores how an abstract artist can interpret the environment. The exhibit will run until June 29th.
“My paintings are gestural interpretations of what I see and feel in my environment. While my work is abstract, it is inspired by many sources including, of course, the natural landscape as a reference for movement, line, and color. The element of chance is important to my process to foster spontaneity and surprise. And color is key!”
Morrow’s studio view includes a cornfield and a long look back to the hills of the Beechwoods with its seasonal variations. Her titles are significant to her and add a poetic element to the work: “Hay Day in the Hayfield”, “Airy April”, “Threshold of Fall”. Moments of weather and atmospheric changes are captured in “Fog on Sunday”, “…a Grapy Dusk”, “Dappled Glade”.
Marjorie Morrow is an abstract painter in NY’s Upper Delaware River Valley, relocating her studio there permanently in 2018 after fifty years in Manhattan. She has exhibited her paintings and prints since 1968.
Local author Mike Vreeland will share excerpts from his middle-grade novel, Dumpster Man, at Domesticities and the Cutting Garden in Youngsville on Sunday, April 19th, 2-4 pm. The event will include readings, activities, music, refreshments, Q & A, and book signings.
Dumpster Man tells the story of 12-year-old Trent Hartwood, who rescues a frightened kitten from a dumpster. The putrid sludge inside transforms him into a smelly, slime-covered superhero with superhuman strength. Before he can come up with a good superhero name, someone calls the slimy figure “Dumpster Man,” and, unfortunately, the name sticks. That doesn’t stop him from saving people and catching criminals in the city of Middleton—though he would be mortified if anyone knew Dumpster Man’s identity.