North Fork Arts Projects

"No Timer, No Countdown" Ulysses Duterte January 2023 Artist’s Statement  With this series, I wanted to show the world the feelings and thoughts of Filipinos living in America. In each picture I draw, I let the viewer discern the thoughts and emotions of these hardworking individuals—most are living in the U.S., away from their families and relatives in the Philippines. Also, there’s been a belief in some quarters that abstract expressionists cannot draw. Well, that’s not always true! In fact, before I became one, I was a social realist. The drawings of “No Timer, No Countdown” reflect how I grew up drawing the barong-barongs and ways of life in the Philippines. Jose Joya and Gus Albor were two well-known Filipino abstract expressionists who encouraged my painting. Both denied the notion that abstract expressionists cannot draw! As for the orange line in my drawings, they represent truth in the sense that whatever the viewer’s interpretation of my subject, that’s the TRUTH! I...

  TRIANGLE OF STRENGTH A conceptual and installation project by and featuring Anne Murray February 2023 The Refugee's Art Gallery is pleased to exhibit an installation formed from remnants of fabric that artist  Anne Murray  had hand sewn into bags. Anne is a poet-artist who creates installations, social projects and interactive participatory collections. Beginning in 2020, during the Covid pandemic, she had created bags for the homeless in Budapest where Anne currently lives. As of March 2022 with Russia's invasion of the Ukraine, Anne created bags for Ukrainian refugees. The bags are only part of Anne's volunteering efforts. She also helped feed the refugees, provide school supplies for children, assisted in finding housing and medical help, and offered moral support for hundreds of people who arrived to Budapest from Ukraine, both Ukrainians and foreign nationals who were residing in Ukraine for work and university studies. A Hungarian man who describes himself as of H...