Great Neck Library Art Exhibit: Manhasset Art Association

Stop by the Main Library through the month of October to see their wonderful works created by the members of the Manhasset Art Association, and join us for an Art Reception with Juried Show on October 4 from 2 – 4 pm.

About MAA: In 1948, a small group of Manhasset artists were invited to meet at the home of Helen Jennings, who had a dream of organizing a workshop where artists could work together to develop their talents, exchange ideas, and foster a greater appreciation and advancement of the arts in the community. In 1949, a constitution was adopted, and Helen was elected president. Today the MAA still offers workshops with a live model and 2-3 major art exhibits each year in local libraries and galleries. It is the spirit of cooperation which makes them successful and has brought them to their 77th anniversary.

 About the Judge: Professor Thomas Germano received his Associate’s Degree in Art from Nassau Community College in 1983. He then went on to study painting and art history at Cornell University earning his bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in 1985. After building a portfolio and working in the field for two years, he received a scholarship to Yale University to study painting with William Bailey and Bernard Chaet at the Yale School of Art. He received his MFA with a concentration in painting in 1989. Germano has exhibited his art throughout the United States and abroad and his work is in numerous public and private collections: Arthur Andersen International Headquarters, St. Paul, IL, Brown and Forman, Louisville, KY, American Postal Workers Union in Washington D.C. and the George Meany Center, Silver Springs, Maryland. He has taught classes at Long Island University, Nassau Community College, Suffolk Community College, the New York Academy of Art. He currently teaches painting, drawing and art history at the State University of New York at Farmingdale.