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Updated: October 7, 2009, 1:44 pm	Share    Print    Email

Sustainable future to be discussed on Friday, Oct. 9. Image courtesy of Southampton Town government

Southampton - Stony Brook Southampton's Avram Gallery will present an interesting exhibit and discussion - "Southampton: Setting the Agenda for a Sustainable Future" - with a special reception at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 9. For further information, contact 631-632-5161.

For this exhibit, the Avram Gallery is focusing on the Southampton community and current conditions; particularly specifics of the physical place, history and current use patterns. Each map shows some aspect that affects sustainability. The maps are intended to raise questions.

Audience members will be asked to consider what a sustainable future for Southampton means to them.

About The Gallery
The Avram Gallery is an integral part of the unique education offered at Stony Brook Southampton.

The gallery exists to establish a cultural sense of place, explore concepts of environmental awareness and visually celebrate literature. Quarterly exhibits highlight nationally recognized work.

The gallery features more than 1,000 square feet of 21st century exhibit space and is an intimate setting where artists and art lovers regularly interact, both directly and through the inviting world-class-level displays the gallery offers.

The Avram Gallery reopened in Fall 2008 with an exhibit and presentation by renowned Broadway artist James McMullan and continued in 2009 with Richard Mayhew, considered one of the greatest living landscape painters, and Milton Glaser, famed graphic artist.