Wet Paint Festival is coming soon!

Wet Paint Festival is coming soon!

​There is a Wet Paint Festival this Saturday and Sunday. I received a document containing relevant information from a gallery representative. It contains detailed information such as how to check in, schedule, and parking.
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​MAP OF LOCATION: We will pass out a map of the Tyler Homestead and
surrounding area at registration on the day of the event. In addition to the
Tyler Homestead property, please feel free to paint in the Frank Melville
Park, at Patriot’s Rock, Caroline Church, Emma Clark Library and the
surrounding historic Setauket Main Street area.

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The Tyler Homestead

​This home is one of the finest examples of a historic American farmhouse in the area. The home served as a functional living space for the Smith, Swift, and Tyler families for over 250 years.

The main front part of the house was built in the mid-1700s, and the original house had two rooms on the first floor, with a central chimney serving both rooms, and three bedrooms on the second floor.

In 1878 a dining room and two bedrooms were added to the house. In the late 19th century, summer kitchens were built separately from the house, and eventually attached to the back of the house in the early 20th century.

The first occupants of the house were Amos Smith and his wife Juliana Hawkins.

https://www.threevillagecommunitytrust.org/tyler-homestead/

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​Actually, there are many houses that look like this in this neighborhood. I think it is important to capture and depict the beauty, history, and meaning of this seemingly ordinary old house.

Frank Melville Memorial Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Melville_Memorial_Park#/media/File:Setauketmillpond.JPG

​Frank Melville Memorial Park is a privately operated, publicly accessible park surrounding Melville Mill Pond in Setauket, New York. It was dedicated in 1937 to honor Frank Melville Jr., father of local philanthropist Ward Melville.

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Patriots Rock

https://www.threevillagecommunitytrust.org/patriots-rock-historic-site/

​Geologically speaking, Patriots Rock is a truly irregular rock formation. It is a large rock not commonly found in the surrounding area. It is believed that these rocks were pushed here by glacial movements during the last ice age. Similar irregularities can be found in the Three Villages and throughout Long Island's north coast, but few are as large as Patriots Rock.

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​CAROLINE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

https://www.episcopalassetmap.org/dioceses/diocese-long-island/list/caroline-church-brookhaven

​Caroline Episcopal Church was organized in 1723 as "Christ Church" and by 1729 the building was erected. The edifice has been used for worship by the Setauket congregation continuously since then. Caroline Church is rich in history, including a Revolutionary War skirmish in 1777. 

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​Emma S. Clark Memorial Library is Suffolk County's oldest public library in terms of continuous community service from its original location. The Library's collection of books, periodicals, audio, video, and software products totals over 200,000 items and serves a population of over 48,000.

​This festival is a great opportunity for local artists to paint beautiful traces of the region's historical stories and present them to the public. After participating in this contest, I will post a separate review of my participation.

​https://gallerynorth.org/pages/wet-paint-festival-artists