Bricks and Steel Closing Reception
March 15th, 2024 | 6pm - 8pm
Joseph Reboli
Join us at The Reboli Center for Art & History on March 15th, 2024 from 6pm - 8pm for a closing reception for BRICKS AND STEEL! Light refreshments will be served for your enjoyment. As always, our Third Friday events are free to attend and open for public enjoyment. This particular Third Friday event will be standing room only. Doors will open no earlier than 5:45pm.
About the Artists of Bricks and Steel:
Joseph Reboli:
Joseph Reboli was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and began painting in his childhood. As early as junior high school, his aunt, Anna Reboli, would arrange for his art to be shown at the bank in Stony Brook where she worked, and quietly bought everything.
He attended the Paier School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut from 1964 to 1967, where he was instructed by American realist Ken Davies. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the Army Exhibit Unit in Alexandria, Virginia, until his release in 1969.
Reboli had his first solo exhibition in 1971 at Gallery North in Setauket. In 1977, he met George Henoch Shechtman, owner of the Christopher Gallery on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, where Reboli's work would come to be exhibited regularly. Through the 1980s and '90s Shechtman continued to represent Reboli at Gallery Henoch in SoHo. Into the 2000s, Reboli continued to hold solo exhibits at Gallery North, the first gallery to show his work; and inspired the Joseph Reboli Wet Paint Festival, a plein air painting event held by the not-for-profit gallery annually. Overall, his work has been the subject of five museum exhibitions, over 20 solo exhibitions, and numerous group shows, as well as collected by both private collectors throughout America and Europe and corporate clients.
In 1998, the Museums at Stony Brook held an exhibit titled Joseph Reboli Retrospective, consisting of 55 works gathered from across the nation, spanning his thirty-year career. The exhibition was accompanied by the hardcover book Joseph Reboli, an 84-page book published by the museum, comprising an essay by museum President Deborah J. Johnson, an exhibition record, and fifty color plates of Reboli's paintings.
In 1999, the White House Historical Association held an exhibit titled White House Impressions: The President's House Through the Eye of the Artist at the While House Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., featured the work of 14 prominent artists, including Joseph Reboli, who represented one of the 13 original states: New York. He was invited to document his personal impression of the White House in honor of the 200th anniversary of the White House. Reboli's painting for the exhibit was reproduced in a commemorative calendar for the year 2000 for the White House.
On June 4, 2004, Joseph Reboli died of lung cancer in Setauket, New York. He was 58 years old. He left behind four daughters, Jenna Reboli, Anna Reboli, Kathryn Strecker and Kathryn Reboli.
Neill Slaughter:
Artist Neill Slaughter graduated with a B.F.A. degree in 1975 from the University of Georgia and received his M.F.A. in 1978 from Indiana University in Bloomington. From 1978 to the present Professor Slaughter has been teaching fine arts courses at the university level as well as exhibiting his drawings and paintings nationally and internationally. He began his teaching career in Philadelphia at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, before moving to St. Cloud University in Minnesota, where upon he was sent to inaugurate their study abroad program at Alnwick Castle in 1981-82 in Northumberland, England. Upon his return to the United States, he relocated to California in 1983 to teach for California State University and in 1987 moved to Loyola Marymount University, where he again was sent abroad to teach at the University of Kent in Canterbury England in 1989.
In 1993, Professor Slaughter moved to Southampton NY to begin teaching for Long Island University. Slaughter, a tenured full professor, resides in Southampton, NY and New York City.
During his 38 years of teaching, Professor Slaughter has spent a considerable amount of time traveling throughout the world to teach, conduct research and create art. His extensive travels have influenced what he paints, which often reflect the social conditions of his surroundings. Among the awards and honors Professor Slaughter has received are a Ford Foundation Fellowship (1977-78), a Scottish Arts Council Grant (1980), an LMU Research Grant to Africa (1988) and a Fulbright Fellowship to India (1992). More recently, Professor Slaughter was the 2003 Long Island University recipient of the David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Neill Slaughter has had 30 solo exhibits of his drawings and paintings since 1978 and participated in more than 80 national and international group exhibitions. His art has been reviewed by leading newspapers as well as magazines, and his work is in public and private collections throughout the world.
Education
1976-1978, Indiana University M.F.A. Drawing and Painting
1970-1975, University of Georgia B.F.A. Cum Laude, Liberal Arts with emphasis on drawing, painting and art history
About the Curator of the History of Mary L. Booth
Tricia Foley
Tricia Foley, principal of Tricia Foley Design in New York, specializes in all aspects of home design and restoration. Known for her simple, classic style, her work includes residential design, magazine editorial, book publishing and branding, She is now putting this experience to work on historic preservation projects in exhibition design and 19th century house restoration. She is the Director of the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society, on the Curatorial Committee of Preservation Long Island and on the Board of Trustees of the Yaphank Historical Society.
Clients have included The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Gettysburg Foundation, The American Folk Art Museum, Wedgwood, Ralph Lauren Home, Waterworks, Target, Bloomingdale's and Macy's Home Stores.
She has authored 12 design/lifestyle books, from Having Tea and Williamsburg Style to At Home with Wedgwood: The Art of the Table. A former magazine editor, her work has been featured nationally and internationally in magazines such as House Beautiful, Country Home, Victoria, Elle Décor, Southern Accents, Architectural Digest, Martha Stewart Living, The New York Times, House & Garden UK, Country Homes & Gardens UK, Elle Decoration Italy, and Skona Hem Sweden. Television appearances have included HGTV, The Discovery Channel, and Fine Living.
The restoration of her 1820's farmhouse on Long Island was the subject of her book, Life/Style: Elegant Simplicity at Home. Her book, Mary L. Booth: The Story of an Extraordinary 19th-Century Woman, an illustrated biography of this editor/historian/suffragist/abolitionist was published in January 2019. Her most recent book, A Summer Place: Living by the Sea, about style setters’ homes in the Bellport area, was published by Rizzoli in spring 2021. A sequel called A Summer Place: Entertaining by the Sea is in the works for publication in spring 2023.