Kyle Blumenthal of Stony Brook is a painter as well as an artisan who creates hand painted silk scarves, which will be on display during June, 2022, at the Reboli Center for Art and History. In addition, she has several paintings in the Reboli Center’s exhibition, BLOOM. Kyle is an experienced and New York State licensed Art Education specialist. She studied Illustration and Advertising at the High School of Art and Design. Kyle holds a BFA in Painting and Art Education from Pratt Institute, and a MA and MFA in Painting from Long Island University. She has served as part of the Art/Art History faculty at Empire State College and was recognized for her artistic achievements in 2010, when New York Foundation for the Arts named her a Mark Fellow.
Currently, Kyle teaches painting at the National Art League and leads a portfolio program (which she created) at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York. Her work has been written about in Arts Magazine, Newsday, The New York Times and Art News. Kyle simultaneously works in many disciplines. Primarily painting with oil on canvas she has also worked as a Designer of Theatrical Installations for dance. She incorporates the ethereal superimposed upon the material as a concept she strives to convey in her work. Kyle cultivates a large flower garden at her home, which supplies inspiration and resource for her creative works.
Kyle has exhibited her work at such venues as the Harkness House Gallery, Museum of American Illustration, and the Kean Mason Gallery in Manhattan, The Long Island Museum, Islip Art Museum, Guild Hall and Staller Center on Long Island, and Sodarco Gallery in Montreal.
According to Kyle, “I am honored to have been selected as The Reboli Center’s June Artisan [of 2022]. As an artist living in Stony Brook for many years, I feel this brings that sense of community which is important to me. I remember Joseph Reboli picking up frames from the Setauket frame shop as I was also there at the same time getting tips on how to make my own frames. I remember that his were custom ordered and it was the latest framing for oil paintings. Once again it is the kindness extended to artists and the community that carries on.”
Lois Reboli, a founder and president of the Reboli Center said, “Kyle’s work is exquisite and her scarves are just beautiful. Her silk scarves are very popular in our design shop so we are very happy to have her as our June Artisan.”