The office of BAFFA and the art gallery share
space in the historic Gillette House in Sayville at 47 Gillette
Avenue just south of Main Street, Montauk Highway. The art
gallery is located in two rooms with a separate entrance on the
south side of the building. BAFFA has hosted juried high school
invitational exhibits for a number of years each spring at which
time the recipient of the Jacqueline C. Palmer Art Award for a
graduating senior is chosen. BAFFA also has sponsored many
individual and multi-artist shows featuring local artists.
The Gillette House was built by Capt. Charles Z. Gillette for his
wife, Phoebe Edwards and family, after his maritime days at the
end of he Civil War. In partnership, he ran the local mercantile,
served as postmaster of Sayville and was elected as Town of Islip
Supervisor for eight years. In 1905, Captain Gillette was
instrumental in having Gillette Avenue dedicated, paving the way
for electric lighting. “…charitable and with a good word for
everyone, this gentleman of the old school was beloved by the
whole village.” (6/8/06 Suffolk County News).
Having bequeathed the family homestead to his daughter, Ida, who
preserved his community interest, the Gillette House and
property, was gifted in 1944 to the Town of Islip for park
purposes, giving Sayville its second park. Today the Gillette
House and Park house not only the BAFFA Art Gallery, but the
Village Improvement Society, the Wet Paints Studio Group, the
Sayville Pantry, as well as the Boy and Girl Scouts, and the
Little League. The old carriage house (on Collins) is used by the
Sayville Cabinet for the Sick. Rotary Park (between Gillette and
Candee Avenue), along with Gillette Park is the site of the
Sayville Summer Festival. |
January 9-31, 2012~ Quilt Show and quilting classes Mondays and Wednesdays 10 - 1, any skill level, BAFFA Art Gallery
February 10-19, 2012~ Women Sharing Art, "Little Bites", Reception & Student Scholarship Fundraiser, Saturday, February 11, 5-8 PM, BAFFA Art Gallery
March 10-11, 2012 ~ Elementary School Exhibit, BAFFA Art Gallery
March 24-25, 2012 ~ Middle School Exhibit, BAFFA Art Gallery
April 22-29, 2012 ~ High School Invitational, BAFFA Art Gallery
May 5-20, 2012 ~ Glass Creations, "The Cutting Edge: Glass Creations Strip by Strip", BAFFA Art Gallery
June 2-10, 2012 ~ Sharon Way-Howard, "Oh, the Places I've Been" oil, pastel, watercolor, BAFFA Art Gallery
December 10 - 11, 12-4 pm ~ PALS (Plein Air Limner Artists), "A Brush of Long Island" BAFFA Art Gallery, reception December 11, 2011.
November 5-27, 2011 - "Floral Harvest" an exhibit by the Bell Street Artists, Reception November 13, 1-4 pm BAFFA Art Gallery
October 20, 2011 - An Evening with Adel Gorgy proudly presented by Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts (BAFFA) and Women Sharing Art.
October 1 thru October 23, 2011 - "Rhythms…Winter to Fall and Other Works" by Adel Gorgy, an exhibit of photographic art, BAFFA Art Gallery
September 24 & 25, 2011- "Friends in Art" BAFFA Art Gallery
September 10-11 & 17-18, 2011~ “The Spirit of the Brush” featuring the Sumi-e artwork of Pola Lanzaro and her students. BAFFA Art Gallery.
* denotes artists’ reception |
