The Art Alcove
Located in the lobby of the Freeport Recreation Center, where 3,000 - 5,000 visitors walk through every month, our Art Alcove allows artists of all types to show their work for 1-2 months at a time. Check out both historical exhibits and upcoming ones below, and please support the artists who show in our gallery.
February 2026
Marcia Odle-McNair
An artist, author, and educator, Marcia Odlee-McNail has exhibited work throughout NYC and across the US. Her artwork reflects a contemporary approach to present the interactions of colors, nature, and geometry in an abstract format.
December 2025 - January 2026
Arti Grover
A long-term resident of Freeport, known to many of the community, Arti's carvings, sculpture, and figurative work is featured for the first time publicly at nearly 94 years old. Arti studied fine art at Syracuse, and after marrying Al Grover in 1953, she was involved in his business. She never stopped doing art, sculpting her family, friends, professional models, and using her imagination.
September 2025
Jefte Valle
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Jefte Valle exhibited his watercolor art, which he discovered in retirement! His work, which has already been exhibited in art spaces in Brooklyn and Manhattan, shares his Puerto Rican heritage and youth in Brooklyn. He is an instructor as well. Find out more about him and view his works by visiting him on Instagram at @valleson, or on his website, JefteValle.com.
April 2025
Jeffrey Herschenhous
Jeffrey Herschenhous is a Long Island-based wood sculptor. His sculptures reflect his appreciation of organic forms and a desire to reduce objects to their simplest formation.
March 2025
Kim Taylor
Kim Taylor is a self-taught textile artist, Speech-Language Pathologist, and administrator at a local school for the Deaf. Her acclaimed story quilts have been on exhibit at the African American Museum in Hempstead New York, a local Mayor’s office and many other venues.
February 2025
Anthony Barboza
Anthony Barboza is a world-renowned African American photographer and historian who is an equally gifted artist, painter and writer.
