Alice Austen House Events

Events Calendar
March 1, 2006	“Alice Austen: Art of the Game” In honor of Austen's 140th birthday and of women's history month, this exhibit will focus on Austen's many and varied sports activities. Including, but no limited to, sailing, biking, gymnastics, tennis, and biking.
November 27	ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE MUSEUM HOLIDAY FAIR Sunday, November 27, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Avoid the crowds at the Mall and do your Holiday shopping in our picturesque Victorian Cottage, where you will find: Handmade Bears, Decorations & Dolls Homemade Chocolate, Cookies & Breads Ornaments, Christmas Stockings & Swags Tree Skirts & Wreaths Gift Baskets, Linens, and so much more Parking is available in the ICP lot at Clifton and Edgewater Street For more information and directions, please call Jean at 718 816 4506 x 12
Exhibit Opens October 20 5-8 pm All Welcome	FAMILY DEFINED: An aesthetic collaboration among Alice Austen, John Naughton, Tri Huu Luu, and the public. Throughout her life, Alice Austen lived in what is sometimes referred to as a nontraditional family. Before her first birthday, Alice's father abandoned her and mother and the two of them moved into Clear Comfort, the Alice Austen House. There Alice grew up in a large extended family that consisted of, besides her mother, her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and maids. As she grew older her family changed from the one she was born into to one consisting of close friends. In 1917, when Austen was 51, Gertrude Tate moved into Clear Comfort and the two formed a long lasting relationship. We know this, not because Austen wrote it down, but because she photographed it. Her images tell who her family was. In addition to Austen, Tri Huu Luu and John Naughton will exhibit photographs of other non-conventional families. Luu has spent years photographing Buddhist monks throughout Asia, young men who leave their traditional families to create new ones in monasteries. Naughton has devoted much time to orphans in Pittsburgh. Young children, living in foster homes, waiting to be adopted, waiting to find and create their families. To ensure the success of this exhibit and to ensure that we are able to define the family, we ask all of you to contribute. Please bring photos of your family to the Austen House and we will include as many as possible in the exhibit. Is your family your spouse, child, parent, lover, friend? Is your cat your family? Tell us, or more precisely, show us. This exhibition has been made possible by a generous grant from the Council of the Art and Humanities on Staten Island

The Alice Austen house is located at
2 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10305.
Museum hours Thursday-Sunday 12-5.

For more information regarding the exhibitions contact the executive director, G. Carl Rutberg at 718 816-4506 x12.