National Lighthouse Museum

Newark Bay Tour with 9/11 Tribute
2023-09-10 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Newark Bay Tour with 9/11 Tribute
Sunday, September 10th • 11am-2pm
FERRY DIRECTIONS:
DO NOT GO TO THE NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM. The “Fast Ferry” pier is located on the water, by the 1 Bay Street general area which includes the St. George Ferry Terminal and the Empire Outlets. The “Fast Ferry” pier does not have its own address. Google Maps will take you to the general area to find parking either at the Empire Outlets or St. George Ferry Terminal. Please refer to our walking map to find the pier: https://lighthousemuseum.org/boat-tours/ The pier is located at the end of Wall Street behind the Ferry Hawks Stadium. You cannot park at the “Fast Ferry” pier, but you can drop people off at the end of Wall Street. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO PLAN FOR PARKING AND WALKING TO FAST FERRY. Call the National Lighthouse Museum prior to Boat Tour to ask for further explanation if need be.
This exciting tour of Newark Bay, the city of Newark, Bayonne and Jersey City also includes up close visits to four famous memorials that pay solemn tribute to the victims of 9/11: the city of Bayonne’s “Tear Drop Memorial” the two giant waterfall memorials that comprise the footprints of the World Trade Center, St. George, Staten Island’s strikingly dramatic and soaringly wing-like tribute to the 274 Staten Island victims who lost their lives on 9/11 entitled: “Postcards,” designed by noted New York architect Masayuki Sono, and the beautiful “Empty Sky Memorial” located next to Jersey City’s famed Central Railroad Terminal at Liberty State Park designed by Jessica Jamroz and Frederick Schwartz.
In 1928, at its economic and cultural zenith, Newark, New Jersey stood proudly as America’s fourth wealthiest city. By this time, Newark, had produced a dazzling array of achievements few cities could rival: an advanced transportation infrastructure including a subway, America’s first commercial airport, a massive and flourishing iron and steel industry, one of America’s greatest concentrations of beer brewing, nationally recognized retail stores, and a wide range of commercial, civic and cultural accomplishments – all of which catapulted New Jersey’s most populous city to the forefront of American urban life.
Although the city has lost a significant degree of its spectacular economic luster in the present day, Newark’s incredible legacy of economic success and civic achievement is being re-energized, and, at present, the city adjoining Newark Bay and the Passaic River has been experiencing an impressive degree of economic resurgence, one spearheaded by its vital and ever expanding container port industry, the most extensive and important port facilities to be found along the Atlantic coast of the US.
Our tour highlights noted projects and sites of historic economic importance while also introducing us to specific container companies that are engaging new technologies that account for the rapid and tremendous success of this industry.
We further highlight impressive manufacturing, cultural, recreational and housing developments that are emerging all along Newark Bay the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers.
As we pull away from Fast Ferry Terminal between Empire Outlets and Ferry Hawks Ballpark, we describe in detail the “Postcards” Memorial. We then sail up close and personal to Robbins Reef Lighthouse where we learn about the life and career of one of NYC’s legendary Keepers, Kate Walker and the history of this famous NYC Lighthouse.
From the Kill Van Kull, we sail even closer to Zurab Tsereteli’s famed and powerful ten story tall sculpture, “The Tear Drop Memorial” located at Bayonne’s Military Ocean/Cruise Terminal. It was donated by Russia under Vladimir Putin in 2005 to commemorate victims of the 9/11 attacks and the destruction of New York City’s World Trade Center.
From Bergen Point, where a major railroad bridge and the Bergen Point lighthouse once stood as symbolic gateways to Newark Bay, we describe the history of both structures, then head northwards past the Robbins Reef Yacht Club and Union Park, up Newark Bay, past the rapidly expanding giant container facilities of Port Elizabeth and Port Newark, under the iconic Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge that connects Bayonne with Newark, the beautiful Newark Bay (Vincent R. Casciano Bridge) and Kearny Point, which, today, much like the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has been converted into a dynamic center of commercial and manufacturing. Our tour also traces the history and vital role played by the popular Portuguese dominated Ironbound section, which, in the present day, has helped to animate Newark’s current economic and cultural revival.
This tour includes an up close examination of the cities of Newark, Bayonne and Jersey City as well as the history of Liberty Island that once comprised a part of the Oyster Islands.
Since its installation in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, has not only served as a glorious symbol of liberty and friendship with France, but as a fort, a prison, a notorious public gallows, and, as a lighthouse on behalf of the US Lighthouse Service.
Our tour will be conducted by Wade R. Goria, historian, author, and former professor of International Relations at New York University. He is the principal lecturer for all NLM boat tours.
*Combo Ticket Available: $75 for adults/$50 for children.
Includes Boat Tour, National Lighthouse Museum admission and SI Ferry Hawks 4:00 pm Baseball Game.
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Fig Fest 2023
2023-09-17 14:00 - 18:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Entertainment • Food • Vendors
A Fig King will be Crowned!
All invited to enter Fig King Contest with Fig or Fig Food Entries.
Participants must check into Judging Area.
Registration closes at 3pm. Winner announced at 4pm.
$5.00 Suggested Donation
Plus Free Entry into the National Lighthouse Museum!
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Lighthouse Point Fest 2023
2023-10-01 12:00 - 18:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Celebrating Our Maritime History
Lighthouses are worldwide!
A lighthouse has the power to bring people together.
Children’s Activities • Entertainment • Ethnic Food • Lighthouse Parade Contest
$5.00 Suggested Donation
Plus Free Entry into the National Lighthouse Museum!
Sponsored by:
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Council Members Kamillah Hanks & David Carr

First Friday at NLM: Spooky Season Kick Off
2023-10-06 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Paint a pumpkin, sip some cider and witness the return of Gladys!

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter Author Talk & Book Signing
2023-10-15 14:00 - 15:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Born in 1842, Ida Lewis assumed the keeping of Lime Rock Light in Newport, RI at the tender age of 15. Set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil and progress, including the Civil War and the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Ida’s seemingly unexceptional life took a drastic turn when the world discovered that she’d been silently saving the lives of countless sailors.
Fame took her in hand and, overnight, she became an international sensation. Something she neither wanted nor got accustomed to. THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER was originally published under the title KEEPER OF LIME ROCK two decades ago.
It has been in continuous publication ever since and is currently under the imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. Filmmaker Nico Raineau has adapted a screenplay based on Skomal’s book, to be produced as a major motion picture.
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Open House New York Free Weekend
2023-10-20 - 2023-10-22 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Welcome to our largest OHNY Weekend lineup ever. All 100% free! The majority of Weekend experiences are Open Access—no tickets required. Stop by the National Lighthouse Museum for FREE!
Learn more at https://ohny.org/

SOLD OUT! Ghosts, Murder and Mayhem Along the Hudson River
2023-10-28 11:00 - 14:00 | NY
Ghosts, Murder and Mayhem Along the Hudson River
Saturday, October 28th • 11am-2pm
FERRY DIRECTIONS:
DO NOT GO TO THE NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM. The “Fast Ferry” pier is located on the water, by the 1 Bay Street general area which includes the St. George Ferry Terminal and the Empire Outlets. The “Fast Ferry” pier does not have its own address. Google Maps will take you to the general area to find parking either at the Empire Outlets or St. George Ferry Terminal. Please refer to our walking map to find the pier: https://lighthousemuseum.org/boat-tours/ The pier is located at the end of Wall Street behind the Ferry Hawks Stadium. You cannot park at the “Fast Ferry” pier, but you can drop people off at the end of Wall Street. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO PLAN FOR PARKING AND WALKING TO FAST FERRY. Call the National Lighthouse Museum prior to Boat Tour to ask for further explanation if need be.
Join us, if you dare….on a memorable Halloween maritime tour and discover macabre, often terrifying tales of murder, mayhem and piracy associated with the history of the mighty Hudson River.
Immerse yourself in the Halloween spirit and dress in your favorite costume. Enjoy an eerie and haunting look at maritime madness as we journey up the Hudson past the Little Red Lighthouse to the famed Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse exploring key sights and the origin of legends and tales that would establish for Irving his reputation as America’s premiere writer.
Boat Tour: $60 for adults/ $40 for children.

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First Fridays at NLM
2023-11-03 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Lighthouse Bingo Night

NJ Model Ship Club
2023-11-11 11:00 - 15:00 | NY
Demonstrations & Displays

Museum Store Sunday - Holiday Market
2023-11-26 11:00 - 16:00 | NY
Join us for Museum Store Sunday. We will be having a Holiday Market, hot chocolate and refreshments, and a visit from Santa!

Tracy Blom Book Reading & Kids Craft
2023-11-26 11:00 - 16:00 | NY
Join Tracy for storytimes at 12pm and 2pm. A lighthouse-themed, upcycled craft is available for kids all day!

9 Hole Holiday Golf Outing
2023-12-01 11:30 - 16:30 | South Shore Golf Course, 200 Huguenot Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10314, United States
11:30am Kick Off
Bagels, Donuts & Coffee
12:30pm Tee Off
Raffles, Best Ball Scramble, 50/50 Raffles
Longest Drive, Closest to Pin, Straightest Drive,
Lowest Score Prizes
All You Can Eat and Drink
BBQ Lunch with Hot Dogs, Hamburgers,
Chicken, Hot Chocolate, Coffee and Open Bar.
$100.00 Per Golfer
$50.00 BBQ Lunch Only
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE!
Event Sponsor – $2,500
– Company/Name prominently displayed at event,includes one (1) foursome and two (2) tee signs
Golf Cart Sponsor – $500
– Company/Name prominently displayed on all golf carts
BBQ Sponsor – $1,000
– Includes four (4) golfers and sign at BBQ
Tee Sign Sponsor – $100
– Company/Name prominently displayed at one (1) tee
Corporate Foursome – $500
– Includes four (4) golfers and a tee sign
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First Fridays at NLM
2024-01-05 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
New Year’s Jazz

POSTPONED TO JANUARY 28, 2024: North and South Pole Adventures with Dr. William Baker
2024-01-28 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
Dr. William Baker is an author, filmmaker, professor, and long-time media executive. He is a seven times Emmy Award winning producer, twenty year president of the PBS flagship station, WNET in New York and previously president of Westinghouse Television for a decade. He launched many cable networks and helped start Oprah’s talk show career. Baker has written five books and produced two theatrical movies. He’s believed to be the eighth person to stand on the North and South Poles.
Attend in person or zoom!
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Through the Lens: New Images from the Progressive Visions Photo Club
2024-02-04 - 2024-03-03 | NY
The National Lighthouse Museum, a leading maritime sentinel cultural center, and CP Unlimited, a respected provider of supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), will present a new photo exhibition at the Museum as seen through the eyes of CP’s Progressive Visions Photo Club.
“Through the Lens”, running through March 3, 2024, will feature around a dozen images of local monuments, exteriors, and permanent displays captured during excursions in late 2023. The Progressive Visions Photo Club is comprised of creative amateur photographers with I/DD who shoot and develop images, alongside a love of photography and community engagement.
Event Details: Join local leaders, Club photographers, and officials for an exclusive welcome tour and breakfast on the morning of February 4, celebrating the exhibition. Prints and souvenirs will be offered for sale during the public portion and permanently thereafter. Proceeds from purchases will support both The National Lighthouse Museum and CP Unlimited.

Lighthouses Are For Lovers & Friends
2024-02-10 19:00 - 23:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Drinks and Lover’s Punch • Hors D’oeuvres
Fabulous Entertainment with The Dreamers
Raffles • Games
Special Thanks to Small Affairs by Elizabeth Graves, Da Noi and Pier 76
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The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
2024-02-11 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
Author Maria Smilios Book Signing & Q&A
2:00pm-4:00pm
Presentation at 2:30pm
Staten Islanders were always the beacons of light and hope. The National Lighthouse Museum is located at the site of the Quarantine (1799-1858) which was the first municipal complex of hospitals and convalescent facilities to receive and detain the sick and dying immigrants, entering New York Harbor. Heroic Staten Islanders accepted the onerous burden to care for these immigrants.
The inspirational author, Maria Smilios of The Black Angels will be at the National Lighthouse Museum to discuss another Staten Island, municipal hospital, Sea View Hospital (1913-1961) which was pivotal in controlling the tuberculosis (T.B.) epidemic in N.Y.C. Maria recounts the story of the critical role of Southern, Black nurses in the managed care at Sea View Hospital for the incurable, patients with the wasting disease, tuberculosis (T.B.). Later by 1940’s, these “Black Angels” brought the cure of T.B. to the nation.
Maria Smilios was born and raised in New York City. In 2016, while working as a developmental editor for Springer Science she learned about this extraordinary story and became determined to tell it. She holds a Master of Arts in American literature and religion from Boston University where she was a Luce scholar and taught in the religion and writing program. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Narratively, The Forward, Lit Hub, Writers Digest, Dame Magazine, The Rumpus, and other publications.
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis is her first book.
You can find Maria at mariasmilios.com
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Sailing to Freedom: Recovering and Re-centering the Maritime Dimension of the Underground Railroad
2024-02-25 14:00 - 15:00 | NY
FREE Virtual Presentation
Black History Month Lecture

Listen to little-known stories of freedom-seeking by sea and the less-understood maritime side of the Underground Railroad.
Learn how escapes were managed along the East Coast, moving from the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland to safe harbor in northern cities such as Philadelphia, New York, New Bedford, and Boston.
Expands your understanding of how freedom was achieved by sea and what this journey looked like for untold numbers of African Americans. With few exceptions, successful escapes from enslavement in the Deep South were achieved not overland, but by water.

Dr. Timothy Walker (Hiram College, 1986), Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, is a scholar of maritime history, colonial overseas expansion, and trans-oceanic slave trading.
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NLM First Fridays
2024-03-01 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Through the Lens Closing Reception

Iron & Ice: The Full Tale of the Titanic Book Launch
2024-03-10 14:00 - 15:00 | NY
Talk & Book Signing with Author Kelly Skwarcan
Iron & Ice: The Full Tale of the Titanic is sure to captivate both those with no prior knowledge of the ship and long-time enthusiasts. Narrative in nature, character-driven, and tastefully detailed, Iron & Ice is set apart by its exploration of previously-glossed-over topics and its fresh perspective on familiar ones. This book explores the Titanic’s “best-of” narratives, divulges little-known facts, and simplifies pedantic technicalities to render the iconic tale engaging and meaningful to the modern reader.
With Iron & Ice, readers embark on a spellbinding journey that begins before the Titanic’s first sketches and ends over a century later in summer 2023. As one of the first books to connect the eerie parallels between OceanGate’s Titan submersible’s implosion and the Titanic disaster, Iron & Ice forges new ground, enthralling readers all the while.
Kelly Skwarcan is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame this year with plans to pursue graduate degrees in performance, and thereafter, counseling psychology. She is looking forward to a career intertwining her long-time love of the Titanic with the psychology of performance in deep-ocean exploration and submergence expeditions.
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First Fridays
2024-04-05 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Lighthouse Jeopardy Night
Game times are 6pm & 7pm

Paintings by Alfred La Banca Exhibit
2024-04-28 - 2024-05-26 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Lighthouses of the United States
Paintings by Alfred La Banca Exhibit
April 28-May 26, 2024
Opening Reception April 28th at 2pm
Alfred La Banca was born in New York City in 1930. His family spent summers in New Dorp, Staten Island, and so began his love for coastal communities. He owned three IOR-rated sailboats and competed from Maine to Florida – including Newport, Annapolis, Fort Lauderdale and Key West.
Lighthouses were his passion. He called them the “Vanishing Castles of America”. Sadly, these beautiful marine castles are disappearing, often abandoned or destroyed. It was the hope of Alfred LaBanca to rekindle America’s passion with lighthouses through his beautiful watercolor paintings.
His work has been selected for Ritz Carlton Hotels, York Wallpaper and many local art shows.
He was a member of the United States Airforce, New York Yacht Club, New York Athletic Club Yacht Club, Corinthians, Storm Trysail Club and the Noroton Yacht Club.
The La Banca Lighthouse Collection has over 250 paintings. We hope you enjoy viewing this wonderful collection and perhaps think of Al LaBanca when you see a lighthouse.

First Fridays
2024-05-03 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301

Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt
2024-05-19 10:00 - 16:00 | NY
Start time at either the Conference House in Tottenville or the Postcards (The Staten Island September 11 Memorial, Bank St, Staten Island, NY 10301) near the National Lighthouse Museum in St. George between 10am – 11am to allow ample time to finish before 4pm at either location.
Follow map and visit lighthouses in Staten Island.
Take selfies or group photos with lighthouses in the background, receiving your lighthouse stickers at each site.
Learn about the ten lighthouses on and off shore Staten Island.
Have a family-friendly fun day learning about Staten Island’s lighthouse history.

Participation Admission: $35 per carload & $15 per bicycle or motorcycle
INCLUDES:

Lighthouse Hunt Tote Bag (1 per bike/motorcycle & 2 per vehicle included with admission fee, each additional tote is $5) containing self directed maps to lighthouse locations both on and off shore, commemorative stamps, & fun giveaways!
Hunt Participation Award Ribbon upon completion of the route to remember this special day!

RULES:

We suggest two or three participants – designated driver/navigator, and photographer.
Post pictures on Facebook or Instagram and tag us @NationalLighthouseMuseum.

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What Happened To Francis Scott Key Bridge and What We Can Learn
2024-05-23 19:00 - 20:00 | NY
A Presentation by Captain Joe Ahlstrom
President of the National Lighthouse Museum
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore left six construction workers dead after a massive cargo ship collided with the bridge on March 26, 2024. Captain Joseph Ahlstrom, a professor at SUNY Maritime College, will discuss what happened and how we can learn from this tragedy.
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New Jersey Shipwrecks
2024-06-02 14:00 - 15:30 | NY
An overview of shipwrecks off the Jersey Shore with Dan Lieb
Dan is a certified scuba diver having attained a divemaster certification. He has logged over 2,300 dives to date. This includes rescue dives, an important certification to hold in the field.
He has a love for maritime history in the state of New Jersey. For more than two decades he has spent countless hours researching and identifying shipwrecks off the coast. This avocation, coupled with his diving and technical illustration background has allowed him to participate in 30 archaeological expeditions throughout the region. He has mapped well over twenty wreck sites and created illustrations of them for archaeological reports for both state and federal agencies.
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Summer Lights at First Fridays
2024-06-07 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-07-05 17:30 - 20:30 | NY

Celebrate Father's Day with a Lighthouse Boat Tour Circumnavigating Staten Island!
2024-06-16 11:00 - 14:00 | NY
Kick off the National Lighthouse Museum’s 2024 Lighthouse Boat Tour Season and celebrate Father’s Day all at once with this exciting circumnavigation of Staten Island. The series will be narrated by Wade R. Goria. Wade is a National Lighthouse Museum historian, author, and former New York University professor.
Explore fascinating and mysterious sites unfamiliar to most New Yorkers on this exciting boat ride, one that circumnavigates Staten Island taking you past critical points of maritime interest: the historically rich Shooters, Prall’s, Isle of Meadows (the center of what was once the world’s largest garbage dump that now served as Fresh Kills Park representing NYC’s largest park), Hoffman and Swinburne Islands.
Our journey up the Kill Van Kull, and the Arthur Kill waterways, over to Raritan Bay, Princes’ Bay Staten Island’s southern shore around the Narrows contains much important history critical to NYC’s development and to its maritime life: Sailor’s Snug Harbor, the Caddell’s Shipyard and Repair Facilities at Port Richmond, Mariners Harbor, Port Ivory, Rossville, the eerie site of the Ship’s Graveyard, Tottenville, Prince’s Bay and Seguine’s Point together with key New Jersey maritime, commercial and industrial sites located along the Kill Van Kull, the Arthur Kill and Newark Bay including: Bayonne, Elizabeth, Linden, Carteret and historic Perth Amboy, which, overlooks the beautiful Raritan Bay.
Bridges under which our boat passes include the recently renovated Bayonne, the restored Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge, the all new Goethals Bridge, the Outerbridge Crossing and the Verrazano Narrows.
Lighthouses described and seen on this exciting tour include: Robbin’s Reef, Great Beds, Prince’s Bay, Staten Island’s Rear Range, (site of the Old Orchard Shoals Lighthouse destroyed by Sandy in 2012), New Dorp, Elm Tree Beacon and the Battery Weed Light of Fort Wadsworth.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Lighthouse Boat Tours commence rain or shine.
The boat leaves from the NYC Ferry-Fast Ferry Dock. The boat does not leave from the National Lighthouse Museum. 1 Bay Street is a large general area which includes the St. George Ferry Terminal and the Empire Outlets. The outdoor NYC Ferry-Fast Ferry Dock does not have its own address. Please call the museum for further information if needed.
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“Lighthouse Logs” Exhibit
2024-06-23 - 2024-07-21 | NY
Featuring Paintings and Tales of Many of the World’s Storied Lights
About The Artists:
Barbara J. Kraemer
Barbara is an award-winning artist, with her work held in private and corporate collections and appearing in several publications. She is a member of Pine Shores Art Association, The New Jersey Watercolor Society, The Brevard Watercolor Society, and The Florida Watercolor Society, but she is not limited to watercolor. She works in every two-dimensional medium and enjoys the challenge of all subjects, from seascapes and landscapes to portraits. She believes every view can be a compelling painting.
In addition to creating her own artwork, she teaches art in New Jersey and Florida, and in Spring 2024, she was asked to demonstrate painting techniques at Brevard County Florida’s major annual SPLASH Watercolor Art Show. She makes time to also continue her own art studies under the direction of renowned painters. Her work is regularly seen in coastal exhibitions.
Barbara holds a BA in Mass Communications and Public Relations. Her 40+ year career included working for several major New York advertising agencies. She also served as owner and president of A Current Affair, which served the tristate area, providing a full range of special event planning and publicity.

Suzi Hoffman
Suzi is a professional artist working primarily in watercolor/mixed media and acrylics. Her artwork is in corporate and private collections across the nation and regularly seen in coastal art shows. In 2023, she was accepted into the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Annual show and invited to be part of the Heart of South Jersey Arts & Cultural Connections exhibit. In 2021, she was awarded 2nd place in the LBI Foundation’s “Plein Air Plus” national juried competition. She is past president of the Paducah Art Guild and Gallery in Kentucky, and she has been on the board of directors of Pine Shores Art Association in New Jersey for several years, currently serving as Director of their two galleries. She’s also co-curator of the Beach Haven Borough Hall Gallery, and she authored “Guide to the Jersey Shore”, a 2021 publication illustrated by Pine Shores Art Association.
Majoring in art at Endicott College in New England, she continued art studies at the Corcoran Gallery of Art School in Washington, DC and Paducah School for Art and Design in Kentucky.
As a free-lance writer and graphic artist, her client list included theatres, performing arts centers, charitable organizations, advertising agencies, and major newspapers. Before opening her studio, she was marketing manager at Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, DC.

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