East End Arts

East End Arts, the Riverhead-based arts nonprofit, has a new executive director. Wendy Weiss is most excited to help grow the organization and make it more sustainable, she said in an interview this week.

Chalk artists transformed a portion of East Main in Riverhead into a colorful canvas during the Mosaic Street Painting Festival yesterday, a celebration of the arts hosted by East End Arts on Memorial Day weekend since 1996.

East End Arts will host the Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival on May 28,  the only community outdoor art event of its kind found anywhere on Long Island.

The presentation outlined the ongoing development of the downtown area, including plans for the riverfront and town square, and also unveiled plans for two parking garages off East Main Street not previously presented to the board.

Photos: East End Arts' Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival, returns to Memorial Day weekend Sunday.

The popular Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival will take place on Memorial Day weekend again this year, as it had every year since its debut in 1996 — until pandemic disruptions in 2020 and 2021. The daylong celebration of the arts and community will take place on East Main Street and on the grounds of East End Arts on Sunday, May 29, from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

The 25th annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival brought colorful chalk art, music, dance and family fun to East Main Street yesterday.

This 4' by 4' mosaic portrait was created by students from Riverhead High School and Southampton High School as part of East End Arts' MLK Portrait Project. Courtesy photo: East End Arts

East End Arts offers a new online gallery and boutique, shopEEA.com, featuring select East End artists.

Diane Burke brings a range of business experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, as well as an extensive history of community service.