Bluff Views on Canvas Win Top Honors at Annual Plein Air Showcase
Sea Cliff, NY · October 12, 2026
A cool harbor drizzle is keeping the neighborhood quiet for the holiday morning. Enjoy the slow pace before tomorrow night's board meetings kick the week into gear.
The Lead
Over the weekend, artists with easels and palettes could be spotted along bluff stairways and under porch eaves, capturing village angles before autumn winds strip the trees. The Sea Cliff Arts Council marked four years at its 86 Roslyn Avenue gallery by naming the winners of this year's annual Plein Air competition. Warren Jacobson claimed top honors with a soft pastel study of Cliff Way, capturing the quiet bends of the village's terraced hillside. Miranda Best took first runner-up for her portrayal of Clifton Park, while Peter Primont earned second runner-up for "Sea Cliff Pride." Supported by local conservator Jonathan Sherman, the contest celebrates an outdoor painting tradition that has drawn landscape artists to these harbor bluffs since the 1870s. The submitted works will hang at the Arts Council gallery throughout October for neighbors to view.
Local Pulse
Trustees Convene for Tuesday Public Session City Hall Village leaders gather tomorrow at 7:00 PM upstairs at Village Hall to discuss park renovations and local zoning updates.
Yellow Cote Road Paving Wraps Up Today Roads Crews finish resurfacing work along Yellow Cote Road today, bringing short-term traffic detours and delays to nearby drivers.
Today's Outlook
- High 69°F · Low 54°F — Drizzle (37% chance of precipitation)
- Keep a light raincoat handy for damp walks down toward the shoreline today.
What's On Around Town
Today
Tiny Thinkers Sea Cliff Village Library Children's Room (281 Sea Cliff Ave), 11:00 AM–1:00 PM · Free Hands-on STEM activities and building challenges for the youngest village creators.
4 Ways From Sunday Bethpage Public Library (47 Powell Ave), Bethpage, 2:00 PM · Free Live acoustic covers spanning rock and folk for a relaxing holiday afternoon.
Tomorrow
- George Washington Slept Here North Shore Historical Museum (140 Glen St), Glen Cove, 7:00–8:30 PM
- Board of Trustees Public Meeting Sea Cliff Village Hall (300 Sea Cliff Ave), 7:00 PM · Free
- Television Terrors: The Making of Horror Classics Sea Cliff Village Library (300 Sea Cliff Ave), 7:00–8:30 PM · Free
Wednesday
- StoryTime Sea Cliff Village Library Children's Room (281 Sea Cliff Ave), 10:00–10:45 AM · Free
- Long Island During the Revolutionary War Glen Cove Public Library (4 Glen Cove Ave), Glen Cove, 2:00 PM · Free
- Chocolate in Harmony Oyster Bay - East Norwich Public Library (89 E. Main St), Oyster Bay, 6:30–7:30 PM · Free
Spotlight & Story
- The Thirteen Founding Families
- Exactly 143 years ago today, on October 12, 1883, thirteen year-round households and their local Methodist pastor cast ballots to incorporate the one-square-mile bluff settlement, officially securing village governance just a decade after the land was a summer tent campground.
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