Off-season Reception
November 14 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
All are invited to an off-season reception
celebrating the Museum’s 2026 Annual Exhibition,
“Portraits of the Year-Round Community by Matt Kaelin”
Saturday November 14, 2026
5 to 7 pm at the Museum.
Light fare and drinks.
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- Mary and John Ski 2018
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- Luke with his dog
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- Nancy, Bee, Rachel, and Parker 2023
Portraits of the Year-Round Community
by Matt Kaelin
Soon after photographer Matt Kaelin first came to Fishers Island in fall 2016, he began an ambitious project to photograph members of the year-round community. What started slowly grew exponentially as his circle of friends and acquaintances expanded. Between 2016 and 2023, Kaelin made more than 100 portraits of Islanders using an 8”x10” large-format camera; 50 of these remarkably personal images are featured in this exhibition. Kaelin’s photographs are displayed on the Museum’s 1st and 2nd floors, as well as in the stairway between them.
As a thank-you to the island community,
Fishers Island year-round residents attending the reception will receive a complimentary copy of Matt Kaelin’s book, Inventory of the Impermanent, while supplies last, limited to one copy per household.
Through the end of 2026, those whose portrait appears in the book or exhibition,
and who haven’t already received a complimentary copy may pick one up at the Museum,
also limited to one copy per household.
The 2026 Exhibition is generously sponsored by Altus Partners.
