The Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport, New York, has opened a new exhibition titled "Stow Wengenroth + The Flacks: The Greenport Group," featuring works by lithographer Stow Wengenroth, his wife Edith Flack Ackley, and her sister Marjorie Flack. The show includes Wengenroth's lithographs, watercolors, and drawings, alongside Ackley's handmade dolls and books, and Flack's children's books, many on loan from the private collection of Joanna Lane. The exhibition opened on April 24 and highlights the artistic legacy of these former Greenport residents.
This exhibition matters because it brings together three interconnected artists who contributed significantly to American visual culture—Wengenroth as a celebrated black-and-white lithographer praised by Andrew Wyeth, Ackley as a doll-maker whose work graced Elizabeth Arden's Fifth Avenue store, and Flack as a beloved children's book author. The show also underscores the role of local collectors like Joanna Lane in preserving regional art history, and it provides a community-focused cultural event that connects the library's audience with Greenport's rich artistic heritage.