Editor’s Note: Five artists are newcomers to the 2024 LBI Artist Studio Tour, and another one, Kevin Coogan, is this year’s “poster boy” with his oil painting of Barnegat Lighthouse gracing the front of the official trifold brochure/tour map. To give them all a proper introduction, ArtBeat will preview the weekend-long event in two parts. The first profiles Coogan, along with photographer Cortney Sabarese and ceramicist Anna Salibello. Stay tuned for profiles of Anne Knife, Sally Eisenberg and Caroline Silvey.

The 18th annual LBI Artist Studio Tour, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Aug.