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Guild Hall announced today that the 38th Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner will take place on Wednesday, April 3rd, at The Rainbow Room in New York City, honoring Broadway producer Daryl Roth with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing Arts and Nancy and Howard Marks with the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. Additionally, 13 new inductees to the Academy of the Arts will be recognized, including Uri Berliner, Cynthia Daniels, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Sunny Hostin, Fern Mallis, Susan Meiselas, Carl Safina, Marcus Samuelsson, Hank Willis Thomas, Rufus Wainwright, and Carrie Mae Weems. This special evening is hosted by Academy President Eric Fischl and features a special performance by the legendary Bernadette Peters…

 

Guild Hall announced today their 2024 Visionaries Luncheon will feature Rebecca Hessel Cohen, LoveShackFancy Founder & Creative Director, in conversation with The Colony Hotel Owner & CEO Sarah Wetenhall at the Palm Beach hotel on Thursday, March 14…

 

 

The Student Art Festival: Eco vs Ego opened at Guild Hall  with a public celebration this past Saturday, January 20. The exhibition is on view through February 26, 2024…

 

 

Guild Hall’s Student Art Festival: Eco vs Ego will explore our symbiotic relationship with nature. 20 area artists have been engaged over two academic years to work within 15 participating schools in preparation for this annual exhibition…

 

The 84^th Artist Members Exhibition and Mary Boochever: Chart of the Inner Warp opened at Guild Hall (158 Main Street, East Hampton) on Saturday, October 28, with a members-only reception. Earlier in the day, Awards Juror Virginia Lebermann, Ballroom Marfa Co-Founder & Board President, selected Claire Watson as the Top Honors recipient…

 

The Artist Members Exhibition (AME) returns for its 84^th installment at Guild Hall (158 Main Street, East Hampton) from October 29, 2023, through January 8, 2024, also featuring the works of 2019 Top Honors award-winner, Mary Boochever with Chart of the Inner Warp.

 

 

Guild Hall of East Hampton celebrated its grand reopening on July 2^nd following the completion of a year-long, full-scale renovation, the first phase of its comprehensive improvements due for completion in 2024. The beloved East End institution marked its return with a robust summer season of programming from Benefits to Live Performances, Talks, and Gallery Shows…

 

 

Guild Hall’s Annual Summer Gala was held in East Hampton on Friday, August 4. The event honored Trustee Ken Wyse, and was emceed by Jordan Roth, and featured exhibiting artists Leo Villareal and Renée Cox…

 

 

 

 

The Annual event will include the premiere of Leo Villareal’s immersive installation, Celestial Garden, and the evening will be emceed by newly inducted Guild Hall Academy of the Arts member Jordan Roth…

 

 

Over the past 30 years, Villareal has created sequenced light artworks for museums and public spaces around the globe, transforming iconic city landmarks such as Westminster Bridge in London, the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, the Bleecker Street Subway Station, and the façade of the Brooklyn Academy of Music with his dynamic installations…