Join artists Jason Bard Yarmosky and Ross Bleckner for a conversation moderated by Melanie Crader, Museum Director and Curator of Visual Arts at Guild Hall. The discussion will focus on Yarmosky’s current exhibition, Jason Bard Yarmosky: Time Has Many Faces, exploring the evolution and history of his practice. Bleckner—one of the most influential painters of his generation and a longtime educator—will reflect on Yarmosky’s work and their artistic dialogue, offering insight into process, influence, and the broader trajectory of contemporary painting.

  • Jason Bard Yarmosky

    Jason Bard Yarmosky, born in 1987 in New York, is an American artist known for his paintings and drawings.

    Yarmosky graduated with a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2010. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited and collected internationally. His work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, South Dakota Art Museum, Yellowstone Art Museum, Huntsville Museum of Art among others, including solo exhibitions at the Huntington Museum of Art and the University of Maine Museum of Art. Gallery exhibitions include New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, and Brussels.

    Photo: Cynthia Edorh

  • Ross Bleckner

    Ross Bleckner was born in New York City and raised in Hewlett, on Long Island.  He received a Bachelor of Arts from New York University in 1971, and a Master of Fine Arts from Cal Arts in 1973.
     
    Bleckner has exhibited throughout the United States and Internationally at venues such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco;  ICA, Philadelphia; Kunsthalle, Zurich; Moderna Museet,  Stockholm; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; Reina Sofia, Madrid; L.A. County Museum, Los Angeles; Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern; and his work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, among others.
     
    For seventeen years, Bleckner served as the president of the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, a non-profit, community based, AIDS research and treatment center. And in 2009 he was awarded the title of Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations for his work helping to rehabilitate child soldiers in northern Uganda.
     
    Ross Bleckner lives and works in East Hampton, NY, and New York City.
     
    Photo: Dane DuPuis

  • Melanie Crader

    Melanie Crader is the museum director and curator of visual arts at Guild Hall, where she leads the institution’s visual arts program, curatorial strategy, and stewardship of the collection. 

    Since joining Guild Hall in 2023, she has curated exhibitions including Julian Schnabel: Selected Works from Home; Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture; Mary Heilmann: Water Way; Joel Mesler: Miles of Smiles; Arcmanoro Niles: Forgotten Words I Never Got to Say; Ross Bleckner: NEVER THE LESS; and A Creative Retreat: Portraits of Artists.

    Crader previously served as deputy director of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY. She was formerly director of exhibition and publication management at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and earlier held key roles at the Menil Collection in Houston.

    Photo: Lori Hawkins

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Visual Arts programs are supported by lead funding from Lucio and Joan Noto, with additional support provided by Barbara and Richard S. Lane, The Michael Lynne Museum Endowment, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, The Giuppy Nantista Fund, and The Hoie Fund. 

Additional support provided by Friends of the Museum: Shari and Jeff Aronson, The Artist Profile Archive, William L. Bernhard, Elizabeth Gordon and Woody Heller, The Hayden Family Foundation, Robert Longo and Sophie Chahinian, Elin and Michael Nierenberg, Onna House, Lori and John Reinsberg, Jeff and Audrey Spiegel, Hillary and Jeff Suchman, Jane Wesman and Don Savelson, and Yurman Family Foundation. 

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