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86TH ARTIST MEMBERS EXHIBITION

Visitors explore the 86th Artist Members Exhibition at Guild Hall, East Hampton. Photo by Jess Dalene.

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ART SOCIAL: VALENTINE’S CARD-MAKING

WITH JULIA NUNEZ KEARNS

Forget that panicked trip to the drugstore on February 13 to get what is left of the Valentine’s Day cards, and come make your own, more meaningful greetings for your loved ones. East Hampton Artist Julia Nunez Kearns will provide line drawings, lettering/text blocks, and found photos (or bring your own: laser-printed single color image with plenty of contrast), and participants will use the blocks to create custom card compositions on heavyweight cardstock or watercolor paper, applying eucalyptus oil* to burnish the image.  All materials are included.

$50 ($45 for Members)

Admission includes wine and refreshments courtesy of Red Horse Market!

Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.

*Image transfer using pure eucalyptus oil is considered a non-toxic method safe for indoor use in a well-ventilated areas. If you are sensitive to strong smells, it is recommended to bring a mask. 

40TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS DINNER

Tickets are limited, please email events@guildhall.org to inquire about availability.

We proudly present the 40th Annual Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner on Monday, April 27, 2026, at The Rainbow Room, New York City. The Academy of the Arts is a community of over 200 of the nation’s most accomplished artists and creative professionals who lend their talent and expertise to Guild Hall. 

This year, we honor Carl Bernstein and Katie Couric each with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Media & Communications and Leila Straus with the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. We are delighted to recognize our newest inductees to the Academy of the Arts: Victor Garber, Sarah Sze, and Colson Whitehead. The event will be hosted by our beloved Academy President, Susan Stroman.

To be included as a Benefit Committee Member, please support Guild Hall by purchasing tickets or a table or contributing to the event. In recognition of your generosity, we will include your name on the printed invitation (for responses received by February 9), on our website, and in the evening program.

6 PM Cocktails
7 PM Dinner and Program
Cocktail Attire

Please contact Kendra Korczak, Director of Events and Corporate Relations, at events@guildhall.org or call 631.324.0806 x116 with any questions.

Tickets are not refundable. The non-deductible amount per ticket is $175.00.

Can’t attend? Click HERE to make a contribution.

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LIBERTY LABS: A DECADE OF DESIGN

Liberty Labs: A Decade of Design marks the 10th anniversary of the Liberty Labs Foundation, co-founded by Evan Yee, who grew up in Sag Harbor and is now based in Brooklyn. The exhibition brings together work by all the collective’s members, past and present, reflecting on their shared commitment to art, design, and community.

Presented in the Marks Family South Gallery, the exhibition draws inspiration from the room’s history as a salon, a space where art, music, and conversation once converged. In that spirit, A Decade of Design invites visitors to engage directly with the works. Select furniture pieces may be used, sound elements will activate the space, and occasional public events will further animate the gallery, blending art, design, and social interaction.

Evan Yee leads the exhibition design, presenting functional objects and artworks from 33 current and former members. Together, they exemplify a creative community where collaboration and experimentation thrive—a living, working, and evolving studio environment.

Participating artists:
Alara Alkan, Alex Sagnella, Andrea Steves, Annika Bowker, Bowen Liu, Bryan Johnson, Charlie Recknagel, Cherylyn Ahrens, Chris Cushingham, Chris Gentry, Cissy Huang, Cody Campanie, Evan Jewett, Evan Yee, Jason Hernandez, Jason Pfaeffle, Jess Chace, Joel Seigle, John Koten, Jon Billing, Julien Leyssene, Kelsey Knight Mohr, Maggie Pei, Michael Yates, Pat Keesey, Pat Kim, Reed Hansuld, Sam Kallman, Shengning Zhang, Thomas Breglia, Thomas Yang, Timothy Furstnau, Todd Higuchi

This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts, with support from Philippa Content, museum manager and registrar and Claire Hunter, museum coordinator and curatorial associate.

GALLERY HOURS:
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM

MUSEUM ADMISSION:
$12 / $10 for Seniors, 65+
Free for Members, Children, and Students

Advance reservations are not required.

DANCE OUT EAST: NAOMI FUNAKI – IKIGAI

Recognized as a 2023 Princess Grace Award recipient in dance, a 2024 Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” 92NY Artist-in-Residence and 2025 Asian American Jadin Wong Fellow, tap dance artist Naomi Funaki shares an in-process presentation of a new evening-length work, Ikigai. Reflecting on the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami, Fukushima nuclear disaster, and personal experience, Funaki blends rhythm, live music, and narrative to explore resilience, memory, and connection.

This in-process presentation is a culmination of Funaki’s weeklong Works & Process Tino and Rajika Puri creative residency at Guild Hall. Consisting of both performance and conversation, the evening offers audiences an intimate glimpse into the work’s development and the ideas shaping its evolution prior to its March 8th premiere with Works & Process at Guggenheim New York as part of the Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival.

This presentation is part of the 2026 Dance Out East Festival—a collaboration between Guild Hall, The Church, The Watermill Center, and Works & Process that highlights the creation of new choreographic work ahead of its continued development within Works & Process’ 2026 dance festivals.

Ikigai was commissioned and created, in part, with the support of Works & Process Residency Tino & Rajika Puri Creative Residency and The Joyce Theater Foundation’s Creative Residencies Program made possible by lead funding from TD Charitable Foundation. Additional support provided through residencies at 92NY, CUNY Dance Initiative at Hunter College, Guild Hall of East Hampton, and an Asian American Arts Alliance Jadin Wong Fellowship.

 

ADDITIONAL DANCE OUT EAST EVENTS
Saturday, January 10, 2 PM
The Church: Kristine Bendul & Abdiel: The Lineage Project
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Sunday, January 11, 2 PM 
The Watermill Center: Sekou McMiller & Friends’ Palladium Nights
In Memory of Robert Wilson and Michéle Pesner
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ART SOCIAL: PAINTING & DRAWING FROM NATURE WITH SUMI INK—SOLD OUT

with Roisin Bateman

THIS CLASS IS SOLD OUT. Please email info@guildhall.org to be added to the standby list.

Explore different techniques using sumi ink, bamboo brushes, and sticks to draw and paint with. We will explore various kinds of line and painting gesture, drawing from various plant materials and seed pods from the winter garden. All materials provided. 

$50 ($45 for Members)

Admission includes wine and refreshments!

Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.

EITAN LEVINE: COMEDIAN. WRITER. MENSCH.

Presented by Guild Hall & Jewish Center of the Hamptons

Join us for an evening of smart, high-energy comedy with Eitan Levine—whose quick wit, sharp observational humor, and distinct voice make him one of today’s most compelling comedic storytellers. Known as a “writer and comedian/human theme park,” Eitan’s appearances include Jimmy Kimmel LIVE, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Extra, Access Hollywood and The Kelly Clarkson Show.

He’s also written for The New York Times, New York Magazine (The Cut), Amazon, Sony, and Reader’s Digest, and collaborated on creative campaigns with Nike, Red Bull, JEEP, Audible and TruTV.  Eitan’s quick wit, sharp observational humor, and distinct voice has made him one of today’s most compelling comedic storytellers, with a viral social-media presence (150,000+ followers) from series such as “Jewish Man On The Street” – especially “Jewish or Antisemitic” (28 million+ views).

Audiences and community members are invited to arrive early to visit the Student Art Festival galleries, open from 12-5 PM, and then as a special pre-show moment, participate in a Pop-Up Chanukah presented by Rabbi Josh Franklin, Cantor Debra Stein, Rabbi, and Jewish Center of the Hamptons at 5 PM in Guild Hall’s Boots Lamb Education Center.

IMPRESSIONS TRANSFERRED: LASTING LEGACIES OF ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG

Impressions Transferred: Lasting Legacies of Robert Rauschenberg presents a selection of works from Guild Hall’s permanent collection, complemented by loans from friends, peers, and others closely connected to Rauschenberg and Guild Hall. Together, they celebrate his influence and legacy. The recently published book I Don’t Think About Being Great: Selected Writings, featuring reproductions of Rauschenberg’s handwritten notes, offers a compelling testament to his impact in his own words.

Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Rauschenberg (1925–2008) studied at Black Mountain College in North Carolina before relocating to New York, where he redefined the possibilities of art making. His practice blurred distinctions between painting, sculpture, collage, photography, and printmaking, often incorporating everyday materials such as fabric, found objects, magazine images, and photographic transfers. In 2005 Guild Hall presented Robert Rauschenberg: Hoarfrosts, a focused exhibition of his ethereal fabric works. His engagement with the East End was fostered through friendships and collaborations with figures such as the cultural critic John Jonas Gruen, who documented the vibrant artistic circles of Long Island and New York.

Presented as part of Rauschenberg 100, the global centennial celebration of the artist’s birth, this exhibition honors the artist’s vision of collaboration, experimentation, and social engagement. His innovative approach made him an ideal touchstone for Guild Hall’s Teaching Artists Program, which developed artworks inspired by his practice, such as those on view in the Student Art Festival exhibition. Through this initiative Rauschenberg’s legacy continues to inspire artists and students to explore and create without limits.

As we mark this moment of reflection, Impressions Transferred celebrates Rauschenberg as both visionary artist and dynamic connector. Through his work and through his own words in I Don’t Think About Being Great, we are invited to observe, respond, and carry forward his spirit of generosity and innovation.

This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts, with support from Philippa Content, museum manager and registrar, and Claire Hunter, museum coordinator and curatorial associate.

ROSS BLECKNER: NEVER THE LESS

Ross Bleckner emerged as a leading artist in New York during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, creating paintings that explore change, loss, memory, and the human body. A central figure in the decade’s revival of painting, he developed a practice that merges psychological, social, and political themes within a strong conceptual framework. In 1995, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York presented a mid-career retrospective of his work, underscoring his importance in contemporary art.

NEVER THE LESS will highlight a lesser-known part of Bleckner’s process, offering new insight into one of the most prolific painters of our time. Bleckner begins by making his own paint and testing it on black paper, where the experimental brushwork often produces striking results. From there, he creates a series of small canvases that gradually increase in scale, leading to the large paintings for which he is best known.

Over decades, this approach has yielded hundreds—if not thousands—of works. Guild Hall presents a selection of these rarely seen studies alongside major large-scale paintings. While rooted in process, the smaller works stand powerfully on their own. Together, they reveal the breadth of Bleckner’s artistic vision, offering an expansive view of his practice across time—an illustrated timeline through painting.

This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts, with support from Brianna Hernández, museum registrar and Claire Hunter, museum coordinator and curatorial associate.

GALLERY HOURS:
WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM from August 9-September 6
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM from September 10-October 27

NEW: Third Thursdays! On the third Thursday of every month from May through September, galleries will stay open until 7:30 PM, and will include live music in the garden and exhibition-related programs to follow.

MUSEUM ADMISSION:
$12 / $10 for Seniors, 65+
Free for Members, Children, and Students

CLAIRE WATSON: RE-PAIRED

Claire Watson is the 2023 Top Honors recipient of the 84th Artist Members Exhibition, selected by Virginia Lebermann, cofounder and board president of Ballroom Marfa. This exhibition marks Watson’s first major institutional solo presentation on the East End of Long Island, where she has maintained a home and studio in Water Mill for three decades.

Watson’s sculptures and mixed-media assemblages are composed from found materials. In her recent work, she deconstructs salvaged leather garments and reconfigures them into new formal compositions using traditional sewing and pattern-making techniques. These works highlight the tactile and structural qualities of leather, transforming utilitarian objects into forms with renewed expressive potential. The traces of wear embedded in the garments suggest histories of the body and labor, which Watson refashions into abstract meditations on human form and presence.

This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts, with support from Philippa Content, museum manager and registrar and Claire Hunter, museum coordinator and curatorial associate.

GALLERY HOURS:
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM
WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM from July 8-19

NEW: Third Thursdays! On the third Thursday of every month from May through September, galleries will stay open until 7:30 PM, and will include live music in the garden and exhibition-related programs to follow.

MUSEUM ADMISSION:
$12 / $10 for Seniors, 65+
Free for Members, Children, and Students

ARCMANORO NILES: FORGOTTEN WORDS I NEVER GOT TO SAY

This exhibition traces a decade of evolution in the artist’s practice since his 2016 residency at Guild Hall, the inaugural program of our Artist in Residence initiative. Known for his saturated color, reflective surfaces, and emotionally charged scenes drawn from daily life and memory, Niles has developed a distinctive visual language that challenges conventions of portraiture.

Early in his career, he became frustrated with traditional methods of rendering skin tone, finding they lacked the depth and dimension he observed in real life. This led him to experiment with color—layering pinks, oranges, and purples to evoke an internal light. His chiaroscuro-like approach reveals both a dedication to craft and a palette that defines his work across portraits, domestic interiors, and landscapes.

Guild Hall is pleased to present a selection of works from the past decade, juxtaposing recent and earlier pieces which highlight the growth and complexity of Niles’s practice.

This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts, with support from Philippa Content, museum manager and registrar and Claire Hunter, museum coordinator and curatorial associate.

GALLERY HOURS:
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM through July 5
WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM from July 8-19

NEW: Third Thursdays! On the third Thursday of every month from May through September, galleries will stay open until 7:30 PM, and will include live music in the garden and exhibition-related programs to follow.

MUSEUM ADMISSION:
$12 / $10 for Seniors, 65+
Free for Members, Children, and Students