JOEL MESLER: MILES OF SMILES

Installation view of Joel Mesler: Miles of Smiles, Guild Hall, East Hampton, August 3 – October 26, 2025. Photo: Francine Fleischer. Image Courtesy of Guild Hall.

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FIRST LITERATURE PROJECT

MARKS FAMILY GALLERY SOUTH

First Literature Project proposes to support Native nations in their efforts to maintain and further their languages, narratives, and oral traditions. Employing a new immersive storytelling platform, 3D video is mixed with virtual reality to re-create the timeless experience of sitting face-to-face with a storyteller.

First Literature Project utilizes the newly released Apple Vision Pro headset to present the immersive experience Padawe, developed over a two-year period by Guild Hall Community Artists-in-Residence Wunetu Wequai Tarrant and Christian Scheider. The exhibition also features video works by the Shinnecock language revitalization collective Ayim Kutoowonk and interviews with members of the Shinnecock Nation.

Timed entry is required to experience First Literature Project’s virtual-reality work. Admission is free. Patrons who wear glasses or corrective lenses are strongly encouraged to wear contact lenses. 

Organized by Anthony Madonna, Guild Hall Patti Kenner Director of Learning + New Works.

Timed entry is required to experience First Literature Project’s virtual-reality work. Limited space is available every half hour from Friday to Monday, during the times below, and can be reserved HERE. Advance reservations are recommended to ensure time slots, but are not required.

  • 12 PM
  • 12:30 PM
  • 1 PM
  • 1:30 PM
  • 2 PM
  • 2:30 PM
  • 3 PM
  • 3:30 PM
  • 4 PM
  • And Fridays at 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, & 6:30 PM

CREATIVE LAB: LINDA K ALPERN

Creative Lab is a series of interdisciplinary workshops designed and led by Guild Hall’s Visiting, Exhibiting, and Resident artists. Each Creative Lab invites participants to learn about an artist’s practice through an open lecture and a participatory workshop.

This evening’s Lab is led by documentary photographer, Linda K Alpern. Alpern has spent decades photographing subjects in and around New York City and at her home on the East End of Long Island. Among them are poignant portraits of her communities, patients, and close relationships with artists such as Alfonso Ossorio, Chuck Close, and Mable D’Amico.

The Lab will focus on Alpern’s photography practice, evoking ideas of time & memory, experimentation with film & various reflective surfaces, and her work currently on view in the Guild Hall exhibition, A Creative Retreat – Portraits of Artists.

LUNCH BREAK

Lunch Break is a series of open, participatory, and short discussions about art. Each Lunch Break is led by Guild Hall’s Patti Kenner Director of Learning + New Works, Anthony Madonna and focuses on various ways to absorb and interpret the work on exhibit.

Participants are welcome to join staff for lunch in the Guild Hall Pantzer Gallery or Minikes Garden after the program. Attendees may bring their own lunch or purchase small bites from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.

This Lunch Break will focus on the themes of the current exhibition, A Creative Retreat – Portraits of Artists.

FAMILY TOUR + WORKSHOP

Recommended for ages 4 – 7 + Parents/Guardians.

Join us for a forty-five-minute, interactive family tour in the Guild Hall galleries. Learn about art together through lively discussion, storytelling, and hands-on activities.

This Family Tour + Workshop will focus on the current exhibition,  A Creative Retreat—Portraits of Artists. Please enter Guild Hall through the Boots Lamb Education Center, facing Pondview Lane.

ART & ABOUT 2024: PITTSBURGH

EXPLORE ● TASTE ● DISCOVER
Guild Hall presents ART & ABOUT 2024: Pittsburgh
Register HERE – Password: PITTSBURGH

Visionaries, Director’s Circle, and Chairman’s Circle Members – Come with us to Steel City as we uncover the art and innovation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! This under-the-radar, city of bridges boasts world-class art collections and leading-edge technology.

Together we’ll hit the Pittsburgh high notes…
● Explore Carnegie Museum of Art, Warhol Museum & Mattress Factory
● Excursion to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater
● Visit to Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute
● Tour Troy Hill Art Houses with creator Evan Mirapaul
● Studio visit with artists Isla Hansen & Tucker Marder
● Dine at The Duquesne Club hosted by Cornelia & Ralph Heins
● Savor the flavors of the best chef-driven, local cuisine

What’s Included:
● 3-nights at The Oaklander, an Autograph Collection Hotel
● All planned meals & beverages, taxes and gratuities
● Private tours, attractions, entrance fees
● Ground transportation during the program

Program Dates & Rates:
May 3–6, 2024
$3,500 per person (based on double occupancy*)
Reservations are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Click HERE for the trip flyer.

To register, click HERE and enter Password: PITTSBURGH Or contact plan A events at (310) 860-1300, planA@planaevents.com.

*Single supplement will apply

SPIN A YARN

MARKS FAMILY GALLERY NORTH

Spin a Yarn takes its title from an expression believed to have originated in sailors’ practice of telling stories, often tall tales, while repairing ropes during long sea voyages. Delving into the complex relationship between textile labor and storytelling, the exhibition examines the use of textiles as vehicles for the preservation of memories and knowledge. The terms textile and text are derived from the Latin texere (to weave), and while Western cultures have historically prioritized the written word, many others, particularly in Latin America, have relied on a rich tradition of using threads, knots, and woven materials to record and transmit information.

Spin a Yarn brings together a diverse selection of fiberbased works dating from ancient Andean times to the present. Some of the artists featured reflect on the weavings and feather works of pre-Hispanic cultures as precursors of geometric abstraction, while others explore and build on the embroidery and weaving techniques employed by indigenous peoples across Latin America as a means of advocating for the protection of these communities and the environment. Spin a Yarn casts light on the enduring significance of fiber arts in the modernist canon and the profound impact of indigenous and pre-Hispanic weaving traditions on the development of contemporary art.

This exhibition is curated by Estrellita Brodsky, founder and director of ANOTHER SPACE, New York, with Raul Martinez.

Member Preview Day: Saturday, May 18, 12-5 PM
Not a member? JOIN today!

Galleries are open Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM. Museum admission is always free.

RELATED PROGRAM
In Conversation: Estrellita Brodsky & Joanne Pillsbury
Sunday, July 14, 2 PM

TED CAREY: QUEER AS FOLK

MARKS FAMILY GALLERY NORTH/TITO SPIGA EXHIBITION SPACE

Born and raised in Chester, Pennsylvania, Edward “Ted” Fawcett Carey (1932–1985) moved to New York in 1955. There he pursued a career in graphic design, forged a close friendship with Andy Warhol, and later developed a distinctive mode of painting informed by his keen interest in American folk art. While living between New York and East Hampton in the 1970s and 1980s, Carey produced a small yet compelling body of work that mimics aspects of vernacular painting, chronicles his life and relationships, and pictures facets of queer culture. Sharply observed and highly detailed, Carey’s faux-naïf paintings depict some of his favorite haunts in New York and celebrate the creative lives of other gay men.

Indebted to the foresight and generosity of Carey’s longtime partner, this exhibition draws from the Tito Spiga Bequest to Guild Hall. It surveys Ted Carey’s art for the first time since 1985, when an East Hampton gallery mounted a memorial show of his paintings in the days following his death from AIDS.

This exhibition is organized by Matthew Nichols, PhD, independent curator.

Galleries are open Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM. Museum admission is always free.

Member Preview Day: Saturday, May 18, 12-5 PM
Not a member? JOIN today!

RELATED PROGRAMS

Curator Talk: Matthew Nichols
Sunday, June 2, 2 PM
In conjunction with the exhibition Ted Carey: Queer as Folk, guest curator Matthew Nichols will discuss the art historical and cultural contexts of Ted Carey’s life and work. The queer content of Carey’s New York paintings and his tributes to other gay artists will also be examined.

In Conversation: Anne Buckwalter and Matthew Nichols
Sunday, June 23, 2 PM
In conjunction with the exhibition Ted Carey: Queer as Folk, guest curator Matthew Nichols will discuss aspects of the show with the artist Anne Buckwalter. Their talk will explore how Carey and Buckwalter share roots in southeastern Pennsylvania, draw inspiration from regional folk art traditions, and address gender and sexuality in their paintings.

 

2024 SUMMER GALA

For the first time ever, this event will be held entirely at Guild Hall, activating the museum, theater, and gardens. Guests will be treated to a special preview of Julian Schnabel: Selected Works from Home exhibition, featuring works drawn from the artist’s personal collection, followed by a tented dinner and dancing after hours.

This summer also celebrates the reopening of the theater, and it is our great pleasure to recognize our Summer Gala honorees, Trustee Hilarie Morgan and Mitchell Morgan, whose family’s landmark gift has enabled the complete transformation of the new Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater.

5:30-7 PM: Cocktails and Exhibition Preview
7-10 PM: Dinner and Program 
10 PM til late: After Party

Can’t attend? We appreciate your generous contribution.

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

Tickets are tax-deductible as allowed by law $160.00 of each dinner ticket and $75.00 of each Cocktail and After Party ticket used are considered goods and services. Please consult your tax advisor

2024 CLOTHESLINE ART SALE

The Clothesline Art Sale is one of the most beloved and affordable art traditions in the Hamptons since its inception in 1946. For 78 years, it has provided accessible artwork to the community, while supporting the local artists who thrive here. Throughout our history, great artists such as Alfonso Ossorio, James Brooks, John Little, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and Elaine and Willem de Kooning have shared their talents to support Guild Hall in this unique annual fundraising effort.

Art lovers everywhere will flock to Guild Hall looking for their next masterpiece. Works range in price from $75 to $3,500, with all proceeds split 50/50 between the artist and Guild Hall.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:
– The event will be held BEHIND Guild Hall on Saturday, June 22 from 9 am-2 pm. In the event of rain, the sale will take place on Sunday, June 23 during the same hours.
– Please make sure to bring a phone that has internet access or cellular data in order to purchase art. 
– Please be prepared to show your receipt upon exiting the sale. 
– ONLY CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED—no cash or checks.
– No returns or refunds.

Registration for artists is now closed.

Note to participants about artwork drop-off and pick-up:

ART DELIVERY

Tuesday, June 18, 10am -3pm | Wednesday, June 19, 10am -3pm | Thursday, June 20, 12pm-6pm There are no appointments for art delivery. Works will NOT be accepted after the last drop-off date. Works must be pre-registered. Works must be delivered in person.

ART PICK-UP

Artwork pick-up is Saturday, June 22, from 3–5pm only. We do not have facilities for storage. For security purposes, if you, the artist, are not picking up your own work, the name of the party authorized to do so must be provided in advance. Works not picked up shall be deemed abandoned. Guild Hall reserves the right to donate or discard works as it sees fit with no compensation to the artist.

For more information contact Kendra Korczak at 631.324.0806 X116 or by email at events@guildhall.org.