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.

STIRRING THE POT: Tequila & Tacos at Estia’s

Grab a seat in the garden for this festive happy hour at Estia’s Little Kitchen to sip, snack and learn about tequila and how to make a perfect margarita from New York Times drinks expert Robert Simonson (the author of “Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails”), in conversation with Florence Fabricant. Then head for the taco buffet to assemble your own to enjoy while Fabricant talks about Mexican food and more with Colin Ambrose, Estia’s genius-in-chief.

Guests will enjoy tequila and mezcal courtesy of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, and a limited number of copies of “Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails” will be available to purchase for signing by Robert Simonson. Books are $21 plus tax.

Note: This program will take place rain or shine. In the event of rain, it will be moved into the restaurant. If moved indoors, the format will be cocktail-party style, standing with limited seating.

MASTERCLASS: Lisette Oropesa & Bel Canto Boot Camp

Witness internationally renowned soprano Lisette Oropesa as she coaches the 2023 Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artists. This program is part of Oropesa’s week in-residence, during which time she will rehearse ensembles with resident artists who will join her in a recital accompanied by Bel Canto Boot Camp mentors, Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff on Saturday, August 12.


ABOUT GUILD HALL & BEL CANTO BOOT CAMP RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES

The Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artist Series is a collaboration between Guild Hall of East Hampton and Bel Canto Boot Camp. By providing individualized training from Bel Canto Boot Camp mentors and masterclasses with international artists, the series aims to support a new generation of emerging opera singers and to increase awareness and appreciation of the unamplified voice. 

The 2023 Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artists include soprano Siskelelwe Mngenela, soprano Elizabeth Novella, mezzo-soprano Anne Marie Stanley, tenor Derrek Stark, bass-baritone Michael Leyte-Vidal, and baritone David Wolfe.

RECITAL: Lisette Oropesa & Bel Canto Boot Camp

Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa who has “an endless supply of golden-age trills,” (Opera News) and has a voice that is “brightly crystalline and arrestingly powerful,” (New York Times)

She has a “technique without weakness” (Codalario) and “everything she touches turns into gold” (Place de l’Opéra)

Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa has become one of her generation’s most sought after lyric coloraturas. Highly praised for her seamless voice, precise coloratura, magnetic stage presence, and innate musicality, Oropesa and Bel Canto Boot Camp co-founders, Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff, will present an intimate recital of bel canto repertoire.

A unique highlight of the program will be several duets and ensembles featuring Oropesa and the 2023 Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artists. The recital will conclude Oropesa’s week in-residence at Guild Hall, during which she will lead private coachings and a public masterclass with the 2023 Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artists.

The recital will be followed by a reception in Guild Hall’s Minikes Garden hosted by artist and Guild Hall Board of Trustee member, Lucy Cookson. The reception is open only to those who have purchased a “Recital + Reception Ticket.”


ABOUT GUILD HALL & BEL CANTO BOOT CAMP RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES

The Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artist Series is a collaboration between Guild Hall of East Hampton and Bel Canto Boot Camp. By providing individualized training from Bel Canto Boot Camp mentors and masterclasses with international artists, the series aims to support a new generation of emerging opera singers and to increase awareness and appreciation of the unamplified voice. 

The 2023 GH & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artists include soprano Siskelelwe Mngenela, soprano Elizabeth Novella, mezzo-soprano Anne Marie Stanley, tenor Derrek Stark, bass-baritone Michael Leyte-Vidal, and baritone David Wolfe.

GATHER: Emily Johnson & IV Castellanos

Join Emily Johnson and IV Castellanos at Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio as we build a Kinstillatory Fire and collectively think, dream, and activate community futures through forms of dance, song, feasting, and witnessing.

Building the fire itself is a process; a practice of provocation; an offering of seed, of vessel, of protection, of becomingness; a way to bring us out of the catastrophe of now. Fireside, we will gather to think and practice, as artists and community leaders articulate thoughts on protection, our collective futures, and other possibilities.

“Fire’s capacity as a kin-making technology resides in the ephemeral effect, the pauses and breaks of the in-between spaces created by the flames.” (Emily Johnson & Karyn Recollet, 2019).

The evening is presented as part of GATHER: Conversations Led by Black & Indigenous Changemakers, co-produced by Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. Revenue from the program will equally support Learning & Public Programs at both Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. Patrons are highly encouraged to carpool to Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio.


ABOUT EMILY JOHNSON / CATALYST

Emily Johnson / Catalyst is based on Mannahatta in Lenapehoking. We work to pay respect to Lenape homeland, people and ancestors past, present, and future by organizing with communities from the Lenape diaspora to build pathways for Lenapeyok return. We have been taught to name Lenape Nations and say cama’i to our relatives from Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, OK; Delaware Nation of Oklahoma in Anadarko, OK; Stockbridge-Munsee and Mohican Community in Wisconsin; Moravian Delaware of the Thames in Ontario, Canada; Munsee-Delaware Nation at Munceytown in Ontario, Canada; Delaware of Six Nations in Ontario, Canada.  We strive to be in good relations with our kin—human and more than human—and in effort to support growing kinstillatory relations and sovereign, liberated futures we are anti-colonial and abolitionist in all capacities. We are committed to on-the-ground water and land protection, consistent decolonization work, and Land Back. Quyanaqvaa-lli elpeni to all Sovereign Nations, Indigneous and First Nations people who live in relation to and from Lenapehoking and upon whose lands we work and tour.

ABOUT GATHER: CONVERSATIONS LED BY BLACK & INDIGENOUS CHANGEMAKERS

GATHER spotlights the voices of BIPOC scholars, artists, and leaders, providing lessons on Black & Indigenous histories & traditions, and strategies for moving forward together. The program is co-produced by Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. Founded by Jeremy Dennis, artist and tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Ma’s House is a communal art space that includes a residency program for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), an art studio, and library. The series was awarded a 2022 Engaging Communities Award of Merit from the Museum Association of New York.

GATHER: Candice Hopkins, Jeremy Dennis, and Wunetu Wequai Tarrant

Join Photographer and Founder of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Jeremy Dennis, Executive Director of Forge Project, Candice Hopkins, and Linguist and Guild Hall Community Artist-in-Resident, Wunetu Wequai Tarrant at Main Prospect in Southampton Village for an intimate conversation on contemporary Indigenous arts and culture, making space for Native kinship, and building community in the region. The conversation will focus on the work and experiences of the artists’ current initiatives within Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Forge Project, and The First Literature Project. Complimentary food and drink from Main Prospect will be served.

The evening is presented as part of GATHER: Conversations Led by Black & Indigenous Changemakers, co-produced by Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. Revenue from the program will equally support Learning & Public Programs at both Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. 


ABOUT FORGE PROJECT

Forge Project is a Native-led initiative centered on Indigenous art, decolonial education, and supporting leaders in culture, food security, and land justice. Located on the unceded homelands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok in Upstate New York, Forge Project works to upend political and social systems formed through generations of settler colonialism.

Launched in 2021, Forge Project serves the social and cultural landscape of shared communities through a funded fellowship program for Indigenous culture workers, including those working in food and land justice, law and decolonial governance, and art. Forge hosts Native-led public education and events, a lending art collection focused on contemporary art by Indigenous artists, and art-,land-, and food-based educational programming at the Community Learning Kitchen developed in partnership with Sky High Farm.

https://forgeproject.com/

ABOUT THE FIRST LITERATURE PROJECT

The First Literature Project (FLP) supports the preservation of Indigenous stories, culture, and language by utilizing immersive Virtual Reality (VR) technology to create virtual orations, one of which will be the first story ever to be translated into the Shinnecock language. The VR orations share treasured Shinnecock history and traditions from interviews with members of the Shinnecock Nation and Leaders of the Padoquohan Medicine Lodge. The FLP is supported by the Creatives Rebuild New York Grant, the Guild Hall Community Artist-in-Residence program, and the Padoquohan Medicine Lodge.

https://firstliterature.org/

ABOUT GATHER: CONVERSATIONS LED BY BLACK & INDIGENOUS CHANGEMAKERS

GATHER spotlights the voices of BIPOC scholars, artists, and leaders, providing lessons on Black & Indigenous histories & traditions, and strategies for moving forward together. The program is co-produced by Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. Founded by Jeremy Dennis, artist and tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Ma’s House is a communal art space that includes a residency program for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), an art studio, and library. The series was awarded a 2022 Engaging Communities Award of Merit from the Museum Association of New York.

GATHER: Joshua Whitehead & Joseph M. Pierce

Join us at BookHampton for an evening with author, Joshua Whitehead, and author, scholar, & curator, Joseph M. Pierce, discussing Whitehead’s latest book, Making Love with the Land. All attendees will receive a copy of Making Love with the Land, and the program will conclude with a Q&A and book signing.

The novel Jonny Appleseed established Joshua Whitehead as one of the most exciting and important new literary voices on Turtle Island, winning both a Lambda Literary Award and Canada Reads 2021. In Making Love with the Land, his first nonfiction book, Whitehead explores the relationships between body, language, and land through creative essay, memoir, and confession.

In prose that is evocative and sensual, unabashedly queer and visceral, raw and autobiographical, Whitehead writes of an Indigenous body in pain, coping with trauma. Deeply rooted within, he reaches across the anguish to create a new form of storytelling he calls “biostory”—beyond genre, and entirely sovereign. Through this narrative perspective, Making Love with the Land recasts mental health struggles and our complex emotional landscapes from a nefarious parasite on his (and our) well-being to kin, even a relation, no matter what difficulties they present to us. Whitehead ruminates on loss and pain without shame or ridicule but rather highlights waypoints for personal transformation. Written in the aftermath of heartbreak, before and during the pandemic, Making Love with the Land illuminates this present moment in which both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people are rediscovering old ways and creating new ones about connection with and responsibility toward each other and the land.

The evening is presented as part of GATHER: Conversations Led by Black & Indigenous Changemakers, co-produced by Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. Revenue from the program will equally support Learning & Public Programs at both Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio.


ABOUT GATHER: CONVERSATIONS LED BY BLACK & INDIGENOUS CHANGEMAKERS

GATHER spotlights the voices of BIPOC scholars, artists, and leaders, providing lessons on Black & Indigenous histories & traditions, and strategies for moving forward together. The program is co-produced by Guild Hall and Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio. Founded by Jeremy Dennis, artist and tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Ma’s House is a communal art space that includes a residency program for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), an art studio, and library. The series was awarded a 2022 Engaging Communities Award of Merit from the Museum Association of New York.

Renée Cox: A Proof Of Being

EXTENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18!
Marks Family Gallery North
Marks Family Gallery North – Tito Spiga Exhibition Space

Renée Cox: A Proof of Being presents a selection of the best-known and most celebrated photographs produced by the artist since 1992. The exhibition traces the evolution of Cox’s practice through a series of performative self-portraits, demonstrating the ways in which she has reclaimed art historical themes in order to explore notions of womanhood, beauty, and agency.

On view in the exhibition are photographs from some of the artist’s most recognizable bodies of work, including her groundbreaking Yo Mama series (1992–94) and her monumental photograph The Signing(2017). Renée Cox: A Proof of Being also marks the New York premiere of a recent work, the immersive video installation Soul Culture (2022).

Organized by Monique Long, independent curator.


Gallery Hours:
Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM
FREE

Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar featuring Tutto Caffè is open in the lobby during gallery hours. Refreshments are not allowed in the galleries but may be enjoyed in the lobby and in our gardens.

 

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 76 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.

Over 230 artists have entered the sale this year, and 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.

The 2023 Clothesline Art Sale is dedicated in memory of Barbara McClancy, a longtime volunteer who was the heart and soul of this event.


IMPORTANT DETAILS:
The event will be held BEHIND Guild Hall on Saturday, July 22 from 9 am-2 pm. In the event of rain, the sale will take place on Sunday, July 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.


PARTICIPATING ARTISTS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

PARTICIPATION Artist must be 15 years of age (under 18 must have a signature from a parent or guardian).

Galleries may not participate – artists only. Works shown in past Clothesline Art Sales are not accepted. While it is not necessary to be a member of Guild Hall to participate, your membership is encouraged and appreciated.

ENTRY Each artist is required to pay Guild Hall a $15 registration fee.

MEDIUMS Oil, acrylic, watercolor, prints, small sculptures, photographs, and collage. No crafts or jewelry. Works need not be framed; however, all works on paper must be matted and plastic wrapped for their protection. All other works must have wires, from one side of the frame to the other for hanging. No other wires or hooks will be accepted. No wet paintings accepted.

PRINTS Only original prints, such as lithographs, silkscreens, etchings, and monoprints, are acceptable.

Posters or reproductions from books, newspapers, magazines, or computer prints are not acceptable. Please do not submit multiple images of any one print. Giclee prints are only accepted if they have been hand-embellished or are certified as edition 1 of 1.

SIZE No larger than 45” X 45” including frame. Oversized works will be rejected.

PRICING To keep this sale accessible to all in the community, please follow the below pricing structure. Each artist may submit up to 3 works* (see conditions below). Works are to be priced as follows:

1st work at $500 or less

2nd and 3rd works at $3,500 or less*

Minimum price: $75. All 3 works may be priced at $500 or under.

Note: If work is framed, the price must include the frame. All artists must adhere to this pricing schedule.

COMMISSION For this benefit sale, Guild Hall retains a 50% commission. Artists will be paid within 30 days as long as a W9 is provided.

W9s Please email your W9 form to events@guildhall.org or bring it with you when you drop off your artwork.

LABELING Please label your works with the labels emailed to you before drop off. Use masking tape to attach.

ART DELIVERY Monday, July 17, 10am -3pm Tuesday, July 18, 10am -3pm Thursday, July 20, 12pm-6pm

Appointments are NOT required. Works will NOT be accepted the morning of the sale. Works must be delivered in person.

ART PICK-UP Artwork pick-up is Saturday, July 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 at registration. 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.

NOTE Guild Hall does not insure artists’ work for this show. Guild Hall is not responsible for loss or damage. The general policy of Clothesline Art Sale is to hang artists’ work separately, not as a unit

The George D. Yates Golf Outing at the Maidstone Club

The George D. Yates Golf Outing at Maidstone Club has been rescheduled for Monday, October 30, 2023. Very limited spots are available – register today. 

Golf at the historic, ocean-front Maidstone Club in East Hampton. Practice on the gorgeously maintained grounds while you work up an appetite for a delicious lunch served on the Clubhouse veranda overlooking one of the most beautiful ocean beaches in America. Player check-in is at 10:30am, and lunch at 11am. The shotgun tournament begins at 12:30pm, followed by cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and an awards ceremony honoring the top golfers at the outing.

For more information on tickets and Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities, contact Kendra Korczak at 631.324.0806 X 116 or by email at events@guildhall.org

GARDEN AS ART 2023

10AM Talk
12-4PM Garden Tours – RAIN OR SHINE
7:30-11PM Cocktail Prolongé, featuring a performance by The Beatbox House

Join us for this special day featuring a morning talk at East Hampton Library on “Great Gardens of the World” by garden expert Vincent Simeone followed by an afternoon of self-guided tour of four incredible private East Hampton Village gardens.

Supporters at the Patron ticket level and above will be invited for a cocktail prolongé hosted by Cornelia and Ralph Heins at their exquisite garden, featuring an electrifying performance by Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artists-in-ResidenceThe Beatbox House.

Based out of New York City, The Beatbox House is a collective of five World Champion Beatboxers, Gene ShinozakiKenny UrbanNaPoMAmit, and Chris Celiz. The Beatbox House comes to the William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence through an ongoing partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim.


PROGRAM

10AM TALK: “Great Gardens of the World” by Vincent Simeone

Since 1998, Simeone has had the pleasure of traveling to some of the most breathtaking gardens in the world. The countries visited include Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This lecture provides detailed information on a wide variety of unusual and exotic species of plants, picturesque views of natural and cultivated areas, and helpful information on garden design and popular trends. Come along for a train ride through the Canadian Rockies, a hiking trip into the wild bush of New Zealand, a whale-watching expedition to Cape Town, and a visit a 15th-century abbey in jolly old England. Don’t miss this unique and inspiring journey around the globe!

12PM to 4PM: GARDEN TOUR

Linden Hill
Designed by Hollander Design Landscape Architects with architecture by Kligerman Architecture and Design

The moment the designer first visited the site of this home, they knew that its ancient trees and geology would have a major influence on the location and design of its new home and landscape. Massive copper beech, fern leaf beech, lindens, and Japanese cypress punctuated the property like a constellation. The landscape design turns these trees and a remnant dune running through the property into focal points and destinations, anchors, and horizon views. The home’s buildings, entry drive, tennis court, pool, and gardens are all organized around giant trees, which give the landscape its sense of timelessness.

Pondside
Designed by Hollander Design Landscape Architects with architecture by Peter Pennoyer Architects

The task at this long, narrow property was to create outdoor living areas that expressed the family’s capacity for surprise, delight, and adventure. Once through the gate, the drive proceeds, winding its way under two majestic old plane trees as though it had been there forever. The driveway’s soft circuitous route celebrates the site’s existing trees and its peaceful, pastoral character. Here, they added groves of trees with seasonal presence that welcome spring, flower during the summer, and turn orange, yellow, and bronze in the fall. Broad blue stone terraces at the back of the house beckon with places to sit and enjoy the cool summer breezes. A tantalizing allée of crepe myrtles lined with hydrangeas and astilbes gives a peekaboo view down to the pond and acts as a draw towards the water.

Gardens on West End Road
Designed by Harmonia Inc.

This spectacular double property is set on a beautiful span of Georgica Pond. A romantic entry greets you as you walk the stone path through three large islands of mature Crape Myrtles underplanted with colorful lace cap hydrangea.  A 6’ “old-world charm” brick wall constructed of handmade bricks with a bell cap separates the Crab Apple alee driveway entrance from the privacy of the pool and gardens. On the adjacent parcel, a 23’ tall sculpture titled 97.5° Arc x 9 commissioned by Bernar Venet is the centerpiece amongst the many mature towering specimen trees.

Garden on Egypt Lane
Designed by Frederico Azevedo, Unlimited Earth Care, Bridgehampton

This garden was sensitively designed with native and well adapted plants. Meadows were designed to bring movement and life into the landscape, and they feel sort of impromptu, even though I carefully designed the textures and color pallet to elevate their effects. They are essentially designs that center plants and flowers that aid the environment and support the pollinator populations.