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2023 SUMMER GALA, Honoring Ken Wyse

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2023 SUMMER GALA
Honoring Ken Wyse

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023
5PM Exhibition Preview at Guild Hall of Leo Villareal: Celestial Garden
6PM Cocktails at Mulford Farm (10 James Lane, EH)
7PM Dinner, Program, and Dancing

Join us for our annual Summer Gala at Mulford Farm in East Hampton on Friday, August 4, 2023, celebrating Guild Hall’s beautifully improved building and grounds. On this art-filled evening, we will honor Trustee Ken Wyse for his outstanding leadership and enduring commitment to Guild Hall. Attendees will be treated to a special preview of CELESTIAL GARDEN, an immersive installation by artist Leo Villareal, known for his light sculptures, use of LED technology, and computer-driven imagery.

The evening will be emceed by theatrical innovator, fashion model, and style influencer Jordan Roth, a recent inductee into Guild Hall’s Academy of Art.

Guests will begin the evening in our newly renovated galleries as the first to see Leo Villareal’s installation, as well as the remarkable survey Renée Cox: A Proof of Being, and then take a short stroll to Mulford Farm for drinks, dinner, a surprise performance, and dancing by DJ Mick. Catering by Laurence Craig and event concept and décor by Anthony Taccetta Event Design.

Summer Chic Attire

SEE THE 2023 SUMMER GALA INVITATION HERE

SEE THE 2023 SUMMER GALA DIGITAL JOURNAL HERE

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

 

STIRRING THE POT: Holiday Pie Primer with Carissa’s Bakery

Learn how to make a beautiful pie with Carissa’s Bakery. Join us for this special bonus Stirring the Pot as we get an exclusive look at the new Carissa’s in Sag Harbor with this timely holiday pie primer.

Florence Fabricant, New York Times Food & Wine Writer will be in conversation with co-founder/Pastry Chef & Baker Carissa Waechter and head baker Denis Bernard, while they simultaneously present a Thanksgiving pie-making demo from start to finish so everyone can learn how to make a holiday pie, including the extra fancy step of making meringue for the more adventurous home baker.
 
Guests will have the opportunity to sample the final product and be entered into a drawing to win a pie. Everyone will also go home with a special Thanksgiving-themed gift courtesy of Citarella Gourmet Market. You do not want to miss this very special holiday pie primer with Carissa’s Bakery.
 
 

Carissa’s began with something as “simple” as baking bread and has evolved into a locally-minded kitchen and community hub. Within their counter-service, all-day bakery they sell European-style breads, viennoiserie, and vibrant cakes inspired by the surrounding flora, all baked on-site in their bright and sunny, modernist space. Their dishes are based on the principles of wholesome ingredients that honor the season, in addition to fresh juices and coffee.

Carissa’s practice living life responsibly. That means minimizing waste and use of plastics, and––through thoughtful sourcing––supporting the small growers and producers near us who prioritize organic and sustainable farming, fair trade practices, and overall transparency. For them, this recipe yields a more delicious, and healthful, outcome every time. Visit carissasthebakery.com.

2020 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Design Awards

Carissa Waechter graduated Dean’s List from the Art Institute of New York City and began her culinary career under world pastry champion Michel Willaume. Following a decade of pastry chef experience in top NYC restaurants, including esteemed 4-star chef Daniel Boulud, Carissa followed the food trail to Amagansett, NY where she developed close relationships with local farmers while operating the Amagansett Farmers Market with Eli Zabar. 

She launched Carissa’s Breads in the spring of 2010 based upon locally grown and produced ingredients, and that same year she co-founded the Amagansett Food Institute, a nonprofit organization who’s mission is to support small-scale farmers and food producers on the east end of Long Island. 

Carissa managed AFI’s South Fork Kitchens in Southampton, where she produced her breads and baked goods before partnering with Lori and Alexandre Chemla in 2016  to expand the business into retail and open their first flagship bakery in East Hampton while continuing to wholesale across Long Island and NYC. 

After three busy years it was time to expand to a second retail location, and the business’ 221 Pantigo Road location opened in the Summer of 2019 as a 75 seat cafe, restaurant and bakery with a focus on locally-sourced produce from its long-standing partners on the East End. The newest location at 3 Bay Street in Sag Harbor opened in October 2022.

Members Day Trip to Magazzino Italian Art

Guild Hall members are invited to join Executive Director Andrea Grover on Monday, September 12, for a private day trip, Founder-led tour, and lunch at the magnificent Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring, NY.

Contact Eliza Rand at erand@guildhall.org to register. Not a member? Click HERE to join!

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS AUGUST 29!

If you have not already visited this unrivaled collection and gorgeous grounds, you are in for a very special experience, and a fun, art-filled day with fellow Guild Hall patrons, and our tour will have the added perk of being led by the Magazzino founders, Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Olnick Spanu.

Magazzino Italian Art was noted in the New York Times (6/30/2022) as well as in Galerie Magazine’s “The 10 Best Art Exhibitions to see Around the World this Summer” (8/1/22).

Our intimate group of 20 will see Gilardi: Tappeto-Natura, Italian artist Piero Gilardi’s first institutional solo exhibition in the US. We will also be treated to a new installation of their noted permanent collection. It’s an exquisite space and setting, and sure to be memorable.

A catered box lunch will be provided, and if you are coming from the East End, no travel plans are needed. We will provide round-trip luxury transportation. Guests can also meet us there by car or train. Shuttles are provided too from the train station. 

Due to the intimate size of our private tour, reservations will be taken on a first come, first-serve basis. Reservations including the bus ride are $200 per person, and $150 if you are traveling on your own.

Please contact Eliza Rand at erand@guildhall.org with any questions and to sign up or join and sign up!

Guild Hall extends special thanks to Magazzino Co-Founders, Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Olnick Spanu, and Director, Vittorio Calabrese, for their generous hospitality.

About Magazzino Italian Art

Magazzino is a private warehouse art space in the Hudson Vallery devoted to Postwar and Contemporary Italian art. Meaning warehouse in Italiam the 20,000 square-foot structure is designed by architect Miguel Quismondo and dedicated to select works from the Olnick Spanu Collection. Co-founded by Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu, and directed by Vittorio Calarese, Magazzino serves as a resource for scholars and students to utilize its extensive library and archive of Arte Povera, as well as a cultural hub for the vibrant Hudson Valley community. Magazzino bridges collaborations with American and Italiam organizations to support contemporary Italian artists and foster discussion.

www.magazzino.art

Magazzino of Italian Art. Photo: Marco Anelli, New York, 2017
Piero Gilardi per L’Uomo Vogue, 1966
Piero Gilardi, Terreno di Montagna (1967)
Piero Gilardi, Mare (1967)

Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)

SWEPT AWAY: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)
by Warren Neidich

Join us at Main Beach on September 10, 17, 24 from 7-10PM and October 30 from 6-9PM for a series of unmissable happenings!

September 10 presentations will include Elena Bajo, Lillian Ball, Megan Chaskey, Scott Chaskey, Philippe Cheng, Peter Dayton, Katrina del Mar with Chris Jones, Carol Edwards, Margaret Garrett, Sutton Lynch, Eileen O’Kane Kornreich, Bastienne Schmidt, Christina Sun, and Darius Yektai.

Bring your own chairs!

Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s) will take place at the water’s edge in front of the Pavilion at Main Beach in East Hampton. Attendees can watch or be an active participant and enjoy the evening’s festivities. 

Warren Neidich notes “Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate is a community oriented artistic project that aims to create a transcontinental heartbeat across America. It is hoped that through its combined gestures and performances, a sense of solidarity, so desperately missing today, will emerge with which to confront the ecological catastrophe at our doorstep.”

The syncopated sound of the surf will provide the background acousmatic. This poetic project in some ways harkens back to the Happenings staged by Allan Kaprow in 1966 all through the South Fork: https://alastairgordonwalltowall.com/2018/02/07/gas-i-am-a-happener-1966-east-hampton/

Artist Warren Neidich who created the successful Drive by Art event in 2020. The project is co-curated and co-coordinated by Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator of Guild Hall, Anuradha Vikram, Los Angeles based independent curator, and Los Angeles based conceptual artist Renee Petropoulos, plus administrative coordination by Julie McKim. 65 artists living in on the East End and 65 west coast artists are participating in this community and family-based Art Happening. In the spring the reverse will occur; with East End artists writing love letters to LA artists to be executed at Will Rogers State Beach, Santa Monica in conjunction with the 18th Street Arts Center.

At Main Beach, artists will create ephemeral performative gestures of immateriality or time-based works on the beach. This could be making a sandcastle, singing a song, reciting poetry, dancing, make a sculpture that interacts with the tide, collecting shells, doing a light projection on Main Beach pavilion, picking up garbage on the beach, etc.  The works could be political and deal with global warming and its effects on the water level or could be apolitical and talk about the natural beauty of the real in opposition to the digital and virtual.

The importance of biodegradable, non-toxic materials will be essential as well as leaving the beach pristine after the work. Each artist has been linked up to a west coast artist who will email instructions – a love letter – for a work of art that the local artist will incorporate into their performative piece, acting as a surrogate.

The list of East End and West Coast artist pairings is as follows:

EAST END ARTISTS  >>  LOS ANGELES ARTISTS

Suzanne Anker > > Margarethe Drexel
Elena Bajo > > Jasmine Orpilla
Lillian Ball > > Dana Berman Duff
Monica Banks > > Jamie Ross
Dianne Blell > > Lisa Anne Auerbach
Scott Bluedorn > > Robby Herbst
Megan Chaskey > > Lionel Popkin
Scott Chaskey > > Kathryn Andrews
Philippe Cheng > > David Horvitz
Andrea Cote > > Nina Waisman
Ivana Dama > > Rodrigo Arruda
Peter Dayton > > Anita Pace
Katrina Del Mar + Chris Jones > > Taisha Paggett + Meital Yaniv
Jeremy Dennis + Beau Bree Rhee > > Debra Disman
Sabra Moon Elliot > > Rochelle Fabb
Carol Edwards > > Pamela Hudson
Eva Faye > > Patty Chang + David Kelley
Saskia Friedrich > > Fran Siegel
Margaret Garrett > > Susan Kleinberg
Veronica Gonzalez Peña > > Cassandra Marketo
Kimberly Goff > > Cheri Gaulke + Xochi Maberry-Gaulke
Jeremy Grosvenor > > Vincent Johnson
Jerelyn Hanrahan + Laura Ross White > > Andrew Berardini
Candace Hill Montgomery > > Anna Joy Springer
Virva Hinnemo > > Sam Shoemaker
Alice Hope > > Krysten Cunningham
Erica-Lynn Huberty > > Sandeep Mukherjee
Terri Hyland > > Joseph Mosconi
Ruby Jackson > > Alice Könit
No Partner > > Carolyn Castano
Nishan Kazazian > > Beatriz Cortez
Carlos Lama >> No Partner
No Partner > > Badly Licked Bear
Christine Lidrbauch > > Sterling Wells
Donald Lipski > > Raul Baltazar
Sutton Lynch > > Yrneh Gabon Brown
No Partner > > Jiayun Chen
Tanya Minhas > > Allison Wyper
Richard Mothes > > Kristin Calabrese
Michelle Murphy > > Sarah Beadle
Jill Musnicki > > Victoria Vesna
Lois Nesbitt > > Lucia Santini Ribisi
Eileen O’Kane Kornreich > > Iman Person
Jaanika Peerna > > Marcus Kuiland Nazario
Dalton Portella > > Ryat Yezbick
Toni Ross > > Sharon Barnes
David Rothenberg > > May Sun
Will Ryan > > Jody Zellen
Sara Salaway > > Melinda Altshuler
Matthew Satz > > Katie Grinnan
Bastienne Schmidt > > Jisoo Chung
Barry Schwabsky > > David Schafer
Christine Sciulli > > Karen Lofgren
Arlene Slavin > > Jenny Yurshansky
Janice Stanton > > Kearra Gopee
Christina Sun > > Catherine Scott
Carol Szymanski with David Adewomi  > > Xiouping (Whitworth)
Sara VanDerBeek > > Alicia Serling
Ryan Wallace > > Joshua Aster
Ross Watts > > Justine Harari
Allan Wexler > > Dan Kwong
Nina Yankowitz > > Francesca Gabbiani
Darius Yektai > > Barbara McCarren + Jud Fine
Almond Zigmund > > Marissa Mandler

Guild Hall Community Social & Spooky Silent Dance Party

Join Us for a Fantastic Party!
 
Get geared up for Halloween as Guild Hall continues offsite programming at LTV Studios on Saturday, October 22 with a community social, business networking event, and a spooky silent dance party. Guild Hall Member tickets are just $15 – Click HERE to become a member today and save even more on what is already a great deal!
 
The event will include:

COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED. For this pre-Halloween fête, we hope you will get into the “spirit” and come in costume. Top prizes will be awarded at 9PM for Best Costume (most Original) and and Most Artful (inspired by artwork or an artist), as well as Scariest, Funniest, and Best Group!

Don’t miss the social event of the fall!

Become a Member and SAVE! 
It’s already an incredible deal at $75, but tickets are just $15 for Guild Hall Members! If you join, you will SAVE money, so CLICK HERE to become a Member today.
 
Save on program and event tickets, get advance notice about upcoming programs, discounts on concessions and merchandise, and other special members-only offers that make it really worthwhile to join! Check out our 2022 sizzle reel to see what you’ve been missing!
 
 
Chairs
Amy Kirwin, Guild Hall
Rory McEvoy, Kidd Squid
Annie Washburn, East Hampton Kitchen
 
Co-Chairs
Michael Clark, LTV
Jessica Dalene Weber, Jessica Dalene Photography
Samantha Duane, Rollin’ With Rambo
Brandon Hoy, Roberta’s Pizza
Alexis Krisel & Kye Vatash, ‘Lil Birdie
Jessica Mackin-Cipro, James Lane Post
Mary Slattery, Corcoran
Jesse Warren, Tenet
 
Demon of Décor 
Billy Field, Spooky House on Sherrill
 
Interested in being a sponsor? Take a look at the unique opportunities HERE, and click HERE to choose your level of support. You can also contact Kendra Korczak at  kkorczak@guildhall.org.

Guild Hall & The Clubhouse Present Choir! Choir! Choir! in TRUE COLORS: An Epic Pride Sing-Along!

Choir! Choir! Choir! returns to the Hamptons! They couldn’t be more excited to be back in the Hamptons, this time in an OFFSITE collaboration between Guild Hall and The Clubhouse in a program titled, True Colors: An Epic Pride Sing-Along! The program will include hits from LGBTQ+ artists and icons like George Michael, Cher, Madonna, Queen, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Abba, and more. Get ready to fill the Clubhouse with over 200 voices singing along with Canada’s famed singing group.

The bar at The Clubhouse will be open for drinks only.

Choir! Choir! Choir! is a Toronto-based singing group led by creative directors Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman. The duo takes a non-traditional approach; there are no auditions, and the audience is the choir. Show up and they’ll teach you an original arrangement to a song you love. Founded in 2011, Choir! Choir! Choir! has amassed a dedicated and passionate community of singers and a thriving international fan base on YouTube amassing 10s of millions of views on some of their videos.

The group has performed with renowned artists such as Patti Smith, David Byrne, Rick Astley, Tegan and Sara, and Rufus Wainwright, and onstage at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall with the likes of Debbie Harry and The Flaming Lips. They’ve created content for NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar with Hamilton’s Brandon Victor Dixon. And they they’ve performed at the MET in New York for New York Pride and hosted their own float in Toronto Pride. They remembered Canadian music hero, Gord Downie, by performing Grace Too with the surviving members of the Tragically Hip to 10,000 fans in Toronto.

Choir! Choir! Choir! exists to celebrate music and push the boundaries between practice and performance, artist and audience, offering therapeutic benefits with the ultimate side effect: a powerful community

“Choir! Choir! Choir! has fashioned a profound way for people to connect and interact” – The New Yorker

“Choir! Choir! Choir! has grown into a national phenomenon by tapping into a need that people share – and have few opportunities to actually do – joining together, opening their hearts and raising their voices in song.”  – CBC

COVID-19 Protocol: For indoor programs, all guests over the age of 12 must provide proof of full vaccination.

New York is Burning by Les Ballet Afrik presented with The Church and Works & Process at the Guggenheim

New York is Burning
Les Ballet Afrik
with Omari Wiles

Show and Tell Presentation at The Church, Sag Harbor

Commissioned before the pandemic, New York Is Burning was to honor the 30th anniversary of the of the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning, which received critical acclaim for its depiction of New York’s LGBTQ Ballroom scene and of voguing as a powerful expression of personal pride in the face of racism, homophobia, and the stigma of the AIDS crisis. In uncanny resemblance and just as Paris Is Burning did for New York in the 1980s, New York Is Burning reflects the aspirations, desires, and yearnings of a diverse group of dancers in a city again beset by health, race, and financial crises. Led by choreographer and dancer Omari Wiles, the founding father of the House of Oricci and a legend within the Ballroom community, New York Is Burning centers on the artists for whom the dance company serves as a surrogate family including Kya Azeen, Eva Bust A’ Move, Algin Ford-Sterling, Alora Martinez, Shireen Rahimi, Milerka Rodriguez, Yuki Sukezane, and Yuhee Yang. 

New York Is Burning is commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim and at the peak of the pandemic received Works & Process bubble residencies at Catskill Mountain Foundation and Kaatsbaan Cultural Park. Works & Process bubble residencies were made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. New York Is Burning is also supported by at Works & Process LaunchPAD “Process and Destination” residency at The Church, Sag Harbor, in partnership with Guild Hall and Sag Harbor Cinema.

COVID-19 PROTOCOL: Attendees must be fully vaccinated and must show proof on arrival. Face masks are required.

Volunteers of Guild Hall 2022 Online Art Exhibition, Parts I & II

Suzanne Sylvor, President of Volunteers of Guild Hall (VoGH), has announced VoGH’s first web-based art exhibition showcasing VoGH artist members. “After our successful 2019 exhibit at the Amagansett Library, we wanted to continue in a COVID-safe, winter-warm location. What could be more welcoming than our own website?” said Sylvor.

Part One of the exhibition website launched on January 1, 2022 and will be online for three months, closing March 31, 2022. Part Two is now on view through April 15, 2022.

The artist members support Guild Hall’s 90-year tradition of interest in all aspects of the arts: volunteering at Guild Hall’s theater, galleries, and at special events. Many of the artists exhibit and sell at major and local galleries and have their own websites. The artwork will be available to purchase, and interested buyers can contact the artists directly about those exhibited and other works.

Participating Artists: Pamela M. Abrahams, Laurie Adler, Nancy Brody, Carol David, Elli Dukofsky, Maris Elman, Dale Grant, Ronnie Grill, Barbara Groot, Lorraine Papacosta, Rosa Hanna Scott, Karen Simon, Suzanne Sylvor, Ursula Thomas, Irwin Weinbaum, Susannah Weinbaum, Judith Wit

To see their work, visit VoGH’s website:  volunteers-of-guild-hall.constantcontactsites.com

Image Caption: Busy Bee by Suzanne Sylvor

ABOUT VOLUNTEERS OF GUILD HALL
VoGH are dedicated group of volunteers assisting the Guild Hall staff where and when needed. They are an independent non-profit incorporated organization that operates with a constitution and by-laws. For over 40 years, invaluable volunteer energy has been channeled into supporting Guild Hall as the center of cultural, educational, and entertaining activities in the town of East Hampton and the surrounding communities.

For more information, visit volunteers-of-guild-hall.constantcontactsites.com.

All for the Hall Benefit Art Auction

GIVE THE GIFT OF ART WHILE SUPPORTING GUILD HALL

ALL FOR THE HALL BENEFIT ART AUCTION
Organized by Robert Longo

Click HERE to shop!

In 2020, renowned American artist Robert Longo mobilized 60 artists to donate artworks in support of Guild Hall. In response to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the All for the Hall benefit exhibition included paintings, sculpture, and photography by such artists as Laurie Anderson, Elena Bajo, Philippe Cheng, Renee Cox, Jennifer Cross, Jules de Balincourt, Jeremy Dennis, Eric Fischl, Michael Halsband, Bryan Hunt, Rashid Johnson, Katherine McMahon, Warren Neidich, Shirin Neshat, Enoc Perez, Dorothea Rockburne, Alexis Rockman, Ugo Rondinone, Clifford Ross, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Karin Waisman, and Robert Wilson, among many others. The museum exhibition was on view at Guild Hall from August 8 through December 31, 2020.

Only a few works are still available, so don’t miss this unique opportunity to purchase incredible art while supporting Guild Hall.

Click HERE to give the gift of art!

2022 Summer Gala Honoring Kathy Rayner

2022 SUMMER GALA
Honoring Kathy Rayner

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022
6PM Cocktails, 7PM Dinner & Program

Mulford Farm
10 James Lane, East Hampton

Valet Parking at Entrance 

Celebrate the art and artists of the East End at our annual Summer Gala. With lavish décor and exquisite food, this annual benefit brings together the best and the brightest in support of Guild Hall. This unmissable evening will honor philanthropist Kathy Rayner in recognition of her establishment of The Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence program, which offers artist collectives the time and space to research, experiment, and develop new ideas while living on the East End.

The event will kick-off with cocktails at 6PM, followed by a seasonal dinner at 7PM by Laurence Craig Catering, and will conclude with dancing to DJ Mick who had the dance floor hopping last year. Event concept and décor by Anthony Taccetta Event Design. The evening will include remarks by Executive Director Andrea Grover and Board Chairman Marty Cohen and will feature 2022 Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artists-in-Residence, including a video and sound installation by Holland Andrews and a performance by Jose Sebastian and Hamptons Dance Project.

Can’t attend? We appreciate your contribution!

Contact Kendra Korczak, Director of Events and Corporate Relations, at 631.324.0806 x38 or events@guildhall.org with any questions.

If you’re planning to attend our Summer Gala, please review this information below to have a safe and enjoyable in accordance with NYS and CDC Guidelines during COVID-19.

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE: If you don’t feel well, have symptoms, or have had contact with a COVID-19 patient, or someone showing symptoms of COVID-19, in the previous 10 days prior to your visit, please stay home and seek care.

PLEASE NOTE: The risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending the Guild Hall Summer Gala, you assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.

Click HERE for the 2022 Gala Journal

Click HERE for photos from this year’s event.