ARCMANORO NILES: FORGOTTEN WORDS I NEVER GOT TO SAY

Arcmanoro Niles, 3AM My Mind Won’t Rest Again (From a Distance I Look Organized and Brave), 2024. Oil, acrylic, and glitter on canvas, 23 x 35 inches. Collection of Jonathan Travis. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London.

OLA LATINO FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING OF BLUE BEETLE

TICKETS $15 / $10 FOR STUDENTS ($13.50 FOR MEMBERS)
$25 tickets are available of you want to show extra support for OLA and Guild Hall!

The 21st OLA Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons will kick-off at Guild Hall with a screening of Blue Beetle, the groundbreaking film from DC Studios starring an all-Latino cast led by rising star Xolo Maridueña. Blue Beetle follows the journey of a young teenager who discovers an ancient scarab that grants him incredible powers, propelling him into a world of heroism and self-discovery as he confronts the legacy of his family and community.

Language: Spanish Spoken with English Subtitles


BOLETOS $15 / $10 PARA ESTUDIANTES ($13.50 PARA SOCIOS)
Hay boletos de $25 disponibles si desea mostrar apoyo adicional a OLA y Guild Hall!

El 21º Festival de Cine Latino OLA de los Hamptons comenzará en Guild Hall con la proyección de Blue Beetle , la innovadora película de DC Studios protagonizada por un elenco exclusivamente latino encabezado por la estrella en ascenso Xolo Maridueña. Blue Beetle sigue el viaje de un joven adolescente que descubre un antiguo escarabajo que le otorga poderes increíbles, impulsándolo a un mundo de heroísmo y autodescubrimiento mientras se enfrenta al legado de su familia y su comunidad.

Idioma: Español hablado con subtítulos en inglés

 

ACADEMY ICONS: SUSAN LACY—LOU REED

ACADEMY ICONS: SUSAN LACY
LOU REED: ROCK AND ROLL HEART
WITH SUSAN LACY, LAURIE ANDERSON & TIMOTHY GREENFIELD- SANDERS

TICKETS $25 ($22.50 FOR MEMBERS)

Musician, poet, and composer Lou Reed made rock and roll into avant-garde. This incredible retracing of Reed’s evolution is filled with interviews with the artist, his friends, and some of the major artists he influenced. With David Bowie, David Byrne, John Cale, Philip Glass, and Patti Smith. Followed by a talk with Susan Lacy, multidisciplinary artist and Reed’s wife, Laurie Anderson, and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

Film Run Time: 72 Minutes


Guild Hall introduces Academy Icons, a new program that spotlights Guild Hall Academy of the Arts members and their work. Inaugurating the series is Susan Lacy, an acclaimed director and producer best known for creating American Masters, the PBS biography series, which began in 1986, profiling artists and visionaries who have helped shape our country’s culture. Her subjects have included James Baldwin, Bob Dylan, Judy Garland, David Geffen, Lena Horne, Joni Mitchell, and hundreds more. American Masters garnered unprecedented awards over the years. Susan earned the series 71 Emmy nominations and 28 wins, including a remarkable ten for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series, in addition to 13 Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards and a nomination, and an Academy Award and four nominations. Since moving to HBO in 2013, Susan has directed and produced Spielberg, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, Very Ralph, and executive produced The Janes, all for HBO Documentary Films. Among many other distinctions, Susan served as the Governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for eight years, is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences member and a cherished member of Guild Hall’s Academy.

COMEDIAN DULCÉ SLOAN

COMEDY
TICKETS $40-$60 ($36-$54 FOR MEMBERS)

Don’t miss a night filled with sharp wit and honest humor featuring Emmy-winner Dulcé Sloan, a rising comedy star and senior correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Hailed by Variety, Rolling Stone, and Time Out LA as a “Top Comedian To Watch,” Dulcé brings her unique perspective on society and personal relationships to inform her hilariously entertaining point of view.

The evening will be hosted by Jay Whitaker, featuring opener Jatty Robinson.

See Dulcé after winning an Emmy with The Daily Show on 9/15!

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TAYLOR MAC: BORN TO RUN (TO AND FROM THE HAMPTONS)

TICKETS $85-$155 ($75.50-$139.50)
Note: This work may include mature content and is intended for adult audiences.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT! Our friends at Almond Restaurant in Bridgehampton are offering 10% off your meal when you show your Taylor Mac ticket. They are open late, so we encourage you to head over after the show for a meal, cocktails, and fun.

“If you’re not invited to the party, throw a better one.” — Taylor Mac

One of the most singular artists of our time, Taylor Mac – performance artist, singer, playwright, director, and actor– creates fearlessly irreverent works that build community through the making of theater. Equal parts community organizer, Elizabethan fool, and “contemporary sage” (The Guardian), Taylor Mac (who uses the pronoun ‘judy’) appears decked and bedazzled in gloriously irreverent regalia in a performance that doesn’t “just defy categorization; [Mac] makes the categories themselves seem irrelevant.” (Time Out NY). 

Nearly a decade ago, Wesley Morris of The New York Times called Taylor Mac’s marathon performance art concert A 24-Decade History of Popular Music “one of the great experiences of my life”  before it became the subject of an HBO original feature documentary film. Taylor Mac continues to reframe and reflect on American history  through spectacular original performances.  

In “Taylor Mac: Born to Run (To and From the Hamptons),” seasoned provocateur Taylor Mac punctures New York’s beautiful bubble with a set built to meet Hamptonites on their own turf via a fresh look on our fragile democracy. This new evening of  songs and Mac’s signature banter will feature recent works – including songs from the 24-Decade project and Bark of Millions, a new rock opera meditation on queerness – written in collaboration with the composer and Music Director Matt Ray and accompanied by an incomparable band.

As a visual feast, the event includes fantastical costumes by Machine Dazzle, who recently won the Creative Arts Emmy for “Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming” for his designs in the HBO documentary “Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History of Popular Music.”

“Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming each and every one of them.” – The New York Times

“Mac is one of this country’s most heroic and disarmingly funny playwrights.” – American Theatre Magazine

“One of the most exciting theater artists of our time.”– TimeOut New York

Taylor Mac is a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director and producer. Mac is a MacArthur “genius award” Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, the first American to receive the International Ibsen Award, Tony nominee for Best Play, a recipient of the Kennedy Prize, the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim, a Drama League Award, a NY Drama Critics Circle Award, two Obies, and two Bessies. His documentary Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music was directed by Oscar-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffery Friedman and premiered on HBO in 2023.

Taylor Mac, Lyrics, Concept, Direction and Performer
Matt Ray, Music Director, Arranger, Musician/Keys
Viva DeConcini,  Musician/Guitar
Gary Wang, Musician/Bass
Shirazette Tinnin, Musician/Drums
Marián Gómez Villota, Sound

Get prepped and watch Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music on HBO!

 

AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS

THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT

David Sedaris is back due to popular demand! The author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor will be live on stage, following the release of his newest book Happy Go Lucky. This is a unique opportunity to see the best-selling humorist in an intimate setting. As always, Sedaris will be offering a selection of all-new readings and recollections, as well as a Q&A session and book signing.

GHOULD HALL’S HALLOWEEN SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY

HEADSET RENTAL $15 ($13 FOR MEMBERS)
$10 for Students!

Join us in Guild Hall’s “spookified” Furman Garden for the return of our Halloween Silent Disco Dance Party. Wireless headsets will feature three different channels, and guest DJs will spin the best dance tunes from the 70s to today for a scary good time. In addition to the dancing, Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council will offer interactive activations and activities for all ages. Make sure to come in costume for a chance to win a prize!

Concessions, including wine, beer, and a special witches brew cocktail, will be available for purchase in Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.

MODERN FRIENDSHIP

MODERN FRIENDSHIP: ANNA GOLDFARB AND SPECIAL GUEST KATIE HORWITCH

TICKETS $25 ($22.50 FOR MEMBERS)
TICKETS + BOOK $56.49 ($53.99 for Members), tax included

Join Anna Goldfarb, The New York Times friendship correspondent and author of Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections as she unveils the fundamental mechanics of our closest relationships. Anna will dive deep into the art of meaningful connections alongside Katie Horwitch, a nationally recognized author, speaker, mindset coach, and founder of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk.

Copies of Modern Friendship are available for purchase in advance or on the day of the program, subject to availability. Advance purchase is recommended.

This program will be held in the Boots Lamb Education Center, located off the path from the parking lot on Pondview Lane. Seating is general admission.

A CONVERSATION WITH JULIAN SCHNABEL

In conjunction with the exhibition, Julian Schnabel: Selected Works from Home, please join us for a conversation between Julian Schnabel and artist Will St. John, discussing Schnabel’s artistic practice, spanning painting, drawing, sculpture, film and more. 

This program will take place in the theater; seating is general admission.

Coinciding with the opening of the exhibition, TASCHEN will transform a section of the museum into a fully operational pop-up shop. To celebrate the opening, TASCHEN and Guild Hall will host a book signing of Julian’s new retrospective monograph, Julian Schnabel, following the conversation. For your convenience as a ticket holder, the book can be purchased in advance of Saturday’s talk to be picked up and signed after the program. Click HERE to pre-purchase the book.


Julian Schnabel is one of the most seminal and prolific artists working today. Guild Hall is pleased to present a selection of drawings, paintings, and sculptures from his personal collection. Schnabel is a Guild Hall Academy of the Arts member and an Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. He had a solo exhibition at Guild Hall in 1998 and lives and works in Montauk and New York City.

This exhibition will take place in the newly inaugurated Marks Family Galleries.

This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, director of visual arts.


Galleries will be open Thursday to Monday, 12-5 PM through Labor Day, and Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM after 9/2.

Museum admission is always free.

THE 85TH ARTIST MEMBERS EXHIBITION

EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 26!

SHOP THE SHOW 

The Artist Members Exhibition began in 1938, and Guild Hall continues this long-standing democratic tradition by hosting the oldest non-juried museum exhibition on Long Island. This lively presentation features more than three hundred works and showcases a variety of mediums. As in the traditional salon exhibition, works by established artists are exhibited alongside those of emerging talents and first-time exhibitors, offering a sampling of artistic practices within our community. This initiative provides an opportunity for audiences to support and celebrate the artists who live and work in our immediate region and for artists to sell their works. In turn, artists show their commitment to and support of Guild Hall. Early participants included James Brooks, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Alfonso Ossorio, Charlotte Park, Jackson Pollock, and many more.

Guild Hall invites nationally and internationally recognized art professionals to select the Top Honors Award and Honorable Mentions. The Top Honors Award recipient is given a future solo exhibition at Guild Hall. 

Awards Juror Storm Ascher selected Michael A. Butler of Sag Harbor as the Top Honors recipient for his work Lilies of the Field. Michael Butler is an artist, historian, and humanitarian, and describes himself as an intuitive self-taught artist, defining his style as narrative folk art and primarily works in acrylic. The intricate details in his small-scale works have a powerful impact.

In addition to the Top Honors prize, Ascher awarded Honorable Mentions to Lilah Yektai, Ross Watts, Anita Giraldo, Raphael Ogoe, and Kenneth Jackson.

To Artists and Art Purchasers:
New pickup dates are Thursday, January 30, Friday, January 31, and Saturday, February 1, from 10 AM-4 PM. Artwork will not be mailed.


Galleries are open Thursday to Sunday, 12-5 PM. Museum admission is always free.

 

EXHIBITION PREVIEW DAY FOR MEMBERS

Guild Hall members, join us for a preview of the newest exhibitions on view, FIRST LITERATURE PROJECT, SPIN A YARN, and TED CAREY: QUEER AS FOLK. Be the first to tour the galleries and engage with the curators, artists, and staff.

Members can also visit the Boots Lamb Education Center from 12-5 PM for an open studio with cross-disciplinary artist Raul Martinez. Martinez’s work examines the intersections between art and language, and more specifically, the possibilities of using legal language (i.e., employment contracts, traffic rules and regulations, military training codes, etc.) as material for art, dance, and performance. Audiences are invited to join Martinez in a new collaborative in-process piece or begin an individual piece of their own with the materials on-site.

Not a member? JOIN today!