Primarily known today as the composer of oratorio such as The Messiah, George Friderich Handel was a prolific opera composer; with around 50 operatic works to his name. In this lecture, Victoria Bond will reveal how the German born composer became a master of Italian Baroque Opera, through the specific lens of his political drama, Agrippina.
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck tells the tale of a soldier, who driven to madness by jealousy, murders his love and in reaction kills himself. Although the story is dark and disturbing, it is illuminated by Berg’s brilliant music and has become one of the few 20th Century works to enter the repertory.
In this lecture, Victoria Bond will discuss the remarkable way the composer uses his intricately organized music to express a rich emotional palette; delving into the intricacies of twelve-tone atonal music.
Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter.
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.
Captured live from The Old Vic in London, Present Laughter is a giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons.
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business.
But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare.
Jeremy Herrin (NT Live: This House) directs the cast, which also includes Jenna Coleman (Victoria), and Colin Morgan (Merlin) alongside Bessie Carter, Oliver Johnstone, Kayla Meikle and Sule Rimi.
Artist Made Now is a holiday collection of functional wearable and decorative objects designed by celebrated local artists benefitting both the artists and Guild Hall.
Guild Hall has named the recipients of the 35th Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards. This year’s honorees are Dorothea Rockburne for Visual Arts presented by Richard Armstrong, Salman Rushdie for Literary Arts presented by Taryn Simon, Barry Sonnenfeld for Performing Arts presented by Kelly Ripa, and Ted Hartley will receive the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy, presented by Alec Baldwin. The evening will be hosted by Academy of the Arts President Eric Fischl, and emceed by Vogue theater critic Adam Green.
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The awards ceremony will be held during a benefit dinner on Tuesday, March 3 at The Rainbow Room in New York City.
A clip from Live with Kelly and Ryan. Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest discuss Kelly’s night presenting at our 35th Annual Academy of the Arts Awards Dinner.
VIEW THIS YEAR’S INVITATION: 2020 Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner
Hosted by Guild Hall’s Teen Art Council, the High School Awards Ceremony is a moment to celebrate and recognize high achievement and creativity in select high school artists whose work is exhibited in the Student Art Festival: Made by Water.
This year’s awards are determined and given by Guest Artist & Juror, Virva Hinnemo. All awardees will receive a certificate of excellence, and the opportunity to speak with the guest artists & juror at the post-ceremony reception.
Join us for an afternoon of workshops and performances as we celebrate the incredible talents and imaginations of our local students in this year’s Student Art Festival: Made by Water.
2–3:15pm: Workshop led by artist, Kym Fulmer
2–3:15pm: Exhibit Open for Viewing/Self-Guided Tours
3:15–4pm: Performances and Film Screenings by local school and community ensembles in our John Drew Theater.
Saturday, January 18 – Sunday, February 9
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25, 2-4pm
FREE ADMISSION
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Oering its 28th Year, the Guild Hall Student Art Festival is a beloved tradition that celebrates and showcases the artistic achievement and imagination of students on the East End of Long Island.
New to the festival, this year’s SAF is centered around a central theme; Made by Water. Over the fall semester students kindergarten through 12th grade from Bridgehampton to Montauk have questioned, discussed, and creatively responded to their experiences with our oceans, waterways, and natural landscapes, resulting in an exhibition of diverse yet connected perspectives.
The festival is celebrated through an opening reception on Saturday, January 25. The afternoon will feature family workshops, performances from school and community dance, theater, and music ensembles, and light bites and refreshments.
Opening Reception for Student Art Festival: Made by Water
Joyce Kubat is the Top Honors recipient of the 79th Artist Members Exhibition (2017). Kubat was selected by guest awards juror, Ruba Katrib, who was curator at the Sculpture Center and now curator at MoMA PS1.
In this exhibition Kubat assembles her people, a body of work which she has been developing since 2002. Her media has remained the same and Kubat lets the process lead the way in her deeply psychological figurative works. From pastels applied to damp paper creating a liquid soft skin with deep velvet pigments, to fluid pink inks that have the extraordinary transparency of flesh, these materials have led her to convey an emotionally raw narrative of human anatomy.
The figure has always been my focus, and over the years it’s become a psychological focus, a not-always-easy-to-view focus… Art with only surface excitement seems empty. For me it has to have a serious and profound underpinning, always poignant, often humorous, relating in some way to the universal humanity common to all of us. – Joyce Kubat
Kubat holds a BS in Psychology from Michigan State University and continued her studies in New York City at both Brooklyn College and Art Students League of New York. She lives and works in Huntington, NY and has exhibited throughout Long Island, New York City, Italy, and elsewhere.