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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.

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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.

DESIRE CAUGHT BY THE TAIL

The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center and Guild Hall present
A Staged Reading of
DESIRE CAUGHT BY THE TAIL
by Pablo Picasso

Directed by Scott Sheppard

Featuring members of Lightning Rod Special: Alex Bechtel, Melanye Finister, Fernando Gonzalez, Lee Minora, Matteo Scammell, Terran Scott, and Jacinta Yelland.

In the winter of 1941, soon after the Germans had occupied Paris, Picasso spent three days writing a play entitled Le Désir attrapé par la queue, which translates literally to “Desire caught by the tail.” It was first presented at a reading in the Paris apartment of Michel Leiris in 1944. The parts were read by such local literati as Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Valentine Hugo, Raymond Queneau, and Picasso himself. Albert Camus directed.

While the narrative is nonlinear and the meaning nearly impossible to decipher, the work has been praised despite (and sometimes for) its lack of message. According to legend, when Picasso showed it to Gertrude Stein, she advised him to go back to painting. Described as “surrealistic” and “simply weird,” this short play is rarely produced due to sheer incomprehensibility.

In 1984 a production by the Eye and Ear Theater, directed by Taylor Mead, was presented at the John Drew Theater in conjunction with the Guild Hall exhibition, “Artists in the Theater.” Now, in homage to this 1984 presentation and in continued celebration of Guild Hall’s 90th Anniversary, we revisit this aesthetic curiosity – presented as a one hour staged reading at the John Drew Theater in partnership with The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center as an element of their current exhibition Picasso in Pollock.

Directed by Scott R. Sheppard – an OBIE-Award winning theater artist, Co-Director of the Philadelphia-based performance ensemble Lightning Rod Special, and alumnus of Guild Hall’s Artist In Residence Program – who will bring members of his gifted ensemble out to be in residence again at Guild Hall, where they will revisit and recreate the strange poetry and magic of the play for this live, one-time-only, ephemeral matinee. A must-see for all theatrical adventurers and students of the curious and the odd!

The eAT Coffee Bar will be open for drinks and refreshments!

Guests attending programs indoors in the John Drew Theater must show proof of full vaccination. Click HERE for full  COVID-19 protocol for guests.

In Conversation: Jeff Muhs and Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Christina Strassfield has known Jeff Muhs for 30 years and has followed his work’s evolution.  Join her as she asks in-depth questions on how and what his inspiration is for creating these unique works of art and what compels him to work across different media simultaneously.

Jeff Muhs was the “Top Honors” winner of the 2018 Artist Members Exhibition, selected by Connie Choi, Associate Curator,  The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York. Muhs is a contemporary American artist known for both his paintings and sculptures. Engaged in exploring art history as well as using found materials, the artist’s practice includes blurred versions of paintings, expressive abstractions based on the Long Island landscape, and concrete sculptures of female torsos tightly bonded in various materials. Born in 1966 in Southampton, NY, his father was a sculptor who taught Muhs wood carving at a young age. Going on to attend the School of Visual Arts in New York during the mid-1980s, Muhs directed his focus towards painting before returning to sculpture later in his career. The artist’s works are held in the collections of the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, NY, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, TN, among others. Muhs continues to work from his studio in Southampton, NY. 

Fitted face masks are required for all guests over the age of 2 indoors regardless of vaccination status, except when eating or drinking. Click HERE for full COVID-19 protocol.

Astronomy in Ancient Egypt (Mapping the Stars)

Hamptons Observatory and Guild Hall are pleased to bring you this free, virtual presentation by Egyptologist, Dr. Colleen Darnell, who will discuss how astronomy influenced the belief system, art and life in ancient Egypt. From the earliest religious compositions in ancient Egypt, the Pyramid Texts, stars were an important part of their funerary beliefs. Not only did the king desire to join the sun god in his daily rising and setting, but he wanted to become one of the “imperishable ones,” the circumpolar stars. Astronomical observation was an important part of time keeping as well, with the heliacal rising of the star Sirius marking the beginning of the New Year. Drawings of constellations also form a part of the ceiling decoration of royal tombs of the New Kingdom.

Dr. Colleen Darnell is an Egyptologist who has published widely on pharaonic history, religion, and literature. Her most recent book, The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books (co-authored with her husband, John Darnell), was the first complete English translation of the hieroglyphic texts within the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. In Imagining the Past: Historical Fiction in New Kingdom Egypt, Dr. Darnell identified four stories that belonged to a genre of historical fiction written by the ancient Egyptians themselves. In 2013, she curated an exhibit at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs, that examined Egyptian motifs from antiquity to the present.

Registration is required for this free virtual event. Click HERE.

Hamptons Observatory would like to thank Dr. Darnell for generously taking the time to share her expertise, and Guild Hall for its kind collaboration.

HamptonsObservatory (HO), a 501(c)(3) NYS nonprofit that relies on public support has served the South Fork since 2005. Its mission: to foster interest in science, particularly astronomy, through educational programs. Lectures, star parties, portable planetarium shows and other events are held throughout the South Fork, often in collaboration with other nonprofit organizations. HOhas established the first astronomical observatory on the South Fork (on the campus of the Ross School in East Hampton), complete with Long Island’s largest research-grade telescope; these facilities will soon be accessible over the internet to students, teachers, researchers and the general public. HamptonsObservatory offers all of its programs free-of-charge to encourage participation regardless of economic status. To make a tax-deductible donation to support our mission, please go to www.HamptonsObservatory.org and click on Donations. To join HO’s list for event notices, email HamptonsObservatory@gmail.com.