FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: ARTIST-MADE FURNITURE

Installation view of Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture, Guild Hall, East Hampton, May 4 – July 13, 2025. Photo by Gary Mamay. Image Courtesy of Guild Hall.

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PRIME VIDEO PRESENTS: SPOTLIGHT ON THE BETTER SISTER, A SERIES ADAPTATION

HAMPTONS WHODUNIT

Step inside the world of The Better Sister with an exclusive book-to-screen conversation featuring New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke and the visionary co-showrunners of the upcoming Prime Video adaptation, Olivia Milch (Ocean’s 8) and Regina Corrado (Mayor of Kingstown) moderated by NBC News Entertainment correspondent, Chloe Melas.

Doors will open at 5 PM and refreshments can be purchased before, during, and after the program from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby, to be enjoyed in the Minikes Garden. Food and beverage are permitted in the theater.

This program is presented as part of Hamptons Whodunit, East Hampton’s annual festival celebrating mystery and crime storytelling, this special event offers a behind-the-scenes look at adapting a gripping thriller from page to screen.

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ART SOCIAL: GARMENT REVIVAL

Led by Laurie Lambrecht and Anna-Lena Hamann

$25 ($22.50 for Members)

By demand, we have added another session!

Join us for the new series, Art Social, where attendees will enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.

Do you have a piece of clothing that could use a creative touch to bring it back into your wardrobe circulation? For our first Art Social, don’t miss this opportunity to revitalize an item a special way. We will use needle felting to repair small holes or wear and tear and embellish the pieces with personalized motifs or other creative designs. In this way, you can give your garment a personal and sustainable touch.

Please bring an item or items you wish to revitalize. All other materials will be provided.

This lunchtime Art Social admission fee will include a complimentary coffee, tea, or soft drink, and pastries.

 

WINTER CLASSIC: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

HamptonsFilm and Guild Hall’s Winter Classic series returns with HamptonsFilm Co-Chair, Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director, David Nugent, presenting Alan J. Pakula’s 1976 landmark film, All The President’s Men.

Released four years after the Watergate scandal that began Richard Nixon’s downfall, the film won four Academy Awards® and is widely considered one the definitive political thrillers in movie history. Starring Robert Redford as Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein, Pakula’s follow-up to Klute and The Parallax View cemented him as one of the most important American filmmakers of his generation.

In a post-screening discussion, Alec Baldwin and David Nugent will look at the legacy and influence of the film nearly 50 years after its release.

Run Time: 138 minutes

Food and beverage, including wine, beer, and cocktails, will be available for purchase before and during the program from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby. Refreshments are permitted in the theater.

STUDENT ART FESTIVAL: RAUSCHENBERG100

The 2025 Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg100 honors the centennial of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth by joining an international museum initiative organized by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Guild Hall will partner 8 Public Schools and 10 East End Artists to collaboratively delve into what Rauschenberg called the “gap between art and life,” valuing chance and collaboration in a wide range of materials, subjects, styles, and creative techniques.

The Festival concludes with an exhibition of new works and creative presentations by the partnered public schools and artists, and a special presentation of Rauschenberg’s work held in Guild Hall’s permanent collection. The permanent collection exhibition will be co-curated by the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council and Museum Director & Curator of Visual Arts, Melanie Crader.

Participating Schools: Amagansett School; Bridgehampton School; East Hampton High School; East Hampton Middle School; John Marshall Elementary School; Shelter Island School; Springs School; Pierson Middle-High School

Participating Guest Artists: Bastienne Schmidt; Candace Hill–Montgomery; Eva Faye; Evan Yee; Kevin Teare; Laurie Lambrecht; Linda K Alpern; Margaret Garrett; Peter Dayton; Scott Bluedorn

ABOUT THE STUDENT ART FESTIVAL

The Guild Hall Student Art Festival (SAF) is a beloved tradition that encourages and celebrates the artistic achievement and imagination of students, Kindergarten to Grade 12, on the South Fork of Long Island. Through close collaboration with schoolteachers and districts, we explore an annual theme, partner each participating school with regional artists, produce an exhibition of new works, and link the tenets of creative production to civic participation.

 

ALMOND ZIGMUND: WADING ROOM

Almond Zigmund makes large-scale site-responsive installations, discrete sculptures, works on paper, and paintings that explore the interplay between space, perception, and the built environment. Her work is characterized by crisp geometry, vivid colors, and intricate patterns that often suggest walls, barricades, and enclosures. Zigmund is also the creator of Almond Artist & Writers, family-style dinners at the restaurant Almond in Bridgehampton where people come together to share and celebrate the artistic process; she has organized more than sixty-five gatherings to date. It is in this spirit of supporting the power of community engagement that Zigmund was invited to create a site-specific environment in conjunction with the exhibition Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture.

Wading Room houses selections from Guild Hall’s permanent collection; functional, artist-made furniture for public use, including chairs designed by Almond Zigmund in collaboration with Justin Allen (Shepard Co Design); and other artist-made objects: lighting, chairs, rugs, stools, vessels, and sculpture. The artists Sabra Moon Elliot, Kurt Gumaer, Saskia Friedrich, Karen Simon, and Nico Yektai have also contributed to the space. A series of participatory public programs and collaborative projects will take place throughout the run of the exhibition.

We encourage visitors to linger, lounge, and interact in an artist-designed environment and to visit often to explore its potential.

This exhibition was organized by Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts, with Philippa Content, museum manager and registrar and Claire Hunter, museum coordinator and curatorial associate.

Enjoy These Related Programs:

Zigmund’s Hook Up 
Saturday, May 10, 12-2 PM 
FREE 

Zigmund’s Show & Tell Session  
Saturday, May 24, 12-2 PM  
FREE  

In Conversation: Lisa Perry & Almond Zigmund  
Sunday, June 1, 2 PM  
$25 ($22.50 for Members)  
 
Zigmund’s Wrap Session  
Saturday, June 21, 12-2 PM  
$15 ($13.50 for Members) 

Zigmund’s Chair Pose – BYOC  
Saturday, June 28, 12-2 PM  
$15 ($13.50 for Members)  

Zigmund’s – The Final Hookup   
Saturday, July 12, 12-2 PM  
FREE   

 

 

Get Your Limited Edition Almond Zigmund + Guild Hall Sweatshirt

Designed by artist Almond Zigmund for her 2025 Guild Hall exhibition, Almond Zigmund: Wading Room, our newest Artist + Guild Hall collab is available now in a very limited-edition run of 50 sweatshirts.  This thick, olive green, ultra-soft hoodie is sure to be your new favorite. 

Support Guild Hall while showing off your Wading Room style. Get yours now, as once these sell out, they won’t be repeated!

80% Cotton, 20% Recycled Polyester.  One size, Unisex L.

Click HERE to order your hoodie today!

Guild Hall members receive 10% off with code MEMBER10. Not a member? Click HERE for more information and to join today.

ART SOCIAL: MARINE DEBRIS VASE-MAKING – SOLD OUT

SOLD OUT – Email akirwin@guildhall.org to be added to the waiting list.

INSTRUCTED BY CINDY PEASE ROE

Join us for the new series, Art Social, where attendees will enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.

Join artist Cindy Pease Roe for a Marine Debris Vase Making Workshop focused on environmental action, upcycled arts, and sustainability. Participants will transform plastic marine debris into stunning upcycled vases using discarded secondhand glassware and marine rope collected from our shorelines. Learn how to craft beautiful and functional pieces while making a positive impact on our environment using art. Cindy Pease Roe is the founder of UpSculpt, a New York based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering action against the crisis of ocean plastic pollution using art, science, and educational workshops.

For this session, guests will being a vase from home (think of those glass vases from the florist) which they will use to create colorful upcycled masterpieces. Cindy will bring her extensive collection of marine debris collected from beaches far and wide to be used for this special project. 

Bring your own vase. All additional materials will be provided.

The Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine, beer, or a non-alcoholic beverage, and lite bites generously donated by Harbor Market & Kitchen in Sag Harbor.

ART SOCIAL: COLLAGE-MAKING – SOLD OUT

with Perry Burns and Jolie Parcher

SOLD OUT 

Join us for the new series, Art Social, where attendees will enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.

Stretch your creative mind as broadly as it can go in this functional collage-making class led by artist Perry Burns assisted by his wife Jolie Parcher. Gather up pretty papers, paintings that can be cut up, bits of wallpaper, old cards, tin boxes, matchboxes, and anything that inspires you to collage over. There is no need to purchase more stuff when you can easily make a purposeful art piece with existing materials lying around your house or studio.

The Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine, beer, or a non-alcoholic beverage, and lite bites generously donated by Harbor Market & Kitchen in Sag Harbor.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: VANYA—SOLD OUT

THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT. An in-person only waiting list will begin at 6:30 PM. Please leave your name at the podium and return at 6:55 PM.

Vanya
adapted by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov
directed by Sam Yates
designed by Rosanna Vize

$20 ($18 for Members)

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.

Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End, Vanya began playing exclusively in cinemas in 2024.

Run Time: 2 hours

Concessions, including wine, beer, and cocktails, will be available for purchase before and during all National Theatre Live programs at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby. Refreshments are permitted in the theater.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: DR. STRANGELOVE

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S. General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team, including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley.

Run Time: 2 hours 50 minutes, with one intermission

Concessions, including wine, beer, and cocktails, will be available for purchase before and during all National Theatre Live programs at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby. Refreshments are permitted in the theater.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Max Webster

$20 ($18 for Members)

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

Run Time: 3 hours with one intermission

Concessions, including wine, beer, and cocktails, will be available for purchase before and during all National Theatre Live programs at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby. Refreshments are permitted in the theater.