SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY IN THE GARDEN

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Silent Disco Dance Party, Guild Hall, September 2, 2023. Photo: Jessica Dalene

Tag: Community

BUSINESS NETWORKING NIGHT

Business Networking Night
Open to all local businesses

Join us for our Spring Business Networking Night on Thursday, June 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.

Starting at 5:30 PM in the Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater, hear from three local business leaders, including Nick Kraus of Stephen Talkhouse, Kurt Giehl of KBH Fine Art, and Sarah Wetenhall of The Hedges Inn, as they share their experiences, successes, and challenges. Then network with fellow local business members while enjoying light bites provided by Moby’s East Hampton and drinks in the Minikes Garden.

CLICK to Support Guild Hall & Enjoy Exclusive Benefits

Your $1,000 contribution to the Community Pillars initiative provides the following recognition and benefits:

  • Peer-to-Peer & Client Networking Opportunities 
  • A complimentary digital ad in one of Guild Hall’s weekly eblasts as a “Community Pillar of the Week”.
  • Listing of Your Business Name in/on:
    • A full-page Guild Hall advertisement a December issue of The East Hampton Star.
    • Season Program Guide (distributed to 25,000 people). Pillars also received a 10% discount on ad placement.
    • Annual Donor Wall displayed in the outdoor vestibule, seen by over 50,000 visitors each year.
    • Guild Hall’s Community Pillar Webpage – A dedicated page with a hyperlink to your business.

Your contribution helps sustain Guild Hall’s programming and also enhances your visibility and connections within the community. We hope you’ll consider supporting Guild Hall as a Community Pillar for the upcoming year.

For more information or to confirm your participation, please contact Kendra Korczak, Director of Events and Corporate Relations, at events@guildhall.org or 631.324.0806 x116.

 

TONY AWARDS SCREENING & RED CARPET

Celebrate the best of Broadway with us in style in the Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater with a simulcast of the 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, LIVE from Radio City Music Hall.

Come in your fancy dress, walk the red carpet, and enjoy specialty cocktails and bites for purchase from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar, plus games during the commercial breaks with fun prizes! The evening will be hosted by Amy Kirwin, Guild Hall’s Public Engagement & Impact Officer, who also happens to have previously worked for the Tony Awards, and has lots of insider stories to share.

So instead of staying home and watching by yourself, join us for the fun in the comfort of our theater, viewing the show on the big screen with the best sound. It’s the next best thing to being at Radio City.

Nominations for this year’s Tony Awards will be announced on Thursday, May 1, so great ready to brush up on your Broadway knowledge for the big night!

HALLOWEEN SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY IN THE GARDEN

Get into the Halloween spirit in the Furman Garden with a night of quietly spooky movin’ & groovin’. Wireless headsets will feature three different channels, and ZiggaSun (Almond Zigmund) and Sits-a-Lot (Amy Kirwin) are back to spin your favorite tunes from disco to funk, 80s and 90s hip-hop and rap, and pop hits from all decades, filling your ears, and get you on your feet. And for those who don’t feel like dancing, spectating is almost as fun!

Come in costume to win prizes!

Cocktails and snacks are available for purchase at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.

SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY IN THE GARDEN

Close out the summer in the Furman Garden with a night of quiet movin’ & groovin’. Wireless headsets will feature three different channels, and DJ’s Mister Lama (Carlos Lama), ZiggaSun (Almond Zigmund), and Sits-a-Lot (Amy Kirwin) are back to spin your favorite tunes from disco to funk, 80s and 90s hip-hop and rap, and pop hits from all decades, filling your ears, and get you on your feet. And for those who don’t feel like dancing, spectating is almost as fun!

Cocktails and snacks are available for purchase at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.

SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY IN THE GARDEN

Join us in the Furman Garden for another night of quiet movin’ & groovin’. Wireless headsets will feature three different channels, and DJ’s Mister Lama (Carlos Lama), ZiggaSun (Almond Zigmund), and Sits-a-Lot (Amy Kirwin) are back to spin your favorite tunes from disco to funk, 80s and 90s hip-hop and rap, and pop hits from all decades, filling your ears, and get you on your feet. And for those who don’t feel like dancing, spectating is almost as fun!

Cocktails and snacks are available for purchase at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.

2025 CLOTHESLINE ART SALE

The Clothesline Art Sale is one of the most beloved and affordable art traditions in the Hamptons since its inception in 1946. For 79 years, it has provided accessible artwork to the community, while supporting the local artists who thrive here. Throughout our history, great artists such as Alfonso Ossorio, James Brooks, John Little, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and Elaine and Willem de Kooning have shared their talents to support Guild Hall in this unique annual fundraising effort.

Art lovers everywhere will flock to Guild Hall looking for their next masterpiece. Works range in price from $75 to $3,500, with all proceeds split 50/50 between the artist and Guild Hall.

This year, Clothesline will be held in the galleries and in front of Guild Hall. 

For more information contact Kendra Korczak at 631.324.0806 X116 or by email at events@guildhall.org. 

Clothesline Art Sale artist registration is now open through Friday, June 20.

Click HERE to register as a participating artist.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY! CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE PDF OF THE GUIDELINES.

PARTICIPATION
Artist must be 15 years of age (under 18 must have approval from a parent or guardian). Galleries may not participate – individual artists only. Works shown in past Clothesline Art Sales are not accepted. While it is not necessary to be a member of Guild Hall to participate, your membership is encouraged and appreciated.

ENTRY
Each artist is required to pay Guild Hall a $30 registration fee.

PRICING
To keep this sale accessible to all in the community, please follow the pricing structure below. Each artist may submit up to 3 works (see conditions below). Works are to be priced as follows:

  • 1st work at $500 or less
  • 2nd work at $1,000 or less
  • 3rd work at $3,500 or less

All 3 works can be priced at under $500. If work is framed, the price must include the frame.

Note: 91% of our works sold last year were priced at less than $1,000

SIZE
No larger than 45” X 45” including frame. Oversized works will be rejected.

MEDIUMS

Work must be hangable. Oil, acrylic, watercolor, prints, photographs, and collage. No sculpture, crafts, or jewelry. It is recommended but not required that works be framed. All works on paper must be matted and plastic-wrapped for their protection. All other works must have wires, from one side of the frame to the other, for hanging. No other wires or hooks will be accepted. No wet paintings accepted.

PRINTS: Only original prints, such as lithographs, silkscreens, etchings, and monoprints, are acceptable. Posters or reproductions from books, newspapers, magazines, or computer prints are not acceptable. Please do not submit multiple images of any one print. Giclee prints are only accepted if they have been hand-embellished or are certified as edition 1 of 1.

COMMISSION
For this benefit sale, Guild Hall retains a 50% commission. Artists will be paid within 45 days as long as a W9 is provided.

W9s
Please email your W9 form to events@guildhall.org or bring it with you when you drop off your artwork.

LABELING
Guild Hall will send you labels by email prior to the sale.

Please label your works with these labels to you before drop off.

Securely label the front AND back of your artwork.


ART DELIVERY
Thursday, July 17, 12 PM – 5:30 PM | Friday, July 18, 10 AM – 4 PM

There are no appointments for art delivery. Works will NOT be accepted after the last drop-off time. Works must be pre-registered. Works must be delivered in person.

ART PICK-UP

Artwork pick-up is Saturday, July 19, from 3–5 PM only. We do not have storage facilities.

For security purposes, if you, the artist, are not picking up your own work, the name of the party authorized to do so must be provided in advance. Works not picked up shall be deemed abandoned. Guild Hall reserves the right to donate or discard works as it sees fit, with no compensation to the artist.

NOTES

Guild Hall does not insure artists’ work for this show. Guild Hall is not responsible for loss or damage. The general policy of Clothesline Art Sale is to hang artists’ work separately, not as a unit. By registering, artists accept the policies above.

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.

 

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.

 

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.