ART SOCIAL: COLLAGE WITH ALMOND ZIGMUND—SOLD OUT

Artist Almond Zigmund in her Wading Room gallery, Photo: Jessica Dalene Photography

ART SOCIAL: HOLIDAY SWEATER FELTING WITH LAURIE LAMBRECHT

ART SOCIAL: HOLIDAY SWEATER FELTING WITH LAURIE LAMBRECHT

Back by popular demand!

Do you have a piece of clothing that could use a creative touch to bring it back into your wardrobe circulation – maybe something festive for the holidays? You don’t want to miss the return of this fun and easy approach to revitalizing an item of clothing a special way. With instruction by the master, artist Laurie Lambrecht, 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 a woven/knit item or items you wish to revitalize. All other materials will be provided.

Art Social admission includes complimentary wine (or a non-alcoholic beverage), and lite bites generously donated by Harbor Market & Kitchen in Sag Harbor.


Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees 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.

 

ART SOCIAL: PAINTING TINY WITH MICHAEL A. BUTLER

ART SOCIAL: PAINTING TINY WITH MICHAEL A. BUTLER

Join 2024 Artist Members Exhibition Top Honors Winner Michael A. Butler for a session of tiny painting. Bring a magnifying glass to help with detail as we work off the teeniest, tiniest canvas you have ever seen! 

Michael A. 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. 

Art Social admission includes complimentary wine (or a non-alcoholic beverage), and lite bites generously donated by Harbor Market & Kitchen in Sag Harbor.


Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees 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.

ART SOCIAL: SHELL DECOUPAGE WITH HEIDI WRIGHT STEVENS

ART SOCIAL: SHELL DECOUPAGE WITH HEIDI WRIGHT STEVENS

Using nature found in our own backyard, join us for an evening of creativity as we transform your own sea shells with the art of decoupage.  Refined through the art of decoupage, each piece is layered with delicate papers and sealed to create a polished, lasting finish. A simple coastal treasure, reimagined as art for a bedside table, coffee table or a special spot in your home!

Art Social admission includes complimentary wine (or a non-alcoholic beverage), and lite bites generously donated by Harbor Market & Kitchen in Sag Harbor.


Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees 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.

IN-PROCESS: LOVE LETTERS—CAGE TO CUNNINGHAM

Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artists-in-Residence, Site-Specific Dances (artistic directors: Michael Spencer Phillips and Dino Kiratzidis) share an in-process presentation of their new dance-theater work, Love Letters: Cage to Cunningham.

Love Letters: Cage to Cunningham is a dance/media-performance work by Site-Specific Dances, based on selected letters from Love, Icebox. These letters reveal the interwoven nature of John and Merce’s artistic and personal lives. They contain moments of flirtation, humor, insecurity, joy, longing, arousal, and jealousy, emotions specific to the letters but also universal to human experiences of love and longing.

The piece unfolds as a series of vignettes that follow the emotional arc of the letters, combining media and live music with a new ensemble dance suite by Michael Spencer Phillips. The set design is an assemblage of various media elements drawn from the text of the letters and curated by Dino Kiratzidis in collaboration with videographer Emma Kazaryan and graphic designer Riley Hooker. Adam Tendler joins the team as a John Cage specialist, performer and adviser, alongside collaborating composers Phong Tran and Matthew Ricketts.

The in-process presentation will be followed by a conversation between the creative team.

ART SOCIAL: NOTHING WORKS, WITH MONICA BANKS—SOLD OUT

Instructed by Monica Banks

Sculptor Monica Banks will lead a workshop creating household items that defiantly refuse to fulfill their intended function. 

This class is sold out. Please email akirwin@guildhall.org to be added to the waiting list.


Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees 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.

ART SOCIAL: SHRINK SESSION WITH JOEL MESLER

Shrinky Dinks with the Shrink! Let’s do some inner child work with Dr. Mesler—only if you are ready to do the hard work. We will take inspiration from Miles of Smiles and create whimsical shrinky dinks, while spending time in analysis with Joel.

Fun fact: Joel was only 3 units away from a psychology major.


Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees 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.

ART SOCIAL: COLLAGE WITH ALMOND ZIGMUND—SOLD OUT

This program is now sold out. To be added to the standby list, please email info@guildhall.org

On the heels of her recent installation, Wading Room, join artist Almond Zigmund for an unforgettable session of colorful collage-making. 

Art Social admission includes complimentary wine (or a non-alcoholic beverage), and lite bites generously donated by Harbor Market & Kitchen in Sag Harbor.


Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees 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.

GHTAC X LVIS: REPURPOSED FASHION SHOW

Presented by the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council & the East Hampton Ladies’ Village Improvement Society

Sustainability meets style in this bold celebration of creativity and conscious design. GHTAC X LVIS: Teen Fashion Show showcases original ensembles crafted entirely from repurposed and upcycled materials, transforming second-hand clothing and fashion waste into visionary, wearable art.

A true community collaboration, this fashion show is the result of months of creative work between the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council and the dedicated volunteers of the Ladies’ Village Improvement Society (LVIS). Together, they sourced clothing from the LVIS thrift shop, carefully selecting garments with the potential for reinvention. Guided by a shared theme, the teens took on the role of designers—de-seaming, reconstructing, and reimagining fabrics to create entirely new looks that challenge the boundaries of fashion.

A reception will follow to celebrate the culmination of the 2024-2025 Guild Hall Teen Arts Council!

 

PUBLIC REHEARSAL: FUENTEOVEJUNA EAST END

FREE
 
Be part of the creative journey behind Fuenteovejuna: East End, an exciting new production co-created by OLA of Eastern Long Island and Guild Hall.
 
Directed by Guild Hall Community Artists-in-Residence, Minerva Perez and Margarita Espada, this fully Spanish-language reimagining of Lope de Vega’s timeless 17th-century play tells the story of a community’s courageous stand against tyranny.
 
This public rehearsal gives you the chance to witness the power of theater in shaping conversations around justice, solidarity, and collective action.
 
Please Be Aware: This show contains brief moments of depicted violence and assault and is suggested for audiences ages 10 and up.
 
Únase al proceso creativo detrás de Fuenteovejuna: East End, una emocionante nueva producción co-creada por OLA de Long Island Oriental y Guild Hall.
 
Dirigida por Minerva Pérez y Margarita Espada, artistas residentes de Guild Hall, esta adaptación íntegramente en español del clásico de Lope de Vega del siglo XVII cuenta la historia del valiente levantamiento de una comunidad contra la tiranía.
 
Este ensayo público le da la oportunidad de ser testigo del poder del teatro en la construcción de conversaciones sobre justicia, solidaridad y acción colectiva.
 
Por favor tenga en cuenta: Este espectáculo contiene breves momentos de violencia y agresión representadas, y se sugiere para audiencias de 10 años en adelante.
 
 

 

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.