Guild Hall’s Saturday Family workshops are the perfect way for families to take part in shared learning and creativity. Each session allows families, ages 4+, to explore and reflect on the works exhibited in Guild Hall’s Museum as they create unique works of their own.
From building driftwood ships to painting imaginative watercolor landscapes, each Saturday Family Workshop provides a new viewpoint and level of engagement to the current exhibition, Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Workshops are led by a rotating team of locally based educators and artists, embracing the diversity and artist colony of the Hamptons.
A single registration is for families of no more than four people.
SCHEDULE Saturday, June 12: Micro-plastic Collages with Erica Cirino Saturday, June 19: Ocean Friendly Gardens with Surfrider Long Island Saturday, June 26: Deep Sea Creatures with Anna Healy Saturday, July 3: Woodworking with Grain Surfboards and Stick + Stone Saturday, July 10: Captain’s Log Books with East Hampton Marine Museum
Guild Hall’s Saturday Family workshops are the perfect way for families to take part in shared learning and creativity. Each session allows families, ages 4+, to explore and reflect on the works exhibited in Guild Hall’s Museum as they create unique works of their own.
From building driftwood ships to painting imaginative watercolor landscapes, each Saturday Family Workshop provides a new viewpoint and level of engagement to the current exhibition, Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Workshops are led by a rotating team of locally based educators and artists, embracing the diversity and artist colony of the Hamptons.
A single registration is for families of no more than four people.
SCHEDULE Saturday, June 12: Micro-plastic Collages with Erica Cirino Saturday, June 19: Ocean Friendly Gardens with Surfrider Long Island Saturday, June 26: Deep Sea Creatures with Anna Healy Saturday, July 3: Woodworking with Grain Surfboards and Stick + Stone Saturday, July 10: Captain’s Log Books with East Hampton Marine Museum
Sessions are held in-person at Guild Hall both indoors and outdoors, with gallery tours occur in the Museum and the adjoining workshop in the Minikes Garden. Masks are required at all times.
Space is extremely limited to a maximum of 15 participants. When registering, please be sure to register both adults and children.
Grab your friends and get creative. Join the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council for a free drop-in art making program! Occurring on the second Tuesday of every month, each open studio will feature a different visiting artist who will share their practice, lead us through projects, and help us create something entirely new.
All supplies are provided and no previous experience is necessary – all arewelcome.
SCHEDULE & VISITING ARTIST Tuesday, March 16:Creative Writing & Spoken Word with Andrina Wekontash Smith(virtual) Tuesday, April 20: Freak Candle Making with A Charde (in-person) Tuesday, May 11: Upcycled Fashion with Jade Ford-Jathan (in-person) Tuesday, June 15: Songwriting & Live Loopingwith Gian Carlo Feleppa (in-person)
ABOUT GHTAC The Guild Hall Teen Arts Council is a group of motivated and creative young people working to inspire their peers to develop a passion for and voice within the contemporary visual, literary, and performing arts, and to advance their own creativity through devising, producing, and participating in creative interactions, public programs, and special events.
From decorative juggling sticks to pirate flags to triple-tier cake sculptures, our pre-show workshops get your child’s imagination ready for the show they are about to experience. Join us to explore, create, and learn together!
Each workshop is led and crafted in partnership with our neighbors at The Golden Eagle.
Join us for this workshop just prior to The Jester Jim Show – Juggling, Beatboxing, Comedy!
Appropriate for ages 4+ This is a family program. Parents/Guardians are expected to stay with their children.
For KidFEST, ALL guests over the age of 2 years are required to wear face coverings both indoors and outside, regardless of vaccination status. While children under the age of 12 are unable to be vaccinated, we ask adults to model the behavior that is expected of children. Your patience and understanding is appreciated in keeping our community’s children safe.
Click HERE for full COVID-19 information to review prior to your visit.
Guild Hall’s Saturday Family workshops are the perfect way for families to take part in shared learning and creativity. Each session allows families, ages 4+, to explore and reflect on the works exhibited in Guild Hall’s Museum as they create unique works of their own.
From building driftwood ships to painting imaginative watercolor landscapes, each Saturday Family Workshop provides a new viewpoint and level of engagement to the current exhibition, Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Workshops are led by a rotating team of locally based educators and artists, embracing the diversity and artist colony of the Hamptons.
A single registration is for families of no more than four people.
SCHEDULE Saturday, June 12: Micro-plastic Collages with Erica Cirino Saturday, June 19: Ocean Friendly Gardens with Surfrider Long Island Saturday, June 26: Deep Sea Creatures with Anna Healy Saturday, July 3: Woodworking with Grain Surfboards and Stick + Stone Saturday, July 10: Captain’s Log Books with East Hampton Marine Museum
GATHER: Conversations led by Black and Indigenous Change-Makers is a celebration of the East End’s diversity, a recognition of fault and colonization, and, most importantly, an opportunity to build and implement new understandings. Devised specifically for community leaders, service workers, teachers, and developers, this series platforms the voices and experiences of various BIPOC scholars, artists, and leaders, providing both lessons on our past histories, and strategies and examples of how to progress forward together.The series spans from Friday, July 16 – Monday, July 19.
Left Behind/Within Poet and storyteller, Andrina Wekontash Smith welcomes audiences for a shared-meal and an evening of spoken word and communal discussion, reflecting on her relationship to her ancestors and the inherited griefs Shinnecock hold but are told to leave behind.
This event is held outdoors at Ma’s House & BIPOC Studio on Shinnecock. All are asked to bring their own seating – blanket, mat, etc.
This iteration of GATHER is programmed in tandem with the Guild Hall exhibition, Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Proceeds from this series aid the education initiatives at Guild Hall of East Hampton, the development of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, and the institutions and artists involved.
FULL GATHER SCHEDULE Join in one or all four events led by Jeremy Dennis, artists and tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Anthony Madonna, Guild Hall’s Senior Associate for Learning and Public Engagement, and a rotating panel of historians, artists, and/or leaders of the Hamptons, including Roddy Smith, Andrina Wekontash Smith, Tecumseh Ceaser, Chief Harry Wallace, Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, Donnamarie Barnes, and Skip Finley.
LEFT BEHIND/WITHIN Friday, July 16, 6–7:30pm MA’s House & BIPOC Studio, Shinnecock
TUKTU PADDLE TOUR OF SHINNECOCK Saturday, July 17, 10–12PM OR 2-4PM MA’S House & BIPOC Studio, Shinnecock
THIS PROGRAM WILL NOW TAKE PLACE INDOORS IN THE MORAN GALLERY. Guests attending any program indoors in the galleries must show proof of FULL vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test result. Face coverings are required for unvaccinated guests and due to the small size of the galleries, masks are also recommended for those who are vaccinated.
Click HERE for full COVID-19 information to review prior to your visit.
GATHER: Conversations led by Black and Indigenous Change-Makers is a celebration of the East End’s diversity, a recognition of fault and colonization, and, most importantly, an opportunity to build and implement new understandings. Devised specifically for community leaders, service workers, teachers, and developers, this series platforms the voices and experiences of various BIPOC scholars, artists, and leaders, providing both lessons on our past histories, and strategies and examples of how to progress forward together. The series spans from Friday, July 16 – Monday, July 19.
Many of the historic houses that decorate Skip Finley’s native Martha’s Vineyard were originally built by whaling captains. Whether in his village of Oak Bluffs, on the Island of Nantucket where whaling burgeoned, or in New Bedford, which became the City of Light thanks to whale oil, these magnificent homes testify to the money made from whaling. In terms of oil, the triangle connecting Martha’s Vineyard to these areas and Eastern Long Island was the Middle East of its day. Whale wealth was astronomical, and endures in the form of land trusts, roads, hotels, docks, businesses, homes, churches and parks. Whaling revenues were invested into railroads and the textile industry. Millions of whales died in the 200-plus-year enterprise, with more than 2,700 ships built for chasing, killing and processing them. Whaling was the first American industry to exhibit any diversity, and the proportion of men of color people who participated was amazingly high. A man got to be captain not because he was white or well connected, but because he knew how to kill a whale. Along the way he would also learn navigation and how to read and write. Whaling presented a tantalizing alternative to mainland life. Working with archival records at whaling museums, in libraries, from private archives and studying hundreds of books and thesis, Finley culls the best stories from the lives of over 50 Whaling Captains of Color to share the story of America’s First Meritocracy.
This iteration of GATHER is programmed in tandem with the Guild Hall exhibition, Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Proceeds from this series aid the education initiatives at Guild Hall of East Hampton, the development of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, and the institutions and artists involved.
FULL GATHER SCHEDULE Join in one or all four events led by Jeremy Dennis, artists and tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Anthony Madonna, Guild Hall’s Senior Associate for Learning and Public Engagement, and a rotating panel of historians, artists, and/or leaders of the Hamptons, including Roddy Smith, Andrina Wekontash Smith, Tecumseh Ceaser, Chief Harry Wallace, Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, Donnamarie Barnes, and Skip Finley.
LEFT BEHIND/WITHIN Friday, July 16, 6–7:30pm MA’s House & BIPOC Studio, Shinnecock
TUKTU PADDLE TOUR OF SHINNECOCK Saturday, July 17, 10–12PM OR 2-4PM MA’S House & BIPOC Studio, Shinnecock
BOOK TALK: WHALING CAPTAINS OF COLOR with Author, Skip Finley Sunday, July 18, 4:30-6pm Guild Hall of East Hampton
GATHER: Conversations led by Black and Indigenous Change-Makers is a celebration of the East End’s diversity, a recognition of fault and colonization, and, most importantly, an opportunity to build and implement new understandings. Devised specifically for community leaders, service workers, teachers, and developers, this series platforms the voices and experiences of various BIPOC scholars, artists, and leaders, providing both lessons on our past histories, and strategies and examples of how to progress forward together. The series spans from Friday, July 16 – Monday, July 19.
Tuktu Paddle Tour of Shinnecock Join Tuktu PT on a guided paddle tour of aboriginal Shinnecock waterways to learn about indigenous plants, culture, landmarks and more. Each tour is led by Tuktu PT founder, Gerrod Smith, and includes a short hike along Shinnecock’s private coastlands and, if the tides flow right, a fresh taste of local shellfish handpicked from Shinnecock Bay.
Each tour is limited to 12 people. The rental of a single-person kayak, two-person kayak, or three-person canoe is included with registration.
This iteration of GATHER is programmed in tandem with the Guild Hall exhibition, Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Proceeds from this series aid the education initiatives at Guild Hall of East Hampton, the development of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, and the institutions and artists involved.
FULL GATHER SCHEDULE Join in one or all four events led by Jeremy Dennis, artist and tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Anthony Madonna, Guild Hall’s Senior Associate for Learning and Public Engagement, and a rotating panel of historians, artists, and/or leaders of the Hamptons, including Roddy Smith, Andrina Wekontash Smith, Tecumseh Ceaser, Chief Harry Wallace, Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, Donnamarie Barnes, and Skip Finley.
LEFT BEHIND/WITHIN Friday, July 16, 6–7:30pm MA’s House & BIPOC Studio, Shinnecock
TUKTU PADDLE TOUR OF SHINNECOCK Saturday, July 17, 10–12PM OR 2-4PM MA’S House & BIPOC Studio, Shinnecock
Join storytellers and creatives from Guild Hall for a family hour of stories, gallery tours, and art workshops. At each session we will be reading a children’s book in response to the current Guild Hall exhibit, followed by a hands-on workshop.
Sessions are held in-person at Guild Hall with a maximum of 15 people. When registering, please be sure to register both adults and children.
Each session is a hybrid of indoor and outdoor activity. Gallery tours occur in the Museum and the adjoining workshop in Guild Hall’s Minikes Garden. Masks are required at all times.
