ART SOCIAL: CREWELWORK – SOLD OUT

KidFEST: Liz Joyce & A Couple of Puppets: The Princess, The Frog, & The Pea

Join award-winning puppeteer Liz Joyce and her cast of lovable characters for a series of puppet shows. Held in Guild Hall’s new John Drew Backyard Theater, shows explore themes of sharing, friendship, and saving the environment, as well as classic fairy tales with a twist.

Combining three well-loved stories, The Princess, The Frog, & The Pea delights audiences of all ages. A princess, a witch, an un-enchanted frog, a hoot owl and a neurotic pea are the stars of this mixed-up tale. 

Appropriate for families with children ages 3–7

Please note: to better accommodate our new Backyard Theater and ensure that the entire audience can view the incredible detail and craft of each puppet, we have changed the show from Little Red Riding Hood to The Princess, The Frog, and The Pea.

*Your purchase of one ticket is for one Lawn Circle, which can sit a part of up to two people. All lawn circles are 6ft. in diameter and are distanced 6ft. away from other parties. Please bring your own blankets and/or beach chairs. For more information, visit the Theater FAQ page.

 

KidFEST: Liz Joyce & A Couple of Puppets: Minkie & Friends

Join award-winning puppeteer Liz Joyce and her cast of lovable characters for a series of puppet shows. Held in Guild Hall’s new John Drew Backyard Theater, shows explore themes of sharing, friendship, and saving the environment, as well as classic fairy tales with a twist.

Designed for our youngest audiences, Minkie and Friends follows the tale of Minkie the Monkey and his experiences of sharing, growing, and playing with the world around him. 

Appropriate for families with children ages 3–7

*Your purchase of one ticket is for one Lawn Circle, which can sit a party of up to two people. All lawn circles are 6ft. in diameter and are distanced 6ft. away from other parties. Please bring your own blankets and/or beach chairs. For more information, visit the Theater FAQ page.

Virtual Annual Members Meeting

Join Chairman of the Board Marty Cohen, Executive Director Andrea Grover, Museum Director & Chief Curator Christina Strassfield, John Drew Theater Artistic Director Josh Gladstone, and The Patti Kenner Fellow in Arts Education Anthony Madonna to learn all about the revamped 2020 Summer Season at Guild Hall. 

Free with required registration. Private Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours before the meeting. Please be sure to sign up for a free Zoom account ahead of time. 

We look forward to seeing you there! 

For any questions, please contact Membership and Special Events Associate Manager, Leta Mumgaard, at lmumgaard@guildhall.org

Virtual Art Salon: Top Winners from the 82nd Artist Members Exhibition

Virtual Art Salon hosted by Casey Dalene, Guild Hall Curatorial Assistant, Registrar and Lewis B Cullman Associate for Museum Education

Featuring:

Top Winners from the 82nd Artist Members Exhibition

As we celebrated the re-opening of Guild Hall Museum on Friday, June 26th, we are excited to re-ignite the conversation about the 82nd Artist Members Exhibition. This exhibition has been waiting patiently in our galleries and will now, once again, be open to the public. In the next Virtual Art Salon, Curatorial Assistant, Casey Dalene, will interview the top winners, chosen by guest juror, Susan Thompson, Associate Curator at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum. Each artist will discuss the piece that they entered in the show and why they chose that particular piece for this year’s exhibition.

Top 9 Winning Categories include: Top Honors, Best Representational Work, Best Abstract, Best Photograph, Best Sculpture, Catherine and Theo Hios Best Landscape, Best Mixed Media, Best Work on Paper, and Best New Artist.

Winners that will be featured in the Zoom Conversation:
Darlene Charneco, Top Honors Winner
Renee Gallanti, Best Mixed Media
Tracy Jamar, Best Sculpture
Mary Twomey, Best Work on Paper
Johnny Miller, Best Photograph
Julie Solomon, Best New Artist

Free with required registration.  Private Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours prior to the Salon. Please be sure to sign up for a free Zoom account ahead of time.

RE

RESTART RENEW REFRESH REINVENT REUNITE

As Guild Hall begins the initial stages of reopening, the Teen Arts Council (TAC) is investigating the idea of “reopen” and, in general, the prefix “re;” How will this phase, and the pandemic that caused it, alter how we interact with each other? In what ways is the world around us already reopening? How do we reopen to a more empathetic world, rather than return to the status-quo? 

With these questions in mind each TAC Member has documented the “re” sights, sounds, and interactions they see on a daily basis, culminating in a series of four vignettes projected on rear-facing windows of Guild Hall.

RE is on view Friday – Monday evenings: June 26 – July 13. The work can be viewed from the parking lot at a self-regulated physical distancing (6 feet) from other patrons. 

All media recorded and collected by TAC Members
Video editing by TAC Member, Anni Spacek
Projection by Joe Brondo & Patrick Dawson
Curated by Anthony Madonna 

Teens Make Abstract Videos for Guild Hall by Christine Sampson in The East Hampton Star

Sag Harbor Elementary School: Remote Impressions

With the online exhibition Remote Impressions, Sag Harbor Elementary School (SHES) 4th & 5th Grade students share the objects, images, and expressions of their ‘shelter-in-place’ experience. 

Led by guest artist Clarence Sheppard and their classroom art teacher Gary Osborne, SHES students have been introduced to the tenets and techniques of digital photography and self-portrait, while visually reflecting their time during the COVID pandemic. 

4th Grade Students learned the tenets of digital photography: composition, shadow, reflection, repetition, and angle. In past years, students explored these tenets by capturing images while on field trips to LongHouse Reserve, Pollock-Krasner House, or walks through Sag Harbor. This year their online course took them to places closer to home; revealing the creative potential in our everyday. 

Similar to the 4th Grade, 5th Grade Students reacquainted themselves with the tenets of digital photography while being introduced to self-portrait. Experimenting with these techniques, their work spans from self-portrait to reflected landscapes; expanding on the past years’ annual portrait series. 

An annual program, Clarence Sheppard has been leading a digital photography project with Sag Harbor Elementary students for the past 17 years. The project is made possible in part by the Reutershan Educational Trust, a privately funded art program created by Sag Harbor resident and architect Hobart “Hobbie” Betts.

Art Break with Maria Lavezzo

Guild Hall invites you into the studios of our closest artist friends and supporters for a weekly art break. Utilizing simple materials found at home, learners of all ages will explore new ways of bringing creativity into their everyday by virtually visiting and creating with an East End artist.  

In this episode, join artist Maria Lavezzo and her family to create a macrame feather & seashell mobile. 

Needed Materials: 

  • Twisted Cotton String
  • Fabric Glue
  • Pet Brush & Comb
  • Scissors
  • Branch, drift wood, etc.
  • Cotton String
  • 10 sea shells

*This material list replicates the exact objects Maria will use. It is welcomed and encouraged to find substitute materials you have at home. 

If you post your art to social media, be sure to hashtag it with #GHARTBREAK

Virtual Art Salon: Brianna Ashe and Kara Hoblin

Join Guild Hall Curatorial Assistant, Casey Dalene as she engages with one of our most valuable resources during this time (and at all times): Artists. What better profession to teach us how to be at home, often times solitary, alone with our thoughts, finding ways to express ourselves, and looking towards the future. While we cannot mingle at our usual gatherings; art openings, gallery receptions, artist talks, studio visits etc., let’s continue these conversations virtually as we pose the questions: What does the pandemic art world look like from the artist’s perspective? How is this changing the creative practice? Are there ways artists are finding to help first responders and essential workers through their craft? How are artists continuing to find ways to make a living? What digital resources are out there? How can the general public help support them? What movements will manifest in the post-pandemic art world? Join us as we engage in conversation with artists during this historic time.

Virtual Art Salon hosted by Casey Dalene, Guild Hall Curatorial Assistant, Registrar and Lewis B Cullman Associate for Museum Education

Featuring:

Kara Hoblin, Artist 

Brianna Ashe, Artist

In the next Guild Hall Virtual Art Salon, Casey Dalene, Kara Hoblin and Brianna Ashe will lead a one-hour Arts Incubator for artists and creatives looking to increase their digital presence. Artists Kara Hoblin and Brianna Ashe have swiftly adapted to the times and expanded their presence online with screaming success. 

Kara Hoblin lives and works on the North Fork on Long Island and has increased her Instagram following 6x in the last month as well as launched a new website, and Etsy and Patreon accounts. Brianna Ashe, an Amagansett resident, has also launched a new website with products ranging from drawings and prints to mugs and hats, and as result of her exhibition in the Drive-By-Art show, has attracted new collectors of her work.  

Let’s tap into how they achieved this by discussing the logistics and effects of a website, e-commerce, social media, and more; sharing tips and tools for both individual success and to assure the resurgence of the East End creative economy.  

When artists succeed, we all succeed. 

Free with required registration.  Private Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours prior to the Salon. Please be sure to sign up for a free Zoom account ahead of time.

Sing Loud for PD: A choir for people with Parkinson’s Disease

Offered in collaboration with the American Parkinson Disease Association, and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Center for Parkinson’s Disease, Sing Loud for PD is a chorus for people living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners. Led by Valerie diLorenzo, award-winning Vocalist and Teaching Artist, this fun, virtual program will unite us in song and music. No previous musical experience is required and all lyrics will be provided! 

Classes are offered live via Zoom, and you may join us for one or all eight sessions. Registration is limited. 

SCHEDULE
Session 1, June 10: Great American Songbook
Session 2, June 17: Favorites of the 50s, 60s, & 70s
Session 3, June 24: The Good Old Summertime!
Session 4, July 1: Happy Birthday USA!
Session 5, July 8: Best of Broadway
Session 6, July 15: Songs of the Silver Screen
Session 7, July 22: Family Disney Day
Session 8, July 29: Final Celebration