Join us for an opening reception on Saturday, April 4^th between 6 PM – 7:30 PM to get the first look of our 2026 Spring Exhibition A Thousand Words: Photography at The New Yorker. Curated by Elisabeth Biondi, the first Visuals Editor of The New Yorker, the show explores the work of, ten staff photographers for the periodical: Ruven Afanador, Richard Avedon Mary Ellen Mark, Gilles Peress, Sylvia Plachy, Platon, Robert Polidori, Steve Pyke, Martin Schoeller, and Max Vadukul. 

The New Yorker magazine celebrated its 100^th Anniversary in February 2025. For almost 70 years, only illustrations were used for articles in the publication. In 1992, when Tina Brown was named Editor-in-Chief, she broke with tradition by introducing photography, immediately naming Richard Avedon as the magazine’s first exclusive staff photographer and subsequently naming Elisabeth Biondi as its first Visuals Editor in 1994, where she remained through 2013. 

To learn more about the exhibition, check out our exhibition page. A Thousand Words will be on view during our normal exhibition hours 11 AM- 5 PM | Thursday – Monday from April 5^th through May 31^st.  Be sure to check out our events calendar for exhibition related programming to be announced.

From newsroom to jail. Andrew Visconti’s fascinating journey started in journalism and evolved into a memoir writing program for incarcerated individuals. Join us for this very special Knowledge Friday in which Visconti talks about the experience he gained working with inmates. Since 2023, he has led workshops that foster personal growth behind bars and uses storytelling to guide transformation among the incarcerated population.

April is National Second Chance Awareness Month, which aims to reduce recidivism and highlights the barriers to reintegration that formerly incarcerated individuals face. With this in mind, this program intends to shine a light on the power of support and community in the walk toward rehabilitative justice.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

“It has to do with women, their sacrifices and strength, and of course politics!” says author and poet Philip Schultz of his latest book of poetry, Enormous Mornings. The Pulitzer Prize winning poet is joined in conversation with visual artist and The Church co-founder April Gornik, whose painting Light Bending the World is featured on the book’s cover. Sharing excerpts from the book and engaging in a delightful dialogue with Gornik, Schultz invites audiences to discover his new work and the inspirations behind it. Following the discussion there will be a Q&A.

This newest poetic publication is set to release March 10^th, 2026 by W.W. Norton. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and can be signed by the author after the talk. 

Join us as we close out Women’s History month with a poetic program that celebrates and explores the wisdom of women.

March 22nd Query: When should you trust your gut? (And when should you not?)

Still, Small Voice draws its name from the idea of the "still, small voice" within—a quiet, inner voice that guides us in moments of reflection. This monthly gathering, started in 2023 as an artistic experiment, now returns as a community-led practice with rotating facilitators. It invites participants to engage in silent reflection and thoughtful sharing, centered around a question about creativity, community, and being human. We forever ever grateful for Nanao Anton & Erling Hope for their contributions, inspirations, and commitment.

This is a space to hear your and others’ authentic voices & own it in community, free of judgement or reaction, as necessary

This is not group therapy, a study group, a political action group or Quaker Meeting.

Please review our Community Values before attending.

Join Oliver Tobin, former dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and curator of Martha Graham: Collaborations, in a movement workshop for adults inspired by Matha Graham’s seminal solo Lamentation. Open to all backgrounds and experience levels, the workshop introduces the expressive foundations of the Martha Graham Technique and explores storytelling through breath, shape, and movement. Working in a supportive and reflective environment, movers will explore themes of grief, containment, release, resilience, and transformation at the heart of Lamentation.

Presented in dialogue with the exhibition, this workshop invites physical exploration, reflection, and connection while honoring Graham’s belief in the body as a vessel for human experience and emotional truth.

Participants should dress comfortably and bring a water bottle. Socks or bare feet are recommended for movement. No additional materials are required.

Calling all members! With a well of gratitude, we would like to invite you to our beloved tradition: The Church Members Appreciation Morning. Join us downstairs in the studio for bagels and coffee, chat with other members, and share your insights with Sheri Pasquarella, our Executive Director and other members of our leadership and team. After breakfast, stay for a tour of the exhibition! We are honored to serve this community and are deeply appreciative of the enthusiasm our members bring to our exhibitions, events, and workshops, and the care and attention they show our artists-in-residence. Thank you, members!

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

Sag Harbor resident, Laura L. Rubin invites you to take a journey with her in our March Insight Sunday. Rubin will illuminate the creative process behind her soon to be published and highly anticipated book The Big Unlock: Liberate Your Creativity Through Mindful Journaling. How does a personal journaling practice lead to a career as a workshop builder? And how does that career then manifest as a path into the world of publishing? This very special Insight Sunday invites us to both learn about Rubin’s creativity and practice it: bring a notebook and a pen and get perspective into Rubin’s journaling approach with a few micro prompts. Rubin will share her experiences of listening to one’s authentic inner voice and having the courage to step into center-stage, and how Sag Harbor shaped her journey.

Copies of the book will be available for the first time to the public at the end of the discussion!

A special thank you to our collaborating community book sellers, Book Hampton, for joining us on this program.

Award-winning photographers and bestselling authors Ken Browar & Deborah Ory join us to discuss their stunning art book Martha Graham Dance Company: 100 Years, which captures the current company of Graham dancers in gorgeous, spirited action. The husband-and-wife team are joined by artist, writer, and former Chief Curator of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Bonnie Rychlak. The longtime friends will discuss their unique histories, the spirit of collaboration, the curatorial process and more – sharing with the audience photographic stills from the beautiful book that celebrates the 100 years of the Company. Following the discussion there will be a spirited Q&A with the audience, followed by a book signing.

The esteemed photographic duo, with ties to the editorial world have been documenting Dancers. Ory, a former dancer, and Browar a renowned fashion and editorial photographer, come together with a unique eye for shape, line, and nuance. Together they are able to compile masterpieces that are shaped by their unique vision.

Before becoming the chief curator of Isamu Noguchi’s Museum, Rychlak served as his studio assistant. She is a recognized authority on Noguchi, having curated numerous exhibitions worldwide and authored the accompanying catalogues. No stranger to collaboration, Rychlak joins the conversation with a unique perspective on the selection process in the creation of an art book.

Programmed in tandem with our exhibition Martha Graham: Collaborations, this program explores the spirit of collaboration while continuing to celebrate the legacy of the Company.

A special thank you to our collaborating community book sellers, Book Hampton, for joining us on this program.

The Modern Marionette Company, led by artist and educator, Kim Profaci invites people of all ages to learn about the genius of Martha Graham! Inspired by the exhibition Martha Graham: Collaborations, Profaci has created new puppets and costumes that provide a creative new medium for understanding the forms, movements, and expression of the Graham technique, Martha’s life and work, and the ingenuous use of costumes – a hallmark of Graham’s legacy – that require activation by the performer. In this beguiling presentation, Profaci’s custom, hand-made 3-foot marionette puppets will even perform Lamentation and other key Graham moments.

Those who have attended a Profaci puppet show know that this is one for lovers of wonder and awe of all ages – as captivating as they are unique, with an edge of sophistication. Much-loved by our community, Profaci’s natural ability for story-telling and the care she brings to her craft, captures the wonder and hearts of people of all ages. Come learn about the iconic legend in a fun and magical afternoon program.

This program has been developed in tandem with our exhibition Martha Graham: Collaborations.  The exhibition is on view through March 22^nd during our normal exhibition hours of Thursday – Monday, 11AM – 5PM.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

Breathe and reconnect to the pure intention of your heart with Céline Antoine, our March Wellness Monday leader and certified breathwork guide. In this intensive 90-minute Healing Breathwork class, participants will mindfully engage their breath using a potent technique called circular breath. Participants will be lying on the ground and must bring their own yoga mat and 1 to 2 blankets/throws/or beach towels for the practice.

This technique helps relieve stress and anxiety while releasing emotions stuck in the body. Healing Breathwork allows participants the opportunity to gain deep insights and experience profound breakthroughs and can often lead to a powerful and transformational experience that resonates in the body well after the session has ended.

In the words of Tich Naht Hanh, “breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness.”

This class is not recommended if you have heart problems, unmedicated high blood pressure, glaucoma or detached retina, or if you are pregnant.

Learn from expert, Oliver Tobin— former Teens@Graham Director and curator of Martha Graham: Collaborations – who invites teens with a love for movement to explore Graham’s 1929 choreographed work Heretic. This participatory workshop is open to teenagers of all dance backgrounds and experience levels.  Participants will be introduced to the Martha Graham Technique and explore embodied storytelling through movement in the main gallery, surrounded by the iconic history and legacy presented in the exhibition.

Programmed in tandem with the exhibition, this workshop celebrates International Women’s Day, Sunday, March 8^th. Join us in honoring Martha Graham, who devoted her life and body to the arts, sought power and liberation for women through dance, and, through collaboration, forged a legacy that transformed the landscape of contemporary dance.

Participants should dress comfortably and bring a water bottle. Socks or bare feet are recommended for movement. No other materials are needed.

*As a part of the design of this performance specifically for The Church, the artist has asked that the audience stand for the duration of the two works, approximately 30 minutes

*a limited number of seats will be availble for those with disabilities

 TICKET INCLUDES A POST-SHOW INTERVIEW BETWEEN XIN YING & OLIVER TOBIN

AND A WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION WITH TOBIN & YING

The Martha Graham Dance Company returns to The Church for a very special evening featuring Xin Ying, one of the company’s most beloved leading dancers. Ying will perform two solo works: Letter to Nobody, conceived and created by Xin Ying and Mimi Yin, explores generative media approaches, including emerging AI technologies, to extract data from archival footage from the Martha Graham Resources archive and bring Martha Graham back to the stage to perform a duet with Xin Ying. The piece is being reformatted especially for The Church’s space and current exhibition; and; Lamentation, a classic solo created by Martha Graham in 1930, that announced to the world that modernism had arrived in American dance. As a part of the design of this performance specifically for The Church, the artist has asked that the audience stand for the duration of the two works, approximately 30 minutes. Following the two dances, the audience will be led downstairs for a Q&A between Ying and Oliver Tobin, curator of the current exhibition MARTHA GRAHAM: COLLABORATIONS. This very special evening concludes with a wine and cheese reception for the audience and the presenters and performer.

A celebrated Chinese chorographer and star dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company, Ying has created a dynamic career that earned her a spot of the cover of Dance Magazine.  Known for her embodiment of powerful female roles, many of which Graham  created for herself, Ying joins us during the celebratory weekend that honors the strength of women and kicks of Women’s Month.

 This performance has been programmed in tandem with our exhibition Martha Graham: Collaborations.The exhibition is on view during our exhibition hours Thursday through Monday, from 11 AM – 5 Pm, until March 22^nd.

This program is supported by the Friends of the Fund for Community & Education at The Church

Strike a pose and continue your celebration of International Women’s Day at our special March Knowledge Friday! – that explores the intersection of our current exhibition while also celebrating a creative community member of the South Fork. Join us for a sit down with Shelter Island’s own Margaret Garrett, a former dancer turned visual artist.

Knowledge Friday provides an intimate presentation by a community member who shares their knowledge and expertise with rare intimacy. For March, we’re exploring Garret’s special history with dance and then will turn the spotlight on a special Martha Graham Dance Company Project: The 19Poses. The audience is invited to learn a few of the poses, do the poses, and to own them in their own, powerful way!

Developed as part of The Eve Project, Martha Graham Dance Company’s celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the 19^th Amendment, The 19 Poses honors the suffragists and accentuates Martha Graham’s revolutionary representation of women onstage. Drawn from a curated selection of photographs of Graham in evocative poses, The 19 Poses were shared in this YouTube Video, starring the star of The Church’s Saturday dance performance, Xin Ying! The project also led to a memorable Insta-Graham challenge, which invited women everywhere to utilize the poses in their everyday life. Join us as we learn more about an incredible project that brought women together through movement and expression.

 This talk has been programmed in tandem with Martha Graham: Collaborations, on view January 18 – March 22 during our exhibition hours, Thursday through Monday from 11 AM – 5 PM.

Clarice Jensen, a cutting-edge contemporary Classical artist comes to The Church to perform from her latest album – called by NPR the “best classical album of 2025.”

Known for performing on cello with effects pedals, Jensen will present music from In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness, her most recent and fourth full-length album, released in October 2025. She draws abstract inspiration from Bach’s Suites and places the rich sonority of the cello at the fore, while carefully treating and layering the timbres to create a “kaleidoscopic, surging cathedral of sound,” according to  NPR’s Tom Huizenga.

Bring a yoga mat, a pillow, or a blanket and enjoy this concert in a Sound Bath style! Chairs will be provided for those who prefer to be seated for the performance.

International Women’s Day Shout Out & Dance Party returns for a second year of saluting inspiring women from our community with a soul-stirring, sole-lifting community celebration. Come one and all for a dance-filled evening of jubilation while raising a glass to some of your favorite friends, family, and neighbors.

This year we’re giving a shout out to:Bonnie Cannon -  Executive Director of Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreation Center, Cindy Capalbo- Founder and Organizer of Sag Harbor Helpers, Elizabeth Cataletto – Art Teacher at Pierson Highschool, Pamela Greinke -  Founder and Executive Director of Hope & Resilience Long Island, Meghan McGinley Arnone, PhD – Director of Education & Grants Management at Sag Harbor Cinema, Elka Rifkin – Co-Founder of ACCESSforALL.

The good vibes continue as the salutees pay it forward by shouting out their own celebrant. Respect. The gift that keeps on giving.

All of this amidst a fun community social featuring DJ Henry Eau who spins genre-fluid tunes of old and new dance favorites, in addition to a specialty cocktails (cash bar) and snacks. Come for the shout outs, stay for the party.

The 2026 International Women’s Day theme is #GivetoGain and emphasizes the power of reciprocity and support. Whether giving donations, knowledge, resources, visibility, advocacy, or all the other countless ways we can offer support, opportunities increase. “When women thrive, we all rise.”

Rise with us as we spotlight and celebrate women in our community who give their time, hearts, and dedication so that others may benefit. Salute their achievements with movement, celebration, and the joy of community. Let’s dance!

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

Explore the possibilities of creative writing and develop new connections between visual art and the written word! Led by published poet and scholar Star Black, this two-session literary workshop will focus on the idea of ekphrasis, an Ancient Greek term meaning “the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device.” Inspired by the works featured in Martha Graham: Collaborations, participants will generate a series of creative texts detailing their unique experiences of selected pieces in the exhibition. Poets, writers, and anyone fascinated by the interweaving of art and literature are welcome to attend, with no prior writing experience required.

February 22nd Query: How much is enough?

Still, Small Voice draws its name from the idea of the "still, small voice" within—a quiet, inner voice that guides us in moments of reflection. This monthly gathering, started in 2023 as an artistic experiment, now returns as a community-led practice with rotating facilitators. It invites participants to engage in silent reflection and thoughtful sharing, centered around a question about creativity, community, and being human. We forever ever grateful for Nanao Anton & Erling Hope for their contributions, inspirations, and commitment.

This is a space to hear your and others’ authentic voices & own it in community, free of judgement or reaction, as necessary

This is not group therapy, a study group, a political action group or Quaker Meeting.

Please review our Community Values before attending.

Oliver Tobin, curator of Martha Graham: Collaborations, and Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of Martha Graham Dance Company, invite you to an intimate evening exploring the exhibition. Tobin and Eilber bring their insights of not only of the exhibition but also a unique, shared experience:  both Tobin and Eilber enjoyed long careers as dancers in the Martha Graham Dance Company, and the latter worked directly with the famed choreographer herself. Together, Tobin and Eilber will explore the depth of materials and histories embedded in the show with the added gusto and intrigue of their rare first-hand expertise with the subject matter. Following the discussion there will be a Q&A.

This program is a part of the exhibition programmed forMartha Graham: Collaborations,which is on view through March 22^nd during our normal exhibition hours.

WORD returns! Celebrate the written word as an art form in this recurring program that invites writers to share works that resonate with an anchoring theme. In its fifth iteration, WORD: Identity, presents a curated selection of writers, poets, and storytellers for an evening of presence and reflection as we meditate on the word “identity” and its many shapes and forms.

Curated by writer, educator and founding director of Hamptons Pride, Tom House, the program welcomes writers, Jeremy Dennis, Ariel Ransom, Christine Sampson, and Lora Tucker to the space to share their contemplations on Identity.

The reading will offer café table seating (limited tables available that seat four guests), and regular seating in rows behind the tables. Stop by our concessions ahead of the performance to purchase a drink or a snack and settle in for an evening of intellect, inquiry, and creativity.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

No one does etching on the East End like Samuel Havens. The Church’s legendary Workshops & Residency Manager, in-house printmaker, artist, and overall renaissance man leads the first Insight Sunday of the year and invites you to gain insight into his process by witnessing it in action! Join Havens, as he presents a live demonstration print of his copper etching Dusk Haze. Using a mobile printing press and sharing the process on the big screen, Havens will walk us through the process step-by-step, illuminating the intricacies of the craft and his unique approach. Following the demonstration Havens will field questions from the audience in a thoughtful Q&A.

This program has been supported in part by Steve Pesner, in honor of Michèle Pesner and the Friends of the Fund for Music at The Church 

Bentornati Roberto Scarcella Perino and Baron Fenwick! The multifaceted Italian composer and rising star pianist return to The Church with a new collection of original compositions. Explore love through the lens of gratitude and creative inspiration as Scarcella Perino presents a second set of dedication pieces, including a world premiere of Perino’s Piano Sonata No. 6.

For those of you who joined us last May, you will remember the beauty in the musicality of Scarcella Perino’s work and the magnificence in Fenwick’s virtuosity. Join us for an evening of warmth and beautiful music.

An educator and musicologist, Scarcella Perino has explored a wide territory of musical composition, performing worldwide. Operas, piano concertos, movie scores, ballets, chamber music, and choral compositions are all part of his outstanding repertoire.

Scarcella Perino’s music is in good hands as it is performed by young virtuosic pianist and Juilliard doctoral student, Baron Fenwick. Fenwick’s playing, described as “elegant, lush, and far more mature than would be expected for a young man his age,” is reason to keep your eyes and ears on this rising star. 

Join us for an opening reception of Sag Harbor In Process, a pop-up exhibition and celebration of student works created during the 2026 Pierson Intensive Workshops. This year’s intensives focused on Intaglio Printmaking, facilitated by Samuel Havens, and Fashion Design, facilitated by Mary Jane Marcasiano. Each workshop is carried out over a 3-day period, and students are granted the unique opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the techniques and processes being presented. Support for these workshops has been generously provided by The Reutershan Education Trust.

Lose yourself to the music and the movement with Kveta “Kiki” Hajkova, our first Wellness Monday leader of the year! Using movement as a healing modality, Hajkova invites participants to immerse themselves in a liberating, free-form dance program and to dance “until they disappear.” Tapping into the spiritual and working to release emotions trapped in the body, use music and movement to cultivate the transformative energy force within. No prior dance experience necessary; this program is designed for all skill levels.

Participants should dress comfortably and bring their own water bottle. Participants should also bring their own yoga mat, blanket, or cushion to use to ground in the space before and after dancing. Chairs will be provided for those who are unable to sit on the ground.

Join award-winning artist & performer mayfield brooks for an interactive presentation of dArK oXyGen, a sonic dance installation that explores the decomposed dances and choreographies of breath. In reference to the recent discovery of oxygen production in the deep ocean where sunlight cannot penetrate, dArK oXyGen examines the idea of entering darkness as a generative process, inspired by memories from brooks’ childhood of singing Black gospel music, primordial ocean myths, decomposed whales or whale falls, and dances that rely on breath to move the body and      voice. Our audience can expect a passive yet immersive experience, bringing them into a sense of depth and submersion that examines how cycles of light and dark, life and death, are always entwined.

This program is supported by the Friends of the Fund for Community & Education at The Church

Are you familiar with the century old technique and the highly artisanal craft of hand bookbinding? Learn from Paul Vogel! Our first Knowledge Friday of the year welcomes the seasoned artisan to discuss the craft, the history of the book, and his own origin story as a book binder. From traditional binding to custom made pieces, the East Hampton shop owner has dedicated more than 40 years to the technique. Following the discussion, Vogel invites the audience to learn the figure eight stitch and create their very own take-home hand-bound booklet!