Portrait by Ava Garabedian, 2024 Sag Harbor in Focus “Best Portfolio” Winner.
No tickets are necessary.
Free and open to the Public.
Opening Reception, Fashion Show, and Award Ceremony:
May 29th
5 PM - 7 PM
Sag Harbor in Focus Exhibition on View
May 29th - June 1
11 AM - 5 PM
Studio Level of The Church
Join us as we warmly welcome back SAG HARBOR IN FOCUS, a photo exhibition featuring work by Pierson High School students, as it celebrates its ninth annual exhibition. We are also delighted to welcome back the Pierson High School students who participated in The Church’s 2025 Fashion Intensive Workshop, which was supported by the Reutershan Education Trust and facilitated by Mary Jane Marcasiano. Begin the evening by applauding the students as they model their spring 2025 collection with a fashion show. Then join us as we toast the winners of this year’s photography exhibition. The evening will conclude with a reception.
The exhibition, which has become a Sag Harbor tradition, highlights life in our village and on the East End as experienced through the lens of Pierson High School students. See their take on the eight exhibition categories: Portraiture, Landscape and the Natural World, Architecture, Still Life, Home and Family, A Sense of Place, People and Activities, and Inside Out. Assembled by artist and Pierson High School art teacher Liz Cataletto, the show includes work done by students in her photography and advanced photography classes.
This year we are honored to have acclaimed photographer Ralph Gibson as the judge for the photography contest. Gibson will choose one winning photograph from each category. The winners will each receive a $100 prize, with a $1,000 grand prize issued to the photographer with the most outstanding body of work submitted for consideration.
Created eight years ago by Eric Fischl and April Gornik, the exhibition has become a much-loved annual event. Though focusing on Sag Harbor, the creativity alive in each student year after year exemplifies Eric’s statement, “Art transforms the local into the universal through the lens of the gifted eye.” Thank you to Eric, April, and the Reutershan Educational Trust for their continued support and sponsorship of this program.