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Open Studio: Monotype Printmaking - September INTRO
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.
![Pasifika Futurism: In Conversation with Gisela Charfauros McDaniel and Dan Taulapapa McMullin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1724953634018-ELA0XU6RDY1W4A2WPO9V/Gisela%2Band%2BDan.gif)
Pasifika Futurism: In Conversation with Gisela Charfauros McDaniel and Dan Taulapapa McMullin
Join us for a conversation between contemporary Pasifika artists Dan Taulapapa McMullin and Gisela Charfauros McDaniel as they come together to “talk story” about their respective trajectories and artistic practices. Pasifika, referring to the Indigenous people of the Pacific Islands, is made up of several cultures that primarily include Samoan, Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, and Kiribati.
2024 Sag Harbor Song Festival - Friday
We are thrilled to announce the six opera stars who will comprise the roster at the Third Annual Sag Harbor Song Festival presented in partnership between The Church and The SHSF on the third weekend in September.
As you will see, the singers have already appeared at many of the world’s major opera houses and recital halls. We are incredibly excited to hear what they will be offering all of us at the 2024 Festival!
Artistic Director Brad Woolbright once again leads the Festival, working closely with Music Director Robert Tweten who will also accompany the singers at the piano.
2024 Sag Harbor Song Festival - Saturday
We are thrilled to announce the six opera stars who will comprise the roster at the Third Annual Sag Harbor Song Festival presented in partnership between The Church and The SHSF on the third weekend in September.
As you will see, the singers have already appeared at many of the world’s major opera houses and recital halls. We are incredibly excited to hear what they will be offering all of us at the 2024 Festival!
Artistic Director Brad Woolbright once again leads the Festival, working closely with Music Director Robert Tweten who will also accompany the singers at the piano.
2024 Sag Harbor Song Festival - Sunday
We are thrilled to announce the six opera stars who will comprise the roster at the Third Annual Sag Harbor Song Festival presented in partnership between The Church and The SHSF on the third weekend in September.
As you will see, the singers have already appeared at many of the world’s major opera houses and recital halls. We are incredibly excited to hear what they will be offering all of us at the 2024 Festival!
Artistic Director Brad Woolbright once again leads the Festival, working closely with Music Director Robert Tweten who will also accompany the singers at the piano.
![Open Studio: Monotype Printmaking - September ADVANCED](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1690560218125-PSQXN6SR67MUKZVL72NQ/GMP_U2F2ZUdIMDE%3D+%281%29.gif)
Open Studio: Monotype Printmaking - September ADVANCED
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.
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Painterly Processes with Silkscreen
From commercial designs to fine art editions, the applications of silkscreen printing are vast. Traditionally a stencil-based process, silkscreen can allow for a design or composition to be reprinted indefinitely as an artist’s edition, or by varying color, placement, and materials, can produce monoprints with uniquely experimental results. Led by artist Susan Bachemin, Painterly Processes with Silkscreen will offer an introduction to the process while also exploring the medium from an artistic perspective. Over two 4-hour sessions, participants will work through the planning, development, and printing of a serigraph, learning how brushstrokes, fine lines, and other mark-making techniques can be reproduced through a screen.
![Still, Small Voice: A Gathering for Reflection and Contemplative Sharing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1703275557730-RCWYUGTG4FZC54IUXRQ4/Still%2C+Small+Voice_Library.jpg)
Still, Small Voice: A Gathering for Reflection and Contemplative Sharing
Query: How do you read the world?
In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.
THE POWER OF POETRY: Verse 1 - The Saints of Sag Harbor
“Hold fast to dreams / for if dreams die / life is a broken-winged bird / that cannot fly.” - Langston Hughes
Join us for the worldwide celebration of National Poetry Day with a local focus and help us usher in a new block of poetry-specific programming. The Power of Poetry, invites us to come together and celebrate poetry, the beauty of words, and the ability to capture the human experience with a community-driven poetry read-in. Each read-in will present a curated selection of poems, stitched together by a common thematic thread. For our first iteration, “Verse 1,” we will read from a curated collection of poems inspired by the Saints of Sag Harbor, a semi-permanent window installation depicting creative visionaries from Sag Harbor’s past. The reading will include poems by Nelson Algren, Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, Langston Hughes, Herman Melville, and E.L. Doctorow.
Knowledge Friday with Susan Wood
Susan Wood knows about capturing the essence of the human spirit. The international trailblazing photographer and journalist, whose work has spanned six decades, joins us for a special Knowledge Friday that bridges our Summer and our Fall Exhibitions. Join us and hear from an influential feminist who loves to laugh and who has had a substantial career in the editorial and advertising world. Susan will be joined in conversation by April Gornik and will share stories from her invaluable experiences. After the talk, there will be a brief Q&A.
From her early days in the iconic “Mad Men” era of Madison Avenue to becoming the winner of Art Director and Clio awards, Susan’s work has become a legacy of her curiosity and determination. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. In addition to being a strong voice of the feminist movement, her editorial and advertising work was seen regularly in magazines like Vogue, Look, Life, People, and New York Magazine. Her ability to capture the essence of human vitality led to her work with cultural icons like John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer, and many more. Her knowledge, experience, and energetic spirit are a gift to any aspiring photojournalist and storyteller.
![Exhibition Opening Reception of Yes, No, WOW: The Push Pin Studios Revolution](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1724253540845-3PK8DG35SYZZCDD3CUFH/Davis_Paul_How_Bad_SVA.jpeg)
Exhibition Opening Reception of Yes, No, WOW: The Push Pin Studios Revolution
Yes, No, and WOW: the Push Pin Studios Revolution presents a like-minded group of six graphic artists who came together in the mid-20th century to form a graphic design firm that had a profound and lasting cultural impact. Three of the six artists have deep ties to Sag Harbor, and this exhibition continues The Church’s series of exhibitions that seek to illuminate the cultural, creative, and artistic history of our community.
This exhibition will include actual materials from the Push Pin archive, including chapbooks, almanacks, posters, books, vinyl record covers, and objects from the six aforementioned artists: Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis, Milton Glaser, James McMullan, Reynold Ruffins and Ed Sorel, spanning the 50s into the 21st Century. We will be hosting talks by surviving members of this group as part of our exhibition-related activities throughout its run.
With humor, humanity, and optimism, Push Pin Studios inspired a revolutionary design environment whose impact can still be seen and felt today.
WELLNESS MONDAY: Introduction to Vedic dance with NICOLE WINDENBERGER, MA
Nicole Windenberger kicks off our Fall Wellness Monday Program with an introductory workshop in Vedic Dance. Experience the basics of this Indian dance tradition that is grounded in the experience of consciousness and transcendence and is rich in physiological benefits, bringing practitioners good health and happiness.
![Exploring The Cultural Wilderness: A Meet Up at Sylvester Manor’s Inaugural Art Exhibition](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1724344147859-8R8825ANSXQMKT191PB7/Settlement+of+Shapes.jpg)
Exploring The Cultural Wilderness: A Meet Up at Sylvester Manor’s Inaugural Art Exhibition
Join The Church’s first excursion: Creativity in the wild! Venture out from our beloved Long Island South Fork to discover the beauty of our neighboring North Fork community across the sound. Take a joyous morning boat or bus ride from Sag Harbor to Catapano Dairy Farm in Southold, a small goat farm and home to award-winning goat cheese. Guests are welcome to explore the property and set up alongside Eric Let’s meet up and explore the cultural wilderness! Tom Cugliani, curator of the inaugural Sculpture @ Sylvester Manor exhibition, leads a specially reserved 90-minute tour for The Church participants. Meet us at the Shelter Island side of the Ferry Terminal at 10 AM or at Sylvester Manor at 10:15 AM and join us for a final look at the exhibition before it closes the following day. Transportation and ferry tickets are not included in the ticket price and must be purchased separately. If you are unable to secure transportation and are still interested in attending, get in contact! Please reach out to info@thechurchsagharbor.org.
The ambitious project, which spans a small portion of the woodlands and gardens of the former plantation, features 25 esteemed local artists. While some of the works included address the former slaveholding plantation’s past, others address the context of the natural landscape and the changes it has undergone. For more information about the exhibition and for a full list of artists please visit the Sylvester Manor exhibition page.
![Still, Small Voice: A Gathering for Reflection and Contemplative Sharing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1703275557730-RCWYUGTG4FZC54IUXRQ4/Still%2C+Small+Voice_Library.jpg)
Still, Small Voice: A Gathering for Reflection and Contemplative Sharing
Query: How has capitalism shaped who you are?
In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.
An ERASE Racism production: Brunch and Banter with Joy-Ann Reid and Maya Wiley
Join ERASE Racism for an engaging book discussion and fundraising event with MSNBC political analyst and host of “The ReidOut,” Joy-Ann (Joy) Reid and Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund. As authors, they will be discussing their most recent work and exploring the current political landscape and the future of democracy in America. This event supports ERASE Racism's goal of eradicating racial disparities and will feature insightful conversations on race, politics, and the future of leadership in America. Guests will get a signed copy of Ms. Reid's book during the event and receive Ms. Wiley's upcoming book via mail.
![JUST DANCE: A casual, cool, inclusive dance party for all ages](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1712524861087-2CFVTLU9BJ26LS2NXFKX/Just+Dance+Large.jpeg)
JUST DANCE: A casual, cool, inclusive dance party for all ages
We like to move it move it! Grab your dancing shoes JUST DANCE returns with the incredible and incomparable DJ MISTER LAMA. Join us for the straight-up good times and great dance party. Get into the grooves of your favorite tunes, make requests, and join the fun! Our Dance parties are a casual, cool, inclusive atmosphere for all ages looking to let loose and shake it off. Grab a snack or a beverage from our concession stand, dance the night away, and end the summer right!
The Church Presents An Evening of Funny Women in Song
An Americana acoustic rock troubadour, an international cabaret singer, and a lesbian punk rock band walk into a Church … and treat us to an evening of laughter, joy, and camaraderie! Our Summer Thursday Concert Series concludes with a musical showcase of women and humor with guests Inda Eaton, Susanne Mack, and The Fisties.
In tandem with the theme of our exhibition, each performer will present a selection of songs they feel explores humor through music. Come celebrate the final days of our summer exhibition, with a song and a laugh, as we head into fall remembering why women’s voices matter.
![Jump Into Writing with MEG WOLITZER: Getting Started on that Novel or Short Story](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1708181429644-TTQDO3SV59J8A0QJVC0M/Meg+Wolitzer.jpeg)
Jump Into Writing with MEG WOLITZER: Getting Started on that Novel or Short Story
Want to get started writing fiction but unsure where to begin? Join Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Female Persuasion, The Position, The Wife, and Sleepwalking, for an introductory session on the act of getting started! In this 3-hour workshop, Wolitzer will guide participants through the early stages of the process including brainstorming, researching, developing characters, conflicts, outlining, and more. Hosted in the library of The Church, this class will be a safe, supportive place to develop ideas and begin work on a novel or short story of your own.
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Open Studio: Monotype Printmaking - August ADVANCED
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.
Celebrating Creatives of Color: Book Signing
The 4th Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color returns and for the first time will be hosted at The Church. The event will showcase about 25 creative artists and authors of color, from Sag Harbor and beyond, and provide an opportunity for artists and authors to display their work and interact with other art enthusiasts and collectors. All artwork and books will be for sale.
Celebrating Creatives of Color: Art Show Tour
The 4th Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color returns and for the first time will be hosted at The Church. The event will showcase about 25 creative artists and authors of color, from Sag Harbor and beyond, and provide an opportunity for artists and authors to display their work and interact with other art enthusiasts and collectors. All artwork and books will be for sale.
Celebrating Creatives of Color: Art Show, Art Sale, and Book Signing
The 4th Annual Celebrating Creatives of Color returns and for the first time will be hosted at The Church. The event will showcase about 25 creative artists and authors of color, from Sag Harbor and beyond, and provide an opportunity for artists and authors to display their work and interact with other art enthusiasts and collectors. All artwork and books will be for sale.
LILIANA PORTER & COCO FUSCO in conversation with INÉS KATZENSTEIN, co-presented with DIA ART FOUNDATION
Co-presented with Dia Art Foundation, an exclusive dialogue between two pioneering icons, Liliana Porter and Coco Fusco, and moderated by MoMA Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the Cisneros Center, Inés Katzenstein. An introduction will be given by Sheri Pasquarella, Executive Director of The Church, and Humberto Moro, Deputy Director of Program at Dia Art Foundation.
![Docent Exhibition Tour](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1722105868713-NHY0KRKMXDNOOE2M6FPD/AYJ_Install_Images-440.jpg)
Docent Exhibition Tour
We are pleased to offer a free docent tour to our community. No RSVP or booking is necessary. Join us at 3 PM for a deeper look at our current exhibition, Are You Joking? Women and Humor. Thank you to Lorinda Ash for donating her time for this tour.
![Hamptons Jazz Fest Presents MICHAEL BLAKE’S CHROMA NOVA 5](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1717599885337-YNUSQ8R1UHU1KI0VH5VW/blake4.jpg)
Hamptons Jazz Fest Presents MICHAEL BLAKE’S CHROMA NOVA 5
The Church is thrilled to welcome Michael Blake’s Chroma Nova 5, for an evening of paradoxical yet seamless jazz. With a sinuous blend of Brazilian rhythms and modern jazz, the quintet is said to “bring to mind palm trees growing out of frozen tundra.” Join us as Hamptons Jazz Fest returns to The Church with one more great concert.
In the span of four decades the New York City musical force known as Michael Blake has contributed an impressive body of work to contemporary jazz. This has led to widespread critical acclaim and an identifiable refined sound, that embraces sonic multidimensionality. Dance of the Mystic Bliss, the debut album of Chroma Nova 5, landed on The Guardian’s Album of the Month in June 2023.
WELLNESS MONDAY: Circus of the Heart and It’s Funny Now with REV. BARBARA ANN MICHAELS
Rev. Barbara Ann Michaels, Jester of the Peace wants to laugh with you about your life. She promises you can “Find the Funny, Find the Freedom.” Join us, as the interfaith minister, performance artist, and wellness leader invites participants to learn firsthand why humor is sanity and the harbinger of healing. Circus of the Heart: #ItsFunnyNow encourages us all to investigate our lives to find stories that were hard to experience when they were happening, yet, over time, have become funny to us, in part, today.
Insight Sunday with Denise Silva-Dennis
Denise Silva-Dennis knew the moment she picked up a pencil and paper that she had an innate talent. “As for finding my voice,” she told the National Woman’s History Museum “I never felt like I lost it. Growing up immersed in two different Native American nations, I always knew what I wanted to do.”
Join us this Insight Sunday as we explore Denise’s poignant painting Land Back Butter, peering into how humor is woven into her work. This work is included in our exhibition, Are You Joking? Women & Humor. Following the discussion, Denise will field questions from the audience.
![Docent Exhibition Tour](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1722105868713-NHY0KRKMXDNOOE2M6FPD/AYJ_Install_Images-440.jpg)
Docent Exhibition Tour
We are pleased to offer a free docent tour to our community. No RSVP or booking is necessary. Join us at 3:30 PM for a deeper look at our current exhibition, Are You Joking? Women and Humor. Thank you to Lorinda Ash for donating her time for this tour.
The Church Presents FOR LIVING LOVERS, an acoustic duo with BRANDON ROSS & STOMU TAKEISHI
For Living Lovers, the acoustic duo of guitarist/composer Brandon Ross and acoustic bass guitarist Stomu Takeishi comes to the East End! The stringed duo, primarily based out of New York City, has gained international success performing and recording in Japan, U.S., and Europe receiving rave reviews for their uniquely adventurous musical “sound-world”. The music of For Living Lovers, developed from the worlds of Jazz and Creative Music, will carry you into the gestures and rhythms of sound and silence, as they reveal hidden depths in Ross’s compositions and layer each moment with keen intentionality and poise.
![Writing From Art with Star Black: Poetry, Prose, and the Lyric Essay](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1689519399756-6H9CN5ERHPJP131YO43W/Star_Black_Headshot.jpg)
Writing From Art with Star Black: Poetry, Prose, and the Lyric Essay
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 2-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."
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ARTIST TALK with JEWEL - a special Summer Fundraiser
Jewel, the four-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and mental health pioneer, is coming to The Church! We invite you to an evening of dialogue and exploration, insight and discovery, as the well-known musician, poet, and visual artist enters conversation with Sheri Pasquarella, Executive Director of The Church. Earlier this spring, the award-winning musician made her debut and mark in the visual arts world presenting The Portal: An Art Experience by Jewel at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The exhibition explored the intersection of music, mental health, technology, and art. Join us as we welcome her to our community and learn how her visual arts disciplines helped her in crafting melodic structure in songs, how it became essential in her healing and mental health advocacy, what it was like to create and present the immersive art experience at Crystal Bridges, what her creative practice is like when writing poetry, what were challenges she faced penning her autobiography, and more.
A Garden Reading with writers DAVID GRUNDY & HUGH RYAN
Join us in the Garden for a Sunday morning reading with writers, David Grundy, poet and author of A Black Arts Poetry Machine: Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets, and Hugh Ryan curator and author of The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. Dive into the impetus behind the work and gain insight into their practices as the two discuss their inspirations and share excerpts from their current work in process. Explore two different genres as David reads from his poetry in process, and Hugh reads from his memoir-in-essays currently underway. A Q&A with those in attendance will take place after the discussion.
In Collaboration with Sticks and Stones Comedy Club “What’s So Funny?” a panel discussion on Comedy with KESTRIN PANTERA, NANCY PARKER, and CAROLINE WAXLER moderated by ABBY RUSSELL
What is humor? Who gets to determine what is funny? Where do women comics find themselves in the comedy world? Is it harder to be a comedian these days? Join us as three brilliant women, writers, and comedians come together in conversation to talk about these questions and more.
We will hear from Kestrin Pantera, an award-winning film writer/director, Nancy Parker, comedy legend, and Caroline Waxler, acclaimed writer and producer. These ladies will be joined by Moderator Abby Russell, of our local Sticks and Stones Comedy Club, here in Southampton.
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Open Studio: Monotype Printmaking - August INTRO
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.
![Still, Small Voice: A Twice-Monthly Gathering for Reflection and Contemplative Sharing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1703275557730-RCWYUGTG4FZC54IUXRQ4/Still%2C+Small+Voice_Library.jpg)
Still, Small Voice: A Twice-Monthly Gathering for Reflection and Contemplative Sharing
Query: How weird are you?
In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.
POSTPONED: Knowledge Friday with Diana Diamond, PhD.
Diana Diamond is a pre-eminent expert on personality disorders, attachment, and narcissism. Join us for the opportunity to gain the invaluable knowledge of one of our distinguished community members as she discusses the concept of narcissism as a clinical and social phenomenon. Dr. Diamond will discuss the impetus for her latest book Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy. The discussion will illuminate the special challenges of treating individuals with narcissistic traits or narcissistic personality disorder who retreat from reality into compensatory grandiosity, thereby compromising their lives and relationships. She will also discuss how to recognize when narcissistic traits become pathological and require treatment, and how practitioners can engage and connect more deeply with patients suffering from pathological narcissism. After the discussion, there will be a lively Q&A.
The Church Presents TORRES in concert
TORRES makes her East End debut at The Church! Join us as the indie-rock songwriter invites audiences to a solo set of an artistically self-aware artist who defies conventional standards of popular music to deliver contemplative and authentic tones.
Treating songwriting as a craft and more than just an art form, Torres began redefining her skills as she separated from the polished commercial songwriting she learned in university and began carving out her own unique sound. Check out her latest album What an Enormous Room on Spotify and learn why with over 70K listeners, TORRES is on the rise.
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Grace McLean Lives in Concert
Grace McLean brings her “electrifying” presence (Huffington Post), “whip-smart” songwriting (New York Times), and “pathetic” journal entries (Grace’s ex-boyfriend) to Sag Harbor for a musical Monday event. Join us for an evening of original music, re-imagined covers, stories about boys, and bubbles.
![Docent Exhibition Tour](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646696b292c5ee07d0b7b80d/1722105868713-NHY0KRKMXDNOOE2M6FPD/AYJ_Install_Images-440.jpg)
Docent Exhibition Tour
Tickets
Free no RSVP Required
We are pleased to offer a free docent tour to our community. No RSVP or booking is necessary. Join us at 3 PM for a deeper look at our current exhibition, Are You Joking? Women and Humor. Thank you to Lorinda Ash for donating her time for this tour.
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LORINDA ASH has been involved in the art world for 35 years, in sales at Gagosian Gallery for 10 years, and as a private art advisor.
In 1998, Lorinda founded a private art advisory business, Ash Fine Art. She and her staff work with private and corporate clients, advising them on the acquisition and sale of modern and contemporary fine art.
They have worked with some of the art world’s most renowned public and private collections including, London’s Saatchi Gallery and the Broad Foundation in Los Angeles. Some of her notable private clients include the late Samuel Heyman, Stefan Edlis, the Taubman Family, Richard and Barbara Lane, and Mort Zuckerman, to name just a few. Lorinda has close relationships with galleries and artists, auction houses, other private dealers and advisors, and art fairs, enabling her to offer the highest quality works of art to her clients.
Lorinda had been a longtime Contributing Editor for AVENUE magazine, writing about the art world. She served on the board of Armitage Gone! Dance, is currently on the board of the Museum at Eldridge Street, Generation SOS, and On This Spot, which produces documentary short films on woman artists. She is also a member of the The Association of Professional Art Advisors. She was born and raised in Manhattan. She has recently worked in California, Colorado, Connecticut, England, Florida, France, Illinois, London, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Texas.
FRANK BRUNI Book Talk & Signing
Frank Bruni, bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist, comes to The Church to discuss his book The Age of Grievance. Join us as we explore his lucid and powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. Following this exploration there will be an insightful Q&A with the audience. Books will be available for purchase and to be signed.
The Church Presents MERCER QUINTET
Mercer Quintet returns to The Church! After a sold-out performance in February, popular demand has called the collaborative modern jazz ensemble to return to Sag Harbor for a summer evening concert of original compositions steeped in musicality, philosophy, and curiosity.
Comprised of Mercer Shavelson (Keyboard), Adam Cordero (Saxophone), Joey Curreri(Trumpet), Nick Panoutsos (Upright Bass), and Alex Yoo (Drums), the quintet takes listeners on a rhythmic journey that invigorates and inspires. Drawing from many influences including Hip-hop, Avant-garde Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, and Folk music from around the globe, Mercer Quintet invites audiences to enjoy newly developed pieces and contemplate the next generation of rising jazz stars.
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Open Studio: Monotype Printmaking - July ADVANCED
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.