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.

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

Featuring:

Claire Watson, Artist 

Artist and Water Mill, NY resident, Claire Watson, will join Curatorial Assistant, Casey Dalene, in conversation on Zoom for Guild Hall’s third Virtual Art Salon Series Thursday, May 28^th, 4pm. 

Claire’s work in the current 82^nd Artist Members Exhibition in the Guild Hall Museum was a focus of Casey’s Virtual Gallery tour where she selected 7 works out of 435, to discuss on camera. Casey was drawn to Claire’s work because there is so much to be said.

At first, when you are confronted with one of Claire’s creations, you are struck by the minimal abstract shapes, like that of Ellsworth Kelly; a study of color and positive and negative shapes. But as you approach and explore more closely you become aware of the surface; flesh-like with scratches, scars, and smells of perfume or tobacco. The abstract shapes now representational of a common fashion pattern used in the creation of a leather garment. The minimal works reveal themselves to the viewer, born from a place of violence and life lived. Claire’s process of reconfiguring, reshaping, stitching, and stretching these pieces of used leather renders them accessible. Let’s examine this with Claire and find out how she manipulates her way to the finished product. What can this tell us about ourselves and how we relate to her work?  How does this mirror our current challenges? As usual, art will show us the way.