PETER DAYTON: DARK GARDEN

Site Specific Installation. Peter Dayton, š˜‹š˜¢š˜³š˜¬ š˜Žš˜¢š˜³š˜„š˜¦š˜Æ, 2024. Ink on premium vinyl with low-luster laminate and collage overlay. Photo: Gary Mamay

Tag: Visual Arts

Student Art Festival 2021: Past-Present-Future

The Guild Hall Student Art Festival (SAF) is a beloved tradition that encourages and showcases the artistic achievement and imagination of students, Kindergarten to Grade 12, on the South Fork of Long Island.Ā 

As a celebration of both Guild Hallā€™s 90th Anniversary, and the centennial of the Village of East Hampton, this yearā€™s festival, Student Art Festival 2021: PAST-PRESENT-FUTURE, looks to both our shared past and an imagined future. Through the practice of art and design, ranging from imagery of natural growth and metamorphosis to Futurism and Science-Fiction, students across the East-End have collectively produced an exhibit that reflects our past, acknowledges and celebrates our present, and imagines a changed and hopeful future.Ā Ā 

This festival begins with a free public opening of the exhibition, a series of weekend family workshops, and concludes with an awards ceremony for high school students.Ā Ā 

Curators
Casey Dalene, Curatorial Assistant & Lewis B. Cullman Associate for Museum Education
Anthony Madonna, The Patti Kenner Senior Associate for Learning and Public Engagement

To ensure the health and safety of its visitors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Guild Hall has instituted the following measures:

  • Reservations to visit the Museum are recommended. You can reserve timed tickets online or by calling 631-324-0806 Friday-Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Drop-ins are also welcome!
  • Visitors are asked to be on time for their appointment. Visits are for a maximum of one hour and no more than 50 people will be allowed in the museum galleries at a time.
  • Visitors should enter through the left most front door of the building and check in with the Receptionist at the box office. A one-way footpath proceeds throughout the museum.
  • Masks are required in the building for all patrons over the age of 2.
  • Social distancing of at least 6 feet is encouraged in the museum galleries and lobby.

Virtual Studio Visits with Christina Strassfield

Now that we are all home and want to be as productive as possible, take this opportunity to straighten up your studio, get your artist statement in draft form and invite the Guild Hall Museum Director/Chief Curator in! You can register for a 30-minute, remote one-on-one Zoom or studio visit with Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā  Here is the opportunity to share your work, discuss your direction and get a formal critique of your work. Please register for one 30-minute session.Ā  Registration is on a first come basis.

Session 1: 1-1:30PM

Session 2: 1:35-2:05PM

Session 3: 2:10-2:40pm

“Studio visits are the best part of my job but unfortunately often get pushed and put off because of time constraints.Ā  This is the perfect time to hold this virtual studio visit program so that we can connect with one another and be ready to share actual work once the stay-at-home ban is lifted.Ā  It is always exciting to see work in progress or transitions in an artistā€™s work.Ā  I welcome the dialogue with the wonderful artists that have been so supportive of Guild Hall.ā€ Ā – Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Registration Required – FreeĀ or additional Donation to support Guild Hall

Link will be emailed 24 hours prior to those who register

Virtual Studio Visits with Christina Strassfield

Now that we are all home and want to be as productive as possible, take this opportunity to straighten up your studio, get your artist statement in draft form and invite the Guild Hall Museum Director/Chief Curator in! You can register for a 30-minute, remote one-on-one Zoom or studio visit with Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā  Here is the opportunity to share your work, discuss your direction and get a formal critique of your work. Please register for one 30-minute session.Ā  Registration is on a first come basis.

Session 1: 1-1:30PM

Session 2: 1:35-2:05PM

Session 3: 2:10-2:40pm

“Studio visits are the best part of my job but unfortunately often get pushed and put off because of time constraints.Ā  This is the perfect time to hold this virtual studio visit program so that we can connect with one another and be ready to share actual work once the stay-at-home ban is lifted.Ā  It is always exciting to see work in progress or transitions in an artistā€™s work.Ā  I welcome the dialogue with the wonderful artists that have been so supportive of Guild Hall.ā€ Ā – Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Registration Required – FreeĀ or additional Donation to support Guild Hall

Link will be emailed 24 hours prior to those who register

Virtual Studio Visits with Christina Strassfield

Now that we are all home and want to be as productive as possible, take this opportunity to straighten up your studio, get your artist statement in draft form and invite the Guild Hall Museum Director/Chief Curator in! You can register for a 30-minute, remote one-on-one Zoom or studio visit with Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā  Here is the opportunity to share your work, discuss your direction and get a formal critique of your work. Please register for one 30-minute session.Ā  Registration is on a first come basis.

Session 1: 1-1:30PM

Session 2: 1:35-2:05PM

Session 3: 2:10-2:40pm

“Studio visits are the best part of my job but unfortunately often get pushed and put off because of time constraints.Ā  This is the perfect time to hold this virtual studio visit program so that we can connect with one another and be ready to share actual work once the stay-at-home ban is lifted.Ā  It is always exciting to see work in progress or transitions in an artistā€™s work.Ā  I welcome the dialogue with the wonderful artists that have been so supportive of Guild Hall.ā€ Ā – Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Registration Required – FreeĀ or additional Donation to support Guild Hall

Link will be emailed 24 hours prior to those who register

Virtual Studio Visits with Christina Strassfield

Now that we are all home and want to be as productive as possible, take this opportunity to straighten up your studio, get your artist statement in draft form and invite the Guild Hall Museum Director/Chief Curator in! You can register for a 30-minute, remote one-on-one Zoom or studio visit with Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā  Here is the opportunity to share your work, discuss your direction and get a formal critique of your work. Please register for one 30-minute session.Ā  Registration is on a first come basis.

Session 1: 1-1:30PM

Session 2: 1:35-2:05PM

Session 3: 2:10-2:40pm

“Studio visits are the best part of my job but unfortunately often get pushed and put off because of time constraints.Ā  This is the perfect time to hold this virtual studio visit program so that we can connect with one another and be ready to share actual work once the stay-at-home ban is lifted.Ā  It is always exciting to see work in progress or transitions in an artistā€™s work.Ā  I welcome the dialogue with the wonderful artists that have been so supportive of Guild Hall.ā€ Ā – Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Registration Required – FreeĀ or additional Donation to support Guild Hall

Link will be emailed 24 hours prior to those who register

Virtual Studio Visits with Christina Strassfield

Now that we are all home and want to be as productive as possible, take this opportunity to straighten up your studio, get your artist statement in draft form and invite the Guild Hall Museum Director/Chief Curator in! You can register for a 30-minute, remote one-on-one Zoom or studio visit with Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā  Here is the opportunity to share your work, discuss your direction and get a formal critique of your work. Please register for one 30-minute session.Ā  Registration is on a first come basis.

Session 1: 1-1:30PM

Session 2: 1:35-2:05PM

Session 3: 2:10-2:40pm

“Studio visits are the best part of my job but unfortunately often get pushed and put off because of time constraints.Ā  This is the perfect time to hold this virtual studio visit program so that we can connect with one another and be ready to share actual work once the stay-at-home ban is lifted.Ā  It is always exciting to see work in progress or transitions in an artistā€™s work.Ā  I welcome the dialogue with the wonderful artists that have been so supportive of Guild Hall.ā€ Ā – Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Registration Required – FreeĀ or additional Donation to support Guild Hall

Link will be emailed 24 hours prior to those who register

Virtual Studio Visits with Christina Strassfield

Now that we are all home and want to be as productive as possible, take this opportunity to straighten up your studio, get your artist statement in draft form and invite the Guild Hall Museum Director/Chief Curator in! You can register for a 30-minute, remote one-on-one Zoom or studio visit with Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā  Here is the opportunity to share your work, discuss your direction and get a formal critique of your work. Please register for one 30-minute session.Ā  Registration is on a first come basis.

Session 1: 1-1:30PM

Session 2: 1:35-2:05PM

Session 3: 2:10-2:40pm

“Studio visits are the best part of my job but unfortunately often get pushed and put off because of time constraints.Ā  This is the perfect time to hold this virtual studio visit program so that we can connect with one another and be ready to share actual work once the stay-at-home ban is lifted.Ā  It is always exciting to see work in progress or transitions in an artistā€™s work.Ā  I welcome the dialogue with the wonderful artists that have been so supportive of Guild Hall.ā€ Ā – Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Registration Required – FreeĀ or additional Donation to support Guild Hall

Link will be emailed 24 hours prior to those who register

Virtual Studio Visits with Christina Strassfield

Now that we are all home and want to be as productive as possible, take this opportunity to straighten up your studio, get your artist statement in draft form and invite the Guild Hall Museum Director/Chief Curator in! You can register for a 30-minute, remote one-on-one Zoom or studio visit with Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā  Here is the opportunity to share your work, discuss your direction and get a formal critique of your work. Please register for one 30-minute session.Ā  Registration is on a first come basis.

Session 1: 1-1:30PM

Session 2: 1:35-2:05PM

Session 3: 2:10-2:40pm

“Studio visits are the best part of my job but unfortunately often get pushed and put off because of time constraints.Ā  This is the perfect time to hold this virtual studio visit program so that we can connect with one another and be ready to share actual work once the stay-at-home ban is lifted.Ā  It is always exciting to see work in progress or transitions in an artistā€™s work.Ā  I welcome the dialogue with the wonderful artists that have been so supportive of Guild Hall.ā€ Ā – Christina Mossaides Strassfield

Registration Required – FreeĀ or additional Donation to support Guild Hall

Link will be emailed 24 hours prior to those who register

Monica Banks: Cloud Garden

Cloud Gardenā€Æis a site-specific outdoor installation and community project by artist, Monica Banks. Installed in the trees of Guild Hallā€™s Furman Garden, tangles of wire, balled-up deer fencing, feathers, pop tops from seltzer cans, unidentifiable pieces of hardware, and other artifacts from the artistā€™s everyday life hang as mobiles, creating dangling objects that shimmer in the air like the stories we tell about ourselves.Ā 

Banksā€™ā€Æā€œCloudā€ā€Æseries began in 2006 when the artist received boxes of her childhood toys, jewelry and trinkets. Wanting to give meaning to her history through sculpture, Banks combined souvenirs of her present life with these fragments of herā€Æpastā€Æin tangles of wire that hang, cloud-like, from ceilings or tree branches. She is revisiting this process during the Covid–19 pandemic, when like most of us, she is spending more time at home immersed in the minutia of domestic life. The work in this installation updates her materials as a record of this extraordinary time, and includes samples from the bag of orphan socks she discovered in the back of a closet, pieces of a wall sculpture she made for her infant son (now 24 years old), fingertips of unused gloves, tufts of fur from her new puppy, and shards of the Nerf soccer ball he attacked, along with other items unearthed during the prolonged quarantine.Ā 

The installation expands into Guild Hallā€™s Minikes Garden with an exhibit of student work; Saturday, September 19 – Monday, October 12. Through remote workshops withā€ÆThe Bridgehampton Childcare & Recreational Center,ā€ÆBanks has shared her work and process with children of The Center, resulting in an installation of the childrenā€™s own cloud sculptures.Ā 

Curator
Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief CuratorĀ 

Project Coordinator
Anthony Madonna, The Patti Kenner Fellow in Arts Educationā€ÆĀ 

Cloud Garden is on view during regular Museum Hours. The Guild Hall Gardens are self-monitoring spaces; we ask that patrons observe proper physical-distancing, observe maximum capacity signage, and wear face-coverings on the grounds.

RING THE ALARMā€¦A Conversation with Derrick Adams & Renee Cox

The idea forĀ this programĀ came aboutĀ from discussions on a forthcoming Guild Hall exhibition of Black Artists that Renee Cox will be curating for the summer of 2023. Derrick Adams and Renee Cox, noted artists, colleagues and friends, both have a long history of exhibiting work and curating exhibitions that focus on empowerment, the black experience, and issues of contemporary life.
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ā€œThe need for open dialogue on art, race and politics felt timely and something that we believe is needed by our community,ā€ notes Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator.Ā We hope to continue this series of conversations next year, leading up to the 2023 Summer exhibition.