Amagansett Art and Images

For anyone who has not seen the exhibition of drawings, paintings, photographs, and sculpture by South Fork artists that opened at the Jackson Carriage House in Amagansett on Aug. 5, the next few days offer a last chance.

Fifty percent of the proceeds go to the Amagansett Historical Association to help maintain Miss Amelia’s Cottage, the Phebe Cottage, the carriage houses, and the property they stand on, at the intersection of Montauk Highway and Windmill Lane. The exhibition will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday, and then at those hours from Friday, Sept. 1, to Sept. 3, when a closing reception will be held.

The association had an open house on Saturday at the Phebe Cottage in connection with the progress being made on the Kelsey Archive, a collection of 5,000 historical photographs and postcards bequeathed to it by the late Carleton Kelsey, who had been the Amagansett librarian.

The images have been sorted and conserved and are now being digitized. The Phebe Cottage has been fitted with a state-of-the-art climate-control system to protect the original images, and a summer intern, Christina Stankewicz, has been working on the project since June.

Peter Garnham, the president of the association’s board of trustees, said the association would appreciate donations to help pay for the project, although he could not predict when the work would be completed.

“We are a small organization, with a limited budget,” he said, “but we try to do everything to the highest professional standards. Projects such as this take longer, but we believe that these unique images of Amagansett’s history are worth taking the time to get it right.”

He asked anyone who would like more information or a tour of the Kelsey Archive to contact him at 631-375-1475 or pgarnham@optonline. net.