The Art Scene: 02.22.18
Haweeli at St. Luke’s
“Crossing to Water: A Lenten Journey,” a show of 20 works by Steve Haweeli, will open at Hoie Hall at St. Luke’s Church in East Hampton Village with a reception and brief talk by the artist on Saturday evening from 5 to 8. It will remain on view through March 9.
Of the 20 paintings, 10 feature representations of crosses and 10 were inspired by the waters of the East End. “If baptism is a purification — a regeneration — then I am baptized every time I put a mark on a canvas,” Mr. Haweeli has said.
Half the proceeds from sales will be donated to the church’s Outreach Committee.
Collaborative Art
The Southampton Arts Center on Job’s Lane will host the Radiance Project, a collaborative art-making activity led by its artist-in-residence, Andrea Cote, that will take shape over the next three months. The process will involve open-studio hours and workshops for both adults and families, and will result in what the center has described as “a visionary tapestry.”
Ms. Cote said that the tapestry would not be revealed until the summer. “There will be lots of exposing in the sun and sewing still to do,” she said. “A dance portion won’t come until after that. It’s a very organic and process-oriented project.”
Information about open-studio hours (which begin Friday, March 2, from 2 to 5 p.m.) and workshops (which are scheduled for March and April) can be found on the center’s website.
O’Neill at White Room
“Kat Walk,” a solo exhibition of work by Kat O’Neill, will be on view at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton from Saturday through March 11. A reception will take place March 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The show will feature abstract, conceptual, and street art presented in photographs and mixed-media compositions. According to the gallery, “Tombstones are brought to life, graffiti lives beyond the ephemeral,” and pieces from the desk of a recently deceased Rikers Island prison psychiatrist will be on view.
New Pop-Up
Iron Gate East, which will stage art exhibitions at various locations on the East End, will present its first, “Ghosts of the Inanimate,” at Southampton Social Club from Saturday through March 25. A reception for the artists, Hedwig Brouckaert, Jourdain Jongwon Lee, and Caleb Freese, will be held Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Iron Gate East — which is described in publicity materials as “a pop-up gallery series, art forum, and marketplace” — is the creation of Kelcey Edwards, a gallerist and filmmaker who began her career in East Austin, Tex., and is now a full-time resident of Quogue. The show will be open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment by calling 512-773-5994.
More Gems at Grenning
Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor will help celebrate that village’s HarborFrost festival with a performance by the popular East End bossa nova group Ludmilla and Marcello on Saturday afternoon at 3. The performance will be followed at 4 by the opening reception for “Gems: A Revival,” a show of paintings by gallery artists including Marc Dalessio, Ben Fenske, Nelson H. White, Maryann Lucas, and Ramiro, among others. The exhibition will continue through March 11.
At Mark Borghi in New York
Mark Borghi Fine Art will open “InstaSelect” at its location on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with a reception today from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will continue through March 30.
The 25 participating sculptors, painters, photographers, and installation artists were chosen from submissions received by the gallery after it placed an open call on its Instagram account.
The artists represented are from as far afield as Berlin, Beirut, Stockholm, and Vancouver, Canada. Miles Jaffe, Paul Pavia, and Terry Elkins represent the East End.
Stephanie Brody-Lederman
Stephanie Brody-Lederman’s mixed-media artwork “Mothers — Thorny Subjects” and her editioned calendars from 2007 to 2016 have been donated from the Werner H. Kramarsky Collection to the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University by Mr. Kramarsky.
In addition, one of Ms. Brody-Lederman’s paintings, “The Flaws That You and I Share,” is featured on the cover of the current issue of Interim, a literary journal.
Ellen Frank Lecture
Ellen Frank, the East Hampton artist, writer, and founding director of the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, will deliver the inaugural 2018 lecture of the Center for Arts Programming at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts today at 6 p.m. at the college in Old Lyme, Conn.