The Art Scene 11.26.15
Holiday ArtWalk
This year’s Thanksgiving ArtWalk will take place Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5. Twenty-five galleries from Southampton to Montauk will participate in the self-guided tour, and many will accept donations of food and/or money for local food pantries.
Special receptions will be held at several galleries. The Sara Nightingale Gallery in Water Mill will serve hot cider and wine from 1 to 5. Ms. Nightingale and Karyn Mannix, guest curator of “Stephanie Brody-Lederman: Out Gallivanting,” will be on hand. The Silas Marder Gallery in Bridgehampton will offer drinks and light fare on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. Work by Mica Marder is on view there. Between 5 and 8, also on Saturday, the Tripoli Gallery will hold receptions at its Southampton venue (5 to 7) and across the street at the Southampton Arts Center (6 to 8).
ArtWalk Hamptons was launched in 2011 by Kathy Zeiger, an independent curator. Human Resources of the Hamptons in Southampton, the East Hampton Food Pantry, and the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry will benefit from donations. More information is available at zeigerarts.com.
New at Vered
“Art Hot and Fast,” an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Adam Handler, will open Saturday at Vered Gallery in East Hampton and remain on view through Jan. 7.
According to Janet Lehr, curator and gallery director, “His characters are reduced to the purest shapes and textures reminiscent of uninhibited adolescence. . . . He skillfully builds a pointedly dynamic atmosphere within the canvas utilizing an impressive range of hues.” Mr. Handler cites such modernist masters as Matisse, Gauguin, and Brancusi as inspirations, but also feels his work correlates to more recent sources, among them Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Willem de Kooning.
A second show at the gallery, “Modernism,” will feature work by Milton Avery, Charles Demuth, Jules Olitski, Man Ray, and Larry Rivers, among others.
ArtSolar Reception
ArtSolar will hold a reception and exhibition of work by nine East End artists on Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. at 12 Koala Lane in East Hampton. Participating artists are Rob Calvert, Darlene Charneco, Casey Dalene, Roz Dimon, Barbara Groot, Dennis Leri, Jeff Muhs, German Tagle, and Dan Welden.
Big Show at Tripoli
The Tripoli Gallery will hold its 11th annual Thanksgiving Collective exhibition at its East Hampton and Southampton locations from tomorrow through Jan. 31. A reception will happen tomorrow from 4 to 6 p.m. in East Hampton. On Saturday receptions will be held from 5 to 7 at the Southampton gallery and across Job’s Lane at the Southampton Art Center from 6 to 8.
The shows will include work by more than 30 artists, among them Ross Bleckner, Eric Freeman, Saskia Friedrich, Michael Halsband, Mary Heilmann, Mike Kelley, Lola Montes, Keith Sonnier, and Billy Sullivan.
Small Works at Kramoris
The Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor is presenting “a snowstorm of local artists” in its “Holiday Invitational” exhibition, on view through Jan. 17. The show features small and affordable art and fine craft gifts by more than 20 artists, including Ted Davies, Barbara Groot, Ruby Jackson, Dinah Maxwell Smith, Gabriele Raacke, and William Skrips. Receptions will be held on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and on Dec. 12, also 2 to 4.
Photography in Cutchogue
Yet another exhibition of small works will be held at the Alex Ferrone Photography Gallery in Cutchogue from Saturday through Feb. 15, with a reception set for Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. More than 60 limited-edition works by more than 20 regional photographers, among them Carolyn Conrad, Gerry Giliberti, and Bruce Milne, will be on view.
The gallery will also accept donations of soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, facial products, and other personal-care products for distribution to families in need through Community Action Southold Town.
Call for Submissions
Peconic Landing, the continuing care retirement community in Greenport, is soliciting proposals for its Art Without Barriers sculpture garden, the East End’s only such venue featuring interactive technology used in art therapy for the hearing or visually impaired. The call is for an original work of sculpture that can touch the lives of those with memory disorders.
Requirements and applications, which must be postmarked by Feb. 1, can be downloaded from the Peconic Landing website.