Clothesline Art Sale Is Back
The Clothesline Art Sale returns to Guild Hall on Saturday for its 69th incarnation. Both to promote the work of local artists and to attract buyers hoping to spend reasonably, the sale presents affordable pieces in a wide variety of mediums — oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings; prints, collages, photography, and small sculptures. The event, a showcase for relatively affordable works that can be not just admired but actually acquired, offers a respite from the lavish art fairs held in the Hamptons during the summer, said Barbara Jo Howard, Guild Hall’s director of marketing.
“This is actual art, real art, paintings, and photography, produced by local people at all different levels,” said Ms. Howard.
The pieces range from $50 to $2,000, with the bulk of works selling for $100 to $200. Proceeds are split 50-50 between the artist and Guild Hall. On average, the event raises $8,000 for the cultural center.
Some 500 artists are expected to participate, with about twice that many visitors stopping through. Several celebrities have dropped by in years past, among them Ethan Hawke and Sarah Jessica Parker, whose appearance “had everyone in a tizzy,” Ms. Howard recalled.
Artists bring in their works in the morning and return at the end of the day to collect unsold works and checks. Visitors with questions about the pieces can usually get the answers from one of the many volunteers staffing the event.
The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., both in and out-of-doors. Inclement weather will only mean more works inside.