Gifts From the East

Outeast Gallery on Tuthill Road in Montauk has been transformed for the holidays to a marketplace with a dozen vendors selling all types of gift items. Owned by Scott Pitches, the two-room gallery is wedged in between Whalebone Creative and Duryea’s Lobster House and looks out over Fort Pond Bay.

After coming up with the idea for the marketplace, the only problem for Mr. Pitches was that too many artists wanted to participate. “It was hard to curate. I really had to pick and choose,” he said, adding that he wanted to offer a wide variety of items. “I couldn’t have five photographers.”

For the holiday shopping season, the rough-hewn gallery, with its creaky wood floors, is filled with framed art and photography by James Katsipis and Mike Reale. Ingrid Kalfaian’s Made in Montauk has taken over a corner with scented soaps and candles, oils, silk dresses, sarongs, shawls, canvas tote bags, linen beach blankets, and more.

Golden Eagle of East Hampton is selling art supplies there and Peter Spacek’s Ditch Ink is offering gift cards and other surf-theme art. Also available are jewelry by Fin and Carin Constant, fish prints by Annie Sessler, handmade dog vests by Billy Wolf, Live in Color silk-screened T-shirts, clothing by Amanda Beckman, antique nautical items, bohemian cloth clutches, and T Duryea’s landscape art.

Next door, Whalebone Creative is also selling hooded sweatshirts, hats, T-shirts, and other accessories made by Jessie Joeckel, a graphic designer.

Since the Outeast market opened on Friday, a steady stream of shoppers has already found it, said Mr. Pitches. “The artists are really happy with it,” he said. The gallery is open Thursdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Dec. 21.