Community Healing
The Southampton Arts Center is presenting two programs this weekend in conjunction with its current exhibition, “Clearing the Air,” which examines the healing and transformative power of the arts.
Mare Dianora, a Sag Harbor artist, will lead the Community Healing Banner Project, a free workshop in which participants will work together to create flags for a banner that will be displayed in the exhibition. The event will take place on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., and materials will be provided.
A free panel discussion featuring three exhibition artists, Hope Sandrow, Jeremy Dennis, and Cara Lynch, will be held on Sunday at 3 p.m. The artists will discuss their work, influences, what it means to be an artist on the East End, and the commonalities that led them to participate in the exhibition.
Modernism Rising
“One Stop: The Rise of Modernism,” a group show, opens at Keyes Art in Sag Harbor with a reception Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. It will remain on view through Jan. 3.
“Each artist in this show routinely uses a visual language acquired over time that includes history, cultivation, practice, and buckets of disappointment,” said George Negroponte, who organized the exhibition with Virva Hinnemo.
Participants are Adam Bartos, Matthew Bliss, Steve Bethel, Peter Dayton, Nathan Slate Joseph, Erika Ranee, Toni Ross, Bastienne Schmidt, Kristy Schopper, Walter Schrank, and Leslee Stradford.
Exhibition Tour
Corinne Erni, the senior curator at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, will lead a tour of its newest exhibition, "Encounters: Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection," on Friday at 6 p.m. She will be joined by the participating artists Esly E. Escobar, Candace Hill Montgomery, Laurie Lambrecht, and Sara VanDerBeek, all of whom have close ties to the East End.
Tickets are $12, free for members, students, and children. Advance ticket purchase with pre-event registration is required.
A Wintry Mix
Colm Rowan Fine Art in East Hampton will open its winter gallery show of work by 21 artists Friday, with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Among the exhibitors are Sandra Caplan, Jonathan Nash Glynn, Chris Kelly, Christine Matthai, Barry McCallion, Ken Miller, Josee Nadeau, and Nnamdi Okonkwo.
The exhibition will continue through Jan. 30.
Gallery Talk
A conversation between Jeff Muhs, whose exhibition "The Uncanny Valley" can be seen at Guild Hall through Jan. 2, and Christina Strassfield, the museum's director and chief curator, will take place on Saturday at 3 p.m. Ms. Strassfield has followed the evolution of Mr. Muhs's work for 30 years. The talk is free.
Let's Get Small
“Holiday Show, Small Paintings,” an exhibition of work by members of the Artists Alliance of East Hampton, will be on view at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery on James Lane in East Hampton from Saturday through Jan. 1.
Receptions will take place Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. and on Jan. 1 from 2 to 4. Gallery hours are 11 to 4.
Smaller Still
The annual Small Works Holiday Invitational at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor is on view through Feb. 20. Among the more than 25 artists showing works 20 by 20 inches or smaller are Adrianna Barone, Linda Capello, Christopher Engel, Patricia Feiwel, Barbara Groot, Ruby Jackson, Alan Nevins, and Isabel Pavao.
A reception will be held Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m.
Pursuit of Light
New paintings and pastels by Adrian Nivola are on view at Victoria Munroe Fine Art, 67 East 80 Street in Manhattan, through Jan. 29. Mr. Nivola, who grew in in Springs and is the grandson of the artists Costantino and Ruth Nivola, is showing a variety of subjects, among them women in interiors, landscape pastels of Idaho farms and the East End, and jockeys mounted on their horses after a race.
His images are “defined by a pursuit of light in tranquil scenarios and spaces,” according to the gallery, which will pause on Dec. 24 and reopen on Jan. 12. The show is held in association with the Drawing Room in East Hampton, which represents the artist’s sculpture.
Jewels Gone M.A.D.
MoAnA Luu, a jewelry artist with a home in Sag Harbor, is exhibiting and selling her original work in the “MAD About Jewelry” show at the Museum of Art and Design in Manhattan through Saturday.
Born in Martinique, where her grandparents had a jewelry store, Ms. Luu’s “Manluu” collection reimagines the evolution of Creole jewelry in stackable, gender-neutral pieces with bold, geometric details. Each piece has been handcrafted by New York artisans in 18-karat gold vermeil and sterling silver to resemble woven cane.
“MAD About Jewelry” features work by more than 40 emerging and acclaimed jewelry artists.
Stuffed Cupboards
“Cupboard Love,” an exhibition of paintings by Alexander Guy, will open Thursday at Harper’s Chelsea in Manhattan with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. and continue through Jan. 15.
Mr. Guy, who lives in Glasgow, celebrates the tackiness of modern life with post-Pop images of canned and boxed food crammed into painted tableaux. In 1970s Scotland, a full cupboard or freezer offered a sense of comfort and well-being to the average working-class family. “Mr. Guy’s still lifes take us to a place and time when this practice was the norm, and they revel in that memory,” says the gallery.
The Parrish Art Museum listing differs from the printed version of the column because of a last-minute schedule change at the museum.
