Parrish and Parkinson's
Wendy Gottlieb, an educator at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, will present the "Paint With the Parrish" program at a free, virtual conference of the American Parkinson Disease Association Wednesday and next Thursday. Registration is at apdaparkinson.org.
Ms. Gottlieb, who has worked with many nonprofits and partner organizations on the East End, will discuss the museum's program and lead a sample workshop for the more than 2,000 participants at the conference, which is open to people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.
The Parkinson's program was developed in 2017 with Sarah Cohen at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Center for Parkinson’s Disease and the American Parkinson Disease Association. The museum's Alzheimer's-dementia program of monthly tours and activities, also led by Ms. Gottlieb, was launched in 2016 in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center.
Valentine Show
"Two," an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by three artist couples, will open at Keyes Art in Sag Harbor with a reception on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The duos are Leslee Stradford and Claude Lawrence, Jodi Panas and John Torreano, and Virva Hinnemo and George Negroponte.
Mr. Negroponte, who organized the show, wrote, "To some, [two artists] may look predictably poetic, like two fried eggs. In reality, it's more of a skirmish than you might imagine because energy moves unevenly through the veils of creativity."
The exhibition will continue through March 11.
New Thomas Sculpture
Hank Willis Thomas, whose neon installation "Remember Me" can be seen through May 14 on the Parrish Art Museum's south facade, is in the news for the second time this year. Mr. Thomas was in residence at the Water Mill Center last fall and showed art work at multiple institutions while taking part in talks, screenings and other public events at various South Fork institutions.
In January, his sculpture "The Embrace," which honors Martin Luther King Jr., was installed on the Boston Common. His "Opportunity (reflection)," a 10-foot-tall sculpture of an extended arm reaching to catch a football, was commissioned by the National Football League and will be on view outside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Feb. 12, the day of the Super Bowl. The sculpture's stainless steel surface resembles that of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which is awarded to Super Bowl winners.
The piece will subsequently be on loan to the Arizona State University Art Museum.
