A Quilt Celebration
The Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs will open for the season on Saturday with "Airing of the Quilts," a community event organized with Louise Eastman, an artist. It will be held on the grounds of the center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Both the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum and the East Hampton Historical Society will be displaying quilts from their collections, some of them over 100 years old.
In addition, members of the public have been invited to bring their own quilts, as long as they can be hung on a clothesline. A Community Quilt made for the event by more than 30 local artists will also be on view.
The rain date is Sunday. Exhibitions of work by Don Christensen and Brianna L. Hernandez will open on April 29.
Art Groove Returns
The 11th annual Art Groove will enliven Ashawagh Hall in Springs on Saturday and Sunday with art, music, dancing, and, in celebration of Earth Day, presentations by four environmental organizations.
Work by 18 artists will be on view Saturday from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Saturday afternoon, Earth Groove will feature Carbon Crew Project, Change Hampton, Re-Wilding East, and the Accabonac Protection Committee. It will be followed from 6 to 10 p.m. by a reception that will include a multimedia performance.
On Sunday, a benefit art sale for the Ellen Hermanson Foundation and Maureen's Haven will take place online and in person from 2 to 5 p.m. The contributing artists include Stephanie Brody-Lederman, Connie Fox, Paton Miller, David Slater, Hans Van de Bovenkamp, and 25 others.
Abstraction Then and Now
In conjunction with its current exhibition "Return to a Place by the Sea," The Church in Sag Harbor will hold a panel discussion on Friday at 6 p.m.
Rico Gatson, Dianne Smith, and Benjamin Lee Sperry, members of a younger generation of abstract painters, will speak about their personal interests and the history of abstraction.
"Return to a Place by the Sea" highlights the work of four African-American abstract artists whose long careers have helped revolutionize the genre. The Church's chief curator, Sara Cochran, who co-organized the exhibition, will moderate the discussion with the three young artists who are carrying on the tradition.
Tickets are $10, free for members who register on the website.
