Maritime Photographs
"Finest Kind," an exhibition organized by Stacy Myers and Tim Regan in tribute to Doug Kuntz and the cultural maritime fishing heritage of Long Island, will open at Clinton Academy in East Hampton on Saturday, with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m.
In 1983, a show of Mr. Kuntz's photographs at Empire State Plaza in Albany documented the lives of commercial fishermen and marked the beginning of a dialogue between fishermen and scientists about reforming bass legislation. That show also included photographs by Dan Budnik, John Chao, Lynn Johnson, and Danny Lyon.
It was shown again the following year at Miss Amelia's Cottage in Amagansett before finding a home at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum. Ms. Myers, the museum's education director, and Mr. Regan, a waterman, sifted through the photographs, most of which haven't been exhibited in 40 years, and decided, according to a release, to "breathe new life" into "Finest Kind."
Guild Hall on the Road
Guild Hall isn't moving to Florida, but highlights from its collection are. "Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts," a selection from the cultural center's holdings of 72 works by 59 artists, will open Saturday at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach and remain on view through April 28.
The exhibition includes work by George Bellows, Lynda Benglis, Chuck Close, Jane Freilicher, Adolph Gottlieb, Jasper Johns, Thomas Moran, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Rauschenberg.
The publication "Guild Hall for All" (2021), which was done in celebration of the institution's 90th anniversary, accompanies the show.
Afrofuturism in Sag
"Regional Artists Explore Afrofuturism," an exhibition organized by Georgette Grier-Key, executive director of the Eastville Community Historical Society, and Michael A. Butler, a Sag Harbor artist, will open in the lobby of Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theater on Saturday, with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m.
"Afrofuturism reimages an alternate reality, reinterprets a distressed past, reclaims the resiliency of people from the African Diaspora, and presents a future of liberated expressions through art, music, literature, film, fashion, and space," Ms. Grier-Key said.
The show, with work by Judith Henriques-Adams, James P. Ward, Nichelle Rivers, and Mr. Butler, will run through March 24.
Mishap or Murder?
Helen Harrison, recently retired after more than 30 years as director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs, is especially qualified to speculate on the death of Jackson Pollock and his passenger, Edith Metzger, in a 1956 auto accident. She has done so in "An Accidental Corpse," the second novel in her Art of Murder series of mysteries.
Ms. Harrison will discuss the 2018 book at the Leiber Collection in Springs on Sunday afternoon at 3. Called "edifying and juicy" by Newsday, it proposes that Metzger was dead before the accident, and the subsequent investigation by two detectives implicates famous members of East Hampton's art community, including Pollock himself.
Native Visions
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork has announced a series of diverse and inclusive artistic engagements intended to foster understanding of different cultural perspectives.
The initiative will launch on Sunday with "Sacred Visions: Native American Stories," a collaboration with Ma's House & BIPOC Art Studio featuring the work of Jeremy Dennis, a Shinnecock artist and the president of Ma's House. Mr. Dennis is a fine-art photographer whose work explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.
The show will open on Sunday morning with a reception at 11:30, and will continue through June 30. Public hours are Sundays after 11:30 and by appointment. The congregation's meetinghouse is on the Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton.
On Printmaking
Samuel Havens, the curator of The Church's exhibition "Master Impressions: Artists and Printers of the South Fork (1965-2010)," will be joined tomorrow at 6 p.m. by Sara Cochran, the venue's chief curator, and Norm Paris, an artist, curator, and teacher, for a discussion of the exhibition and printmaking processes.
A professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, Mr. Paris brings to the conversation a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the craft, its history, and its placement in contemporary art.
Tickets are $20, $10 for members.
Also at The Church in Sag Harbor, an introduction to weaving by Toni Ross, set for Saturday at 1 p.m., is sold out.
Three at the White Room
"Love Is the Drug," a show featuring work by John Grande, Rebecca Russo, and Grace Baley, opens Friday at the White Room Gallery in East Hampton and can be seen through March 30. A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Mr. Grande's art reflects on contemporary culture, with paintings whose subjects range from Hollywood stars to street art to the art world. Ms. Russo creates line drawings on paper that explore beauty and decay with a recurring motif of red lips. Glass mosaics are Ms. Baley's medium of choice, with subjects as diverse as Audrey Hepburn and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Art and Empowerment
"The Anti-Black History, Black History Event," an exhibition of paintings by Syn Martinez, an artist and entrepreneur, is at the Mark Borghi Gallery in Sag Harbor through Feb. 28.
The former owner and coach of CrossFit Harlem, Mr. Martinez is the C.E.O. of AfroBrutality Sports, which works with community organizations and law enforcement to empower people to realize their full potential through the use of fitness. AfroBrutality is also a sportswear brand whose products feature Mr. Martinez's artwork.
The gallery calls him "a force of nature" whose entrepreneurial savvy is "brought to life on vibrant canvases. He doesn't just paint faces -- he paints possibilities. Syn's art reveals the hidden potential within each of us."
One of Mr. Martinez's sketches, a black panther wearing an AfroBrutality T-shirt, is an homage to his mother, who spent three months in the 1970s aiding the Black Panther Party's day care and food program.
