Versatile Artist at LongHouse
LongHouse Reserve's Insider Outsider series features conversations with artists whose works challenge and inspire. Up next, on Sunday at 11 a.m., is Lucy Cookson, a painter and needleworker, in conversation with MAGO, an artist and curator.
A graduate of Duke University, Ms. Cookson creates watercolors, hand-embellished digital prints, mixed media, and needlework. The founder and creative director of Thimbelina Needlework Design and Collection in East Hampton, she has exhibited her work throughout the United States. She is a trustee of Guild Hall and serves on the Board of Visitors at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Tickets are $35, $25 for members, free for students.
Shinnecock Artists
"Shinnecock Speaks," a show of work by 27 artists that amplifies the cultural heritage and contemporary expression of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, will open on Sunday at Ma's House & BIPOC Art Studio on the Shinnecock Reservation, with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
For over 10,000 years, according to Jeremy Dennis, the lead artist, president of Ma's House, and curator of the exhibition, the Shinnecock people have left an indelible mark on the lands they call home. Their narratives are told through intricate wampum beadwork, evocative pottery designs, and wood sculptures.
Sequoyah Hunter-Cuyjet, a Shinnecock artist, says, “Some people inherit money and wealth; not everybody inherits culture. And it’s a real privilege to have Shinnecock be an inheritance.”
The exhibition will be open by appointment through Sept. 7; appointments can be made by calling 631-566-0486.
Summer Show at Firestone
"Summer Games," an exhibition of work by 15 artists, will open Friday at Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton and remain on view through July 28.
The exhibiting artists are Elise Asher, Martha Edelheit, Susan Fortgang, Regina Granne, Hue Thi Hoffmaster, Colleen Herman, Pat Lipsky, Joel Longenecker, Christabel MacGreevy, Ces McCully, Sana Musasama, Joe Overstreet, Pat Passlof, Dannielle Tegeder, and Paul Waters.
Not the Same Monet
"Never knew Monet was a painter" is either an exhibition title for the current show at AB NY Gallery in East Hampton, or a comment by William Quigley, an artist and founder of the gallery, or both.
Mr. Quigley first encountered Mr. Monet at the Stephen Talkhouse, where he was doing a standup set. More recently he saw two impressive paintings at Rosie's in Amagansett signed "Monet." He inquired, and learned it was Aaron, not Claude.
A comedian and an actor with a slew of TV and film credits, Mr. Monet studied at Pratt Institute, has his own advertising agency in New York City, and is, yes, a painter.
Mr. Quigley is known for his portraits of notables that combine realistic representations with gestural abstraction, words, and broad swaths of color.
Three Women at Depot
An exhibition of work by Donna Corvi, Mary Daunt, and Sally Richardson opens Thursday at the Depot Art Gallery in Montauk and will continue through July 15. A reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Ms. Corvi's favorite subject is trees, especially leafless trees. In her new paintings, she uses a layer of mist-like color with cut-out shapes to lure the viewer into the landscape.
Pastels are Ms. Daunt's chosen medium. She exaggerates colors and simplifies form, using deliberate strokes as she builds layer upon layer, gradually filling in the surface.
Ms. Richardson has been carving wood and stone sculptures for 30 years. She explores her deep connection to maritime environments, carving human and plant-like forms that evoke the fluidity of the sea.
New at Kramoris
The Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor is opening a show of works by Michael Albert, Adriana Barone, and Roger Sichel on Thursday; it will continue through July 25.
For the past two decades, Mr. Albert has created collage works on various themes, using the cardboard packaging of iconic consumer brands. Ms. Barone’s whimsical, lyrical paintings explore different subjects, ranging from cakes to animals to eccentric landscapes. Mr. Sichel's recent work highlights neo-Pop mixed media, inspired by his own life and current events, while simultaneously preserving the legacy of his work in photojournalism.
A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
A Surfer's Travels
Ever since 1963, when he was living and working with Peter Beard in Montauk, Tony Caramanico has been surfing the world. Since the early '80s, he has chronicled his travels in daily journals that combine words, original art, pictures, and magazine clippings.
His "Montauk Surf Journals" has just been published by Damiani Books, and an exhibition of his previously unseen work is now at ARC Fine Art, 86 Skimhampton Road in East Hampton, through July 14, when a closing brunch will be held from 11 to 1.
The gallery is open daily from 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment via telephone to 203-895-9595.
