MAY 2025

NEW EXHIBITIONS OPENING

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: ARTIST-MADE FURNITURE AND ALMOND ZIGMUND:

WADING ROOM TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND

These exhibitions focus on East End artists who have produced functional furniture as an extension of their creative practices—as a means of problem-solving, as an element of designed living, and as a way to foster social spaces.

Artists: Scott Bluedorn, John Chamberlain, Liz Collins, Quentin Curry, Peter Dayton, Connie Fox, Kurt Gumaer, Mary Heilmann, Yung Jake, Donald Judd, Julian Schnabel, Karen Simon, Strong-Cuevas, Mark Wilson, Robert Wilson, Evan Yee, Nico Yektai, and Almond Zigmund.

Member Opening Day: Saturday, May 3, 12-5 PM | Opening Reception: 3-5 PM

ON VIEW MAY 4-JULY 13, WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 12-5 PM

MUSEUM ADMISSION IS FREE

MEMBER RSVP

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IN THE NEWS

THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF LEARNING AN ENDANGERED LANGUAGE

By Cass Lovett, Vogue, April 25, 2025

“On a tranquil November evening in the Hamptons, I greet Wunetu Wequai Tarrant, a linguist from the Shinnecock Indian Nation, at Guild Hall. I’ve been to the museum countless times for art openings and theatrical performances, but tonight, seated among 15 local card sharks, the experience is something else entirely. For two hours, consonants fly through the air as we play Uno in Shinnecock, a dialect of Algonquian last spoken fluently by Tarrant’s great-great-grandparents’ generation in the 1920s…”

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ON THE TELLY

EAST END: GUILD HALL

News 12, April 25, 2025

“Guild Hall was founded as a civic institution so it’s really part of the cultural fabric of the Hamptons. Since 1931 it has always been open to the community to use as their performing arts space or their museum. There is a real sense of ownership of Guild Hall by the people who live here,”

— said Andrea Grover.

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ACADEMY NEWS

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 39TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF THE ARTS

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS DINNER

“This Academy Dinner was more Guild Hall than ever—with a whirlwind of Broadway performances, attendance by art and theater world luminaries, and an abundance of laughter and joy.” —Andrea Grover.

Click HERE to view photos from Sean Zanni for Patrick McMullan/Getty Images, and HERE for photos from Jessica Dalene Photography. Don’t forget to share this email with your dinner guests, and tag us @guild_hall on Instagram!

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IN SCHOOLS

WORKING WITH ARTISTS—2025 STUDENT ART FESTIVAL:

RAUSCHENBERG100

This fall, the Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg100 will honor the centennial of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth by joining an international museum initiative organized by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Guild Hall has paired ten public schools with ten east end artists to collaboratively delve into what Rauschenberg called the “gap between art and life,” valuing chance and collaboration in a wide range of materials, subjects, styles, and creative techniques. Learn more and view photos from recent in-school workshops by clicking the links below. Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg100 will be on view November 16, 2025 through January 4, 2026.

PHOTOS

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LEARN MORE

LOOKING BACK

GUILD HALL TEEN ARTS COUNCIL:

PUPPET SHOW WITH LIZ JOYCE

The Teen Arts Council members enjoyed a wonderful few months working with Liz Joyce, puppet-master, and founder of Goat on a Boat Puppet Theater. Their creativity shone and many of them discovered a newfound love for performance and storytelling! Throughout the unit, the students explored and created finger puppets, shadow puppets, felt hand puppets, and worked toward crafting an entirely original puppet show, including story, set, and characters, which they performed on April 9 for friends, family, staff, and community members.

VIEW PHOTOS

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LOOKING AHEAD

FUENTEOVEJUNA: EAST END

Together, we can build something big—something unprecedented—coming to Guild Hall May 16 and 17!

When we face challenges, the strength of our community is what helps us push forward and create something truly powerful. That’s exactly what Fuenteovejuna: East End represents: a bold reinterpretation of one of Spain’s most iconic works, coming to life in May 2025.

This project isn’t just theater; it’s a celebration of what unites us: justice, community, and solidarity. Created by and for our community, it highlights the values that bring us together.

Unidos estamos construyendo algo grandioso y sin precedentes, llegará al Guild Hall el 16 y 17 de mayo!

La fuerza de la comunidad es lo que nos impulsa a seguir adelante y crear algo poderoso aún en medio del caos y la adversidad.

Eso es exactamente lo que representa Fuenteovejuna: East End, una reinterpretación vibrante de una de las obras más emblemáticas de España, que llegará en mayo de 2025. Este proyecto no solo es teatro, es una celebración de lo que nos une: la justicia, la comunidad, la solidaridad. Creada por y para nuestra gente.

WATCH / VER

LEARN MORE / MÁS INFORMACÍON

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

WHY I AM A MEMBER OF GUILD HALL…

This flyer from 1971-72 was a membership push from Guild Hall. Obron Farber, the first quote, was in high school at the time and is now one of the Volunteers of Guild Hall in 2025!

The other testimonials remind us of how important the fabric of community is at Guild Hall and continues today and into our future.

BECOME A MEMBER

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Museum, Box Office, & Coffee Bar Hours starting May 4:

Wednesday to Sunday, 12-5 PM

Guild Hall’s digital systems project was developed with the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Digital Accelerator for Arts and Culture.

Visual Arts programs are supported by funding from Barbara and Richard S. Lane, Lucio and Joan Noto, The Michael Lynne Museum Endowment, and The Melville Straus Family Endowment.

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Additional support provided by Friends of the Museum: Sara Amani and Timothy Ward, Danielle Anderman, Shari and Jeff Aronson, The Artist Profile Archive, William L. Bernhard, Cara and John Fry, The Hayden Family Foundation, Susan Lacy, Robert Longo and Sophie Chahinian, Elin and Michael Nierenberg, Onna House, Lisa and Richard Perry, Laurie and Martin Scheinman, Jeff and Audrey Spiegel, Hillary and Jeff Suchman, Barbara Tober, Jane Wesman and Don Savelson, Neda Young, Yurman Family Foundation, and an anonymous donor.

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Free gallery admission is sponsored, in part, by Landscape Details.

Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture:

Lead Sponsors: Jill and Darius Bikoff, Caroline and Robert Taubman – A. Alfred Taubman Foundation

Special thanks to Ben Krupinski Builder LLC.

Media Partner: CULTURED

Almond Zigmund: Wading Room:

Lead Sponsors: Jill and Darius Bikoff, Caroline and Robert Taubman – A. Alfred Taubman Foundation

Media Partner: CULTURED

Performing Arts programs are supported in part by funding from Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.

Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Christine and Bill Campbell, John and Joan D’Addario, Gabrielle and Gianpaolo de Felice, Debbie and Henry Druker, Lena Kaplan, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve Pesner, in memory of his wife, Michèle Pesner, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Jayne Baron Sherman and Deborah Zum, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, Leila Straus, Susi and Peter Wunsch, and Andrew Yuder and Kyle Glaeser.

Learning + New Works programs are supported in part by funding from Bobbie Braun -The Neuwirth Foundation, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and additional support by Collegiate Gateway.

Additional support provided by Friends of Learning + New Works: Julie Raynor Gross, Stephanie Joyce and Jim Vos, S. Kutler Foundation, N. Glickberg, D. Glickberg, and J. Abrahams, Andrea and Jeffrey Lomasky, Peter Marino, Meringoff Family, Eva Sandler, and Barbara Toll.

GUILD HALL TEEN ARTS COUNCIL (GHTAC)

The Guild Hall Teen Arts Council is sponsored by the Meringoff Family Foundation, and an anonymous donor.

Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg 100:

This project is supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. With support from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Guild Hall joins an international roster of institutions commemorating the artist’s 100th birthday.

Additional support provided by Dime Community Bank

Fuenteovejuna: East End is possible thanks to support from CAiR’s patrons and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning, and is led by 2025 Guild Hall Community Artists-in-Residence, Margarita Espada and Minerva Perez. The 2025 CAiR is co-produced by Guild Hall of East Hampton and OLA of Eastern Long Island.

PHOTOS

Installation view, John Chamberlain: THE TIGHTER THEY’RE WOUND, THE HARDER THEY UNRAVEL, Aspen Art Museum, 2023-24. Photo: Daniel Pérez

Self-portrait of Almond Zigmund in her East Hampton Studio. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Wunetu Wequai Tarrant On Set Portrait. Photo: Phil Lehans

Video courtesy of News 12.

Louise Kugelberg, Julian Schnabel, Andrea Grover, Eric Fischl and April Gornik attend Guild Hall’s 39th Annual Academy Of The Arts Achievement Awards Dinner at The Rainbow Room on April 22, 2025 in New York. Photo: Sean Zanni/PMC East Hampton High School Students visiting Peter Dayton for Student Art Festival. Photo: Kayla Matters

Guild Hall Teen Arts Council Puppet Show performance with Liz Joyce. Photo: Amy Kirwin

Fuenteovejuna: East End video: Kevin López and Freddy Chica, South Shore Films

From the Archives courtesy of Guild Hall.

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