JANUARY 2024

LEARNING + NEW WORKS

STUDENT ART FESTIVAL:

ECO VS EGO OPENING DAY IN PICTURES

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The Student Art Festival: Eco vs Ego opened on Saturday, January 20, with an enthusiastic response from all who attended. This project, which is the culmination of two academic years of work by 20 artists, 15 participating schools, and nearly 4,000 students, delves into topics such as needs and survival, infrastructure, and growth; anthropomorphism and symbolism, and biophilia through the practices of art, design, horticulture, and performance.

“We want to thank Anthony and Annika for their invested focus over time in preparing the process for this exceptional collaborative experience that brought students into real-life creative learning experiences with professional artists,” said Heather Evans, East Hampton School District Unified Arts Department Coordinator and High School Fine Arts Teacher. “Their attention to detail and understanding of the school calendar and the necessary lead time made it work, and they took the time to consider which courses would pair best with specific artists. The exhibit feels very much like a celebration between students and the community.”

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE UPDATE

HOLLAND ANDREWS

We are thrilled to announce that 2022 Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence Holland Andrews will be a participating artist in the 2024 Whitney Biennial. Additionally, they were named a 2024 United States Artists Fellow. Holland is in a class of 50 awardees, encompassing both artists and collectives from ten creative disciplines. The awardees will each receive $50,000 unrestricted cash awards, honoring their rich contributions to the cultural fabric of the country.

Holland Andrews, who was in residence at The Tower in 2022 with Shayne Case, is a Brooklyn-based composer, vocalist, clarinetist, producer, and performer.

IN THE NEWS

JAMES LANE POST SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON GUILD HALL

January 23, 2024

James Lane Post presents the “East End Community Spotlight” series, highlighting non-profit organizations doing work on the East End. 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

ANDREA GROVER’S TOUR OF GUILD HALL

This past December, Executive Director Andrea Grover shared an insider’s tour of Guild Hall, including a sneak-peek at the John Drew Theater, currently under renovation and slated to reopen this July. Come on in!

LOOKING AHEAD

VISIONARIES LUNCHEON AND THE 38TH ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS DINNER

Snowbirds, join us in Palm Beach on Thursday, March 14, when we will shine a spotlight on Guild Hall’s 2024 Visionary – Rebecca Hessel Cohen, the Founder and Creative Director of LoveShackFancy, in conversation with The Colony Hotel Owner and CEO, Sarah Wetenhall. Visionaries will take place at The Colony Hotel, starting with a reception at 11:30 AM, followed by a luncheon and program from 12-2:30 PM.

This year’s 38th Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner will take place on Wednesday, April 3 at the Rainbow Room in NYC. This year we will honor Daryl Roth with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing Arts and Nancy and Howard Marks with the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. We are also delighted to recognize our newest inductees to the Academy of the Arts: Uri Berliner, Cynthia Daniels, Susan Downey, Robert Downey Jr., Sunny Hostin, Fern Mallis, Susan Meiselas, Carl Safina, Marcus Samuelsson, Hank Willis Thomas, Rufus Wainwright, and Carrie Mae Weems.

LOOKING BACK

CREATIVE LAB WITH LIONEL CRUET

Last Monday, January 29, multi-media artist Lionel Cruet hosted the first Creative Lab of 2024, which focused on Cruet’s video collage and audiovisual installations. Cruet’s work confronts issues that concern ecology, geopolitics, and technology. A collaboration between Cruet and Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council is currently on view in the Student Art Festival: Eco vs Ego.

GALLERY and LOUISE & HOWIE’S COFFEE BAR HOURS

Friday to Monday, 12-5 PM

Museum Admission is FREE

Student Art Festival

Lead Sponsors: Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and an anonymous donor 

Co-Leads: Lynn and Bruce Surry, and Neda Young 

Additional Support: Nina Gillman 

The Student Art Festival is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Guild Hall’s Learning + New Works programs are made possible through The Patti Kenner Arts Education Fellowship, the Glickberg/Abrahams S.Kutler Foundation, Stephanie Joyce & Jim Vos, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, and The Melville Straus Family Endowment. 

Museum programs are supported by Crozier Fine Arts and funding from The Michael Lynne Museum Endowment and The Melville Straus Family Endowment. 

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

Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence  

Principal Sponsor: Kathy Rayner, in memory of her husband, Billy Rayner 

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PHOTOS

2024 Student Art Festival: Eco vs Ego. Photo: Jessica Dalene

Holland Andrews. Photo: Jessica Dalene

Guild Hall facade. Photo: Joe Brondo

Guild Hall tour with Andrea Grover directed by Amy Kirwin, filmed by Charlotte Ferguson, edited by Patrick Dawson.

Rebecca Hessel Cohen. Photo: K. Stuart; 2023 Academy of the Arts. Photo: Jessica Dalene

Lionel Cruet Creative Lab. Photo: Lionel Cruet

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