The Church / Insight Sunday w/ Samuel Havens / Demonstrates Copper Etching, 2.15 @ Noon

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INSIGHT SUNDAY
with SAMUEL HAVENS

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2026
12 PM

TICKETS:

General Ticket: $10

Member Ticket: FREE, RSVP Required

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No one does etching on the East End like Samuel Havens. The Church’s legendary Workshops & Residency Manager, in-house printmaker, artist, and overall renaissance man leads the first Insight Sunday of the year and invites you to gain insight into his process by witnessing it in action! Join Havens, as he presents a live demonstration print of his copper etching Dusk Haze. Using a mobile printing press and sharing the process on the big screen, Havens will walk us through the process step-by-step, illuminating the intricacies of the craft and his unique approach. Following the demonstration Havens will field questions from the audience in a thoughtful Q&A.

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SAMUEL HAVENS

Samuel Havens is an artist, printmaker, curator, and researcher. He obtained a BFA from SUNY Oneonta in 2021, while simultaneously studying under Master Printmaker Dan Welden. Havens’ work is held in numerous private collections and has been shown nationwide, including a solo micro-exhibition at the Center for Book Arts, and group exhibitions at Southampton Arts Center, The Empty Circle, and Creede Center for the Arts, among others. In 2024, he curated the exhibition Master Impressions: Artists and Printers on the South Fork (1965-2010) at The Church, Sag Harbor. He currently resides in Sag Harbor.

THE CHURCH

The Church was established in 2019 by artists Eric Fischl and April Gornik. Housed in a deconsecrated 19^th-century church, its doors were opened in April 2021. Our mission is to foster creativity and to honor the living history of Sag Harbor as a maker village. The East End represents an exceptional artistic legacy, spanning the practices of indigenous art of several centuries ago, Abstract Expressionists of the mid-20th Century, and the many celebrated writers, makers, musicians, and visual artists of the recent past and current moment. Core programming includes visual art exhibitions, concerts and events, educational programming, workshops, lectures, and an artist’s residency.