Sunday, November 25

Artists' Reception at the Rosalie Dimon Gallery:

IVAN KUSTURA & STEPHEN BITEL 

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1 - 4 PM

Art Galleries from Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Sag Harbor and Amagansett 

Enjoy a new Holiday Tradition on Thanksgiving Saturday! Over 20 art galleries from Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Sag Harbor and Amagansett are open Thanksgiving Saturday, as they collectively celebrate "Art in the Hamptons" this holiday season with an art walk. It's a FREE self-guided art walk throughout the Hamptons. Or, take a scheduled tour with a local artist. View participating art galleries at www.artwalkhamptons.com. Peer into the galleries art windows, enjoy conversation with the local curators, taste festive refreshments, learn about the art, collect art stories to wrap your holiday presence as a tradition begins in the Hamptons. Also offered, scheduled art tours led by local artists. For more information or details about art tours, contact info@artwalkhamptons.com. ArtWalk Hamptons is proud to have Hamptons Art Hub as the sponsor of Art Walk Thanksgiving Saturday. Sponsors: East End Arts & Hamptons Art Hub. 

Congregational Church of Centerport

Afternoon family concert from 5-6PM will feature Patricia Shih, Tom Chapin, and Bash the Trash. Evening adult concert starting at 8PM will feature Tom Chapin and Toby Walker. Admission prices are a suggested donation $25, more if possible, less if necessary PLUS one item below: diapers, baby formula, water, nonperishable food, personal care items, cleaning supplies; bottled drinks, NEW blankets, socks, gloves, hats, scarves. Funds to go to The American Red Cross, item collection to go to LI Cares. Advanced tickets STRONGLY recommended. To reserve tickets in advance, email patshih@ymail.com and send check payable to The American Red Cross. Put in memo line "Hurricane Sandy Relief" and mail to Patricia Shih, PO Box 1554, Huntington, NY 11743. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. No one will be turned away, but please offer what you can.

Thursday, November 29

Tellabration!™ 

5th Annual Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival

Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor 

ALL DOCS ALL DAY. The 5th Annual Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival is days away. Friday, November 30th December 1 and 2 at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York. Full film schedule at www.ht2ff.com. Opening night film: Shelter Island: Art + Friend + Discovery features local 'outsider' artist, Harold Olson. Closing night film is Plimpton known to many of the East End of L.I. The HT2FF Gala event will be held Saturday, December 1, 2012, and will honor Susan Lacy, creator of the PBS series American Masters. 6:30 - Gala Reception with festive wine & food by Sen Restaurant; 7:30 - Opening remarks by Jamie Bernstein; 7:45 - Screening of the Emmy-Award-winning documentary Susan Lacy wrote & directed

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note; 9:45 - A lively panel talk with Susan and three American Masters directors: Michael Epstein, Anne Makepeace, Roger Sherman.

Tickets $15; Seniors $13 (no online sales); Gala $25

Buy tickets online at www.ht2ff.com or at Bay Street Theatre

Bay Street Theatre, 1 Bay Street  Sag Harbor, NY 

ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS: DIVERSITY ART SHOW  Open call for artist participation in the upcoming juried, all media art show, Diversity, at the East End Arts Gallery in Riverhead. Gallery Director Jane Kirkwood encourages artists to: "Identify ways you are personally diverse (apart from the norm). Be it culturally, physically, stylistically, psychologically, etc., own it and explore it in your art." Judging all genres, the guest juror of this show, Frank Wimberley, has been regarded as one of the preeminent artists on the East End for over 40 years. Original works in all media may be submitted, including: painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, video, sculpture and poetry; up to three entries can be submitted per artist. Entries will be accepted on Thursday, January 10; Friday, January 11; and Saturday, January 12 from 10AM to 4PM at the EEA Gallery. Show dates are January 18 through March 8, 2013, with a reception on Friday, February 1, 2013. For artists who elect to participate, there are two additional opportunities: a second eligibility to exhibit art at the Suffolk County Historical Society for a show of the same theme, as well as an opportunity for one artist to have their entry selected to be the featured artwork for the East End Arts 2013 Spring Gala. For all details, view the full prospectus at: http://eastendarts.org/Temp2013/DiversityProsp.pdf.


PROMOTE YOUR WORK Patch.com is offering an exciting FREE publicity opportunity for artists. The community news website has created a column called First Impressions - where an image of artwork is posted each week and readers respond by writing comments about what the work means to them. At the end of the week, the artist posts what they were thinking when they created the piece. Click on the title above to see the first installment featuring local photographer Meryl Spiegel's Scissored, from her Phantoms series. Patch is looking for artists to participate. All you need is a jpg of an image of your work (size: at least 72 dpi, at least 6 x 6 inches) and a paragraph describing what you were thinking when you created the artwork. Email the image and descriptive paragraph with your name, town of residence, name of the work, medium, and artist website to Meryl Spiegel: meryl@merylspiegel.com. Please also notify if you are a member of East End Arts. Meryl will contact you if your work is selected. Take advantage of this great opportunity for FREE artist publicity!

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Poetry Chapbook Competition The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. The deadline for the 2013 competition is December 1, 2012. The winning manuscript will be chosen in the spring of 2013 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook printed and bound by artists at the Center for Book Arts. The edition is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, ten of which are reserved for the author and the remainder of which will be offered for sale through the Center. The winning poet will also receive a cash award of $500, and a $500 honorarium for a reading, to be held at the Center in the fall of 2013, as well as an exclusive opportunity to stay at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York as one of their Winter Shakers. This year's judges will be Harryette Mullen & Sharon Dolin. For more information, visit http://www.centerforbookarts.org/opportunities/.

Group for the East End Seeking Volunteer Photographers Volunteers are needed to photograph the Group's environmental educators in action during classroom and field trip lessons. Please e-mail kfullam@eastendenvironment.org if you are interested in helping out. Weekday, daytime hours only. Opportunity lasts from now until June 2013. The Group will provide a tax letter for professional photographers who donate their time.