Southampton Arts Center
25 Jobs Lane
Southampton

EAST END COLLECTED5 and EEC Jr. Curated by Paton Miller ON VIEW April 20 through June 9, 2019 Public Opening Reception: Saturday, April 20 · 5-7 PM · FREE Plus Free Dance Party “After Party” with DJ Mister Lama from 7-10 PM! East End Collected5 continues to reflect Paton Miller’s vision of this area as an ideal environment for artists to create work. Through this exhibition, Miller celebrates these 32 new artists and marks Southampton Arts Center as a home where the East End arts scene can continue to thrive. A special new addition to this fifth year of EEC is East End Collected Junior with a select group of teen artists. This exhibition has been made possible thanks, in part, to the generosity of Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Gallery Hours: Thursday to Sunday, 12 – 6 PM Artists include: Casey Chalem Anderson, painter Harlan Beeton, photographer (EEC5 Junior) Michael Cardacino, sculpture Sylvia Channing, conceptual artist (video/paint) Jeremy Dennis, photographer Emily Esposito, painter (EEC5 Junior) Madison Fender, photographer Francine Fleischer, photographer Lori Hawkins, photographer Carol Hunt, painter Anna Jurinich, painter Christine Keefe, painter Suzanne LaFleur, painter Geralyne Lewandowski, painter John Margaritis, sculpture & painting Alexis Martino, photographer Lauren Matzen, painter Kyle McNamara, painter (EEC5 Junior) Eric Meola, photographer Oscar Molina, painter Joan Lee Montefusco, painter Nika Nesgoda, photographer Cian O’Neill, photographer (EEC5 Junior) Kai Parcher-Charles, filmmaker (EEC5 Junior) Finn Pilaro, painter (EEC5 Junior) J.B. Riffaud, painter (EEC5 Junior) Cindy Pease Roe, sculpture Jay Schneiderman, sculpture Arden Scott, sculpture Ty Stroudsburg, painter Trina Tozzi Michne, painter Isabel Turban, painter A Note from Paton Miller: Six years ago I was invited to a meeting by then Mayor Mark Epley and other concerned residents of Southampton Village to contribute my ideas on how to go forward with the newly conceived Southampton Arts Center. The main point I offered at the meeting was that a new arts center had to be ‘loved’ by the community to be enthusiastically supported and have a chance to grow. In order to be embraced by the community I suggested that SAC should serve as a mirror and reflect the artistic community it resides in. This was the kernel of the idea that gave birth to the East End Collected Series. Including this year’s East End Collected5, over 150 artists have participated in the EEC series. Artists whose careers range from working in their basements to those who have had long international careers. The connective tissue of these disparate careers is the quality of the work. The past exhibitions have all been strongly supported and much appreciated by the community and has helped put SAC on the map. None of this would be possible without the unwavering support of Amy Kirwin, Tom Dunn, Simone Levinson, J. Whitney Stevens and the rest of the SAC board. I warmly thank them for the 5 years they’ve given me to investigate in-depth our shared artistic community. It has been an amazing voyage of discovery for myself and all who have participated. This year we have included a number of promising younger artists who are at the very beginning of their careers. The Eastern end of Long Island, North and South forks, have for many years been fertile ground for some of the most diverse and exceptional artistic talent to be found anywhere. We salute these younger artists who will continue this tradition. RELATED PROGRAMS: Gallery Tours with Paton Miller and EEC5 Artists: Sundays, May 19 & June 9 | 12:30 PM | FREE (June 9 tour will end with a closing day celebratory champagne toast) Artists Illustrated Talk: Sunday, June 2 | 4 PM | FREE Hosted by Paton Miller, with Jeremy Dennis, Francine Fleischer, Christine Keefe, Suzanne LaFleur, Kai Parcher-Charles, and Cindy Pease Roe. Exclusive Offer for “Friends of SAC”: Private Studio Tours with Paton Miller: Saturday, May 25 & Sunday June 2 | 11 AM | FREE

Amy Kirwin
events@southamptoncenter.org
(631) 283-0967
https://southamptonartscenter.org/event/east-end-collected5/
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