Bring your kids for a special 90-minute sketching session in the Photo Ark galleries with East Hampton artist Scott Bluedorn, known for his elaborate marine life drawings.

All levels encouraged. Materials will be provided.

Summer is the best time to view some of the fifty or more species of shorebirds that comb the beaches, sand flats, and marshes of Long Island. On this walk, we will visit Shinnecock Bay in Southampton and focus on plovers, yellowlegs, oystercatchers, and sandpipers as they feed by wading in shallow waters. So grab your binoculars and cameras, scopes, sunscreen, and a field guide to birds of Eastern North America, if you have one, and let’s hit the bay.

Inspired by National Geographic Photo Ark by Joel Sartore, join artist Ruby Jackson for a fun session creating tiny animals out of Sculpey clay and then photographing them with your iPhones in our mini photo studio. The workshop lasts up to three hours long, which includes time to fire the work, and is open to all people five years and older.

Light on the beach can be a dramatic experience as the changing light and weather conditions interact with the distant horizon to create a dramatic backdrop, as sand, water, air, and sky set a mysterious stage for a variety of photographic subjects. In this two-hour, one-day workshop instructed by ICP Faculty Lynn Saville, students develop their power of observation to create stunning photographs at the beach in Southampton. We photograph people engaged in a variety of activities, changes in the water and sky, and more. Participants also learn techniques of composition and changing light colors and contrasts.

Walk on the wild side with animal ambassadors from the Quogue Wildlife Refuge! In this workshop instructed by ICP Faculty Andy French students will photograph live animals such as Great Horned Owls, Yellow-Footed Tortoises, and Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches in the style of National Geographic photographer and Fellow Joel Sartore. Through Photo Ark, Joel aims to document every species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, inspire action through education, and help save wildlife. Students will use pop-up light boxes to take portraits of the animal ambassadors with their iPhones or SLRs.

Join instructor Peter Spacek in for a special Paint Your World-themed workshop that will show you how to take an amusing idea and put it on paper—beginning with a rough pencil sketch to finishing an inked professional-looking work of humorous art.

Whether you are a chess expert or new to the game, join everyone’s favorite coach and competitor Ulysses Tapley to play and learn “the art of chess” the first Sunday of the month in 2019! Reservations are not required – just come and play!

All ages & skill levels encouraged.  Chess boards & pieces provided.

Whether you are a chess expert or new to the game, join everyone’s favorite coach and competitor Ulysses Tapley to play and learn “the art of chess” the first Sunday of the month in 2019! Reservations are not required – just come and play!

All ages & skill levels encouraged.  Chess boards & pieces provided.

Whether you are a chess expert or new to the game, join everyone’s favorite coach and competitor Ulysses Tapley to play and learn “the art of chess” the first Sunday of the month in 2019! Reservations are not required – just come and play!

All ages & skill levels encouraged.  Chess boards & pieces provided.

Spend the afternoon with master printmaker Dan Welden and learn some of his techniques on the press in the gallery. Great for all levels!

Materials included.