Southampton Arts Center Offers Announces New Exhibition and Full Slate of Programs for September
Clearing the Air to Open September 17
Summer was a success at Southampton Arts Center [SAC – southamptonartscenter.org] with films, talks, live performances, kids’ events, wellness, and more each week. And it’s not over yet! September will feature several events, including the opening of SAC’s newest exhibition, Clearing the Air: The Transformative Power of the Arts, curated by Jay Davis, artist and curator of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Ambulatory Care Arts Program. This thoughtful exhibition and programming will make SAC the place to be this month. Here’s what’s on deck for September…
Film: ESPN 1986 Mets Docuseries "30 for 30: Once Upon a Time in Queens" with Hamptons Doc Fest – Friday, September 10 @ 6 PM
Heads up to baseball fans: Southampton Arts Center, in partnership with Hamptons Doc Fest, is pleased to present a special outdoor film--the only screening of Long Island-- of the ESPN 1986 Mets docuseries debut "30 for 30: Once Upon a Time in Queens," about the Mets' 1986 World Series-winning season. The panel will feature prominent sports writer Mike Lupica as emcee and film director and producer Nick Davis. This free event includes complimentary popcorn, crackerjacks, soft drinks, and swag. Additional support is provided by Tee & Charles Addams Foundations and Epic Brokers.
southamptonartscenter.org/film
SAC Business Circle Membership Kick-off Networking Event – Saturday, September 11 @ 6 PM
Tom Dunn, SAC Executive Director and Deborah Van Zijl, SAC Business Circle Chair invite the community to join us for a special networking event introducing you to SAC's Business Circle – a membership group and source for proven arts and partnership strategies, business networking, and after-hours fun. Wine and cheese will be served. Join us after the event for a live Hamptons Jazz Fest performance.
southamptonartscenter.org/events
Live: Hamptons Jazz Fest with Big Chief Donald Harrison and NOLA Legacy Ensemble – Saturday, September 11 @ 7 PM
Hamptons Jazz Fest concerts are intended to expose as many people as possible to the wonderful diverse world of jazz music with free concerts, small and large, and accessible to all. Cultural diversity and roots of jazz will be celebrated with performing artists from the US and around the World. This performance features Big Chief Donald Harrison and NOLA Legacy Ensemble.
southamptonartscenter.org/live
Film + Panel: Strong-Cuevas – Sunday, September 12 @ 4 PM
The sculptural language of Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas originates from the basic form of the human head. Whether simplified through the use of contours and profiles, or by the reduction of details in the case of the monumental works, her abstract faces symbolize a universal human condition throughout time. Strong-Cuevas, a film by Lana Jokel, is a visual journey of the artistic process of Elizabeth’s sculpture. Join us after the screening for a panel featuring Lana Jokel, Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas, and director and chief curator of Guild Hall Christina Strassfield. Reception to follow. This event will be held inside the SAC theater. SAC requires proof of vaccination or negative Covid test for indoor events with identification (I.D.) and masks will also be required. Doors open at 3:30 PM.
southamptonartscenter.org/film
Film: Surf Movie Night with Surfrider Foundation Eastern Long Island Chapter – Monday, September 13 @ 5 PM
Southampton Arts Center welcomes the Surfrider Foundation Eastern Long Island Chapter for their 19th annual Surf Movie Night! Join us for a surf swap followed by surf-inspired short films on the West Lawn.
southamptonartscenter.org/film
Art: Clearing the Air Exhibition Opening – Friday, September 17 @ 12 PM
Following an unprecedented year of COVID-19, political divide, racial and social strife, and injustice, Clearing The Air examines the healing power of the arts. This multimedia group show will be curated by Jay Davis artist and curator of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Ambulatory Care Arts Program. This thoughtful exhibition will feature regional and national artists who turned to the arts to overcome health and personal challenges, and those who regularly work in the healing art space.
southamptonartscenter.org/clearing-the-air
Talk: Curator-Led Exhibition Tour – Saturday, September 18 @ 12 PM
Clearing the Air curator Jay Davis, artist and curator of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Ambulatory Care Arts Program, will lead a tour of the galleries. Following an unprecedented year of COVID-19, political divide, racial and social strife, and injustice, Clearing the Air examines the healing and transformative power of the arts. This thoughtful exhibition will feature regional and national artists who turned to the arts to overcome health and personal challenges, and those who regularly work in the healing art space.
southamptonartscenter.org/talks
Live: Silent Disco – Saturday, September 18 @ 7 PM
Come dance under the full moon at this outrageously fun (and quiet) rave featuring two DJ’s and multiple music genres. Quiet Events provides their three-channel LED-style headphones allowing guests to change channels to different types of music. Headphones light up with colors assigned to each channel so dancers can see what others are listening to based on the color of their headphones. At any given moment you might find a group of friends dancing to three different styles of music, which makes this event entertaining not only for the participants, but for onlookers as well.
southamptonartscenter.org/live
Film + Panel: Soul Redemption – Sunday, September 19 @ 6 PM
You are invited for a visual healing experience through the mysterious love story of two seemingly separate individuals, which rapidly become tangled on their path to spiritual healing in New York. A panel prior to the film features director Richard Burns and actors Joshua Murphy, Alan Steinfeld, and Val Tignini.
southamptonartscenter.org/film
Film + Panel: My Octopus Teacher – Saturday, September 24 @ 7 PM
My Octopus Teacher is a 2020 Netflix Original documentary film directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, which documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest. At the 93rd Academy Awards, it won the award for Best Documentary. A panel will take place prior to the film.
southamptonartscenter.org/film
Wellness: Sound Meditation – Saturday, September 25 @ 10:30 AM
Join us for a soothing, deeply relaxing and immersive Sound Meditation led by Bowl Master and Meditation DJ Daniel Lauter.
southamptonartscenter.org/wellness
SAC’s galleries will be open Thursday through Monday from 12 to 5 PM beginning Friday, September 17. Learn more at southamptonartscenter.org/exhibitions.
SAC continues to follow all New York State and CDC guidelines for all programs and events.
Select Southampton Arts Center programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. The SAC Summer Stage is sponsored by Primary Care and Reproductive Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. Clearing the Air is sponsored by Primary Care and Reproductive Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, with exclusive media partner The Southampton Press.. WHIMSY is sponsored by Hauser and Wirth, with additional support from Marlborough Gallery and James Lane Post. FILM @ SAC is sponsored by Brown Harris Stevens. KIDS @ SAC is sponsored by Investors Bank. Additional support comes from Southampton Bath and Tennis Club. Financial Literacy Partner: J.P. Morgan Private Bank.
ABOUT SOUTHAMPTON ARTS CENTER
Southampton Arts Center is committed to community building through the arts. We present and produce inspiring, inclusive, socially and regionally relevant programs across all disciplines – welcoming, connecting, and collaborating with the diverse members of New York’s East End community and beyond. SAC is a not for profit 501(c)(3) organization.
For more information about Southampton Arts Center, located at 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New York 11968, visit southamptonartscenter.org or call 631.283.0967. Follow SAC on Facebook and Instagram @southamptonartscenter. For press inquiries, contact Rachel Bosworth via email at rachel@rachelbosworth.com or by phone at 631.220.1220.
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