Derrick Adams Talk
Derrick Adams, whose painting "Getting the Bag" has been installed in the Parrish Art Museum's Creativity Space as part of its "Fresh Paint" series of single-artwork exhibitions, will be at the museum on Friday at 6 p.m. to discuss his work with Folasade Ologundudu, who was commissioned to write the text that accompanies his work, and Corinne Erni, the museum's chief curator of art and education.
A multidisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, Adams’s work celebrates and expands the dialogue around contemporary Black life and culture through scenes of normalcy and perseverance.
Tickets are $20, $18 for senior citizens, $10 for members, free for students and children.
Five at Keyes Art
"Weavers," a show of work by Amy Zerner, Nathan Slate Joseph, Sheila Rotner, Nils Bruun, and Pamela Topham, will open at Keyes Art in Sag Harbor on Saturday, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. It will continue through Dec. 16.
Ms. Zerner's art incorporates a diverse array of materials, including prints from the Ivory Coast, lace from England, and silk from India. Mr. Joseph is known for his abstract compositions in galvanized steel, applying mineral pigments mixed with acid and water to create rhythmic pieces.
Mr. Bruun, who died last year, created folded paper designs whose single sheet of paper has as many as four layers and no cuts. Pencil sketches, photographs, and site visits are the sources of Ms. Topham's tapestry designs, which are woven with wool, silk, and linen. Ms. Rotner creates textured abstract compositions using sand and acrylic on paper.
Scott Bluedorn in Sagaponack
"Natural Studies," an exhibition of recent works by Scott Bluedorn, will open at the Sagaponack Farm Distillery with a reception on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Bluedorn will show ballpoint pen and graphite drawings, watercolors, monoprints, and sculptures, including a sundial and a surfboard. The works derive from his observation of natural phenomena, among them the recent aurora borealis, the comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, the Great American Eclipse of this past April, and biological specimens such as mushrooms and shellfish.
The exhibition will run through Dec. 10.
Weavings by Carol Hunt
"Improvisations," an exhibition of 12 weavings by the Southampton artist Carol Hunt, can be seen at Loop of the Loom in Brooklyn through Dec. 15.
Ms. Hunt was first introduced to Saori weaving at the Parrish Art Museum by Yukako Satone, proprietor of Loop of the Loom. An Abstract Expressionist painter, she was immediately captivated by the freeform weaving. She saw a new means of creating art, and ordered her first Saori loom.
The weavings "progress as a journey into the unknown," says the artist. The one exception is "Copper Moon," which is based on one of Hiroshige's waterfall woodcuts.
