Marionettes and More
The Leiber Collection in Springs will kick off the weekend on Saturday with a marionette performance from 4 to 6 p.m. Kim Profaci, an artist and puppeteer, will debut “Runway,” a work that brings to life Gerson Leiber’s paintings and drawings through a blend of marionettes, movement, and fashion.
In “Runway,” handcrafted marionettes will strut the stage in recreations of 1970s and ‘80s fashions, transforming Leiber’s two-dimensional works into a dynamic performance. Tickets are $35 and available by way of a link on the collection’s website.
Helen Harrison, art historian, curator, writer, and former director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, will be at the collection on Sunday at 4 p.m. with “From Montauk to Springs, via Scow: Jim and Charlotte’s Odyssey.”
After Hurricane Carol destroyed their studios in 1954, James Brooks and Charlotte Park moved their house from Montauk across Napeague Bay on a scow, and eventually to Springs. The talk will include rarely seen photographs, documents, and Brooks’s plans for his new studio. The program is in conjunction with the Leiber Collection’s exhibition “Charlotte Park and James Brooks — Of This Place.”
As seating is limited, reservations have been recommended.
Nature and Diaspora
Solo shows of work by Bill Claps and Oscar Molina will open at Keyes Art in Sag Harbor with a reception Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and run through Sept. 10.
Mr. Claps’s show will include works from his “Natural Abstractions Florida” series, which combines photography, paintings, and gold foil to chart a reflective path through nature and explore the transformative power of light.
Mr. Molina will show various small and large sculptures from his “Children of the World” series, which was inspired in part by his own experience immigrating from El Salvador during its civil war.
Pop Culture Icons
“Hot Shots,” a group show featuring works by Russell Young, opens Thursday at the White Room Gallery in East Hampton and will continue through Sept. 21. A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Mr. Young is known for his images of such popular culture icons as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammad Ali, and Andy Warhol. The mixed-media works are made with acrylic paint and enamel screen print with diamond dust on linen. A more recent series consists of four-color screen prints of 17th-century Dutch flower paintings.
Works by Terry O’Neill, Norman Parkinson, Greg Lotus, Raffaele Ferrari, Mital Patel, and Bob Tabor are also on view.
Women in the Art World
In conjunction with its current exhibition, “Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future — the Christine Mack Art Collection,” the Southampton Arts Center will host a free conversation among Megan Gabrielle Harris, an artist in residence; Sheree Hovsepian, an artist; Natasha Schlesinger, the show’s co-curator, and Ms. Mack on Monday morning at 11.
They will discuss their experiences as women in the art world, offer advice to those starting out, and talk about their influences and creative processes.
