Exhibition Tour
Claire Watson, whose exhibition “Re-Paired” is on view at Guild Hall, will be in the gallery next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to lead a walk-through of the show, which features mixed-media wall works and sculptures.
Watson utilizes found materials, among them salvaged leather garments she deconstructs and rebuilds into new compositions using sewing and pattern-making techniques. Emphasizing leather’s tactile and structural qualities, the works transform worn, utilitarian objects into abstract reflections on the body, labor, and presence.
The exhibition will run through July 19. The talk is free with museum admission, which is $12.
“East End Women”
If you missed “16 Women” at Ashawagh Hall last weekend, don’t despair. Work by the same artists can now be seen in “East End Women,” which will be at Clinton Academy in East Hampton through May 30, with a reception set for Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Organized, like “16 Women,” by Karyn Mannix, the show has work by AG Duggan, Beth Barry, Carol Hunt, Deborah Acquino, Donna Corvi, Joanlee Montefusco, Kerry Sharkey-Miller, Mary Daunt, Renee Gallanti, Setha Low, Teresa Lawler, Veronica Mezzina, Rosa Scott, Martha Stotzky, Susan Zises, and Mannix.
An artists’ talk will take place on May 23. The show is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from noon to 4.
Tulsa’s Race Massacre
Leslee Stradford’s artwork, which straddles abstraction and figuration, includes social, cultural, and historical documentation, according to Sag Harbor’s Keyes Art, where an exhibition of works inspired by the 1921 Black Wall Street massacre in Tulsa, Okla., is on view through Sunday.
The Tulsa race massacre, which remains mostly buried in history, is re-examined by Stradford through the lens of digital prints on silk. Some depict impressionistic scenes of a sophisticated and prosperous community of African-American families in that city, while others document the devastation of that community.
Prominent Women Artists
“Women Across America: 1945-1979,” an exhibition that showcases connections between women artists across the country in the post-World War II period, can be seen at the Eric Firestone Gallery at 40 Great Jones Street in NoHo through July 11.
The show includes work by Mary Abbott, Elise Asher, Janice Biala, Elaine de Kooning, Sari Dienes, Martha Edelheit, Perle Fine, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Grace Hartigan, Adaline Kent, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lee Krasner, Zoe Longfield, Beatrice Mandelman, Jeanne Miles, Betty Parsons, Pat Passlof, Jeanne Reynal, Miriam Schapiro, Edith Schloss, Hedda Sterne, Alma Thomas, Lucia Wilcox, and Nina Yankowitz.
Depot Gallery Opens
The Depot Art Gallery in Montauk opens for the season Thursday with the East Hampton High School Advanced Placement Art and Design exhibition, which highlights work by 15 students. The show will conclude on Sunday with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m.
“The End I,” the first of four member shows of the Montauk Artists Association, will open next Thursday and continue through June 1. A reception will take place on May 23 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The show will feature artwork in all mediums by 66 local artists.
