Query: What is your relationship with awe?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library.

The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers are working to save and preserve our shores through the application of traditional Shinnecock teachings combined with climate science. Did you know that right now kelp is actively working to heal our East End Waters? Learn how at this Knowledge Friday, which dives deep into the active ways the collective is advancing climate justice and caring for the earth.

Darlene Troge, Donna Collins-Smith, Tela Troge, Danielle Hopsun Beugun, and Rebecca Genia are the multi-generational collective known as The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers. Enrolled members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, the women Farmers leverage their 10,000+ year-old traditional relationship with the sea and with seaweed to capture carbon and nitrogen that has poisoned the waters of Shinnecock Bay and beyond. Join us as we learn how the embodiment and application of Indigenous wisdom is cleaning and healing our waters and laying the groundwork for green jobs on the East End.

Query: What is Authenticity

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library on the first and third Sundays of each month.

Join us as Chenae Bullock presents a reflective evening honoring Indigenous wisdom and illuminating humanity’s needed participation and awareness in the call to action to protect, honor, and cleanse our waterways. A water protector, community leader, cultural preservationist, indigenous perspective historian, humanitarian, and traditional Shinnecock woman, Chanae is a highly sought speaker and cultural practitioner. Her presentation will focus on waterways of our region specifically and a Q&A with those in attendance will follow.

With a rich meditation practice influenced by Buddhist traditions, Jean-Sébastien Brettes, a certified mindfulness teacher, facilitates a space where self-awareness becomes the pathway. Join us for April’s Wellness Wednesday and explore a deeper understanding of a mindfulness practice that cuts through stress and confusion by mindfully directing attention. This session is designed to guide participants in leveraging the RAIN technique and the five meditation hindrances to embark on a journey of self-discovery, aligning with the principle of humility, which is the founding block of all virtues and true wisdom.

WORD, our popular series of spoken word and readings, returns! We welcome you to explore the program’s third iteration Spring Cleaning. Featured writers include Rev. Houston R. Cypress, Rachel DeLoache Williams, and Adriana Devers. Writers may opt to share a previous work that never left the pages of their journal or write a new work to cleanse themselves of a lingering idea that they’ve been eager to explore. Our writers have been asked to reflect, declutter, and invite ideas, stories, and inspirations that may have been tucked away to resurface, releasing them into the universe as we enter a new season.

We invite you to a special After Hours discussion of Space – Sight – Line with The Church’s chief curator, Sara Cochran. Sara will lead guests on a curatorial tour of the exhibition. She will then be joined by an esteemed group of collaborators essential to the exhibition: Sarah Heinemann, Artist and Senior Lead Draftsperson for the Sol LeWitt Studio who installed Wall Drawing 528B and James Miller, Artist and Jim Labmie Studio Assistant who installed Zobop (Wild Poppy) on The Church’s front stairs. The group will explore the intricate process and intriguing ideas behind the installation of site-specific works. A Q&A will follow the tour and discussion.

Query: What is the relationship between freedom and power?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library on the first and third Sundays of each month.

The Third Annual Creativity Conference returns to The Church!

Join us for our third-annual full-day gathering of ideas exploring creativity in the arts and sciences, featuring six outstanding thought leaders.

This year our program delves deeply into the life sciences.
Our speakers are:

Mark Epstein
Psychiatrist, Author of The Trauma of Everyday Life, et al.
On: Buddhism, John Cage and Psychotherapy

Rachel Herz
The world’s leading expert on the psychological science of scent
On: Scent and Wellness

Heather Lynch
Director, Stony Brook Collaborative for the Earth
On: In Defense of Anthropocentrism in the Anthropocene

Seth Ruffins
Director, Optical Imaging Facility at the Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine
On: The Intricate Art of Nature

Scott Small
Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Columbia University
On: Forgetting and the Creative Process

Sarah Thornton
Sociologist, Author of Seven Days in the Art World
On: Her new book Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us About Breasts

Knowledge Friday returns with Steve Bechard and Tim Regan. Steve is a world-class angler; Tim is an accomplished ocean videographer. Join us for a visual foray into the beautiful art of fly fishing and the waters of the East End allowing them to reel in our attention and discuss the catches that have changed them the most, both on the line and through the lens.

Matthew Satz’s painting, Smoke Painting 4.21.15, 2015, captures an illusory moment in time, the moment between the physical and immaterial. Join us for the first Insight Sunday of our Spring exhibition, Space – Sight – Line, where Matthew will discuss his elegant painting, the shape of its meaning, and the process fueling his work.

Please join us in a ceremony to welcome Spring and enhance the connection to self, others, and nature with Zuzanna von Salm of Ceremonia Meditation. The ceremony will include a mediation session and a few creative rituals to cleanse and prepare for the new season. Drawing upon cross-cultural training, Zuzanna combines various methods to help participants ground, set personal intentions, and envision a season of bloom and growth.

Query: What role does creativity play in my life?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library on the first and third Sundays of each month.

“Time is your most valuable asset,” says Mr. Wash, a self-taught artist who taught himself to draw and paint while wrongfully incarcerated for twenty-one years, resulting in a body of work that remarkably evokes human emotions. Sentenced to life in prison in the late 1990s for nonviolent drug offenses he did not commit, Mr. Wash refined his craft eventually painting portraits of his fellow inmates, often depicting them as free men. In 2016, Mr. Wash was granted clemency by former U.S. President Barack Obama and has since gained traction as an artist having shown both nationally and internationally.

Dancer and choreographer Claudia Hilda interweaves performance, digital media, and writing to create art that is sensitive, reflective, and widely aware of contemporary times. Méritos, a dance performance that makes up part of the Las Repúblicas series, explores the journey towards awakening and liberation after a lifetime devoted to a failed social-political system. The piece will be presented by Hilda solo, followed by a screening of additional works from Las Repúblicas and a Q&A.

Join us at The John Jermain Memorial Library for this co-presented collaborative program featuring author and esteemed winemaker Richard Olsen-Harbich. Olsen Harbich has been making award-winning local wines for over forty years. In his debut book, Sun, Sea, Soil, Wine, he explores the intricacies of our region’s unique climate, geography, and soils, which produce high-quality, unique wines. Join us for an afternoon discussion and learn about the intricate history of winemaking and how Long Island grew to garner recognition as a premier wine destination. Books will be available for purchase and inscription.

For ticketing questions please call 631-725-0049 or email programs@johnjermain.org.

Query: How does transformation come to us, or we to it?

In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library on the first and third Sundays of each month.

Dan Rizzie’s first and “sacred” word to describe printmaking is “collaboration.” Join us for our February Insight Sunday and the final day of our exhibition, Master Impressions, where the formidable artist and East End printmaker discusses the beauty of the collaborative process between artist, the printer, and the press. Guests will be able to view some of Dan’s prints and artist books and gain an in-depth look at his practice..

The innovative Reflections in Music series returns with artistic director Bruce Wolosoff and an ensemble of gifted musicians inviting audiences to Love Stories, a chamber music concert of duos and trios all of which have something to do with love. Composer and pianist Bruce Wolosoff, soprano Luna Seongeun Park, violinist Max Tan, and cellist Aaron Wolff, will perform classics by Faure, Rachmaninoff, Piazzolla, Clara Schumann, and the newly revised version of Bruce Wolosoff’s acclaimed piano trio “The Loom” which was inspired by watercolors by his good friend and The Church co-founder Eric Fischl.

Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, wants you to think about double-think and how we frame events, create meaning, and interact with our world. Join us for an evening of exploration and reflection on one of the world’s most influential science fiction works presented by an artist with a globally conscious mind.

The accomplished and socially minded composer, multimedia artist, and writer returns to The Church, post-summer residency, with a presentation of Parallax of Quantum, an exploration of the impact of George Orwell’s 1984.

Wake up your joints and stretch into Spring as Dina K returns to The Church! Join us as our meditation and movement guide from our Spring Jubilee returns as a Wellness Wednesday speaker, guiding us through some gentle joint work and stretches that promote good posture and mobility.

Query: How do I resist the luxury of despair in a world as messed up as this?

The Church invites you to Still, Small Voice, a bi-monthly gathering for reflection and contemplative sharing. In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library on the first and third Sundays of each month.

Performer Nile Harris believes that the site where a work is created is inherently crucial to the context of the piece and, with his return to the East End, will develop a site-specific performative lecture inspired by the themes of his forthcoming work minor b. An interdisciplinary performance piece, minor b, considers how madness has been canonized, from the social to the aesthetic, within Black performance throughout history. Harris will speak on his research on the life and legacy of Buddy Bolden, known as King Bolden, an early jazz cornetist who was institutionalized at a mental hospital from 1907 until his death in 1931. Little is known what became of Bolden, often credited for originating what became known as jazz, due to the institution’s records being lost. First-hand reports from former ward attendants have described Bolden continuing to play his horn out the hospital’s window.

Samuel Havens, curator of the exhibition Master Impressions: Artists and Printers of the South Fork (1965-2010), will be joined by our Chief Curator Sara Cochran, and esteemed artist and educator Norm Paris, in a lively dialogue and exploration of the exhibition and printmaking processes.

Sam and Sara will lead guests on a tour of the exhibition, outside our normal gallery hours, providing an exclusive experience. A Q&A will follow the tour and discussion.

Query: How can I maintain respect and cultivate curiosity for the people I disagree with?

The Church invites you to Still, Small Voice, a bi-monthly gathering for reflection and contemplative sharing. In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, the series will be held in The Church’s library on the first and third Sundays of each month.

Hamptons Art Network, or ‘HAN,’ is a consortium co-founded by Andrea Grover, Terrie Sultan, and Elka Rifkin in 2016, consisting of leaders from the East End’s beloved cultural not-for-profit organizations spanning from Duck Creek in the east to the Westhampton Performing Art Center in the west and everyone in between! HAN meets monthly, joining forces to create a unified arts community that supports and encourages collaboration and advances culture on the East End. Join us for our largest Knowledge Friday yet to learn the history of HAN and hear from its many members about their organizations. Come ask questions directly to our many cultural leaders in the Q&A, as the group is eager to hear directly from the community it serves.

Visual artist, poet, and memoirist, Ellen Peckham, the first Insight Sunday artist of 2024, will speak on her work, as included in Master Impressions. Peckham frequently combines poetry and visual art in her work, rejecting the idea that the artist should concentrate on one medium. Sometimes her words and visuals are included in a single work, other times Peckham’s poems and visual pieces are created concurrently, producing two separate works. The inspiration for Ce Change, a solarplate etching on view at The Church, came from the artist writing poetry during a distinct period when she was unable to work in her studio.

“As a printmaker, I know the magic of the press and I am excited to share this exhibition that celebrates the medium. The works in this show continue The Church’s characteristic way of exploring and examining the bounty of the East End within the global context of contemporary art,” says Samuel Havens, co-curator of MASTER IMPRESSIONS: Artists and Printers on the South Fork (1965-2010). Join us for a curatorial tour, where Sam will guide us through the pieces included in the show, illuminate their stories, printmaking processes, and answer questions along the way.

Join us as Laura Gevanter, Energy Transformation Coach, helps us understand the backstage process of our own minds and leads us in creating the blueprint for effective vision boards. Learn what a vision board is, and how an effective board can help you manifest what you desire. How well do you know what goes on behind the scenes of your human machine?

The Church invites you to Still, Small Voice, a monthly gathering for reflection and contemplative sharing. In the style of a traditional Quaker meeting, each iteration of Still, Small Voice will center around an organizing question about creativity, community, and being human in the 21st century. The format of the meeting is unprogrammed and anchored in silence, but receptive to the insights of all participants. It is a space grounded in humanistic pluralism and is welcoming and open to all. Facilitated by former Quaker clerk Erling Hope, this meeting’s query will be: What was the Last Significant Thing You Changed Your Mind About?