Immerse yourself in the art and practice of pinhole photography! Taught by artist and educator Erwin List Sanchez, this hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the history and process of the pinhole camera (also known as a ‘camera obscura’) and demonstrate how a simple cardboard box can be transformed into a lens-less photographic device. Throughout the afternoon, participants will have the unique opportunity to create their own pinhole cameras and use them to capture black & white images from in and around The Church. At the conclusion of the workshop, each participant will have successfully captured, exposed, and developed their own pinhole negative. After developing, the negatives will be digitally scanned and inverted to reveal the positive image.  

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

On the happy occasion of our 5^th birthday, we invite you to meet the team here at The Church that makes it happen – to get to know a little bit more about each member of the team, and to gain insights into how things work and the role each plays. Stick around after the talk to help us celebrate the momentous occasion by singing a sweet Happy Birthday to our oasis of creativity and enjoy a delicious birthday cake.

This celebration provides an opportunity to gather and celebrate community and the rare opportunity perspective on the successful inner workings of an arts institution. From a crawling infant to a tumbling toddler, to now a child ready to take on the world, The Church has evolved, grown, and built its own living legacy in the heart of Sag Harbor. Here’s your opportunity to learn from the team that continues to make it all happen, and to demystify the typically opaque intrigues of arts administration. Following short introductions by each of the members of our team there will be a Q&A with the audience, where your questions will be welcomed and fielded by the appropriate member of the staff.

Hear from:  Samuel Havens, Workshop & Residency Manager; Joseph Jagos, Exhibition Coordinator; Johnnoy Johnson, Production Assistant; Madeline Maxfield, Visitor Engagement Associate; Casey Kleister Meyer, Operations Manager; Sheri Pasquarella, Executive Director; Ariel Ransom, Administrative Assistant; Kristen Santori, Programming and Communications Manager; and Whodi Warjeko, Event Assistant. Visit our About Us Page to learn more!

An extensive body of work that has been ongoing since 1997, The Infinity Series brings together compositions Armstrong has made through a unique process of photographing found images with a camera’s focusing ring set at infinity, rendering a completely new image that is extremely out of focus. Armstrong creates new worlds, hovering between real and fantasy, where things are just beyond our grasp. In this world, the viewer is unable to fully resolve the image. Armstrong believes that the “psyche momentarily derailed” by this is what frees the viewer to respond emotionally.

Activate your imagination and devise your own personal mythology! Presented by interdisciplinary artist & writer Bunni Brown, this fictional storytelling workshop delves into the process of narrative development and worldbuilding through research, writing, and self-reflection. Explore how themes of magic-surrealism and improvisation can be used to blend fact and fiction, while delivering meaningful stories to an audience.

Take your drawing skills to the next level! Join artist & educator Kylee Snow for an intermediate workshop on the practice of still life drawing and learn the key techniques behind translating three-dimensional forms to a two-dimensional surface. With guidance from Snow, participants will further develop their understanding of perspective, as well as the properties of light and shadow.

Wake up your joints and stretch into Spring as Dina K returns to the Church! Join us as Dina K. guides us through some gentle joint work and stretches that promote good posture and mobility.

“We need to first establish a conscious awareness of how we embody our physical bodies,” says Dina. “When we take full responsibility for how we think and feel in our bodies we can then start working toward a healthier, more balanced existence. Taking action from that empowered state makes it much more likely to heal and transform our being.”

Please bring a yoga mat and water bottle and wear comfortable clothing.

 A heartfelt and special thank you to Dina for donating this program to The Church’s wellness program.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

Join Oliver Tobin, former dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and curator of Martha Graham: Collaborations, in a movement workshop for adults inspired by Matha Graham’s seminal solo Lamentation. Open to all backgrounds and experience levels, the workshop introduces the expressive foundations of the Martha Graham Technique and explores storytelling through breath, shape, and movement. Working in a supportive and reflective environment, movers will explore themes of grief, containment, release, resilience, and transformation at the heart of Lamentation.

Presented in dialogue with the exhibition, this workshop invites physical exploration, reflection, and connection while honoring Graham’s belief in the body as a vessel for human experience and emotional truth.

Participants should dress comfortably and bring a water bottle. Socks or bare feet are recommended for movement. No additional materials are required.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

Breathe and reconnect to the pure intention of your heart with Céline Antoine, our March Wellness Monday leader and certified breathwork guide. In this intensive 90-minute Healing Breathwork class, participants will mindfully engage their breath using a potent technique called circular breath. Participants will be lying on the ground and must bring their own yoga mat and 1 to 2 blankets/throws/or beach towels for the practice.

This technique helps relieve stress and anxiety while releasing emotions stuck in the body. Healing Breathwork allows participants the opportunity to gain deep insights and experience profound breakthroughs and can often lead to a powerful and transformational experience that resonates in the body well after the session has ended.

In the words of Tich Naht Hanh, “breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness.”

This class is not recommended if you have heart problems, unmedicated high blood pressure, glaucoma or detached retina, or if you are pregnant.

Learn from expert, Oliver Tobin— former Teens@Graham Director and curator of Martha Graham: Collaborations – who invites teens with a love for movement to explore Graham’s 1929 choreographed work Heretic. This participatory workshop is open to teenagers of all dance backgrounds and experience levels.  Participants will be introduced to the Martha Graham Technique and explore embodied storytelling through movement in the main gallery, surrounded by the iconic history and legacy presented in the exhibition.

Programmed in tandem with the exhibition, this workshop celebrates International Women’s Day, Sunday, March 8^th. Join us in honoring Martha Graham, who devoted her life and body to the arts, sought power and liberation for women through dance, and, through collaboration, forged a legacy that transformed the landscape of contemporary dance.

Participants should dress comfortably and bring a water bottle. Socks or bare feet are recommended for movement. No other materials are needed.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

Explore the possibilities of creative writing and develop new connections between visual art and the written word! Led by published poet and scholar Star Black, this two-session literary workshop will focus on the idea of ekphrasis, an Ancient Greek term meaning “the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device.” Inspired by the works featured in Martha Graham: Collaborations, participants will generate a series of creative texts detailing their unique experiences of selected pieces in the exhibition. Poets, writers, and anyone fascinated by the interweaving of art and literature are welcome to attend, with no prior writing experience required.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

Lose yourself to the music and the movement with Kveta “Kiki” Hajkova, our first Wellness Monday leader of the year! Using movement as a healing modality, Hajkova invites participants to immerse themselves in a liberating, free-form dance program and to dance “until they disappear.” Tapping into the spiritual and working to release emotions trapped in the body, use music and movement to cultivate the transformative energy force within. No prior dance experience necessary; this program is designed for all skill levels.

Participants should dress comfortably and bring their own water bottle. Participants should also bring their own yoga mat, blanket, or cushion to use to ground in the space before and after dancing. Chairs will be provided for those who are unable to sit on the ground.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

Explore the possibilities of creative writing and develop new connections between visual art and the written word! Led by writers Marian Mitchell Donahue and Mira Johnson, two resident alumnae of The Church, this literary workshop will focus on Ekphrasis, an ancient Greek term meaning “the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device.”

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.

Calling all Educators, Superintendents, and School Administrators!

Join us for a special Open House designed to support East End students and educators. Attendees will learn about existing arts enrichment opportunities for schools and students, as well as how to apply for our new ACE (Arts, Creativity, and Education) Pilot Program for the 2026 school year. Five selected applicants will be awarded a $5,000 budget each to support a yearlong arts education partnership with The Church.   

Enjoy light refreshments, connect with fellow educators, and meet our co-founders April Gornik and Eric Fischl, as they share the founding vision for The Church and its mission to inspire creativity on the East End.

Event Highlights:

• Program overview with Executive Director Sheri Pasquarella

• Learn how you district can benefit with Casey Kleister-Meyer, Operations Manager

• Explore possibilities with Kristen Santori, Programming and Communications Manager

• Tour our facilities and explore workshops with Samuel Havens, Workshop & Residency Manager

• Q&A and Feedback Session

• Food, beverage & Conviviality!

Registration is free. Space is limited.
This event is specifically designed for educators and school leaders –please share with anyone who may be interested.

Let’s inspire creativity together!

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.

FOR YOUTH AGES 13 – 18

Become an animator for the day! Join Laura Bellmont of The Little Animation Studio for an introductory workshop on the art and process of stop-motion animation. Working with professional equipment and software, participants will have the opportunity to design and produce their own short films that can be screened, downloaded, and shared again and again.

FOR CHIDLREN AGES 8 - 12

Become an animator for the day! Join Laura Bellmont of The Little Animation Studio for an introductory workshop on the art and process of stop-motion animation. Working with professional equipment and software, participants will have the opportunity to design and produce their own short films that can be screened, downloaded, and shared again and again.

New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.