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Dr. Susan Powers is an experiential therapist who has a solution for navigating life’s uncertainty, facing life’s challenges, and coping with life’s harder lessons and losses. Join us this Wellness Wednesday, which invites participants to work with Dr. Powers to activate important tools that will help them embrace the uncertainties in life and everything in between.
It is time to rethink everything you thought you knew about pirates. Join Thymaya Payne, as he presents a screening of his documentary film, “Stolen Seas,” which follows pirate translator and negotiator Ishmael Ali, tells the story of 13 powerless men trapped on a ship, and explores why their captors feel justified in their tyranny. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with the acclaimed writer and filmmaker.
The Weight of Water is the title of a site-specific work by Christine Sciulli, currently on view as part of our exhibition, Space – Sight – Line. Join us as Sciulli uses the discussion of the work to present a public dialogue that explores the work’s themes and inspiration, dealing notably with race, the history of slavery on the East End, and its pernicious wake. The Conversation includes presentations by Meghan McGinley, Director of Education at Sag Harbor Cinema, in addition to local educators, Carrie Clark and Cara Nelson, and New York State Senator James Sanders Jr. Senator Sanders will make a special appearance via Zoom to share his work on reparations. A Q&A with all participants will follow the discussion.
The Church is thrilled to welcome Sag Harbor in Focus back to celebrate its eighth annual exhibition. This year we are also delighted to welcome Pierson High School students and participants of the “Upcycling - Responsible Fashion Workshop,” which was supported by the Reutershan Educational Trust and facilitated by Mary Jane Marcasiano. The opening will begin with a fashion show of the students modeling their spring 2024 collection, conclude with an awards ceremony for the winners of this year’s photography exhibition, and include a light reception.
The innovative Reflections in Music series returns with artistic director Bruce Wolosoff inviting audiences to Music Inspired by Music. The evening includes music inspired by Bach by Villa-Lobos, music written in the style of Borodine by Maurice Ravel, a musical portrait of Chopin by Robert Schumann, and the premiere of Bruce Wolosoff’s epic variations on House of the Rising Sun.
Query: How should a tolerant person, or society, engage intolerant people?
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.
Join us for an artist talk with Jordan Seaberry! A painter, organizer, legislative advocate, and educator, Seaberry’s work is built on compressions of history between his current legislative work and the story of his family’s migration, fleeing a lynching in Mississippi. Most recently, Seaberry has completed a body of mixed-media paintings and sculptures developed in conversation and collaboration with terminally ill hospice patients. On view at the Newport Art Museum, We Live Until explores the topics of grief, life, and death, and how they relate to a larger conversation about human rights and social justice. We invite the community to listen and reflect as Seaberry discusses his practice, recent works, and their relation to current legislative efforts. Seaberry is one of our June artists-in-residence.
Quincy Flowers’s novel-in-process, Canebrake is about moving beyond social and political limitation into unknown territory, preserving ancestral knowledge while crafting a new legacy, yearning for connection with the likeminded, and the staggering reality of isolation as the price of success.
Join us as the Brooklyn-based writer discusses his historical inspirations for the work and gives us the rare opportunity to hear excerpts before its completion. After the reading, the floor will open up for a lively Q&A
Quincy Flowers’s novel-in-process, Canebrake is about moving beyond social and political limitation into unknown territory, preserving ancestral knowledge while crafting a new legacy, yearning for connection with the likeminded, and the staggering reality of isolation as the price of success.
Join us as the Brooklyn-based writer discusses his historical inspirations for the work and gives us the rare opportunity to hear excerpts before its completion. After the reading, the floor will open up for a lively Q&A