Event Type : Educational

In this
group show you’ll view more than twenty paintings from local talent who take
instruction in the studio of artist Diane Alec Smith.

 Everyone enjoys our local
scenery, and this group of artists captures it in their paintings. Diane allows her students to enjoy freedom with their
creativity; capturing the tranquil areas of the East End and the inspiration they
bring. Almost everyone loves being out on the water, being on boats and
surrounded by wildlife, times which hold special memories. You’ll
see the artists’ favorite pieces on display for the entire month of April.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Join Strong’s Marine for our Fourth Annual Strong Women on the Water educational event series!  We believe in empowering our women clients and team members to feel comfortable on the water and support the opportunity to gain on water education and experience.

Navigation 

On water experience learning about aids to navigation, rules of the water and anchoring.

Each session lasts 2.5 hours, featuring two hours on the water and time beforehand to enjoy bagels and coffee. You’ll step aboard one of our fleet boats for a hands-on experience, where you can refine your skills, take the helm, and get all your questions answered.

Free talk in the Old Point Schoolhouse: Author Steve Wick

Saturday, April 26^th, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Steve Wick, Long Island journalist and author, discusses his
new novel, The Ruins, as well as All that Remains, a non-fiction book which
documents the last labor camp on the East End with the help of searing photos
by talented Newsday photographer Viorel Florescu.

Steve is also the author of three other non-fiction books,
including The Long Night, about the journalist William L. Shirer. He has won
dozens of reporting and writing awards and shared in Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize
for Spot News reporting for the newspaper’s coverage of the crash of TWA Flight
800.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Join internationally-renowned Psychic Medium, author, and spiritual teacher MaryAnn DiMarco for an unforgettable evening of spiritual connection.

Why you can’t miss this special evening:

• Spiritual teachings that will guide you in connecting with Spirit and learn how to awaken your own intuition.
• Gallery Readings where MaryAnn will be channeling messages from the other side.
• Top the night off with a cocktail hour and complimentary glass of wine.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Join Strong’s Marine for our Fourth Annual Strong Women on the Water educational event series!  We believe in empowering our women clients and team members to feel comfortable on the water and support the opportunity to gain on water education and experience.

Docking

Practice your docking skills, setting dock lines and more (“slow is pro”!).

Each session lasts 2.5 hours, featuring two hours on the water and time beforehand to enjoy bagels and coffee. You’ll step aboard one of our fleet boats for a hands-on experience, where you can refine your skills, take the helm, and get all your questions answered.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Hallockville Museum Farm will present a hands-on penny rug-making workshop on Saturday, May 3 from 1 – 3 p.m. Instructor Diane Schwindt, a domestic skills historian and educator, will explain the history of penny rugs and guide participants in making their own creations. Penny rugs, a craft that dates back to the 1700s, are created from felted wool circles sewn in layers to create decorative mats which are then used as table coverings. The registration fee is $35 for Hallockville members and $40 for nonmembers. An additional $10 fee for supplies will be collected at the class by the instructor. Register online at: www.hallockville.org.  

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here for updates on this and other exhibition-related events.

Dr. Milissa Kaufman – Dr. Kaufman is a psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. At McLean Hospital, she is the Director of the Initiative for Trauma Research, Training and Care. She also is the Medical Director at the Hill Center for Women and the Adult Outpatient Trauma Clinic.

Dr.  Kaufman completed her doctoral training with Dr. Terry Keane at the National Center for PTSD. Then, after graduating from Boston University’s combined MD/PhD Program, she trained with Dr. James Chu within the MGH/McLean Hospital psychiatry residency program. She has 25 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of trauma-spectrum and dissociative disorders. She has published widely in these areas.

Currently, she serves as a principal investigator or a co-investigator on various studies designed to further our understanding of the neurobiology of PTSD and dissociative identity disorder. Her research utilizes a multimodal approach involving sophisticated psychometric assessment paired with neuroimaging, psychophysiology, genetic, and neurocognitive techniques.  She and her colleagues at McLean Hospital have received both philanthropic funding and federal funding from the National Institute of Mental Health to study biomarkers of dissociation in traumatized individuals.

Dr. Kaufman has been honored to receive numerous national and local awards for her work as a clinician, as a researcher, and as an educator. She is the former Associate Training Director for the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program and currently serves as their Director of Trauma Psychiatry Didactics curriculum.

Vishakha Desai – A noted scholar of Asian art and the life partner of Robert Oxnam, Vishakha N. Desai has been a senior advisor for Global Affairs to the President and Chair of Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University for more than a decade. Prior to joining Columbia, Dr. Desai was at the Asia Society for twenty two years, initially as the director of its museum and as Vice President for Arts and Culture programs, and then as President of the global organization from 2004 through 2012. She is known for introducing American audiences to the contemporary arts of Asia through such landmark exhibitions as Traditions/Tensions: Contemporary Arts from Asia, Inside Out: Contemporary Chinese Art, and Edge of Desire: Recent Art from India. As President of the Asia Society, Dr. Desai was the first woman and person of Asian origin to lead the legendary organization encompassing arts, culture, policy, and education. She expanded the Society’s scope by establishing Asia21, a program for emerging leaders from Asia and the U.S. and a center on U.S.-China relations, opening offices in India and Korea, and inaugurating new buildings in Hong Kong and Houston in addition to New York. Prior to joining Asia Society, Desai was a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in charge of Indian, Southeast Asian and Islamic arts as well as head of academic and public programs. She began her museum career as a twenty-one year-old educator at the Cleveland Museum of Art and served as a head fo family programs at the Brooklyn Museum before going to graduate school. In recognition of her distinguished museum career, President Barak Obama appointed her to the board of Institute of Libraries and Museums. Recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, Dr.Desai received her doctorate in Asian Art from University of Michigan and holds five honorary degrees. Her books include, Life at Court: Art for India’s Rulers (1985), Gods, Guardians, and Lovers: Temple Structures from North India, 700-1200 AD (1994), Asian Art in the 21st Century (ed. 2006), and an award winning memoir, World as Family: A Journey of Multi-rooted Belongings (2021). Her new edited volume, Politics of Visual Arts in a Changing World will be published in late 2025 by Columbia University Press.

Amei Wallach – Amei Wallach’s latest documentary, Taking Venice, debuted in New York and Los Angeles in May, 2024, and at the North Fork Arts Center and, as a collaboration between The Church and Sag Harbor Cinema last summer. The film uncovers the story behind rumors that the U.S. Government and a team of high-placed insiders rigged the 1964 Venice Biennale, so their chosen artist Robert Rauschenberg could win the Grand Prize. She was Chief Art Critic for Newsday from 1984-1995 and an on-air arts essayist for what is now known as PBS NewsHour during much of that time. As an art critic, Wallach’s articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Art in America, ARTnews, Aperture, Parkett, and The Brooklyn Rail. Wallach has interviewed and profiled artists Salvador Dalí, Jeff Koons, Willem de Kooning. As a filmmaker, Wallach co-directed and co-produced the documentary portrait Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine with Marion Cajori in 2008 and directed Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Enter Here, exploring the history of the artists, born in Ukraine under Joseph Stalin, who made the North Fork home for the last 30 years.
About the Exhibition:

Finding Qi (pronounced chee) showcases Oxnam’s sculpture, paintings, and photography, inspired by Chinese scholar stones and cultural concepts. “In Chinese tradition, the term Qi has many meanings, but for me, it means an invisible but palpable source of creative energy, both artistically and psychologically,” Oxnam once explained.

As an artist, in the later decades of his life, Oxnam took inspiration from the thousand-year tradition of transforming ancient, weathered stones into Chinese Scholar’s rocks, creating a contemporary take on the roots and tree trunks found on North Fork beaches. He emphasized the infinite variety of these sea-tossed shapes with sandpaper and milk paint, reshuffling place and time. He aimed to release what he called their “inner dynamism,” an approach he took from the Chinese concept of Qi. His photographs are close-up macro lens meditations on the glacial rocks at Rocky Point, and his paintings are modernized versions of Chinese splash ink paintings, but with added acrylic paints on Chinese rice paper. The exhibition is complemented with programming, including two panel discussions regarding Chinese art and dissociative brain disorders, respectively, as they relate to Oxnam’s work.

“No matter the medium, no matter how various the results, what Robert Oxnam did with his art was to merge cultures and experiences into the creation of something that is both rooted and new,” notes Amei Wallach. Oxnam died at his Greenport home in April, 2024. Finding Qi honors his legacy.

Join Amei, Vishakha, and members of our creative community for the Opening Reception held at the The Andy Tarshis Fine Art Gallery [133 E. Main St., Riverhead] and the 11 West Gallery [11 W. Main St., Riverhead] to celebrate Robert’s work and influence. Light refreshments are served.

Please note, photos and/or video may be taken during this event and used for marketing purposes. Please reach out to [email protected] if you require any accommodations.

Exhibition is on view Thursdays-Sundays, April 5th – May 10th and will include other special gallery events.

A One of A Kind Tribute To One of The Greatest and Most Successful Recording Artists In History!

Broadway, television, and film star Robert Neary creates an unforgettable tribute to one of the greatest recording artists in history. Two hours packed with 24 classic hit songs, nostalgia, multimedia, stories and trivia, and a finale that is pure Broadway caliber. This is a true immersion into the life and career of Neil Diamond. Critical praise all across the internet and social media has called this show “The most authentic and professional tribute to Neil Diamond and delivers nothing short of a true Neil Diamond concert experience“. The concert has even been filmed as a documentary feature and is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, where, it too, continues to draw rave reviews.

With over 40 years in the entertainment business, Robert has 3 Broadway leads, and over 60 major guest starring television and film roles to his credit. He created this incredible show in 2019 and perfected it during the pandemic along with NY’s premier band, The Mystic. Now in it’s 5th year, “So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience” is selling out venues all over the US with no end in site.

Doors – 7:00pm
Showtime – 8:00pm
Tickets: $49-$69

The Suffolk
118 E Main Street
Riverhead, NY 11901
[email protected]
631-727-4343

Mia Certic, executive
director of Montauk Historical Society, will be presenting a lecture titled “The
Tragedy of the Pelican” at 1:00PM on Thursday, May 8 at Southold
Historical Museum’s Maple Lane Campus.

On the sunny morning
of September 1, 1951, 62 people set sail from Montauk for a day’s fishing,
along with two crew members.  When a
freak storm rolled in and the fishing vessel Pelican tried to return to
port, it was hit by a massive wave and capsized only a mile off the Montauk
Point Lighthouse. 

Forty-five people were
lost, including the captain, and the bodies of 18 of them were never
recovered.  For the past four years,
Montauk Historical Society has been seeking to find survivors, family members
of the victims and others with stories to tell about the Pelican.

This lecture will
address how the disaster occurred, what the Coast Guard did to ensure it would
never happen again, and why it took over 70 years to recognize the tragedy and
create a memorial.

The lecture is free to
attend, but donations gladly accepted.

Kindly RSVP

Join Strong’s Marine on Saturday, May 10 at 9am to learn how to UNLOCK the Shinnecock.  Bust through your fears and learn how to navigate the locks system in Shinnecock Bay. 

This event is offered our Mattituck Bay Marina!

The cost is $25 per person.

Pre-registration is required.  Please fill out the form below and a member of our team will get back to you to confirm your registration.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

Ultimate Studio
with Kenneth Jackson
Carriage House

Teens – Adults
Beginner – Intermediate Level
2 Hours
Ultimate Studio is an ongoing, hands-on studio class Led by seasoned artist-instructor, Kenneth Jackson. This class is designed to help artists of all levels build and refine their skills in a creative, supportive environment. Whether you’re looking to experiment with new techniques or dive deeper into your current practice, this class offers the flexibility and expert guidance you need to grow as an artist.
Students will work on independent projects, receiving personalized mentorship and constructive feedback tailored to their unique artistic goals. With access to a variety of media—including drawing, acrylic and oil painting, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and sculpture—you’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment while mastering your craft.
Supplies are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their preferred personal supplies.

January 1864 to April 1865. Bloodshed continues, Lincoln re-election in doubt, Grant v Lee, Appomattox. It is often said the country entered the war as the United States, plural, and emerged a nation, as the United States, singular. Come experience this transformation.

Please register for each session separately. April 9, 2025, marks the 160th anniversary of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Join us to kick off a four-part program that retells the most captivating and seminal event in American history. The American Civil War Retold is the video presentation of how the United States was transformed through the words of the three most central figures of the time – Jefferson Davis, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln – as communicated by three news reporters who describe the events as they unfold, in time linear fashion.