2022 EVENTS
ARTISTS OF EASTVILLE: May 15, 2-3pm
The Arts Center at Duck Creek is pleased to present The Artists of Eastville, an hour-long talk with Nanette Carter and Donnamarie Barnes, on the occasion of our current Frank Wimberley exhibition. The talk will touch upon the origins of the Eastville Artists, a group of African American artists living in the communities of Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh in Sag Harbor, NY in the mid 1970s. In 1979, seven members of the Eastville group, including Frank Wimberley and Nanette Carter, exhibited at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY. This exhibition recognized the Eastville Artists as an important part of the larger arts community on the East End of Long Island.
SHINNECOCK PERSPECTIVES: June 11, 2-4pm
The Arts Center at Duck Creek is proud to present “Shinnecock Perspectives” in collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of Shinnecock Nation, and tribe members Dyashwa Sylvester, Ginew Benton and Shane Weeks. This live performance will showcase traditional drumming and dance performances by the tribe's Young Blood Singers and a group of Shinnecock Youth who are practicing this tradition under the guidance of Dyashwa Sylvester, Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Shinnecock Nation. The event will also include a talk by Shane Weeks, author of Good Neighbors: A Shinnecock History From a Shinnecock Perspective.
Shinnecock Perspectives aims to explore the intersection between Indigenous heritage and the dynamic young Shinnecock creative community exploring what Indigenous identity means today. The ultimate aim is to create new pathways for connection and conversation between the Shinnecock Indian Nation and the wider East End community. The Arts Center at Duck Creek is located on a historic indigenous space and was traditionally Montaukett ancestral territory. Duck Creek has been exploring opportunities for collaboration with the Shinnecock Indian Nation since Tribe Member Jeremy Dennis prepared a Land Acknowledgement in January 2021.
Shinnecock Perspectives is made possible with funds from the Restart NY Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Huntington Arts Council.
READING POETS: WITH BARRY SCHWABSKY & JOHN YAU: August 14, 5-6 PM
Join us to enjoy poetry readings from Barry Schwabsky and John Yau's latest publications: Feelings of And (Black Square Editions, 2022) and Genghis Chan on Drums (Omnidawn, 2022), respectively. Barry Schwabsky is the curator of As Above, So Below, the current exhibition The Arts Center at Duck Creek. An art critic for The Nation, Schwabsky also writes regularly for such publications as New Left Review and Artforum. He recently released his fourth book of poetry, Feelings of And (Black Square Editions, New York, 2022). John Yau is a poet and fiction writer who has been publishing reviews and essays on art and literature since 1978. He is the publisher of Black Square Editions and cofounded the online magazine Hyperallergic Weekend. His most recent book of poems is Genghis Chan on Drums (Omnidawn, 2022).
The first 10 RSVPs through Eventbrite will receive a copy of either Barry Schwabsky's Feelings of And or John Yau’s Genghis Chan on Drums.
CREATIVE MEMORIALS WORKSHOP: July 24, 10am- 1pm
The Arts Center at Duck Creek would like to partner with OLA of Eastern Long Island and artist Brianna Hernandez Baurichter on a series of Creative Memorial Workshops. This partnership would take place from June 2022 through June 2023, culminating in a public program and/or exhibit by Ms. Hernández Baurichter at the Arts Center at Duck Creek.
OLA will work to connect Ms. Hernandez Baurichter to several Latino families in the Springs area who have recently or are currently experiencing end of life processes and emotions. One on one time as well as family encounters with Ms. Baurichter will be organized by OLA, creating a safe and engaging space for this artist to build connections with our Springs community. Central to OLA’s equity work is building access to healthcare and mental health. The organization provides free medical transportation to critical doctor or trantmet visits such as chemotherapy and radiation. Their work with Cunniff Dixson, a non-profit organization that has created comprehensive and well translated Advance Care plans, has allowed OLA to provide Latinx residents full access to this important aspect of physical and mental health. It is an agreed upon statistic that minorities in the USA make up less than 20% of the population accessing hospice or other end of life focused services.
READING POETS: GRACE SCHULMAN: POETRY OF SPRINGS: Sunday, September 25, 2-4pm
Acclaimed poet Grace Schulman joins Duck Creek Arts Center in celebrating the long heritage of Springs artists and writers who have worked in this haven for years. The history, nature, and beauty of Springs continue to provide inspiration to Schulman, just as many of the past and present artists and writers who make up our collective experience. Schulman celebrates the light and vision of this patch of dappled sunlight, water, and humanity that we inhabit. From the Green River Cemetery to our local sands and back to her own yard, Grace examines just what it means to live in Springs. Join us for an evening to celebrate Schulman’s journey towards her upcoming collection New and Collected Poems.
10 free copies of Schulman’s last publication The Marble Bed (Turtle Point Press, 2020), will be given to the first 10 RSVP’s.
This program was organized by writers, educators and arts advocates Meredith Hasemann and Tom House.