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The Art Furniture of Judy Kensley McKie - Exhibition opening

The Art
Furniture of
Judy
Kensley
McKie
Reception for the artist 5-7PM
Friday, July 24, 2009
on view through October 10
 
Bird Settee, 2007, cast bronze, 36"H x 60.5"W x 28"D
 
 
Dragon Stool, 2006, 19"H x 21"W x 21"D
 
 
Hippo Bench, 2006, Champlain Black Marble, 20"H x 72"W x 22"D
 
 
Lion bench, 1994 cast bronze, 17"H x 72"W x 17"D
 
 
 Ram Bench, 2008, Indiana Limestone, 17.5"H x 47.5"W x 17"D
 
 
 
LongHouse Reserve and the
Music festival of the Hamptons
proudly present a concert
 
The
Gorgeous
Colors of
Flute
and
Harp
 
Sato Moughalian, Flute
Bridget Kibbey, Harp
Friday, July 24 at 5:30PM at LongHouse
$10 general, complimentary to LHR members and Music Festival of the Hamponts card holding VIP and Season Pass Members
 
Reception made possible with the generous support of Lactalis USA International
 
call 631-329-3568 for more information and directions
 


Then Now

a Conversation with Laurie Anderson led by Alexandra Munroe
 
Friday July 31, 2009 gardens open at 5:30PM, conversation at 6PM reception to follow

$20: LHR members $10 Patrons of the evening $300; receive preferred seating plus dinner following the conversation
 
This event is made possible through the generosity of Rebecca Cooper, The Gallery Sag Harbor


Planters: On & Off the Ground

 
Elizabeth Lear, Chair
Jane Iselin, Barbara Press, Tish Rehill, Co-Chairs
and LHR Garden Committee invite you to
 
Planters:
ON & OFF
the Ground
 
An Invitational Garden
Container Exhibit
 
at LongHouse Reserve
 
Saturday, June 27 
Participants invited include:
 
Bernstein Design Associates | Abby Jane Brody with Calista Washburn |
Arlene Bujese | Anna De Mauro | April Gonzales Garden Design |
Amy's Flowers | Christine Harmon | Garden Schemes |
Barbara Macklowe | Marders | Mae Mougin | Geoffrey Nimmer |
Jim Owen | Andrew Pascoe Flowers Ltd. | Preston T. Phillips Architect Piazza Horticultural Group | Arlene Slavin  |
Nico Yektai | Susan Zises
 
 
 
P. Allen Smith with Alexandra Leighton of Garden Schemes,
First Place ribbon winner
 

Alexandra Leighton, Garden Schemes                         First Place ribbon winner
 
Anna Demauro                                                                                   Double ribbon winner 
 
 
 
Andrew Pascoe Flowers Ltd.                                                             Double ribbon winner
 
 
Mary Gotovich, M.T.G.Design, Ltd.               Double ribbon winner
 
 
 
Tony Piazza, Piazza Horticultural Group
Double ribbon winner
 
 
Frederico Azevedo, Unlimitedearthcare                         Double ribbon winner
 
 
 
Nico Yektai                                                                                                    Ribbon Winner
 
 

Abby Jane Brody and Calista Washburn                                                       Ribbon Winner
 
 
 
Amy Halsey, Amy's Flowers                                                                       Ribbon Winner
 
 
April Gonzales Garden Design                                                   Ribbon Winner
 
 
 
Christine Harmon                                                                    Ribbon Winner
 
Geoffrey Nimmer                                               Ribbon Winner
 
 
Jim Owen, Art of Landscaping                                                      Ribbon Winner
 
Mae Mougin                                                                 Ribbon Winner
 
 
Kathleen Marder, Marders                                                      Ribbon Winner
 

Jonathan Wright, Chanticleer                                                        Ribbon Winner
 
 
Susan Zises                                         Ribbon Winner
 
Astrid Heyse, Buckley's Flower Shop
Arlene Slavin
 
Arllene Bujese
Barbara Macklowe
 
Chini Whitmore, Charlie Whitmore Gardens
 
Preston T. Philips Architect
 
Harvey Bernstein
 
Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons
 
 
 
Peter Olsen with Munder-Skiles
 
 
Scot Lucas, Old Westbury Gardens
 


Become a LongFellow

Please Join LongFellows Circle
 
LongHouse Reserve is pleased to announce the establishment of LongFellows Circle, a new designation intended to recognize and honor those friends who include LongHouse in their estate plans. Through their generosity and foresight, LongFellows help to ensure that LongHouse will endure and flourish, weaving together art and nature, aesthetics and spirit, for many years to come. You can become a LongFellow simply by letting us know that you have included LongHouse Reserve in your estate plans. No minimum amount is necessary – in fact, our greatest pleasure would be to receive many small bequests over the years ahead from all those who have enjoyed the Reserve during their lives. The gift can be contingent or revocable. LongFellows will receive a lapel pin designed by Jack and will be acknowledged, with their permission, in our publications. They will be invited to special events from time to time. Most importantly, they will know that they are part of an enduring legacy.
  
Please contact our Executive Director, Matko Tomicic, at 631.329.3568 for more information about LongFellows Circle or to request information on various charitable gift and estate planning alternatives. Including LongHouse in your estate plans can be a wonderful way to give to future generations while taking advantage of various tax saving techniques.


Newsletter Spring 2009

to read the LongHouse Reserve Spring 2009 newsletter online click here

Volunteer Opportunities at LongHouse

 
 
Are you passionate about LongHouse?  Do you want to share your knowledge and enthusiasm?  Please join us! As our new and expanded season begins, so does our need for committed volunteers and docents.  We can use help in every capacity, from greeting visitors and working on mailings to assisting with special events and leading group and school tours through the gardens.  We look forward to seeing fresh faces this spring and summer!
 
Contact Maria at 631 329.3568 or e-mail mariab@longhouse.org

Cherry Blossoms                                           Maria Terese Barbaccia  photo


Education Update

 
We were so pleased last fall to have hosted the largest attended Educators Open House. We’ll soon be offering an April garden walk guaranteed to peak our local educators’ interest in the new, exciting additions to our collection. Our committee is busily at work in many areas. One group is preparing for another exciting Student Annual celebration on June 17th. Another is meeting with teachers and administrators to introduce them to the unique experience LHR offers as an educational resource.
 
We’re also designing a second helpful Hand-in-Hand brochure focused on our beautiful botanical and seasonal plantings. This and other useful materials will be free and available at the gate. We’re thrilled to announce the development of an Internship Program and are in the process of sharing it with regional colleges and universities. Outreach to college-level students has already paid off with the exciting news that Debbie Klughers, a Stony Brook University Southampton senior and mother of four, has been approved by the university to be our first intern!
 
Selena Rothwell, Co-Chair Education Committee


Directors Note

Even though the economic challenges faced world-wide are also impacting LongHouse, we remain committed to our mission—by offering you, our dedicated supporters, a sanctuary where magnificent sculpture in abundant gardens form the setting for solitude and an inspired roster of noteworthy events. This season, we will substantially reduce the many LongHouse invitations and event-reminders you receive by mail. Review the newsletter, tack the calendar on your fridge, and note the events you would like to attend. Keep up to date by joining our e-mail mailing list via our website www.longhouse.org or join as a fan on Facebook: we’ll keep you informed on a regular basis with all that’s new and exciting this season.Following our wonderfully successful Southeast Asia trip in January, we have planned two LongHouse cultural excursions to entice you this autumn: September in Venice and November in Japan. We hope that one, or both, fills your dreams of a not-to-be-missed trip. Highlights are in the newsletter and on the website. You can also call the office for more detailed information at 631.329.3568.

All of us at LongHouse look forward to seeing you on April 25th for the Rites of Spring and throughout the 2009 season. Welcome back!
Matko Tomicic
 

Matko Tomicic, Director LHR

 



New Trustee

 
Jim Zajac

The trustees of LHR add to their number Jim Zajac, known to most of us in the LH community as docent for many of our increasingly popular adult group tours. Born and raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Jim graduated from Dartmouth College with an A.B. conferred summa cum laude, with majors in mathematics and psychology, and moved to NYC after graduation. After a brief stint employed as a paralegal, he worked in the Research Department at Salomon Brothers, Inc. as a junior analyst before attending law school. Jim received a J.D. from the University of Chicago and was employed for several years at White & Case in NYC. Jim’s interests include scuba diving, cross-country skiing and weekend New York Times crossword puzzles. He currently serves as secretary of the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society and sits on the Board of the Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons.
 


Co-President’s Comments...

It is with special pride that we report the unexpectedly overwhelming response to our Annual Appeal campaign—well over 100 individuals made contributions—more people than ever before!  During these days of economic contention, this is not only good news for our purse strings, but even greater news for our heartstrings. Knowing that there are so many, both in our community and around the nation, that consider the future of LHR as one of their priorities gives us great confidence. 

As our tour groups, gate receipts and membership continues to grow—it becomes clearer each season that it is our budding LongHouse family that drives us. And now, we ask a few more things of our invaluable members:

Suggest to friends that they and their families shouldn’t let another season pass by before they become members—remind everyone you meet that we are open four afternoons a week in July and August—and make the arrival of Spring even more special by being with us for our season opening day on April 25.

Please spread the word. 

We treasure each and every one of you.

Dianne Benson and Angela Mariana Freyre

 
Angela Mariana Freye & Dianne Benson
Benefit 2008



Rites of Spring

Rites of Spring - Season Opening April 25, 2009, 2-5PM
featuring sculptures by:
 
 
Gonzalo Fonseca

LongHouse will open the 2009 season with an exhibit of four of Gonzalo Fonseca’s (1922-1997) stone carvings. These small scale carvings suggest architectural/ archeological forms with small windows and doors filled with abstract objects. These landscapes within hint at both ritual offering and toy chest treasure. Gonzalo Fonseca was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He entered the University of Montevideo as a student of architecture in 1939 but abandoned this field in favor of painting. He studied with renowned modernist Joaquin Torres-Garcia. For the last 40 years of Fonseca’s life, he divided his time between Seravezza, Italy and New York City where he developed his sculptures in marble, travertine, limestone and brownstone. He represented Uruguay in the Venice Biennale and his works are included in the collections of The Brooklyn Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, as well as in museums throughout Europe and Latin America.
 
 
Gonzalo Fonseca
Stela con Baetylos, 1980
Bardiglio marble
22 x 8 x 15.25 inches
courtesy the Estate of Gonzalo Fonseca

 


Gonzalo Fonseca
Fachada Blanca, 1987
Roman travertine
26.5 x 9 x 36 inches
courtesy the Estate of Gonzalo Fonseca
 
 
Gonzalo Fonseca
Rosa dei Venti (Anemoscopion),1984
Bardiglio marble
21.5 x 13.75 x 16.5 inches
courtesy the Estate of Gonzalo Fonseca
 
 
 
Gonzalo Fonseca
La Regente, 1975-77
Persian travertine
11.75 x 17 x 35 inches
courtesy the Estate of Gonzalo Fonseca
 
 
Eric Fischl

East Ender Eric Fischl is now making sculpture as well as paintings. Like his multi-figure canvases, his statues are garnering acclaim. Fischl’s Tumbling Woman, a mate to the Arthur Ashe Memorial bronze at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center, goes on view at LongHouse this season. Commissioned to commemorate those who lost their lives at the World Trade Center on September 11, it was deemed controversial and withdrawn after being installed along a Rockefeller Center concourse. In LHR’s garden, it will be seen under different circumstances. “If you look at the piece itself,” Fischl told interviewer David Rakoff, “it feels like a dream in which somebody is floating. There’s no weight…sending the crushing, rippling current back through the body as it hits a solid mass. It feels more like a tumbleweed, even though it is a massive sculpture.”


Eric Fischl
Tumbling Woman, 2002
Bronze, cast
37 x 74 x 50’’   
courtesy of the artist
Ralph Gibson photo
 
 
Magdalena Abakanowicz—Rabdomante

Magdalena Abakanowicz was born in Poland in 1930, and continues to live in Warsaw.  The years of war and the upheaval of a socially and economically repressed society have had a profound effect on her life as an artist.  Her sculptures speak to the human condition. LongHouse will reinstall Rabdomante, two figures that gazed across Peter’s Pond in 2000. In Magdalena’s own words “They were so successful in your environment. Your open spaces and water were building a whole legend about these beings, which are created to bewitch the environment. Their arms are like the sticks that a shaman uses to enchant the world.”     

Abakanowicz has had many solo exhibitions in major museums in Europe and Asia, as well as in leading venues across the United States. Permanent outdoor installations can be seen at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY; Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan; and in a recently developed area of the Philadelphia waterfront, to name but a few sites. Abakanowicz was awarded the International Sculpture Center’s 2005 Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture.

Installation of new work in the gardens was made possible with the generous support of the Johnson Family Foundation and Barbara Slifka.

Magdalena Abakanowicz
Rabdomante (Black Standing Figure), 1998-1999
Aluminum
66 ½ x 24 ¼ x 34 in. / 168.91 x 61.60 x 86.36 cm
courtesy of the artist and Marlborough Gallery
 
 
Johnny Swing

Vermont-based Johnny Swing, formerly of New York City, is an artist and furniture designer who hates to throw things away. Taking common, everyday materials and re-purposing them, Johnny Swing has created practical art that is as stunning to view as it is stimulating to use.  He is known to LH visitors for his collection of seating that uses a variety of coins, quarters, nickels, and half-dollars. This season Swing’s most recent work is The Quarter Lounge coming directly from the Museum of Arts and Design from their exhibition Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary.

 

Johnny Swing
The Quarter Lounge, 2009
Quarters and Stainless Steel            
4W X 3H X 8L’                                                       
courtesy of the artist
 
 
Mia Westerlund Roosen

Mia Westerlund Roosen was born in New York with Cuban heritage. She considered two careers, one as a dancer, the other as an artist.  She cites her interest in dance to be the reason her sculpture often refers to the body, its flow and movement. Battenkill  2008, stucco and running water invites the viewer inside to sit and listen as water cascades through the sculpture from above.  The sculpture comes to LH directly from Thomas Pain Park where it was on view as part of NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation’s Art in the Parks program. This is a collaboration piece with Eric Westerlund.

Mia Westerlund Roosen has been exhibiting since the early 1970’s. She has received several prestigious awards, including a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and a Fulbright Fellowship. Her work can be found in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, and at the Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY, where her work is permanently installed. A native of New York, Mia currently divides her time between New York City and her studio in Buskirk, NY.


Mia Westerlund Roosen
Battenkill, 2008
Concrete
28 x 16 x 5’    
courtesy of the artist and Betty Cunningham
 
 
George Rickey
 
George Rickey (1907-2002) was one of two major 20th century artists, the other being Alexander Calder, to make movement a central interest in sculpture. Initially a painter, he began producing sculptures with moving parts in the early 50’s, eventually achieving the simplicity and scale which made him a notable figure in contemporary art. The start was the creation of long spear-like stainless-steel sculptures that would respond to even slight breezes, rotating on precision bearings he had devised, so that they would sweep like giant scissor blades in graceful arcs against the sky. From then on, his work evolved into a variety of geometric configurations trending toward abstract simplification which had a wide appeal. It brought him world-wide commissions for public works. Educated on Bauhaus methods at the Chicago Institute of Design in the late 40s, he taught at Indiana University where he made his first kinetic sculpture. He eventually moved to East Chatham, NY, until the end of his life, having retired from teaching in 1966. He maintained studios in Berlin and Santa Barbara, California. His last sculpture, his tallest, was installed at the Hyogo Museum in Japan. 
 
George Rickey
Two Open Rectangles Excentric V, 1975-76
Stainless steel
Artists proof of an edition of 3
10’ 1½” x 25” at rest, rectangles, 72 x 8”
courtesy of the Estate of George Rickey
 


Art in the Gardens is funded in part by Suffolk County under the auspices of the Office of Cultural Affairs, Steve Levy, County Executive. 

Saturday April 25, 2-5PM, $10; members complimentary

On view through October 10.




 


Insider Tour of Japan

Join Jack Larsen on his 36th visit to Japan for a fabulous two-week island- hopping tour. Immerse in the natural beauty and rich craft traditions of the Rukyu Archipelago, visit Kyushu Island’s less explored sites including a home to Japanese outsider art, the Onta kilns in the mountains, and explore celebrated gardens in Kagoshima and Kumamoto castle. Lavish in Japan’s famous hospitality, from a relaxing day at a quintessential hot spring to the unparalleled contemporary art heaven that is the Benesse House and Museum designed by Tadao Ando on Naoshima Island. Soak up the tranquil existence of I.M.Pei’s masterpiece and his realization of Shangri-la, the Miho Museum; then travel to the ancient capital of Nara and marvel at impeccably preserved 8th century Emperor Shomu’s treasures given to the Great Buddha. We conclude our fabulous Japan program in the Tokyo metropolis with visits to Jack’s handpicked favorites and special gatherings with his friends. This exciting trip is in response to the overwhelming success of the 2007 Japan tour with our tour leader extraordinaire, Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada. November 1 – November 15, 2009
For more information on this once-in-a-lifetime experience, click here


Garden Report

Delights of the Late-Blooming White Daffodil If many believe daffodils bloom early and yellow, we at LongHouse are equally keen on those few cultivars with (slightly) pink blossoms and the many with late-blooming white flower heads. Their advantages are: blooming late, when more of us are here and in our gardens. Especially when planted in high shade, many will bloom until May, echoing the whites of dogwood and magnolias, and they are also more compatible with tulips and hyacinth. Most naturalize well and hold up well in wind and rain. That newly admired heirloom, the flat-faced Actea, has spawned several worthwhile new cultivars. The gracefully nodding bells of Thalia (now bargain priced) bloom late and white; so does Leucojum Aestivum Gravetye Giant. All these late-blooming whites and a dozen others have been planted in 80 clumps of 20 to 30, interspersed with bursts of fountain grass in a new, level garden backed by nine tall dawn redwood trees. This new area is bound by a path parallel to Kreye Canyon, where miniature daffodils have been newly planted atop the stone ledges. The new bulbs are from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs of Gloucester, VA.



A Private View of Venice

Come join friends of LongHouse for a special sojourn at the end of the summer season to celebrate the joy of La Serenissima and its’ famous Biennale – such a great way to see art with pretty parks between each exhibit. All this with best weather and without summer tourists.

Private palazzi and invitations await you to experience Venice through the eyes of Venetians. Visits to artists’ studios and attending the Biennale itself.  View exhibitions newly mounted for the Biennale, and revel in a very special evening with renowned art historian, author, lecturer and expatriate, Peter L. Lauritzen – a Princeton-educated Fulbright scholar, who has made his home in Venice for over 35 years – as he escorts us through the Basilica of San Marco with its extraordinary mosaics – specially opened and illuminated for us.  Accompanying us for the rest of the weekend will be Contessa Giuliana di Thiene, who will whisk us through the backwaters of the city to see for ourselves how Venetians live.

All of this – and more – awaits us, and we are particularly pleased to let you know that in keeping with the times, the cost of the trip is comforting.

Andiamo!

Jack Larsen, Founder
LongHouse Reserve
 
To download full itinerary please click here or call Joanne Sohn at 631.329.3568.


Counting the Ways - Reading

LongHouse Reserve’s Spring Benefit
Unique Reading by Edward Albee & Marian Seldes
 
On Thursday, March 19, the LongHouse Reserve will host an intimate evening benefit at one of the oldest literary clubs in the United States, The Lotos Club in New York City.  Longtime supporter and Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Albee will join Tony Award winning actress Marian Seldes at The Lotos Club for a dramatic reading of Edward Albee’s play Counting the Ways.

Prior to the reading attendees will enjoy an elegant reception and dinner in one of the historic Lotos Club’s magnificent dining rooms. Dessert will follow the performance. 
Time:                           6:30 pm – Reception and Dinner
                                    8:00 pm – Reading and Dessert
Tickets:                        $250, $500, and $1,000 - Reception, Dinner and Reading
                                    $150 - Reading and Dessert only
please contact Joanne Sohn for tickets: joanne@longhouse.org  or use our secure server click here to order tickets


Jack Lenor Larsen: Creator and Collector

by David McFadden and Lotus Stack

Published by Merrell Publishers in association with the Museum of Arts and Design and the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design, Montreal ­ and available on the LongHouse website ­ is the softcover catalog of Jack Larsen's show, including over 40 of Larsen's most innovative textiles juxtaposed with the treasures that helped to inspire them.

Engagingly revealed is Larsen's eye for art by such well-known figures as Dale Chihuly, Dame Lucie Rie and Wharton Esherick among others, as well as anonymous but no less gifted artists from Japan, Korea, Colombia, Africa and India. A narrative chronology, the most complete in print, rounds off this major new profile of a celebrated creator, world-traveling collector, and friend to artists and artisans of all nations.

160 illustrations
$19.95 Softcover
10% discount for members


Gifts from LongHouse Reserve

Jack Lenor Larsen: Creator and Collector
by David McFadden and Lotus Stack
a softcover book, 192 pp.,
160 illustrations
$19.95

Jack Lenor Larsen’s
A Weaver’s Memoir,
a signed soft cover book for $19.95
LongHouse Reserve T-shirt, (black or mocca color) $15.
Fabric designed by Jack Lenor Larsen. Please call Associate Curator Wendy Van Deusen at 631.329.3568, ext. 4.


Other ways to give to LongHouse Reserve


This high back bench designed by Andrée Putman is an example of the named gift opportunities program. For further information please call 631.329.3568.
Although a cash contribution, either restricted or unrestricted, is the most usual gift to LHR, a popular way of giving these days is the contribution of appreciated securities, which avoid capital gains tax and are eligible for a tax contribution at appreciated value. Establishing a charitable gift annuity with the LongHouse Reserve for a gift of $5,000 or more allows you to make an investment in the future of LongHouse Reserve. In addition to supporting the work of the Reserve with a significant contribution, the annuity provides you with fixed quarterly payments for life, a portion of which will be tax free. Your gift enables you to claim an immediate income tax charitable deduction, and you are relived of the concerns of managing your asset. Most importantly, you are helping to ensure that LongHouse Reserve will remain the beautiful oasis that it is today.

Matching programs, in which many employers participate in a corporate gift-matching program, is a great way to double contributions to LHR. Planned gifts -- such as life insurance, annuities and bequests can provide your family with additional income before the gift is used by LHR. Consult your professional financial advisor for tax and legal advice. For further information please contact LHR at 631.329.3568.