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President’s Comments...
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Dear LongHouse Friends,
We like to think of LongHouse as a place of peace, a fountain of inspiration and a special sort of sanctuary in the midst of all the extravagant images of the Hamptons that bounce around the world. You, our friends that really know us, already realize that we are much more than glamorous pictures in the New York Times. We strive to make each and every visit to LongHouse such a singular experience.
Often it is the sincerest wish and the most subtle gesture that is the most difficult to get across. It is my sincere hope that you hear us loudly and clearly as we express our gratitude to each of you for keeping the LongHouse experience not only alive, but thriving. Wait till you see what we have in store for you next season — an even better LongHouse — and we owe it all to you.
Sincerely,
Dianne
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Directors Note
 Matko Tomicic, Director LHR |
We’ve come to that most beautiful time of year again; the harvest is upon us and our hearts are filled with gratitude.
As is our custom, the Autumn Newsletter serves to acknowledge all that you have meant to us: our volunteers and patrons, our board members and artist-friends, our LongHouse visitors who make our lives complete.
This year was a special one—our 20th Anniversary season. With more guests than ever before, we celebrated with art and music, openings and galas, lectures and tours to places near and far. We received Affiliate Garden status from The Garden Conservancy; permission from the Town of East Hampton to initiate long-awaited improvements, and have embarked on a new capital campaign.
None of this would have been possible without you. You are our gift. Whether you sustained us with hard-earned dollars or by your presence as a volunteer, museum member, or attendee at an event, your love for LongHouse inspires us to be our best.
So, in this issue, we thank you for your ever-growing support. Our future is bright. Our presence in East Hampton, assured. We are most grateful.
Thank you and happy holidays,
Matko Tomicic
Executive Director
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Campaign for a 3rd Decade
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The rendering above speaks to our good news! The Town of East Hampton has approved our plans for expansion and upgrading, enabling us to make long-awaited and much-needed improvements to our beautiful museum.
When you join us on Saturday, April 21, 2012 for Rites of Spring, our opening day, you will be delighted by the changes you’ll see.
Entering the LongHouse grounds from Hands Creek Road, you’ll immediately be aware of the new regraded semi-circular driveway, providing easier access and egress from the parking lot. There will be an increased number of parking slots to accommodate our growing number of visitors. A handicap parking area and walkway will provide guests needing special assistance closer access to the grounds. The GateHouse will now house 7 handicapped accessible compatible lavatories. We will construct a new 20’ X 30’ garden shed with storage basement, and, much to our delight, a splendid Museum Store. This treasure-trove, outfitted with distinctive items representative of the LongHouse aesthetic, will become your go-to resource for a perfect birthday or holiday gift!
Our sights are set high, and why not? With the close of the season, construction has already begun. All projects will be completed next spring as we welcome our third decade. With $225,000 already secure, we must raise an additional $150,000 to complete our plans, and so, our Capital Campaign for a 3rd Decade has been launched!
Won’t you consider making a fully tax-deductible capital campaign gift to LongHouse Reserve? You can pledge online or by downloading this form. Pledges are most welcome and can be paid off in increments over a number of years. Names of our patrons pledging $10,000 or more will be etched on the exterior glass wall of the Museum Store.
What better place than LongHouse? What better time than now?
Due to the construction, our Holiday Party cannot be held this Fall.
Join us on April 21st for the Rites of Spring!
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A Matching Gift Supports our 2011 Annual Appeal Dollar for Dollar!
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A Matching Gift Supports our 2011 Annual Appeal Dollar for Dollar!
Concurrently with the arrival of our Fall 2011 NewsLetter, you will receive a letter requesting a year-end, fully deductible contribution to LongHouse Reserve. As is characteristic of museums, our Annual Appeal is the most important fundraising event of the year and provides the essential support we need to maintain day-to-day operations that membership fees, grants, gifts, gate receipts, and program dollars don’t cover.
This year, your contribution to our Annual Appeal takes on special significance. We have received from Ray Smith & Associates (right, crew working on LongHouse trees), an extremely generous matching gift challenge. Every dollar contributed by our Annual Appeal donors will be matched by Ray Smith & Associates with a donation of tree maintenance, free of charge, during the 2012 season. This extraordinary opportunity will save LHR substantial horticultural fees throughout the year while keeping us fiscally sound and looking our best. Please, let us count on you. And thanks to Ray Smith & Associates for their generosity.
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Gifts to LHR in 2011
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Thanks to Dale Chihuly for his generous gift to our collection:
Chihuly Studio/Dale Chihuly
Gilded Black and Copper Nijima Float, 1999
blown glass
23” x 18” x 18”
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Help us with a Golden Opportunity!
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Elephant Bench, 2008, by Judy Kensley McKie
Grey Bardiglio Marble, #2 of edition of 6
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This superb Elephant Bench was offered to us for cost of the materials. Thanks to money raised by the East Hampton Gallery, Pritam and Eames, and money pledged by Jack Larsen, we need only $10,000 more to own a costly piece suitable for living by the lap pool, accompanied by our bronze lion by the same celebrated artist, Judy Kensley McKie. Her name is synonymous with the strongest work in today’s furniture field.
This new piece would be a highlight of our 2012 exhibition, NOW, 500 Works of Craft Media.
Self-taught as a furniture maker, Judy McKie’s name is synonymous with some of the strongest and most original work to come out of the studio furniture field. Trained as a painter, McKie’s furniture is fresh, complete, and without peer. It is difficult to be simple and therein lies McKie’s genius. Her bronzes exude a powerful ambiguity as to whether the creatures are friendly or not; her stone work evokes the directness of Inuit carvings or Sumerian relics; and her carved, painted wood tables, chests, and chairs convey the freshness of a “just done” watercolor. Because of its timeless quality, McKie’s work moves effortlessly between restrictive boundaries of sculpture and furniture. Above all else, her work embodies furniture as a means of personal expression.
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Wharton Esherick in LongHouse Collections
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Thanks to the generosity of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, a twilight concert by the Alaria Chamber Ensemble set the stage for an extraordinary opening: Wharton Esherick in LongHouse Collections. The LHR collection of Esherick’s furniture is of such substance and depth that it is considered most important after the holdings at the Esherick Museum. Displayed in the Pavilion, the LHR installation included both 1939 World’s Fair tables, the monumental arch from the Curtis Bok house, a rare bench of painted softwood, tables, a music stand, library ladder, and cubist mirror. These rare and important LongHouse acquisitions were complemented by works on loan from the Wharton Esherick Museum including wood block prints, sculpture, a library ladder, and a chronology of photographs. The exhibition was curated by Jack Lenor Larsen, life-long friend of Wharton Esherick.
The exhibition was made possible with the  support of BNY Mellon Wealth Management. LHR thanks the Wharton Esherick Museum for its generous loan of the master’s work.
Single music stand, 1962, after 1951 original cherry; right: library ladder, 1966, cherry and walnut LHR collection, gift Jack Larsen, 1992
Alaria Chamber Ensemble performing at the exhibition opening
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XX 1937, oak, collection of Mansfield and Ruth Bascom
Library ladder (spiral), 1969 walnut, collection of Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
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Insiders Tour of Japan, October 16 - 29, 2011
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| Barbara Press, left standing, Ellie Dinitz, Ingrid Davis,Dimity Davy and Amy Schichtel overseeing the tie dying done by Yoshiko Wada and Julia Paterson, at the studio of Hiroyuki Shindo. |
Megumi and Susumu Shio of Dai Inshu Seishi Washi Papermaking Company previewing new designs for Gerald Pierce and Jack Larsen, right. |
Amy Schichtel, Regina Sender Levin, Martha Curry, Dimity Davy, Judy Jacovides (hidden) and Julia Paterson enjoying an al fresco lunch at a private home on Sumida River in Tokyo.
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| 2011 Tour participants in Kiryu previewing the Jun-Ichi Arai exhibition especially mounted for our group: Barbara Macklowe, standing left, Gerald Pierce, Anna d’Onofrio, Matko Tomicic, Ellie Dinitz, Ken Krauss, Dimity Davy, Yoshiko Wada, Nina Gillman, Jack Larsen, Mrs. Arai, Jun-ichi Arai, Julia Paterson, Jan and Veronica Roorda, Linda Thompson, Ingrid Davis, Regina Sender Levin, Barbara Press, Martha Curry, Amy Schichtel, Abby Jane Brody, John Githens, Judy Jacovides, Masano Arai. (not pictured Patricia McGuinness.) |
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Oehme, van Sweden and Associates Presented with LongHouse Landscape Award
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Eric Groft, Wolfgang Oehme, Sheila Brady, Jack Larsen, Lisa Delplace
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On September 17, beneath spectacular fall skies, Jack Lenor Larsen presented the LongHouse Landscape Award to internationally recognized landscape architects, Oehme, van Sweden and Associates. The award, designed by Marc Leuthold, was accepted by Wolfgang Oehme, firm founder, and Eric Groft, principal landscape architect. Instrumental in creating the lush garden of grasses so popular with our visitors, Jack acknowledged the firm as exemplars of "the new American Garden style";
a robust and fearless blending of the natural and the cultivated. A discussion followed, moderated by Betsy Barlow Rogers, founder of the Central Park Conservancy, herself a former LHR Landscape Award honoree, with Todd Forrest of the New York Botanical Garden and Kris Jarantoski, of the Chicago Botanic Garden. They spoke to the seminal contribution OVSLA made to landscape design in the United States and abroad.
In making this event possible we are grateful to Marc Leuthold for creating the LongHouse Landscape Award. Special thanks to Sperry Tents, Carole and Alex Rosenberg, Oehme van Sweden & Associates, and Edwina von Gal.
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Dianne B and Matko Tomicic greeting guests
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Kris Jarantoski, Betsy Barlow Rogers, Todd Forest
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Insiders Travel Tours in 2012
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LongHouse has long been known for exceptional tours to near and distant lands. Our 2012 season offers two opportunities to travel with Jack Larsen and like-minded art and craft LongHouse aficionados. Join us for an Insiders’ experience!
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| Art in Arkansas: A Celebration of Crystal Bridges
From May 3-7, LongHouse Insiders will meet in Bentonville, Arkansas to visit one of our nation’s newest art centers: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Established by heiress Alice Walton, daughter of Wal-Mart founder, Sam Walton, the museum just opened its doors this month--November 2011. Comprising over 200,000 square feet, it is filled with amenities including its namesake glass-enclosed bridge. Set on 120 acres of forest, nature trails and exquisitely landscaped gardens, its collections, exhibitions, presentations, and interpretation of outstanding American art provide the visitor opportunity to explore our nation’s prolific and ever changing artistic heritage.
Highlights of the extended weekend include visits to the artfully restored Walton’s 5 & 10; the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks including the Carl A. Totemeier Horticultural Center, the architecturally renowned Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, the Peel Mansion and Historic Gardens, the notable Crescent Hotel and Queen Anne Mansion, and a vintage train excursion to Eureka Springs and environs—honored as one of 12 Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
May 3-7 2012
Land arrangements, Double Occupancy: $1,495 per person Supplement for Single Occupancy: $315
Contribution to LHR: $600 per person, tax deductible
Call 631.329.3568 for a detailed itinerary and to make your reservation.
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LongHouse Insiders North India Passage Tour
In formation, we hope that the title alone whets your appetite for a November tour of this remarkable region of India. Frequented by Jack over the years, the art and craft, history, culture and cuisine from this intriguing area will be among the highlights we offer you. The tour will take place at a time known for glorious weather. Details will be forthcoming in our Spring 2012 Newsletter!
November 2012
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Fabric Sale a Smashing Success!
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This year’s LongHouse fabric sale proved to be our best ever. Held on the grounds, enthusiastic buyers poured over the extensive collection of fabrics from Cowtan & Tout/Larsen, snapping up stunning selections. If you were unable to join us at the sale and hope to spruce up your living or bedroom this spring, make an appointment with LHR Associate Curator, Wendy Van Deusen to see the collection at LHR. 631.329.3568 x4.
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Ways to Give to LongHouse
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Matching contributions, in which employers participate in a corporate gift-matching program, are an ever-increasingly popular way through which you can double your gift to LHR. Or, you may wish to consider a contribution of appreciated securities, thus avoiding capital gains tax, making you eligible for a tax deduction at appreciated value. Alternatively, life insurance, annuities and bequests can provide your family with additional income before your gift is used by LHR. Consult your professional financial advisor for tax and legal advice.
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On Leaving a Legacy: Planned Giving
We invite you to consider leaving a legacy to LongHouse. By including LongHouse as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy or as a recipient in your will, you will help to ensure that LongHouse continues to grow and thrive. You can earmark your gift. We will acknowledge and meticulously honor your intent.
Many options are available including a designation in your will, a charitable remainder trust, or as a beneficiary in your life insurance or retirement policies. Should you wish, we will work with you and your attorney or financial advisor.
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Other Gifting Opportunities
Attendance at LongHouse Reserve continues to grow exponentially. The gardens have never looked lovelier. Our thoughtfully conceived and well-executed programs, openings, and lectures have never been more popular. By underwriting one of our many current, on-going, or future events, corporate or individual sponsors can earmark a gift to support a program dear to their hearts. Consider financing educational activities like the Student Annual or underwriting the yearly updates of our popular LHR family activity guides. If the beautiful grounds are of interest, you may wish to sponsor the On&Off the Ground invitational or endow a favorite garden. For Patrons of the Arts, underwriting an installation or lecture, concert or special exhibition might be your contribution of choice. The LongHouse staff will work with you to help you identify the program or event which specially suits your interests. Of course, your personal or corporate contribution will be acknowledged in all of our publications, on the web, and at the event itself.
For information on the 20th Anniversary Fund, corporate or individual sponsorship, estate planning options, charitable gifts and/or planned giving, contact Executive Director, Matko Tomicic, at 631.329.3568.
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