Please join us on Sunday, April 28 from 3:00-5:00PM

LongHouse continues to explore the legacy of the modern movement on Eastern Long Island with Alastair Gordon moderating a discussion with Chris Coy, co-founder and principal partner of Barnes Coy Architects, who for the past thirty years have worked at the forefront of modern design in the Hampton. Chris and Alastair will present a half-hour video about Barnes Coy Architects, followed by a discussion with architect Lee Skolnick about the current state of architecture in the Hamptons.

A reception and book signing will follow, presenting two recent books about Barnes Coy's work: Assembled in Light: The Houses of Barnes Coy Architects (Rizzoli, 2020) and Beyond the Beach, The Making of a Dune House (Gordon de Vries Studio, 2022), both books written by Alastair Gordon and designed by Barbara de Vries.

Upcoming LI Modern Talks:
May 19: Secret Garden in Springs
The experimental sculpture, house, and garden of Costantino Nivola

July 28: The Vanishing: 1993
A deep dive into the work and mysterious disappearance of Norman Jaffe, architect

September 15: The House that Jack Built
A survey of the built environment at LongHouse Reserve, including a look at Round House, Jack Lenor Larsen's first building designed with architect Robert Rosenberg in an African fashion; LongHouse, designed with Charles Forberg in a Japanese fashion; and the Fly's Eye Dome, after a design by Buckminster Fuller

October 6: Saving Modern
The final LI Modern event of the year will be a presentation and panel discussion concerning the preservation of modernist structures on Eastern Long Island.

Alastair Gordon will moderate. Speakers TBA.

In partnership with ARF, bring your pooch to play at LongHouse once a month on Saturdays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, May through December

So many of our visitors asked to bring their dogs to LongHouse that we've introduced monthly Dog Days. Bring your pup, your rescue, your best friend, to LongHouse to romp in our amphitheatre, meet other furry friends, and enjoy tasty treats.  In partnership with ARF.  

Please note that dogs must stay in the amphitheatre; thank you for your cooperation.    

Join us on Saturday, May 4, from 11:00–12:00 pm for the first presentation of InsiderOutsider: New Voices in the Art World, moderated by artist and curator MAGO. InsiderOutsider is intended as a series of conversations featuring underrepresented artists whose works challenge, intrigue, inspire, and offer opportunities for broadening art circles and engaging in creative dialogue.

Preston Douglas (b.1995) is a multidisciplinary artist who works between painting, fashion, and performance, whose work considers how these forms can create spiritual, nonreligious, atmospheres of faith for collective unity. His paintings are both remnants of performances and starting points for installations, addressing how surfaces can allude to both beauty and darkness through examining contemporary cultural conviction.

Like much of the artist’s work, Preston Douglas's installation TreeHuggers on view at LongHouse blurs traditional boundaries between painting, sculpture, fashion, installation, and performance. It also reflects the intersection of art, design, and nature that is at the essence of LongHouse.

In addition to participating in InsiderOutsider, Preston Douglas will be in residence at LongHouse from May 4 to May 10 for a series of workshops and interactions with school groups and visitors. The artist and his work are part of the MakerMentors program developed this year with the support and collaboration of BethGayle Coplan and BSquared Projects, introducing Jack Lenor Larsen and Preston Douglas to students at Amagansett and Wainscott Schools through creative learning sessions that culminate at LongHouse with the Douglas and his TreeHuggers art installation.

MAGO was born in New York City on June 5^th, 1982, to Colombian immigrants, weeks after their arrival to the United States.  They nicknamed their “special delivery” MAGO (Spanish for magician/wise man). MAGO is the symbol and signature used by this LatinX installation artist whose gutsy urban education and Latino heritage have developed into a signature style characterized by cross-cultural conversations, becoming the many faces of creativity. MAGO E. Martinez envisions the unimaginable and embodies multiple streams of innovative creation, inspiring culture to another plateau. First as an acclaimed installation artist and now a multifaceted professional with 15+ years of accomplishments, he has successfully labored in a spectrum of areas that allows him to connect with individuals as well as a diverse audience. 

Upcoming InsiderOutsider conversations:

June 30: Arta

July 7: Lucy Cookson

August 4: Oscar Molina

The InsiderOutsider series is made possible with support from Agnes Gund and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning and County Legislator Ann Welker. 

The Larsen Salon Series, offered by LongHouse Reserve in honor of its founder Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020), carries on a tradition of conversations, presentations, and lectures by designers, architects, and artists working at the intersection of art, architecture, design, and craft. We offer these salons to engage all of us in important dialogues of meaning in our complex world.

Machine Dazzle was born Matthew Flower in 1972. The name Machine Dazzle came from dancing in costume at a New York City club as a Dazzle Dancer. A friend referred to him as a dancing machine, which quickly morphed into Machine Dazzle. Machine's costumes began to catch the attention of other club kids, and he began taking commissions from drag queens and dancers. He has collaborated extensively with Taylor Mac. Machine is known for utilizing found objects into his costume work. Sourcing items like ping pong balls, slinkies, soup cans, rubber hotdogs and more, to deepen the work's narrative intent. In 2022, the Museum of Art and Design in New York opened the first solo exhibition of Machine's work, ‘’Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle’’.

Join us on Saturday, May 25 from 4–6:00 pm for a conversation with Prudence Peiffer, author of The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever. For LongHouse, her talk will focus on Lenore Tawney's role on Coenties Slip, and a crucial visit to her studio by Jack Lenor Larsen.

From 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated warehouses at the lower tip of Manhattan became the epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art. Prudence Peiffer pays homage to these artists and the unsung impact their work had on the direction of late 20th century art and film. An ambitious and singular account of a time, a place, and a group of extraordinary people, The Slip investigates the importance of community, and makes an argument for how we are shaped by it, and how it in turns shapes our work.

The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever (Harper, 2023) won the New York City Book Award, was longlisted for the National Book Award, is a finalist for the Gotham Book Prize and the Plutarch award for best biography of the year, was shortlisted for the Apollo Book of the Year award, and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Join us on Saturday, June 15 from 3–5:00 pm for a conversation with artist Liz Collins and curator Lynn Cooke.

Lynne Cooke, renowned curator and art scholar, is senior curator in the department of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, after being appointed senior curator for special projects in modern art in 2014. Cooke is the curator of Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, which opened at the National Gallery of Art in March 2024.

Collins is a New York-based artist celebrated for her dynamic textile installations, which often blur the boundaries between art, craft and design. With a background in fashion and fine arts, Collins seamlessly merges traditional textile techniques with innovative approaches to create visually stunning and immersive environments. She is the first artist-in-residence at LongHouse, working on site, engaging with visitors and consulting on programming. 

The Larsen Salon Series, offered by LongHouse Reserve in honor of its founder Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020), carries on a tradition of conversations, presentations, and lectures by designers, architects, and artists working at the intersection of art, architecture, design, and craft. We offer these salons to engage all of us in important dialogues of meaning in our complex world.

About Jonathan Adler

Jonathan Adler (born 1966, in New Jersey) is a potter, interior decorator, and author. Adler launched his first ceramic collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Five years later he expanded into home furnishings, opening his first namesake boutique in SoHo. He now has 17 stores and runs an eponymous home interiors business. 

A reception will follow Jonathan Adler's talk.  

Adler has designed the interiors of several commercial and residential projects, including the Parker Palm Springs Hotel, 225 Rector Place, Abington House (on the High Line) multiple Related Property apartment designs and a 2015 overhaul of the rooms, hallways, and outdoor areas at Eau Palm Beach.

He speaks at home interior industry events and design-centric museums, and has appeared as a guest on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and other national programs.

Join us for a conversation with author Christine Coulson and editor Susan Morrison on Saturday, June 29 from 4–6:00 pm.

Coulson spent 25 years writing for The Metropolitan Museum of Art and left the museum as Senior Writer in 2019. She started at The Met in 1991 as a summer intern in the European Paintings Department and returned in 1994 to start her first job at the museum after graduate school. During her tenure, she rose through the ranks of the museum, working in the Development Office, the Director’s Office, and the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. In 2017, The Met gave Coulson a yearlong sabbatical to write Metropolitan Stories, her bestselling 2019 novel about the museum. Her acclaimed new novel, One Woman Show, was released in the US and UK in October 2023. Susan Morrison has been the articles editor of The New Yorker for 12 years. She is the former editor in chief of The New York Observer, an original editor of SPY magazine, and the onetime features director of Vogue. She lives in New York City with her two daughters.

About Christine Coulson

Christine Coulson spent 25 years writing for The Metropolitan Museum of Art and left the museum as Senior Writer in 2019. She started at The Met in 1991 as a summer intern in the European Paintings Department and returned in 1994 to start her first job at the museum after graduate school. During her tenure, she rose through the ranks of the museum, working in the Development Office, the Director’s Office, and the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.

Join us on Sunday, June 30, from 11:00–12:00 pm for the second presentation of InsiderOutsider: New Voices in the Art World, moderated by artist and curator MAGO. InsiderOutsider is intended as a series of conversations featuring underrepresented artists whose works challenge, intrigue, inspire, and offer opportunities for broadening art circles and engaging in creative dialogue.

Arta Brito was born in Ambato, Ecuador (1993). She is a classically trained oil painter  whose work explores gender and queer themes inspired by both personal and current events. Her new body of work is inspired by her own transition and creates a space where transgender people can see themselves represented in the world. The work is a bridge between modern gender constructs and indigenous gender constructs, exploring why they exist in their current form, and how expressions of gender which were once natural have been silenced and distorted. Arta wants viewers to understand that transgender people have been here since the beginning, that they are normal. Allowing for a wider gender spectrum is the human and humane thing to do. The work’s function is to start a dialogue about these ideas.

MAGO was born in New York City on June 5^th, 1982, to Colombian immigrants, weeks after their arrival to the United States.  They nicknamed their “special delivery” MAGO (Spanish for magician/wise man). MAGO is the symbol and signature used by this Latinx installation artist whose gutsy urban education and Latino heritage have developed into a signature style characterized by cross-cultural conversations, becoming the many faces of creativity. MAGO E. Martinez envisions the unimaginable and embodies multiple streams of innovative creation, inspiring culture to another plateau. First as an acclaimed installation artist and now a multifaceted professional with 15+ years of accomplishments, he has successfully labored in a spectrum of areas that allows him to connect with individuals as well as a diverse audience. 

Upcoming InsiderOutsider conversations:

July 7: Lucy Cookson

August 4: Oscar Molina

The InsiderOutsider series is made possible with support from Agnes Gund and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning and County Legislator Ann Welker. 

Join us on Saturday, July 6 from 4–6:00 pm for a conversation with the renowned head of corporate affairs at Pfizer, Sally Susman, on her book Breaking Through.

In Breaking Through, Sally Susman, the renowned head of corporate affairs at Pfizer, tells the fascinating story of how the company managed the massive communications challenge that came with Covid-19 and the race to produce an effective vaccine. Just as crucial as creating the vaccine itself was the task of winning people's hearts and minds, and Susman highlights the principles that enabled her to break through, connect, and help move people forward, not only at Pfizer but over a long and stellar career. She shows how clarifying and channeling your intention is an essential first step: What are you trying to say? She illustrates how leaders need to muster the courage to be candid in order to be effective and how, in order to connect, they must both disarm with humility and delight with humor. As a gay, married woman, she talks forthrightly about the challenges and opportunities of embracing who you are, both at home and in the workplace.

Join us on Sunday, July 7, from 11:00–12:00 pm for the third presentation of InsiderOutsider: New Voices in the Art World, moderated by artist and curator MAGO. InsiderOutsider is intended as a series of conversations featuring underrepresented artists whose works challenge, intrigue, inspire, and offer opportunities for broadening art circles and engaging in creative dialogue.

Lucy Cookson is the founder, president and creative director of Thimbelina Needlework Design and Collection in East Hampton, New York. A graduate of Duke University, she is an artist of watercolor, hand-embellished digital prints, mixed media and needlework, with several years of K-12 teaching experience. Lucy’s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and is found in personal art collections throughout the United States.

Lucy is a trustee of Guild Hall of East Hampton and sits on the Artist-in-Residence committee. She also serves on the Board of Visitors at the Savannah College of Art and Design. The SCAD Board of Visitors is a voluntary board comprised of leaders in business, government, education, art, and design. 

MAGO was born in New York City on June 5, 1982, to Colombian immigrants, weeks after their arrival to the United States.  They nicknamed their “special delivery” MAGO (Spanish for magician/wise man). MAGO is the symbol and signature used by this Latinx installation artist whose gutsy urban education and Latino heritage have developed into a signature style characterized by cross-cultural conversations, becoming the many faces of creativity. MAGO E. Martinez envisions the unimaginable and embodies multiple streams of innovative creation, inspiring culture to another plateau. First as an acclaimed installation artist and now a multifaceted professional with 15+ years of accomplishments, he has successfully labored in a spectrum of areas that allows him to connect with individuals as well as a diverse audience. 

Upcoming InsiderOutsider conversation:

August 4: Oscar Molina
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The InsiderOutsider series is made possible with support from Agnes Gund and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning and County Legislator Ann Welker. 

Join us on Sunday, July 14 from 3–5:00 pm for a conversation with author Rue Matthiessen and journalist Nina Rayburn Dec.

Nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice, Matthiessen's essays and short fiction have been published in numerous literary journals. Her memoir, Castles & Ruins, about growing up in an ambitious literary family, was published earlier this year. Decades after spending a summer in the Irish countryside with her parents—author Deborah Love and National Book Award winner Peter Matthiessen—Rue takes her young family back to Ireland to revisit locales from that season in the sixties. What begins as a simple, nostalgic trip quickly becomes something far more complex. As Rue digs deeper into her parents’ literary legacy, a trove of memories is unearthed, forcing her to reckon with a childhood fraught with the stormy energy of two brilliant parents often at odds with each other and their children. Both a rich and informative travelogue and a profoundly emotional memoir, Castles & Ruins celebrates the triumph of creative success while frankly appraising the often-terrible costs a family must pay for it.

About Nina Rayburn Dec

Nina Rayburn Dec is the host and executive producer of The Great Wonder podcast, which demystifies the creative process by exploring the journey to self through intimate conversations. With empathy as her guiding principle, Nina is deeply committed to amplifying the diverse voices and narratives that shape our collective history, from which we find connection and community. This focus is reflected in her career which spans audio journalism, documentary film, and fine art photography, with notable contributions to projects for public radio, The Smithsonian Institution, NBC Universal, The History Channel, and other major television networks.

On the morning before his concert at LongHouse Reserve, join classical pianist Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner for an inside look at his process and experience of the world through music. Come explore the colors and rhythms of music from around the world, including the celebratory and spirited dancing of Bernstein's Mambo, the tender melodies of Carlos Chávez, the wild beasts of Stravinsky, and more. Llewellyn will teach in English and Spanish.  

Llewellyn will improvise on stage, with help from you! Come with a free spirit, full heart, an open mind, and ready to make music in this immersive workshop!

Join us for a midsummer's evening of enchanting music featuring pianist and composer Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner. The concert will be followed by a reception with the artist. (Please note: There is a maximum of two tickets per member and six for non-members). Program to come.

Join us on Sunday, August 4, from 11:00–12:00 pm for the fourth presentation of InsiderOutsider: New Voices in the Art World, moderated by artist and curator MAGO. InsiderOutsider is intended as a series of conversations featuring underrepresented artists whose works challenge, intrigue, inspire, and offer opportunities for broadening art circles and engaging in creative dialogue.

Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor from El Salvador (b. 1971) best known for his Children of the World series. These powerful works are inspired by the artist’s vivid memories as a 16-year old making the treacherous journey through the desert to escape the violence of then war-torn El Salvador in the hopes of finding safe haven in the United States. Newly arrived in the US, the ever-industrious Molina found a talent for landscaping and architectural projects. Over the years, he built a highly successful stone masonry business in Southampton, NY while devoting more and more time to formal art studies and entering the world of painting and sculpture. By the age of 30, Oscar Molina was committing the majority of his time and energy to his true passion–making art.

Today, Oscar Molina is known and respected as a prodigious, multifaceted artist who gives back to the community. In 2023 alone, his “Children of the World” sculptures graced the grounds of Long Island Museum, the Southampton Arts Center, and a major migrating installation at LongHouse Reserve. He is a board member of the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and donates his time and artworks to raise money for this and other worthy charities.

MAGO was born in New York City on June 5^th, 1982, to Colombian immigrants, weeks after their arrival to the United States.  They nicknamed their “special delivery” MAGO (Spanish for magician/wise man). MAGO is the symbol and signature used by this Latinx installation artist whose gutsy urban education and Latino heritage have developed into a signature style characterized by cross-cultural conversations, becoming the many faces of creativity. MAGO E. Martinez envisions the unimaginable and embodies multiple streams of innovative creation, inspiring culture to another plateau. First as an acclaimed installation artist and now a multifaceted professional with 15+ years of accomplishments, he has successfully labored in a spectrum of areas that allows him to connect with individuals as well as a diverse audience. 

The InsiderOutsider series is made possible with support from Agnes Gund and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning and County Legislator Ann Welker. 

In collaboration with ARF, bring your pup, your rescue, your best friend in costume to LongHouse for a romp on the great lawn, treats, and companionship. (Cats in costume welcome too...as long as they stay in carriers!)

Visit LongHouse after dark on garden paths lined with lights and glowing sculptures, and see the gardens as you've never seen them before!

ZIMA! presented by the Neo-Political Cowgirls

Featuring ZIMA! performances throughout the gardens creating a a winter wonderland of mystery, poetry, theater and exploration. 

Holiday Artisan Market

Enjoy the beauty of trees and plants in winter, warm up in the Pavilion with holiday music and a holiday market of local artists and makers, hand-made gifts, culinary treats, and creative activities for all ages with The Shine Studio.

All proceeds go to the LongHouse Annual Fund.