Southampton

The Secret Life of Clothing

“Clothing holds memory.” That was one of the overriding themes of a talk by artist Sue Ferguson Gussow at the Southampton Library’s Art in Focus lecture series on Tuesday night. A Professor Emerita of The Cooper Union School of Architecture, Gussow presented a number of drawings from her series Unoccupied

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David Martine on Contemporary Native American Art

Many thanks to Shinnecock artist, educator, and author David Martine who started off our fall Art in Focus lecture series with a fascinating look at Native American Art. David is a member of Amerinda, a New York-based organization promoting and supporting Native American artists. David described the history of the

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Re-examining the Art of the 80s

Last night the Southampton Library hosted Dr. Charles A. Riley, director of the Nassau County Museum of Art, as part of our annual Art in Focus lecture series. The topic was the exhibition now running at the museum, That 80s Show, Rebel with a Cause: The Extravagant Eighties as Envisioned

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