Watermill's Artists' Table series invites a network of creatives and art enthusiasts to enjoy an intimate presentation of art followed by a locally sourced meal created by a celebrated East End chef.
Artists' Table at The Watermill Center is supported by Drs. Mark and June Halsey and Halsey Dermatology, and features a vine to table experience by Wölffer Estate Vineyard.
ABOUT THE ARTIST | Matthew Leifheit is an American photographer, magazine editor, and professor. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and the Yale School of Art, Leifheit is Editor-in-Chief of MATTE Magazine, the journal of emerging photography he has edited and published since 2010. Leifheit's photographs are exhibited internationally and appear in publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Aperture, TIME, and Artforum. He is currently on faculty at Pratt Institute and Yale.
ABOUT THE CHEF | Colin Ambrose is the chef and owner of Estia's Little Kitchen on the Bridgehampton Turnpike just south of Sag Harbor. His restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a casual, friendly approach sourcing products from local farmers and fishermen who are Mr. Ambrose's friends, as regularly as possible. With a long-time interest in cooking and gardening Mr. Ambrose quickly established a friendship with Scott Chasky and in 1992 became a member at the Quail Hill farm, Long Island's first CSA. That friendship has served him well over the years as Mr. Chaskey has been a confidant and mentor helping the Estia team to develop a 2-acre garden in Amagansett that served Estia's tables for 16 years, then the present Estia garden which can be found just outside Estia's Little Kitchens back door in Sag Harbor. In addition to serving the community through his restaurant kitchen, Mr. Ambrose is a proud husband to Jessica, his wife and partner, and father to Lyman, Mansell, and Whittier. He also enjoys fishing with a fly rod when time allows.
DESCRIPTION OF PRESENTATION | Matthew Leifheit, Watermill Artist-in-Residence 2023, will present excerpts from a new video and sound installation titled The Gay Chorus. Drawn from the collections of LGBTQ community centers across the US, the project is an expanding archive that preserves deteriorating VHS recordings of gay men's chorus performances between 1985 and 1995.
Additional Information
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