Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

FILMS

AIRTIME (7 minutes) Directors Alex Clapin and Griffen Elsley
Airtime explores the intersection of winter sports, flight, and freedom. Blending skiing, snowboarding, speedflying and paragliding, this film captures the beauty of the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia, and the spirit of athletes pushing creative and physical boundaries.

LESTER Directors Paul Collins
“The faster you go, the less that you see. Why don’t you slow down and cruise like me?” At 83 years old, Lester still lives his passions as an artist, surfer, and craftsman. The film celebrates an appreciation for strolling, reading, making music, and painting — the antithesis of the mainstream American ethos to go faster and get more. See the world anew as you walk with Lester through an inspiringly and intentionally slow-paced life. 

WHEELCHAIR MAFIA (2 minutes) Directors Cade and Malvina Martin
Michael Banks helps dogs who have been injured by building “doggie wheelchairs” which give them freedom and a second chance. 

BORROWED FROM THE EARTH (15 minutes) Director Zack Johnson
Borrowed From the Earth tells the story of the powerful connection between the Blackfeet people and horses, and how that life-giving relationship remains alive today. Throughout their histories, both horse and Indigenous people have been corralled — horses by fences and Indigenous people onto reservations. Yet centuries-long attempts to subdue both ultimately strengthened the bond between them.

THE YOUNGEST RANGER (4 minutes) Director Aaron Kalischer-Coggins
Follows the life of the youngest woman ranger on the Tsavo Landscape in Kenya. 

BAKERS HOTLINE DirectorsEmily and Dave Schuman
A dedicated team of passionate bakers work the King Arthur Flour call center, offering expert advice and answering perplexing baking questions from an eclectic array of callers. The Baker’s Hotline reveals the transformative power of baking and the unexpected long-lasting connections it fosters.

SUBMITTING TIGERS Director Luke Kellerhouse
After surviving childhood trauma and rising as a professional MMA fighter, Julija Pajic faces a crossroads when instability threatens her career. She finds unexpected healing, connection, and purpose among the street fighters and orphanages of Tanzania. A fighter in the ring and in life, Pajic finds what it means to feel strong and safe in her own body.

EVENING IN CHILE Director Bobby Brown
An August trip provided as Colorado freeskier Bobby Brown and crew went south for the first mission of the season. Between the villages of Valle Nevado and La Parva they were greeted with amazing conditions from a massive storm. This is the highlight reel from five days of skiing in Chile. 

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Join us for the screening of LILLY, a panel discussion, and reception featuring film director Rachel Feldman (via Zoom), executive producer Wendy Federman, and Academy Award Nominee Patricia Clarkson, moderated by Cheri Kaufman, who is an entrepreneur, producer, and serves as New York Chair of the National Women's History Museum.

LILLY is a poor, Alabama tire factory worker whose singular goal is to lift her family into the middle class. Toward that goal, she endures a dehumanizing work environment, plagued by pervasive harassment, for the sake of that paycheck. But as retirement approaches, Lilly makes a startling revelation; for twenty years the company has been paying her only half of what her male counterparts receive. Outraged, Lilly’s fight for justice takes her all the way to the Supreme Court and the power corridors of Congress. With a heart-stirring love story at its center, LILLY follows the transformation of an ordinary citizen into the face of an issue, illuminating the personal cost of activism.

This event is sponsored by Paola Bacchini Rosenshein.

Rebecca Moses transforms Southampton Arts Center into The Art of Observation—an inhabited creative experience that brings the public inside the normally private space between observation and creation.

Part exhibition, part working studio, part performance, and part conversation, the project invites visitors not simply to see finished work, but to experience creativity in motion: to watch Moses paint in real time, engage with her personally, and witness how an observation becomes an idea, a gesture, and ultimately an image.

Free Admission, No Registration is Required.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Rebecca Moses transforms Southampton Arts Center into The Art of Observation—an inhabited creative experience that brings the public inside the normally private space between observation and creation.

Part exhibition, part working studio, part performance, and part conversation, the project invites visitors not simply to see finished work, but to experience creativity in motion: to watch Moses paint in real time, engage with her personally, and witness how an observation becomes an idea, a gesture, and ultimately an image.

Free Admission, No Registration is Required.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Sammy Figueroa is a percussionist, bandleader, and Grammy-nominated artist known for his extensive work in Latin jazz, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean music. Over the course of his career, Figueroa has performed and recorded with artists including Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, David Bowie, Mariah Carey, Chaka Khan, and Herbie Hancock, while also leading his own acclaimed ensembles.

This special performance pays tribute to Cal Tjader, the pioneering vibraphonist and bandleader whose recordings helped bring Latin jazz to a wider audience during the 1950s and 1960s. Known for combining Afro Cuban rhythms with cool jazz and West Coast jazz traditions, Tjader collaborated with artists including Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, and Eddie Palmieri and remains a major influence within Latin jazz.

Featuring rhythm driven arrangements, improvisation, and music associated with Tjader’s celebrated recordings and musical legacy, this performance honors one of the defining figures in the history of Latin jazz.

Rebecca Moses transforms Southampton Arts Center into The Art of Observation—an inhabited creative experience that brings the public inside the normally private space between observation and creation.

Part exhibition, part working studio, part performance, and part conversation, the project invites visitors not simply to see finished work, but to experience creativity in motion: to watch Moses paint in real time, engage with her personally, and witness how an observation becomes an idea, a gesture, and ultimately an image.

Free Admission, No Registration is Required.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Rebecca Moses will be in conversation with Ralph Pucci and Stefano Tonchi, exploring the intersection of art, fashion, design, storytelling, and a creative life continually moving forward.

Rebecca Moses transforms Southampton Arts Center into The Art of Observation—an inhabited creative experience that brings the public inside the normally private space between observation and creation.

Part exhibition, part working studio, part performance, and part conversation, the project invites visitors not simply to see finished work, but to experience creativity in motion: to watch Moses paint in real time, engage with her personally, and witness how an observation becomes an idea, a gesture, and ultimately an image.

Free Admission, No Registration is Required.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Join the Southampton Arts Center, along with co-hosts Alina de Almeida and John Paulson, Marjorie and Josh Harris, Simone and David Levinson, and Renée Harbers Liddell and Chris Liddell, for a special screening of the film How to Live on Earth on Thursday, August 27, at 5:00 PM.

How to Live on Earth is a visionary feature documentary that explores our vital connection to nature and its role in our future. Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, this ultimate “how-to video” features inspirational, cutting-edge stories and powerful cinematography from around the world to reveal how humans are learning to team up with nature to solve our biggest challenges. Heart-warming, entertaining, energizing, the film presents a hopeful vision of a future within reach – one in which nature thrives, and so do we.

The screening will be followed by remarks from Jonnie Hughes, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Open Planet Studios.

Rebecca Moses transforms Southampton Arts Center into The Art of Observation—an inhabited creative experience that brings the public inside the normally private space between observation and creation.

Part exhibition, part working studio, part performance, and part conversation, the project invites visitors not simply to see finished work, but to experience creativity in motion: to watch Moses paint in real time, engage with her personally, and witness how an observation becomes an idea, a gesture, and ultimately an image.

Free Admission, No Registration is Required.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Rebecca Moses transforms Southampton Arts Center into The Art of Observation—an inhabited creative experience that brings the public inside the normally private space between observation and creation.

Part exhibition, part working studio, part performance, and part conversation, the project invites visitors not simply to see finished work, but to experience creativity in motion: to watch Moses paint in real time, engage with her personally, and witness how an observation becomes an idea, a gesture, and ultimately an image.

Wednesday, August 26 | 12:00 - 5:00 PM (by appointment only)

Southampton Arts Center is pleased to host a film screening of The Last Spy, a film by Katharina Otto- Bernstein, on Tuesday, August 25th at 5 pm. 

The host committee includes Keith and Ann Barish, Peter and Jamee Gregory, Simone and David Levinson, and Richard and Marcia Mishaan. 

Hailed by the critics as one of the year's most pertinent films, THE LAST SPY traces the clandestine journey of Peter Sichel in a no-holds-barred account: from Jewish refugee to OSS agent and CIA chief in Berlin, Washington, and Hong Kong. Drawing on first-hand experience, his candid insights into foreign intervention and great-power rivalry offer timely context for understanding today’s complex geopolitical landscape amid escalating international tensions and global instability.

A sharp reflection on power, loyalty, and truth, this is a rare, intimate portrait of a spy who never lost his humanity—and who now insists on having the last word with the CIA.

Don't miss the film that critics call "a gripping tell-all tale with insights into world politics that are fascinating and unsettling. Above all, the relevance to our present, both political and social, stands out, as Sichel asks what we are willing to learn from the mistakes of history." 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Katharina Otto-Bernstein, a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose producing credits include Joyland, Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire, A Sad and Beautiful World, and Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada. Her acclaimed documentaries include HBO’s Absolute Wilson, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, and The Price of Everything, with her work screening at major festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, and Venice.

The Q&A will be moderated by Jeffrey Sharp, an acclaimed film and television producer and Executive Director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute, host of the Gotham Awards. Sharp’s producing credits include Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning and nominated films Boys Don’t Cry, You Can Count on Me, Nicholas Nickleby, and Proof.

Rebecca Moses transforms Southampton Arts Center into The Art of Observation—an inhabited creative experience that brings the public inside the normally private space between observation and creation.

Part exhibition, part working studio, part performance, and part conversation, the project invites visitors not simply to see finished work, but to experience creativity in motion: to watch Moses paint in real time, engage with her personally, and witness how an observation becomes an idea, a gesture, and ultimately an image.

Tuesday, August 25 | 12:00 - 5:00 PM (by appointment only)

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence”: verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and more.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine. This exhibition is generously supported by an anonymous donor with additional support by Ellen and Robert Grimes.