On Saturday, July 31st Longhouse Reserve Will Present THREE Special Events
Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse by Molly Chappellet
Worldwide Release & Book Signing by the Author
Musical Festival of the Hamptons Serenade in the Wind Festival String Trio
Exhibition Preview Magdalene Odundo: Ceramic Forms
On Saturday, July 31st the LongHouse Reserve will host three exciting events in its 16-acre
East Hampton sculpture garden. The first event is the worldwide release of Jack Lenor
Larsen’s LongHouse by Molly Chappellet and book signing by the author. The second event
of the evening is the preview of this year’s second art exhibition, Magdalene Odundo:
Ceramic Forms. The same night, join LongHouse for the second outdoor concert by the
Music Festival of the Hampton’s this season with music by The Festival String Trio.
About Magdalene Odundo:
Magdalene Odundo (born 1950) is considered to be one of the foremost contemporary
ceramic artists working today. Odundo was raised in Kenya and India moving to England in
1971 to pursue graphic and commercial arts; instead, she started working with clay. She
explored the medium in pottery workshops in Abuja, Nigeria, and Kenya, as well as pueblos
in the American Southwest. Odundo’s works reference both African and European
modernist forms and refer, more generally, to world ceramic history and technique.
Magdalene Odundo’s vessels will be exhibited from July 31through October 9.
About Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse by Molly Chappellet:
Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse by Molly Chappellet, is a journey through the 16-acre East
Hampton property that, with each new page, reveals the splendor, detail and tranquility of
the one-of-a-kind landscape. Breathtaking sculpture, ceramics and artwork from some of
the world’s renowned artists such as: Willem de Kooning, Takashi Soga and Dale Chihuly,
are found intermingling with the lotus, daffodils and cryptomerias making them one with
nature. The book features 220 intimate and spectacular color photographs by Molly
Chappellet. The cross every season and celebrate the East Hampton home and garden that
are the living embodiment of textile luminary Jack Lenor Larsen’s personal and artistic
philosophies.
Serenade in the Wind with String Trio:
LongHouse Reserve in collaboration with the Music Festival of the Hamptons will offer this
season’s second summer concert, Serenade in the Wind, with music by the Festival String
Trio weather permitting. Jorge Avila, David Cerutti, and Sarah Hewitt will perform Franz
Schubert’s String Trio in B Flat D 471 and Ludwig van Beethonven’s Serenade in D Major,
op.8 for Violin, Viola and Violoncello.
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PROGRAM for July 31, 2010
5: 30 pm: Exhibition Preview and Gardens open
6:00 pm: Concert Begins & Book Signing
TICKETS: $20, members $10
Tickets can be purchased via the LongHouse website at www.longhouse.org or by calling Joanne Sohn at
(631)329-3568.
LOCATION: LongHouse Reserve133 Hands Creek Road East Hampton, NY 11937 631.329.3568
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lori Communications 203.228.5090 thayer@lisalori.com
** Open days for members and the public are 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, from May 1
through October 9th (Columbus Day weekend). For July and August open Wednesday through
Saturday.